GMC gymnastics returns with second-place finish

A new season for the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau/Melrose-Mindoro/Cochrane-Fountain City gymnastics co-op got underway on a strong note, as the team notched a second-place finish at their first meet of the winter.

GMC accrued 133.075 points to finish behind only the West Salem co-op (140.45 points) at the West Salem Throw Back Invite held last Saturday. The remainder of the standings had the Southwestern co-op (130.4) in third, the WVCD co-op (122.525) in fourth, the La Crosse Logan co-op (121.375) in fifth, Sauk Prairie (111.675) in sixth, Tomah (110.5) in seventh and the River Valley co-op (75.55) in eighth.

Jayden Thill (34.05) and Reesa Beilke (33.775) had the best all-around scores of any GMC gymnasts, finishing in sixth and seventh, respectively.

Thill was third in the floor exercise (9.35), fourth in the vault (8.55), fifth on the beam (8.6) and 14th in the uneven bars (7.55). Beilke was seventh in the vault (8.4), seventh in the bars (8.1), ninth on the beam (8.3) and 11th in the floor exercise (8.975).

Additionally for GMC, Kinley Giemza posted an all-around score of 33.05 to take ninth in the individual standings. That included her finishing eighth in the vault (8.4), eighth in the floor exercise (9.05), 10th in the bars (7.9) and 14th on the beam. 

West Salem’s Camden Lyga was the all-around individual winner with a score of 35.0.

The GMC co-op will take part in another weekend tournament this Saturday in Tomah, where competition gets underway at 10 a.m.