Whippets in conference meet tonight
The Whippets varsity gymnastics team took on 11 other teams at the Lisa Steger Memorial Invitational at Platteville High School last weekend.
“The team started off strong on the vault,” coach Kelsea Fischer said.
Autumn Lesar led the team in scoring with an 8.1 mark on the vault. Katherine Staniszewski had a score of 7.8.
On the uneven bars, junior Nicole Tomomitsu had the highest score for the Whippets at 7.8. Right behind her was freshman Mariana Cano with a score of 7.55.
Junior Sierra Brunner led the team on the beam with a season high of 8.15, followed by Tomomitsu with a score of 8.0, a season high.
Tomomitsu also had a season high on the floor exercise to lead the Whippets with a score of 8.575. Lesar was right behind her with a score of 8.15.
The team placed fifth out of 11 teams with a score of 123.925, earning its highest team score of the season.
The Whippets will be back in action tonight at the conference meet at Waterford High School.
