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NORTHERN MIDWEST REGIONAL

CHAMPIONSHIPS

June 6-7, 2025

CONTACT

Linda McDonald

Central District

AAU District Sports Chair

773-562-9667

Linda@High5Meets.com

VENUE

Date: June 6-7, 2025

 

Waukegan Field House

800 Baldwin Avenue

Waukegan, IL 60085

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MEET INFORMATION

Entry Fee: $125.00 per athlete

 

Payment Due: Thursday May 1, 2025

 

Refunds: No refunds after Thursday May 1, 2025.

Request Refunds: Refunds@High5meets.com

Please include the meet name, gym name, and athletes you are requesting a refund for.

 

Unless athlete did not qualify for Districts. Late Fee: $10.00

 

Levels: Women’s Xcel, Level 1-8, OO, Boys 4x4

 

Adult Division/Special Stars/ Co-Ed

 

Registration is through Meetmaker. 

SPECTATOR FEE

Event Admission: $20.00

Contact: (coaches only) 

 

Linda McDonald 

 

773-562-9667

Email: Linda@High5Meets.com

All registrations are online through MeetMaker.

This event is sanctioned by the Amateur Athletic Union of the U. S., Inc. All participants must have a current AAU membership. AAU membership may not be included as part of the entry fee to the event. AAU membership must be obtained before the competition begins except where the event operator has a laptop available with an Internet connect. Participants are encouraged to visit the AAU web site www.aausports.org to obtain their membership

This information should be consistently read on each of the regional pages (the font in red are notes for you and shouldn’t be included)…

 

Eligibility: 

  • AAU membership is required

  • Gymnasts must be 4 years old

Qualification:

  • All participants must compete in their AAU District/State Championship to be eligible to participate.

    • Qualification to District/State Championships is determined by each District.  Refer to your District webpage for qualification information (add hyperlink to redirect to the map/location page for folks to select their district page based on their geographic location).

    • Gymnasts must compete at the same level which they competed in at their qualifying events in their designated districts. 

  • Clubs have the option of selecting which Regional Championship location they wish to attend.

Petitioning:

  • Athletes may petition to participate if there is not an active AAU District program in your area.  Click here to petition (can we have a button that emails gymnastics@aausports.org with the default subject line reading “Petition to Regionals”)

  • If an athlete is unable to participate in their District/State Championship, or if a skill level is not offered, coaches must petition through their District Gymnastics Chair (add a button redirecting them to the district gymnastics chair contact page on website).

Rules: 

Age Groups:

  • Athletes in each level will be divided into groups of similar age determined by birthdate, not to exceed more than *24 months 

  • Numbers per age division is not to exceed *15 athletes

  • * indicates unless otherwise approved by the AAU National Executive Committee

Awards:

  • All around awards are provided at 100% for every participant.

  • Individual event awards for each level and age group are provided for each session at 50% plus 1 medal distribution.

  • All American Award recognition is awarded to the gymnast with the highest All-Around score in each session, for each level, regardless of age.

  • Regional Team Member Recognition is determined by the top 3 scores in each event in each session of each level in that session, regardless of age or District affiliation.  These athletes will be named a Regional Team Member and receive an AAU Regional Team Member Pin and/or certificate of recognition.  (Placement ties will be broken).

Judges:

  • AAU contracts credentialed officials through the National Association of Women’s Gymnastics Judges.

  • 2 judge panels are assigned.

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