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Last Year’s State Finals

Sophomore Leads Columbus North to Gymnastics State Title

Sophomore Claire Thompson won the bars and beam titles and The 44th Annual
collected the all-around crown, helping lead Columbus North to the IHSAA State Finals
IHSAA Gymnastics State Championship at Ball State’s Worthen March 12, 2016
Arena. Worthen Arena, Ball State University,
Muncie, IN
The Bull Dogs put up a state record 114.850 points to outdistance Team Results
two-time defending state champion Valparaiso’s 113.250 points. 1. Columbus North ............................. 114.850
Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger placed third (111.800), Crown Point 2. Valparaiso ...................................... 113.250
3. Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger ......... 111.800
was fourth (110.950), its best finish ever, and Chesterton (110.475) 4. Crown Point .................................... 110.950
rounded out the top five. 5. Chesterton ...................................... 110.475
6. Columbus East ...............................108.950
It was the third gymnastics state championship for Columbus North 7. Owen Valley ...................................107.425
and the Bull Dogs’ first since winning the first two state tourna- 8. Elkhart Central ...............................107.300
ments in 1973 and 1974. Sandy Freshour was the Columbus North 9. Homestead .....................................107.000
coach. All-Around
1. Claire Thompson, Columbus North ...38.400
Thompson recorded a 9.7 in the bars competition and a 9.675 in T2. Katrina May, Columbus North .........38.325
the beam and earned 38.400 points in the race for All-Around hon- T2. Kylee Maxwell, Morgan Township ...38.325
ors. Teamates Katrina May placed second with 38.325 and Ashley 4. Kelley Platt, Logansport .....................38.150
Holliday ended fifth 38.125. 5. Ashley Holliday, Columbus North ......38.125
Vault
Morgan Township’s Kylee Maxwell won her second state champion- 1. Kylee Maxwell, Morgan Township .......9.850
ship in three years on the vault with a score of 9.850 edging out T2. Ashley Holliday, Columbus North ......9.775
Holliday, the runner-up with 9.775. Maxwell, the 2014 all-around T2. Anna Watkin, Owen Valley ................9.775
state champ, finished third this year with 38.325. 4. Lainey Kowalczyk, Crown Point ..........9.750
5. Addison Minor, Columbus East ............9.725
Owen Valley senior Anna Watkin finished her career with another
state title winning the floor exercise for the first time. Her 9.775 Uneven Parallel Bars
bested the field and added to her resume that includes beam titles 1. Claire Thompson, Columbus North .....9.700
T2. Whitney McKeon, Valparaiso ............9.625
in 2013 and 2015 as well as last year’s all-around crown. She took T2. Kelley Platt, Logansport ....................9.625
second in this year’s beam as the defending champion. 4. Sydney Intagliata, Valparaiso ..............9.600
T5. Kylee Maxwell, Morgan Township .....9.575
T5. Jordan Bush, Chesterton ...................9.575
T5.Maria Trahin, FW Bishop Dwenger ....9.575
Balance Beam
1. Claire Thompson, Columbus North .....9.625
2. Anna Watkin, Owen Valley ...................9.600
3. Katrina May, Columbus North ..............9.575
4. Kelley Platt, Logansport .......................9.475
5. Whitney McKeon, Valparaiso ...............9.450
Floor Exercise
1. Anna Watkin, Owen Valley ...................9.775
2. Katrina May, Columbus North ..............9.625
3. Kylee Maxwell, Morgan Township .......9.525
4. Ashley Holliday, Columbus North ........9.525
5. Claire Thompson, Columbus North .....9.500
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