Stingray Trampoline and Tumbling Team just returned from the United States Trampoline and Tumbling Association’s (USTA) National Championship in Fort Lauderdale, Florida with 4 Team Awards and six individual championship titles.
The Stingrays won four team titles:
- 2nd Place Sub-Advanced Boys Trampoline
- 2nd Place Sub Advanced Boys Double Mini Trampoline
- 3rd Place Sub-Advanced Girls Trampoline
- 3rd Place Elite Boys Double Mini Trampoline.
Stingrays also won six individual National Championship titles including
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- Nicole Shifrin, Girls 17+ Sub-Advanced Tumbling
- Audrey Smith, Girls 15-16 Intermediate Trampoline
- Will Simon, Boys 9-10 Sub-Advanced Trampoline, Boys 9-10 Sub-Advance Tumbling and Boys 9-10 Sub-Advanced Double-Mini Tramp
- Jack Grimsley, Boys 11-12 Sub-Novice Tumbling.
Other notable achievements include Oliver Mullin, 3rd Place Elite in Double Mini-Tramp and 33 top-ten placements out of three events.
The sport of Trampoline and Tumbling (T&T) is relatively unknown though quickly gaining national and international recognition. T&T includes four events: power tumbling, trampoline, synchronized trampoline, and double mini-trampoline.
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Jim Dowling, founder of Stingrays T&T, was a collegiate gymnast who first coached the sport of T&T while living in Florida. In 2009, after a corporate job layoff, Dowling decided to start Georgia’s first USTA T&T program, hoping to develop a top-notch program with a training schedule that allows “kids to be kids.” Allstar Panther Cheerleading in Johns Creek offered him space.
In 2012, Stingray Allstar Cheerleading purchased Allstar Panthers and new owner Casey Jones has embraced and invested in Dowling’s passion for excellence. Four years later, Dowling’s program is one of 7 competitive teams in the state of Georgia and ranked 9th in the nation.
Stingray athletes who finished top-ten in the nation this year include Remi DeLong (age 10), Kenley Diaz (age 9), Emily Dowling (age 15), Jean Fourie (age 10), Jack Grimsley (age 12), Alison Hu (age 11), Chloe Lamkin (age14), Macy Mannheimer (age 9), Joanna Russell (age 15), Nicole Shifrin (age 17), Will Simon (age 11), Audrey Smith (age 17), Chloe Wright (age 15), and elite athletes Alex Cordon (age 20) and Oliver Mullin (29).
This fall Dowling’s TnT program will open a second location in Kennesaw. More information is available at www.stingraytnt.com.