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SANTIAGO de QUERETARO, Mexico, Nov. 30, 2012 – Kalon Ludvigson of Pocatello, Idaho/Team Revolution, and Marina Moskalenko of St. Cloud, Fla./Stick It Gymnastics, are in the lead in tumbling after the preliminary round of competition at the 2012 Pan American Trampoline and Tumbling Championships, at the Josefa Ortíz de Domínguez Auditorium in Santiago de Queretaro, Qro., Mexico. Austin Nacey of Braidwood, Ill./TwistStars Tumbling and Trampoline, is third.

Ludvigson has the top score of 74.00 for the men, Moskalenko has the top score of 60.00 for the women. Nacey has a score of 67.40 for the men and is in third. All three athletes will advance to finals on Sunday, Dec 2, which is new life.

The complete team includes: Kristle Lowell of Orland Park, Ill./Branch Gymnastics, competing in women's double mini-trampoline; Moskalenko, tumbling and double-mini; Nacey, tumbling and double-mini; and Ludvigson, tumbling.

Ludvigson has two Pan Am Championships tumbling gold medals to his credit, along with six U.S. senior tumbling crowns. Nacey was a tumbling bronze medalist at the 2011 World Age Group Competition. Moskalenko, the 2012 U.S. women's tumbling champion, and Lowell were members of the double-mini team bronze medal squad at the 2011 World Championships.

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