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GREAT RESULTS FOR PREMIER ATHLETICS KNOXVILLE ATHLETES AT 2010 VISA NATIONAL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
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Photos taken by: Jean Philippe Studios
Knoxville’s Cale Robinson, representing Premier Athletics, placed 1st on the Floor Exercise and Vault to finish 7th in the all-around of the Junior Division (18 & under) at the 2010 Visa National Gymnastics Championships in Hartford, Connecticut on August 11. He was named to the USA Jr. National Team accomplishments. Importantly, he qualified and competed for the men’s Senior Final that was televised on August 13 by Universal Sports and NBC. This was a great opportunity for him to compete against three 2008 Olympians and the best in the country. Forty-two qualified gymnasts competed in the Senior Final. Qualification was determined by a combined point total from the junior and senior preliminary sessions.
See the qualification point detail link below: http://usa-gymnastics.org/PDFs/Results/m_10vc_day1qualifiers.pdf
2010 Bearden High School graduate Cale Robinson will be attending Stanford University on a gymnastics scholarship in the fall and expects even greater achievements in the sport as his body matures while competing on the NCAA circuit. The Visa Championships marked the last competition for Cale with his coach of 10 years, Phil Savage of Premier Athletics. He is the only male gymnast from the state of Tennessee that qualified to compete at the 2010 Visa Championships.
Knoxville’sKaylah Whaley, of Premier Athletics, placed 2nd in the Junior Elite Tumbling division at the 2010 Visa National Gymnastics Championships in Hartford, Connecticut on August 10. She was named to the USA Senior National Team and has been assigned to compete at the World Age Group Championships from November 16-19 in Metz, France. See Visa Championships Tumbling results below:
Results link for the Visa Championships: http://usa-gymnastics.org/PDFs/Results/tt_10vc_tt_finals.pdf
Kaylah has already competed internationally over the past few years with major competitions in Russia and Canada. The West High School junior also competes in cheerleading and track & field. Kaylah has been coached by Eric Thomas of Premier Athletics for the last 11 years. She is one of two athletes from the state of Tennessee, along with Cale Robinson, to compete at the 2010 Visa National Gymnastics Championships.
Premier Athletics coach boys’ gymnastics coach Phil Savage was a 2009 inductee into the Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame and winner of the 2009 Dogwood Arts Festival Limited Edition Fine Art Print Contest.
Premier Athletics trampoline and tumbling coach Eric Thomas is the USA Gymnastics regional director for trampoline and tumbling in the Southeast (Region 8).
Premier Athletics has two gyms in the Knoxville area, one on Callahan Drive (new facility) and the other on Lovell Road in Farragut.
USA Gymnastics is the governing body of the sport nationally and a member of the US Olympic Committee.
Visit www.usa-gymnastics.org for results and more information.
