Darien YMCA Gymnasts Soar At New England Invitational

DARIEN, Conn. -- The Darien YMCA gymnastics team soared to success at the New England Invitational USAG meet in Glastonbury.

Darien YMCA Level 4 gymnast Sofia DeStefano scored 37.175 to win the All Around title for her age group at the New England Invitational in Glastonbury.
Photo Credit: *Courtesy of Stephanie Fairleigh*

Darien YMCA Level 8 gymnast Kelsey Fedorko was the All Around Champion for her age group at the New England Invitational in Glastonbury, scoring 37.050.
Photo Credit: *Courtesy of Stephanie Fairleigh*

Darien YMCA Level 5 gymnasts celebrate placing 2nd in the team competition at the New England Invitational in Glastonbury.
Photo Credit: *Courtesy of Stephanie Fairleigh*

by Alesha Hanson

12/12/2014 5:00 a.m.

Leading the way were all-around (AA) champions Sofia DeStefano (Level 4, age -8), Sofia Fea (Level 4, 13 and older), Nicole Thompson (Level 5, 11), Kajsa Lundeen (Level 7, Senior) and Kelsey Fedorko (Level 8, 12-14).

Gymnasts competed by level and age group.

Anna Primmer paced the Level 3s, placing second on vault, eighth on beam, seventh on floor and sixth all around in 9 Junior.

The second place Level 5 team was led by all around champ Thompson (36.10), who won the beam and bars titles, placed fourth on vault and fifth on floor.

Also in 11s: Holly McGoldrick was second on bars, beam and all around, fourth on floor and fifth on vault; Dillan Aysseh won floor with 9.15, took second on vault and third on bars and all around; Sofia Pye, won vault with 9.45 and placed fifth on beam and all around; Lindsay Hall, fourth on beam and sixth on vault; Lizzie Canelli, sixth on floor and seventh on vault; and Christina Pizzani, seventh on bars and beam and sixth on floor.

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