SHINGLEHOUSE — For three local gymnasts — Laci Miller-Geiger, Anna Schuessler and Ashley Oswayo, their high school senior year competitive season is underway.

The trio are Class of 2024 teammates at G2 Gymnastics in Shinglehouse. The competition season that started in October and goes through May has already included podium finishes, new skills, memories in the making, and debuts of their senior leotards. All three gymnasts have qualified for State Championships.

Beginning at United States Association of Gymnastics (USAG) Level 2, gymnasts advance to compete in the next level only after earning the required combined score on all four events. Approximately half of all gymnasts in the United States are between 6-12 years old, and the number of gymnasts decreases in ages 13 and up. For gymnasts to continue the sport into high school becomes increasingly less likely.

High school student athletes have long been recognized for their participation in sports during Senior night. For these three gymnasts, this Senior recognition comes when they showcase their unique, custom-designed, bedazzled, and blinged “2024” competitive leotard.

Head Coach and G2 Gymnastics owner, Jonnie Geiger, is not only proud of their gymnastics achievements, but their success in and out of the classroom. These young ladies practice, do strength conditioning, and train for gymnastics all year long. They work hard to achieve the goals they set, not only in the gym, but in everything they do.

With a 100.162 GPA, Laci Miller-Geiger is a high honor roll student and member of the National Honor Society and NRG at Oswayo Valley High School in Shinglehouse. The Xcel Diamond competitor is a 13-year veteran of the sport and has earned state medals on vault and floor. She also develops the recreational programming at G2 Gymnastics and loves coaching the preschool, developmental, and pre-team gymnastics classes, along with the ninja program.

In addition to the hours she spends in the gym, she was the captain of the 23-24 Oswayo Valley Volleyball Team this year and was a member of the D9 Volleyball Championship Team in 2021. She is a district qualifier in track and field where she has medaled in the long jump. She has been inducted into the scholars program at St. Bonaventure University where she will major in Health Science and plans to pursue a doctorate in Radiology.

Schuessler attends Otto-Eldred High School where she is a member of the National Honor Society, show choir, concert choir and band, mock trial team and is an elected officer in the FFA. She is a PIAA track and field state qualifier in the pole vault and was named an NTL volleyball all-star. She has been in gymnastics for eight years and is an Xcel Platinum.

As an Xcel Gold gymnast, she was the state All Around and Balance Beam champion. She has been accepted into the physical therapy assistant honor’s program at California University of Pennsylvania where she will also be a pole vaulter on the Vulcan Track and Field team.

Oswald competes as an Xcel Diamond and has been in gymnastics for 12 years. Maintaining a 99.50 GPA at Wellsville High School. She is a six-year member of the NY State Public High School Athletic Association Scholar Athlete. In 2022, she was the XCel Platinum All Around State Champion with a 38.025. She was the 2023 Xcel Platinum Bars State Champion and the Regional Vault Champion.

As a member of the Wellsville dive team, Ashley holds the women’s six dive record; she earned a combined score of 242.55 in an October, 2023 meet to break the school record. She is a competitive member on the Wellsville indoor track team. She will be on the dive team at Roberts Wesleyan College where she will major in Physical Education.

G2 Gymnastics first opened its doors on July 26, 2014. They currently offer preschool, beginner, intermediate, and advanced classes. The G2 Ninjas is an athletic program available for 4-12 years. Registration and more information is available on their website G2Gym.com.