The Becker Bulldog girls gymnastics team competed twice this week, winning meets over Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted-Holy Trinity last Friday, then beating Paynesville-Eden Valley-Watkins Tuesday.

 

Becker - 143.75, HLWW/HT  - 121.375

Miranda O’Brien took first in vault and beam and finished second in the all-around at last Friday’s match on the road.

 

Becker swept the top five places on vault for a team total of 36.725.

 

1).  O'Brien, 9.425; 2).  Lindsay Olsen, 9.4; 3). Katie Wilke, 9.0; 4). Aubree Lahr, 8.9; 5). Kassidy Severson, 8.85.

 

Becker had four-out-of-five “hit” bar routines, aided by a personal best for Emi Quill in her debut on varsity bars.  Lahr bounced back from a very scary fall during the last-minute touch warm-up to win the event.

 

1).  Lahr, 8.6; 2). Quill, 8.45; 3). Olsen, 8.425; 4). Lexi Michels, 8.175; 6). O'Brien, 6.8.

 

The Bulldog girls had their best beam performance of the season so far with three “stuck” routines and a season-high team total of 35.9.

 

1).  O'Brien, 9.4; 2). Olsen, 9.3; 3). Haley Hubbard, 9.0; 5).  Severson, 8.2; 6). Wilke, 7.975.

 

Becker finished with five great routines on floor with Olsen coming out on top.

 

1).  Olsen, 9.5; 2). O'Brien, 9.45; 3). Hubbard, 9.375; 4). Severson, 9.15; 5). Lahr, 8.875.

 

Olsen won the all-around with a personal best score of 36.625.  O'Brien took second scoring 35.075.

 

Becker - 141.025, PEVW - 123.825

Tuesday, Coach Jen Harmoning decided to “water down” a lot of the difficulty in her girls’ routines against Paynesville-Eden Valley-Watkins since the varsity team has True Team Championships this weekend.  

 

“We wanted them to feel fresh and strong for the weekend, and we didn't want to chance injuries,” she said.  “We still had a nice score, so that was a good thing, although we had more falls on bars than we normally would.”

 

Severson topped all competitors on vault with a solid score on a tough event.

 

1). Severson, 9.05; 2).  Lahr, 8.95; 3). Hubbard, 8.85; 6).  Olsen, 8.325; 8). Miranda O'Brien, 8.2.

 

Michels put up one of her best performances of the season on bars and captured first place in the event.

 

1).  Michels, 8.6; 2).  O'Brien, 8.4; 3).  TIE-Olsen and Emi Quill, 7.925; 5).  Lahr, 7.75.

 

“We were a little bit wobbly on beam in some places, but we did not have to count a fall,” said Harmoning. “I like how the consistency is getting on this event.”

 

1).  O'Brien, 9.125; 2). Wilke, 9.05; 3). Olsen, 8.975; 4). Hubbard, 8.775; 5). Severson, 7.95.

 

Becker’s athletes looked solid and had a great night on floor, with Hubbard beating all the competitors to capture first place.

 

1).  Hubbard, 9.4; 2). Severson, 9.35; 3). O'Brien, 9.325; 4). Lahr, 9.0; 5). Olsen, 8.95.

 

O'Brien won the all-around scoring 35.05. Olsen was second with 34.175.

 

O’Brien is ranked 19th in the state for all-around (35.95) and 15th in vault (9.35). Olsen is ranked 8th in vault (9.5) and 17th on floor (9.425). Hubbard is ranked  eighth on floor (9.55)

 

“We are looking forward to competing with the best teams in the state in Willmar Saturday (today),” said Harmoning. “We had one of the lowest qualifying scores, so we are hoping to compete well and possibly move up a couple of spots.”

Tuesday, the girls return home for a meet with Maple Lake, then hit the road Friday to take on the Wildcats from Eagan.