PHS gymnasts 2nd at Invite
ELKHART - Plymouth High School’s gymnastics team placed second at the Elkhart Holiday Invitational.
Leading the way for the Lady Pilgrims were senior Dorothy Karris and junior Tessa Hutchinson.
Karris enters her final season anchoring three of the four events in the lineup. She rounded out the Invite by placing in four of the five categories - placing 5th on bars with a 7.35, 8th on beam with a 7.35, 7th on floor with an 8.6, and 6th in the allaround with a 31.9.
Hutchinson has been limited in practice due to a knee injury and had yet to complete a full floor routine before the Invite. Her experience carried her through though, as she posted the third-highest score of her career and went 5-for-5 in medals. Hutchinson finished 6th on the vault with an 8.9, 6th on bars with a 7.3, 2nd on beam with a 7.8, 5th on floor with an 8.7, and 5th in all-around with a 32.7.
Also competing were Kasi Harner, Taytem Saylor, Susie Everett, Arielle Ferman, and Joy Everett.
Harner found herself back in the floor lineup after sitting out a year due to an injury. She posted her highest score of the meet (8.05) in that event. Ferman started off the meet for the Pilgrims on the floor improving her personal record in the event to a 7.15. Saylor posted a season-high 6.35 on bars. Susie Everett scored another season-high with an 8.0 on vault. Everett showed her adaptability as mid-warmups she was thrown into the beam lineup. After not being in the lineup at all the previous meet, then moving into the vault roster and getting a last-second addition to the beam, the freshman gained some valuable experience and displayed incredible mental toughness. She posted a 7.4 on vault and 4.9 on beam.
The Lady Pilgrims will be back in action on Jan. 8 at Valparaiso High School for the Vikings Pairs Invitational.