Gymnastics: Willmar clips Sauk Rapids
WILLMAR -- The Willmar Cardinals scored 138.475 in their home gym to stop the Sauk Rapids Storm, who scored 133.95, in a Central Lakes Conference gymnastics match on Thursday at Kennedy School.
Willmar's Abbey Weiler and Kaitlyn Lindblad finished 1-2 in all-around. Ashley Delp was third.
Willmar coach Larry Selchow said the highlight of the meet was Delp successfully completing a Tsukahara for the first time on vault. It helped her take second with a 9.15, just back of Lindblad's 9.175.
"Kara Hallberg had a fantastic finish to her floor routine," said Selchow. "She finished with a full twisting somersault in a layout position. It was a beautiful routine."
Willmar 138.475, Sauk Rapids 133.95
ALL-AROUND -- (1) Abbey Weiler, Wil, 35.150 (2) Kaitlyn Lindblad, Wil, 34.56 (3) Ashley Delp, Wil, 34.525 (4) Sydney Schindler, SR, 34.275 (5) Kelsey Jacobson, Wil, 34.225 (6) Emmy Scholtes, SR, 33.9 (7) Kara Hallberg, Wil, 32.075
VAULT -- (1) Lindblad, Wil, 9.175 (2) Delp 9.150 (3) Weiler 9.05 (4) Jacobson 9.0 (4) Schindler 8.8 (10) Hallberg 8.4
BARS -- (1) Weiler 8.6 (2) Jacobson 8.2 (3) Schindler 8.15 (4) Lindblad 8.05 (5) Scholtes 8.0 (6) Delp 8.0 (10) Hallberg 7.0
BEAM -- (1) Delp 9.0 (2) Scholtes 8.65 (3) Lindblad 8.45 (4) Schindler 8.45 (5) Weiler 8.4 (6) Jacobson 8.25 (7) Hallberg 8.2
FLOOR -- (1) Weiler 9.15 (2) Schindler 8.875 (3) Lindblad 8.85 (4) Scholtes 8.7 (5) Jacobson 8.675 (6) Ashley Schafer, SR, 8.6 (7) Hallberg 8.475 (8) Delp 8.375
West Central
Melrose Area 137.250, Paynesville/EVW 120.725
Hailey and Jailyn Brinkman finished 1-2 in all-around to lead the Dutchmen. Briquelle Bowden took third in all-around and won vault for Paynesville/Eden Valley-Watkins.
ALL-AROUND -- (1) Hailey Brinkman, Mel, 35.075 (2) Jailyn Brinkman, Mel, 34.825 (3) Briquelle Bowden, PEVW, 34.3
VAULT -- (1) Bowden 9.0 (2) J. Brinkman 8.8
BARS -- (1) H. Brinkman 8.65 (2) Bowden 8.6
BEAM -- (1) H. Brinkman, Mel, 8.7 (2) Bowden 8.4
FLOOR -- (1) J. Brinkman 9.1 (6) Bowden 8.3
