The Becker Bulldog girls gymnastics team finished sixth at the state tournament held at the University of Minnesota Pavillion Friday afternoon. Becker tallied a 142.025.

 

Detroit Lakes dominated the day and recorded a state record 151.675.

 

The Bulldogs began the event on vault, then parallel bars, then beam and finished on floor.

 

Haley Hubbard was first on the apparatus and she scored an 8.775. Kassidy Severson followed and was solid, scoring an 8.825. Becker's third vaulter was Katie Wilke and she was her usual spectacular self and scored a 9.1. Lindsay Olsen had two great vaults, getting solid scores that averaged a 9.150. Anchoring the squad, Miranda O'Brien nailed her two vaults and scored a team-high, 9.425. 

 

Becker was off to a great start. Meanwhile, the crowd was stirred into a frenzy when Detroit Lakes scored a state record on bars with a score of 38.150.

 

Senior Lexi Michels led the team on bars and looked sharp as she successfully landed her routine to notch a  good 7.975 score. Aubree Lahr didn't let the jitters get to her as she made her routine look relatively easy and scored an 8.4. O'Brien soared from bar-to-bar and had a great dismount, scoring an 8.325 for the steady Bulldogs. Sophomore Emi Quill had a spectacular routine and scored  a team-high, 8.750. The exercise was concluded with Marlee Louden doing her extremely difficult exercise and she wowed the crowd with a steady landing on a difficult tumble through the air. She tallied an 8.625.

 

On beam, the Bulldogs struggled. Louden started strong and was near-perfect in execution and scored an 8.575. She was followed by Wilke, who looked poised in her efforts as she scored a solid 9.125. Olsen had a fall, but rebounded with a good routine and scored an 8.150. O'Brien had a nasty fall on her dismount and after she composed herself and chatted with Coach Jesse Wiley, she finished her tumble and scored a 8.350. Beam was concluded with Hubbard on the apparatus and she, too, had a nasty fall midway through her routine, as she scored an 8.650.

 

This is Becker's favorite exercise where all the girls on the squad put on quite a show that featured superior dance moves, shakes and tumbles.  Lahr looked solid in her routine, scoring an 8.825. Severson sparkled with her beaming face and her tightly-run routine and tallied a 9.025.  She was followed by O'Brien, who enjoyed putting on a good show and she tallied a 9.075. Olsen, with her usual coyness and bright smile, soared across the floor and scored a 9.175 to get the Bulldogs crowd cheering wildly.  Hubbard impressed all with her signature routine on floor and she beamed with excitement as she completed the exercise and scored a 9.450.

 

1). Detroit Lakes 151.675;

2). Melrose 149.425;

3). Austin 147.175;

4). Mahtomedi 144.375;

5). Watertown-Mayer 143.250;

6). Becker 142.025;

7). Mankato West 139.025;

8). Worthington 138.700.