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9.2 on vault, an 8.65 on floor and an 8.5 on bars. Rylee Hartwig’s sixth-place total of 34.55 included a 9.3 on vault, an 8.9 on beam, an 8.2 on bars and an 8.15 on floor.

Brooke Buechel was the 11-year-old champion with 35.7 points, beating five other competitors. She won the floor (8.9) and bars (8.7), tied for second on beam (8.7) and tied for second on vault (9.4). Ruby Holtman was fifth in the 8-9 age group earning an 8.4 on beam and an 8.35 on bars.

Rainbow’s two Level 4 gymnasts both won their age groups. Mackinley Mueller won the 8-9 group with 34.3 points, topping a field of four entrants. She won the bars (8.25), tied for second on beam (8.55) and vault (9.1) and took third on the floor (8.4). Lindsey Kauffman had the top score among three girls ages 13-16 with 35.4 allaround points. She won the beam (9.0) and floor (8.9) and was second on vault (9.2) and bars (8.3).

Raylin Rothmeier earned 35.9 points to be the top gymnast out of six in Level 6’s 11-12 age group, including a win on the balance beam with a 9.15. She added a second-place 8.9 on floor, a third-place 8.65 on bars and a fourth-place 9.2 on vault. Finley Arndt won the beam (9.3) and bars (9.05) while finishing fourth among 13-17-year-olds. She tied for second on vault with a 9.3.

Kyla Krause was another of Rainbow’s champions. The only gymnast in Open Optional competition, the Medford Area Senior High sophomore scored 34.5 all-around points with a 9.0 on bars, an 8.6 on vault and 8.45s on beam and floor.

Medford had one other team entry. The Xcel Silver group took second behind Phoenix (110.05) with 107.05 points. For ages 11-13, Aliyah Galan (35.85) was second, Alyssa Doriot (34.9) was fourth and Olivia Johnson (34.0) was fifth. Galan won the bars at 9.1 and added scores of 9.3 on vault, 9.0 on floor and 8.45 on beam. Doriot was second on vault with a 9.4 and added scores of 8.7 on bars and 8.4 on beam and floor. Johnson won the vault at 9.5 and added an 8.6 on beam, an 8.2 on floor and a 7.7 on bars.

For ages 8-10, Lydia Schaefer (35.05), Chloe Cahoon (34.15) and Brynlee Pagel (33.2) were fourth, fifth and sixth. Cahoon won the vault with a 9.3 and added 8.3s on bars and beam and an 8.25 on floor. Schaefer had 9.1s on vault and beam, an 8.75 on floor and an 8.1 on bars. Pagel had an 8.9 on vault, an 8.85 on floor, an 8.0 on beam and a 7.45 on bars.

Shayla Radlinger was third out of five gymnasts in Level 8 with 33.0 all-around points, including a second-place 8.3 on bars, a third-place 8.0 on beam, a fourthplace 8.4 on vault and a fourth-place 8.3 on floor. Avery Losiewicz earned 33.95 points in Xcel Platinum competition to place third out of three gymnasts. She was second on floor with an 8.8 and added a 9.0 on vault, an 8.45 on bars and a 7.7 on beam. Sophie Koester was fifth among gymnasts ages 12-16 in Xcel Gold competition. Her 8.9 on vault, 8.5s on beam and bars and 8.0 on floor added up to an allaround score of 33.9.