ADRIAN, MI (WTVB) – The Coldwater High School gymnastics team traveled to Adrian on Thursday evening for the South Central Gymnastics League championship meet.
The cooperative team of Jackson Area Gymnastics were untouchable, claiming the first place finish with a team season high score of 143.9 points.
Saline High School finished in second with 133.8 points and the cooperative team of Tecumseh, Monroe, and Columbia Central finished third.
The Western High School Panthers were in fourth place overall, followed by Adrian with 126.65.
Coldwater struggled to field a full team due to injuries and illness, finishing in sixth place with 117.925 points.
Coach Kim Nichols said, “We had to make a lot of substitutions and adjustments even within the competition itself as we had several members of our team out due to injury and illness. I was very proud of the efforts of the girls, who competed because we had some great performances out there.”
Two individuals earned All-Conference honors at the end of the competition. Randi Dudek and Charlotte Calhoun both collected the SCGL accolades on multiple events.
Calhoun was named the conference champion in two of the events, the vault and the uneven bars. She also earned All-Conference honors in the beam and the floor. The junior capped off her stellar conference season with the silver medal in the All-Around.
Dudek was honored for her performances in her two signature events: the vault and the bars. It is the senior’s fourth straight All-Conference award on the uneven bars.
Freshman Macy Poradizisz was given a judge’s award for her floor routine and eleven Cardinals were honored with Academic All-Conference awards.
Gymnasts who have a 3.5 or higher in the classroom are given the Academic award. Coldwater had an impressive showing with 80 percent of the team earning the honors for the efforts in school: Kamryn Adkins, Klara-Sofie Bollmann, Charlotte Calhoun, Sofia Gruner, Carly Krzyzanski, Halie McFarland, Macy Poradzisz, Aroa Ramos-Galvez, Kiraly Schoenauer, Halle Towers, and Taylor West.
Coldwater will be hosting Angola on Tuesday for the annual “Battle of the Border”. Thursday they will host the Tecumseh Indians for their senior night and final dual meet of the season. Both competitions begin at 6 PM in the auxiliary gymnasium.
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