2013 - 2014

Director & Head Coach: Josh Montfort

Assistant Director: Ben Prescott

Assistant Coaches: Todd Supple, Angie Prescott, Steve Low

Officer Body

  • President: Alex Mateik

  • Vice President: Erin Pierson

  • Secretary: Ingrid Sobieski

  • Treasurer: Tim Crawford

  • Historian: James Liu

Award Recipients

  • Best Act: Teeter

  • Best Female Trouper: Ingrid Sobieski

  • Best Male Trouper: Dominik Metzler and Luke Valenta

charity basketball

This season began with the introduction of Ben Prescott as the new Assistant Director of Gymkana. Director Josh Montfort elevated Ben’s role to assist with administrative duties and to take on the task of coordinating and expanding the Saturday Program classes.

Gymkana continued to grow, innovate, and thrive as acts, young and old, evolved in difficulty and complexity. This season, the High Bar act was converted to a group act to join others like Parallel Bars and Beam. Newer acts, like Best Act winners Teeter and Free Movement, saw significant improvements as Troupers explored their limits and built upon the experience of prior years.

A unique show experience in a familiar setting took place when professional football player and Maryland alum, Torrey Smith, invited the Troupe to perform its vaulting act for a celebrity charity basketball game hosted by the Torrey Smith Foundation. Smith, a Baltimore Raven at the time, organized a friendly basketball game between some players of the Ravens and Washington Commanders, among others, in the Xfinity Center at the University of Maryland. Gymkana was the highlighted halftime show and wowed the audience as always.

itinerary

  • 10/18/2013 - Maryland Madness Halftime

  • 10/19/2013 - College Park Day

  • 11/16/2013 - Flip-a-thon

  • 2/7/2014 - Dayton Oaks Middle School - Dayton, MD

  • 2/14/2014 - Mount Airy Elementary School - Mt. Airy, MD

  • 2/18/2014 - UMD vs. Wake Forest men’s basketball halftime show - College Park, MD

  • 2/21/2014 - Tilden Middle School - Rockville, MD

  • 3/1/2014 - Fox 45 Health Expo - Baltimore, MD

  • 3/7/2014 - Hagerstown Community College - Hagerstown, MD

  • 3/14/2014 - Matapeake Middle School - Stevensville, MD

  • 3/28/2014 - Owings Mills High School - Owings Mills, MD

  • 3/29/2014 - Torrey Smith Foundation Celebrity Charity Tournament - College Park, MD

  • 4/11/2014 & 4/12/2014 - Gymkana Home Show

  • 4/26/2014 - Maryland Day - College Park, MD