The Wilton branch of the Riverbrook Regional YMCA competed in the Northeast Regionals in Portsmouth, RI the weekend of May 9-11. Regionals is an opportunity to compete against YMCA gyms from all over the Northeast including Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Connecticut and New Hampshire. Wilton YMCA was represented by 21 gymnasts ranging in levels 2-8, including the XCEL Gold program.
Overall, Wilton won two individual championship titles and 42 event titles; Level 2 placed third, Level 4 placed fourth, and Level 3 placed fifth. The two individual championship titles went to sisters Callie Bartlett and Blake Bartlett, Level 2 and Level 3 respectively. Both have been part of the Wilton YMCA gymnastics program since they were each 2 years old; Blake officially joined the team in 2022 and Callie joined in 2024.
“I’m so proud of them-they’ve both worked really hard,” Blair Bartlett, Callie and Blake’s father, said. “They genuinely love being in the gym, which says so much about the incredible coaches at the YMCA — it’s such a fun, supportive environment, and we’re grateful for that. As parents, we feel incredibly lucky our girls have found something they love, and have a group of friends to enjoy it with.”
The following are placement results from Wilton gymnasts participating in Levels 2-8 and XCEL Gold:
Level 2
Callie Bartlett (7 years) received gold for bars, silver for beam, placed fourth for floor, placed fifth for vault and first all around. Kate Osiecki (7 years) received silver for vault, bronze on bars, fifth on beam and third all around. Eftychia Afentoulides (7 years) placed fourth on beam, sixth on vault and bars, and fifth all around. Dylan Zach (7 years) showed strong performances across all four events. Madison Cooney (8 years) placed fifth on bars. Beatrice Poirier (8 years) showed strong performances across all four events.
Level 3
Blake Bartlett (8 years) received gold for beam and floor and bronze for bars, and placed first all around. Fallon Sommer (8 years) received silver on floor, and placed fourth on vault, bars, and beam and third all around. Elyse Wohlberg (8 years) placed fifth on bars. Paige Fankhauser (8 years) placed sixth on floor. Ava Valletta (8 years), Maggie de Lacy (8 years) and Rose McLaughlin (8 years) each showed strong performances across all four events.
Level 4
Blake Reinking (9 and under) received silver on floor and fifth all around. Caitlyn O’Connor (9 and under) placed fifth on floor. Sophia Howell (10 years) received bronze on vault and floor, and placed fourth on bars and beam, and third all around. Adel Yerenkova (10 years) placed fourth on beam and floor, fifth on vault and bars, and fourth all around. Caroline Osiecki (10 years) placed fifth on beam. Greysen Gismondi (11 years) showed strong performances across all four events.
XCEL Gold
Abigail Schmidt (10 and under) received bronze on floor and fourth on vault. Gabby Gismondi (11 years) and Eliana Reiter (12 years) showed strong performance across all four events. Lila Harrington (13 years) placed fourth on beam and sixth on vault. Kaya Baumgold (14+ years) received silver on vault.
Level 6
Addison Grippando (12-13 years) and Emery Amero (12-13 years) showed strong performances across all four events. Nora Walencikowski (14+ years) placed fifth on beam.
Level 7
Allison Massaua (14-15 years) received silver for bars and placed fifth all around. Abigail Deane (14-15 years) received bronze for bars and placed fifth on beam and floor.
Level 8
Tess D’Andraia (All) placed fifth on beam.
Next up for the Wilton YMCA gymnasts: 12 gymnasts will be heading to Green Bay, WI to compete in the National YMCA Championships.