Page 15 - 2012-13 Gymnastics State Finals Program

Last Year’s State Finals

Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger Wins Gymnastics Team Title

Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger’s depth propelled it to the team title The 40th Annual
and Valparaiso’s Morgan Algozine won the All-Around competition IHSAA State Finals
during the IHSAA Girls Gymnastics State Finals at Worthen Arena March 17, 2012
in Muncie. Worthen Arena, Ball State University,
It was Bishop Dwenger’s fifth gymnastics state title under coach Muncie, IN
Rose Nix, its first since 2006 and ended Valparaiso’s record four- Team Results
year stranglehold on the team title. The No. 5 Saints finished with 1. Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger ......... 112.550
112.550 points while top-ranked Valpo finished second with 111.975 2. Valparaiso ...................................... 111.975
3. Roncalli ..........................................108.600
points. Roncalli was third with 108.600. 4. Portage ...........................................108.425
5. Seymour .........................................107.425
The Saints didn’t col- 6. Columbus North .............................105.600
lect any individual titles 7. Homestead .....................................104.425
but had four different 8. Franklin Central ..............................103.700
gymnasts finish in the
top six of three events. All-Around
Sophomore Katy Linvill 1. Morgan Algozine, Valparaiso .............38.750
placed second on the 2. Alex Nickel, Angola ............................38.000
floor exercise (9.6) and 3. Katy Linvill, Bishop Dwenger .............37.575
4. Kelly Deppen, Seymour .....................37.450
third in the bars (9.575) 5. Cassie Schultheis, Roncalli ...............37.325
to finish third in the
all-around competition Vault
(3.575). Brittany Trahin 1. Morgan Algozine, Valparaiso ...............9.950
took second in the vault 2. Brittany Trahin, Bishop Dwenger .........9.800
(9.8), Kaitlyn Coffee 3. Danielle Solis, Portage ........................9.725
was fourth in the vault 4. Kaitlyn Coffee, Bishop Dwenger ..........9.625
(9.625) and Carrie 5. Jessy Hoskins, Hagerstown ................9.600
Brown claimed fifth in
the bars (9.475). Uneven Parallel Bars
1. Alex Nickel, Angola ..............................9.750
2. Kaitie Schultheis, Roncalli ...................9.575
Algozine placed 3. Katy Linvill, Bishop Dwenger ...............9.575
second in the bars, 4. Morgan Algozine, Valparaiso ...............9.575
an event she won last 5. Carrie Brown, Bishop Dwenger ...........9.475
year, but won two other events on her way to the all-around crown
(38.750). The junior set a state finals record with a 9.95 score on Balance Beam
the vault, the highest score ever in any event in the 40-year history 1. Alex Nickel, Angola ..............................9.600
of the state finals, and also carried the floor exercise with a 9.675. 2. Morgan Algozine, Valparaiso ...............9.550
3. Kelly Deppen, Seymour .......................9.525
4. Jessica Baker, Huntington North .........9.525
Angola sophomore Alex Nickel made a name for herself winning 5. Abaigale Light, LaPorte .......................9.475
the bars (9.750) and the beam (9.60).
Floor Exercise
Huntington North’s Jessica Baker, the defending champion in 1. Morgan Algozine, Valparaiso ...............9.675
beam, finished third this time (9.525). 2. Katy Linvill, Bishop Dwenger ...............9.600
3. Emily Crosmer, Valparaiso ..................9.450
4. Kaitie Schultheis, Roncalli ...................9.450
5. Hannah Erwin, Valparaiso ...................9.450

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