Lakeland's Olivia Marricco is the Westchester/Putnam Gymnast of the Year

Westchester/Putnam Gymnast of the Year: Olivia Marricco

School: Lakeland

Year: Freshman

Highlights: At the NYSPSHAA championships at Clarence High School in March, Marricco finished sixth in the all-around with a score of 37.475, the highest by a Section 1 gymnast . In the individual events, she finished tied for fifth in the floor exercise (9.425) and tied for sixth on the uneven bars (9.5). At the Section 1 championships in February, she won the all-around (38.4) for the second time in three years. Marricco won the uneven bars (9.775) and the balance beam (9.625) Section 1 titles. She took second on the vault and floor exercise. At the Division 2 championships, Marricco won the all-around, vault, uneven bars and balance beam titles.

More: Lakeland's Marricco wins three Section 1 gymnastics championships

More: Gymnastics: Marricco and Johannsen finish top 10 at NYSPHSAA championships

First team

Gabriella 'Bella' Alcruz, 8th grade, Clarkstown (Rockland gymnast of the year)

Isabella Durso, Jr., Tappan Zee

Anastasia Iannazzo, 8 ^th , Lakeland Copper Beech MS

Maggie Johannsen, So., Hen Hud

Nina Mori, So., Ossining

Coach of the Year

Sorin Cepoi, Lakeland/Panas/Putnam Valley

Second team

Emma Dwyer, Fr., Wappingers

Kayla Cambareri, So., John Jay-CR

Lexie Castrataro, So., Mahopac

Julia Clarke, So., Tappan Zee

Amelia Carozza, Jr., Yorktown

Abigale Verrechia, Sr., Wappingers

Honorable mention

Ava Bencivenga, So., Lakeland/Panas/Putnam Valley; Samantha Bethel, Sr., Wappingers; Harmony Bowers, Sr., Scarsdale; Anna Carinci, Mahopac; Gianna Del Ponte, Fr., Lakeland/Panas/Putnam Valley; Lia DiMase, Jr., Mahopac; Payton Farley, Fr., Tappan Zee; Keira Gallagher, Jr., Lakeland/Panas/Putnam Valley; Sofia Gisbert, Jr., Edgemont; Samantha Guarno, Jr., Wappingers; Riley Hughes, So., Mahopac; Alexis Kelly, Jr., Lakeland/Panas/Putnam Valley; Hayley Madden, Panas; Laila El Moselhy, Fr., Scarsdale; Kaitlyn Palange, Sr., Mahopac; Sidney Shusterman, 8 ^th grade, Tappan Zee; Rebecca Smith, Pawling; Kelsie Thimm, Jr., Mahopac; Zora Vasko, 7 ^th grade, Clarkstown; Julia Volk, Fr., Wappingers; Emily Zaris, Fr., Clarkstown.

All-Section

Gabriella 'Bella' Alcruz, 8 ^th , Clarkstown; Ava Bencivenga, So., Lakeland/Panas/Putnam Valley; Samantha Bethel, Sr., Wappingers; Harmony Bowers, Sr., Scarsdale; Kayla Cambareri, So., John Jay-CR; Anna Carinci, Mahopac; Amelia Carozza, Jr., Yorktown; Lexie Castrataro, So., Mahopac; Julia Clarke, So., Tappan Zee; Gianna Del Ponte, Fr., Lakeland/Panas/Putnam Valley; Lia DiMase, Jr., Mahopac; Isabella Durso, Jr., Tappan Zee; Emma Dwyer, Fr., Wappingers; Payton Farley, Fr., Tappan Zee; Keira Gallagher, Jr., Lakeland/Panas/Putnam Valley; Sofia Gisbert, Jr., Edgemont; Samantha Guarno, Jr., Wappingers; Riley Hughes, So., Mahopac; Anastasia Iannazzo, 8 ^th grade, Lakeland Copper Beech MS; Maggie Johannsen So., Hen Hud; Alexis Kelly, Jr., Lakeland/Panas/Putnam Valley; Hayley Madden, Panas; Olivia Marricco, So., Lakeland; Nina Mori, So., Ossining; Laila El Moselhy, Fr., Scarsdale; Kaitlyn Palange, Sr., Mahopac; Sidney Shusterman, 8 ^th grade, Tappan Zee; Rebecca Smith, Pawling; Kelsie Thimm, Jr., Mahopac; Zora Vasko, 7 ^th grade, Clarkstown; Abigale Verrechia, Sr., Wappingers; Julia Volk, Fr., Wappingers; Emily Zaris, Fr., Clarkstown.

Twitter: @LoHud_Debbie

This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Lakeland's Olivia Marricco is the Westchester/Putnam Gymnast of the Year