As many of you are or might be aware Colby and Weston have qualified to the United States Tumbling & Trampoline Association ( USTA) Nationals June 17-21  in Cincinnati, Ohio.

In the first round of competition in Boys Advanced Double Mini Colby finished fourth in his flight and qualified for the finals.  In the first round of competition for Boys Advanced Trampoline Colby has won his flight and has qualified for the finals as well.

June 18, 2008 Day 2 Nationals

The day started with Boys Advanced Double Mini Finals for Colby.  He finished the competition 4th in the nation!  Colby's next competition was Boy's Advanced Trampoline Finals.  Colby once again finished 4th in the nation!  In the afternoon competition Colby competed in the Elite Trampoline.  He finished fifth in his flight and qualified for the finals.

June 19, 2008 Day 3 Nationals
This morning was all about Weston.  Weston competed in the Boys Novice Double Mini and when the competition was over Weston was the 2008 USTA NATIONAL CHAMPION in his division.

In the afternoon it was Colby's turn and when the afternoon's competition came to an end the Crase boys will be coming home with two national titles.  Colby and his partner, Josh Videl of Cincinnati, Ohio, won the 2008 National Championship in Syncro Trampoline. 

January 20, 2008
Today was a red letter day for Colby.  Colby was invited to perform with the USTA National Team in an exbitition of his skills with this partner Josh Videl in Syncro Trapmpoline.  Colby considers this a huge honor and was delighted.  

Competition was Advanced Boys Tumbling and Colby earned another 4th in the nation ranking.  An outstanding accomplishment considering the number of athletes who worked hard all year to reach Nationals.

May 17, 2008
At the Iowa AAU Regional Championships in Waterloo, Iowa Weston led the way with a Championship in Novice Boys Double Mini followed by making the All State Novice Boys Team with recognition in Double Mini.  Way to go, Weston!

April 20th, 2008
How do you follow such a stellar day as Colby had on Saturday at the Iowa USTA State meet?  How else, but with a third state championship!  Colby earned the state championship in advanced tumbling to make it a perfect three for three for the year and to advance to nationals in all three divisions.

The highlight of the state meet was when Colby was announced as the co-winner of the prestigious Iowa Achievement Award. 

April 19th, 2008
This was another red letter day for the Crase boys.  The day started with Colby winning the state championship in advanced boys double mini.  This accomplishment was quickly followed by a second state championship title in advanced trampoline.  Not to be outdone by his big brother, Weston ended the day with a state championship in novice boys double mini.  There were lots of smiles and a feeling of accomplishment that all those long hours of practice had been worth the reward.

March 15, 2008
Colby competed in the final round of the USTA National Team Trials in Lisle, Chicago.  He won a berth in the final round for both trampoline and double mini.  In trampoline he finished in ninth overall and in double mini he finished 6th overall.   All scores for all three trials will be computed with the names of the National Team to be announce later.

February 15-16, 2008
Colby competed in the second round of the USTA National Team Trials  in Somerset, KY.  He competed in both double mini and trampoline.  The competition was extremely tough at this level and Colby finished 6th overall in trampoline and 10th in double mini.  This was the second of three try outs with the total score of all three considered in who will be selected for the team.  Each try out is a month a part with the final one in March.

February 10, 2008
The boys competed in Ottumwa, Iowa on February 10th.  The first to compete was Weston who took first place in his division of the Double Mini.  In the morning Colby  placed not only first in Advanced Boys in Trampoline but also won the Over All Award in Trampoline as well.  In the Double Mini Colby won first place in the advanced boys.  In the final event of the day Colby won first in the Advanced Tumbling.  Quite a day for the two - FOUR FIRST PLACES,

Nov 17-18, 2008
Colby gave his hometown audience lots to cheer for with a first place finish in Advanced Boys Trampoline and another first place finish in Elite Boys Double Mini on Saturday and finished off with a first place in Advanced Boys Tumbling (Floor) on Sunday.

Weston followed suit with two first places on Saturday in Boys Novice competition.  One in Trampoline and one in Double Mini.  This event was very important to the boys because of so many hometown friends being able to attend.  They want to thank them all for their support!

Nov 10, 2008
The 2008 season kicked of on Saturday November 10th for both Colby and Weston in Marshalltown, Iowa.  The boys continued their winning streak in Iowa with both boys finishing first in their respective competitions.  Colby  won advanced boys in both trampoline and double mini.  Weston won the same in the novice category.  Their next meet is their hometown meet November 17th.