Page 15 - 2017-18 Gymnastics State Finals Program

Last Year’s State Finals

Valparaiso Claims Third Title in Four Years

The 45th Annual
IHSAA State Finals
March 11, 2017
Worthen Arena, Ball State University,
Muncie, IN
Team Results
1. Valparaiso ......................................112.375
2. Columbus Nort ...............................112.075
3. CHesterton .....................................112.050
4. FW Bishop Dwenger ...................... 111.875
5. Carroll .............................................109.400
6. Columbus East ...............................109.375
7. Bloomington South .........................108.550
8. Merrillville .......................................106.450
9. Homestead .....................................105.900

Chesterton’s Sophia Hunzelman earned the all-around title while All-Around
Valparaiso’s Whitney McKeon, Rachel Moneta and Jenna Algozine 1. Sophia Hunzelman, Chesterton .......38.200
each finished in the top six helping the Vikings to their third state 2. Claire Thompson, Columbus North ..38.075
championship in four years during the IHSAA Gymnastics State 3. Ashley Holliday, Columbus North .....37.600
Finals at Worthen Arena in Muncie. 4. Whitney McKeon, Valparaiso ...........37.575
5. Rachel Moneta, Valparaiso ..............37.425
Hunzelman, just a freshman, collected the all-around state cham- Vault
pionship with 38.200 points, the first freshman to do so since 2005 1. Ashley Holliday, Columbus North .......9.750
and the eighth in the 45 years of the event. She also became the 2. Amy Weilbaker, FW Bishop Dwenger .........9.650
second Trojan gymnast to win the top honors joining Lauren West 3. E’Lycia Early, FW Concordia Lutheran .........9.625
who won as a junior in 2002. Defending champion junior Claire 4. Sophia Hunzelman, Chesterton .........9.600
Thompson of Columbus North finished as this year’s runner-up 5. Kaylee Eurton, Bloomington South ....9.575

with 38.075 points. Senior teammate Ashley Holliday was third with Uneven Parallel Bars
37.600. 1. Adison Minor, Columbus East ............9.650
Sophia Hunzelman, Chesterton .........9.650
Valpo’s McKeon finished fourth overall, Moneta was fifth, including 3. Jenna Algonzine, Valparaiso ..............9.625
the floor exercise state title, and Algozine tied for sixth place as Claire Thompson, Columbus North ....9.625
third-ranked Valparaiso accumulated 112.375 total points result- 5. Catherine Milne, Homestead ..............9.575
ing in the school’s state-best 12th crown under coach Lorie Cook. Balance Beam
Defending state champion Columbus North, ranked second enter- 1. Claire Thompson, Columbus North ....9.775
ing the meet, settled for the runner-up position with 112.075 points. 2. Sophia Hunzelman, Chesterton .........9.550
Top-ranked Chesterton placed third with 112.050. 3. Whitney McKeon, Valparaiso .............9.325
Moneta capped her junior season winning the floor with a score Adison Minor, Columbus East ............9.325
of 9.550 with classmate Algozine third with 9.475. Algozine also 5. Rachel Landstoffer, FW Bishop Dwenger....9.275
added a third place finish in the uneven bars with a 9.625. McKeon,
a sophomore, placed third in the balance beam with a 9.325. Floor Exercise
1. Rachel Moneta, Valparaiso ................9.550
2. Amy Weilbaker, FW Bishop Dwenger 9.500
Hunzelman tied Columbus East junior Adison Minor for the uneven 3. Jenna Algozine, Valparaiso ................9.475
bars crown with 9.650 points. Thompson repeated as the balance 4. Jordan Bush, Chesterton ...................9.450
beam state champ amassing 9.775 points and Holliday was best in Emma Taylor, McCutcheon ................9.450
the vaulting competition with a 9.750. Elaine Cornewell, FW Bishop Dwenger ......9.450

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