Month: March 2017

The Bright Raven Gymnastics Boys Teams had a strong showing at the 2017 USA Gymnastics New York State Championships held at SUNY Brockport March 18-19 emerging with 5 State Champions and two team banners.

All three of Bright Raven’s Level 9 competitors medaled resulting in a third place finish as a team. Justin Ciccone of Greece earned gold for his performance in floor exercise competition. Ethan Rio of Avon earned gold on high bar and silver on the parallel bars and Cole Pringle of Pittsford took the bronze in floor exercise.

In the Level 6 competition, Aiden Arena of Fairport was first on the pommels, second on high bar and third all around. Teammate Drew Ahlstrom of Gates took third place in floor exercise.

In the Level 5 competition, Connor Maguda of Henrietta took first place on pommels. Evan Gienau of Henrietta finished first in both floor exercise and rings and second in both high bar and all around competition.

The Bright Raven Level 4 team earned the 6th place team banner in a field of seventeen teams with 10-year-old Tyler Caballero of Chili placing third on both pommels and vault. In the 7-year-old division, Luke Sykora of North Chili placed third of vault also. Other Level 4 team members contributing to the team effort were Charlie Dovichi of Lima, Caleb Lantz of Henrietta, Lucas Post of Spencerport, Aidan Kelley of Holley and Jake Robbins of Webster.

Justin Ciccone

Ethan Rio

Aiden Arena

Connor Maguda

Evan Gienau

Bright Raven gymnasts competed in the Women’s USA Gymnastics Level 10 and Xcel State Championships held at SUNY Brockport March 17-19 earning gold and qualifying to represent New York State at Regionals.

15-year-old Madison Conn of Chili earned first place for her performance in the uneven parallel bar competition in the highest level of Junior Olympic competition. Conn competed in the Level 10 Junior B age division. Her high all-around score of 35.625 was good for sixth place and has qualified her to advance to USAG Level 10 Regionals to be held April 7-9 in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Bright Raven had five State Champions in the Xcel Competition. In the Xcel Platinum Senior B Division, Abbie Ainslie of Geneseo took first place on vault and Sydney DeVore of Pittsford was first on the uneven bars. DeVore also took second on vault and finished with a high all-around score of 36.75 qualifying her to compete in the Xcel Regional Championships to be held in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts May 20-21. In the Xcel Silver Senior B Division, Kaitlyn Gibble of Gates took first on balance beam and Kylie Willis of Greece was first on the uneven bars. Shiana Susa of Chili earned bronze on the uneven bars in the same division. Grace Huussen of Spencerport competed in the Xcel Silver Senior C Division and was first on the uneven bars.

Madison Conn

XCel Champions