State gymnastics roundup: Find out which South Sound locals took home state titles

Across three days at Sammamish High School, a handful of South Sound locals brought home team and individual titles at the WIAA Gymnastics state championships. Follow our roundup of action across four events and four classifications:

SATURDAY (FEB. 25)

4A

INDIVIDUAL TITLES

VAULT

Puyallup’s Kari McCarty took home the 4A individual vault title at Sammamish High School on Saturday, scoring a 9.775.

Sumner’s Madison Sorenson secured third-place honors with a score of 9.550.

Four South Sound locals cracked the top 10, in total. Federal Way’s Joseline Abundis tied for fifth (9.4000) and Sumner’s Ava Alastra took seventh (9.200).

BARS

Redmond’s Jordan Begun took home the individual bars title on Saturday afternoon (9.600), but a trio of locals notched top-eight finishes.

Sumner’s Madison Sorenson finished fifth with a score of 8.450, adding to a third-place vault finish. Kari McCarty of Puyallup took sixth (8.400) and Maile Pineda of Tahoma finished seventh (7.550).

BEAM

Puyallup’s McCarty was victorious again, a second state title after outclassing the field in vault earlier Saturday. This time, she shared the podium’s top spot with Redmond’s Jordan Begun after both scored a 9.325.

Rogers’ Caroline Deyoung tied for fifth (9.075).

FLOOR

Madison Sorenson’s score of 9.500 in the floor event grabbed the individual state title on Saturday afternoon.

She was third in the vault event and fifth on the bars, but the Sumner junior finally reached the top of the podium at Sammamish High School. Two steps below was Spartans teammate Ava Alastra, a senior and the state’s third-place finisher with a score of 9.400.

Federal Way’s Joseline Abundis took sixth, also a sixth-place finisher in the vault event.

FRIDAY (FEB. 24)

4A

TEAM RESULTS

There are rarely, if ever, thinner margins. The Falcons, by less than one total point, were state champions.

Woodinville, with a total score of 180.400, won the 4A team gymnastics title at Sammamish High School on Friday. Camas was runner-up (179.575) despite first-place finishes in three of four events.

South Sound local Sumner finished third (173.95) and was a top-three team in all four events. The Spartans placed second in vault (45.225) and third in bars, beam, and floor.

Olympia finished sixth (78.400) and Puyallup placed eighth (69.750).

ALL-AROUND

Camas’ Madison Williams was the 4A all-around champion on Friday with a score of 37.300, edging out Woodinville’s Emily Brouwers (37.200).

Puyallup’s Kari McCarty was the all-around fourth-place finisher (37.075). Sumner’s Madison Sorenson finished sixth (36.475) and Tahoma’s Maile Pineda took ninth (36.100).

1A/2A/3A

INDIVIDUAL TITLES

VAULT

Julia Carter of Enumclaw won the individual vault title with a score of 9.650.

North Thurston’s Sadie McKune tied for seventh (9.150) and Rams teammate Bella Burton placed ninth (9.125).

BARS

The second-place platform on the podium remained empty when gymnasts posed for their medals. Instead, a tie for first placed both North Thurston’s McKune and Shorecrest’s Berkley Gorre at the top. Both scored 9.475.

Thomas Jefferson’s Rylee Cabang finished fifth, scoring 9.225.

Enumclaw’s Julia Carter, the individual vault champion, finished eighth in bars (8.750).

BEAM

Sammamish’s Seema Borgmann grabbed the individual beam title on her home floor, scoring a 9.550 on Friday.

North Thurston’s McKune finished fourth in beam, adding to her title in bars and seventh-place finish in vault.

FLOOR

Dezlyn Lundquist of Mead won Friday’s individual floor title with a score of 9.700.

Bella Burton of North Thurston finished tied for fourth with Ballard’s Alex Bullock (9.450).

North Thurston’s McKune tied for 10th (9.250).

THURSDAY (FEB. 23)

1A/2A/3A

TEAM TITLES

Sammamish swept the field in all four team events on Thursday, the unquestioned state champions on their home floor.

The Redhawks notched scores of 45.150 in the vault event, 42.500 on the bars, 45.925 on the beam, and an even 46.000 on the floor. Each bested 43 other programs in attendance at Sammamish High School and combined for a winning score of 179.575.

And yet, the margin remained thin all afternoon. Mead cracked the top four in all team events, good for a score of 174.000 and the second-place trophy.

A handful of locals scattered Thursday’s leaderboard, including North Thurston, whose second-place team finish in vault (43.700) propelled the Rams to an overall sixth-place finish.

North Kitsap finished either sixth or seventh in all four events Thursday, eventually seventh-place overall finishers. Tood Beamer took ninth and Thomas Jefferson rounded out the top 10.

Lincoln (11th), Enumclaw (12th), and Bonney Lake (14th) cracked the top 15.

ALL-AROUND

Sammamish’s Seema Borgmann was crowned the tournament’s all-around winner with a total score of 37.850. North Thurston’s Sadie McKune was the all-around fourth-place finisher (36.750). Enumclaw’s Julia Carter placed sixth (36.250).