Area gymnasts compete at Old Town/Orono

Thu, 04/17/2014 - 7:00am

On a rainy Sunday morning, April 13, the CLC YMCA gymnastics team set off for the Old Town/Orono YMCA to compete against teams from Bangor and the host team. With the team's coach, Janice Cormier-Hay, sick, Betsy Lee took over as head coach.

“This is our last regular season meet before we head to the YMCA state meet in two weeks. The girls are polishing their routines and this was a great opportunity to see all their hard work pay off” said Coach Lee.

Highlights of the meet were: Kadence Rogers (level 2) with a 9.2 on beam; Molly Taylor (level 3) with a 9.1 on floor exercise; Reed Gulden with a 9.1 on floor; Maddy Russ (level 5) with a 9.25 on vault and a 9.5 on floor; Emma Hall (level 6) with a 9.4 (personal best) on vault and 9.35 on floor; Katie Colomb (level 6) with a 9.1 on floor; and Madi Bradbury (Xcel Gold) with a 9.0 on bars.

Results by local gymnasts: Elizabeth Rethman of Newcastle: Level 4, after battling a fever and a broken toe, she came in third on vault with a 7.8, came in third on bars with a 7.1, second on beam with an 8.9, second on floor with an 8.6 placing second all around. Dakota Gregory of Newcastle: came in third on vault with an 8.45 (personal best), fifth on bars with an 8.0, sixth on beam with a 7.7, tied for third on floor with an 8.8, placing fifth all around. Chloe Achorn of Newcastle: Level 4 (age 10) tied for sixth on vault with an 8.3, 10th on bars with a 6.3, 10th on beam with an 8.05, 9th on floor with an 8.1, placing 9th all around.

Ava Carmolli of Edgecomb came in sixth on vault with an 8.05, seventh on bars with a 6.6, seventh on beam with a 7.7, fifth on floor with an 8.2, placing eighth all around. Emma Hall of Damariscotta (level 6, age 10-12) came in first on vault with a 9.4 (personal best), first on bars with a 9.15, second on beam with an 8.8 and first on floor with a 9.35 placing first all around with a (personal best) all around score of 36.7. Katie Colomb of Alna (level 6, age 13-14), came in third on vault with an 8.6, tied for second on bars with an 8.05, tied for second on beam with a 8.8, tied for second on floor with a 9.1 (personal best) placing third all around.