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The Warrior gymnastics team’s most recent meet was highlighted by two individual event title wins by Brooke Baures and Danielle Thenell on the balance beam and uneven bars, respectively.
Winona State University took on the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Eagles in La Crosse, Wis. on Friday night, where they took second as a team. La Crosse won the duel meet with a team score of 183.975 to the Warriors’ 180.175.
The Warriors began their competition on the uneven bars, where Thenell claimed the top spot of the meet with a 9.100. This was Thenell’s third meet of the season where she placed within the top three places.
Melanee Pfautz and Jade Donaldson tied for third place overall both with 8.925. Baures rounded out the bar lineup with an 8.800, which tied her for sixth place overall. The uneven bar event total for the team was 44.525.
In the second rotation, each of Winona State’s gymnasts scored a 9.000 or above to contribute to their 46.200 event total. Donaldson led the team with her laid out yurchenko vault to score a 9.425, which was good for fourth place in the event.
Veronica Peterson placed sixth with a 9.350 and Cassandra Mello was seventh with a 9.175. Brooke Hiestand and Joanna Reale tied for eighth place, each scoring a 9.125. Rebecca Schneider was 11th with a 9.000.
The Warriors moved on to their third rotation, the floor exercise, where Hiestand was the top finisher. She scored a 9.300 for fifth place. Peterson and Pfautz were right behind her with a 9.275 and 9.125. The team scored a 44.825 in this event.
On the final event of the night, Baures captured her fourth straight beam title in the last four meets. She led the team with a 9.475 to claim the event title.
In every meet this season thus far, Baures has posted a score of 9.475 or higher to win the event. Hiestand placed fifth with her 9.200 and Donaldson was seventh with a 9.050. There was no all-around competition during the meet, as neither team had a gymnast compete on all four of the apparatuses.
The Warriors will be back at UW-La Crosse on Jan. 31, to compete for event and team titles at the Gershon Invitational before returning to Winona to host the Wisonsin-Oshkosh meet Feb. 6.
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