State Gymnastics Team and Individual Champions Crowned
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. – The 2025 State Gymnastics Championships crowned individual champions in five events in two divisions Saturday following the team championships Friday at Wisconsin Rapids High School.
Senior Kylee Frank of Elkhorn won the Division 1 all-around competition after placing eighth last season in Division 2 and third in 2023, compiling a four-event score of 38.050. Junior Zoe Marckesano of Verona/Edgewood scored a 37.50 to finish second in the all-around
Frank also won the uneven bars and the vault events. She earned the title on the bars with a score of 9.683 following a third-place standing last season in Division 2 and a runner-up finish in 2023. Frank’s teammate, junior Norah Adams, was second on the uneven bars with a score of 9.417. Frank captured the vault championship with a performance earning her a score of 9.60. Sophomore Annika Lee of Waunakee/Edgewood came in second with a score of 9.517 following her third-place finish in last year.
Another Elkhorn gymnast won the championship on the balance beam. Senior Kate Krauklis scored a 9.583 to win the gold medal, jumping up from 19th place in Division 2 last season. Senior Addison Friedl of Hartford was runner-up in the event with a judges’ score of 9.467 after tying for eighth last season.
Marckesano claimed the title in the floor exercise with a score of 9.567, and Ava Krista, a senior from Chippewa Falls/McDonell Catholic, was runner-up with a score of 9.417 after tying for seventh a year ago.
In Division 2, senior McKennah Orth of West Bend East won three titles. She won the all-around championship with a four-event score of 37.183, and she captured the crown in the floor exercise with a 9.65 and tied for the title in the vault at 9.40.
Senior Madison Rummel, a teammate of Orth’s, finished second in the floor exercise with a score of 9.517, and junior Zofia Raduege of Jefferson/Cambridge tied Orth for the gold medal on vault with a score 9.40.
Sophomore Madelyn Klein of the Dodgeville Co-op claimed the title in the uneven bars competition with a 9.383 and finished second to Orth in the all-around, compiling a tally of 37.067. Senior McKenna Breunig of Sauk Prairie was runner-up to Klein in the uneven bars with an effort earning a score of 9.017.
Senior Avery Ash of Rice Lake successfully defended the title she won last season on the balance beam by scoring a 9.583. In addition to her two titles in the event, she also placed runner-up in 2023 and 10th in 2022. Orth came one place away from winning a fourth title in this year’s State championships, finishing runner-up on the beam with a score of 9.467.
Chippewa Falls/McDonell Catholic earned the Division 1 title with a four-event team score of 143.55. It’s the first championship in the program’s history. The co-op placed fourth last year and third in 2023. Oak Creek/Whitnall finished runner-up with a total of 142.60 points.
Rice Lake won the Division 2 championship with a score of 138.234 to earn the program’s first team championship in its history. The Warriors’ highest finish as a stand-alone program in their previous three State appearances was seventh in 1976. They also qualified 11 times in a former co-op with Cumberland. Monona Grove finished in second place with 137.517 points.
Division 1 Results: Team | Individual
Division 2 Results: Team | Individual
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