GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WTVB) – Four members of the Coldwater Lady Cardinal Gymnastics team punched their ticket to the State Finals on Saturday at the Region 1 MHSAA Gymnastics Regionals at Kenowa Hills High School. Coldwater finished with a season high team score of 134.65 points for 5th place overall.
Charlotte Calhoun was named the Division 2 Regional Champion on the Uneven Bars with her personal best performance, scoring 8.85 points. She finished on the podium for her beam routine, earning fifth place with 8.825. Calhoun capped off the day by claiming the third place medal for the All-Around with a personal best tally of 35.2 points, securing her right to compete in all events for the State Finals.
McKenna Hantz will also compete in all four events at the Finals. The senior put together four solid performances in her first all-around competition after being sidelined due to injury. She showed the judges that she has what it takes by claiming medals in the vault, bars, beam, and all-around. For Division 1 Hantz finished in fifth on both the vault and the beam, and eighth on the uneven bars. A season best all-around performance of 33.175 points placed the Cardinal in sixth overall and a chance to compete in the Finals.
Randi Dudek will join her teammates at State Finals, competing on two events. The junior earned her medals on the uneven bars and the floor exercise. A season best mark of 8.9 on the floor placed Dudek in fifth for Division 1 on the floor. She tied for sixth with her teammate on the bars for her right to compete at States.
Senior Layla Schoch will join her Cardinal teammates on the uneven bars at State Finals. Schoch has battled injury all season, but came through at just the right time. She was able to put together a solid performance on her signature event, the uneven bars, and tied with Dudek to finish in sixth for Division 1 (8.0). It was an exclamation point to a storied career for Schoch who has advanced to MHSAA State Finals each of her four years on the Cardinal Varsity Gymnastics team.
Comments