Sports
Tiger gymnasts strong in home meet
MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Union High School gymnastics team finished third behind visiting St. Johnsbury
and Burlington on Friday in a three-team meet, and Coach Natalia Little continues to be pleased with the progress shown by her young team.
“The team is continuing to grow in strength, confidence and skill,” Little wrote in an email in which she noted the team again posted its highest score of the season.
“Each meet they are continuing to get better,” Little said.
St. Johnsbury won the meet by amassing 121.7 points, followed by Burlington (83.12), and the Tigers with 76.4.
Sophomore Alixis Williams once again fared the best individually, with a fourth in the vault her top result. Williams also finished in the top six on the bars, beam, floor exercises and in the all-around competition.
Little said other gymnasts outside of the top six in events also showed improvement. Nataly Johnson reached personal bests on the vault (7.0) and beam (7.2), Emily Johnson posted a personal best on the vault with a 6.3, and Lila Hescock earned a personal best on the beam with a 6.0.
The individual event scores were:
Vault:
- Lydia Ruggles (St. J) 8.6.
- Amina Savoury (Burlington) 7.9.
- Eliska Siebenbrynner (Independent, Danville) 7.8.
- Alixis Williams (MUHS) 7.5.
Bars:
- Ruggles (St. J) 8.7.
- Siebenbrynner (Danville) 6.9.
- Kasey Haggerty (BHS) & Ailee Stratton (St. J) 6.6.
- Zoe Glentz Brush (St. J) 6.4.
- Williams (Middlebury) 4.7.
Beam:
- Ruggles (St. J) 9.65.
- Ailee Stratton (St. J) 9.35.
- Siebenbrynner (Danville) 9.3.
Floor:
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Ruggles (St. J) 8.8.
- Stratton (St. J 8.0.
- Haggerty (BHS) 7.50.
- Glentz Brush (St. J) 7.30.
- Siebenbrynner (Ind. Danville) 7.05.
- Alixis Williams (Middlebury) 7.0.
All-around:
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