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2022 Gymnastics State Finals

Columbus North’s Emily Moore wins All-Around; Crown Point wins first team title

The 50th Annual
IHSAA State Finals
March 12, 2022
Worthen Arena, Ball State University
Muncie, IN
Team Results
1. Crown Point .................................... 111.475
2. Homestead .....................................110.350
3. Valparaiso ......................................110.075
4. Lake Central ...................................108.025
5. Columbus North .............................107.825
6. Richmond .......................................107.475
7. Bloomington North .........................106.150
8. Angola ............................................105.275
9. Carroll (Fort Wayne) .......................103.600
All-Around
Emily Moore won two events to claim overall honors and top-ranked
Crown Point finished in the top two in each event to secure the team 1. Emily Moore, Columbus North .........38.275
championship during the 50th Annual IHSAA Gymnastics State Finals 2. Elly Kiran, Crown Point ....................37.675
at Worthen Arena on the campus of Ball State University. 3. Gianna Zirille, Homestead ................37.650
4. Elizabeth Ruger, Richmond ..............37.525
Moore, a Columbus North senior, repeated as state champion on the Gabriella Grisafi, Valparsiso .............37.525
balance beam scoring a 9.825 and also won the floor exercise com-
petition with a 9.725. She added a fifth place tie on the vault (9.550) Vault
and was 12th on the uneven bars (9.175). Moore’s total of 38.275 1. Haiven Gipson, Harrison (WL) ...........9.850
points won the all-around title edging Elly Kiran of Crown Point who 2. Makayla Neal, Crown Point ................9.725
finished with 37.675. Moore is the fifth Columbus North gymnast to 3. Elizabeth Ruger, Richmond ...................9.675
win the overall crown most recently won by Claire Thompson in 2016. 4. Gabrielle Grubb, Martinsville ..............9.625
5. Emily Moore, Columbus North ...........9.550
For Crown Point, the sophomore Kiran (9.475) placed third and led Gabriella Grisafi, Valparaiso ..............9.550
the way as three Bulldogs finished in the top eight of the balance
beam, the team’s final routine to close the meet which also secured Uneven Parallel Bars
the championship. Besides Kiran, juniors Charlotte Annes (9.225) 1. Ashtyn Evans, Angola ........................9.575
and Ysabel Maunes (9.175) tied for fifth and eighth, respectively. 2. Gabriella Grisafi, Valparaiso ...............9.500
Senior Makayla Neal added to the cause with a second place finish in 3. Gianna Zirille, Homestead ..................9.475
the vault (9.725) and took sixth in the uneven bars (9.350). Elizabeth Ruger, Richmond ................9.475
With coach Ami Pysh guiding the team, the Bulldogs took top honors 5. Reese Euler, Columbus North ............9.375
in the beam and finished second in the vault, bars and floor exercise
to capture the school’s first gymnastics state title. It was also Crown Balance Beam
Point’s second state championship of the winter season after the 1. Emily Moore, Columbus North ...........9.825
wrestling team captured top honors on Feb. 19. 2. Gianna Zirille, Homestead .................9.500
3. Elly Kiran, Crown Point ......................9.475
The Bulldogs’ 111.475 points bested third-ranked Homestead with Austyn Dykes, Franklin Central ..........9.475
110.350, and second-ranked defending champion Valparaiso with 5. Reese Euler, Columbus North ............9.225
110.075. Haiven Gipson, Harrison (WL) ...........9.225
Charlotte Annes, Crown Point ............9.225
Haiven Gipson, a Harrison (West Lafayette) senior, scored a third
consecutive state championship in the vault with a 9.85. She became Floor Exercise
the second individual to win the event three times and just the fifth 1. Emily Moore, Columbus North ...........9.725
three-time champion in state tournament history in any event. 2. Haiven Gipson, Harrison (WL) ...........9.675
3. Cloe Amanatidis, Lake Central ...........9.600
Angola senior Ashtyn Evans won her second straight crown in the 4. Elizabeth Ruger, Richmond ................9.575
uneven bars with a 9.575 performance. 5. Austyn Dykes, Franklin Central ..........9.550

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