SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 10, 2011 – The 2011 Trampoline and Tumbling Elite Championships at the Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio, Texas, concluded last night. Jeffrey Gluckstein of Atlantic Highlands, N.J./Ultratwisters, won the senior men’s trampoline title and Savannah Vinsant of Lafayette, La./T&T Express won the senior women’s trampoline title. Kalon Ludvigson of Pocatello, Idaho/Team Revolution, defended his senior men’s tumbling title making it his sixth consecutive national championships tumbling title and Karly Judkins of Tulsa, Okla./Elite Gymnastics claimed the senior women’s tumbling title.
For double mini-trampoline, Erin Jauch of Crystal Lake, Ill./Fox Valley Tumbling and Trampoline won the women’s senior title, while Ludvigson won the men’s senior title. For synchronized trampoline Alaina Williams of Amarillo, Texas, and Dakota Earnest of Plains, Texas, both of Acrospirits, won the senior women’s title and Neil Gulati of Irvine, Calif./World Elite, and Michael Devine of Winnebago, Ill./J&J Tumbling and Trampoline won the senior men’s title.
The World Championships and World Age Group Games teams were named at the conclusion of the competition. The Trampoline and Tumbling World Championships will take place Nov. 16-19 in Birmingham, England, and the World Age Group Championships will take place Nov. 20-26 in the same location. Click here for a list of the athletes competing for the U.S. at these competitions.