Marshfield gymnastics wins team title at Wisconsin Rapids Invitational

The Marshfield gymnastics team won the team title at the Wisconsin Rapids Invitational on Saturday. (Submitted photo)

highstreetad

This story is sponsored by: High Street Salon, Spa & Travel

MarshfieldAreaSports.com

WISCONSIN RAPIDS – The Marshfield gymnastics team remains unbeaten this season, in multi-team or dual meets, after winning the Wisconsin Rapids Invitational on Saturday at Lincoln High School.

The Tigers racked up 133.025 points as they won the team title by 2½ points over Ashland, which had 130.575 points.

Gracie Holland won three events and the all-around title for Marshfield.

Holland had an all-around score of 37.225, combining the scores in wins in the balance beam (9.075), uneven bars (9.75), and vault (9.45), and a second-place finish in the floor exercise (8.95).

Emma Haugen was third in the all-around (33.4) for Marshfield as she placed third in three events – the bars (8.05), vault (8.9) and floor (8.825).

Brooke McGrath also earned a pair of high finishes, taking fifth in the floor (8.6) and sixth in the vault (8.625) for the Tigers.

Marshfield has a Great Northern Conference dual meet at Stevens Point on Thursday.

Wisconsin Rapids Gymnastics Invitational
Team scores:
1. Marshfield 133.025; 2. Ashland 130.575; 3. Mukwonago 129.95; 4. Rhinelander 114.475; 5. Wisconsin Rapids 113.9; 6. Oshkosh North/West 103.125; 7. Kaukauna 99.95.
Winners and Marshfield finishers
All-around:
1. Gracie Holland (MAR) 37.225; 3. Emma Haugen 33.4.
Balance beam: 1. Holland (MAR) 9.075; 10. Haugen (MAR) 7.625; 13. Vivian Nikolai (MAR) 7.35; 15. Kim Backaus (MAR) 7.225; 24. Shantel Nienast (MAR) 6.375.
Uneven bars: 1. Holland (MAR) 9.75; 3. Haugen (MAR) 8.05; 8. Nienast (MAR) 7.0; 10. Nikolai (MAR) 6.9; 11. Alexis Mushel (MAR) 6.875.
Vault: 1. Holland (MAR) 9.45; 3. Haugen (MAR) 8.9; 6. Brooke McGrath (MAR) 8.625; 8. Sophie Nikolay (MAR) 8.5; 9. Nikolai (MAR) 8.425.
Floor exercise: 1. Mackenzie Pendleton (MUK) 9.1; 2. Holland (MAR) 8.95; 3. Haugen (MAR) 8.825; 5. McGrath (MAR) 8.6; 10. Ally Bakke (MAR) 8.2.