Stenslie, Weniger finish on podium in WIAC meet

Stenslie finished in a tie for fifth on the balance beam, posting a score of 9.500. Weniger tied her personal best score of 9.550 on the floor exercise to finish fourth.

Weniger finished in the top ten on the all-around, coming in ninth with 36.475 (9,225 on vault, 9.075 on bars, 8.625 on the beam, 9.550 on the floor exercise).

Despite the fact that Justine Weyer (So., Colgate, Wis.) from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater took four of five individual titles, the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse came through as a team, edging out Whitewater by less than two tenths of a point to win the WIAC championship.

UW-La Crosse narrowly took the title, finishing with 186.200 points to second place UW-Whitewater’s 186.025 points. Winona State University has the third national team qualifying position with a total of 183.225. UW-Eau Claire was fourth 179.750 points, UW-Stout was next with 178.925 points, UW-Oshkosh was sixth after totaling 178.250 points, Gustavus finished in seventh with 176.750, and Hamline ended in eighth with 174.950 points.

Weyer took the all-around title with a total score of 38.425 (9.6 on vault, 9.575 on the uneven bars, 9.6 on the balance beam, and 9.650 on the floor exercise), along the way taking the title on vault, uneven bars, and floor exercise.

Gabi Hooper (So., New Brighton, Minn.) snuck in to the title mix by finishing first on the balance beam with a score of 9.625, while Weyer placed second.

A UW-Whitewater gymnast also placed second in the all-around, as Danielle Crinzi (Jr., New Berlin, Wis.) tallied 37.750 points (vault - 9.450, bars – 9.325, beam - 9.375, floor – 9.600). Jackei LaFleur from UW-La Crosse was third with 37.400 points, and her teammate Erin Sommer was fourth with 37.075 total points.

Rounding out the All-WIAC honors in the all-around event were two gymnasts from UW-Stout - Ashley Timm (Sr., Eden Prairie, Minn.) in fifth with 36.850 points and Meghan Hargens in sixth with 36.800 points.

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