The Bright Raven Gymnastics boys team is wrapping up their season with much success. The USA Gymnastics State Championships was held at Bright Raven Gymnastics East in Victor last month where the Level 10 Team took first place with many individuals earning additional honors.
Level 10 graduating senior Justin Ciccone (Greece) won the Mike LaCompte Memorial Scholarship and was runner up for the Abe Gabriel Men’s Gymnastics Scholarship. Justin was also State Champion on Vault and High Bar. Level 10 graduating senior Ryan Dugan (Fairport) won the Abe Gabriel Men’s Gymnastics Scholarship and was State Champion on the Floor and Parallel Bars. The Level 10 Boys Team earned first in the team competition with Aiden Arena (Fairport), Jack D’Ambrosia (Webster), Mateo Poole (Henrietta), and Cole Pringle (Fairport) contributing to the team win.
In the Level 9 competition, Caleb Lantz (Henrietta) won Parallel Bars. Liam Brick (Greece) won Level 7 Vault and Elliot Sonneville (Walworth) took first in Level 6 vault. In the Level 3 competition, Gideon Flores (West Henrietta) and Elijah Grinishin (Spencerport) also both took first place in Vault in their respective age divisions.
Bright Raven Boys coaches Karl Jaanimagi and Garison Clark were voted the 2022 New York State Coach of the Year and 2022 Upstate New York Compulsory Coach of the Year, respectively.
Based on their performance at the State Championships, the Level 7-10 boys qualified for and competed at the Regional Championships held April 8 through 10 in West Point, New York. As a result of the Regional Championships, Bright Raven had eleven boys qualify to advance to National Championship events. The following boys qualified to compete in the Eastern National Championships in Battle Creek, Michigan April 29 through May 1: Level 8 – Nathan Nguyen (Greece) and Luke Sykora (North Chili); Level 9 – Milo Anderson (Fairport), Ammar Soliman (Farmington) and Caleb Lantz; Level 7 – Liam Brick. The Level 10 gymnasts Jack D’Ambrosia, Mateo Poole, Cole Pringle, Ryan Dugan, and Justin Ciccone all qualified to the Junior National Championships to be held May 12 through 14 in Mesa, Arizona. Ciccone qualified to the Junior Elite division and was Regional Champion on the Vault and Rings.
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