A young Oakton Cougars squad continued an established tradition by winning another Concorde District girls gymnastics championship.
Oakton High won a fifth straight title, by fractions, over the Chantilly Chargers, finishing first with a 139.625 team score. Chantilly had 139.175. The Madison Warhawks were third at 137.025.
“We had four athletes place in the top eight in the all-around,” Oakton coach Katie O’Rourke told FFXnow.
Of Oakton’s top seven gymnasts, five were underclassmen, including freshman Elsha Chi who finished second in the all-around with a 35.625 total.
Chi placed second on the vault (9.3) and balance beam (9.35) and was third on the floor exercise (9.2).
The all-around champion was Chantilly senior Alli Booker with a 36.275 total. She won the vault (9.75) and uneven bars (9.125), was second on the floor (9.225) and 13th on the beam (8.175).
Oakton sophomore Tessa Gay was fifth in the all-around (34.7), junior Bella Roselle sixth (34.575), senior Nyla Williams eighth (34.2) and junior Lindsey Liang 22nd (32.158). Gay’s highest finish in the four events was a third on the vault (9.25) and she was sixth on the beam (8.7).
Williams tied for third on the beam (9.025) and was fourth on the bars (8.4). Roselle won the floor (9.35) and was third on the beam (9.025).
Also participating for Oakton were junior Caroline Curtis and senior Abby Cribbs.
Also for Chantilly, sophomore Mazzie Cox was 11th in the all-around (34.05), Lauren Lattanze tied for 16th (33.375) and Michaela Turner was 18th (33.325).
Chantilly’s Emma Saunders was fifth on the beam (9.0), Adison Zampiello was seventh on the bars (8.125), with Lattanze 10th on the beam (8.475) and Sabirah Smith Bey tied for 10th on the floor (8.9).
Madison was led by Charlotte Feigin’s third-place all-around score of 35.275 and Lydia Shaw’s seventh (34.225).
Feigin won the beam (9.5), tied for sixth on the floor (9.0) and was eighth on the bars (8.1). Shaw was fourth on the floor (9.1), seventh on the vault (8.8) and ninth on the beam (8.5).
Madison’s Leanna Zaccack was fifth on the vault (8.875) and tied for 10th on the floor (8.9).
Also in the all-around, Westfield’s Jenna Van Buren was fourth (34.725) with teammate Amaya Wilkins ninth (34.175). Milly Navarro of South Lakes was 10th (34.15). Van Buren was second on the bars (8.5), fourth on the vault (9.0) and fifth on the floor (9.025).
In the rest of the team scoring, Westfield finished fourth (136.075), South Lakes fifth (134.6) and Centreville sixth (119.675).
For South Lakes, Mithra Venkatesan was third on the bars (8.45).
