LA CROSSE, Wis. – The Gustavus gymnastics team competed at the Gershon Invitational hosted by UW-La Crosse Friday night and took second of three teams. The Gusties scored 176.600, while La Crosse won the event with a 185.800.
Gustavus scored 44.275 on vault and 42.575 on bars, while notching 44.250 on beam and 45.500 on floor.
Annie Corbett (Fy., Brookfield, Wis.) led the Gusties, winning the all-around wwith a score of 36.200. Corbett won the beam with a score of 9.500, while her score of 9.425 on the floor gave her second place. Sophia Redding (So., St. Paul) placed highest on bars for the Gusties with a 9.100, while Corbett took the top vault spot for the Black and Gold with a 9.175.
“Tonight was a tough meet for us,” said Head Coach Aryn DeGrood. “We started stroong on beam and from there we are taking the meet as a growing experience. There were a lot of positives that happened and improvements made and that’s what we’re focusing on and moving forward with. Control the controllables has been a point of emphasis for our year and that is what we’re going to do.”
The Gusties are next in action next Friday when they travel to Milwaukee for the Harley Invite.