Greater Buffalo Gymnastics Level 4 wins at Spring Graffiti

Sojar, Maria Pedini, Caroline Schwab, Demi Xenos, Chelsea Smith, Rena O'Connor, coach Danielle Benevento, Kathryn Dziwulski, Jonnemarie Kahwaty, Jordan Sylvester, and Seychelle Mikofsky.

The Level 4 girls gymnastics team from Greater Buffalo Gymnastics Center won the team title at the Spring Graffiti meet held April 21-22 at the Amherst Pepsi Center.

The Greater Buffalo club beat five other teams from Western New York competing for the top prize.

Strong performances were turned in by all team members as the level 4 girls claimed their first team title of the year.

Seychelle Mikofsky scored the only perfect 10.0 of the competition (vault) on her way to winning the overall competition for 9-year olds with an all-around score of 36.9. Mikofsky also won gold medals for her balance beam (9.0) and floor exercise (9.0) routines. Paced by a 9.5 on vault, Jordan Sylvester took home the overall bronze medal in the 9-year old age group.

Maria Pedini from GBGC won the all-around title for the 10-year olds with a score of 36.225. Pedini dominated the competition, placing first on balance beam (9.27), second on vault (9.5) and third on bars (8.8) and floor (8.65). Also in the 10-year old group, Chelsea Smith scored an 8.9 on vault and finished with an all-around total of 33.8.

Among 6 to 8 year olds, Rena O'Connor took home a silver medal for her bars routine, scoring an impressive 9.25. Her overall total of 36.25 was good for fifth place.

In the 11 and over group, Demi Xenos led the way with a gold medal in beam with a score of 9.5. Xenos' 37.525 all-around score earned her second-place, barely edging teammate Ali Sojar, who scored 37.15.

Jonnemarie Kahway took the gold medal for a 9.9 on vault. Fellow GBGC gymnast Katherine Dziwulski had her best all-around total of the year, scoring a 36.7 and Caroline Schwab impressed the judges with a 9.35 performance on vault.