The Door County YMCA Excel Silver Gymnastic Team earned their first three-peat by winning three consecutive YMCA Gymnastics State Titles. The Excel Silver Team sported 14 new team members this season, ages nine-13. The Team captured the three-peat this past weekend in West Bend after edging out nine teams with a total of 112.375 points. The Kettle Moraine YMCA hosted the 2025 State tournament.

Along with the three-peat, the Silver team returned home with eight individual State titles. Emma Higginbotham (12 and up) led the team with three individual gold medals. Emma won gold in the all-around with a 37.45, the beam with a 9.1, and she vaulted to victory with a 9.375. Jessa Varney (10 and under) won two individual titles.  Jessa won gold in the all-around with a 37.20 and gold on vault with a 9.3. Annabel Smullen (10 and under) won gold on the floor, scoring 9.6. Piper Delarwelle (10 and younger) won gold on the bars scoring 9.675. Jackson won gold on the floor with a 9.6.

The Excel Gold Team returned home with a 3^rd place team title out of 12 teams competing and four individual State titles.  Lauren Gaida (14 and up) won two individual titles, one in the all-around scoring 36.275 and she secured gold on the floor with a 9.65. Evelynn Kelsey (12 &13) won gold on the floor with a 9.725, and sister Ellie Kelsey (10 and under) won gold on the beam with a 9.0.

The Striver Excel Silver, Gold, Platinum and Level 8 squads brought home two team titles, 12 individual State titles, eight silver medals, and nine bronze medals. Medals are awarded down 10 places, 30% of participation. The team brought home a total of  61 individual medals. 98% of those were top six medals.

Silver
Emma Higginbotham 1^st all around, beam, and vault, 3^rd floor, 6^th bars
Jessa Varney 1^st all around and vault, 3^rd floor, beam, and bars
Jackson Varney 1^st floor, 3^rd bars, 5^th all around, 6^th vault
Annabel Smullen 1^st floor, 2^nd all-around, vault and beam
Piper Delarwelle 1^st bars
Genevieve Gigstead 2^nd floor and bars, 5^th all around
Peyton Watermolen 3^rd vault, 4^th all around, 5^th bars, 6^th floor, 10^th beam
Cosette Orrick 3^rd all-around, floor and bars
Milana Reifsnyder 5^th floor, 7^th all around, 7^th vault
Louisa Grenfell 5^th beam
Taiya Couperus 5^th on vault
Maisie Kelnhofer 7^th beam and bars, 8^th floor, 9^th all around
Adela Cordua- Stenzel 7^th bars, 8^th floor

Excel Gold
Lauren Gaida, 1^st floor and bars, 2^nd all-around and vault 
Evelynn Kelsey1st floor, 2^nd beam, 4^th vault, 7^th all around
Ellie Kelsey, 1^st beam
Keira Clark, 3^rd floor, 6^th beam
Greta Virgin, 6^th beam

Level 8
Estelle Duerst 4th beam, 5^th bars, 8^th all around
Amira Anschutz 5^th floor. 

Platinum
Shaylyn Asher medaled 4^th beam, 6^th on bars.

The Striver Team will make their way to the 2025 YMCA Gymnastic Nationals this June 23-29 at the Resch Center in Green Bay.