Gymnasts Bring Home Snow and Stardust from Baltimore

Traveling to Baltimore over the weekend of December 9-11, several Windham, Pelham and Salem girls from Phantom Gymnastics in Hampstead competed alongside more than 2,000 gymnasts from throughout the East Coast. The girls faced difficult competition but managed to bring home some snow in time for the holidays - the prize for 1^st through 3^rd in each age group and level was a customized, gymnastics snow globe! 

The girls also picked up a little star dust while in Maryland when the girls of level 7 found themselves competing against a 9-year-old from West Virginia… who happens to be the daughter of 1984 Olympic gold-medalist Mary Lou Retton! Gracious and outgoing, Retton took photos with several of the girls and offered autographs to the gymnasts following her daughter’s meet.  

Some of the team highlights include: 
 
Level 5    

Kacie Blanchet, of Salem, scored a 8.5 on vault, 8.9 on bars, a 9 on beam and a 9.2 on floor for 4^th place in the all-around.  

Sydney Chretien, of Salem, scored a 8.9 on beam, 9.375 on floor for 3^rd place.  

Emily Jones, of Salem, scored an 8.525 on beam. 

Level 6   

Scarlett Souter, of Windham, took 4^th on bars, earned an 8.8 on vault, an 8.725 on beam for 3^rd, an 8.775 on floor for 2^nd and won a snow globe with 2^nd place in the all-around. 

Elizabeth Aldrich, of Salem, scored a 9.175 on beam for first place and an 8.8 on floor for 3^rd, took 5^th place on bars, and won a snow globe with 3^rd place in the all-around.  

Olivia Faro, of Windham, scored an 8.7 on beam and an 8.65 on floor.  
 
 
Level 7 

Gabriella Palermo, of Salem, scored a 9.1 on vault, 9.05 on bars for 2^nd, 9.275 on beam for 1st, a 9.35 on floor for 1^st and came home with a snow globe for 1^st place in the all-around.   

Ali Otis, of Windham, took second on vault with a 9.25, 1^st on bars (8.7) and floor (9.6), 3^rd on beam with an 8.9 and won a snow globe with first place in the all-around for her age group.

Olivia Champagne, of Salem, scored an 8.5 on vault, 8.7 on bars for 5th, and a 9.15 on floor for 5^th place. 

Rebecca Heath, of Windham, scored a 9.2 on vault for 5^th, an 8.85 on beam, and a 9.25 on floor. 
 

 
Level 9

Sara Fisher, of Pelham, scored an 8.4 on vault, and an 8.65 on floor for 5^th place.