Kippettes
2025-2026 Season Recap
2025 Lemon Classic🍋🩷
The 2025 Lemon Classic was a huge success! This was our first time at this meet, competing against teams we’ve never seen and teams whose reputations stand strong. Our Level 6/7s started our weekend strong with high scores and solid routines! Our upper level Xcel teams crushed this competition with both teams taking home 1st place team! We had the debut of our first ever Xcel Sapphire gymnasts who crushed a 34+ All Around! Our lower levels stood strong against a lot of competition, still holding their own and earning places. What a strong start to the season for our Kippettes!
1st Place Winners:
Level 6:
Jaliyah- Bars (9.05)
Xcel Platinum:
Karina- Beam (9.1)
Xcel Diamond:
Lanie- Beam (9.075)
Josie- Floor (9.625)
Lilli- Bars (9.1)
Xcel Sapphire:
Savanah- Vault, Bars, Beam, Floor, All Around
Team Awards
Xcel Platinum- 1st Place
Xcel Diamond- 1st Place
Level 5- 2nd place
2025 Liberty Cup🏆
Another year down at the 2025 Liberty Cup! This meet has become a favorite for our team, as we have been attending on/off for about 15 years. We love the variety of competition, the judging, the accommodations, and the overall vibe! Our Upper Level Xcels started this weekend off with a bang, having 15/16 bring home a medal and many gymnasts scoring for states. Major Moment- we had our first Level 9 in 8 years!!!! Level 9, Ma’isa, crushed her first competition after fighting back from an injury. Our Level 5s slayed their meet, with every gymnast gracing the podium! Our Golds showed out today, with the entire team placing on Vault! Our 6/7s continued their streak from the first competition- consistent routines, confident gymnasts, and all around good vibes! Our 4s fought for their spots on the podium, bringing home 5/8 medals. Way to go ladies!
1st Place Winners:
Level 4:
Remi- Beam (9.4)
Level 5:
Aria- Beam
Andria- Beam
Level 6:
Grace- Floor (9.075)
Robyn- Beam (9.3)
Xcel Diamond:
Josie- Vault (9.0), Floor (9.5)
2026 California Classic☀️✈️
The Kippettes made their West Coast Debut!! What an amazing experience to compete in Region 1 against some of the best teams in their region. We had 34 Kippettes fly out and had 21 earn a medal for the plane ride home! Our girls had great routines, pushed through some tough moments, and fought hard to earn a spot on the podium. Our highest score of the weekend came from our 2026 Senior- Xcel Diamond Lauren Arnoldi! She earned a 9.475 for her stunning floor routine and second place. What an overall amazing weekend filled with lots of sun, relaxation, team bonding, and great gymnastics!
Level 3:
Ava- 7th V, 4th FX
Level 4:
Elena- 6th V, 6th BB, 5th FX, 7th AA
Level 5:
Ariahna- 6th V(9.025), 6th UB, 5th BB, 6th FX, 4th AA
Aria- 4th UB, 5th BB, 6th AA
Aubrey- 4th UB
Level 6:
Robyn- 2nd V (9.1)
Level 8:
Nahla- 5th V, 4th FX
Level 9:
Ma'isa- 4th BB
Xcel Platinum:
Karina- 2nd UB(9.45), 4th BB, 3rd FX(9.45), 4th AA(36.55)
Maddy- 4th V, 6th FX(9.0), 7th AA
Nadia- 5th V, 5th BB
Avery- 6th FX (9.175)
Josie- 4th V(9.1)
Jacky- 3rd BB(9.075)
Zada- 7th FX
Clover- 6th BB
Stella- 5th BB
Xcel Diamond:
Lauren- 2nd V(9.05), 4th UB, 2nd FX(9.475), 4th AA(35.35)
Josie- 3rd V, 7th UB, 2nd FX(9.45), 4th AA(35.275)
Lilli- 2nd BB
Lanie- 6th FX(9.275)
Team Awards:
Level 5- 3rd Place
2026 Flipping with the Stars
Another year at Flipping with the Stars! This meet is one of our favorites for its fun theme, great hosting, amazing awards, and fun gymnasts gifts! We are cruising through the season with lots of placements, lots of team awards and a whole lot of fun!
1st Place Winners:
Level 5:
Aubrey- Bars(9.25)
Level 6:
Jaliyah- Vault(9.4)
Xcel Silver:
Phillipine- Vault(9.15), All Around(37.05)
Kat- Beam(9.6)
Ryan- Bars(9.5)
Xcel Platinum:
Karina- Vault(9.05), Bars(9.6), All Around(36.45)
Josie- Vault (9.5)
Avery- Floor (9.125)
Xcel Diamond:
Josie- Beam (9.35), Floor (9.55), All Around(36.6)
Lauren- Floor(9.45)
Team Awards:
Level 5- 5th Place
Xcel SIlver- 4th Place
Xcel Platinum- 6th Place
Xcel Diamond- 3rd Place
2026 Hug & Kiss
The Kippettes went to the 32nd Annual Hug & Kiss meet for the first time! Lots of high scores, exciting moments, awards, and sportmanship. This meet had an award that represent their Coach who had strength, perseverance, and determination. The Kippettes were honored to have recieved this award three times this year. Level 6 Robyn earned this award for fighting back after a rough bar routine, Level 5 Kayla earned it for fighting to stay on the beam after almost falling on her full turn, and the ENTIRE Level 4 team earned it for their amazing sportsmanship and enthusiasm. Way to go ladies!
Highest Score in each Level:
Level 2:
V- Hannah (8.6), UB- Nora (9.0), BB- Clementine(9.5), FX Amira(8.7), AA Nora(35.675)
Level 3:
V- Ava (8.5), UB- Ella(8.75), BB- Motun(8.8), FX-Ava(8.9), AA Motun(33.7)
Level 4:
V- Nyla(8.9), UB- Remi(8.5), BB- Nyla(9.2), FX Nyla(9.225), AA Sloane(34.425)
Level 5:
V- Ariahna(9.05), UB- Aubrey(9.125), BB- Aria(8.725), FX Emme(9.05), AA Aria(34.325)
Level 6:
V- Jaliyah(9.175), UB- Jaliyah(8.825), BB- Jaliyah(9.3), FX Robyn(9.65), AA Jaliyah(36.825)
Level 7:
V- Jaelyn(8.8), UB- Jaelyn (8.15), BB- Mia(8.65), FX Lily(8.775), AA Jaelyn(34.125)
Level 8:
V- Nahla(8.325), UB- Melina(7.3), BB- Nyah(8.9), FX-Nahla(8.45), AA Melina(32.05)
Xcel Bronze:
V- Mya(8.825), UB- Sofia(8.95), BB- Mya(8.8), FX-Mya(9.125), AA Mya(35.4)
Xcel Silver:
V- Taliah(9.175), UB- Kat(9.05), BB- Kat(9.6), FX-Taliah (8.8), AA Kat(35.6)
Xcel Gold:
V- Hazel(8.65), UB- Hazel(9.1), BB- Zoe(9.275), FX-Zoe(9.0), AA Hazel(35.8)
Xcel Platinum:
V-Josie(9.275), UB- Karina(9.25), BB- Julie(9.2), FX-Avery(9.4), AA Karina(36.35)
Xcel Diamond:
V-Josie(9.05), UB- Joise & Lilli (9.0), BB- Lauren(9.025), FX-Lauren(9.65), AA Lauren(36.575)
2026 Pink Invitational!
Our triumphant return to the Pink Invitational was a success!! We love this meet for its message, its purpose, its beautiful leotard, and the fact that its hosted in our hometown! This was our final regular meet of the season before we head into post season for levels 3-8 & Xcel Gold- Diamond.
Shoutout to our Xcel Diamond team who earned 3rd place against some amazing teams in their session!
This meet celebrates the 9.0s and donates $1 for every 9.0 earned to breast and ovarian cancer research. Below are all our amazing gymnast who earned a 9.0 and $1 towards research.
9.0s earned:
Level 2:
Amira- V, UB, BB, FX
Hannah- BB
Siya- UB
Charlotte- UB
Clementine- UB, BB, FX
Nora- UB
Level 3:
Ella- UB
Level 4:
Nyla- BB, FX
Level 5:
Aria- UB, FX
Ariahna- V, UB
Aubrey- UB
Emme- FX
Level 6:
Jaliyah- V, BB, FX
Robyn- V, BB, FX
Grace- FX
Level 7:
Lily M- BB, FX
Level 8:
Melina- FX
Nahla- FX
Nyah- FX
Xcel Bronze:
Emily- V, FX
Xcel Silver:
Phillipine- V, UB, FX
August- BB
Emmy- BB
Jada- BB
Kat- BB, FX
Olivia- BB, FX
Taliah- BB
Lola- BB
Aleena- V
Xcel Gold:
Sylvia- BB
Maddie- V
Hazel- BB
Sofie- BB
Xcel Platinum:
Karina- V, UB, FX
Josie- V, FX
Maddy- FX
Avery- V, FX
Zada- V, FX
Clover- V, FX
Nadia- V, FX
Xcel Diamond:
Josie- V, BB, FX
Lanie- UB, BB, FX
Lauren- UB, FX
Lilli- UB, BB
2026 State Championships
Level 5
Level 5
Level 5
Congrats to our Level 5s on a great State Championships! Emme had a stellar bar routine earning her 4th place! Ariahna set fire to the floor walking away with 5th place. Aria had another strong all around to finish her season. Kayla earned her highest AA score of the season by almost 2 points! Way to go girls, onto Level 6!
Emme- 4th Bars (9.05)
Ariahna- 5th FX (9.05)
Level 6
Level 5
Level 5
Congrats to our Level 6s on a great State Championships! Robyn earned her highest AA of the season and another stellar FX score. Jaliyah had another huge AA to finish her Level 6 season. Aylin nailed her final floor routine of the year and Grace crushed another Vault. Way to go ladies!
Robyn- 3rd FX (9.625)
Level 7
Level 7
Level 7
Congrats to Lily and Jaelyn for a great State Championships! Lily ended her season with her highest Bar and All Around score of the season! Jaelyn earned her 35 AA and punched her ticket to Level 7 Regionals! Way to go ladies!
Level 8
Level 7
Level 7
Congrats to our Level 8 Melina who finished her season strong at the State Champions! She earned her second highest AA of the season! Way to go Melina, We are so proud of you!
2025 State Championships
Level 3
Remi Faggiola is your 2025 Level 3 Bars State Champion!
Nyla Whidbee- 3rd Vault (9.525), 5th Bars(9.225), 2nd Floor(9.275), 4th All Around(36.825)
Remi Faggiola- 1st Bars (9.475), 3rd Floor(9.175)
Josie Kirker- 2nd Vault (9.575), 6th Beam, 6th Floor(9.075)
Level 4
Our Level 4s rocked the floor at the 2025 State Championships! Bringing home bling, high scores, and championship titles! Way to go girls!
Aria Bellina- 2nd Bars (9.15), 3rd Beam(9.425), 4th All Around (36.0)
Ariahna Morris-Shank- 4th Bars(9.025), 2nd Floor (9.25)
Andria Zheng- 4th Floor (9.075)
Level 5
Robyn Burton is your 2025 Level 5 Beam(9.3) and Floor(9.4) State Champion! Aylin also ended her season with a great meet! Way to go girls!
Level 6
Level 6
Lily Miller is your 2025 5th place Floor champion (9.65)!
Lily Perrone is your 2025 6th place Beam Champion (9.5)!
Congrats to the rest of our Level 6s who put up their best scores of the season on floor!
Mia Sierra- 9.35 FX, Jaelyn Dempster- 9.2 FX
Level 7
Level 6
Level 7
Congrats to our Level 7s on a great season! We love watching you shine!
Level 8
Level 6
Level 7
We are so proud of our Level 8s for having an amazing states meet! Anna's goal was to improve from last year and she did by leaps and bounds! Ma'isa had a stunning beam and floor routine earning her spots on the podium! Way to go ladies, we are so proud of you!
Ma'isa- 5th Beam(9.15), 6th Floor (9.35)
Xcel Gold
Xcel Platinum
Xcel Platinum
Huge congrats to our Xcel Gold Nadia who earned her highest All Around (35.575) and Bar score of the season, earning her a spot at the Regional Championships!
Xcel Platinum
Xcel Platinum
Xcel Platinum
Lets Go Girls! We are bringing home some bling and regional qualifiers! Penelope and Audrey both earned their highest beam scores, and Jacky performed an awesome vault to end her season!
Penelope- 4th V(9.025), 8th BB(9.325), Regional Qualifier (35.5)
Audrey- Regional Qualifier (35.45)
2025 Regional Championships
Xcel Gold
Xcel Platinum
Xcel Platinum
Xcel Gold Nadia finished her amazing season off with a bang! Her first ever regionals and she walked away with her highest Bar and Floor scores of the season! Way to go Nadia, we can't to continue to see you shine!
8th Bars (9.2)
Xcel Platinum
Xcel Platinum
Xcel Platinum
Xcel Platinums Audrey and Penelope ended their seasons on a high note. Audrey performing her best floor routine earning a 9.5 and third place! Penelope stuck another Vault which earned her 9th place! Way to go ladies!
Audrey- 3rd Floor (9.5)
Penelope- 9th Vault (9.075)
2024 State Championships
Level 3
Level 3
Level 3
Congrats to our Level 3s who finished their season off strong with lots of high scores and personal achievements. We are so proud of you!
Aria-7th Floor(9.4)
Hailey-5th Floor(9.175)
Elsie- 7th Bars(9.125)
Level 6
Level 3
Level 3
Nahla is your 2024 Level 6 All Around Champion! She also took home 5th UB (9.075) and 3rd BB(9.5).
Congrats to the rest of our Level 6s who put up their best scores of the season!
Lilly P- 34.85 AA, Julie- 9.025 FX, Violet- 9.25 FX, Nyah- 9.025 UB. Way to go girls!
Level 7
Level 3
Level 7
Ma'isa is your 2024 Level 7 3rd Place Floor State Champion!
Congrats to Josie who became the first Kippette to qualify for Level 7 Regionals!
Level 8
Xcel Platinum
Level 7
Congrats to Anna Arnoldi on having a great season and showing at Level 8 states. So proud of you!
Xcel Gold
Xcel Platinum
Xcel Platinum
We've got 3 Regional Qualifiers! Penelope (35.825), Jacky (35.175), and Genevieve (35.175) all qualified for the 2024 Regional competition!
Penelope- 5th V (9.175)
Jacky- 10th Bars (9.05), 11th Beam
Xcel Platinum
Xcel Platinum
Xcel Platinum
One last time for our seniors, what a fantastic final state meet of their careers! Hailee is your 2024 Xcel Platinum Vault State Champion! Iyana became the first Kippette gymnast to ever recieve a 9.8, earning herself 4th place on the podium! What an incredible meet, season, and career for these young ladies!
Hailee- 1st Place Vault (9.225)
Iyana- 9th Vault (9.025), 7th Bars (9.0), 4th Floor (9.8)
Xcel Diamond
Xcel Diamond
Xcel Diamond
Our Diamond Girl! Jolie has a special place in all coaches hearts, being in the program for 10+ years. She ended her career with a 9.625 on floor and 2nd place. She also achieved her highest all around of the season (36.175), and highest bar score in her Xcel Diamond career. Way to go Jolie, we are so proud of all your accomplishments!
Jolie- 2nd Floor (9.625)
2024 Regional Championships
Level 7
Xcel Platinum
Xcel Gold
We are so proud of Level 7 Josie for crushing her first ever Regional competition! She reperesented Kendrick with over 60 other gymnasts from PA, NJ, DE, MD, VA, & WV! She put up her highest Level 7 All Around of the season (35.925)! What a historic season for Josie, moving up three levels from Level 4 in 2023 to Level 7 in 2024. Amazing!
Xcel Gold
Xcel Platinum
Xcel Gold
Xcel Gold Penelope finished her amazing season off with a bang! Her first ever regionals and she walked away with 3 medals and her highest scores of the season! Way to go Penelope, we can't to continue to see you shine!
6th Vault (9.1)
7th Floor (9.4)
8th All Around (36.975)
Xcel Platinum
Xcel Platinum
Xcel Platinum
Xcel Platinum Iyana ended her gymnastics career on top! She had an amazing senior season and this was the exclamation point! Earning her highest all around of the season and making us so proud. Way to go Iyana, we are so proud of you!
2nd Floor (9.675)
8th Beam (9.3)
9th All Around (36.55)
2023 State Championships
Level 3
We sent seven Level 3s to states this year and they all fought till the very end! Congrats on an amazing season girls!
Robyn is coming home a 3x 1st Place State Champion!
Vault - 1st Place (9.5)
Bars- 3rd Place (9.3)
Beam- 5th Place (9.3)
Floor- 1st place (9.55)
All Around- 1st Place (37.45)
Level 4
Our Level 4s ended their awesome season on a high note with everyone taking home at least one trophy.
Josie is your 2023 Level 4 Bars State Champion!
Josie- 1st UB (9.575), 2nd FX (9.475), 2nd AA (36.8)
Nahla- 2nd V(9.05), 2nd UB (9.2), 6th AA
Tati - 4th V, 4th UB
Julie- 6th FX
Level 5
Level 5
Congrats to Ma'isa & Lily for finishing out their season at Level 5 states!
Ma'isa is your 2023 Level 5 Beam State Champion!
Ma'isa- 7th Bars, 1st BB (9.725), 5th AA
Level 7
Xcel Gold
Level 5
Congrats to the Arnoldi sisters, Lauren & Anna, on having a great season and showing at Level 7 states. So proud of you both!
Level 8
Xcel Gold
Xcel Gold
Level 8 States made Savanah a Regional Qualifier!
Savanah - 6th FX (9.275)
Ameena - 2nd UB (9.175)
Xcel Gold
Xcel Gold
Xcel Gold
Congrats to our Xcel Golds for representing Kendrick with 6 girls competing at Xcel States. Special shoutout to Mia, Josie, Sahara, and Genevieve for qualifying for Xcel Regionals!
Mia - 4th UB (9.2), 5th BB (9.125)
Josie- 5th UB (9.15)
Sahara- 6th V (9.125)
Xcel Diamond
Xcel Diamond
Xcel Diamond
Bringing home champs! Our Diamond girls brought the heat the Xcel states! Both girls also pre-qualified for Xcel regionals!
Leah - 2nd FX (9.45), 5th V
Jolie- 6th V, 6th FX (9.325)