By Michael Smith February 10 at 9:16 PM <\/p>\n
Freedom-South Riding freshman Sydney Wrighte finished first in three individual events on Monday at Mount Vernon to win the all-around competition at the Virginia 5A North region gymnastics meet and secure a berth in next weekends state championships. <\/p>\n
Wrighte, who won the Conference 14 championship last week, finished with an all-around score of 37.908, just ahead of Marshalls Morgan Stahl, who tallied a score of 37.333. Wright took the top spot in the vault, parallel bars and the balance beam exercises. Stahl won the floor exercise and finished second in the vault. <\/p>\n
They [Wrighte and Stahl] were pretty neck and neck the whole night, Marshall Coach Charlotte Perpall said. It was a really tough field. <\/p>\n
The competition between the two could have been even tighter, but in her first event, Stahl, an All-Met selection in 2013, fell off the balance beam and had to play catch-up the whole night. Still, she made it close and advanced to the state championships for the fourth time in as many years. <\/p>\n
She has a little bit of confidence from the other areas on the floor, Perpall said. She picked up nicely. <\/p>\n
The top four all-around finishers advance to compete individually at the state championships, which are held Feb. 20 and 21 at Patriot. Joining Wrighte and Stahl are Freedom-South Ridings Anna Broussard and Tuscaroras Claire Pettit. Broussard and Pettit finished third and fourth, respectively, in all-around scoring. <\/p>\n
Freedom-South Riding and Patrick Henry took the top two spots in the team competition. Both will compete for the team title next Friday. Individual champions will be determined the next day. <\/p>\n
Competing in the state championships from the North region on the vault will be Wrighte, Stahl, Emily Brutski (Mountain View), Victoria Miner (Loudoun County), Kaya Razor (Brooke Point), Broussard, Talayna Reed (Mount Vernon) and Woodgroves Sarah Snare. <\/p>\n
The uneven parallel bars contestants will be Wrighte, Pettit, Keion Greenhow (Patrick Henry), Stahl, Morgan Marrocco (Potomac Falls), Sierra Baxter (Patrick Henry), Broussard and Brutski. <\/p>\n
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