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Thu, February 02, 2012 - Athlete of the Month - Monica Pinori
Mon, January 23, 2012 - Premier Athletics Kicks Off Little Explorers
Tue, January 10, 2012 - Athlete of the Month - Courtney Howard
Mon, January 09, 2012 - Knoxville Gymnasts Compete at the Trampoline World Competitions in England
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Sun, December 04, 2011 - Steve Butcher gives Judges Oath
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Mon, October 31, 2011 - Premier Athletics Miss Railroad Days
Tue, October 11, 2011 - MIX Cheer and Dance on the Ariel and Joey Show
Tue, October 04, 2011 - Athlete of the Month - Lauren Wilder
Knoxville Gymnasts Compete at the Trampoline World Competitions in England
West High School senior, Kaylah Whaley, finished competition on November 20th in the Team Final of the women’s tumbling at the 28th Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships in Birmingham, England where team USA finished 4th behind China, Russia, and France. Team USA moved up one place, over Great Britain, from the qualifying competition held on Friday. This was Whaley’s first World Championship, the youngest on the USA women’s tumbling team. No USA women’s tumblers qualified to Sunday’s individual final featuring the top eight in the world.
The 28th Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships also served as one of two qualifying competitions for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Tumbling is not one of the Olympic events, so Whaley was not eligible for qualification. A total of 39 countries competed in this World Championship. Whaley was the only Tennessee gymnast that qualified to participate.
USA Women’s Tumbling Team
Kaylah Whaley of Knoxville, Tenn./Premier Athletics Knoxville
Natalya Beneschott of Pocatello, Idaho/Team Revolution
Yuliya Brown of Idaho Falls, Idaho/Idaho Elite Gymnastics
Marina Moskalenko of Orlando, Fla./Stick It Gymnastics
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Ashley Kessler, senior at Hardin Valley Academy, competed at the Trampoline World Age Group Competitions in the women’s trampoline and double mini-trampoline (age 17-18 division), also in Birmingham, England, from November 24-27. The competition featured athletes ages 11-18 from 38 countries. Kessler placed 14th in the trampoline preliminary competition and 16th in the double mini-trampoline.
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Both athletes train and compete for Premier Athletics at their Knoxville North facility on Callahan Drive and are coached by Eric Thomas, who is also the USA Gymnastics regional director for trampoline and tumbling in the Southeast (Region 8).
Congratulations to both athletes and their coach for representing the United States so well.
