Marblehead gymnast helps YMCA team capture first national title

Marblehead gymnast Susanna Cuzner helped make history as the YMCA of the North Shore’s Phoenix United competitive gymnastics team captured its first-ever Level 7 National Team Championship at the 2026 YMCA National Gymnastics Championship & Invitational in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Phoenix United posted a winning score of 112.10 to top a field of 23 of the nation’s best Level 7 teams, earning the program’s first national team title.

: Susanna Cuzner, on the far right, is part of the Y’s gymnastics team that won a national championship. COURTESY PHOTO

The annual championship drew approximately 2,000 gymnasts ages 6 to 20 from across the United States. Founded in 1938, the YMCA National Gymnastics Championship is one of the country’s premier competitions for YMCA athletes.

Phoenix United is part of the YMCA of the North Shore and includes gymnasts from Marblehead, Beverly, Gloucester, Haverhill, Rockport and Sandown, New Hampshire.