Columbia River wins 3A regional gymnastics team title

Columbia River won the team championship at the West Central regional gymnastics championship Saturday at Mount Rainier High School in Des Moines.

River edged Enumclaw 163.325-161.750 for the team title.

River’s Sarah Ellis placed fourth in the all-around at 35.675. She was fourth on beam (9.050), fifth on floor (9.375), sixth on bars (8.850) and eighth on vault (8.4).

Ridgefield’s Kylee Tjensvold was fifth in all-around (35.325), third on floor (9.500) and fifth on beam (9.00) and bars (8.875).

Megan Beatty of of Hudson’s Bay was eighth in all-around (34.425) and ninth on bars (8.100), bars (8.775) and floor (9.250).

River’s Kenzie Moxley was 10th in all-around (33.875), fifth on beam (9.00) and eighth on floor (9.325). Nicole Gorretta also qualified for state by placing eighth on beam (8.95) and tying for fifth on floor (9.375).

Other locals qualifying for state were Ashley Helmold of La Center (vault, beam), Amber Evans of Fort Vancouver (vault, floor), Ali Day of Prairie (vault), Delany Mikelson of Prairie (beam) and Melody Deleon of Hudson’s Bay (floor).

In the 4A regional meet at Skyline High School in Sammamish — which was delayed when a smoky popcorn machine triggered a firm alarm — Camas placed fourth in the team standings at 163.55. Union was sixth (140.675) and Heritage was seventh (125.65).

Jacqueline Purwins of Camas placed tied for eighth in the vault (9.1), tied for seventh on the bars (8.6) and qualified for state in the all-around.
Mountain View’s Alara Jones placed tied for sixth in the floor exercise (9.45).

Camas’ Caleigh Lofstead qualified for state in the vault, bars and beam, Madison Martin on the beam and Emily Karkanen on the bars, beam and floor.

Heritage’s Julia Penttila and Kimyia Jamison also earned berths to the state meet.

Union state qualifiers included Madi Schalk on bars, Kam Schalk on floor and Kylie Weaver on beam, vault and floor.

4A regional meet

At Skyline H.S.

Team scores (top 2 to state) — 1, Woodinville 185.325; 2, Newport 171.175; 3, Bothell 169.4; Camas 163.55; 5, Mount Si 148.4; 6, Union 140.675; 7, Heritage 125.65; 8, Issaquah 122.4.

All-around — 1, Marisa Savage, Woodinville, 38.5; 2, Alli McManus, Woodinville, 38.075; 3, Paige Hirata, Woodinville, 37.75; 4, Maddie LoMauro, Newport, 37.125; 5, Jade Sitzmann, Bothell, 36.725; 6, Anna Olsen, Skyline, 36.125; 7, Kylie Mosset, Woodinville, 35.55; 8, Claire Gorman, Newport, 35.4.

Vault — 1, Marisa Savage, Woodinville, 9.7; 2 (tie), Alli McManus, Woodinville, and Maddie LoMauro, Newport, 9.5; 4 (tie), Julia Bautel, Issaquah, and Jade Sitzmann, Bothell, 9.25; 6 (tie), Paige Hirata, Woodinville, and Claire Gorman, Newport, 9.2; 8 (tie), Abby Weaver, Mount Si, and Jaqueline Purwins, Camas, 9.1. Also: Kylie Weaver, Union, 8.45.

Bars — 1, Paige Hirata, Woodinville, 9.725; 2, Marisa Savage, Woodinville, ,9.65; 3, Alli McManus, Woodinville, 9.425; 4, Anna Olsen, Skyline, 9.2; 5, Jade Sitzmann, Bothell, 9.125; 6, Maddie LoMauro, Newport, 8.7; 7 (tie), Ellie Mann, Woodinville, and Jaqueline Purwins, Camas, 8.6. Also: Kylie Weaver, Union, 7.9; Madi Schalk, Union, 7.6.

Beam — 1, Kylie Mosset, Woodinville, 9.625; 2, Marisa Savage, Woodinville, 9.6; 3, Claire Gorman, Newport, 9.55; 4, Alli McManus, Woodinville, 9.45; 5, Maddie LoMauro, Newport, 9.35; 6, Paige Hirata, Woodinville, 9.225; 7, Anna Olsen, Skyline, 9.2; 8 (tie), Jade Sitzmann, Bothell, and Abby Weber, Mount Si, 9.0. Also: Kylie Weaver, Union, 8.8.

Floor — 1, Alli McManus, Woodinville, 9.7; 2, Paige Hirata, Woodinville, 9.6; 3, Maddie LoMauro, Newport, 9.575; 4, Marisa Savage, Woodinville, 9.55; 5, Julia Bautel, Issaquah, 9.45; 6 (tie), ,Julia Bautel, Issaquah, and Alara Jones, Mountain View, 9.45; 8, Jade Sitzmann, Bothell, 9.35. Also: Kam Schalk, Union, 8.975.

3A regional meet

At Mt. Rainier High School

Top scores (top 3 to state) — 1, Columbia River 163.325; 2, Enumclaw 161.750; 3, Port Angeles 156.450; Also: 8, Hudson’s Bay 133.600.

Local state placers and qualifiers

Vault — 8, Sarah Ellis (Columbia River) 8.40; Other state qualifiers: Megan Beatty (Hudson’s Bay) 8.3; Ashley Helmold (La Center) 8.0; Amber Evans (Fort Vancouver) 8.0; Ali Day (Prairie) 7.9.

Bars — 5, Kylee Tjensvold (Ridgefield) 8.875; 6, Sarah Ellis (Columbia River) 8.85; 9t, Megan Beatty (Hudson’s Bay) 8.1.

Beam — 4, Sarah Ellis (Columbia River) 9.05; 5, Kylee Tjensvold (Ridgefield) 9.00; 5, Kenzie Moxley (Columbia River) 9.0; 8, Nicole Gorretta (Columbia River) 8.95; 9, Megan Beatty (Hudson’s Bay) 8.775; Other state qualifiers: Delaney Mikelson (Prairie) 7.925; Ashley Helmold 7.8.

Floor — 3, Kylee Tjensvold (Ridgefield) 9.500; 5, Sarah Ellis (Columbia River) 9.3575; 5, Nicole Gorretta (Columbia River) 9.375; 8, Kenzie Moxley (Columbia River) 9.325; 9, Megan Beatty (Hudson’s Bay) 9.250. Other state qualifiers: Amber Evans (Fort Vancouver) 8.450; Melody Deleon (Hudson’s Bay) 8.350.

All-around (x-state qualifier) — 4, Sarah Ellis (Columbia River) 35.675; 5, Kylee Tjensvold (Ridgefield) 35.325-x; 8, Megan Beatty (Hudson’s Bay) 34.425; 10t, Kenzie Moxley (Columbia River) 33.925.