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Darien Y Gymnasts Flip To First At FUNomenal Flippers Invitational

DARIEN, Conn. – Darien Y travel and house gymnasts recently combined for a first place finish in the team competition at level six during the FUNomenal Flippers Gymnastics meet in Glastonbury, Connecticut, where more than 131 gymnasts and 12 teams competed at a variety of levels and age groups during the three-day invitational.

Annsley Martin swept the competition, finishing in first place on the vault, the bars, the beam and the floor.

Annsley Martin swept the competition, finishing in first place on the vault, the bars, the beam and the floor.

Photo Credit: Beth Aparicio
Lana Schmidt finished at the top of level seven in the 11-13 age group, placing first on both beam and floor.

Lana Schmidt finished at the top of level seven in the 11-13 age group, placing first on both beam and floor.

Photo Credit: Beth Aparicio

Darien Y travel and house teams combined for a first place finish at level six as well as a second place finish at level five and level seven.

In the individual competition, Anna Altier, Nadia Borja, Lana Schmidt, Annsley Martin and Victoria Ware each won all-around titles. Martin was the sole level nine contender for the team. She swept the competition, finishing first place on all four apparatuses– vault, bars, beam and floor.

Level seven:

14-15 year-old age group: Jane Ogden placed second, with a first place finish on beam.

11-13 year-old age group: Schmidt finished at the top of level seven, placing first on beam and floor. Teammate Tess Keating placed third on beam.

12-year-old age group: Dillan Aysseh, Holly McGoldrick and Lindsay Hall placed second, third and fifth overall.

9-11 year-old age group: Victoria Ware and Kate Wolters finished first and second in the all-around competition. Sommer Schmidt, still recovering from a hand injury, was not able to compete on vault or bars, but placed fourth with a 9.35 on beam and sixth with a 9.4 on floor.

Level five:

Emma Neaderland led the way in the 12-year-old category with first place finishes on vault and floor.

Lucy Collins placed second on vault with a 9.25.

Caterina Pye, Isabella DeStefano, Gabriela Pye, Nima Rahbar, Saskia Chermayeff, Megan Mitchell and Audrey Ridder comprised seven of the top ten gymnasts in the 11-year-old category.

Isabella DeStefano and Gabriela Pye tied with 9.5 on vault. The youngest level five gymnasts –Borja, Abigail Nevin, Sofia DeStefano, Anna Moss and Melina Cardini – swept the top five spots in the 9-10 year-old category. Borja and Abigail Nevin split first place finishes in four individual events. 

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