Adult Gymnastics Meet - Capital Gymnastics, Burke, VA, Octob

On Saturday, October 1, 2011, the adult gymnastics class at Capital Gymnastics in Burke, VA hosted a fun, laid back adult gymnastics meet for adult gymnasts of all ages and abilities.

On this coverage page, we are delighted to bring you Gymnastike's most extensive coverage of an adult meet to date, and likely the most comprehensive online coverage of an adult meet ever! We hope you enjoy viewing these videos, photos, interviews, results (click here for full meet results, and more. If you have additional videos or photos from the meet, please feel free to upload them to this page. If you have questions, please email marina@gymnastike.org, or leave a comment below.

For more on adult gymnastics, please visit Gymnastike's adult gymnastics page, http://www.gymnastike.org/page/Adult-Gymnastics.

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October 1, 2011

created by: Marina M

On Saturday, October 1, 2011, the adult gymnastics class at Capital Gymnastics in Burke, VA hosted a fun, laid back adult gymnastics meet for adult gymnasts of all ages and abilities. All meet profits went to the Special Olympics, and we were very lucky to have a special floor exhibition by a Special Olympics competitor at the beginning of the meet. Competitors ranged in ages from 21 to 50 years young. They came to Virginia from as close as Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia, and as far away as Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Experience levels ranged from those who began gymnastics while in diapers to those who had recently learned their first cartwheel. Among these amazing adult athletes were: - Three members of University of Maryland's famous Gymkana, an exhibition gymnastics/acrobatic troupe that made it to the semi finals on America's Got Talent this summer. - Maryland's oldest competing gymnast, a 40-something former elite, mother of two, who competes in level 9 against kids more than half her age during the regular season. - Five members of Upper Merion's competitive adult gymnastics team in Pennsylvania. To our knowledge, they are the only team of their kind in PA, and perhaps far beyond. - A forty-something mother of six, who has the same coach as some of her kids. - A forty-something mother of 13-year-old triplets, who started gymnastics a year and a half ago. - A 30-something former 6-year member of Honduras' national team. - Gymnasts who began gymnastics as far away as Japan, Mexico, Canada, and Honduras. One of them accepted a job in the US only after confirming that she could continue in gymnastics in the DC area! Special thank you to our Gymnastike videographers for this event: Laura Coon, Helen Rajpar, Grace Chou, and Ushma Parikh. Special thank you also to Coach Carlos and all our wonderful judges and volunteers, who made this meet possible! For more on adult gymnastics, please visit Gymnastike's adult gymnastics page, http://www.gymnastike.org/page/Adult-Gymnastics.

2 comments

Marina M 9 months ago

Hi Anonymous, we're trying to work out a date for another adult meet at Capital, possibly in late fall or early spring. It will be posted on Gymnastike when a date is set. Thanks so much for your interest, and hope you can make it!

Anonymous Coward 9 months ago

Is there going to be another adult meet at Capital this year?

Adult Gymnastics Meet - Capital Gymnastics, Burke, VA, Octob

Gymnastics Routine

adult women

adult men

Coverage Videos

Balance beam (17)

Floor (16)

Uneven bars (14)

Vault (31)

Floor (6)

High bar (4)

Parallel bars (2)

Vault (7)