Local Girls Shine as Their Teams Take First Place at Boston Classic Gymnastics Meet

Westwood, Mass. – Girls from Windham, Pelham and Salem were well-represented on the awards podium when their teams won first place at the Boston Classic gymnastics meet over the weekend of January 14-15. 

Competing against gyms from across New Hampshire and Massachusetts, the girls from Phantom Gymnastics in Hampstead hit several personal bests, enough to take home the top place in the team competition for levels 4, 5, 6 and 7. Level 9 came in 4^th place in the team competition.

Some of the individual highlights for girls from Windham, Pelham, and Salem include:

Level 5   - First place for team

Kasey Hartmann, of Salem, took 1st place on vault with a 9.3, 3^rd on beam (9.325) and floor (9.35) and 1^st place in the all-around with her personal best score for level 5 of 37.225. 

Sydney Chretien, of Salem, was 1st on beam with a 9.575, 2^nd on floor with a 9.425, 3^rd on bars with a 9.35 and 3^rd in the all-around for the senior division with a 36.75. 

Emily Jones, of Salem, was 5^th on beam with a 9.2. 

Level 6 -  First place for team

Olivia Faro, of Windham, celebrated her 10^th birthday with an amazing performance. She was 1^st on bars with a 9.25, 2^nd on vault with a 9.2, 4^th on beam with a 9.425 and won the all-around with a score of 36.95.

Scarlett Souter, of Windham, took 3rd place on vault with a 9.425, 4^th on bars and floor (9.125) and 3^rd in the all-around for the senior division with a score of 36.0.

MacKenzie Svenson, of Salem, took 1^st place on vault with a score of 9.525.

Jordan Wakim, of Salem, scored her personal best for level 6 with an all-around score of 35.5. 

Elizabeth Aldrich, of Salem, scored her personal best for level 6 with an all-around score of 35.15. 

Kacie Blanchet, of Salem, also scored her personal best for level 6 with an all-around score of 34.05. 

Level 7  - First place for team

Gabriella Palermo, of Salem, took 3^rd on bars with a 9.275, 5^th on floor with a 9.325 and 4^th in the all-around with a 36.8.

Rebecca Heath, of Windham, was 4^th on vault with a 9.3, 3^rd on floor with a 9.4, and 6^th in the all-around with a total score of 36.475.

Olivia Champagne, of Salem, scored a personal best with a total of 36.275 in the all-around. 

Sydney Bartlett, of Salem, took 1^st place on beam with a 9.25.  

Level 9

Sara Fisher, of Pelham, was 6^th on vault and scored a personal best for level 9 with an all-around score of 33.8.