Door County YMCA Striver Gymnasts Secure Gold at Pink Invitational

DOOR COUNTY, WI (December 9, 2024) – The Door County YMCA Striver Gymnastics Team secured gold at the Pink Invitational this past weekend. Marinette-Menominee YMCA hosted the six-team invitational.

The Striver Level 8 Team tumbled to victory winning gold as a team. Team scores are tallied by taking the top three scores in each event. Having three level eight gymnasts competing for the Striver Team gave them no margin for error. The girls did not disappoint. The team secured Gold with a score of 67.85 just edging out Wausau who grabbed silver with a 67.55. Medaling for the team were: Estelle Duerst who placed first on vault, second on beam and all-around, third on bars, and sixth on floor. Amira Anschutz won silver on floor and vault, third on beam and all-around, and sixth on bars. On bars, Portia Hah won silver, and she placed sixth on vault, beam, and all-around.

The Striver Silver Team earned silver as a team. The team earned 33 individual medals. Gold medal winners were: Cosette Orrick (12 and up) winning the all-around, bars, and vault. Adele (10 and under) won the beam, bars, and the all-around. Annabel Smullen (10 and under) won the floor while teammate Genevieve Gigstad won the vault. Medaling in the top five for the team were Louisa Grenfell, Piper Delarwell, Genevieve Gigstead, Annabel Smullen, Taiya Couperous, Hailey Clarke, Milana Reifsnyder, Maise Keinhofer, Peyton Watermolen, Adela Cordua-Stenzel and Cosette Orrick.

Platinum gymnast Shaylynn Asher won gold in the all-around and beam. Shaylyn secured silver on floor and bars.

The Striver Excel Gold Team won a silver team title. Ellie Kelsey on the floor and Evelynn Kelsey on the beam won gold individually for the team. The fourth-place finishers were Keira Clark, Greta Virgin, Ellie Kelsey, Evelynn Kelsey, and Ellie Kelsey.

The Strivers next competition will take place in January. The team will be heading to the “Tumble in the Tundra” Invitational in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Pictures

Shaylyn Asher, Excel Platinum

Silver

Adela Cordus-Stenzel, Peyton Watermolen, Maisie Keinhofer, Milana Reifsnyder, Hailey Clarke, Taiya Couperus, Annabel Smullen, Genevieve GIgstead, Piper Delarwell, Louisa Grenfell

Level 8

Amira Anschutz, Portia Hah, Estelle Duerst 

Silver on podium (podium sweep)

Adela Cordus-Stenzel, Taiya Couperus, Annabel Smullen, Milana Reifsnyder, Genevieve Gigstead, Peyton Watermolen

The Door County YMCA: For Youth Development, Healthy Living and Social Responsibility. Driven by its founding mission, the Door County YMCA has 200 full and part-time staff serving over 11,619 members in Door County from facilities in Fish Creek and Sturgeon Bay in a broad range of programming for all ages. The Y empowers everyone, no matter who they are or where they’re from, by ensuring access to resources, relationships, and opportunities for all to learn, grow and thrive. By bringing together people from different backgrounds, perspectives, and generations, the Y’s goal is to improve overall health and well-being, ignite youth empowerment and demonstrate the importance of connections in and across 10,000 communities nationwide.

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