Senior night is big night for Wildcat gymnasts

Published 5:38 pm Tuesday, February 3, 2015

The Mount Si High School Wildcats gymnastic team wore tie-dyed T-shirts that read “We love our seniors” on the back, and cheered loudly for their teammates Thursday, Jan. 29, in the team’s last home meet of the season, and their senior night celebration.

Capping the night off, the Wildcats scored wins in the team overall, as well as in each event. Mount Si won the meet with 168.7 as a team score, 43.25 in the vault, 35.35 in bars, 42.6 on the beam, and 47.5 on floor. Issaquah scored 156.7 overall, 40.5 on vault, 32.7 in bars, 40.2 on beam and 43.2 on floor.

Senior Jenn Rogers placed first in the all-around scoring, with 36.55, followed by fellow Wildcats Abby Weber in second with 34.55 and Hailey Johnson at third with 33.3.

Rogers nearly swept the meet, placing first in vault, bars and floor. Weber claimed first on beam.

The Wildcats’ first event was vault, and Rogers, Weber, and Johnson took the top three spots. Rogers got 9.55, Weber, 9.1 and Johnson 8.6. Issaquah’s Elise Bugge placed fourth with 8.3, followed by teammates Halle Wolgamott, 8.2 and Stephanie Pau, 8.1. Scoring 8.0, Mount Si’s Lauren McCallum and Daisy Hartman tied for seventh with Issaquah’s Sarah Steer.

Wildcat Samantha Holmes, resting an injured hand, tied for 10th with Lauren Soloway of Issaquah, with scores of 7.95 on the vault. Mount Si’s Maggie Kenow scored a 7.9 in the vault, and Poppie Ward, 6.8.

At the uneven parallel bars, Rogers scored 8.35, the only score of 8 for the event. Second place went to Pau of Issaquah with 7.1, and third to Mount Si’s Weber, 7.05. Johnson scored 6.95 in the event, Kenow scored 6.85, and McCallum, 6.15. Daisy Hartman, also of Mount Si, scored a 5.9.

On the beam, Weber took first with a score of 8.9. Rogers was second with 8.8, and Holmes, third with 8.7. Johnson placed fourth with a score of 8.6.

Kenow earned a 7.6 to tie with Issaquah’s Bugge for seventh. McCallum scored 7.4 and Hartman, 7.3 in the event.

Giving it their all in the floor exercise­—Hartman completed her routine then lay down on the sidelines, panting—Mount Si girls claimed the top seven places. Rogers was first with a score of 9.85, followed by Holmes with 9.7, Weber, 9.5, Kenow, 9.3, Johnson, 9.15, McCallum, 9.1 and Hartman, 9.05.

Also in the all-around, Wildcat Kenow scored a 31.65, McCallum, 30.65, Hartman, 30.25, Holmes, 26.35, and Ward, 6.8.

Jenn Rogers swings on the uneven parallel bars. She placed first in this event and in the all-around, helping Mount Si to a win over Issaquah.

Abby Weber begins her  routine on the balance beam.