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Caroline Blondell
age 12
5 years with Elite

Cheer Goals:  To be on a level 5 team that competes at Worlds.
Tumbling Goals:  To continue to improve every year.  To level up every year.

Life Goals:      To be a college Cheerleader, To be an NFL Cheerleader, To be a Doctor or Orthodontist 

What I love about the gym:  
 The people! My friends and coaches, Competitiveness of the team! - We win!


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​ My name is Ruthie Saklar and I’ve been with ELITE for about 1 and a half years. I am sub novice on floor, beginner on tramp, and beginner on double mini. My goal this year is to make it to Nationals in all three events. I want to be National Champion in at least one event, and I want to make it to intermediate on floor in one year or less. I love to cheer, and I really like to write and exercise in my free time. Someday, I really want to be a coach and help people get new skills like my coach does. 
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Hannah Elizabeth Schimmel
age 12
Been at the gym since I  was 8 ( 4 years)
I came to Elite to get better and learn more skills.
2016 National Champion Novice floor
2- time State Champion 2016 Novice  and 2017 Intermediate Floor
This years goal is to qualify for Nationals in all 3 events.

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My name is Megan Navarro and im 18 years old ,currently im on my 5th year at elite tumbling academy. I cheer on the level 4 team as well as coach at elite. I plan on studying Special Education while in college, with those skills I hope to someday have a special needs cheerleading team as my own and be able to combine my 2 passions into one!  While cheering at elite I have grown so much stronger in my faith as well as built very strong relationships with my coach and teammates! My favorite quote I will always live by when I am on the mat is “let go and let god” expressed to me by my coach.
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Alyssa Horvath, a sixth grader on Level 2 Rage, has been involved in competitive cheer for three years and at Scorpions Elite for one. She absolutely loves the fact that everyone at the gym is so friendly and welcoming, because she started at ELITEknowing no one and now enjoys knowing she is a part of the ELITE family. Her goals for Cheer are always the same: to win the next competition. Her life goals include either being a entomologist (bugs), a pediatrician (children) or a world dictator (both). She’s still undecided.

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​Lauren Melin
Age: 13
Years at Elite: 5
Tumble Team: 4 Years
                -Floor: SubAdvanced
                -Double Mini: Intermediate
                -Trampoline: Intermediate
Cheer Team: 3 Years (Experience with Levels 2, 3, 4, 5)
What I Love About the Gym: I love the tumbling! The coaches give me confidence and push me to be my best.
Life Goals: I'm considering cheer in high school and then I'd like to go on to earn a degree in physical therapy or cosmetology.
What Brought Me to the Gym: I made the move to Elite to better my tumbling skills.
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Hello! My name is Judy Fury, I'm 8 years old. I've been with Elite for 1 year. I'm level Advanced beginner tumbling and beginner in trampoline and double mini. My goals for this season are; I'd really like to receive a 1st place award and I'd love to be able to compete at nationals. I have already received a couple 2nd places and lots of other awards and I am working hard to achieve these goals. I've learned a lot of new skills this year the coaches at Elite are great
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CRYSANIA BUSH - I have been with Elite for 3 years. Currently I’m on level 2 senior and level 4 senior. My goals for Cheerleading is to use the skills I have learned at Elite to make it on my college cheer squad at UNI. In life I want to be able to go to medical school to become a psychiatrist. What I truly love about the gym is that it has a very friendly environment and your teammates want to see you succeed.
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Nadia Reign Winter
Age 7
Cheer Team: Level 1 youth
Tumbling Team: Beginner

I have been working on my skills for almost 2 years now
I want learn a full twist, I would like a trophy
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​Mikayla Melin
Age: 16
Years at Elite: 4
Tumble Team: 1 Year
Cheer Team: 4 Years (Experience with Levels 2, 3, 4, 5; Currently on Level 4)
Coach: 1 Year with Level 2 Cheer
What I Love About the Gym: I've met many great friends, the coaches treat the athletes with respect, and I love the feel of family that comes from being a member on the team.
Life Goals: A Career in Physical Therapy
What Brought Me to the Gym: I came to Elite with the hopes of advancing my tumbling skills.
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Jocelyn Womack is 7 years old.  She LOVES to tumble.  This is her first year at Elite.  Her goals are to nail her belly drop on trampoline, perfect her forward and backward passes and move on to her walkover pass.
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Megan Brandmeyer 
Member of the Elite Gym for 2 years 
Goals; To be able to do a back tuck & be on level 4 or higher & for the team to hit every stunt & perform well at all cheer competitions! 
I am on level 2 senior- Rage 
My life goal is to attend college to be a Computer Forensic Analyst. 
Something I love about the gym is that everyone is so caring & it is like a second family. Everyone truly adores everyone & no one ever feels left out! 
What brought me to ECF is living in the QC & as a person who loves to cheer, I was determined to be apart of the Elite Team & better my skills, my family had known about the gym & thought it would be a great idea to get me in!
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My name is Kennedy DeBaillie and I am 11 years old. I have been at Elite since the middle of December of 2017. I compete sub novice age 10 in tumbling and I just started trampoline and double mini. My goals are to go to Nationals and to place better than last year which was 24th. I would like to do back tuck back tuck by the middle of March.
Since I have been at Elite I think I have done really well. I got my second 2nd place at the Maquoketa meet. I like that at Elite they tell you what to fix and we work on it until I get it. I also like the positive feedback and all the coaches, families, and athletes. I really like everything about Elite! Why I came to Elite?  Watching Elite athletes at the meets made a huge impression on me as well. Good form is expected and Elite athletes have been a testament to excellent coaching! 
I appreciate knowing that God is present at the gym and meets, and in you and your family’s lives! Thank you for creating that environment and for welcoming us! 


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Name: Emogen Greene

Years at gym: 2

Levels: 2 sr. & 4 sr.

Goals for my teams: Work hard as a team, have fun as a team, and learn to leave every frustration at the door.

Life goals: To get my Bachelor of Science in Nursing, and to always be content with my life and whatever I’m pursuing at that moment. 

What I love about the gym: Definitely the family oriented atmosphere, there’s a lot of love and support. It makes rough days a lot easier.

What brought me to the gym: My sister started when we moved to the area and then my cousin, it looked fun so I tried it.
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Cadence Radcliff, "Cadeebug", is 14 years old. She recently joined Elite Scorpions this past year, and competes on their Level 2 and Level 4 Senior Coed Teams. She loves competing AND winning! She has helped her team win gold and silver medals as well as grand division champion. She is a freshman in high school and also cheers on her school's JV squad. Her goals are to be on the Varsity squad this fall, take her tumbling skills to the next level, and to cheer in college. As the oldest of seven female cousins and one brother, she strives to be a good role model by setting good examples and proving that women can do anything!
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​Hi I'm Abbey Hillyer and I am 12 years old,I have been with Elite since October of 2017, I am sub novice for floor and beginner for double mini. I have been doing good this season I have been in two meets and I have got, 2nd for floor and got 3rd in double mini and for my other meet I got 2nd on floor. My goals are to be like lyric some day, and one day be first in double mini and floor at nationals.
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Jordyn is 12, she's on cheer teams 3 Jr and 4 Sr.  This is Jordyns second full season. Her goals are to perform to her best abilities in cheer and tumble in the next couple of years. She also wants to be a teacher.

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Hi my name is Lillyana Schultz and I'm 11 years old. I've been with Elite for 3 1/2 years. I am currently Sub Advanced level for tumbling, Intermediate level for Double Mini and Novice level for Trampoline.
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Kaitlyn is 13 years old. She is on Level 2 Senior Rage and Level 3 Junior Wrath. This is her second year on Scorpion Elite Cheer Force. Her goal is to improve her technique and learn new skills to earn a flyer spot on Level 4 Senior Envy. 
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Carolanne Greene age 12 years
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Zaria Greene I’m 13 years old. This is my 4th season on Scorpions Elite and my 1st season on Elite Twisters Fire. My goal for cheer is to get my standing back tuck and to make Level 4 next season. This season, I was on Level 2 and Level 3. My goal for tumbling is to move up levels on Trampoline and Double-Mini. I currently compete beginner in both events. When I get older, I would like to go to the University of Kentucky for Cheer. They are 23 time Universal Cheerleading Association (UCA) National Champions. I want to become a physical therapist when I graduate college. I enjoy Cheering and Tumbling at this gym because everyone is accepting. No one judges you if your learning a new skill and mess up. In the past few (4) years that I’ve been involved with this gym, I’ve made many friendships.
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Hi my name is Annalynn Adams, I'm 7 years old and I've been with Elite for 8 months.  I'm sub-notice in tumbling, and beginner in double-mini and trampoline.  My goal is to place at nationals and learn how to do a whip.
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SIDNEY LOVE 
​Age: 10
Team: Fury, Level 1
Years: She’s just about to finish her first (of many) year!
Goals: To be a flyer and continue to improve her tumbling skills

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Chloe Fulcher
Age: 11
Level 4 
This is her 4th year at Elite
Her goals are to stay fit and keep improving,  She would love to stay with Elite long enough to be a coach to younger athletes some day.

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Hi my name is Daria DeLille, I am 9 years old and this is my 2nd year on the ELITE Twisters Fire tumble team.  I compete sub-novice tumbling, novice double-mini, and beginner trampoline.  My tumbling goal is learn to do a back full.  This is my 1st year on the ELITE Scorpions cheer team.  I am a flyer on the level 3 junior team.  My cheer goal is to do a double down.
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Leah Van Hal 17yrs
This is my first year cheering at the gym but my 2nd year taking classes. My ultimate goal for cheerleading is to become a member of the Iowa State University squad at college next year. My tumbling goals are to get my standing tuck and roundoff handspring tuck and front walkover roundoff tuck as well. My life goal is to become a physical therapist.

My favorite part about the gym is the sense of having a family there. My best friends are my teammates and I'm so thankful that I've had the opportunity to get to know everyone and become a part of the family.

I came to Elite because I wanted to get back into tumbling after previously doing competitive gymnastics and wanted to start competitive cheer to prepare for college cheer.
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Aliza Dominique 10 years old Aliza Rea Dominique 11-9-2007
Two sisters 13 and 16
Spelling Bee champ of Winola elementary 
Loves to play chess and other board games and her cabbage patch dolls. 
Aspires to be a pole vaulter like her dad also plays volleyball & softball, but gymnastics is her favorite.
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Lily Oswald is on WRATH Level 3 Jr. 
She is 12 years old. 
This is her first year on the cheer team and she's enjoying every minute of it.
Lily would like to attend Iowa State University and to become an Architect.
Zoe Bevans 11 yrs old
Makayla Hughbanks 14 yrs old - ​what do i like about elite? i like how everybody is like a family. everyone is close to each other and i know i can tell my elite family anything.
what are my goals? my goal is to become an elite tumbler and make the elite team
why do i think i should make the all star team? i think i should make the all star team because i am very motivated to get better and i have a passion for this sport
Quinnland Einfeldt 9 years old
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Ella Jane Winter age 12 yrs
I have been in cheer for 2 years, I am on level 3 cheer.  My favorite part of competitive cheer is traveling & winning!  I am comnsidered a main base for my squad.
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Alaina Rae Ketner
Age 9
I've been with Elite for 5 years.
I compete Advanced Tumbling, Sub advanced double mini and novice trampoline.
My goal is to make the all star team on all three events.
I love coming to Elite to train hard with all my friends.


Cheer Team:
Alaina Rae Ketner
Age 9
I've been with Elite for 5 years.
I am currently on Level 3 junior and Level 5.
I have Cheered with Elite for 4 years.  
My goal is to cheer in college, but I'm not sure which college I want to go to yet.

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Allie Abbott 
Age: 12
Years at Elite: 2
Cheer Teams: Levels 3 and 4
Why I came to Elite: I came to Elite to join a competitive cheer team and better my tumbling skills.
What I love about the gym: I love all my teammates and the way our coaches push us to be our very best.
Cheerleading Goals: I want to continue cheer through high school and college. I also want to become a very strong base and enhance my tumbling skills. 
Life Goals: I want to go to college and earn a degree in medicine so that I can become a pediatric doctor.

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Xander Caldwell Winter 16 yrs old
I backspot and make sure nobody falls.  I am on level 4 Senior Co-Ed on conmpetitve cheer.  I have been in cheer for 4 years.  My favorite is th conditioning. 
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Nevaeh Alanna-Elaine McQuay
11 years old
Been at Elite for 4.5 years 
My goal is to make the All-Star team for Tumbling and Double Mini. 
I feel I should make the All-Star team because I work hard and always try my best.
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Makenna Grace  Helms - I am 12 years old and a 7th grader at Bettendorf Middle School. I have been with Elite Tumbling for 2   1/2 years.  
 
My goal is to make the USTA NATIONAL Allstar team for double mini and trampoline in 2020. I would also like to be national Champ on trampoline this year . 
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Emma Rose Petre
Age 11
This is my 1st year at Elite
I love this place it helps me forget about the stress and it is like my second home. I work hard and love to be pushed. I mostly want to thank Cari for helping me get stronger and have more confidence. I want to make the All Star team because I know I will work hard and be more positive and strong! My goal is to to learn more than two whips on rod floor and legs together on back handsprings and get to sub-advanced or advanced. On double-mini I want to work on pointed toes and chest up. I also want to be more confident on trampoline and jump high and tight. Can't wait to make the All Star Team with my friends!❤️
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Hi! I am Mallory Pronschinske and I am 9 years old. I have been tumbling at Elite for 6 months and I love every minute of it! My current goal is to make the Nationals team and place first at state. I also want to get my full off the double mini! I compete sub novice tumbling, beginner on trampoline and novice on double mini!
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​Carlos Fetterer Age 17 My goal is to make the All Star team on Rod Floor, Double Mini, and Trampoline. I feel I should make the All Star team, Not only because I work Hard, I encourage other Elite team mates to work hard also. I have been with Elite Tumbling Academy for 2 years
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Rylie Nicole Hessling age 7 yrs
3rd year at the gym
Wants to get her back hand spring
She loves seeing her friends at the gym, working on the trampoline and on her tumbling
We came to Elite because her sister tumbled at Elite
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My name is Deja Munson I am 20 years old I am on the tumbling team. I complete intermediate on trampoline and sub advanced on double mini. My goals are to get stuck all my passes on double mini and to get 9’s before the season is over. I future plans are to finish college and become an interior designer. My favorite thing about the gym is that we are all family and we treat each other as such. I am also on the level five cheer team and cheerleading is my all time favorite sport in the world! My goals for this team is to get my standing full and my double.
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Hi, my name is Kaylee Hillbloom and I'm 12 years old. This is my first year on the Rage Cheer team at Elite. Before I started at Elite I did tumbling. I had heard so many great things about how good the teams are and how great the coaches were, so I begged my mom to sign me up. I love the gym and have made so many really nice friends. Its more like a family!

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Selah Jaggers
2nd year cheering for scorpion elite. I am on two cheer teams - Rage - Level 2 senior and Wrath level 3 Jr.   My goal is to be the best cheerleader and support my teammates.

I am 12 years old and this is my 2nd year with Elite tumbling team.  I have been competing since March 2017.  I compete Beginner Trampoline, Tumbling advance beginner, and  double mini novice
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Maycee Jaggers
1st year doing cheer and I am happy to be on the scorpion Elite cheer squad.  I am on -Fury Level 1 Youth cheer team.  I enjoy cheering and being with my cheer friends at all the competitions

​I am 10 and this my first year tumbling at Elite on the Tumble team.  I am currently competing in Beginner Trampoline, Beginning Double Mini.

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Destiny Stevens age 12 yrs - 

I have been with Elite for 3 years.

I really like working hard and improving my skills. I love to dance and make “facials” during cheer!

My Cheer goals is to improve my skills so I can keep moving up cheer levels

I am a spotter, baser and flyer on Level 2 cheer team.
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Audrey Leigh Schatteman
11 years old.
Been with Elite for 2 years. I cheer on level 2 senior and level 3 junior.
My favorite thing about the gym is meeting new friends that have the same interests I do.
When I grow up I want to be a Cheer and tumbling coach.

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​Lyric Gordon age 10
5 years at the gym
To be the best and to win gold
To meet Simone Biles
What I love about the gym is everyone so nice and everyone cheers you on I love being there
Gracelynn Ryden age 12 yrs
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Patience Stevens age 10 yrs - Patience Stevens
10 years old

I have been with Elite for 3 years.

I really like my coaches.  They help me get better in with my cheer and tumbling skills. And I really like to compete, both tumbling and cheer. 

My Cheer goals is to get my standing back tuck so I can be on the Level 4 team
My Tumbling goals is to be as good as my teammate Lyric!

I am a flyer on Level 3 cheer team.
I compete Novice on Floor and Double Mini and Beginner on Trampoline on the tumble team.
Kelsie McGuirk age 13 yrs
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Summer is 12 years old and absolutely loves Cheer and tumbling!
She was self taught with the passion to learn more!
She also loves to sing and every summer she’s attends RME music camp. 
She is extremely shy until you get to know her. 
She’s on honor roll at Bettendorf Middle.
She has 2 siblings and 2 nephews!
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 Jada Jones age 12
2 1/2 years at the gym
I want to learn how to do a full twisting layout & perfect my jumps
Level 3 cheer, Intermediate training tumbler, Novice competitor
Life Goals: I want to go to UCLA and study art
I love being with my friends
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Angelina McGuirk age 8 yrs - Angelina McGuirk 

I have been with Elite for 3 years 
I love spending time with my friends and coaches!
I want to be on level 2
Denise Bennett age 17 
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Mia Grooms age 13Mia McKenna Grooms 


Age 13

3 1/2 years with Scorpions Elite

Level - 3 Jr Wrath

Cheer goals: To be on level 4 Sr next season and to be on a level 5 worlds team when I am older. 

Tumbling goals: To get a standing back tuck for level 4 and to eventually be on Elite Twisters Fire tumbling team.

Life goals: To be on a worlds team and be an adoption lawyer. 

At Elite I love all of my friends and coaches. They help me be a better cheerleader and person in general. My life would not be the same without Elite, everyone there is my family and the gym is like my second home. 
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Blair Ann Bastian - age 12

I have been with Elite Tumbling Academy for little  over a year.  I love this gym and the athletes who train here, I feel like it is my home away from home.  My coaches push me to do skills that I never thought I could ever do. I am a beginner on trampoline, a novice on double mini and intermediate on floor.

My goals are to go to Baylor University because they have one of the best tumbling and acrobatic teams.  I also hope to compete at Worlds if and when i get to be an elite tumbler.
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Keira Lynn Stroyan 
2nd year at Elite
Goals: getting her round off back hand spring, being a flyer on level 2
Life goals: to become a veterinarian 
She loves the coaches and her teammates they are inspiring.
Kiersten Johnson
Bella Alonzo age 10 years 
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​Hi my name is Alycia Savala, I'm 14 years old,  At my preschool graduation they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up and I said "a cheerleader".  


I came to Elite 2 years ago because I wanted to learn tumbling but tried out for cheer and have been a crossover on two teams for the past two years.  This year I'm on L2 Senior "Rage" and L3 Junior "Wrath".  

I enjoy Elite because it's a happy place and it's very fun to be there.  I love how we are like a big family.


My cheer goals are to be an amazing cheerleader that the little ones can look up to and see me as a role model.  I want to continue cheering with Elite as well as cheer for high school the next 4 years and then continue on cheering in college.
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Kirsten Schlue 
Kirsten Marie Schlue

         This is Kirsten's 1st season with Elite's Level 1 Fury Team
and she is loving every bit of it. We chose Elite because of the
straight-forward and family appeal. While being on the team, Kirsten
loves playing with her "cheer sisters" and spending any extra time at
the gym. There are so many different types of coaches to help her get
better in a constructive way! Kirsten hopes to be continue on and
compete at a national level. She wants to learn everything she can to
move up levels and become a flyer. Kirsten likes to work on power
stunts and trying new things. Kirsten does not know what she wants to
do when she grows up but, hopes she will be able to help coach other
kids.
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Hi! I am Lily Heller.   I am 13 years old. I have been cheering for five years. This is my first year at Scorpions Elite. I am on Level 2 Rage, Level 3 Wrath, and Level 4 Envy. My current goals are to improve my skills as a base and a flyer! I also want to increase my tumbling difficulty and skills so I can continue to cheer at the Elite level! Cheer is my life and I hope to someday become a college cheerleader!
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Hi!  My name is Cami Kay Anderson.  I am 9 years old.  I have been tumbling with ELITE for 3 months.  I compete Sub-Nov. on floor and Nov. on double mini and trampoline.  My goal this season is to get 1st place in all three events.  I also enjoy cheer and dance.
​Elite Tumbling Academy QC
3800 River Drive
Moline, IL.  61265
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