Gymnastics, Girls' (Updated 2/26/2013) - the Minnesota State High ...

Melrose Area, Roseville Area add team titles; 

Brinkman, Stedman earn all-around titles 

By Amy Doherty 

Roseville Area and Melrose Area both 

added to their collection of gymnastics 

trophies by winning the gymnastics team titles 

at the 2012 state meet. Roseville Area’s Class 

AA title was its fifth in seven years, and Melrose 

Area’s Class A title was its first in more than a 

decade. 

The margin of victory, however, differed 

between the two competitions. The Class AA 

meet had a slim margin of 0.175 points separating 

the first two teams, while Melrose won the 

Class A meet by more than 2.0. 

New all-around champions emerged in both 

competitions. Senior Julia Stedman of North, 

North St. Paul, claimed the Class AA all-around 

championship with a score of 38.40. Senior 

Hailey Brinkman of Melrose Area earned the 

Class A all-around title with her score of 38.150. 

Brinkman also won three individual event titles. 

Class A 

Melrose Area won its first gymnastics title 

since winning two consecutive titles in 

1994 and 1995. Its team score of 

147.50 was comfortably ahead of the 

runners-up from New Prague, which 

finished with a 145.425 total. Third 

place went to Big Lake with 145.30. 

The Melrose Area Dutchmen 

remained consistent through the meet, 

scoring within a 0.20-point margin for 

each event. They posted the top team 

score in two events, the uneven bars 

and the balance beam. 

Brinkman led the Dutchmen 

throughout the meet. Their vault score 

of 36.875 was led by Brinkman’s 9.575. 

They repeated their 36.875 on bars, led 

by Brinkman’s 9.650. Scoring just onetenth 

of a point less on the balance 

beam, their 36.775 score was helped by 

Brinkman’s 9.40. They posted their 

best score in floor exercise, a 36.975, 

with Brinkman scoring a 9.65. The 

Dutchmen improved on a third-place 

finish in 2011. It was their fifth consecutive 

and 19th overall state meet 

appearance. 

New Prague outscored the Melrose 

Area in two events, but the margin in 

the other two events was too much to 

overcome to take the title. The Trojans 

posted the top score on vault with a 

37.425. Junior Jessica Niedermayer 

paced the Trojans on three events, 

scoring a 9.50 in floor exercise, a 9.35 

on the balance beam, and a 9.125 on 

the uneven parallel bars. Sophomore 

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Sarah Hoffman’s 9.525 led the way on vault. 

Big Lake was led by sophomore Laura Jore, 

who scored the team’s top score on each event: 

a 9.575 on floor, a 9.150 on bars, and a 9.550 on 

vault. Jore and ninth-grader Bethany Didier 

both scored 9.275 on beam for the Hornets. 

Eight-time defending champion Perham, 

with its youth-filled roster, finished in fourth 

place with a 143.775 score. The Yellowjackets’ 

roster had one senior, Satera Montella, one 

ninth-grader, Alexis Peichel, and the rest of the 

roster was seventh- and eighth-graders. 

Montella posted the top scores in three events. 

In the following day’s individual competition, 

Melrose Area’s Brinkman once again was 

the gymnast to beat. Brinkman outscored the 

competition in three out of four events to capture 

the all-around title with a score of 38.150. 

She also won individual titles on the bars, the 

Melrose Area’s Hailey Brinkman, performing in the floor exercise, 

helped her team win its third title with 147.500 points. In the individual 

competition, Brinkman won the Class A all-around crown, as well as 

three other event titles. 

balance beam and in floor exercise. Brinkman 

improved upon a 2011 third-place all-around 

finish. Detroit Lakes senior Jessica Stelter was 

just 15-hundredths of a point behind Brinkman 

for second place (38.00), and third place went to 

Austin sophomore Sela Fadness. 

Brinkman’s first event was floor exercise. She 

posted a 9.650, which would not be beaten. Her 

vault score of 9.175 was not among the top vault 

scores, but high enough that she could still contend 

for the all-around title with close-toperfect 

bars and beam routines. On bars, she 

posted a 9.70, high enough to keep her in the 

hunt for the all-around title and enough for first 

place. She edged her sophomore sister, Jailyn, by 

0.025. Brinkman’s final event was balance beam, 

an event in which she placed third in 2011. She 

was the last gymnast of the meet to perform on 

that appartus, and also had the added pressure of 

being the only remaining gymnast on any event 

at the time. She finished with a 9.625, which 

won her the balance beam title and secured the 

all-around championship. 

The final individual event title, vault, was 

claimed by Stelter. In vault, gymnasts take two 

vaults and the higher score of the two 

is recorded as their final score. Stelter’s 

first vault scored a 9.175. She had to 

better it significantly in order to score 

high enough to medal in the event. 

Her second vault was spot on, and her 

9.7 was enough for the championship. 

Class AA 

After a two-year hiatus from the top 

of the podium, the Raiders of Roseville 

Area reclaimed the Class AA title from 

the Raiders of Northfield. The meet 

was not decided until Roseville’s final 

competitor of the evening, Katie 

Quigley, dismounted from her balance 

beam routine. Her beam score secured 

Roseville Area’s win over Northfield by 

a slim margin, 149.325 to 149.150. 

Roseville Area won four consecutive 

titles from 2006 to 2009, before 

Northfield won back-to-back titles in 

2010 and 2011. The 2011 meet was 

nearly as close, with Northfield edging 

out Roseville by 0.30 points for the 

title. St. Cloud Tech finished in third 

place with a score of 147.475. 

Roseville Area posted the top team 

scores in uneven bars and balance 

beam. The Raiders were led to their 

37.875 team score on bars by ninthgrader 

Kaylee Strecker’s 9.625. 

Sophomore Katie Quigley posted the 

team’s top score on beam, 9.60. 

Quigley also earned the team’s top 

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2012 

INDIVIDUAL 

MEDAL 

WINNERS 

CLASS A 

VAULTING Total 

Place Individual & School Points 

1 Jessica Stelter, Detroit Lakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.7250 

2 Mikayla Dockendorf, Sartell-St. Stephen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.5875 

3 Sela Fadness, Austin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.5750 

4 Nicole Lee, Breck School, Golden Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.5125 

5 Taylor Helle, Waconia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.4625 

6 Lydia Butkowski, Melrose Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.4500 

UNEVEN PARALLEL BARS Total 


1 Hailey Brinkman, Melrose Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.7000 

2 Jailyn Brinkman, Melrose Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6375 

3 Jessica Stelter, Detroit Lakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6625 

4 Sela Fadness, Austin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.4875 

5 Courtney Jensen, Big Lake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.3250 

6 Christine Simon, New Prague. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.2750 

2012 

INDIVIDUAL 

MEDAL 

WINNERS 

CLASS AA 

VAULTING Total 


1 Leah Robinette, East Ridge, Woodbury . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.8250 

2 Nadia Lorencz, Farmington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.7875 

3 Mackenzie Dent, *Eden Prairie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.7500 

4 Julia Stedman, North, North St. Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.7125 

5 Mikala Bugge, Tartan, Oakdale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6875 

6 Mariah Miller, *St. Cloud Tech. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6875 

UNEVEN PARALLEL BARS Total 


1 Mackenzie Dent, *Eden Prairie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.7375 

2 Sveta Mason, *Northfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6500 

3 Kellie Dougherty, White Bear Lake Area . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6375 

4 Leah Robinette, East Ridge, Woodbury . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6250 

5 Emily Guimont, Edina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6250 

6 Kasondra Tulloch, Park, Cottage Grove . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.5875 

ALL-AROUND Total 


1 Hailey Brinkman, Melrose Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.1500 

2 Jessica Stelter, Detroit Lakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.0000 

3 Sela Fadness, Austin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.6875 

4 Taylor Helle, Waconia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.5750 

5 Lydia Butkowski, Melrose Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.5250 

6 Jailyn Brinkman, Melrose Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.3750 

BALANCE BEAM Total 


1 Hailey Brinkman, Melrose Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6375 

2 Sarah Hoffman, New Prague . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.5000 


4 Rebecca Steen, *Martin County Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.4625 

5 Rachelle Leblanc, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.2875 

6 Abby Hinnenkamp, Melrose Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.2375 

FLOOR EXERCISE Total 


1 (tie) Hailey Brinkman, Melrose Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6250 

1 (tie) Sela Fadness, Austin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6250 


4 Abby Bickler, Austin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.3625 

5 Satera Montella, Perham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.4250 

6 Sarah Hoffman, New Prague . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.4000 

ALL-AROUND Total 


1 Julia Stedman, North, North St. Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.3375 

2 Mackenzie Dent, *Eden Prairie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.2750 

3 Bailey DuPay, *Northfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.2000 

4 Leah Robinette, East Ridge, Woodbury . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.1500 

5 Sveta Mason, *Northfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.9500 

6 Ashley Myers, Lakeville North . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.9125 

BALANCE BEAM Total 


1 Katie Quigley, Roseville Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.5625 

2 Emily Guimont, Edina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.5250 

3 Paige Beuning, *St. Cloud Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.5250 

4 Sveta Mason, *Northfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.4500 

5 Bailey DuPay, *Northfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.3000 

6 Allie Bartholomew, Mahtomedi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.2375 

FLOOR EXERCISE Total 


1 Mackenzie Dent, *Eden Prairie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.7250 

2 Kasondra Tulloch, Park, Cottage Grove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.7250 

3 Julia Stedman, North, North St. Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6750 

4 Bailey DuPay, *Northfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6625 

5 Ashley Myers, Lakeville North . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6375 

6 Rachel Deephouse, Park, Cottage Grove . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6125 

*Denotes cooperatively sponsored program. 

190 Gymnastics 2011-2012 YEARBOOK & RECORD BOOK Minnesota State High School League

CLASS A CHAMPION 

Melrose Area — 2012 State Class A Team Champion 

Row 1 (L-R): Abby Hinnenkamp, Kayla Austing, Sandra Sprenger, Trisha Thom. Row 2: Hannah Elfering, Lydia Butkowski, 

Mady Brinkman, Cassie Conners, Samantha Dockendorf. Row 3: Cassie Schoenberg, Georgianna Toenies, Tiffani 

Rademacher, Hailey Brinkman, Jailyn Brinkman, Katie Masog, Stacy Stine. 

2012 State Girls’ Class A Team Championships 

Uneven Balance Floor Total 

Place Team/Section Vaulting Bars Beam Exercise Points 

1 Melrose Area – 6A 36.875 36.875 36.775 36.975 147.500 

2 New Prague – 2A 37.425 35.100 35.600 37.300 145.425 

3 Big Lake – 7A 37.025 35.300 35.850 37.125 145.300 

4 Perham – 8A 36.375 35.600 35.175 36.625 143.775 

5 Austin – 1A 36.100 34.350 34.225 37.350 142.025 

6 Jackson County Central – 3A 35.750 33.100 33.800 35.625 138.275 

7 Breck School, Golden Valley – 5A 35.950 32.300 33.875 36.000 138.125 

8 *Rush City/Pine City/Hinckley-Finlayson – 4A 35.350 31.975 34.300 33.425 135.050 

*Denotes cooperatively sponsored programs. 

2012 State Class A Individual Champions 

HAILEY BRINKMAN 

Melrose Area 

All-Around 

Uneven Parallel Bars 

Balance Beam 

Floor Exercise (tie) 

JESSICA STELTER 

Detroit Lakes 

Vaulting 

SELA FADNESS 

Austin 

Floor Exercise (tie) 

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Roseville Area — 2012 State Class AA Team Champion 

Row 1 (L-R): Anna Stover, Kelsey Huseth, Emily Van Krevelen, Rachel Hain. Row 2: Rahaf Alaish, Jennifer Deiley, Ashanti 

Walker, Caitlyn Jolly, Kaylee Strecker, Jessica Strecker. Row 3: Haley Macklem, Katie Quigley, Amber Payne, Lexi McElmurry, 

Emily Pariseau, Carly Wagner. 

2012 State Girls’ Class AA Team Championships 

Uneven Balance Floor Total 

Place Team/Section Vaulting Bars Beam Exercise Points 

1 Roseville Area – 5AA 36.600 37.875 37.225 37.625 149.325 

2 *Northfield – 1AA 37.625 37.425 36.500 37.600 149.150 

3 *St. Cloud Tech – 8AA 37.800 36.525 36.150 37.000 147.475 

4 Park, Cottage Grove – 3AA 37.450 36.300 36.025 37.525 147.300 

5 Lakeville North – 2AA 36.900 35.350 36.625 37.875 146.750 

6 Minnetonka – 6AA 36.500 34.000 36.475 36.050 143.025 

7 Cambridge-Isanti – 7AA 35.800 34.425 36.250 36.525 143.000 

8 Stillwater Area – 4AA 36.600 34.425 35.425 36.350 142.800 


2012 State Class AA Individual Champions 

JULIA STEDMAN 

North, North St. Paul 

All-Around 

LEAH ROBINETTE 

East Ridge, Woodbury 

Vaulting 

MACKENZIE DENT 

Eden Prairie 

Uneven Parallel Bars 

Floor Exercise 

KATIE QUIGLEY 

Roseville Area 

Balance Beam 

CLASS AA CHAMPION 


Girls’ Gymnastics State Champions — 1975-2012 

1975 Burnsville and Richfield (co-champions) 

1976 Robbinsdale 

1977 Burnsville 

1978 Burnsville 

1979 AA - Edina West 

A - Jackson 

1980 AA - Edina East 

A - Jackson 

1981 AA - Edina West 

A - Blake 

1982 AA - Burnsville 

A - Mahtomedi 

1983 AA - Robbinsdale Armstrong 

A - Blake 

1984 AA - New Prague 

A - Jackson 

1985 AA - Edina 

A - Mahtomedi 

1986 AA - Lakeville 

A - Jackson 

1987 AA - Eden Prairie 

A - Mahtomedi 


A - Mahtomedi 

1975 Bonnie Berning, Burnsville 

1976 Martha Olsen, Robbinsdale 

1977 Theresa Thompson, Burnsville 


1979 AA - Angie Barnes, Edina West 

A - Cheryl Sether, Jackson 


A - Gretchen Gunderson, Mahtomedi 

1981 AA - Jackie Nelson, F. B. Kellogg 

A - Carolyn Boos, Blake 

1982 AA - Sue Litschke, Hastings 


1983 AA - Laurie Kaiser, Robbinsdale Armstrong 


1984 AA - Liz Peter, Eden Prairie 

A - Jody Wicks, St. Anthony Village 

1985 AA - Tana Call, New Prague 

A - Tasha Sween, Breck 



1987 AA - Lisa McCrady, Rosemount 


1988 AA - Heather Gustafson, Apple Valley 

A - Heather Murphy, Mahtomedi 

1989 AA - Jenny Kraling, Hopkins 


TEAM 

1989 AA - Apple Valley 

A - Mahtomedi 

1990 AA - Hopkins 

A - Mahtomedi 


A - Mahtomedi 


A - Mahtomedi 


A - Mahtomedi 

1994 AA - Mounds View 

A - Melrose 


A - Melrose 


A - Mahtomedi 


A - Sauk Rapids 


A - Waseca 


A - *Big Lake/Owen Home School 


A - Big Lake 

ALL-AROUND 

1990 AA - Sherri Dillehay, Hopkins 

A - Jenny Olson, Mahtomedi 

1991 AA - Jennifer Mabley, Mounds View 

A - Mindy Myhre, Mahtomedi 

1992 AA - Jill Ames, Eden Prairie 


1993 AA - Charise Schrupp, Elk River 


1994 AA - Kayo Merritt, Mounds View 


1995 AA - Debbie Thompson, Roseville Area 

A - Sherry Blommel, Melrose 


A - Tina Rosengren, Big Lake 

1997 AA - Bobbie Jo Saxe, Forest Lake 

A - Nicole Maiers, Sauk Rapids 

1998 AA - Tasha Pasch, Northfield 

A - Laura Blank, Sauk Centre 

1999 AA - Stephanie Benson, Eagan 


2000 AA - Tara Schroeder, Maple Grove 

A - Sammi Solheid, New Prague 

2001 AA - Jacenta Spandl, Moorhead 

A - Katie Niehaus, Melrose 

2002 AA - Rachael Parker, Hopkins 

A - Alyssa Cox, Big Lake 

2001 AA - Apple Valley 

A - New Prague 


A - Mankato East 


A - New Prague 

2004 AA - Park, Cottage Grove 

A - Perham 


A - Perham 

2006 AA - Roseville Area 

A - Perham 


A - Perham 


A - Perham 


A - Perham 

2010 AA - *Northfield 

A - Perham 

2011 AA - *Northfield 

A - Perham 


A - Melrose Area 

2003 AA - Kasey Clausen, Apple Valley 

A - Adrienne Maiers, Sauk Rapids-Rice 

2004 AA - Angie Cich, Robbinsdale Armstrong 

A - Katie Niehaus, Melrose Area 

2005 AA - Bailey Young, *Winona/Winona Cotter 

A - Ashley Brasel, Perham 

2006 AA - Justine Jarnes, Bloomington Jefferson 

A - Kourtney Johnston, Perham 

2007 AA - Kayla Land, Park, Cottage Grove 

A - Danielle Pallas, *Watertown-Mayer/ 

Mayer Lutheran 

2008 AA - Anna Gleason, Roseville Area 

A - Carmen Lundell, *Breck/West Lutheran 


A - Sabrina Hoover, Rogers 

2010 AA - Sabrina Hoover, Rogers 

A - Jenna Schmitz, Perham 


A - Kelsi Vomacka, Perham 

2012 AA - Julia Stedman, North, North St. Paul 

A - Hailey Brinkman, Melrose Area 




1976 Martha Olsen, Robbinsdale 

1977 Julie Palen, Derham Hall 

1978 Julie Palen, Derham Hall 

1979 AA - Lisa Wahl, Edina West 


1980 AA - Teresa LaRock, Park Center 



A - Libby Forbes, Blake 


A - Ellie Dunlavey, Jackson 




A - Melissa Rosbacka, Grand Marais 

1985 AA - Kris Gallagher, Mounds View 

A - Amy Paulson, Mahtomedi 

1986 AA - Kelly Wilson, Lakeville 


1987 AA - Kristin Opdahl, Apple Valley 


1988 AA - Lisa Trager, Eden Prairie 


1989 AA - Leslie Bloedel, Park, Cottage Grove 

A - Tracy Rohloff, Jackson 


1976 Katie Coenen, Richfield 



1979 AA - Teresa LaRock, Park Center 

A - Nancy Pike, Chapel Hills 



1981 AA - Jackie Nelson, F. B. Kellogg 


1982 AA - Crystal Savage, Brainerd 


1983 AA - Katie McCunn, Robbinsdale Armstrong 


1984 AA - Karen Atkinson, Robbinsdale Cooper 




1986 AA - Kelly Wilson, Lakeville 

A - Melanie Cowherd, Mahtomedi & 

A - Barb DuFresne, Two Harbors (Tie) 

1987 AA– Lisa McCrady, Rosemount 

A - Leah Schmalzbauer, Mahtomedi 

1988 AA - Dawn Ketcher, Park Center 


VAULT 



1991 AA - Julie Beasley, Brainerd 

A - Brandy Brown, Becker/Big Lake 


A - Diane Hill, Fairmont 

1993 AA - Steph Wegehaupt, Eden Prairie 


1994 AA - Molly Nemes, Lakeville 

A - Alicia Winkler, Brooklyn Center 



1996 AA - Courtney Norman, Cretin-Derham Hall 



A - Chrissa Landweher, Mankato East 





2000 AA - Kelli Nygren, Lakeville 

A - Emily Bergerson, Big Lake 

2001 AA - Carolyn Yernberg, Blaine 

A - Biz Landwehr, Mankato East 

UNEVEN PARALLEL BARS 

1989 AA - Dawn Ketcher, Park Center 



A - Merilee Healy, Watertown-Mayer 





1993 AA - Chanda Johnson, Lakeville 

A - Katie Kortuem, Mankato East 

1994 AA - Michaela Grigg, Apple Valley 

A - Gretchen Staubly, Orono 

1995 AA - Sarah Hodgson, Lakeville 




1997 AA - Molly Nemes, Lakeville 

A - Jessica Pink, Monticello 

1998 AA - Carrie Hortsch, Eastview, Apple Valley 


1999 AA - Tasha Pasch, Northfield 


2000 AA - Kelli Nygren, Lakeville 



A - (tie) - Sammi Solheid, New Prague & 

A - (tie) - Amy Knudson, Mankato East 


A - Amy Knudson, Mankato East 

2004 AA - Danielle Sneden, Stillwater Area 


2005 AA - Caroline Hilpisch, Stillwater Area 

A - Amy Knudson, Mankato East 

2006 AA - Alise Post, *St. Cloud Tech 

A - Dana Dierkhising, Melrose Area 






2009 AA - Natalia Merrifield, Bloomington Jefferson 

A - Jenna Woelfel, Annandale 

2010 AA - Natalia Merrifield, Bloomington Jefferson 

A - Carly Petersen, Perham 

2011 AA - Chloe Leuma, Stillwater Area 

A - Carly Petersen, Perham 

2012 AA - Leah Robinette, East Ridge, Woodbury 

A - Jessica Stelter, Detroit Lakes 

2001 AA - Carolyn Yernberg, Blaine 


2002 AA - Rachael Parker, Hopkins 


2003 AA - Ashley Koechel, Bloomington Jefferson 

A - Megan Close, Big Lake 

2004 AA - Megan Merritt, White Bear Lake Area 

A - Heidi Kick, New Prague 

2005 AA - Cynthia Hertog, Centennial, Circle Pines 

A - Danielle Atkinson, Little Falls 







A - Miranda Schmitz, Perham 



2010 AA - Jena Jondahl, *Elk River/Zimmerman 


2011 AA - Meaghan Howell, *Northfield 

A - Amy Crawford, Detroit Lakes 

2012 AA - Mackenzie Dent, *Eden Prairie 





1976 Jane Chapman, Woodbury 

1977 Barb Summers, Edina West 


1979 AA - Angie Barnes, Edina 







A - Bridget Conroy, Mahtomedi 

1983 AA - Vicki Lundquist, Anoka 



A - Jessica Benton, St. Paul Academy 




A - Jami Anderson, Big Lake 

1987 AA - Bridget Thompson, Bloomington Jefferson 


1988 AA - Peggie Broderson, Park, Cottage Grove 



1976 Jan Aslakson, Richfield 


1978 Nancy Pike, Minnetonka 

1979 AA - Sue MacGibbon, Edina West 


1980 AA - Nancy Johnson, Richfield 





A - Ellie Dunlavey, Jackson 


A - Libby Forbes, Blake 

1984 AA - Nancy Bowles, Eden Prairie 

A - Amy Marquardt, St. Cloud Cathedral 


A - Karla Jenkinson, Sherburn 


A - Liza Swanson, Breck 

1987 AA - Lisa McCrady, Rosemount 




1989 AA - Nicki Miller, Owatonna 


BALANCE BEAM 










A - Alicia Winkler, Brooklyn Center 







1997 AA - Annie Renelt, Lakeville 

A - Nikki Maresh, Orono 

1998 AA - Laura Jansen, Hopkins 

A - Elizabeth Schulte, Sauk Rapids-Rice 


A - Jenny Struve, Waterville-Elysian-Morristown 

2000 AA - Amy Rempp, St. Francis 

A - Allyson Thelen, Monticello 

FLOOR EXERCISE 


A - Merilee Healy, Watertown-Mayer 

1991 AA - Stephanie Wegehaupt, Eden Prairie 

A - Lynn Gramentz, Farmington 

1992 AA - Stephanie Wegehaupt, Eden Prairie 


1993 AA - Steph Wegehaupt, Eden Prairie 









A - Nicole Maiers, Sauk Rapids 





2000 AA - Tara Schroeder, Maple Grove 


2001 AA - Beth Zimmer, Willmar 

A - Marin McCarthy, Breck School, Golden Valley 

2002 AA - Amy Bickler, Austin 


2001 AA - Tami Hels, Wayzata 

A - Allyson Thelen, Monticello 

2002 AA - Jacenta Spandl, Moorhead 

A - Amanda Knudson, Mankato East 


A - Adrienne Maiers, Sauk Rapids-Rice 



2005 AA - Jennifer Easton, Eden Prairie 

A - Steph Solheid, New Prague 

2006 AA - Sam Nalley, Bloomington Kennedy 

A - Betsy Mann, Perham 

2007 AA - Cristina Ortiz, Park, Cottage Grove 

A - Jessica Johnson, Big Lake 









2012 AA - Katie Quigley, Rogers 



A - KiKi Holman, Rockford 


A - Krysta Mitchell, Monticello 

2005 AA - Caroline Hilpisch, Stillwater Area 




2007 AA - Kendra Klein, White Bear Lake Area 

A - Carmen Lundell, Breck School, Golden Valley 

2008 AA - RachelAnn Anderson, Maple Grove 




2010 AA - Jenna Johndahl, *Elk River/Zimmerman 

A - Katelyn Rittenour, Becker 

2011 AA - Julia Stedman, North, North St. Paul 


2012 AA - Mackenzie Dent, *Eden Prairie 

A - (tie) - Hailey Brinkman, Melrose Area 

A - (tie) - Sela Fadness, Austin 


Girls Gymnastics Team Participants — 1975–2012 

(Two Classes beginning 1979) 

Alexander Ramsey. . . . . 1979 AA, 82 AA, 83 AA, 84 AA 

Anoka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1980 AA, 81 AA 

Apple Valley . . . . . . . . . 1988 AA, 89 AA, 94 AA, 98 AA, 

2001 AA 

Austin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 A, 12 A 

Becker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 A, 08 A, 09 A, 10 A, 11 A 

*Becker/Big Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1991 A, 93 A, 94 A 

*Benson/Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg . . . . . . . 1994 A 

Big Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995 A, 96 A, 98 A, 99 A, 

2000 A, 01 A, 02 A, 03 A, 05 A, 06 A, 12 A 

Blake School (The), Minneapolis. . . . . . . . 1981 A, 83 A 

Bloomington Jefferson . . . . . . . . . . . 1984 AA, 2010 AA 

Bloomington Kennedy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006 AA 

Blue Earth Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995 A, 2005 A 

Brainerd . . . . . . . . . . . . 1979 AA, 82 AA, 83 AA, 84 AA, 

85 AA, 86 AA, 87 AA, 88 AA, 89 AA, 

90 AA, 91 AA, 2000 AA, 01 AA 

*Brainerd/Pillager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999 AA 

*Brainerd/Pillager/Lake Region Christian . . . . 2002 AA, 

03 AA, 04 AA 

Breck School, Golden Valley. . . . . . 1985 A, 86 A, 87 A, 

2010 A, 11 A, 12 A 

*Breck/West Lutheran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 A, 09 A 

Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998 AA 

Burnsville . . . . . . . . . . 1975, 76, 77, 78, 79 AA, 80 AA, 

81 AA, 82 AA 

Byron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989 A, 91 A 

Caledonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1982 A 

Cambridge . . . . 1982 AA, 83 AA, 84 AA, 85 AA, 86 AA, 

88 AA, 90 AA, 91 AA, 93 AA, 94 AA 

Cambridge-Isanti . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 AA, 08 AA, 10 AA, 

11 AA, 12 AA 

*Cambridge-Isanti/Braham . . . . . . . . . 1998 AA, 99 AA, 

2001 AA, 02 AA, 03 AA, 04 AA, 05 AA 

Centennial, Circle Pines . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001 AA, 08 AA 

Chatfield . . . . . . . 1979 A, 80 A, 81 A, 83 A, 84 A, 85 A 

Chisago Lakes Area, Lindstrom . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 A 

Cretin-Derham Hall, St. Paul . . 1992 AA, 97 AA, 98 AA, 

2010 AA 

Dassel-Cokato . . . . . . . . . . . . 1984 A, 85 A, 86 A, 87 A 

Delano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001 A, 10 A, 11 A 

Derham Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1981 AA 

Detroit Lakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1991 A, 93 A, 2002 A 

Eastview, Apple Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999 AA 

Eden Prairie . . . . . . . . . 1979 AA, 80 AA, 82 AA, 83 AA, 

84 AA, 85 AA, 86 AA, 87 AA, 88 AA, 89 AA, 

90 AA, 91 AA, 92 AA, 93 AA, 94 AA, 95 AA, 

2000 AA, 04 AA, 05 AA, 06 AA, 07 AA, 

08 AA, 09 AA 

Eden Prairie* (Eden Prairie / 

FAIR School, Minneapolis). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011 AA 

Edina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1982 AA, 85 AA 

Edina East. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1980 AA 

Edina West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1978, 79 AA, 81 AA 

Elk River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992 AA, 93 AA, 94 AA 

Fairmont. . . . . . . . 1975, 77, 78, 90 A, 92 A, 94 A, 96 A 

Faribault. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1975 

Fergus Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1975 

Forest Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . 1976, 90 AA, 95 AA, 96 AA, 

97 AA, 09 AA 

Frank B. Kellogg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1980 AA, 1985 AA 

Frazee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1976, 77, 78, 79 A, 80 A, 81 A, 

82 A, 83 A, 84 A 

Grand Marais. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1979 A, 80 A, 81 A, 82 A, 

83 A, 84 A, 85 A 

Grand Rapids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1975, 77, 78 

Henry Sibley, Mendota Heights . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989 AA 

Hibbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1987 AA, 89 AA 

Hopkins. . . . . . . 1988 AA, 89 AA, 90 AA, 91 AA, 92 AA, 

96 AA, 97 AA, 98 AA, 99 AA, 2000 AA, 

02 AA, 03 AA, 04 AA, 05 AA, 07 AA, 08 AA 

*Hopkins/Blake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1982 AA 

Jackson . . . . . . . 1979 A, 80 A, 81 A, 82 A, 83 A, 84 A, 

85 A, 86 A, 87 A, 88 A, 89 A, 91 A, 93 A, 

94 A, 95 A 

*Jackson/Heron Lake-Okabena-Lakefield. . 1996 A, 97A 

Jackson County Central . . . 1998 A, 99 A, 2000 A, 12 A 

LaCrescent. . . . . . . . . . 1986 A, 87 A, 92 A, 94 A, 95 A, 

96 A, 98 A, 99 A, 2000 A, 01 A 

Lakeville . . . . . . . . . . . . 1986 AA, 90 AA, 91 AA, 92 AA, 

93 AA, 94 AA, 95 AA, 96 AA, 97 AA, 98 AA, 

99 AA, 2000 AA, 01 AA, 02 AA, 03 AA 

Lakeville North . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 AA, 12 AA 

Lakeville South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006 A, 08 AA 

Litchfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1988 A 

Mahtomedi. . . . . . . . . . 1979 A, 81 A, 82 A, 84 A, 85 A, 

86 A, 87 A, 8 A8, 89 A, 90 A, 91 A, 92 A, 

93 A, 94 A, 95 A, 96 A, 98 A, 99 A, 2000 A, 

01 A, 04 A, 05 A, 06 A, 07 A 

Mankato East . . . . . . . . . 1993 AA, 95 AA, 96 AA, 97 A, 

2002 A, 03 A, 04 A 

Mankato West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1981 AA 

Maple Grove. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999 AA, 2000 AA, 05 AA, 

06 AA, 09 AA 

Maple Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989 A, 90 A, 92 A 

*Martin Count Area 

(Martin County West/Fairmont) . . . . . . . 2010 A, 11 A 

Martin County West, Sherburn . . . . 2007 A, 08 A, 09 A 

*Martin County West 

(Martin County West/Kossuth, IA) . . . . . 2005 A, 06 A 

Melrose Area . . . . . . . . 1990 A, 91 A, 92 A, 94 A, 95 A, 

96 A, 98 A, 99 A, 2000 A, 01 A, 02 A, 

03 A, 04 A, 05 A, 06 A, 08 A, 09 A, 

10 A, 11 A, 12 A 

Minneapolis South. . . 1990 AA, 91 AA, 94 AA, 2001 AA 

Minneapolis Southwest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 AA 

Minneapolis Washburn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1984 AA 

Minnetonka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1976, 77, 2012 AA 

Monticello . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997 A, 2004 A 

Mounds View . . . . . . . . 1986 AA, 87 AA, 91 AA, 92 AA, 

93 AA, 94 AA, 95 AA, 96 AA 

Mound Westonka. . . 1996 A, 97 A, 99 A, 2000 A, 02 A, 

03 A, 04 A, 05 A, 06 A, 07 A, 08 A, 09 A 

New London-Spicer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 A 

New Prague . . . . . . . . . . 1983 AA, 84 AA, 85 AA, 99 A, 

2000 A, 01 A, 02 A, 03 A, 04 A, 05 A, 

07 A, 08 A, 09 A, 10 A, 11 A, 12 A 

New Ulm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1975, 76 

*Northfield (Northfield/Cannon Falls/ 

Randolph). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 AA, 10 AA, 11 AA 

*Northfield Raiders 

(Northfield/Cannon Falls) . . . . . . . . . 2007 AA, 12 AA 

Orono . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995 A 

Osseo. . . . . . . . . 1979 AA, 80 AA, 82 AA, 83 AA, 92 AA 

Park Center, Brooklyn Park . . . 1981 AA, 85 AA, 86 AA, 

87 AA, 88 AA, 89 AA 

Park Rapids Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992 A, 95 A 

Park, Cottage Grove . . . . . . . . . 1986 AA, 87 AA, 88 AA, 

93 AA, 94 AA, 95 AA, 96 AA, 99 AA, 

2000 AA, 02 AA, 03 AA, 04 AA, 07 AA, 

11 AA, 12 AA 

Pelican Rapids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1986 A, 87 A 

Perham. . . . . . . . 2003 A, 04 A, 05 A, 06 A, 07 A, 08 A, 

09 A, 10 A, 11 A, 12 A 

Pine Island. . . . 1988 A, 2006 A, 07 A, 08 A, 09 A, 11 A 

Princeton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1979 AA 

Redwood Falls . . . . . . . 1979 A, 80 A, 81 A, 82 A, 83 A, 

84 A, 85 A 

Redwood Falls-Morton . . . . . . . . . . 1986 A, 87 A, 88 A, 

89 A, 91 A 

Richfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1975 

Robbinsdale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1976, 77, 78 

Robbinsdale Armstrong . . . . . . 1983 AA, 86 AA, 87 AA, 

95 AA, 2003 AA, 04 AA 

Rochester Mayo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1976, 77, 78 

Rogers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 AA, 11 AA 

Rosemount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1987 AA, 93 AA 

Roseville Area. . . . . . 1990 AA, 91 AA, 98 AA, 2006 AA, 

07 AA, 08 AA, 09 AA, 10 AA, 11 AA, 12 AA 

*Rush City/Pine City/Hinckley-Finlayson . . . . . . 2012 A 

St. Anthony Village. . . . . . . . 1979 AA, 80 A, 83 A, 86 A 

St. Cloud Apollo . . . . . . . . . . . . 1980 AA, 81 AA, 95 AA, 

96 AA, 97 AA 

St. Cloud Cathedral . . . . . . . . . . . . 1976, 78, 79 A, 80 A 

*St. Cloud Tech (St. Cloud Tech/ 

St. Cloud Cathedral). . . . . . . . 2006 AA, 07 AA, 08 AA, 

09 AA, 10 AA, 11 AA, 12 AA 

St. Francis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1980 AA, 81 AA, 2000 AA 

St. Louis Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996 AA, 97 AA, 98 AA 

Sartell-St. Stephen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001 A 

Sauk Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985 A, 88 A, 89 A, 99 A 

Sauk Rapids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997 A, 2000 A 

Simley, Inver Grove Heights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997 AA 

Stillwater Area . . . . . . . . . . . 1982 AA, 97 AA, 2002 AA, 

05 AA, 12 AA 

Two Harbors . . . . . . . . . 1986 A, 87 A, 88 A, 89 A, 90 A 

Wabasha-Kellogg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993 A 

Wadena-Deer Creek . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996 A, 97 A, 98 A 

Waseca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1990 A, 98 A 

Watertown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1977 

Watertown-Mayer . . . . 1988 A, 89 A, 90 A, 91 A, 92 A, 

93 A, 94 A, 97 A, 98 A 

Wayzata . . . . . . 2001 AA, 02 AA, 05 AA, 06 AA, 07 AA, 

11 AA 

White Bear Lake Area. . . . . . . . 1983 AA, 84 AA, 85 AA, 

88 AA, 89 AA, 99AA, 2000, 03 AA, 04 AA 

Willmar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992 AA, 97 AA 

*Winona/Winona Cotter. . . . . . 2002 AA, 03 AA, 04 AA, 

05 AA, 06 AA 

Woodbury . . . . . 2001 AA, 05 AA, 06 AA, 08 AA, 09 AA 

Worthington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992 A 

*Worthington/Sioux Valley-Round Lake- 

Brewster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001 A, 02 A, 03 A, 04 A 



State Meet Records — 1975-2012 

CLASS A – TEAM RECORDS 

Event Score School/Team Year 

Vault 38.375 Mankato East 2002 

Uneven Parallel Bars 37.900 Perham 2006 

Balance Beam 37.800 Perham 2005 

Floor Exercise 37.900 Perham 2006 & 2010 

Team Score 150.400 Perham 2005 

CLASS A – INDIVIDUAL RECORDS 

Event Score Individual School/Team Year 

Vault 9.95 Danielle Pallas *Watertown-Mayer/ 2007 


Uneven Parallel Bars 9.80 Mindy Myhre Mahtomedi 1992 

Laura Blank Sauk Centre 1999 

Kourtney Johnston Perham 2006 

Danielle Pallas *Watertown-Mayer/ 2007 


Balance Beam 9.725 Adrienne Maiers Sauk Rapids-Rice 2003 

Katie Niehaus Melrose Area 2004 

Amy Crawford Detroit Lakes 2011 

Floor Exercise 9.80 Sherry Blommel Melrose 1993 

All-Around 38.75 Mindy Myhre Mahtomedi 1992 

2012 REVIEW (Continued from page 189) 

scores in floor exercise, 9.650, and in vault, 

9.450. 

Northfield was led by a senior, Meaghan 

Howell, and a ninth-grader Bailey DuPay. 

Howell scored a 9.70 on balance beam toward 

the team’s 36.50, and a 9.475 on vault toward the 

team’s 37.625. Sophomore Abby Stets equaled 

Howell’s 9.475 on vault. DuPay posted a 9.65 in 

floor exercise en route to the team’s total of 

37.60. DuPay also earned the highest score of the 

meet for any gymnast on any event — a 9.80 on 

bars. The Raiders’ team score on bars was 37.425. 

St. Cloud Tech’s high scorers were juniors 

Mariah Miller and Taylor Pick. Miller earned 

scores of 9.475 on beam, 9.675 on bars, and 9.70 

on vault. Pick scored a 9.40 in floor exercise. 

The Tigers’ team vault score, 37.80, was the 

meet’s highest. 

Junior Kasondra Tulloch led the Park 

Wolfpack to a fourth-place finish with a score of 

147.30. Tulloch earned the team’s top scores on 

floor (9.725), bars (9.75), and vault (9.625). 

In the individual meet, senior Julia Stedman 

from North won the all-around competition 

which featured a deep field of gymnasts in contention 

for the title through the final event. 

Stedman, who finished with an all-around score 

of 38.40, improved on a 2011 fourth-place finish. 

Senior Mackenzie Dent of Eden Prairie fin- 

ished second in all-around at 38.275, and ninthgrader 

Bailey DuPay of Northfield finished third 

with a 38.250. 

Stedman’s first event was uneven bars. Her 

score of 9.475, just 12th overall in the event, 

removed her from early consideration for the allaround 

title. She would need to close the gap in 

her final three events to put herself in the hunt 

for the all-around title. Stedman’s second event 

was beam, an event most gymnasts are happy to 

“get out of the way” early in the competition. 

She posted a solid score of 9.525, which would 

have been high enough to earn an individual 

medal but she had not qualified for the 

individual beam competition. Her all-around 

score after two events, 19.00, was still not 

among the meet’s highest. 

Stedman scored a respectable 9.675 in floor 

exercise. Entering the final rotation, there was 

an unusually high number of gymnasts who were 

still contending for the all-around title. 

Stedman scored a 9.725 on her first vault, but 

had to wait until the end of the rotation before 

knowing it would be enough for the win. 

Individual event titles were spread among 

three gymnasts. East Ridge of Woodbury senior 

Leah Robinette captured the vault championship 

with her 9.825. Robinette was fourth in 

the event in 2011. Eden Prairie’s Mackenzie 

CLASS AA – TEAM RECORDS 

Event Score School/Team Year 

Vault 38.750 Roseville Area 2008 

Uneven Parallel Bars 39.025 Roseville Area 2007 

Balance Beam 38.675 Roseville Area 2008 

Floor Exercise 38.600 Eden Prairie 1991 & 1992 

Team Score 153.525 Roseville Area 2008 

CLASS AA – INDIVIDUAL RECORDS 

Event Score Individual School/Team Year 

Vault 9.95 Courtney Norman Cretin-Derham Hall 1998 

Uneven Parallel Bars 9.90 Chanda Johnson Lakeville 1993 

Balance Beam 9.90 Debbie Thompson Roseville Area 1996 

Floor Exercise 9.925 Stephanie Benson Eagan 1999 

All-Around 39.325 Stephanie Benson Eagan 1999 

Dent won both bars and floor honors. Her winning 

scores were 9.750 on bars and 9.725 on 

floor. Dent also medaled in floor exercise in 

2011, placing fourth. Roseville Area sophomore 

Katie Quigley took home the balance beam title 

with a score of 9.550, edging out her closest 

competitor by 0.025. 

The 2012 State Girls’ Gymnastics Meet was 

conducted February 24 and 25 at the Sports 

Pavilion on the University of Minnesota campus 

in Minneapolis. Paid attendance for the meet 

was 6,168.

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