Five members of the Bermuda Gymnastics Association Boys competitive team had a stellar showing at the Yellow Jackets Holiday Gymnastics Invitational in Boston, Massachusetts recently.
The meet was hosted at the Yellow Jackets Gymnastics facility, owned by Olympic Medalist and Olympic coach Peter Kormann. Kormann traveled to Bermuda last year to run a clinic with the Bermuda team, and the Gymnasts were looking forward to seeing him again and competing in his gym. It was also the first competition of the 2014-2015 season for the Boys squad.
The team consist of Jacob Madeiros, Thomas Gesick, Jordan Trimarchi, Taj Lowery and Max Blakeney, along with Head Coach Duke Nelligan.
Madeiros started things off with a flourish in the Level 4 Session winning Vaulting and placing 4th All-Around. Next up were the Level 5s, where Gesick who scored a 10.6 on Vault finishing 6th and earned 7th place in the All-Around, while Trimarchi had his highest score on Vault of 9.6 in his very first Level 5 competition.
Last up were the Level 6s, with Lowery dominated the Vaulting event, winning with a 10.6 and Blakeney finished 4th on Vault and also picked up a 7th place Medal on Floor.
The over-all meet was great as the boys are showing the maturity and attention to detail needed for Island games this summer. Two first places and a total of thirteen medals! I am very proud of the team. I am also very proud of the work that Coach Magan Outerbridge has put into preparing the team, remarked Coach Nelligan.
Complete Results:
Level 4
Total in Group: 25
Jacob Madeiros
Floor 9.5 [4th Place Medal]
Pommel 7.8 [7th Place Medal]
Rings 9.4 [15th Place]
Vault 10.5 [1st Place Medal]
P. Bars 9.8 [7th Place Medal]
H. Bar 9.5 [14th Place]
Total Score 56.500 4th Place Medal Overall
Level 5
Total in Group: 33
Thomas Gesick:
Floor: 9.7 [7th Place Medal]
Pommel 9.9 [8th Place Medal]
Rings 10.6 [6th Place Medal]
Vault 10.3 [5th Place Medal]
P. Bars 9.3 [15th Place]
H. Bar 9.0 [14th Place]
Total Score: 58.800 7th Place Medal Overall
Jordon Trimarchi
Floor 8.6 [21st Place]
Pommel 8.2 [22nd Place]
Rings 9.6 [22nd Place]
Vault 9.6 [17th Place]
P. Bars 8.8 [22nd Place]
H. Bar 8.5 [24th Place]
Total Score: 53.300 21st Place
Level 6
Max Blakeney
Floor 9.2 [7th Place Medal]
Pommel 8.4
Rings 9.0
Vault 10.4 [4th Place Medal]
P. Bars 7.5
H. Bar 9.5
Total Score: 54.00
Taj Lowery
Floor 6.0
Pommel 7.4
Rings 8.8
Vault 10.6 [1st Place Medal]
P. Bars 8.1
H. Bar 9.5
Total Score: 50.4
|
