Page 14 - 2023-24 Gymnastics State Finals Program

Records 2024 Gymnastics State Finals

Team State Championships Two-Time All-Around Champions Grisafi wins State All-Around, lifts Valparaiso Gymnastics back to the top
Valparaiso 14 Name School Years
Chesterton 6 Kelly Enright Perry Meridian 1978, 1979 The 51st Annual
Homestead 6 Tracy Rinker Wawasee 1977, 1980
Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger 5 IHSAA State Finals
Perry Meridian 4 Robin Loheide Columbus North 1986, 1988 March 11, 2023
Columbus North 3 Gina Massuda Valparaiso 1990, 1991 Worthen Arena, Ball State University
Connersville 3 Angie Cook Valparaiso 1993, 1994 Muncie, IN
Merrillville 2 Laura Szczepanski FW Bishop Dwenger 1995, 1996
North Central (Indianapolis) 2 Rebekah Porter Valparaiso 2003, 2004 Team Results
Portage 2 Kellie Kidd Valparaiso 2008, 2009 1. Valparaiso ......................................112.350
Individual Sophia Hunzelman Chesterton 2017, 2018 2. Homestead ..................................... 111.625
3. Crown Point ....................................109.500
State Championships 4. Columbus North .............................106.850
Valparaiso 43 Three-Time Event Champions 5. Lake Central ...................................106.325
Columbus North 24 6. FW Bishop Dwenger ......................106.150
Chesterton 18 Name School Event Years 7. Bloomington North .........................104.825
Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger 17 Tracy Rinker Wawasee Bars 1977, 1978, 1980 8. Carroll (Fort Wayne) .......................102.700
Homestead 13 Laura Szczepanski FW Bishop Dwenger Floor 1994, 1995, 1996
Wawasee 13 Katelyn Fernandes Center Grove Vault 2006, 2007, 2008 9. New Palestine ................................100.600
Perry Meridian 11 Mia Pak Chesterton Bars 2019, 2020, 2021
Columbus East 9 All-Around
Lawrence Central 8 Haiven Gipson Harrison (West Lafay.) Vault 2020, 2021, 2022 1. Gabriella Grisafi, Valparaiso .............38.025
Portage 7 2. Gianna Zirille, Homestead ................37.800
All-Around State Champions Most Points Scored Led by its strong senior class, including all-around champion Gabriella 3. Jillian Creager, Homestead ..............37.775
4. Reese Euler, Columbus North ..........37.500
Valparaiso 12 Points School Year Grisafi, Valparaiso took home its state-record 14th team championship at 5. Elly Kiran, Crown Poiint ....................37.450
Columbus North 5 114.850 Columbus North 2015-16 Worthen Arena on the Ball State University campus.
Chesterton 3 114.400 Chesterton 2017-18
Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger 3 Top-ranked Valparaiso finished with a 112.350 to edge runner-up Vault
Perry Meridian 3 114.225 Valparaiso 2007-08 Homestead’s 111.625 to claim the title. Second-ranked and defending- 1. Jillian Creager, Homestead ................9.725
Wawasee 3 113.950 Valparaiso 2017-18 champion Crown Point finished third with 109.500. 2. Gabriella Grisafi, Valparaiso ...............9.625
Columbus East 2 113.875 Chesterton 2018-19 Elly Kiran, Crown Point ..........................9.625
Homestead 2 113.575 Valparaiso 2008-09 The Vikings won their first state title back in 1981 and had a run of six
Richmond 2 113.300 Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger 2005-06 state championships between 2008 and 2015. This championship is the 4. Ella Dollahan, Knox ............................9.550
5. Reese Euler, Columbus North ............9.500
113.300 Valparaiso 2009-10 first under coach Rebecca Juergens -- a long-time assistant coach to
Team Regional Champions 113.250 Valparaiso 2015-16 the retired Lorie Cook, who guided the program to 13 titles, including the
program’s most previous in 2021.
Valparaiso 25 113.175 Roncalli 2009-10
Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger 23 Foremost among the performers was Grisafi, who tied for fourth in the Uneven Parallel Bars
Columbus North 21 all-around a year ago, but cracked the 38-point level (38.025) to top the 1. Gianna Zirille, Homestead ..................9.700
Columbus East 13 Closest Margin of Victory Homestead duo of Gianna Zirille (37.800) and freshman Jillian Creager 2. Reese Euler, Columbus North ............9.475
Homestead 12 3. Gabriella Grisafi, Valparaiso ...............9.450
Merrillville 11 Diff. Year Teams Score (37.775).
Chesterton 10 .125 2009-10 Valparaiso-Roncalli 113.300-113.175 4. Jillian Creager, Homestead ................9.375
Perry Meridian 9 Grisafi led a strong Valpo effort on the balance beam, winning with a Elly Kiran, Crown Point ......................9.375
North Central (Indianapolis) 8 .150 1994-95 FW Bishop Dwenger–Chesterton 109.6-109.45 9.625 score, while also finishing in a tie for second on the vault (also at
Lawrence Central 7 .150 1998-99 Homestead–Valparaiso 111.15-111.0 9.625) and third on the uneven bars (9.450). Fellow seniors Molly Dreher
Connersville 6 .200 1980-81 Valparaiso–Perry Meridian 97.3-97.1 (third place) and Mia Curran (fifth) also medaled on the beam. Balance Beam
Center Grove 5 .200 1986-87 Connersville–Columbus North 104.1-103.9 Dreher also medaled on both the bars and floor exercise (sixth in both) to 1. Gabriella Grisafi, Valparaiso ...............9.625
Carmel 4 give her a sixth-place medal in the all-around (37.100). 2. Gianna Zirille, Homestead .................9.550
Fort Wayne Snider 4 .200 2005-06 FW Bishop Dwenger–Center Grove 113.3-113.1 3. Molly Dreher, Valparaiso ....................9.475
Roncalli 4 For third-ranked Homestead, it’s now a third-straight year the Spartans
Wes-Del 4 have finished as runner-up. The program has won six state titles, but the 4. Reese Euler, Columbus North ............9.450
Carroll (Fort Wayne) 3 last came in 2001. 5. Mia Curran, Valparaiso .......................9.300
Evansville Harrison 3 Widest Margin of Victory
Fort Wayne Northrop 3 Zirille, a senior, won both the bars (9.7) and floor exercise (9.55) to earn Floor Exercise
Indianapolis Howe 3 Diff. Year Teams Score her runner-up finish in the all-around. Creager took the vault with a 9.725
Jeffersonville 3 1. Gianna Zirille, Homestead ..................9.550
Marion 3 8.320 1978-79 Perry Meridian–Merrillville 104.25-95.93 score. 2. Sydney Black, Lake Central ...............9.500
Portage 3 7.325 1976-77 North Central–Fort Wayne North 89.825-82.50 3. Elly Kiran, Crown Point ......................9.475
Richmond 3 6.325 1977-78 Perry Meridian–North Central 101.5-95.175 Rounding out the top six teams were Columbus North (106.850), Lake 4. Jillian Creager, Homestead ................9.450
Bloomington North 2 5.375 1996-97 Valparaiso–North Central 111.225-105.85 Central (106.325) and Fort Wayne Dwenger (106.150).
Fort Wayne North Side 2 5. Hayleigh Delgado, Lake Central ........9.400
Leo 2 4.320 1975-76 North Central–Munster 88.42-84.10 Sophomore Reese Euler led Columbus North with a fourth-place finish in
Plainfield 2 the all-around (37.5), while Crown Point’s Elly Kiran took fifth (37.45).
Warren Central 2
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