Callanta performed even better in her second day of competition raising her all-around to a 35.225 and placing 22nd overall.

Hayley Trouille placed first on floor (9.20), fourth on bars (8.725), and seventh on beam (8.325).

Trouille scored a 34.35 all-around.

“Hayley has been fighting a back injury for the past few months now,” said Coach Elizabeth Harrington. “She performed well in spite of the pain she was in and helped the team to their strong 10th place finish.”

Betsy Booth scored a 33.525 all-around and had the team’s highest vault and beam score.

Booth placed fourth on vault (8.60) and third on beam (8.65), which were both personal bests.

Jordan Bright, the team’s only level 8 in the senior division, placed 13th on bars (8.05) and second on floor with her highest floor score (9.40).

Susannah Harvell had a personal best vault score of 8.50 (8th) and also on bars with an 8.00.

Sammie Phillips received a 7.875 on bars, a personal best for her. Phillip’ s strong floor score of 8.70 bumped the team’s score up and allowed it to finish in the top 10.

Kaydee Phillips competed as the only level 7 gymnast for the MGs in her first YMCA Nationals.

She was only .15 away from placing on vault, where she scored an 8.80, her highest score of the meet.

One might think that gymnastics is a sport just about accuracy and consistency.

For the Championship Division at Y Nationals it is also an endurance contest.

It has the most rigorous schedule of any group in the competition. A warm-up day is followed by two days of all-around and team competition.

If your scores are in the top 10 on any of the four events, you compete again in the event finals on the fourth consecutive day.