TOMAH – The record-breaking season for the Marshfield gymnastics team continued Saturday as it won the Candy Cane Twist tournament at Tomah High School.
The Tigers piled up 135.1 points, the third-straight meet they have broken a previous school record for team points. Chippewa Falls was a distant second with 122.575 points.
Gracie Holland won all four events and the all-around title for Marshfield with a score of 37.05. She won the vault with a 9.275, the uneven bars with a 9.375, balance beam with a 9.35 and the floor exercise with a 9.05.
Emma Haugen was second in the vault (8.7) and bars (8.3), and was third in the beam (8.65) and floor (8.8) to finish second in the all-around (34.45) for the Tigers.
Brooke McGrath took third in the vault with a 8.55 for Marshfield.
Sophie Nikolay also won three events in the JV competition for Marshfield.
The Tigers will host Medford on Thursday in a Great Northern Conference dual meet.
Candy Cane Twist
Dec. 15, at Tomah High School
Varsity
Team scores: 1. Marshfield 135.1; 2. Chippewa Falls 122.575; 3. Antigo 118.475; 4. Sparta 117.7; 5. Menomonie 116.9; 6. Tomah 108.55; 7. Arcadia 106.5; 8. Westby 99.025.
Winners and Marshfield finishers
All-around: 1. Gracie Holland (MAR) 37.05; 2. Emma Haugen (MAR) 34.45.
Vault: 1. Holland (MAR) 9.275; 2. Haugen (MAR) 8.7; 3. Brooke McGrath (MAR) 8.55; 4. Vivian Nikolai (MAR) 8.35; 5. (tie) Kimberly Backaus (MAR) 8.3.
Uneven bars: 1. Holland (MAR) 9.375; 2. Haugen (MAR) 8.3; 7. Nikolai (MAR) 7.375; 8. Shantel Nienast (MAR) 7.325; 19. Hanna Merkel (MAR) 6.225.
Balance beam: 1. Holland (MAR) 9.35; 3. Haugen (MAR) 8.65; 5. Merkel (MAR) 8.3; 10. (tie) Nienast (MAR) 7.7; 15. Nikolai (MAR) 7.5.
Floor exercise: 1. Holland (MAR) 9.05; 3. Haugen (MAR) 8.8; 7. McGrath (MAR) 8.2; 12. Merkel (MAR) 7.8; 13. Ally Bakke (MAR) 7.75.
JV
Winners and Marshfield finishers
Team scores: 1. Marshfield 115.95; 2. Chippewa Falls 91.25; 3. Tomah 67.85; 4. Antigo 49.25; 5. Sparta 36.5; 6. Menomonie 31.3; 7. Westby 11.5.
All-around: 1. Sophie Nikolay (MAR) 30.2.
Balance beam: 1. Backaus (MAR) 7.05; 2. Makenna Yeske (MAR) 6.9; 4. Nikolay (MAR) 6.6; 14. Sydney Ott (MAR) 4.7; 16. Courtney Deering (MAR) 4.3.
Vault: 1. Nikolay (MAR) 8.5; 2. Merkel (MAR) 8.4; 3. Izzy Paape (MAR) 7.9; 4. Deering (MAR) 7.8; 7. Raegan Larson (MAR) 7.4.
Floor exercise: 1. Nikolay (MAR) 8.0; 2. Backaus (MAR) 7.8; 3. Paape (MAR) 7.45; 4. Nienast (MAR) 7.35; 9. Raianna Simone (MAR) 6.4.
Uneven bars: 1. Nikolay (MAR) 7.1; 2. Backaus (MAR) 7.0; 3. Deering (MAR) 6.85; 4. Bakke (MAR) 6.55; 5. Paape (MAR) 6.3.
Author: News Desk
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