The Becker Bulldog girls gymnastics team went 1-1 this past week and are now 5-1 on the year.

 

Sartell-St. Stephen Invitational

The girls gymnastics team traveled to Sartell-St. Stephen Tuesday and took home first place by a mere .275 points.

 

Becker had two gymnasts compete on all four events with Miranda O’Brien scoring 35.05 and Katie Wilke scoring a 33.975.

 

The final score for the event was Becker 140.6 to Sartell-St. Stephens 140.325.

 

Wilke had Becker’s top score at 9.475. She was followed by O’Brien (9.375), Hannah Schmidt (9.225), Haley Olsen (9.05) and Kassidy Severson (8.95).

 

Olsen topped all Bulldog scorers on bars with an 8.425. Second was Marlee Louden (8.3),  followed by Wilke (8.2), O’Brien (8.125) and Haley Hubbard (7.825).

 

On beam, Becker’s top scorer was Louden, who tallied an 8.6. She was followed by O’Brien (8.35), Hubbard (8.25), Schmidt (8.075) and Wilke (7.375).

 

Schmidt shined on floor and scored a 9.4 for her efforts. Hubbard was second with a 9.35 followed by Severson (9.2), O’Brien (9.2) and Wilke (8.925).

 

The Bulldog girls gymnastics team took second at Big Lake’s annual Tropical Twist Invitational last Saturday.

 

“We would have liked to win this meet,” said Head Coach Jen Harmoning. “But Big Lake had a great day and they deserved the win.”  

 

Harmoning pointed out her team just made too many mistakes.  

 

“We also took several risks because we competed several new skills that the girls have just learned over holiday break,” she said.  “It's very different to compete a new skill in a meet compared to during practices, so we knew that we might have some more mistakes than usual.  We had some mistakes on things we shouldn't have, though, as well.  I hope we can work hard during our upcoming practices to make all our skills more consistent.”

 

Harmoning said although her injured athletes are out of casts and wraps and look to be completely mended, she did risk bringing any of them back too soon for the meet at Big Lake. 

 

“We are hopeful that they are getting closer and closer to being able to get back out on the floor,” she said.  

 

The Bulldogs also did not have Hannah Schmidt competing Saturday so that she could rest a strained back muscle.

 

Mallary Dick from Big Lake, a top-notch gymnast who is looking to battle for the state all-around title come February, won every event at the meet.

 

1).  Big Lake, 140.45; 2).  Becker, 139.3; 3).  Waconia, 134.4; 4).  Chisago Lakes, 122.15; 5).  Annandale, 120.9; 6).  Mpls. Southwest, 119.95; 7).  Glencoe-Silver Lake, 117.7; 8().  Sauk Rapids-Rice, 117.5.

 

Becker's top finishers were as follows:

 

2).  Miranda O'Brien, 9.25; 4).  Katie Wilke, 9.1; 8).  Haley Olsen, 8.8; 10).  Haley Hubbard, 8.55.

 

2).  Olsen, 8.8; 5).  O'Brien, 8.25; 7).  Hubbard, 8.1; 9).  Wilke, 8.0.

 

3).  tie - Marlee Louden and O'Brien, 8.9; 6).  tie - Hubbard and Wilke, 8.7.

 

2).  Hubbard, 9.45; 7).  Kassidy Severson, 8.65; 9).  Wilke, 8.6; 10).  Louden, 8.55.

 

4).  O'Brien, 34.9; 5).  Hubbard, 34.8; 6).  Wilke, 34.4.

 

The girls hosted a meet Friday against Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted and also host Paynesville Tuesday. Saturday, they will travel to Willmar to compete at the True Team State Invitational.