Six Crookston athletes participated in the Holiday Spectacular gymnastics meet at the Red River Valley Athletics gym in Grand Forks on Sunday.
Carley Knutson – daughter of Justin and Tracey – placed 1st in the Junior Xcel Gold division All Around. She also placed in each individual event – 1st on the Uneven Bars, 2nd on the Floor Exercise, 2nd on the Vault, and 5th on the Balance Beam.
Emily Bowman – daughter of David and Sunny – placed 3rd in the Junior Xcel Gold division All Around. She also placed 1st on the Floor Exercise, 1st on the Vault, 4th on the Uneven Bars, and did not place on the Balance Beam.
Carley and Emily, along with their Xcel Gold teammates from Red River Valley, also placed second as a team all around.
Shayla Azure – daughter of Richard and Renee Voss – participated in the Senior Xcel Silver division. She placed 8th on Vault, 9th on Floor Exercise, 9th on Balance Beam, and did not place on bars or all around.
Participating in the Level 3 program at this meet were Kayelynn (KK) Volker – daughter of Miles and Nicole Volker, Haley Voss – daughter of Richard and Renee Voss, and Kasey Fritz – daughter of BriAnna Kappelhoff and Billy Fritz.
All six of these athletes are members of the Red River Valley Athletics teams out of Grand Forks. The meet exhibited the talents of gymnasts from 11 different gyms in North Dakota, Minnesota, Montana, and Manitoba during 11 different sessions from Friday through Sunday.
