(photo by Jim Lindquist)
Nadia Lorencz picked up her third second place state meet medal in nine months by finishing runner-up in the vaulting competition at the Class AA state gymnastics meet held Saturday night at the University of Minnesota Sports Pavilion.
Last spring the talented junior placed second in both the 100-meter hurdles and the long jump at the Class AA state track and field meet.
Lorencz ranked 10th in vaulting at the 2011 state gymnastics meet.
All in all, Lorencz qualified for this year's state finals in three individual events and the all-around competition. In addition to her all-state performance in vault (9.7875), she ranked 11th in floor exercise (9.525); 19th in all-around (36.4125) and 28th on the balance beam (8.275).
"Nadia's first vault was almost perfect," Tiger coach Lynn Bauman said. "On the beam she was great but she had one fall and one break in her routine that took away from her score.
"The last event was floor and she was the first one (to perform), something she wasn't used to. But she made everything and performed like an all-star...Overall, she had a fun and exciting day. She was happy with her performance and so were her coaches."
Lorencz's runner-up finish in the vault matched the second-best by a Tiger at state in school history, equaling coach Bauman's second place effort in the same event in 1990. Buaman (Gramentz) owns the only Farmington gymnastics state title, winning floor exercise in 1991.
