BSG’s Award Winning Team at 2017 Manhattan Classic in New York
From left: Rhianna Smith (L3), Malia Strachan( L1). Taevia Wright (L3) , Krismerlyn Nixon (L1) and Aemerie Curry (L3)
Photo courtesy of Bahamas Star Gymnastics
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The “Big Apple” felt a big bite
from a small squad of gymnasts who competed in the 2017 Manhattan Classic over
the weekend of January 28. The team,
sponsored by Bahamas Star Gymnastics and Bahamas Gymnastics Parents Booster
Club, filled a tall order to test out a competitive meet for the first time and
left proof of their participation in the score books. Level 1’s Krismerlyn
Nixon and Malia Strachan teamed up with Level 2’s Aemerie Curry and Level 3’s
Rhianna Smith and Taevia Wright to endure the nipping winds of Manhattan in
exchange for nipping other competitors on the medal podium.
The Level 1 team duo of Nixon and
Strachan tied for first place All Around with a score of 37.025 (of 40) and
medaled on all four apparatus. Nixon secured first place finishes on uneven
bars and balance beam with Strachan taking the lead for first place on vault
and floor exercise. Nixon and Strachan along with other Level 1 teammates
wrapped up Atlantis Crown in December in first place in the team standings.
Aemerie Curry, in her second
season of competition, rallied to first place All Around for Level 2. After an
impressive Level 1 season and posting
national records last year, Curry repeated her high bid for national ranking on
balance beam (9.650) and floor exercise (9.60). “Curry is a cerebral competitor
who is improving her understanding of body movement. After a disappointing
start on vault, she mustered the courage to fight back on uneven bars with a
second place finish and posted scores more typical of her routines in beam and
floor”.
BSG’s Level 1 & 2 Teams earns first place at 2016 Atlantis Crown on Paradise Island .Photo courtesy of Bahamas Star Gymnastics
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Rhianna Smith and Taevia Wright
who have enjoyed multiple successes in the sport, added their medals to the 19
which the team brought home. Smith’s
performance ranked her in third place on vault and uneven bars. Wright who is the shortest of her club’s
competitive squad muscled out second place on uneven bars and third place on
balance beam.
“From time to time, we test out
competitive meets outside the Sunshine State of Florida so that our gymnasts
are competing against different pools of competitors and assessed by different judges. Our girls settled their nerves and gave
Manhattan a taste of the Bahamas’ hard work in the sport” updated Coach Tenille
Thompson who co-chaperoned the team with Coach Makiya Cargill.
Bahamas Star Gymnastics opened its doors in
2010 and will host its annual “Invitational” renamed Sun TwiSTARS in April for
the sixth consecutive year. The only local club to currently host a meet and
offer training clinics to local coaches, BSG remains committed to improvement
in the sport of gymnastics.