Staples Gymnastics has had a strong season and will compete on Saturday in the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference Championships, one of the two major meets in gymnastics. The Wreckers will be seeded in the top three in this competition.

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On Tuesday, Staples competed against the Norwalk and Wilton teams, photos from that competition are here. Staples coach Kelsey Martin also coaches the Norwalk High School team which has had their most successful gymnastics season in more than 15 years. They have won 5 matches and achieved much individual success.

Staples Gymnastics is led by Senior captain Victoria Fidalgo Schioppa (bars, beam and floor) and junior captain Sofia Alarcon Frias (all-around). Watch out for the talented all-arounders in Sophomores of Sarah Arango, Hannah Bitsky and Mia Cochran.

Here are the scores for Tuesday’s competition for the top Staples and Norwalk Performers:

Vault - Staples - Manar and Mia 8.3; Norwalk - Katie 8.1

Bars - Staples - Sarah 9.0; Norwalk - Sam 8.55

Beam - Staples - Sofia 8.8; Norwalk - Sam 8.0

Floor - Staples - Sofia and Manar 9.0; Norwalk - Kaite 8.4

All around - Staples - Sofia 34.65; Norwalk - Sam 32.55

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Even though Staples lost a talented trio of seniors last year, they added a ton of talent and depth this year with 7 freshmen. Unfortunately within the last two weeks, two of Staples top performers this year, Laura Guster and Emilia Fletcher sustained season ending injuries.

Staples is training hard to overcome from the key injuries. They are taking advantage of the depth of the team and are ready to perform at a high level in FCIAC's and States.