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BATH AREA FAMILY YMCA gymnast Rachel Ouellette (top photo) opens the season with an 8.0 on Beam, while in the bottom photo Julianne Salko performs her Beam Routine.
BATH AREA FAMILY YMCA gymnast Rachel Ouellette (top photo) opens the season with an 8.0 on Beam, while in the bottom photo Julianne Salko performs her Beam Routine.
BATH — The Bath Area Family YMCA girls gymnastics team opened its competition season last Saturday with much success.

In Level 2, Maja Sherman, 8, earned first places on all events, with a 34.2 all-around score. Sherman has earned her spot in the “9.0 Club,” with a 9.0 on vault. Elena Trundy placed second allaround (32.8), with an 8.6 on vault and 8.5 on uneven parallel bars. Molly Newell had a strong showing on vault (8.8) and floor exercise (7.5). Newell placed third all-around, with 30.7. Sophie Wood began her season with an 8.0 on bars, and a strong 7.8 on vault. Wood placed fourth all-around with a 30.3.

 
 
In Level 2, ages 9-11 division, Julianne Salko and Alamea McCarthy both earned their spots in the 9.0 Club: Salko with a 9.10 on both vault and bars, and McCarthy with a 9.0 on beam. Salko and McCarthy placed first and second all-around, with a 35.8 and 35.25, respectively.

Teammate Eleanor Burnham placed first on floor, with an 8.9, and third all-around (34.25). Anna Yankee and Isabel Strelneck tied for fourth place on beam, earning an 8.0. Yankee also earned second on bars (8.9) and fourth all-around (34.025). Strelneck earned fifth place on vault (8.0), bars (8.5) and floor (8.3). Teammate Emma Dobransky had a strong season opening, earning an 8.8 on vault for third place. Dobransky was sixth all-around with a 32.35.

In Level 3, age 8 division, Elizabeth Bingham opened her season with a first place all-around (34.8) and admission to the 9.0 club with a 9.0 on both vault and floor. Teammate Grace Delano earned second place on vault (8.8), bars (8.1), floor (8.45) and allaround with a 32.45.

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In the ages 9-10 division, Kallie Maney had a strong first meet with a first place allaround (32.3) and first place on bars (6.9), beam (8.4) and floor (8.5).

In Level 5, ages 10-13, Audrey Crews placed second all-around (28.8), with a second on vault (8.1), bars (6.8) and floor (7.9). Teammate Rachel Poulton also had a strong showing with a first place win on floor (6.7), and third on vault (8.0) and allaround (26.7).

In Level 6, ages 12-14, Hope Langworthy began her season with a first place all-around (33.6) earning first on both vault (8.9) and beam (8.9).

Molly Klein earned a 9.0 on floor, earning both first place on the event and a place on the team’s 9.0 club. Klein placed second all-around with a 31.6. Hannah Goodman had a strong season opener, earning first on bars (7.1) and third on vault (8.3), beam (8.0) and floor (8.0).

In the Excel Gold ages 12-17 division Kaley West earned first place on both beam (7.5) and floor (7.1). Teammate Atti Sheppard earned second on beam (7.1) and floor (7.0). Emily Belanger placed second on bars with a 7.1 and fourth on beam (5.8).

In the 18-an-over division, Erika Tardiff swept first place with an 8.1 on vault, 7.3 on bars, 6.9 on beam and 7.8 on floor.

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In the Excel Silver division, Rachel Ouellette began her season with a first on both bars (8.6) and beam (8.0), and a second on floor with a 7.8. In the Excel Platinum, ages 15-and-over division, Kayla Soucy earned first all-around with a 32.7. Soucy was also first on beam (8.1) and tied for first on vault with an 8.5. Lilia Hayford earned first on floor (8.5) and second on bars (8.0) and vault (8.45). Marisabel Rodriguez earned first on both bars (8.4) and vault (8.5), and second place on floor with an 8.4.

Maya Kosak captured a second place showing on vault (8.45) and a fourth on bars, beam and floor.

In the 13-14 division, teammate Havi Ellers swept her division, earning firsts on all events and first all-around with a 30.3. Ellers received an 8.4 on vault, 6.4 on bars, 8.0 on beam and a 7.5 on floor.

The next meet is at the Bath YMCA on Jan. 25 at 2 p.m.


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