Gymnasts among nation’s best

Amira Tobasi, left, and Lucy Cumming of the Perpetual Motion Gymnastics Team recently traveled to St. Cloud, Minn., and Colorado Springs, Col., to compete against over 800 gymnasts from 80 states.

Cumming, a sixth-grade student at Hudson Middle School, is a level 8 gymnast who has qualified to compete in the Minnesota USA Gymnastics State Meet. She took first place on the balance beam, third on floor and fifth in the all-around at the St. Cloud meet. She also placed in Colorado and at the RS Invite.

Tobasi, a seventh-grade student at Hudson Middle School and Level 7 gymnast, has also qualified to compete in the Minnesota USAG Gymnastics State Meet next weekend. She placed seventh in Colorado on the uneven bars and took fourth on the floor at the St. Cloud meet and placed in the RS Invite.

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