WESTFIELD – On Saturday, March 1st, the Westfield YMCA Gymnastics Program hosted the 2014 Mardi Gras Invitational with over 80 gymnasts from four teams – Greenfield, Clark Memorial, Hampshire Regional, and the Westfield “Y”.
The Westfield YMCA’s Level 3 Team placed 2nd with the score of 105.15. Contributing to the team score, in the 9-year-old age group, Madelyn Powers placed 3rd all-around and 3rd on bars. She also placed 1st on floor with a 9.3. Her teammate, Rylee Altieri, in the same age group placed 3rd on beam. Ten-year-old and up, Level 3, Zoe Oprecht placed 5th all-around and 4th on bars. Emma Cronin placed 3rd on vault, scoring a 9.1 and Nicole Marek placed 3rd on bars and 3rd on floor.
The Level 4 Team also placed 2nd as a Team with the score of 104.15. In the 12-year-old and up age group, Lindsey Jacobs placed 1st all-around and also 1st on bars, floor and vault. Coming in a close second in all-around was Laura DelMonte, she also placed 2nd on bars, floor and vault. Julia Maryanski placed 1st on beam, scoring an 8.8, she also placed 3rd all-around. Bianca Hiltz placed 4th all-around and 4th on beam and floor. Team member, Heather O’Connor placed 4th on bars and vault. In the 11 year olds and under age group, Sierra Moulton placed 2nd on floor and 4th on vault, scoring a 9.0 on both events.
Level 5 Team member, Isabella Rivera placed 2 on vault with a 9.0 and 3rd on floor. From the Level 6 Team, Anna Grady placed 3rd on vault with a 9.0 and placed 4th all-around. Tai’le Oprecht placed 1st on floor with a 9.25, she also placed 3rd all-around. Miranda Wozniak placed 1st on bars and she placed 2nd on beam, floor vault and also in all-around. Avery Farquharson placed 1st on beam and vault and also placed 1st in all-around.
Level 9, Samantha Dame placed 1st on bars and 2nd on beam and all-around. Level 9 teammate, Taryn Hamel placed 1st on beam, floor and vault and also all-around. Xcel Silver team member, Megan Hawks placed 2nd on floor and 1st on vault with a 9.05, she also placed 1st all-around.
The Westfield YMCA Gymnastics program is currently running their spring session. There are still spaces available. Registration has begun at the YMCA for the Summer Gymnastics Camp. Call the YMCA (562-8631) or check out their website for more info, westfieldymcagymnastics.com.
