The Bright Raven Gymnastics girls’ teams traveled to New York City January 28 and 29 to compete in the Manhattan Classic. Nearly 100 teams were represented from throughout the country at this USA Gymnastics Junior Olympic competition where Bright Raven finished first as a team in many divisions and took many top individual awards.
Sixteen-year-old Aneka Haber of Pittsford competed in the Level 9 Senior B division and took first place on both vault and the uneven parallel bars and finished second in the all-around competition.
The Level 7 team earned first place with team members dominating in the floor exercise competition. In the Junior A division, 10-year-old Ashley Woods of Henrietta took first place in floor. In the Junior B division, 11-year-old Jillian Ambler of Fairport won first on floor. In the Senior B division, Haley Bolan of Greece was first on floor and in the Senior A division, Madeline Pitts of Victor earned first place in floor, vault and beam and second in the all-around competition.
The Level 6 team finished in third place with Aliyah Gibson of Chili winning first place on vault and balance beam and finishing second all around. Katie Kull of Pittsford took first place in floor exercise in the Junior B division and Megan Robinson of Geneseo won second all around in the Senior A division.
Bright Raven’s Level 5 team took first place with Carly Liberman of Pittsford capturing first place all around and winning three events: uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise in the Senior A division. Teammate Sophia Daeschner of Spencerport was second all around in the same age group.
In the Senior B division, Jessica Pelkey of Caledonia won second all around and finished first in both balance beam and floor exercise. Emily Post of Spencerport earned third all around. In the Junior B division, Grace Gocher of Churchville won first on beam and Meredith Fingler of Chili took first on bars and second all around.
The Level 4 Team brought home the first place team banner with nine-year-old Kylie Montague of Avon winning first place on beam, floor and all around in the Junior B division. In the Junior C division, Camryn Trybuskiewicz of Honeoye Falls won first on bars and beam and tied with teammate Nyla Ragland of Spencerport for first all around. Morgan Sizer of West Henrietta earned first on vault and third all around and Mia Perno of Chili took first on floor.
In the Senior B division, 11-year-old Caroline Garbe of Webster took first all around and first in three events: vault, beam and floor. Teammate Katrina Daly of Spencerport was second all around in the same division.
Level 3 Team also took first making it a clean sweep for the Bright Raven compulsory level teams. In the Senior A division nine-year-old Heidi Tran of Gates won first on balance beam, floor exercise and all around. Hannah Prince of Spencerport earned first on bars and second all around.
In the Senior B division, Kailey Tran of Gates earned first on vault and third all around. Alexis Gerig of Greece was third all around in the Junior B division. In the Junior A division 7-year-old Skylar Williamson of Chili took first place on vault.
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