The Central Lincoln County YMCA gymnastic’s team collected lots of bling from the state YMCA championships. Pictured are (front from left) Kadence Rogers, Makayla Pinkham, Madeline Burt-Weeks, Abby Harrington, London Hunter, Eliza Wood-Orff, (middle) Makenna Dunstan, Jhordaynia Ebanks, Emory Shadis, Grace Campbell, Charlotte Hunter, Kate Campbell, Sarah Goldrup, (back) Reese Instasi, Erica Johnson, Ava Carmolli, Emma Hall, Katie Colomb, Reed Gulden, Maddy Russ, Nichole Hammond, and Kayla Reardon. Missing from the photo are Morgan Bathgate, Dakota Gregory, Madalyn Mercer, and Emma Markowicz. |
CLC YMCA gymnasts brought home the bling at the Maine YMCA Gymnastics Pine Tree League championships, held at the Lewiston Armory. The medals around the young gymnasts necks clinked like a string of sleigh bells and could be heard across the great expanse of the Y building during a recent photo op.
Ribbons with medals were awarded to the top 50 percent in each division, and trophies were awarded to the top 50 percent in all-around competition. The Level 3 team placed second, and the Level 4 team placed third. There were over 389 participants from eight YMCA teams.
“Everyone competed really, really well. We got many fine results. We now look forward to the challenge of Regional competition,” coach Janice Cormier-Hay said. The Regional meet will be held May 15 to 17 at the University of Mass., Amherst. Three quarters of the CLC gymnasts qualified for the New England Regionals (had to qualify twice).
CLC Y gymnasts collecting medals at the Maine YMCA championships are as follows:
Level 2
Abby Harrington, age 5 to 7, won the beam 9.275, placed 4th on the vault 9.05, 5th on floor 8.725, and 5th overall 34.3. Madleine Burt-Weeks, age 5 to 7, tied for 2nd on the beam 9.05. London Hunter, age 5 to 7, placed 5th on the beam 8.775. Eliza Wood-Orff, age 8, placed 2nd on vault 9.150, and 5th on bars 8.35.
Kate Campbell, age 10, won the beam 9.3, placed 5th on vault 9.0, floor 8.975 and all-around, and tied for 6th on bars 8.625.
Charlotte Hilton, age 10, tied for 3rd on vault 9.15, and took 6th on bars 8.625 and beam 9.05.
Emory Shadis, age 10, placed 4th on beam 9.15.
Morgan Bathgate, age 11, won the floor exercise 9.525, and tied for 4th on vault 9.05 and all-around.
Level 3
Reese Instasi, age 9, took third all-around, tied for 3rd on bars 9.2, took, 4th on beam 9.275, and tied for 7th on floor 9.0.
Jhordaynia Ebanks, age 7-8, won the beam with a 9.5, was 2nd on bars 9.25, and 4th all-around with a 36.125.
Kadence Rogers, age 7 to 8, won the all-around with a 36.75, and the bars 9.45. Rogers placed 2nd on beam 8.95, 3rd on vault 9.05, and 5th on floor 9.3.
Kayla Reardon, age 11, won the floor 9.1, tied on bars 9.05, placed 3rd on beam 8.825, 7th on vault 8.875 and took 3rd all-around.
Madalyn Mercer, age 11, took 2nd on floor 8.85, and 4th on vault 9.125.
Erica Johnson, age 10 to 11, won all-around with a 36.775. Johnson won the vault 9.05 and bars 9.55, was 4th on floor 9.0 and 5th on beam 9.175.
Dakota Gregory, age 10 to 11, took 2nd on bars 9.5, 3rd on floor 9.05, 4th on bars 9.3, 6th on vault 8.25, and 3rd all-around.
Level 4
Leah Wilcox, age 12, won the bars 8.925, was 3rd on vault 8.4, tied for 4th on floor 8.6, tied for 5th on beam 8.75, and took 3rd all-around.
Ava Carmolli, age 12, placed 4th on vault 8.35, 4th on beam 8.775, tied for 4th on the floor 8.6, and 6th all-around.
Level 7
Maddy Russ, age 11, won all-around with a 37.1, and won three events including the vault 9.3, bars 9.4 and floor 9.55. Russ was runner-up on the beam 8.85.
Reed Gulden, age 11, took 2nd on the vault 9.035 and floor 9.4.
Xcel Platinum
Katie Colomb, age 14, won the bars 9.275, took second on the vault 8.7, 3rd on the floor 9.15, and 2nd all-around.
