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Regional all-around champions (from right) Grace Devane, Teela Biehn, Noelani Ligienza, Devyn Gruber and Isabel Meadows pose with their gold medals. Svetla Doncheva photo

Maui athletes won multiple medals, including five all-around golds, at the USA Gymnastics Region II rhythmic gymnastics championships, held April 28-29 in Seattle.

La Luna Academy Maui out of Lahaina sent 10 gymnasts (Anella Pitts, Sophia Meadows, Isabel Meadows, Teela Biehn, Emi Burman, Marley Hooper, Sofia Mallari, Noelani Ligienza, Devyn Gruber and Grace Devane) and Diane’s Gymnastics Academy in Kahului sent one (Tahlia Cuthbertson) to the competition.

All-around winners included Isabel Meadows (level 4 child C 2008), Biehn (level 4 junior B), Ligienza (level 6 2006 junior A), Devane (level 6 senior) and beginner group, which comprised Devane, Ligienza and Gruber.

Every Maui competitor was up on the podium at some point during the championships.

Isabel Meadows won in floor and hoop and was second in ball; Sophia Meadows (level 4 child C 2008) won in ball and was third in floor; Pitts (level 4 child C 2008) was second in hoop; Biehn was first in floor, hoop and ball; Burman (level 5 child C 2008) won silvers in floor and ball; Mallari (level 5 junior A) was second in floor and third in hoop; Hooper (level 5 junior A) was second in ball and third in floor; Ligienza won in floor, hoop and rope, and was third in ribbon; Gruber (level 6 junior B) was second in hoop and third in floor, rope and ribbon; Devane was first in floor, hoop, rope and ribbon; and Cuthbertson (level 4 child C 2008) was second in hoop and third all-around.

La Luna’s Elizabeth Bortz missed regionals with a foot injury, but plans to compete at level 5 in the Open Championships, May 26-28 in Lake Placid, N.Y.

* This article includes a correction from the original published on Friday, May 11, 2018. Tahlia Cuthbertson of Diane’s Gymnastics Academy was second in hoop and third all-around in the level 4 child C 2008 division at the USAG Region II championships. Also, La Luna’s Sophia Meadows (level 4 child C 2009) and Marley Hooper (level 5 junior A) were second in all-around competitions and Devyn Gruber (level 6 junior B) was third in all-around competitions.

Results were incomplete due to information submitted to The Maui News.

Also, Elizabeth Bortz is a member of DGA. She was incorrectly identified as a La Luna gymnast.

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