Byron gymnasts back in action
After a two week absence from the gym, the girls were able to get a week of practice in before heading to Caledonia on Feb. 11 for a triangular that included LaCrescent as well. The girls finished with a 129.5 points, which were enough to come out on top. LaCrescent finished with 123.825 points and Caledonia finished with 107.175 points.
The 129.5 points was about five full points lower than the girls first meet of the season. But considering only having the one week to get back into the flow after being off for two weeks, the girls still had some nice results on various events.
Amber Roble took first in the all-around against Caledonia and LaCrescent and Lydia Evans finished second against Caledonia and third against LaCrescent. Amber finished with 33.5 points and Lydia Evans finished with 31.525 points.
Caledonia Vs Byron
Ashanti Rice had a nice night on vault and bars where she finished first on vault with a score of 8.725 and second on bars with a score of 7.9.
Lydia Evans placed in the top three on three events. Lydia took first on bars with a score of 8.15, second on vault with a score of 8.45 and third on floor with a score of 8.4.
Amber Roble finished in the top three on all four events against Caledonia. First on vault with a 9.0, second on floor with an 8.55 and third on both the bars (7.7) and vault (8.25).
Leah Yokiel tumbled her way to a first place finish on floor with a score of 8.7.
Olivia Yennie finished second on beam (8.575) and picked up a couple of forth place finishes on vault (8.225) and floor (8.25), while Emma Johnson also picked up a fourth place finish on bars (7.65).
LaCrescent vs Byron (scores same as against Caledonia)
On vault Ashanti Rice finished first while Lydia Evans finished fourth. On bars the girls took the top four places. Lydia Evans first, Ashanti Rice second, Amber Roble third and Emma Johnson fourth. On beam Amber Roble finished first and Olivia Yennie second. On floor Leah Yokiel finished second and Amber Roble finished third.
The JV squad had a solid night finishing with 126.75 points to LaCrescent’s 89.3 and Caledonia’s 75.5. In the all-around Ella Ott finished first with a score of 32.3, Avery Basile was second with 31.3, Jocie Halfman was third with 29.45 and Brooke Kovash took fourth with a score of 29.25.
The JV girls made it a clean sweep of the top five places against both Caledonia in LaCrescent on all four events. Top three finishers on each event included:
Vault: Ella Ott – 1st (8.65) / Taylor Dean – 2nd (8.6) / Leah Yokiel – 3rd (8.45)
Bars: Ella Ott – 1st (7.65) / Taylor Dean – 2nd (7.45) / Sophia Mullenbach – 3rd (7.3)
Beam: Leah Yokiel – 1st (8.2) / Ella Ott & Avery Basile – 2nd (7.6) / Ashanti Rice – 3rd (6.95)
Floor: Ella Ott – 1st (8.4) / Avery Basile – 2nd (8.2) / Brooke Kovash – 3rd (8.1)
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