Marshfield gymnastics finishes third at Antigo Invite

Marshfield’s Hanna Merkel. (File photo)

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ANTIGO – Hanna Merkel won the balance beam and finished tied for third in the all-around to help Marshfield to a third-place finish at the Julie Langseth Gymnastics Meet on Saturday at Antigo High School.

Merkel won the balance beam with a score of 8.95, and also finished fourth in the uneven bars (8.2) to end up with an all-around score of 33.9 for the Tigers.

West Bend West won the team title with 134.85 points, with Medford second with 131.85 and Marshfield third with 130.3 in the 10-team field.

Phoebe Hernandez added a third-place finish in the vault (8.65) as well for Marshfield.

Marshfield hosts an invitational on Friday at 4:30 p.m. Antigo, Grantsburg, Milton, Mosinee, Rhinelander, Rice Lake and Waupun will provide the competition.

Julie Langesth Gymnastics Meet
Jan. 29, at Antigo High School
Team scores:
1. West Bend West 134.85; 2. Medford 131.85; 3. Marshfield 130.3; 4. Ashland 129.5; 5. Antigo 128.05; 6. Escanaba (Mich.) 120.025; 7. Mosinee 115.425; 8. Valders 113.55; 9. Rhinelander 102.75; 10. Negaunee (Mich.) 81.1.
All-around: 1. Mel Princl (WB) 34.85; 2. Makayla Cibulka (WB) 34.65; 3. Hanna Merkel (MAR) and Makala Ulrich (MED) 33.9; 5. Caite McPherson (ASH) 33.6; 15. Serenah Tippett (MAR) 30.85.
Vault: 1. Princl (WB) 8.8; 2. Kyla Krause (MED) 8.7; 3. Phoebe Hernandez (MAR) 8.65; 4. Lizzy Silva (ES) 8.6; 5. Avery Ahles (MOS) 8.55; 9. Merkel (MAR) 8.4; 14. Kyra Huff (MAR) and Abby Pietsch (MAR) 8.3; 31. Tippett (MAR) 7.9.
Uneven bars: 1. Cibulka (WB) 8.75; 2. Ulrich (MED) and Krause (MED) 8.5; 4. Merkel (MAR) 8.2; 5. Princl (WB) 8.05; 6. Solenne Lonsdale (MAR) 8.0; 13. Vivian Nikolai (MAR) 7.8; 15. Tippett (MAR) and Pietsch (MAR) 7.75.
Balance beam: 1. Merkel (MAR) 8.95; 2. Princl (WB) 8.9; 3. Ulrich (MED) and Ahles (MOS) 8.8; 5. Kate Malchow (MED) 8.65.; 15. Jade Scholl (MAR) 8.1; 22. Hernandez (MAR) and Tippett (MAR) 7.6; 26. Huff (MAR) 7.25.
Floor exercise: 1. Princl (WB) 9.1; 2. McPherson (ASH) 9.05; 3. Cibulka (WB) 8.9; 4. Jaycee Erickson (ASH) 8.65; 5. Kaley Zanda (ANT) 8.5; 7. Merkel (MAR) and Pietsch (MAR) 8.35; 13. Ashley Jaeger (MAR) 8.1; 17. Herandez (MAR) 7.85; 25. Tippett (MAR) 7.6.