The Wilton branch of the Riverbrook Regional YMCA Gymnastics Center opened its doors on Sunday, Oct. 27 to welcome friends and family members to Fright Fest — a Halloween-themed meet that kicked off the 2024-2025 season for its athletes. The Wilton YMCA Gymnastics Team was joined by two other teams from New York and Rhode Island for a day full of costumes and competition.

Across all four events — bars, beam, floor and vault –— gymnasts from the Wilton YMCA Team won individual titles and five of the skill levels placed as a Team.

“The coaches at the Wilton YMCA Gymnastics Center are all very impressed by the strong start to the season that our competitive athletes had,” Program Director Victoria Bronson said. “These girls have been training for countless hours and really brought their all to the competition. Most importantly, they showed strong team camaraderie and great sportsmanship throughout the meet, and for that I am very proud.”

The Wilton Gymnastics Center has recently expanded its competition team to include an Xcel program. Fright Fest was the first time these Xcel athletes competed together representing Wilton at a home meet.

The following are placement results from Wilton Y gymnasts participating in Levels 2-8:

Level 2

Level 2 earned a first-place team win.

Child-A grouping: Callie Bartlett finished first place All Around, silver on bars, gold on beam, gold on floor and bronze on vault; Kate Osiecki was awarded second place All Around, gold on bars, silver on beam, silver on floor and gold on vault; Dylan Zech won bronze on bars and bronze on floor; and Eftychia Afentoulides received bronze on beam and silver on vault.

Child-B grouping: Taylor Schellhorn finished first place All Around, gold on bars, gold on beam, silver on floor and bronze on vault; Avery Yurchak was awarded third place All Around, silver on beam, fourth on floor and gold on vault; Ava Matthews received fourth place All around, bronze on bars and bronze on beam; Madison Cooney took home silver on bars and bronze on floor; Beatrice Poirier placed fourth on bars and fourth on vault; and Eleanor Doo had strong performances on floor and vault.

Level 3

Level 3 earned a second-place team win.

Child A grouping: Fallon Sommer finished first place All Around, gold on bars, silver on beam, fourth on floor and silver on vault; Blake Bartlett was awarded second place All Around, silver on bars, bronze on beam, gold on floor and fourth on vault; Ava Valletta took home third place All Around, fourth on bars and bronze on floor; Paige Fankhauser received fourth place All Around, gold on beam; Elyse Wohlberg received bronze on bars, silver on floor and bronze on vault; Lucy Scarozza won gold on vault; and Maggie de Lacy placed fourth on beam.

Child B grouping: Rosie McLaughlin won silver on bars and fifth on vault; Adel Yerenkova placed fourth on beam, fifth on floor and silver on vault; Katelyn Ramirez and Lindsey Haims tied for fourth on vault; and Tegan Levenherz had a strong performance on bars.

Level 4

Level 4 earned a first-place team win.

Child A grouping: Blake Reinking finished first place All Around, gold on beam and gold on vault; and Caitlyn O’Connor won gold on bars and gold on floor.

Child B grouping: Sophia Howell finished first place All Around, gold on bars, gold on beam and gold on floor; Caroline Osiecki was awarded second place All Around, silver on beam and gold on vault; and Greysen Gismondi won silver on bars, silver on floor and silver on vault.

Xcel Gold

Xcel Gold earned a first-place team win.

Junior A grouping: Abigail Schmidt finished first place All Around, gold on bars, gold on beam and tied for gold on vault; and Eliana Reiter was awarded gold on floor and tied for gold on vault.

Junior B grouping: Madigan O’Shea finished first place All Around, gold across bars, beam, floor and vault; Lila Harrington had strong performances on bars and floor; andKaya Baumgold performed solid routines on floor and vault.

Level 6

Level 6 earned a first-place team win.

Junior A grouping: Audrey Hyland finished first place All Around, gold across beam, floor and vault; and Emery Amero won gold on bars.

Senior grouping: Addison Grippando finished first place All Around, gold across bars, beam, floor and vault; and Nora Walencikowski had strong performances on floor and vault.

Level 7

Junior grouping: Abigail Deane finished first place All Around, gold across bars, beam and vault; and Allison Massaua won gold on floor.

Level 8

Senior grouping: Tess D’Andraia finished first place All Around, gold across bars, beam, floor and vault.

The Wilton YMCA Gymnastics Team invites the community to support the athletes by attending their upcoming 2024-2025 home meets. Next up is the second annual Tom Jagelka Snowflake Invitational on Dec. 7-8 at the Wilton branch of the Riverbrook Regional YMCA (404 Danbury Rd.).