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Reisdorfer finishes gymnastic season at state meet

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By
Mavis Fodness

Uncharacteristic falls from the balance beam and uneven bars prevented Luverne gymnast Ella Reisdorfer from reaching the awards podium at the Minnesota Class A State Girls Gymnastics Tournament
The LHS freshman (who turns 15 this week) competed in the all-around competition at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium Saturday night in St. Paul.
She accumulated a score 32.95 on the four apparatuses, placing 22nd out of 24 all-around competitors.
Coach Phoebe Flom said Reisdorfer didn’t compete to the best of her abilities at Saturday’s individual event.
“She was just not herself at all. I am not sure if it was nerves or what. I am, however, very proud of her — to compete with the top gymnasts in the state is quite an honor. She went up there and gave it her all,” Flom said.
At the state meet, Reisdorfer posted a 7.125 on the balance beam (48th out of 48th gymnasts) and 7.775 (45th out of 47) on the uneven bars. She lost points in both events after falling off the apparatuses.
Reisdorfer started the state meet on the floor exercise, scoring a 9.15, and finished tied for 24th out of 47 gymnasts competing.
Reisdorfer’s first pass on the vault, she landed low, receiving an average score of 8.55 from the four judges. She improved on her second pass for a score of 8.9 and finished 39th out of 44 gymnasts.
Reisdorfer earned a return trip to the state competition by finishing third in the all-around competition at the Feb. 12 Section 3A tournament in Marshall.
At the section meet, Reisdorfer broke her own school record in the all-around when she posted a 35.625.
The 2022 event is Reisdorfer’s third-consecutive state appearance and is the first time she qualified for the all-around competition.
As a seventh-grader she competed on uneven bars and last year on the beam.
In the team competition, the Section 3A team champions, Worthington, finished fifth (141.95) out of eight teams. Watertown-Mayor/Mound-Westonka (WM-MW) won the Class A title with a score of 145.75.
At the individual events, the first-place gymnast and score were:
•all-around: Reagan Kelley, a junior, WM/MW, 38.475.
•vault: Anna Mielke, senior, WM/MW, 9.8.
•bars: Kelley, 9.725.
•beam: Lola Visci, sophomore, Big Lake, 9.6.
•floor exercise: Miekle, 9.625.

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