Garden Gators compete at Disney World

| 14 Mar 2018 | 12:19

Xcel Bronze gymnasts: 1st row, Lucy Kelly Teagan Aubrey; 2nd row: Ariana Begraft of Hampton, Arianna Frank of Glenwood, Lilly Gretkowski and Emma Hamilton of Sparta.

Sparta Gators youngest Xcel Bronze gymnasts Lucy Towey of Sparta, Aubrey Hayes of Hampton, Teagan Tardive and Kelly Hayowyk of Sparta

Danielle Bruce of Vernon and Mia Ganter of Hackettstown

Xcel Bronze Gators Arianna Frank of Glenwood in 2nd place and Ariana Begraft of Hampton in 4th for Floor exercise.

SPARTA — The gymnasts of Giant Gymnastics of Sparta and Hackettstown, the Garden Gators, attended their first meet outside of their region in January.
Not only was it outside their usual region, it was the furthest they’ve traveled so far. Members of the team drove and flew to the happiest place, Walt Disney World, for the Sand Dollar Invitational. The meet took place at the ESPN Wide World of Sports arena, was attended by thousands of gymnasts from all over the country, and the world, and could even be viewed on television.
Local gymnasts, who were competing in the Levels 7 and 8 Junior Olympics sessions, Caroline Dietz (7) and Reese Abrams (8) from Sparta, shined with high scores and placement in the highly competitive meet.
Caroline placed 1st for Bars and Vault, with scores of 9.425 and 9.525 respectively. She also scored 9.05 on Beam.
Reese placed 3rd on Vault with an amazing score of 9.05, and 6th for both Beam and Bars.
The girls took 5th (Caroline - 36.5) and 6th (Reese - 33.8) in the All Around awards.

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