The Golden Eagles closed out the home portion of the season by setting a new school scoring record for the fourth time this season and crowning an individual champion in the vault.
The Aberdeen Central gymnastics team finished second at its own home quadrangular meet on Thursday in the auxiliary gym and gymnastics center at the high school. Watertown won the team title with 144.75 points and Aberdeen was second with 136.80. The all-around winner was Krisia Bramer of Watertown with a 37.85. The Arrows had four of the top six performers in the all-around. Huron and Pierre rounded out the competition.
Aberdeen's previous school record high was 136.75 and this score raised the record even higher.
The order of competition worked in favor of the Golden Eagles, with uneven bars followed by balance beam, floor exercise and vault.
"That order has seemed to work well for us in the past," said Aberdeen coach Jennifer Deutsch. "In bars, you either have it or you don't. We're getting stronger on bars, so that was nice to start with."
Tessa Kimbler was Aberdeen's top competitor with an 8.80 score for fourth place on the bars.
On the beam, Taylor Schweitzer turned in a no-fall routine and scored an 8.45 for sixth place.
"It's always nice to get the beam out of the way and not have it last. I was hoping we would stick more beam routines than we did. They fought hard and that's all that you can ask of them. Taylor nailed it for us. She may not be throwing the big tumbling skills, but she has no wobbles. She nails everything. She's been consistent on beam. Alexis (Clark) had one fall and didn't have as many wobbles. We just wanted Larissa (Swanson) to have a great meet," said Deutsch.
Swanson, who is the team's lone senior this season, came through with an 8.90 score on the floor for fourth place.
"Floor and vault are the ones that are fun to wrap up on. On floor, the scores weren't where we wanted them to be. The judge really got us on execution. We need to focus on cleaning up the routines. Larissa had an awesome routine on floor," said Deutsch.
The Golden Eagles soared in the vault winning the top two places. Schweitzer flew long on her first vault but nailed a 9.30 on her second vault for the win. Clark scored 9.20 for second place.
"Taylor sometimes has a fumble on the first one, but immediately knows what to do to correct it," said Deutsch. "She clearly did that by hitting her next vault."
Clark finished third in the all-around with a mark of 34.55 and Swanson was ninth.
The Aberdeen gymnasts do not return to the mats until Feb. 2 in the Eastern South Dakota Conference Championships at Huron. The scores from the ESD meet will be used to qualify teams and individuals for the State AA Meet on Feb. 15-16 in Rapid City.
"It was a good meet. We still have issues in each event," said Deutsch. "We'll be working next week on the skills and the mental aspect of the sport. The ESD is an important meet."
Warner gymnast Erin Punt, who works out with the Aberdeen team, placed among the top eight in three events. Punt finished fourth on the beam, fifth on the vault and eighth on the floor. She has already qualified for the State A Meet on Feb. 15-16 in Rapid City.
VARSITY|
Team Points: Watertown 144.75, Aberdeen Central 136.80, Huron, 132.85, Pierre 129.95, Warner Inc.
Vault: 1, Taylor Schweitzer, Aberdeen, 9.30; 2, Alexis Clark, Aberdeen, 9.20; 3, Shelby Spelbring, Pierre, 9.05; 4, Krisia Bramer, Watertown, 9.00; 5, Erin Punt, Warner, 8.95; 6, Whitney Scott, Watertown, 8.90; 7 (tie), Hailey McCune, Huron, 8.80; 7 (tie), Jenny Janish, Aberdeen, 8.80; 9, Hannah Langbehn, Aberdeen, 8.70; 10 (tie), Lynne Hanten, Watertown, 8.60; 10 (tie), Alexa Morris, Watertown, 8.60.
Floor Exercise: 1, Bramer, 9.65; 2, Hanten, 9.60; 3, Morris, 9.25; 4, Larissa Swanson, Aberdeen, 8.90; 5, Spelbring, 8.85; 6, Kelsey King, Huron, 8.75; 7, Amber Kallas, Aberdeen, 8.70; 8, Punt, 8.65; 9, Jordan Fox, Watertown, 8.60; 10, Clark, 8.55.
Uneven Bars: 1, Bramer, 9.50; 2, Hanten, 9.40; 3, Morris, 8.90; 4, Tessa Kimbler, Aberdeen, 8.80; 5, Abbey Cerny, Watertown, 8.75; 6 (tie), Clark, 8.60; 6 (tie) Fox, 8.60; 8 (tie), Tessa Musil, Huron, 8.55; 8 (tie), Aimee Padgett, Aberdeen, 8.55; 10, Melissa Bobby, Pierre, 8.40.
Balance Beam: 1, Hanten, 9.75; 2, Bramer, 9.70; 3, Jordan Waldner, Huron, 9.35; 4, Punt, 8.65; 5, Cerny, 8.50; 6, Schweitzer, 8.45; 7, Hailey McCune, Huron, 8.35; 8, Spelbring, 8.25; 9, Clark, 8.20; 10, Scott, 8.05.
All Around: 1, Bramer, 37.85; 2, Hanten, 37.35; 3, Clark, 34.55; 4, Spelbring, 34.45; 5, Morris, 34.35; 6, Cerny, 34.00; 7, Punt, 33.95; 8, McCune, 33.60; 9, Swanson, 33.25; 10, King, 33.10.
|Other Aberdeen Results|
Vault: 13, Larissa Swanson, 8.40; 15 (tie), Mattison Flakus, 8.40; 19 (tie), Ashley Dean, 8.30.
Floor Exercise: 16, Jenny Janish, 8.20; 17, Tessa Kimbler, 8.15; 18, Taylor Schweitzer, 8.10; 21 (tie), Hannah Langbehn, 8.00.
Uneven Bars: 13 (tie), Swanson, 8.30; 17, Dean, 7.75; 21, Flakus, 7.35; 23, Janish, 7.10.
Balance Beam: 12, Janish, 7.90; 16, Swanson, 7.54; 18 (tie), Amber Kallas, 7.60; 21, Flakus, 7.45; 22, Aimee Padgett, 7.40.
All Around: 13, Janish, 32.00.
|Other Warner Results|
Uneven Bars: 18 (tie), Punt, 7.70.
|JUNIOR VARSITY|
Team Points: Aberdeen Central 122.25, Huron 104.20, Watertown 97.05.
|Aberdeen Results|
Balance Beam: 1, Hannah Langbehn, 7.75; 2, Natalie Barclay, 7.55; 3, Elise Cardella, 7.50; 4, Tessa Kimbler, 7.40; 9, Ashley Dean, 6.35; 10, Katie Vasser, 6.30; 18, Sarah Parkin, 5.00.
Floor Exercise: 1, Dean, 8.05; 2, Mattison Flakus, 7.85; 4, Terrina Barnes, 7.65; 6, Cardella, 7.45; 7, Aimee Padgett, 7.40; 12, Vasser, 6.45; 17 (tie), Chasity Zomers, 5.80.
Uneven Bars: 1, Whitney Scott, 7.90; 2 (tie), Langbehn, 7.30; 2 (tie), Taylor Schweitzer, 7.30; 5 (tie), Amber Kallas, 7.25; 6, Vasser, 6.55; 10, Zomers, 5.90; 23, Megan Salo, 2.75.
Vault: 1, Cardella, 8.80; 5, Padgett, 8.05; 7 (tie), Kallas, 7.90; 7 (tie), Jenna Grismer, 7.90; 9, Vasser, 7.80; 16 (tie), Kimbler, 7.60; 22 (tie), Salo, 7.40.
All Around: 1, Cardella, 30.25; 4, Vasser, 27.10.