Central Gymnastics Flip Over the Competition

ABILENE, TX — The San Angelo Central Bobcats Gymnastics team traveled to Abilene this week to compete in the Abilene ISD versus Wylie and San Angelo Central Gymnastics meet. The ladies competed against Abilene High, Abilene Cooper, and Abilene Wylie on Thursday, Feb. 9, and came home with another overall victory.

LADY CATS

Vault

• 1st Ella Burnes, 8.80
• 3rd place tie between Kaylen Cadd and Daniella DeLaCruz, 8.50
• 5th place tie between McKinley Nile and Addison McDuffle, 8.45
• 7th Freddie Von Rosenburg, 8.40

Uneven Bars

• 1st Kara Baker, 9.5
• 2nd Caroline Steele, 9.40
• 3rd McKinley Nile, 9.05
• 4th Ella Burnes, 8.90
• 5th Daniella DeLaCruz, 8.60
• 6th Allison Garnett, 8.40

Balance Beam

• 1st Kara Baker, 9.5
• 2nd Daniella DeLaCruz, 9.4
• 3rd Kaylen Cadd, 8.95
• 4th Steeley Young, 8.80

Floor Exercises

• 1st Kara Baker, 9.6
• 2nd Caroline Steele, 9.40
• 3rd place tie between Haley George and Mariel Harkze, 9.30
• 5th McKinley Nile, 9.25
• 6th Steeley Young, 9.15
• 7th Ella Burns, 9.10

The Lady Cats swept the top three in all but the Vault event on their way to a team victory with a total score of 109.9 points. Abilene Wylie came in a distant second with 94.3 points. Abilene Cooper came in third with 90.75 points, and Abilene High finished fourth with 90.25 points.

McKinley Nile also won the girls’ all-around with a total score of 34.85 points. Kara Baker placed in the top 10 while only competing in three of four events. Her three first-place finishes in the events she competed in were incredibly impressive.

BOBCATS

Boys Floor exercise

• 1st Logan Kypfer, 9.1
• 4th place tie between Brady Stewart and Tyler Duncan, 8.4
• 6th place tie between Eli Soto and Tristan Reyna (Abilene Cooper) 8.2

Boys Pommel Horse

• 2nd Logan Kypfer, 8.3
• 3rd place tie between Eli Soto and Tyler Duncan, 8.0
• 5th Miguel Flores-Acton, 7.8

Boys Rings

• 1st Tyler Duncan, 8.5
• 3rd place tie between Logan Kypfer, 8.1
• 5th Eli Soto, 7.9

Boys Vault

• 2nd place tie between Eli Soto, Logan Kypfer, and Evan Banks (Abilene Cooper), 8.5

Boys Parallel Bars

• 2nd Logan Kypfer, 8.2
• 3rd Eli Soto, 8.1

Boys Horizontal Bar

• 2nd Logan Kypfer, 8.2
• 3rd Eli Soto, 6.4
• 4th Miguel Flores-Acton, 5.9

The Bobcats won the team overall with 143.4 points. Logan Kypfer also won the boys’ all-around with 49.7 points.

Central returns to action on Feb. 24 when both teams travel to Odessa to take on the Permian Panthers and the Odessa High Bronchos.