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Level 10 Team Champions At Pinky Stone Meet

Dec 2005 Syracuse, NY

Proud Coaching Staff Poses with the Champions (Jason Graham, Tammy Marshall, Wendy Marshall, Oskar Romero)

LEVEL 10 TEAM CHAMPIONS

Casey DeMaille, Dominique DeRosa, Kelsey Rosen, Danielle Riportella, Christina Salavec, Nicole Galluzzo

Congratulations to All Competitors !!

What a great start to our season! Pinky Stone was a huge success. We kicked some serious butt & the compliments were flying all over the arena.

We captured the gold as a Level 10 team, Silver for the Level 8’s & did not have enough competitors for the Level 7 & 9’s. The girls achieved 2 - 37.50 plus all- arounds, 7 - 36.00 plus all-arounds, & 1 - 35.00 plus all- arounds out of 13 competitors. We scored over 30 9.00 or higher 8 of them scoring above a 9.50! How cool is that! That is amazing & I am so proud of the girls. Just wait till May!

Once again I must thank all of the families & teammates for their great team spirit & support!!! It was wonderful to see so many of you attend other sessions to support your teammates! Thank You!

I must also Thank Joe Salavec for taking home the floor bar and cutting and remaking it! The gymnasts thank you!

NEW SKILLS PERFORMED & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

AT THE

2005 PINKY STONE INVITATIONAL!!

What a great first competition! The girls looked & did phenomenal! We captured 48 medals – 30 9.00plus , 8 9.5 or higher, 7 36.00 or higher and 2 37.00 or higher!!! And it is only December!!!

Starting with the Level 9’s......

Kathleen Clifford – Kat performed for the 1^st time her double back on floor, round off 1-1/2 twist punch front pike, and a front handspring front layout – front layout!!! A completely new routine with 3 new tumbling passes taking 1^st! On beam she made her backhandspring layout – pike jump-split jump 3/4 & her 1- ½ dismount!!! Way to go!

Holly Sund – returning from over a year break out of the sport competed on 2 events! Holly performed her new floor routine with 3 new passes: flyspring fronthandspring front layout front tuck – whip back immediate full. On beam she performed her backhandspring backhandspring, front handspring, leap series & her round off full dismount on beam! Great Job! Welcome Back!

The Level 10’s did amazing capturing 1^st Place in the Team Competition!

Christina Salavec – The highlight of Tina’s meet was her tchatchev on bars!!! It was so high & gorgeous – plus she ended with a double layout!!! She also performed a layout yurchenko, standing front tuck, switch leap back tuck, sheep jump, gainer full dismount & a 1-1/2 punch front pike on floor! Great first meet as a Level 10!

Casey De Maille – The highlight of Casey’s meet was by far her warm-up full in back out! She stuck it cold – it was gorgeous! Not to mention the fact that then she ended with a double back! You go girl. Casey also added a hecht mount to a Handstand 1/2 tchatchev on bars, a hiccup, & an awesome double layout dismount. On beam she ended with a round off double full dismount. Way to Go!!!

Dominique DeRosa – Had an amazing day! The highlight of her meet was the tuck yurchenko full on vault! It was great! On beam Dom added a standing front tuck, and a switch legged leap straddle jump ¾. Dom performed an amazing floor routine performing 2 double backs – a pike and a tuck Not to mention the tuck double was performed in her last tumbling run!!! You go girl!

Nicole Galluzzo – On bars Nic added her tchatchev. On floor a round-off 1 ½ front tuck. The highlight of Nic’s meet was on beam when she hit her front tuck solid – it was high & gorgeous! Nicole also added a back handspring back handspring layout, a split jump- wolf ¾ , and round-off 1 ½ dismount. You go girl!

Danielle Riportella – Has returned to the competitive scene ready to go! She looked great! What a performance! The highlight of Dani’s meet was by far competiting 2 double backs on floor & hitting them solid! Dani also added a hecht mount on bars, a gainer layout full of the beam with a switch leap wolf full & a scissone straddle ¾! Way to Go!!!

I am so proud of all of the girls! We added a lot of difficulty this year & we are not even done!

Level 8’s: Captured the Silver as a team!

Sarah Dentale – performed her round-off dismount off the beam – a front handspring flyspring front – pike, her round-off whip half front tuck on floor capturing 7^th place on bars.

Samantha Marrero: the highlight of Sam’s competition was her tuck yurchencko – it was awesome!!! She also performed her new floor routine with 3 new tumbling passes: her 1-1/2 twist, whip ½ front tuck , & a full last pass, also doing her 2 backhandsprings on beam, round off dismount. Way to go!

Christina Posiglione: the highlight of Tina’s meet was her piked Yurchencko on vault stuck solid! She also performed her 2 backhandsprings on beam- her round – off full dismount & her double full on floor with a front handspring front layout layout on floor! Way to go!

Paige Restivo: performed her handstand half turn on bars & a round- off back tuck dismount on beam.

Taylor Short: the highlight of Taylor ’s meet was her 9.60 on bars! She also made her 1-1/2 twist on floor and a front handspring front layout on floor!

Level 7’s: Unfortunately, we did not have enough girls for the team competition. The girls had a great first meet experience & were definitely the talk of the competition.

Ali Marrero & Fanny Migliore competed their backwalkover back handsprings – round-off dismounts – front handspring front tucks on floor– giants on bars and Ali performed her giant - giant – layout flyaway beautifully!

Congratulations gymnasts on great performances! You should be extremely proud of yourselves! I am!