2008 USAG Regional Championships

Acro Girl picked me up Friday and we drove to St. Louis for the 2008 USAG Regional Championships. The sport is called Acrobatic Gymnastics, a partner sport with groups consisting of: women’s pair, men’s pair, mixed pair, women’s group (three women) and men’s group (four men). Each pair or group performs routines featuring dance, gymnastics tumbling skills, partner balances and dynamic skills with flight. Balance skills highlight the athletes’ strength and flexibility through pyramids and static positions of the top. Dynamic skills involve somersaulting and twisting with landings on the floor or catches by a bottom partner. All routines are choreographed and performed to music.

Acro Girl's pair performed their 2 routines for the judges on Saturday. They took first place! Here is a video of their dynamic routine. I took this video with my Sony camera. Even though it is MPEG capable I wouldn't recommend recording a sports event with it.





Acro Girl’s group (a trio of 3 girls) performed Sunday and took 2nd place! Below is a video of their balance routine.






Next is a video of the trio's dynamic routine.



Acro Girl is a coach at the Rising Star Acrobatic Club and competes so that every girl has a partner for the year. (She’s also quite good at it!) In the fall when the new season starts, if every girl can be partnered up, Acro Girl will not compete again but she will coach.

The Acrobatic Gymnastics National Championship is July 27-31 in Des Moines, Iowa. Acro Girl’s pair will be competing against 2 other pairs, and her trio will go up against 18 other trios!

Acro Girl and Acro Flyer accepting their gold medal

Acro Girl and her trio accepting their 2nd place medal

Acro Girl also received the Region 4 Sportsman Award, an honor bestowed upon her by vote of the entire region 4. It was quite an honor. Acro Girl cried, and so did I.