Thursday, December 2, 2010

Competition brings more than 800 gymnasts to Grand Rapids


By: Brittney Schering

“Gymnastics on the Grand” competition, hosted by Grand Rapids Gymnastics, will be held Friday, Dec. 3 through Monday, Dec. 6 at the DeVos Place Convention Center. The USAG sanctioned three day invitational will host more than 800 gymnasts, both males and females, from the Midwest region.

The youngest up-and-coming gymnasts will kick off the event Friday evening at 5:30 p.m. The highest-level athletes will compete to earn a spot in Event Finals on Sunday afternoon at 12:30 p.m.

The top scoring athletes from Saturday’s preliminary qualifying sessions will earn the opportunity to compete in Sunday’s Event Finals, which will be similar to the Olympics competition.

Gymnastics on the Grand welcomes clubs from Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. Thirty female teams and nine male teams will compete for top honors.

The competition will take place on Friday, 5 to 9 p.m., then Saturday and Sunday, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. For a detailed schedule of sessions and more information, please check out www.GymasticsontheGrand.com.

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