Limestone Picked to Win Third Consecutive Conference Carolinas Acrobatics & Tumbling Championship

Limestone Picked to Win Third Consecutive Conference Carolinas Acrobatics & Tumbling Championship

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GREENVILLE, S.C. – Limestone was picked to win a third straight Conference Carolinas Acrobatics & Tumbling championship by the league head coaches in the 2024 Conference Carolinas Acrobatics & Tumbling Preseason Poll released on Wednesday.

The Saints won both the regular season and tournament championships the past two seasons and garnered four first place votes and 70 total points in the poll. Belmont Abbey, the 2023 regular-season runner-up, and Coker, the 2023 championship runner-up, tied for second with both picking up 64 points and receiving a pair of first-place nods. The final two first-place votes went to Lander who was picked fourth with 55 points. 

Converse was picked to finish fifth with 54 points followed by King (40), first-year program Wingate (30), Emmanuel and Mars Hill (28) and first-year program Francis Marion (17).

Teams in Conference Carolinas begin competition on Monday, Feb. 5 with the conference championship slated for April 6, 13-14 with King hosting the semifinals, event and team finals in Bristol, Tennessee. The quarterfinals will be held at the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds on April 6.
 
2024 Conference Carolinas
Acrobatics & Tumbling Preseason Poll
 
School Total (First Place)
Limestone 70 (4)
Belmont Abbey 64 (2)
Coker 64 (2)
Lander 55 (2)
Converse 54
King 40
Wingate 30
Emmanuel 28
Mars Hill 28
Francis Marion 17

2024 Conference Carolinas Acrobatics & Tumbling
Athletes to Watch
 
Belmont Abbey
  • Gracie Grady, Base, So., Kyle, Texas (2023 Conference Carolinas Freshman of the Year, First Team All-Conference Carolinas, NCATA Academic Honor Roll) 
  • Erena Chaples, Top/Tumbler, Sr., Independence, Missouri (2023 Conference Carolinas Specialist of the Year, Second Team All-Conference Carolinas, NCATA Academic Honor Roll; 2022 Second Team All-Conference Carolinas, NCATA Academic Honor Roll; 2021 Second Team All-Conference Carolinas, NCATA Academic Honor Roll) 
  • Isabella Schrout, Top/Tumbler, So., Morgantown, West Virginia
Coker
  • Kayla Young, Base/Mid/Tumbler Sr., Staten Island, New York (2023 Second Team All-Conference Carolinas, NCATA Academic Honor Roll; 2022 NCATA Academic Honor Roll)
  • Amber Garcia, Top/Mid/Tumbler, Sr., Clover, South Carolina (2023 First Team All-Conference Carolinas; 2022 Second Team All-Conference Carolinas, NCATA Academic Honor Roll; 2021 NCATA Academic Honor Roll)
  • Lelia Brozowski, Top/Tumbler, Jr., Angier, North Carolina (2023 Second Team All-Conference Carolinas, NCATA Academic Honor Roll)
Converse
  • Nia Jackson, Base/Tumbler, Jr., Cincinnati, Ohio (2023 Second Team All-Conference Carolinas; 2022 Second Team All-Conference Carolinas) 
  • Ceanna Brown, Top/Tumbler, Jr., Gwynn Oak, Maryland (2023 First Team All-Conference Carolinas, NCATA Academic Honor Roll; 2022 NCATA Academic Honor Roll) 
  • Ayanna Manning, Base/Tumbler, Jr., Abingdon, Maryland (2023 First Team All-Conference Carolinas; 2022 NCATA Freshman of the Year, Conference Carolinas Freshman of the Year, First Team All-Conference Carolinas, NCATA Academic Honor Roll) 
Emmanuel
  • Christina Bapple, Top, Sr., Stafford, Virginia (2023 Second Team All-Conference Carolinas; 2022 First Team All-Conference Carolinas)
  • Madison Smith, Base/Tumbler, So., Americus, Georgia
  • Isa Cunningham, Base/Tumbler, Jr., Walland, Tennessee
Francis Marion
  • Olivia Blanda, Base/Top/Tumbler, Fr., Murray, Utah 
  • Alyssa Durrans, Base/Top/Tumbler, Fr., Fruit Heights, Utah 
  • Priscilla Vega, Base/Top/Tumbler, Fr., Santa Maria, California
King
  • Madeline Robison, Top/Base/Tumbler, Jr., Loganville, Georgia (2023 NCATA Academic Honor Roll; 2022 NCATA Academic Honor Roll)
  • Bridget Sweeney, Top/Tumbler, So., Royersford, Pennsylvania (2023 First Team All-Conference Carolinas, NCATA Academic Honor Roll)
  • Makenzie Templeman, Top/Tumbler, Jr., Lodi, California (2023 NCATA Academic Honor Roll)
Lander
  • Taryn Laurence, Top/Tumbler, Jr., Dallas, Texas (2023 NCATA Academic Honor Roll; 2022 NCATA Academic Honor Roll)
  • Avery Marquis, Base/Tumbler, Jr., Danbury, Connecticut (2023 NCATA Academic Honor Roll; 2022 NCATA Academic Honor Roll)
  • Ryann Swope, Top/Tumbler, Jr., Twin Falls, Idaho (2023 Second Team All-Conference Carolinas, NCATA Academic Honor Roll; 2022 NCATA Academic Honor Roll)
Limestone
  • Cameron King, Base/Tumbler, Jr., Peletier, North Carolina (2023 NCATA All-American, First Team All-Conference Carolinas, NCATA Academic Honor Roll; 2022 Second Team All-Conference Carolinas, NCATA Academic Honor Roll)
  • Genesis Carson, Top/Tumbler, Jr., Newport News, Virginia (2023 First Team All-Conference Carolinas; 2022 NCATA Academic Honor Roll)
  • Kacie Kier, Base/Top/Tumbler, So., Elgin, South Carolina (2023 NCATA DII Freshman of the Year, Conference Carolinas Athlete of the Year, First Team All-Conference Carolinas)
Mars Hill
  • Andrea Martinez Miranda, Top, Jr., Barcelona, Spain (2023 NCATA Academic Honor Roll; 2022 NCATA Academic Honor Roll)
  • Bobbie Russell, Tumbler/Base, Jr., Portage, Indiana
  • Nasiri Mond, Tumbler/Top, Jr., Humble, Texas
Wingate
  • Maelyn Molden, Base/Tumbler, Fr.,  Middletown, Virginia
  • Chloe Parker, Top/Tumbler, Fr., Waldorf, Maryland
  • Isabella Robinson, Top, Fr., New Port Richey, Florida