Gymnastics Takes First Place at 2021 Marquette Invitational

Gymnastics Takes First Place at 2021 Marquette Invitational

On Friday evening, the MSHS Gymnastics team hosted the Marquette Invitational meet and welcomed participating schools Calumet, Escanaba and Negaunee.  After missing an MHSAA Regional qualifying score by just 0.60 points at their first meet, the team proved hungry for a strong performance as they captured the team championship while also coming away with their first qualifying score of the season.

Team Scores:

  1. Marquette – 121.975
  2. Escanaba – 117.36
  3. Negaunee – 92.35
  4. Calumet – 61.65

Marquette gymnasts earned multiple top-ten finishes in each event.  Top performers are listed below (* denotes regional qualifying score; ^ denotes season best score).

Floor

  • 1st – Haddie Ketzenberger – 9.3 *^
  • 4th – Grace Henning – 7.85 *
  • 7th – Ava Porter – 7.25 ^
  • 9th – Helana Sharpe – 6.7 ^

Beam

  • 1st – Haddie Ketzenberger – 8.35 *^
  • 3rd – Tally Rassmussen – 7.9 *^
  • 5th – Julia King – 7.4 *^
  • 5th – Helana Sharpe – 7.4 *^
  • 6th – Ava Porter – 7.3 ^
  • 7th – Grace Henning – 7.05

Uneven Bars

  • 1st – Haddie Ketzenberger – 7.6 *
  • 4th – Helana Sharpe – 6.5 ^
  • 6th – Grace Henning – 6.2 ^
  • 7th – Tally Rassmussen – 5.5 
  • 8th – Ava Porter – 4.9 ^
  • 9th – Danja Hill – 4.4 ^

Vault

  • 3rd – Haddie Ketzenberger – 8.7 *^
  • 4th – Grace Henning – 8.5 *^
  • 5th – Julia King – 8.475 *^
  • 6th – Tally Rassmussen – 8.35 *^
  • 7th – Ava Porter – 8.25 *^
  • 10th – Kaitlyn DesParios – 7.55 ^

All-Around

  • 1st – Haddie Ketzenberger – 33.95 ^
  • 4th – Grace Henning – 29.6 ^
  • 6th – Tally Rassmussen – 28.25 ^
  • 9th – Ava Porter – 27.7 ^

The team will be back in home action on Wednesday, February 24, when they travel to Negaunee for a dual meet starting at 6:00 p.m.