High Flying Skills — Martin County house gymnast Lily Schultz hovers in the air right through a tumbling series as she participates in flooring workout routines at Saturday’s MCA Invitational at Fairmont’s Live Fit Sports & Wellness Center. Schultz used to be the host Magic’s runner-up crew he took the lead with the end. (Photo via Greg Abel)
FAIRMONT — for idioms “Practice makes perfection” Indeed, the Martin County Area Magic gymnast must have scored 10 at the judges’ scorecards on the MCA Wild Wild Invitational on Saturday.
Despite inclement climate delaying 3 of the primary 4 twin conferences of the season, the hosts Martin County Area took moment position in the back of the Jackson County Central Huskies in the Martin County Area Wild . Fairmont wellness heart.
Payten Benda, Bailey Finck, and Romi Rosenbrook took 1st, Third, and sixth respectively, giving the Huskies a complete win of 132.45 groups.
However, Lily Schultz and Abi Chavez completed fifth and seventh respectively in the person tournament total, whilst teammate Molly Riding contributed a bronze stability beam medal to overcome the Host Magic’s second-place crew at 127.55. confirmed.
Addison Armstrong took gold at the flooring and paced his Third-place all-around efficiency. Teammates Adriana Reddick and Taylor Douglas mixed 3 top-six particular person displays to guide the Blue Earth Area Bucks to his 3rd position at 125.825.
Layla Keith earned 1st position honors on each vault and asymmetric bars, and used to be 2nd on all-around, beating the Waseca Bluejays’ 4th position mark of 119.95.
“It was four weeks of practice, practice, and more practice.” MCA head trainer Annie Post stated: “Competing in a real pageant could be very other from in truth striking in combination a regimen.
“After a month out of pageant, our women exceeded my expectancies lately. I’m proud in their effort.”
Schultz, a seventh grade prodigy, completed 5th total in the MCA with 32.9 issues. Schultz twisted at complete to win his series in his 3rd tumbling, flooring he scored an 8.9 in the workout and he completed 3rd, underscoring the entire overall.
Schultz additionally carried out a again stroll over and two again handsprings at the stability beam to put fourth with a rating of 8.25. The Magic’s height scorer additionally rounded out her effort with an 8.3 for her on vault and a 7.45 for bumpy.
Chavez posted a seventh-place all-around rating of 31.7 in the Magic, underscored via a fourth-place tally of 8.825 in Floor Exercise. MCA Jr. scored the mark with a mix of cast directional tumbling.
Chavez additionally scored 8.3 at the vault, 7.325 on bumpy, and seven.25 on beam, generating cast level manufacturing for Magic.
Eighth grade standout Molly Riding confirmed her skilled talents via completing 3rd for Beam with an 8.35. Raiding confirmed off her handsprings again to again, planted her tucks status her again, and reworked her dismounts spherical off her facets.
Molly Riding additionally contributed a rating of 8.25 at the flooring to the MCA effort, stabilizing via generating an 8.275 from the vault desk.
Armstrong, who received bronze with a 33.7 all-around, proved to be the one gymnast in a four-team invitation to achieve the nine-point mark to win gold at the flooring of the BEA.
Armstrong proved her athletic prowess via putting moment at the vault (8.75) and beam (8.45) and putting 3rd at the asymmetric with a regimen of seven.9.
Reddick and Douglas proved to be high-scoring consultants at BEA, with Reddick completing 5th in vault with 8.675 and 6th in bumpy with 7.6.
Bender received the gold medal via defeating Keith on an all-around rating of 34.15 vs. 33.85 respectively. Benda received the stability beam crown along with her efficiency of 8.825, her moment perfect rating in the back of Keith on unevenness — 8.125-8.075, which put her in 3rd position off the vault (8.7 ).
Keith vaulted to the gold medal mark at 8.825 and added a bumpy first position at 8.125.
The Martin County Area (1-0) will host the Pipestone Area on Tuesday on the Fairmont’s Live Fit Sports & Wellness Center. The Blue Earth house strikes to St. Peter on Friday.
MCA Wild Wild Quad
Team effects: 1. Jackson County Central 132.45; 2. Martin County Area 127.55; 3. Blue Earth Area 125.825; 4. Waseka 119.95.
particular person efficiency
All-around: 1. Payten Benda (JCC) 34.15; 2. Layla Keith (WAS) 33.85; 3. Addison Armstrong (BEA) 33.7; 4. Bailey Fink (JCC) 33.125; 32.9; 6. Romi Rosenbrook (JCC) 32.3; 7. Abi Chavez (MCA) 31.7.
Vault: 1. Layla Keith (WAS) 8.825; 2. Addison Armstrong (BEA) 8.75; 3. (via standards) Payten Benda (JCC) 8.7; 4. Peyton Hanson (JCC) 8.7; (BEA) 8.675; 6. Kaitlyn Weber (WAS) 8.65.
Beam: 1. Payten Benda (JCC) 8.825; 2. Addison Armstrong (BEA) 8.45; 3. Molly Leiding (MCA) 8.35; 4. Lily Schultz (MCA) 8.25; ) 8.225; 6. Romi Rosenbrook (JCC) 8.2.
Concave Parallel Bars: 1. Layla Keith (WAS) 8.125; 2. Payten Benda (JCC) 8.075; 3. Addison Armstrong (BEA) 7.9; 4. Taylor Douglas (BEA) 7.75; (JCC) 7.6; 6. Adriana Reddick (BEA) 7.6.
Floor Exercise: 1. Addison Armstrong (BEA) 9.0; 2. Bailey Fink (JCC) 8.95; 3. Lily Schultz (MCA) 8.9; 4. Abi Chavez (MCA) 8.825; 8.7; 6. Hannan Carson (JCC) 8.65.
