Raivyn Rogers shines for Somersaults Gymnastics

WAUKEE - Raivyn Rogers of Somersaults Gymnastic Center in Cedar Rapids won four events at the recent Iowa Xcel State Championships, hosted by Sapphire Gymnastics.

Competing in the silver division, Rogers won the uneven bars, balance beam, floor exercise and all around.

Natalie Osterberg in silver and Logan Kalous in gold were double winners. Osterberg won the floor and all around, Kalous the vault and uneven bars.

Other Somersaults winners were Kianna Davis (floor) and Hannah Brandt (balance beam) in silver, and Maya Shelangoski (uneven bars) in gold.

Top three placewinners were Carly Cronbaugh and Emeri Hill in bronze; Paisley Joens, Aubrey Langton, Faye Wade, Bailey Hakert, Ava Blue, Sophia Bunch, Ava Christensen, Isabel Hawker, Annie Haars, Faith Ehle and Isabelle Howsare in silver; and Brianna Yanga in gold.

The Somersaults' Xcel Silver team placed second, the gold team eighth.

MOSER'S BOEDING EARNS ELITE HONOR

Katie Boeding of Mosers School of Dance and Gymnastics reached 'elite” status at the Iowa Falls gymnastic meet earlier this year.

Boeding, a senior at Iowa State, is one of four USTA tumblers in the state to earn this status and this is the third time she has earned it.

Students must qualify every year and tumblers must achieve a difficulty score of 8.0 or higher from a five-skill and eight-skill pass. Boeding qualified with a difficulty of 8.1.

Boeding has been participating in tumbling with Moser for 19 years, competing for 18. She took a year off from competition because of a knee injury suffered in track during her senior year of high school. She has competed at the 'advanced level.”