The Wilton branch of the Riverbrook Regional YMCA hosted the Tom Jagelka Snowflake Invitational. This was the first big competition of the season with approximately 350 gymnasts competing. Snowflake is named in honor of the former director of the gymnastics program, Tom Jagelka, who transformed the program from a small gymnasium to the Wilton Family YMCA Gymnastics Training Center with over 50 gymnasts representing the team today ranging in levels 2-8 and XCEL programs.

Teams from the Westport-Weston Family YMCA, Rye YMCA, Darien YMCA, Ocean Community YMCA, Lakewood-Trumbull YMCA, Meriden/New Britain/Berlin YMCA, and Glastonbury YMCA joined the Wilton YMCA gymnasts for two days of competition over Dec. 7-8.

Overall, Wilton YMCA gymnasts won three individual championship titles and 23 event titles: Levels 6, 7, and XCEL Gold placed second, while Levels 2, 3, and 4 placed third.

“Having only been the head gymnastics coach at Wilton YMCA for a little over a year I am extremely pleased with the performances of all of the Wilton YMCA gymnasts at our successfully-run Invitational,” Head Coach Erin Hunter said. “I could not have gotten the gymnasts to where they are today without the help of our Gymnastics Director Victoria Shea, the entire coaching staff and the foundation Tom Jagelka created for the Wilton YMCA Gymnastics program for so many years.”

Levels 2-8 and XCEL Gold Results

Level 2

Child A: Kate Osiecki won silver for vault, bars and floor; gold for beam; and second all around. Callie Bartlett received gold for vault and floor, silver for beam and third all around. Eftychia Afentoulides won bronze for bars and floor, gold for beam and fourth all around. Dylan Zech received bronze for beam.

Child B: Madison Cooney received silver for vault, bronze for bars and fifth all around. Taylor Schellhorn placed fifth on bars. Ava Matthews showed a very strong performance.

Junior: Tessa Reichenbach received bronze for bars and beam, and fifth all around. Eleanor Doo received silver on bars.

Level 3

Child A: Fallon Sommer received silver on bars, gold on beam and floor, and first all around. Blake Bartlett received gold for bars, bronze for beam, silver for floor and second all around. Elyse Wohlberg received silver on vault and beam, bronze on bars and 3rd all around. Lucy Scarozza placed fourth on vault, bars, and beam, and fifth on both floor and all around. Ava Valletta received bronze on vault. Paige Fankhauser placed fifth on beam. Maggie de Lacy and Rose McLaughlin each showed strong performances across all four events.

Child B: Teagan Levenherz placed fourth on vault.

Junior B: Adel Yerenkova received gold on vault and floor, silver on beam and first all around. Camila Alves and Ella Goodman had strong performances.

Senior: Katelyn Ramirez had a strong performance.

Level 4

Child: Sophia Howell received silver on vault; gold on bars, beam, and floor; and first all around. Blake Reinking received bronze on bars, silver on beam and floor and fourth all around. Caroline Osiecki received gold on vault, bronze on floor and fifth all around.

Junior: Greysen Gismondi placed fourth on vault and bronze on beam and floor.

XCEL Gold

Junior A: Abigail Schmidt received bronze on vault and gold on floor. Eliana Reiter received bronze on vault. Raffaella Pansino placed fourth on vault and bronze on floor.

Junior B: Kaya Baumgold received silver on vault and bars, bronze on floor and second all around. Madigan O’Shea received bronze on beam. Lila Harrington had a strong performance and placed sixth on floor.

Level 6

Junior A: Emery Amero received silver on vault; gold on bars, beam and floor; and first all around. Audrey Hyland received bronze on vault, bars and floor; silver on beam; and third all around.

Junior B: Addison Grippando received silver on vault, beam and floor; bronze on bars; and third all around. Nora Walencikowski received gold on floor.

Level 7

Junior: Abigail Deane received bronze for vault; gold for bars, floor and beam; and first all around. Allison Massaua received gold for vault and silver for beam.

Senior: Alyssa Mariani received silver for vault, bronze for bars, gold for floor and second all around. Teagan Stengrim received silver on bars and floor and third all around. Alyssa Duarte received bronze for vault and beam.

Level 8

All: Tess D’Andraia received bronze on floor.

Gymnastics officials encourage the community to support the Wilton YMCA Gymnastics Team by attending its upcoming 2024-2025 home meets. Next up is the Spring Sparkle Invitational on April 5-6, 2025, at the Wilton branch of the Riverbrook YMCA (404 Danbury Rd.).