15 CIAC Gymnasts to watch in 2022

Hailey Best, New Milford, Jr.: Named South-West Conference tournament MVP as sophomore when she helped New Milford repeat as league champions. CHSCA second team All-State. State Open runner-up on uneven bars (9.325) and third in all-around (36.450) as a freshman. Won balance beam (9.20) and bars (9.350) for Class M team champion. SWC champion on bars (9.45) and floor exercise (9.45). SWC runner-up all-around (36.80) and bars (9.45). GameTimeCT All-State, All-SWC first team, CHSCA first-team All-State. Lindsay Capobianco, St. Joseph, Sr: As a junior placed third in all-around (35.55) at FCIAC meet. Was third in league on balance beam (9.2). First team CHSCA All-State selection. Tied for fifth at State Open on beam (9.0) as a sophomore. Emma Johnson, Fairfield Warde, Jr: Named the FCIAC meet’s Outstanding Gymnast, Johnson won the league all-around title with a score of 36.9. Also took first in balance beam and floor exercise. She was second on uneven bars. Ella Forma, Trumbull, Jr.: FCIAC champion on uneven bars (9.5) as a sophomore. First-team CHSCA All-State choice. All-FCIAC. Set school record with score of 9.6 on bars in meet with Wilton in 2021. Juliana Gagliardi, Haddam-Killingworth, Jr: Gagliardi finished first in the all-around at the Shoreline Conference meet as a sophomore. First team CHSCA All-State selection. Placed fifth on balance beam (9.0) at State Open as a freshman. CHSCA All-State first-team choice. Second-team GameTimeCT All-State. Caroline Garrett, Fairfield Warde, Sr.: First team CHSCA All-State choice. Fourth on uneven bars at FCIAC championships. Was runner-up in vault (9.30), sixth all-around (35.750) at State Open as a sophomore. Was third all-around (34.750) and tied for third on balance beam (8.50) at FCIACs. GameTimeCT All-State. All-FCIAC first-team selection. CHSCA All-State. Tied for sixth in all-around (9.175) at State Open as a freshman. Lindsey Gillies, Woodstock Academy, Sr.: Gillies will be looking to help her team extend its run of 10 consecutive state titles. They were Class S champs from 2013-20. Posted scores of 9.0 on vault, 9.35 in floor exercise, and 8.5s on uneven bar and balance beam to help team win in 2020. CHSCA All-State first-team choice and second team GameTimeCT All-State as a sophomore. Anna Gramlich, Oxford, Sr.: Second-team CHSCA All-State as a junior. First-team All-SWC selection as a sophomore and a junior. At State Open scored an 8.5 in floor exercise as a sophomore. Led team to a second-place finish in SWC as a freshman when she was first on balance beam (8.8), fourth on floor exercise (8.6) and fourth in all-around (33.2). CHSCA All-State first-team choice. Second-team GameTimeCT All-State. Mia Guster, Staples, Jr.: FCIAC vault champion with a score of 9.35 a year ago. Second in league in floor exercise (9.15), the sophomore was second team CHSCA All-State choice. Lydia Laskey, Stonington, Jr.: Qualified for New England meet in 2020 with score of 8.6 on balance beam at State Open. CHSCA All-State first team choice as freshman and sophomore. Placed fifth in the ECC in all-around (34.7) as a freshman. Tallulah Malz, Mercy, So.: First team All-CHSCA All-State. Malz was fourth in all-around (33.0) in SCC. Placed fourth in uneven bars and fifth on balance beam. All-SCC. Olivia Mannino, Wilton, Jr: First-team CHSCA All-State as a junior. Placed fourth in all-around (35.4) at FCIAC championship meet. Tied for fourth in vault (9.15), at FCIACS. At Class M meet, placed second on uneven bars (8.550), tied for second on vault (9.3) and took fourth in all-around (34.15) her freshman year. Finished second in vault (9.3) and fourth in the all-around (34.15) in FCIAC. CHSCA All-State. First-team All-FCIAC. Emma Nelly, Jonathan Law, Sr.: Nelly was second in floor exercise, third in vault and balance beam and sixth on uneven bars to place second all-around with a score of 34.2 in the SCC. First team CHSCA All-State. First team All-SCC. Kiera O’Brien, Killingly co-op, Sr: CHSCA All-State first-team choice as a sophomore. Second-team GameTimeCT All-State. Helped team to fourth-place finish in Class M when she scored 8.350 or higher on all four events. Tied for fifth in balance beam (9.0) at State Open. Tied for first (8.9) on beam and was second on uneven bars (8.5) to help team to second-place finish in states as a freshman. Hadley Reiss, Daniel Hand, So.: Floor exercise SCC champion with a score of 9.0, Reiss tied for third in all-around (33.9). Second-team CHSCA All-State. First team. All-SCC. — Bill Bloxsom

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