Roswell Gymnasts Awarded At 2019 Junior Olympic Nationals

ROSWELL, GA — After being awarded full athletic gymnastics scholarships earlier this year, Roswell gymnasts Caroline Williams and Lauren Rutherford now have additional accomplishments to celebrate along with their entire competitive team.

Williams and Rutherford, along with their coaches, recently attended the 2019 Junior Olympic Nationals in Indianapolis, where they both placed second in the nation on Floor in their respective age groups. Additionally, both athletes contributed to the overall success of their teams in Region 8 competitions, consisting of eight southeastern states.

Williams’ and Rutherford’s achievements are a testament to their hard work and the leadership of their coaches, Lorenzo Wyatt, Karla Monterroso, JP Monterroso, Julia Yurkina, and Olga Yurkina. To add to their achievements, both Williams and Rutherford have maintained a 4.0 or higher GPA throughout their entire high school careers, perfectly balancing academics and athletics.

Roswell Gymnastics Program Director, Cindy Furman, praises the young athletes’ triumphs.

“Gymnastics is a very demanding sport that requires a tremendous amount of training and dedication,” said Furman. “Only 3 percent of athletes obtain this level, and we are most proud to have had both Caroline and Lauren, who have trained solely at Roswell for their entire career, reach this level of achievement.”

At the conclusion of the competition season, the top four all-around athletes in each of the 12 age divisions sanctioned by USA Gymnastics are named to the 2019 Junior Olympic National Team. Many Junior Olympic Champions have gone on to make the U.S. National Team and represent the USA in international competitions and /or compete in the Olympics or collegiate gymnastics. Currently, the gymnasts are training to qualify for the 2020 Nastia Liukin Classic as well as the 2020 Junior Olympic Nationals.

The notable achievements within the different age divisions of the competitive athletes on the national and regional levels include:

Level 10 Junior Olympic National and Regional Results:

Roswell qualified three gymnasts to level 10 Regional Championships and 2 gymnasts to Junior Olympic National Championships:

Lauren Rutherford- Junior Olympic Nationals—2nd place on floor (9.65) and 6th place on vault (9.7)

Regionals- Region 8 vault champion, 2nd floor.

Caroline Williams- Junior Olympic Nationals- 2nd place on floor (9.75). Regionals- Region 8 floor champion

Level 9 Regional Results:

Roswell qualified 6 gymnasts to the level 9 Regional Championships. The top finishers were:

Level 9:

Hallie Stocker- Level 9 regional floor champion

Emma Duerre- Level 9 regionals - 2nd on floor (9.575)

Level 8 Regional Results:

Roswell qualified 8 gymnasts to the Level 8 Regional Championships. Top three finishers were:

Anna Draper: Georgia Regional Team member, 2nd on bars (9.8), 3rd on beam (9.75), 3rd on floor (9.625)and 2nd AA – (38.575)

Mollie Bunarek – 3rd on beam (9.5)

Isabella Dillon- 2nd on beam (9.55)

Meg Hyser- Floor champion (9.55) and 2nd on vault

Level 7 Regional Results:

Roswell qualified 6 gymnasts to the Level 7 regional championships. Top three finishers were:

Madeline Callaham- Georgia Regional team member- 3rd on vault (9.5)and 3rd on bars (9.75)

Annika Le- Vault champion and beam Champion, 2nd All-around ( 37.05)

Vaughn Parichabutr- Beam champion ( 9.7)

Isha Patkar- Vault champion (9.75)