The Central Lincoln County YMCA’s competitive gymnastics team under the direction of coach Janice Cormier-Hay and Betsy Lee traveled to Bangor’s Penobscot Valley Gymnastics this past Sunday, March 10 to compete against the host team and Oxford Hills. 

According to Coach Janice, “We had several stand out performances at this meet but one gymnast truly stood out to me: Level 6, Katie Colomb, 12 of Alna, competed in her first meet since an injury sidelined her six weeks ago. During this time, Katie continued to work out with the team and work on her strength training and conditioning. I was so proud of the courage she showed at Sunday’s meet and to top it off she proved to everyone what a great competitor she is and that all that hard work paid off.”

Level 6 Age 10-13: Emma Hall came in 1st on vault, bars, beam and floor (8.8, 8.4, 8.8 and 9.0 scored respectively). She placed 1st all around with a score that qualifies her for the Northeast Regional meet. Katie Colomb came in 4th on vault, 8.1; 5th on bars, 7.3; 4th on beam, 6.7; and 6th on floor, placing 4th all around.

Level 5 Age 10: Madison Bradbury came in 5th on vault, 7.6; 2nd on bars, 7.6; 5th on beam, 7.3; 3rd on floor, 8.1; and placed 3rd overall. Emily Kelsey came in 3rd on vault, 8.1; 4th on bars, 6.8; 4th on beam, 7.6; 4th on floor, 8.0; and placed 4th overall. 

Level 5 Age 9: Reed Gulden came in 1st on vault, 8.3; 2nd on bars, 8.6; 2nd on beam, 8.7; 1st on floor, 8.8; and placed 1st overall with a score that qualifies her for the Northeast Regional Meet. Another tough competitor facing injury was Maddy Russ who competed two events and came in 1st on bars, 9.3; 1st on beam, 9.0; and placed 5th overall. 

Level 4, Age 12 and up: Leah Wilcox came in 4th on vault, 8.0; 4th on bars, 7.4; 4th on beam, 8.05, 4th on floor, 7.4; and placed 4th all around.

Level 4, Age 10: Teammates Quinn Hunold and Aubree Cookson tied for 7th place. Quinn came in 3rd on vault, 8.6; 5th on bars, 6.1; 5th on beam, 8.4; 9th on floor, 6.8; and placed 7th all around. Aubree Cookson came in 3rd on vault, 8.6; 6th on bars, 7th on beam, 8.25; 8th on floor, 7.05; and placed 7th all around.

Level 4, Age 9: Chloe Achorn came in 2nd on vault, 8.8; 2nd on bars, 8.0; 1st on beam, 9.25, 2nd on floor, 8.85; and placed 1st overall with a score that qualifies her for the Northeast Regional Meet. Sadie Yentsch came in 3rd on vault, 8.7; 1st on bars, 8.1; 4th on beam, 8.15; 6th on floor, 8.2; and placed 4th all around. Newcomer Zaniah Puchalski came in 4th on vault, 8.4; 7th on beam, 7.7; 7th on floor, 7.05; and placed 8th all around. Emily Mahoney came in 3rd on vault, 8.7; 7th on bars; 8th on beam, 6.9; 9th on floor, 6.4; and placed 9th all around. Newcomer Taylor Fink came in 6th on vault, 7.3; 8th on bars, 9th on beam, 6.75; 10th on floor; and placed 10th all around. 

Level 4, Age 8b: Erica Johnson came in 1st on vault, 8.9; 2nd on bars, 8.7; 1st on beam, 9.1; 1st on floor, 8.65; and placed 1st overall with a score that qualifies her for the Northeast Regional Meet. Alexa Coffin came in 2nd on vault, 8.7; 4th on bars, 6.8; 3rd on beam, 8.7; 4th on floor, 7.6; and placed 4th overall. Elizabeth Swan came in 4th on vault, 8.3; 5th on bars, 5th on beam, 7.05, 5th on floor, 6.85; and placed 5th overall. Madalyn Mercer came in 5th on vault, 8.2; 6th on bars; 6th on beam; 6th on floor; and placing 6th overall. 

Level 4, Age 7-8a: Dakota Gregory came in 5th on vault, 8.5; 4th on bars, 8.0; 1st on beam, 8.5; 4th on floor, 8.0; and placed 5th overall. In her second meet of the season, Gloria Seaman came in 5th on vault, 8.2; and 7th on beam, 5.8. Skyler Houghton came in  3rd on vault, 8.2; 5th on bars, 6.2; 4th on beam, 8.0; 6th on floor, 6.4; and placing 6th all around.

Level 3, Age 8: Jasmine Brown placed 7th on vault, 7.5; 6th on bars; 6th on beam, 6.1; 6th on floor, 7.3; and placed 7th all around.

Level 3, Age 6-7: Reese Instasi came in 2nd on vault, 8.6; 2nd on bars, 5.3; 2nd on beam, 8.3; 1st on floor, 8.9; and placed 2nd all around. Nora Villeneuve came in 5th on vault, 7.6; 5th on bars; 3rd on beam, 7.3; 2nd on floor, 8.4; and placed 3rd all around. Sarah Goldrup came in 3rd on vault, 7.8; 4th on bars; 4th on beam, 6.9; 3rd on floor, 8.0; and placed 4th all around. Kadence Rogers came in 4th on vault, 7.7; 3rd on bars; 5th on beam; 4th on floor, 7.8; and placed 5th all around. 

As the season works its way to the Maine State Gymnastics Championship, the team’s next meet will be held on Sunday, April 14 in Ellsworth.