BARTLESVILLE GYMNASTICS SHINE IN ELFIE INVITATIONAL; MARLEY DUNLAP FINDS GOLD
Bartlesville Gymnastics Club’s Vada Foster participates in the Elfie Gymnastics Competition in Moore in December. BGC’s Marley Dunlap swept all four individual events.
PHOTO PROVIDED
By Mike Tupa
BARTLESVILLE AREA SPORTS REPORT
It wasn’t Jacob Marley’s Ghost but a real-life Marley that haunted the rest of the competition at the recent Elfie Gymnastics Competition.
Marley Dunlap of the Bartlesville Gymnastics Club (BGC) surged to the All-Around championship (38.05) in the A2-C age group at the AAU event hosted by Alpha Gymnastics (Moore).
And Marley did it in Golden Style — she swept first place in all four individual events (vault, uneven bars, balance beam, floor exercise).
She was the only BGC athlete to capture All-Around supremacy in her group during the fierce competition.
Annabelle Shedd came up just shy of capturing an All-Around first-place medal, finishing second in the Xcel Silver Senior D group
Shedd won two events (vault, bars).
Three other BGC warriors finished third All-Around (Alyssa Roberts, Level 2-C age group), Elaine Gregory (Level 2-B age group) and Harper Waits (Xcel Silver-Senior C age group).
The Xcel Silver and Xcel Copper crews are new levels offered this season by the BGC.
“Sierra Stouffer and Haily Taylor do a great job in taking this group of girls from our class program to their first competition levels,” said Lorrie Bertolet, the BGC Executive Director. “This is a thrilling group to watch as they get so excited about each new skill they learn. Every high level athlete we have comes from this group. They are our future.”
__________
ELFIE INVITE
Bartlesville Gymnastics Club results
(Note: Only top-three finishes in individual events are listed).
AXC (All)
Eleanor Lindwall: 4th place All-Around (35.55); Bars (3rd, 9.0), Beam (3rd, 8.4).
Olivia Durant: 5th place All-Around (34.8).
__________
AXS (Sr D)
Annabelle Shedd: 2nd place All-Around (36.925); Vault (1st, 9.6), Bars (1st, 9.4), Floor (2nd, 9.225).
__________
AXS (Sr C)
Harper Waits: 3rd place All-Around (37.05); Beam (1st, 9.55); Floor (2nd, 9.275).
__________
AXS (Jr A)
Brixley Hays: 9th place All-Around (35.535); Vault (1st 9.475).
_________
A3 (Sr F)
Addisyn McCabe: 5th place All-Around (34.95); Bars (3rd, 8.625), Beam (2nd, 9.05).
Lilee Eytcheson: 7th place All-Around (32.325).
__________
A3 (Sr E)
Phoebe Hopkins: 4th place All-Around (34.8); Vault (1st, 9.175),
June Gregory: 10th place All-Around (31.6); Vault (2nd, 9.175).
Natalie Tucker: 11th place All-Around (31.375).
__________
A3 (Sr D)
Violet Smith: 7th place All-Around (32.45); Vault (3rd, 6.75).
__________
A3 (Jr C)
Zoey Deshields: 6th place All-Around (32.425).
__________
A3 (Jr B)
Irie Carter: 8th place All-Around (34.825).
Teagan Garton: 9th place All-Around (33.875); Vault (2nd, 9.45).
Piper Haymaker: 12th place All-Around (32.625).
Nova Foster: 13th place All-Around (32.45).
__________
A3 (Jr A)
Averi Brown: 8th place All-Around (33.225).
__________
A2 (A)
Latti Gouge: 7th place All-Around (34.725); bars (2nd, 9.225).
Vada Foster: 8th place All-Around (34.625).
__________
A2 (B)
Elaine Gregory: 3rd place All-Around (36.05); Beam (2nd, 9.2).
Kierra Calvert: 6th place All-Around (34.0); Bars (3rd, 9.025).
Iris West: 8th place All-Around (34.375).
__________
A2 (C)
Marley Dunlap: 1st place All-Around (38.05); Vault (1st, 9.55), Bars (1st, 9.6), Beam (1st, 9.425), Floor (1st, 9.475).
Alyssa Roberts: 3rd place All-Around (36.4); Beam (3rd, 9.25), Floor (3rd, 9.2).
Ava McWhirt: 4th place All-Around (35.95); Vault (3rd, 9.325), Beam (2nd, 9.35).
Annadayle McCabe: 6th place All-Around (35.375).
Aria Byrd: 10th place All-Around (34.375).
Madhumitha Raghu Raman: 11th place All-Around (34.3).
Evelyn Egan: 14th place All-Around (31.5).