Fifteen members of the Kangaroo Kids Competition Team traveled to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida to compete in the USA Jump Rope National Championship June 25-29, 2019. The event featured over 490 jumpers from 46 different teams from across the nation. The Kangaroo Kids were represented by Kevin Aguilera, Cassie Baldwin, Emma Breznak, Maria Ciarrocchi, Kacie Costello, Emily Gates, Christopher Gauert, Isla Gleeson, Michael Laper, Jenna Meek, Mason Meek, John Moses, Foster Sariscak, Evelyn Smallidge, and Lily Trossman, and Coaches Gary Anderson and Cecilia Hartley. Additional adult jumpers for the team included Dianne Aguilera, Laura Ciarrocchi, and Sherri Gates.
Twelve members of the team qualified to compete in the Grand National Championship in one or more events by having one of the top 12 scores in a speed event, by placing first in their age division freestyle event, or having one of the top 8 to 10 scores in a freestyle event across all age groups. For the Grand National Championship, the Kangaroo Kids were represented 7 times on stage for speed events and 8 times on stage for freestyle events. Jumpers that qualified in speed events were Maria Ciarrocchi, Emily Gates, Michael Laper, Jenna Meek, Evelyn Smallidge, and Lily Trossman. Jumpers that qualified in freestyle events were Maria Ciarrocchi, Kacie Costello, Emily Gates, Christopher Gauert, Isla Gleeson, Jenna Meek, Mason Meek, John Moses, Foster Sariscak, Evelyn Smallidge, and Lily Trossman.
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2019 USAJR Grand National Championship Finishers
- 1st: Evelyn Smallidge – female single rope double under
- 1st: Maria Ciarrocchi, Emily Gates, Jenna Meek, and Lily Trossman – female double dutch pairs freestyle
- 2nd: Kacie Costello and Jenna Meek – female single rope pairs freestyle
- 3rd: Emily Gates and Lily Trossman – female single rope pairs freestyle
- 3rd: Evelyn Smallidge – female single rope freestyle.
Individual All Around Finishers
- 1st: Evelyn Smallidge – female senior (15-18)
- 2nd: John Moses – male youth (12 and under)
Kangaroo Kids Competition Team members who placed in the top-10 of the USA Jump Rope National Age Division Championship are as follows:
Male Single Rope Events
30-Second Double Under
- 3rd: John Moses (11-12)
- 7th: Mason Meek (13-14)
- 10th: Foster Sariscak (13-14)
- 10th: Christopher Gauert (15-16)
30-Second Speed
- 1st: John Moses (11-12)
- 5th (tie): Mason Meek (13-14)
- 5th (tie): Foster Sariscak (13-14)
- 8th: Christopher Gauert (15-16)
One-Minute Speed
- 3rd: John Moses (11-12)
- 6th: Mason Meek (13-14)
- 7th: Foster Sariscak (13-14)
- 9th: Christopher Gauert (15-16)
Three-Minute Speed
- 5th: John Moses (11-12)
- 6th: Mason Meek (13-14)
- 7th: Foster Sariscak (13-14)
- 9th: Christopher Gauert (15-16)
- 9th: Michael Laper (17-18)
Freestyle
- 6th: John Moses (11-12)
- 9th: Foster Sariscak (13-14)
- 7th: Christopher Gauert (15-16)
Triple Under
- 4th: Michael Laper (19+)
Female Single Rope Events
30-Second Double Under
- 1st: Evelyn Smallidge (15-16)
- 5th: Jenna Meek (17-18)
- 3rd: Dianne Aguilera (30-49)
30-Second Speed
- 1st: Isla Gleeson (13)
- 2nd: Evelyn Smallidge (15-16)
- 9th: Jenna Meek (17-18)
- 4th: Dianne Aguilera (30-49)
- 8th: Laura Ciarrocchi (30-49)
- 3rd: Sherri Gates (50+)
1-Minute Speed
- 1st: Isla Gleeson (13)
- 2nd: Evelyn Smallidge (15-16)
- 6th: Dianne Aguilera (30-49)
- 10th: Laura Ciarrocchi (30-49)
- 3rd: Sherri Gates (50+)
3-Minute Speed
- 7th: Isla Gleeson (13)
- 3rd: Evelyn Smallidge (15-16)
- 7th: Dianne Aguilera (30-49)
Freestyle
- 4th: Isla Gleeson (13)
- 1st: Evelyn Smallidge (15-16)
- 4th: Jenna Meek (17-18)
- 3rd: Dianne Aguilera (30-49)
Single Rope Events
Single Rope Speed Relay
- 1st: Isla Gleeson, Mason Meek, John Moses, and Foster Sariscak (13-14)
- 1st: Emma Breznak, Kacie Costello, Christopher Gauert, and Evelyn Smallidge (15-17)
- 3rd: Dianne Aguilera, Gary Anderson, Laura Ciarrocchi, and Sherri Gates (30+)
Pairs Freestyle
- 8th: John Moses and Foster Sariscak (13-14)
- 1st: Christopher Gauert and Mason Meek (15-17)
- 9th: Michael Laper and Evelyn Smallidge (18+)
Female Pairs Freestyle
- 2nd: Kacie Costello and Jenna Meek (15-17)
- 8th: Emma Breznak and Isla Gleeson (15-17)
- 1st: Emily Gates and Lily Trossman (18+)
Double Dutch Events
Double Dutch Speed Relay
- 1st: Dianne Aguilera, Laura Ciarrocchi, and Sherri Gates (30+)
Double Dutch Pairs Speed
- 7th: Emma Breznak, Kacie Costello, Christopher Gauert, and Evelyn Smallidge (15-17)
- 9th: Maria Ciarrocchi, Emily Gates, Jenna Meek, and Lily Trossman (18-29)
- 3rd: Dianne Aguilera, Gary Anderson, Laura Ciarrocchi, and Sherri Gates (30+)
Double Dutch Single Freestyle
- 5th: Mason Meek, John Moses, and Foster Sariscak (13-14)
Female Double Dutch Single Freestyle
- 3rd: Emily Gates, Jenna Meek, and Lily Trossman (18+)
Double Dutch Pairs Freestyle
- 1st: Isla Gleeson, Mason Meek, John Moses, and Foster Sariscak (13-14)
- 6th: Emma Breznak, Kacie Costello, Christopher Gauert, and Evelyn Smallidge (15-17)
Female Double Dutch Pairs Freestyle
- 2nd: Maria Ciarrocchi, Emily Gates, Jenna Meek, and Lily Trossman (18+)