Local Girls Start Off Strong at Two Gymnastics Meets

After a long offseason, gymnasts from Windham, Salem, and Pelham took to the vault, bars, beam and floor over the past several weeks, coming up with a strong start to their 2011-2012 season.

The girls, all members of the Phantom Gymnastics team of Hampstead, NH, competed over two weekends in meets in Massachusetts facing intense competition to stake out several first place wins, including a first place for the level 7 team at the 2011 Holiday Invitational Meet in Middleton.

The girls competed at the Pilgrim Harvest meet in Worcester over the weekend of November 19-20. Levels 7 to 9 also competed at the Holiday Invitational on December 3^rd.

Some of the highlights include:

Level 5 - The team took 3^rd place at the Pilgrim Harvest.  

Kasey Hartman, of Salem, scored a 9.0 on vault, 9.2 on bars for 2^nd, a 9.375 on floor for third, and a 36.150 in the all-around for 4^th place. 

Sydney Chretien, of Salem, scored a 9.1 on beam, 9.2 on floor, and a 35.35 in the all-around. 

Emily Jones, of Salem, scored a 9.15 on bars for 3^rd  place, and a 34.3 in the all-around.

Level 6 - The team took 4^th place at the Pilgrim Harvest. 

Jordan Wakim, of Salem, scored an 8.975 on vault, an 8.75 on floor, and an all-around score of 34.125.

Elizabeth Aldrich, of Salem, earned an 8.8 on vault, 8.75 on beam for 3^rd, 8.775 on floor, and a 34.125 in the all-around. 

Scarlett Souter, of Windham, earned a 9.2 on vault, and an 8.6 on floor.

Olivia Faro, of Windham, scored an 8.8 on vault, an 8.95 on floor. 

MacKenzie Svenson, of Salem, earned an 8.9 on vault, and an 8.5 on floor. 

Kacie Blanchet, of Salem, earned a 9.1 on vault, and a 8.524 on floor.

Level 7 - The team took 2^nd place at the Pilgrim Harvest and 1^st at the Holiday Invitational.

Gabriella Palermo, of Salem, scored a 9.275 on vault for 2^nd, 9.05 on bars for 3^rd, 9.025 on beam for 2^nd, and a 35.95 in the all-around for a 2^nd  place at the Pilgrim Harvest.  

She also scored a 9.225 for 3^rd on vault, 9.075 for 1^st on bars, 9.225 for 2^nd on beam, 9.375 for 2^nd on floor and a 36.9 for 1^st place in the all-around at the Holiday Invite.

Olivia Champagne, of Salem, scored an 8.975 on vault, 8.6 on bars for 3^rd,  9.2 on beam and a 35.075 at the Pilgrim Harvest.

She also scored an 8.7 on vault, 8.75 on bars, 9.175 for 3^rd on beam, 9.15 on floor and a 35.775 in the all-around at the Holiday Invite. 

Sydney Bartlett, of Salem, scored a 9.0 on vault, an 8.6 on floor and a 34 in the all-around at the Pilgrim Harvest. 

She also scored an 8.875 on vault, a 9.0 on beam, a 9.25 on floor at the Holiday Invitational. 

Rebecca Heath, of Windham, scored a 9.3 on vault for 3^rd and a 34.350 in the all-around at the Pilgrim Harvest. 

She also took first on vault (9.4), bars (9.05), floor (9.5) and in the all-around with a 37.00 and 2^nd place on beam with a 9.05 at the Holiday Invite. 

Level 8  

Ali Otis, of Windham, won 1^st place on floor and in the all-around at the Pilgrim Harvest. She also took 2^nd on vault and bars and a 9.25  for 1^st on floor at the Holiday Invitational.

Level 9 - The team took 2^nd place at the Pilgrim Harvest and 3^rd at the Holiday Invitational.

Sara Fisher, of Pelham, took fourth place overall with an 8.825 on vault, 8.65 on beam an 8.5 on floor for 4^th at the Pilgrim Harvest meet.

At the Holiday Invitational, she won 4^th place on vault and floor.