CATS Gymnastic Team Competes At Sun & Surf Invitational

The CATS of Wellington competitive team competed in the 2013 Sun & Surf Invitational, held Jan. 19-20 in Coral Springs.

In Level 2, Sophia Roberts was the highest scorer, earning an overall score of 37.8, which included receiving a 9.5 on both beam and floor, 9.45 on bars and 9.35 on vault. Alyssa Santoro received scores of 9 on vault, 9.4 on bars, 9.3 on beam and 9.35 on floor. Keelin Coleman earned a 9.25 on both bars and beam, 9.3 on vault and 9.15 on floor. Aliyah Perez received a 9.5 on bars, 9 on beam and 9.2 on floor. Natalie Bornel received a 9.5 on bars and 9.05 on both beam and floor. Jordan Welsh received a 9.4 on bars and 9 on both beam and floor. Ava Delafe scored a 9.1 on bars and 9 on both vault and floor. Allison Franck earned a 9.35 on bars and 9 on beam. Kyleigh Gardner received a 9.05 on vault.

In Level 3, Sasha Campbell received first all around in her age group in her first meet competing in this level. Her overall score was 36.35, which included a first-place vault score of 8.95 and scores of 9.3 on bars, 9.15 on beam and 8.95 on floor. Zoe Kyrkostas was second all around in her group, earning a first-place 9.65 on vault, and scores of 9.7 on bars, 9.45 on beam and 9.75 on floor. Sophia Rodriguez was also in this group, receiving a 9.15 on vault and 9.2 on beam.

In the next Level 3 age group, Angelina Apicella was third all around, earning scores of 9.4 on both vault and floor, 9.6 on bars and 9.5 on beam. Karlie Navor received a 9.1 on both beam and floor, 9.05 on vault and 9.15 on bars. Jessica Vanravenswaay received a 9.1 on vault, 9.3 on bars and 9.2 on floor. Hailey Gruber scored a 9.1 on beam and 9.05 on floor. Nicole Campos earned a 9 on vault.

In the last age group for Level 3, Kayla Levins earned second all around, including a 9.7 first place on floor, 9.35 vault, 9.6 on bars and 9.65 on beam. Sophia LaCosta received a 9 on beam and floor, 9.3 on vault and 9.5 on bars. Arianna Nettles scored a 9.1 on vault, 9.4 on bars and 9.2 on floor. Katie Lettera earned a 9.1 on vault and 9.5 on floor. The Level 3 team finished second all around in the team standings.

In Level 4, Alexis Merritt finished fourth all around, receiving first-place scores on vault (9.6) and bars (9.4), and a 9.275 on floor. Alexa Alvarez received a first place score of 9.5 on floor and a 9 on bars. Allison Bunchuk earned a first place score of 8.95 on beam and a 9.3 on both bars and floor. In the next age group, Faith Campagnuolo finished second all around, earning scores of 9.6 on vault and 9.3 on floor. Hannah Hutchins received an 8.75 on floor and 8.7 on bars. The Level 4 team finished third all around in the team standings.

In Level 5, Arabella Campbell, competing for the first time at this level, finished first all around in her age group with a score of 35.525, which included first place on vault with a 9.15, and scores of 9.125 on bars, 8.15 on beam and 9.1 on floor. Brieanna McCaffrey earned a first place score on floor of 9.15. In the next age group, Bianca Sileo finished third all around, including a 9.125 on floor. Samantha Baez earned third on bars with a score of 8.875. The Level 5 team finished first all around in the team standings.

In XCEL Open, Isabella Padilla finished fifth all around in her group, scoring 8.9 on floor, 7.8 on bars, 7.85 on beam and 8.85 on vault. Alexia Moraes finished sixth all around in her group, including scores of 8.275 on vault, 7.675 on bars, 7.15 on beam and 8.025 on floor.

In Level 7, Elia Aird received scores of 8.675 on vault, 7.15 on bars, 8.05 on beam and 8.425 on floor. In the next age group, Nicole Rosenthal finished eighth overall, including scores of 8.85 on vault, 8.3 on bars, 7.85 on beam and 8.4 on floor. Michela Arbocco received 8.775 on vault, 8.7 on bars and 8.75 on floor. The Level 7 team finished fourth overall in the team standings.

The girls are trained by coaches Margarita Martinez, Felipe Restrepo and Joao Levy.

 

Above: The CATS of Wellington competitive team with their latest awards.