Twenty gymnasts from the Bermuda Gymnastics Association traveled to New York City to compete at the Manhattan Classic recently. The gymnasts returned with a total of 39 Individually Medals and 2 Team Awards to round out a successful and snowy first competition of the season.
The First of the Two-Day event saw a full day of competition with the Junior Team Gymnasts competing in the Copper and Bronze USAIGC Divisions. In the Copper Division, Bermuda’s young ladies competed against sixty 7-9 year olds from across the USA, finishing with the third place team award. Laura Hupman captured Gold on Balance Beam, Silver on Vault and Bars, and Silver in the All-Around competition, Annabelle Miller helped fill out the Medal Podium with Bronze Medal finishes on Vault, Beam, and Floor.
Four more youngsters competed in the Copper 1 Category, their first time representing Bermuda at international competition. Bailey Boyd captured Gold on Beam, Bronze on Floor, and Bronze in the All-Around. Ella Tear added to the Medals with Silver on Vault, Bronze on Floor, and fifth place in the All-Around. Bethany Cooze finished 10th on Floor, while Gabrielle Turchiaro finished with her highest scores of the competition on Vault and Floor.
Most of the gymnasts travelling competed at Bronze level between the ages of 10-12, with the podium holding Bermudian Gymnasts on every event. Brianna Ray earned Gold on Vault, Silver Medals on Beam and All-Around events, while Logan Watson helped keep a 1-2 podium finish for Bermuda with a Gold Medal on Bars, Silver on Vault and Bronze in the All-Around. In the 9-10 Age Group, Sanaa Burgess won Gold on Vault, while Amari Trott earned 4th, and finished 8th and 7th place in the All-Around, respectively.
Additional Medals came from Kayode George with a Silver on Floor, Mya Furbert-Jacobs winning Bronze and Holly Wakely earning fourth on Beam, Daria Symonds with fifth place on Bars, and Rhianna Evelyn with a tenth place finish on Floor.
Together the Bronze team finished in second place, just three tenths of a point behind the first place team.
Day Two saw five senior gymnasts competed at the USAG Level 9 Invitational. In extremely stiff competition, the top finish came from Danielle Wall, who stuck her Vault cold, winning the Gold. Wall also earned a Silver Medal on Beam and a fifth place finish in the All-Around. Team captain Tabytha Hoffheins maintained a steady and consistent performance with fourth place finish on Vault, and fifth place finishes on Beam, Bars, Floor, and the All-Around. Rounding out the competition, Sydney Mason earned fifth place on Vault, Zantae Dill placed fourth on Beam, with Anna Franceour earning her highest scores on Beam and Bars.
The most exciting win came from the Spirit of Meet award in each session. The Spirit of the Meet plaques are awarded to the team who the Judges feel demonstrated the most positive and sportsmanlike attitudes of the whole competition. In true Bermuda form, the Copper, Bronze and Level 9 teams won the plaques in a positive clean sweep.
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