One To Watch...Super Sage!

Sage is the name of a talented young gymnast you may want to remember! She started gymnastics in 2009 at the age of 6, and just 3 years later she is 8 years old and competing as a level 8 gymnast! Gymnastics has always come naturally to Sage. She skipped level 4 and went straight to level 5, then she skipped level 6 and went to level 7. As a level 5 gymnast, Sage was the youngest competing in the state and got 1st or 2nd all around in every meet she competed in. She placed 2nd all around at States. As a level 7 she was still the youngest competing in the state, winning several gold medals on bars, beam, and floor throughout the season, she then went on to place 3rd all around at States. Sage has consistently scored in the 9.0's at every meet.

Sage salutes the judges to begin her routine

                              

Sage has qualified for TOPS National Camp two years in a row and is currently on the TOPS National "A" Team. She is shooting to compete as a level 9 mid season and is certainly ready! She has all her level 9 routines except on bars. Becoming an elite is definitely a goal in the future and Sage is on the right track, she plans on testing for HOPES in the spring. Maybe one day she will be like her idols. "I like Nastia Liukin because she won the gold, Nadia Comeneci because she got the first perfect 10, and Shawn Johnson because she is brave on beam, which is my favorite event!" Sage said.

Sage (left) got to work with Valeri Liukin at a TOPS Camp

                     

Like we said, beam is Sage's favorite event where she competes many level 10 and elite skills, such as a front aerial into a back handspring layout stepout, a side aerial, a switch leap into a split jump back tuck, and a back handspring full twist dismount. "My favorite event is beam, because I like being brave and I'm not scared to try hard tricks." Sage says. On bars she is working on front giants, blind changes, shoot halves, and a double back dismount. On vault, Sage has her piked yurchenko and is working on her yurchenko layout. On floor,  she does a 1 1/2 punch front, a full twist into a layout stepout, and a front hand spring front layout punch front. She can land her double back on floor with a mat.

So what's Sage's favorite part of gymnastics? "Being able to do lots of cool tricks, instead of just standing there, doing nothing, and being bored!"

 Sage with her family. Fun fact: She is a triplet and has an older brother!

                      

You can watch Sage in action on her youtube channel supergymnastsage! Her account was created a little over a year ago and already has 1,800 subscribers!

We would like to thank Sage and her family for their time. We wish Sage the best of luck in the future!

*For privacy and saftey reasons we did not include any of Sage's personal information. (Last name, gym, etc..)

*All photo's belong to Sage's family.

Written By: Ashlee