MARSHFIELD FINISHES THIRD, MOSINEE SEVENTH AT ANTIGO GYMNASTICS INVITE
Zaleski Sports
ANTIGO – Hanna Merkel won the balance beam and finished tied for third in the all-around to help Marshfield to a third-place finish at the Julie Langseth Gymnastics Meet on Saturday at Antigo High School.
Merkel won the balance beam with a score of 8.95, and also finished fourth in the uneven bars (8.2) to end up with an all-around score of 33.9 for the Tigers.
West Bend West won the team title with 134.85 points, with Medford second with 131.85 and Marshfield third with 130.3 Mosinee was seventh in the 10-team field with 115.425 points.
Phoebe Hernandez added a third-place finish in the vault (8.65) as well for Marshfield.
Avery Ahles took eighth in the all-around for Mosinee (33.1) as she tied for third the balance beam (8.8) and took fifth in the vault (8.55).
Marshfield hosts an invitational on Friday at 4:30 p.m. Antigo, Grantsburg, Milton, Mosinee, Rhinelander, Rice Lake and Waupun will provide the competition.
Julie Langesth Gymnastics Meet
Jan. 29, at Antigo High School
Team scores: 1. West Bend West 134.85; 2. Medford 131.85; 3. Marshfield 130.3; 4. Ashland 129.5; 5. Antigo 128.05; 6. Escanaba (Mich.) 120.025; 7. Mosinee 115.425; 8. Valders 113.55; 9. Rhinelander 102.75; 10. Negaunee (Mich.) 81.1.
All-around: 1. Mel Princl (WB) 34.85; 2. Makayla Cibulka (WB) 34.65; 3. Hanna Merkel (MAR) and Makala Ulrich (MED) 33.9; 5. Caite McPherson (ASH) 33.6; 8. Avery Ahles (MOS) 33.15; 15. Serenah Tippett (MAR) 30.85; 20. Brianna Chellberg (MOS) 29.3; 24. Jaiden Reed (MOS) 27.65.
Vault: 1. Princl (WB) 8.8; 2. Kyla Krause (MED) 8.7; 3. Phoebe Hernandez (MAR) 8.65; 4. Lizzy Silva (ES) 8.6; 5. Ahles (MOS) 8.55; 9. Merkel (MAR) 8.4; 11. Chellberg (MOS) 8.35; 14. Kyra Huff (MAR) and Abby Pietsch (MAR) 8.3; 23. Reed (MOS) 8.15; 31. Tippett (MAR) 7.9; 40. Kelsey Allen (MOS) 7.65; 46. Kayla Franz (MOS) 6.25.
Uneven bars: 1. Cibulka (WB) 8.75; 2. Ulrich (MED) and Krause (MED) 8.5; 4. Merkel (MAR) 8.2; 5. Princl (WB) 8.05; 6. Solenne Lonsdale (MAR) 8.0; 7. Ahles (MOS) 7.95; 13. Vivian Nikolai (MAR) 7.8; 15. Tippett (MAR) and Pietsch (MAR) 7.75; 24. Chellberg (MOS) 7.3; 34. Reed (MOS) 5.9; 39. Hailey Pompo (MOS) 4.725; 40. Allen (MOS) 4.625.
Balance beam: 1. Merkel (MAR) 8.95; 2. Princl (WB) 8.9; 3. Ulrich (MED) and Ahles (MOS) 8.8; 5. Kate Malchow (MED) 8.65.; 15. Jade Scholl (MAR) 8.1; 22. Hernandez (MAR) and Tippett (MAR) 7.6; 26. Huff (MAR) 7.25; 38. Reed (MOS) 6.5; 41. Chellberg (MOS) 6.25; 43. Allen (MOS) 59.5; 45. Pompo (MOS) 5.7.
Floor exercise: 1. Princl (WB) 9.1; 2. McPherson (ASH) 9.05; 3. Cibulka (WB) 8.9; 4. Jaycee Erickson (ASH) 8.65; 5. Kaley Zanda (ANT) 8.5; 7. Merkel (MAR) and Pietsch (MAR) 8.35; 13. Ashley Jaeger (MAR) 8.1; 17. Herandez (MAR) 7.85; 25. Tippett (MAR) 7.6; 37. Reed (MOS) 7.1; 40. Allen (MOS) 7.0; 43. Jacqueline Kramer (MOS) 6.5.