Team Revolution

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Team Revolution athletes with their awards from the U.S. National Championships. Back Row from left to right: Breanna Bradley, Abby Rowe, Kalon Ludvigson, Bryson Blad, Kainoa Park

Front Row: Mary Calley, Rylee Messick, McKenzie Messick, Hadlee Anderson (Not pictured: Natalya Beneschott)

    LONG BEACH, Calif. — Ten members of the Team Revolution gymnastics team competed at the U.S. National Championships on July 3 through 13 and brought home 10 medals; 5 gold and 5 bronze.

    Kalon Ludvigson of Pocatello earned his seventh straight national championship in senior men’s tumbling and set a new U.S. record for degree of difficulty. It also tied his world record he set last October in Denmark. Kalon has not lost a U.S. competition since 2006.

    Natalya Beneschott, also of Pocatello, won the bronze medal in senior women’s tumbling. This was Beneschott’s second senior medal since becoming a member of Team Revolution in 2011.

    Kainoa Park of Chubbuck also won the bronze medal, this time for the junior girls tumbling event. Park was in a three-way tie for the bronze going into the finals where she executed a new tumbling pass to upend her competitors and earn the bronze outright.

    Ludvigson, Beneschott and Park all were named to the U.S. National Team in their respective disciplines.

    Also competing for Team Revolution was Breanna Bradley from Pocatello. Bradley has been undefeated in competition this season, winning every event in which she entered. This includes the U.S. National Championships. She won the level nine tumbling, level 10 double mini trampoline and level 10 trampoline events. Bradley has now moved into the Elite Division.

    Hadlee Anderson of American Falls earned the gold medal in level 7 double mini trampoline and also earned a top ten finish by placing seventh in level eight tumbling.

    Bryson Blad of Pocatello earned the bronze medal in the boys level 10 tumbling, fourth place in the level nine double mini trampoline and 10th in level nine trampoline.

    Abby Rowe of American Falls earned the bronze medal in the level nine double mini trampoline. She also finished in seventh in level nine trampoline.

    Mary Calley of Pocatello won the bronze medal in the girls level eight double mini trampoline.

    McKenzie Messick of Firth competed in the level eight tumbling and finished in the top ten by placing sixth and seventh in level seven double mini trampoline.

    Rylee Messick, also of Firth, competed in level six trampoline, level seven double mini trampoline and level seven tumbling.

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