District & State Info

  • District Championship Meet
  • All Teams from the Central  District compete at the District Meet 
    • as well as Individuals that do not have a full team
    • There are 4 District in the State of Ohio for Gymnastics (Central, Southwest, Northwest, & Northeast) 
  • Each team is able to compete 6 athletes per event
    • There can be different athletes on each event
    • There may be athletes that do not compete at this meet (but all athletes should be prepared to compete at all times- as substitutions are sometimes needed to due illness, injury, or other unforeseen circumstances)
      • Of the athletes that compete, they may compete on anywhere from 1 to 4 events. 
  • Teams and Individuals can qualify from the District Championship to the State Championship meet
    • Top 2 teams as the District Championship will advance to the State Meet
    • Top 8 Athletes on each event and the All-Around will advance to the State Meet
      • There is only one Division in High School Gymnastics (as compared to divisions by age group in Club Gymnastics) 
  • District Invitational Meet
  • This meet is held the day after the District Championship Meet
  • This is a competition where gymnasts have the opportunity to compete on ANY event that they did not compete in the District Championship Meet.
    • If a gymnast competes on 2 event at the District Championship- she can then compete the other 2 events at this meet
  • There is not a limit on the number of gymnasts that can compete per event
  • This meet is designed to give all gymnasts the ability to compete on all 4 events during the District Weekend! 
  • This meet is unique to the Central District and has been held for over 30 years!
  • There is no team score or team awards at this meet
  • Ribbons/medals are given for top finishers at this meet.
  • State Championship Meet
  • Teams and Individuals will compete that have qualified from the 4 Districts in Ohio
  • There are 2 days for this competition : Team Comp Day and Individual Comp Day
    • This year is Saturday/Sunday March 2nd & 3rd 
  • The meet is held at Hilliard Bradley High School
  • The Hilliard Gymnastics teams work at this meet as a fundraiser for our teams!
    • This includes set up and tear down of the equipment for the meet!
    • We need parent/family volunteers to assist with the set up and tear down of equipment.  
      • The equipment is rented from an outside company and brought in by semi-truck. 
      • We will be setting up on Friday March 1st for the meet. 
      • We will tear down the equipment following competition on Sunday 
  • Gymnasts will be assigned work assignments during the 2 days of the meet.  
  • Gymnasts need to be prepared to work set up, tear down, and BOTH days of the meet
    • Some gymnasts may end up only working one day of the meet depending on need
  • Jobs for the gymnasts during the meet include (but may not be limited to):
    • Flashing scores
    • Timing falls on events 
    • Running scores
    • Monitoring flow from warmup gym to main gym
    • Holding/Moving mats
    • Etc. 
  • Athletes that qualify for the State meet competition will have altered/decreased  job duties due to their participation in competition