BRENTWOOD – The Phantom Gymnastics prep optional division recently won two team championships at the state meet at Gymnastics at Brentwood Commons in Brentwood, taking the advanced division with a score of 109.575 and the intermediate division with a score of 111.3. The novice team placed second with a score of 113.775.
Ten teams participated in the third state meet for the prep optional gymnastics program, which allows more athletes to remain in competitive gymnastics without the time commitment of the traditional Junior Olympic program. For details, visit phantomgymnastics.com. In addition, Phantom gymnasts took five individual all-around state championship titles, as well as 15 individual event championship titles.
In the advanced level, senior 14+ division, Sammy Graziani was the all-around state champion and bar champion. Chloe Ouellette of Atkinson placed second in the all-around. Lilli Oliveri of Salem was the vault state champion, second on floor and sixth in the all-around.
In the junior 11- to 13-year-old division, Maddy Theodore was the all-around state champion and first on floor. Sam O’Connell of Salem earned the state title on vault and placed fourth in the all-around.
In the intermediate level, senior 13-year-old division, Amanda Holden was the all-around state champion, also winning bars, beam and floor.
Ally DeCloux took second in the all-around. Mel Fenton of Windham was the vault state champ and fifth in the all-around.
In the junior 12-year-old division, Nicole Faber of Salem took third in the all-around and tied for second on floor. Alexandra Cave took third on floor, Shealyn Redmond of Salem was fourth on beam, and Anna Fallisi of Salem was eighth on bars.
In the 7- to 11-year-old division, Bailey Dodge finished third on vault and fifth in the all-around, and Emily Cambra took second on floor.
In the novice level, junior 11- and 12-year-old division, Toni Schena was crowned all-around state champ, led by first-place finishes on beam and floor. Amber Chopelas of Salem placed third in the all-around, including second on beam. Ashley Iannuzzi took fifth in the all-around, followed by Samantha Milone of Salem in sixth.
In the 10-year-old division, Corinn Szostkiewicz tied for the all-around crown, winning the floor exercise outright. Gemma Schena won the beam and took second in the all-around.
In the child 6- to 9-year-old division, Julia DeCloux was second in the all-around. McKenzie Hughes of Salem took third on floor and sixth in the all-around.
Christina Giannopoulos finished seventh on bars and third on beam. Kirstin Klimkofski earned the state championship on bars and fifth on vault.