Congratulations to Brian Knott of our Boys Gymnastics Team! Brian recently competed in the U.S. Men’s Junior Olympic National Championships in Long Beach, California.

Brian placed 8th in the All Around, 3rd on the Horizontal Bar and 4th on the Pommel Horse.

 I have coached Brian since the age of 6, he has trained at Chelsea Piers since he was a child and will attend Stanford University in the fall. Congratulations and best of luck, Brian!

 For more results from this meet, click here.

We’re midway through the competitive gymnastics season and our Girls’ teams are tearing up the circuit! Congratulations to all of our girls on a stellar season thus far! Please see highlights below for gymnasts who placed first or second at some point this season.

Meet Highlights:

Level 4

Alexa Potter: Manhattan Classic – 2nd FX

Anna Neiman-Golden: Chicago Style – 2nd BB; Manhattan Classic – 1st UB, 2nd BB; Winter Wonderland – 1st UB, 2nd BB, FX

Bridget Fogarty: Winter Wonderland – 1st UB

Cai Hall: Chicago Style  – 1st UB, BB, FX, AA; Winter Wonderland – 1st UB, BB, FX, AA; Manhattan Classic – 1st UB, FX, AA, 2nd V, BB

Julia Ripley: Chicago Style – 2nd UB; Manhattan Classic – 1st Tie UB; Winter Wonderland – 2nd UB, BB, FX, AA

Najal Judd: Chicago Style – 2nd Tie V, 2nd AA; Manhattan Classic – 2nd AA; Winter Wonderland – 1st V, BB, AA

Level 5

Alexa Masseur: Winter Wonderland – 1st V

Antonia Green: Winter Wonderland – 2nd UB

Caroline Chong: Winter Wonderland – 2nd UB

Cassandra Potter: Winter Wonderland – 2nd BB

Clarisa Carrillo: Winter Wonderland – 1st V

Gabriella Mattson: Winter Wonderland – 2nd BB

Jules Gravier: Winter Wonderland – 2nd AA

Madeline Stewart: Winter Wonderland – 1st FX, 1st AA

Maria Fomitchova: Winter Wonderland – 2nd V, UB

Melina Sanchez: Chicago Style – 2nd BB

Molly Palma: Winter Wonderland – 2nd BB

Natasha Chalmers: Chicago Style – 1st UB; Manhattan Classic – 1st UB, BB, FX, AA; Winter Wonderland – 1st V, UB, FX, AA

Nicole Robayo: Manhattan Classic – 2nd AA; Winter Wonderland – 1st UB, BB, AA, 2nd V, FX

Level 6

Asta Sollija-Farrell: Chicago Style – 2nd V; Christmas on the Chesapeake – 2nd V; Manhattan Classic – 2nd BB; Winter Wonderland – 1st V

Isabel Schuman: Christmas on the Chesapeake – 1st V, FX, 2nd AA

Laila Sacasa: Christmas on the Chesapeake – 2nd BB; Manhattan Classic – 1st UB

Mia Sclar: Winter Wonderland – 2nd V, AA

Mia Russo: Chicago Style – 1st UB; Manhattan Classic – 2nd UB, AA

Oneysha Brown: Christmas on the Chesapeake – 2nd UB

Level 7

Alexandra Chau: Christmas on the Chesapeake – 1st FX; Manhattan Classic – 1st BB

Angelina Rodriguez: Christmas on the Chesapeake – 2nd FX

Cassandra Najjar: Brestyan’s Invitational – 1st V; Manhattan Classic – 1st Tie V

Isabel Schuman: Chicago Style – 2nd Tie FX; Manhattan Classic – 1st FX, 2nd Tie V

Leah Anthony: Christmas on the Chesapeake – 2nd Tie UB

Micoto Nozaki: Chicago Style – 2nd Tie V; Christmas on the Chesapeake – 2nd V, BB, AA

Sydnee Jenkins: Christmas on the Chesapeake – 2nd Tie V, FX

Level 8

Brianna Jenkins: Brestyan’s Invitational – 2nd Tie FX

Maya Sacasa: Brestyan’s Invitational – 1st V, 2nd Tie BB

Levels 9 & 10

Anwen Herbert-Lewis: Chicago Style – 1st BB; Manhattan Classic – 1st BB, 2nd AA

Carly Gordon: Manhattan Classic – 2nd Tie BB

Mary Poppe: Winter Wonderland – 2nd BB, FX

Maya Reimers: Brestyan’s Invitational – 2nd BB; Manhattan Classic – 2nd BB

Our competitive Boys Gymnastics team recently competed in the World Cup Challenge on March 5 and 6 in Chappaqua, New York. This was the perfect meet to show our success, only two weeks before the State Championships. Congratulations to all who placed and the Level 5 and Level 7 teams for placing first as teams.

Donovan Brown – Level 4 – 3rd Place Pommel Horse

Jack Kelly – Level 5 – 3rd Place Rings

Kijana Thomas – Level 5 – 2nd Place Vault

Gideon Small – Level 5 – 1st Place All Around, 1st Place Floor, 1st Place Pommel Horse, 1st Place Rings, 3rd Place High Bar

Andrew Mattson – Level 5 – 4th Place All Around, 3rd Place Floor, 3rd Place Pommel Horse, 2nd Place Rings

Ted Karakitsos – Level 7 – 2nd Place All Around, 3rd Place Floor, 4th Place Pommel Horse, 3rd Place Rings, 1st Place Vault, 1st Place Parallel Bars, 3rd Place High Bar

Luca Ricciardi – Level 7 – 1st Place All Around, 1st Place Floor, 3rd Place Pommel Horse, 3rd Place Rings, 2nd Place Vault, 2nd Place Parallel Bars, 1st Place High Bar

Matyas Fenyves – Level 7 – 2nd Place All Around, 3rd Place Floor, 2nd Place Pommel Horse, 4th Place Rings, 1st Place Vault, 3rd Place Parallel Bars, 2nd Place High Bar

Matthew Duepner – Level 7 – 3rd Place All Around, 4th Place Floor, 1st Place Pommel Horse, 1st Place Rings, 4th Place Vault, 1st Place Parallel Bars, 3rd Place High Bar

Our competitive Boys Gymnastics team competed in three different competitions within the past two weeks. They performed very well against Level 5 and 7 kids from the tri-state area and kids from as far away as Canada!

Abie Grossfeld Invitational Results, Bridgeport, CT: January 23

This was our first time at this meet and we are excited to have won first place at the 1st Annual Abie Grossfeld Invitational.

Theodore Karakitsos – Level 7 – 1st Place Pommel Horse, 1st Place Parallel Bars, 2nd Place All Around, 2nd Place Floor, 2nd Place Rings, 3rd Place Vault, 3rd Place High Bar

Luca Ricciardi – Level 7 - 2nd Place High Bar, 3rd Place Floor

Level 7 Team – 1st Place

Brian Babcock Invitational Results, Allentown, PA: January 21-23

Assistant Head Coach, Will Pichardo commented, “We were very happy with our performance at this Invitational. This is the most challenging event of our season, and with over 100 athletes from as far as Canada, it was a truly exciting competition.” 

Gideon Small – Level 5 - 1st Place Rings, 1st Place All Around, 2nd Place Pommel Horse, 3rd Place High Bar 

Andrew Mattson – Level 5 - 2nd Place Rings, 3rd Place Vault, 3rd Place All Around

Caleb Ewing – Level 5 - 1st Place Pommel Horse

Level 5 Team – 3rd Place

West Point Invitational Results, West Point, NY: January 14-16

As always, we enjoy attending the West Point Invitational. It’s a very well-run competition and it’s great to see our athletes compete against kids from other states and perform well.

Andrew Mattson – Level 5 - 1st Place All Around, 1st Place Pommel Horse, 1st Place Rings, 2nd Place High Bar

Gideon Small – Level 5 - 1st Place Floor, 2nd Place All Around, 2nd Place Pommel Horse, 2nd Place Rings, 3rd Place High Bar

Level 5 Team – 1st Place

Theodore Karakitsos – Level 7 - 1st Place Pommel Horse

Luca Ricciardi – Level 7 - 1st Place High Bar, 2nd Place Vault, 3rd Place All Around, 3rd Place Floor, 3rd Place Parallel Bars

Matthew Duepner – Level 7 - 2nd Place Pommel Horse

Matyas Fenyves – Level 7 - 1st Place Vault

Level 7 Team – 3rd Place

Our competitive Boys Gymnastics team competed in the Long Island Classic on January 9Our kids performed very well against Level 4 and 5 kids from Long Island. Our team continues to improve and progress throughout the season. This was a very successful meet and serves as great preparation for the West Point Open, which is always an extremely competitive meet.

Donovan Brown – Level 4 – 1st Place All Around, 1st Place Floor, 1st Place Rings, 1st Place Parallel Bars, 2nd Place Pommel Horse, 2nd Place High Bar

Valentino Giobbi – Level 4 – 1st Place Pommel Horse

Jordan Kaisman – Level 4 – 2nd Place High Bar

Jeremiah Ortiz – Level 4 – 1st Place High Bar

Henry Van Campen – Level 4 – 3rd Place Pommel Horse, 3rd Place High Bar

Jack Kelly – Level 5 – 1st Place Pommel Horse, 1st Place High Bar, 2nd Place Rings

Moritz Linn – Level 5 – 1st Place Rings, 2nd Place Pommel Horse, 2nd Place All Around

Kijana Thomas – Level 5 – 1st Place Vault, 2nd Place High Bar, 3rd Place Floor, 3rd Place Rings

Caleb Ewing – Level 5 – 1st Place Pommel Horse, 2nd Place Parallel Bars

Andrew Mattson – Level 5 – 3rd Place Floor, 3rd Place Rings, 3rd Place All Around

Gideon Small – Level 5 – 1st Place Floor, 1st Place All Around, 2nd Place Rings, 2nd Place Vault, 2nd Place High Bar