Eastern Montana Gymnastics

February 7, 2024

Silver with Katelyn Ohashi

The Katelyn Ohashi "Drop It Like It's Hot" gymnastics meet was held for the first time in Billings, Montana on January 19-21, 2024. Eastern Montana Gymnastics, along with teams from North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and South Dakota, attended the Silver and Gold sessions. Kendra Linder, of Glendive, had the highest all-around and vault scores out of all 96 Gold gymnasts and Ava Hove, of Circle, had the highest balance beam score out of all Gold gymnasts. On the team side of things, the Silver team finished seventh out of 16 teams, while the Gold team placed second out of 16 teams. EMG's next meet will be in Watford City, ND on February 10.

Silver Level Placings

Out of 8: Ila Lehner (Circle)-4th vault, 1st tie uneven bars, 1st balance beam, 2nd floor, 2nd all-around

Mallory Meissner (Circle)-3rd vault, 4th uneven bars, 2nd balance beam, 4th tie floor, 4th all-around

Cora Hove (Circle)-4th balance beam, 5th all-around

Emersyn Knuth (Circle)-6th all-around

Rayleigh Robinette (Circle)-8th all-aroundut of 9: Paislee Hanson (Circle)- 4th vault, 4th tie uneven bars, 5th all-around

Jud Rehbein (Richey)- 2nd tie uneven bars, 3rd floor, 6th all-around

Serenity O'Dea (Glendive)-9th all-around

Out of 9: Brooklynn Boren (Glendive)-1st uneven bars, 1st floor, 3rd tie all-around

Out of 9: Chassie Sikveland (Circle)-8th all-around

Out of 9: Gracelyn Berg (Glendive)-4th uneven bars, 3rd balance beam, 4th tie floor, 4th all-around

Allie Olson (Circle)-5th balance beam, 4th tie floor, 8th all-around

Out of 10: Brooklyn Britt (Glendive)-5th tie floor, 8th all-around

Silver Level Scores (Vault, Uneven Bars, Balance Beam, Floor, All-Around)

Paislee Hanson-8.95, 9.55, 8.9, 8.9, 36.3

Ila Lehner-8.275, 9.475, 9.6, 8.85, 36.2

Jud Rehbein-8.6, 9.625, 8.675, 9.275, 36.175

Gracelyn Berg-8.725, 9.3, 9.325, 8.65, 36.0

Brooklynn Boren-8.375, 9.6, 8.825, 9.125, 35.925

Mallory Meissner-8.55, 9.225, 9.3, 8.5, 35.575

Allie Olson-8.25, 8.925, 9.1, 8.65, 34.925

Brooklyn Britt-8.375, 8.85, 8.725, 8.7, 34.65

Cora Hove-7.975, 8.975, 9.075, 8.45, 34.475

Serenity O'Dea-8.35, 8.625, 8.925, 8.35, 34.25

Chassie Sikveland-7.95, 8.95, 8.5, 8.325, 33.725

Emersyn Knuth-8.05, 8.9, 8.55, 8.05, 33.55

Rayleigh Robinette-7.7, 8.95, 8.35, 8.35, 33.35Gold Level Placings

Out of 9: Ella Beery (Circle)-3rd balance beam, 5th all-around

Emma Hove (Circle)-9th all-around

Out of 10: Justine Massar (Circle)-4th vault, 5th tie uneven bars, 3rd balance beam, 1st floor, 2nd all-around

Aubrey Ziegler (Glendive)-3rd tie vault, 5th tie uneven bars, 3rd tie floor, 6th all-around

Out of 8: Ava Hove (Circle)-4th uneven bars, 1st balance beam, 1st floor, 1st all-around

Gold with Katelyn Ohashi

Peyton Cool (Glendive)-2nd uneven bars, 6th all-around

Out of 8: Kendra Linder (Glendive)-1st vault, 1st uneven bars, 1st balance beam, 2nd floor, 1st all-around

Gold Level Scores (Vault, Uneven Bars, Balance Beam, Floor, All-Around)

Kendra Linder-9.45, 9.325, 9.35, 9.175, 37.3

Ava Hove-8.5, 9.05, 9.55, 9.05, 36.15

Justine Massar-8.35, 9.075, 9.2, 9.0, 35.625

Ella Beery-8.4, 8.85, 9.25, 8.8, 35.3

Peyton Cool-7.85, 8.85, 9.15, 8.55, 34.4

Aubrey Ziegler-8.6, 9.075, 7.55, 8.8, 34.025

Emma Hove-7.95, 7.925, 7.775, 8.6, 32.25

Author Bio

Kama Urton was raised in Vida and graduated from Circle High School with the class of 2005. She graduated from the University of North Dakota with Bachelor's degrees in Medical Laboratory Science, Psychology and General Studies. She retired from gymnastics at age 23, after competing Level 8 for many years for Eastern Montana Gymnastics. After completing her clinical rotation in Sioux Falls, SD and working at a clinic laboratory for a year, Kama moved back to Circle in 2012, where she worked full-time in the laboratory at McCone County Health Center and took over EMG from her parents, John and DeeAnn. She continues to work part-time for MCHC as the lab manager, is on the national Board of Directors for the Appaloosa Horse Club and of course, manages and coaches at EMG. In her free time, Kama enjoys spending time with her husband, Teddy, and 2-year-old daughter, Embri, and trains and shows Appaloosa horses.