The Becker Bulldog gymnastics team hosted a pair of conference meets last week, losing a close match to Monticello before rebounding for a nice win over Princeton.

Monti

In Thursday’s tilt against the Magic, Becker scored a first place finish in two individual events plus the all around but came up a bit short on the scoreboard, 136.125 to 134.525.

Riley Norberg placed first on both the vault (9.4) and the beam (8.95), as well as the all around competition (34.925).  

Lauren Woelfel also had a great match, finishing second in the floor exercise (8.95) and the all around (34.2).

“The whole team has been working hard through our steady meet schedule to put in a few of their upgrades,” said coach Kayla Kalinowski.  “It has been fun to see the improvements they have been making.”

Additional place finishers and scores; Vault: Sarah Woelfel (T3 8.8); Bars: Sarah and Lauren Woelfel (T4 7.8); Floor: Norberg (3rd 8.85), Chloe Spear (4th 8.7).

Princeton

Last Saturday, the girls hosted Princeton and ran away from the Tigers, winning 134.125 to 122.8.

Norberg again had a strong meet, winning the vault (9.375), floor (9.0) and all around (34.875).

Lauren Woelfel also kept up her recent strong performances, scoring wins in the bars (8.275) and beam (8.55), while taking second in the all around (33.875).

“Overall the meets this week went very well and we are excited for next week as we get a break from the long stretch of meets we have had and finally have time to put in those last few upgrades we have been working on,” said Kalinowski.   “These girls have improved so much already and we can’t wait to see what happens when we add those final upgrades to our routines!” 

Additional place finishers and scores; Vault: Sarah Woelfel (2nd 8.85); Bars: Norberg (2nd 8.2), S. Woelfel (3rd 8.1); Beam: Norberg (2nd 8.3), Spear (3rd 7.55); Floor: Spear (2nd 8.775).

JV

Becker’s JV team had several notable highlights in the past week as well.

Against Monticello, Justine Vilmo and Lauren Biegler went 1-2 in the all-around with scores of 30.2 and 30.15, while Hailey Deters scored a personal best 8.4 on floor.  Biegler hit a nice beam set for a second place score of 7.9, while Vilmo had a nice bars routine for a first place score of 7.2, as Becker (121.9) edged Monticello (120.0).

Against Princteon, Becker’s JV won 120.8 to 100.9.

Vilmo won the all around again with a score of 30.4, while Deters won the vault with a personal best score of 8.25.  Vilmo won the bars (7.6) and floor (8.2), while Theresa Johnson won the beam with a beautiful set for a score of 8.15.

Deters finished second on the floor (8.1) and Hailey Duncombe was close behind (8.0).

The team’s last meet will be a dual against Cambridge-Isanti Thursday, March 4, and then the varsity will have a few weeks to prepare for sections on Saturday, March 20 in Big Lake.