New school record on uneven bars (36.325)
(photo by Jim Lindquist)
The Tigers lost the war but won a couple of major battles in a showdown between a couple of state-rated teams Tuesday night, Jan. 25, at the District Service Center.
New Prague (No. 4 Class 1A) edged Farmington (No. 9 Class 2A) 141.35-140.875 despite the Tigers setting new individual and team school records on the uneven bars.
"What a nail-biter," Tiger coach Lynn Baumann said. "We were leading by three points after vault and bars and then came the beam.
"We scored two points lower than we usually pull and New Prague pulled ahead by one point. Then they beat us by .4 of a point in floor...It's all starting to come together. If we could only have all the girls stay on the beam we will be golden."
Terra Klima and her teammates had an exceptional night on the bars. Klima broke her own school record with a winning 9.65 mark and teammates Kiana Lord, Nadia Lorencz and Kylie Wharton finished second, third and fifth respectively and rang up a new school record team total of 36.325.
"We were amazing on bars," Baumann said. "The energy in the gym tonight was exciting."
The Tigers placed first in three of the four events with Lorencz winning the vault (9.45) and floor exercise (9.175) to go with Klima' victory on bars. Wharton took second in floor and her all-around total of 34.1 ranked second.
Kathryn Beckett placed fourth in vault and fifth in floor. Jade Alm finished fourth and Klima fifth on the balance beam.
The girls have just two days to get ready for their next meet, a Missota Conference dual meet at No. 1 ranked Norhfield on Thursday.
