National Gymnastics Day

Each year, USA Gymnastics celebrates National Gymnastics Day to raise exposure of our sport. Since 2001, gymnastics clubs across the country have raised more than $1.5 million for the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. On Sept. 17, 2011, 20,478 gymnasts and fans from more than 400 gymnastics clubs and locations nationwide joined together to set the world record for most handstands performed simultaneously and bring the title back to the United States.

At precisely 1 p.m. ET, 20,478 of participants throughout the country kicked up into a handstand to break the existing record of 2,402, set by Australian gymnasts in Melbourne to promote the 2005 World Gymnastics Championships.

Click here for photo galleries from clubs and individuals that helped break the world handstand record on 9/16/11

About Children’s Miracle Network:<
Children's Miracle Network—the alliance of premier hospitals for children—is a non-profit organization dedicated to saving and improving the lives of children by raising funds for children’s hospitals across North America. Each year the 170 Children's Miracle Network hospitals provide the finest medical care, life-saving research and preventative education to help millions of kids overcome diseases and injuries of every kind. For more information on Children’s Miracle Network visit www.childrensmiraclenetwork.org.

2011 National Gymnastics Day Children's Miracle Network Winners

Top three club winners

  • 1ST PLACE - Northern Elite - New Jersey - $22,171.00
    AAI gift certificate for $1,500
    Member Services gift certificate for $200
    (educational courses, sanctions or memberships)

  • 2ND PLACE - California Sports Center - California - $18.012.60
    AAI gift certificate for $1,000
    Member Services gift certificate for $200
    (educational courses, sanctions or memberships)

  • 3RD PLACE - Gymnastics World and Cheer - Ohio - $17,935.10
    AAI gift certificate for $750
    Member Services gift certificate for $200
    (educational courses, sanctions or memberships)

Top three individual winners
  • Abby Villenauve - Gymnastics World, Broadview Heights, Ohio - $7,642.02
  • Shelly Katz - Northern Elite, Flanders, N.J. - $4,555.00
  • Mary Kate Cacchione - Northern Elite, Flanders, N.J. - $4,550.00
The top three individuals who raise the most money for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals will receive the following prizes:
  • Round-trip airfare for two to the 2012 AT&T American Cup in New York at Madison Square Garden on March 3, 2012
  • Two tickets to the 2012 AT&T American Cup
  • Two pre-event VIP hospitality passes
  • One-night stay in the USA Gymnastics host hotel

Plan ahead for 2012 and save the date for next year's celebration of National Gymnastics Day - Sept. 22, 2012
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