Rye Gymnasts shine at YMCA Regional Championships

Xcel Silver photo:

Back Row: Sofia Steinmetz, Ryleigh Baumann; 2nd row: Sofia Frazier, Natalia Wright, Marissa Hamlet,
Felicity Crothall, Madison Hamlet

First Row: Kaitlyn Bentley, Tierney Baumann, Zara Khemlani and Grace Fadel

Rye Gymnasts shine at YMCA Regional Championships

The Rye YMCA gymnastic team traveled to Readfield Maine on May 20 to compete at the 2019 Northeast Regional YMCA Gymnastics Championship.

Seventeen gymnasts competed with approximately 400 other competitors. The Rye Y’s Xcel Silver team placed 6^th out of 24 YMCA teams.

Individual team members also brought home several medals:

Anabelle Balagot, Katie Gutherie, and Lucy Prosser Haley Blackwell & Lily Dorfman

Xcel Silver

Natalia Wright: 1^st place Vault 9.25, 1^st place Bars 9.45, 1^st place Beam 9.60, 1^st All Around 37.30

Ryleigh Baumann: 2^nd place Vault 9.1, 1^st place Bars 9.525, 5^th place Floor 8.55, 3^rd place All-Around 36.525

Zara Khemlani: 4^th place Bars 9.25, 4^th place floor 8.770

Tierney Baumann- 3^rd place Vault 8.9, 4^th place Bars 9.0, 4^th place Beam 9.25, 5^th place Floor 8.25, 4^th place all around 35.50

Felicity Crothall: 4^th place Vault 8.750, 5^th place Bars 9.075, 5^th place Beam 9.075

Sofia Steinmetz: 5^th place Vault 8.70

Level 3

Kasie Gutherie: 3^rd place Beam 9.425

Level 4

Haley Blackwell: 2^nd place Bars 8.65

Other Scores

Level 3:

Anabelle Balagot: Floor 9.1

Lucy Prosser: Vault 9.6

Level 4:

Lily Dorfman: Vault 9.0

Xcel Silver:

Michelle Hamlet- Beam 9.175

Sofia Frazier- Vault 8.775

Madison Hamlet- Floor 8.0

Grace Fadel- Bars 8.95

Marissa Hamlet- Beam 9.025

Kaitlyn Bentley- Vault 8.3

The Rye YMCA progressive gymnastics program, for ages 5 and up, teaches skills on the balance beam, uneven bars, floor exercise and vault in a safe and nurturing environment. The competitive team, pre-team and xcel teams holds tryouts on August 1. To learn more about Rye YMCA gymnastics program please visit www.ryeymca.org or call 967-6363,

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