Women Compete at Natia Comaneci Invite

WOMEN COMPETE AT NADIA COMANECI INVITE

The Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy hosted the annual Nadia Comaneci Invitational in Oklahoma City, where two EWA gymnasts received the Spirit Award. Makenzie Johnson and Isabella Gordillo received custom Nadia Comaneci Invitational watches, from Comaneci herself, for their outstanding performances on floor exercise.

Level 10 Johnson also won first place on vault with a score of 9.475, and third on floor (9.45) and uneven parallel bars (8.8) to win silver all-around (36.375) in the age 15 division. Casey Dreyer was the floor exercise champion in the age 13-14 group, winning that event with a score of 9.45. She also took second place on vault (9.05).

Natalie May won silver on both floor (9.6) and bars (9.075), and bronze on vault (9.3) to earn second place all-around (36.55) in the Level 7, 12 and over division. Gordillo took second on floor (9.55) and third on vault (9.3) in the 11-year old group, while Sierra Thain took silver on bars (9.175) in the age 9-10 division.

Level 4 gymnast Abbie Haigwood was the vault champion with a score of 9.5. Abigail Johnston won floor exercise (9.3) and took third place on vault (9.375) and balance beam (8.7). Both girls competed in the age 6-7 division.