Gymnastics team starts the 2022 season off with a bang

UW-La Crosse 189.450, UW-Stout 187.975

MENOMONIE (January 21, 2022) – UW-Stout may not have won the meet, but the Blue Devil gymnastics team started off the 2022 season with a bang, scoring their second highest season-opening score in program history, posting a 187.075 to UW-La Crosse's 189.450 Friday at Johnson Fieldhouse. The score is the highest opening-day score of any conference team so far this season.
 
The score is only second to the Blue Devils' 2019 season-opening team score of 187.575. The 2022 team is in good company. The 2019 team went on to win the WIAC Championship and finish second at the NCGA Championship.
 
The Blue Devils had five freshmen in their line-up tonight, taking 13 of the 24 varsity spots. 

Stout got a pair of second place finishes from freshman Effie Ferguson, who scored a 9.625 on the balance beam and a 9.525 on the floor exercise. Sophomore Kiara Brown was second o the uneven bars with a personal-best 9.625.  Brown was fourth on the balance beam with a personal-best 9.550 and scored a personal-best on the vault (9.425) to tie for sixth.  

Isabela Krulich placed fourth on the vault (9.475). Genevieve Czaplewski scored personal-bests on the balance beam (9.525) and the floor exercise (9.375), placing fifth and sixth, respectively. Jenna Jones recorded a personal-best 9.075 on the uneven bars. 

Stout returns to action Sunday, Jan. 30 when they travel to Winona State University where they will face the Warriors and UW-Whitewater in a 1 p.m. meet. 
 
 
Team Results
1) La Crosse 189.450
2) Stout 187.075
 
VAULT Results
1) Madi Vanderpool (La Crosse) 9.625
2) Rachel Chesley (La Crosse) 9.575
3) Mikala Bugge (Stout) 9.550
4) Isabella Krulich (Stout) 9.475
5) Sara Beck (La Crosse) 9.450
6) Alex Wood (La Crosse) 9.425, Kiara Brown (Stout) 9.425
8) Jensen Dejong (Stout) 9.350
9) Kyla Dickson (La Crosse) 9.325, Gillian Cummins (Stout) 9.325
11) Megan Hawkins (La Crosse) 9.150
12) Gabrielle Winstead (Stout) 9.100
 
BARS Results
1) Kerrie Legault (La Crosse) 9.650
2) Kiara Brown (Stout) 9.625
3) Rachel Chesley (La Crosse) 9.600
4) Madi Vanderpool (La Crosse) 9.575
5) Cate Sandvik (La Crosse) 9.525, Molly Lyngaas (La Crosse) 9.525
7) Mikala Bugge (Stout) 9.400
8) Gillian Cummins (Stout) 9.150
9) Kaitlyn Farley (La Crosse) 9.125
10) Jenna Jones (Stout) 9.075
11) Effie Ferguson (Stout) 8.950
12) Abi Rose (Stout) 8.800
 
BEAM Results
1) Emma Grant (La Crosse) 9.775
2) Kyla Dickson (La Crosse) 9.625, Effie Ferguson (Stout) 9.625
4) Kiara Brown (Stout) 9.550
5) Carlie Beatty (Stout) 9.525, Genevieve Czaplewski (Stout) 9.525
7) Alex Wood (La Crosse) 9.400
8) Gabrielle Winstead (Stout) 9.100
9) Olivia Opheim (La Crosse) 9.000, Cate Sandvik (La Crosse) 9.000
11) Jordyn Faust (La Crosse) 8.975
12) Isabella Krulich (Stout) 8.650
 
FLOOR Results
1) Rachel Chesley (La Crosse) 9.650
2) Effie Ferguson (Stout) 9.525
3) Cate Sandvik (La Crosse) 9.500
4) Alex Wood (La Crosse) 9.425, Jessica Taylor (La Crosse) 9.425
6) Olivia Opheim (La Crosse) 9.375, Genevieve Czaplewski (Stout) 9.375
8) Gabrielle Winstead (Stout) 9.275
9) Sara Beck (La Crosse) 9.125, Carlie Beatty (Stout) 9.125, Isabella Krulich (Stout) 9.125
12) Abi Rose (Stout) 8.325
 
 
 
Stout:  VAULT: 47.125, BARS: 46.200, BEAM: 47.325, FLOOR: 46.425
VAULT: Mikala Bugge 9.550, Isabella Krulich 9.475*, Kiara Brown 9.425*, Jensen Dejong 9.350, Gillian Cummins 9.325*, Gabrielle Winstead 9.100*
BARS: Kiara Brown 9.625*, Mikala Bugge 9.400, Gillian Cummins 9.150*, Jenna Jones 9.075*, Effie Ferguson 8.950*, Abi Rose 8.800*
BEAM: Effie Ferguson 9.625*, Kiara Brown 9.550*, Carlie Beatty 9.525, Genevieve Czaplewski 9.525*, Gabrielle Winstead 9.100*, Isabella Krulich 8.650*
FLOOR: Effie Ferguson 9.525*, Genevieve Czaplewski 9.375*, Gabrielle Winstead 9.275*, Carlie Beatty 9.125, Isabella Krulich 9.125*, Abi Rose 8.325
 
* Personal Record