GMC finishes second at Coulee meet

The G-E-T/Mel-Min/C-FC gymnastics team wasn’t able to capture a conference championship, settling for second at the Coulee meet last Friday in Westby.

GMC accrued a team score of 135.325, finishing behind the West Salem co-op and their winning score of 139.45 that allowed the latter to capture the conference crown. Westby/Viroqua/Cashton/De Soto (WVCD) came in third at 126.525, though Peyton Sprosty won the individual all-around title for WVCD with her total score of 35.725.

After Sprosty, a pair of West Salem co-op athletes were next in the standings: Camdyn Lyga (35.25) in second and Brielle Moore (34.9) in third. They were followed by a trio of GMC gymnasts: Kinley Giemza (34.2) in fourth and the duo of Jayden Thill and Reesa Beilke in a tie for fifth at 34.025.

On the balance beam, Giemza placed second with a score of 8.7 and Beilke took fifth at 8.5. Thill’s best event was the floor exercise, where she tallied a mark of 9.075. Beilke led the way for GMC on the vault with her score of 8.9 to finish in fourth, followed by Thill (8.875) in fifth.

On the uneven bars for GMC, Giemza was in a tie for fourth at 8.2, Beilke followed in fifth at 8.15 and Thill came in sixth at 8.125.

Next up in the final postseason push of the gymnastics season, GMC and WVCD will compete at a Division Two sectional meet at Reedsburg High School on Friday starting at 5 p.m.