Team members enjoy the opportunity to compete and play in multiple sports
SHREWSBURY, Mass., Jan. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Shrewsbury Club, Massachusetts' premier full-service tennis, health, and athletic club, announced that its SEGA Xcel Bronze Gymnastics Team took first place at the Thompson Holiday Invitational, held December 2 through 4 at the Bartley Center in Holyoke. The Xcel program, a USA Gymnastics competitive program, offers flexibility to both coaches and gymnasts and a rewarding gymnastics experience for all participants. The Shrewsbury Club's team competed against other teams from throughout the state.
Bronze represents the first level of the five-level Xcel program and requires participants to accomplish a set of routines to participate, including vault, bar routines, beam, and floor routines. In addition to the Bronze team taking first place, the club's XCEL Silver team placed first for the second year in a row; the Gold team placed fifth, and the Platinum team placed third.
"Our gymnastics teams practice between four and 12 hours a week, depending on their level," said Heather Fulginiti, director of Gymnastics at The Shrewsbury Club. "This isn't the first win for our Xcel teams, and they have always performed well in competitions."
Fulginiti made the decision to focus on the Xcel program in particular, because of its flexibility in allowing gymnasts to be multi-sport athletes as they grow. "Being the high school gymnastics coach for the past ten years has really given me the chance to see gymnastics from all angles. Allowing our athletes to play in multiple sports makes them appreciate gymnastics that much more," added Fulginiti.
Team highlights from the competition include:
Bronze team
Pippa Marshall, 1st floor, 1st beam, 2nd all-around
Maddie Linton, 1st floor, 3rd vault, 2nd bars
Haley Dupre, 3rd floor, 2nd beam, 4th all-around
Aniya Duttaroy, 3rd floor, 1st bars, 3rd all-around
Hailey Patel, 2nd beam
Eliza Patel, 1st beam
Platinum team
Ella Hobin, 2nd on vault/bars/floor; 3rd in the AA
Ava Moran, 3rd on floor
Gold team
Sarojini Nath, 1st vault, 2nd bars, 1st beam, 2nd AA
Isabella Dufresne, 3rd vault
Ann Peters, 2nd bars
Scarlett Sousa, 1st beam
Jasmine Kaur, 2nd floor
Silver team
Zoe Aroian, 1st vault, 2nd bars, 1st beam, 1st AA
Revati Nath, 2nd vault, 1st bars, 3rd beam, 2nd floor, 2nd AA
Scarlett Dufresne, 1st vault, 1st beam, 2nd floor, 1st AA
Mia Salovardos, 1st vault, 1st bars, 1st beam, 1st floor, 1st AA
Courney Antwi, 1st beam, 2nd AA
Media Contact
David Schutzman, The Shrewsbury Club, 1 203 550-8551, [email protected]
SOURCE The Shrewsbury Club
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