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2009-2010 Ballard Gymnastics Team (photo taken by Mike Gurley)
Ballard Team advances to Feb 13 Districts
The Ballard Gymnasts squeaked out a third place finish at the KingCo 4A League meet to advance as a team to Districts (which will be held Sat Feb 13 at Sammamish HS). The Beavers scored 164.250 narrowly beating a strong Issaquah team by .05. Members of the Ballard team competing were Molly Barnes, Shannon Donnelly, Taylor Green, Ashley Hart, Erica Redman, Taylor Stern, Maureen Sturgeon, and Maria Volk.
Ballard junior Taylor Stern remained undefeated this season on the uneven bars taking first place with a score of 9.15. Stern took second place on vault and was 2nd in the All-Around with a score of 36.600 missing to Woodinville's Hailey Wells who scored a 36.850. Erica Redman took 10th place on the Balance Beam. Stern took 5th place on floor and 9th place on the beam.
The District competition held Saturday Feb 13 at Sammamish High School will determine which gymnasts qualify to the State Championships held Feb 19/20 at the Tacoma Dome. This coming Saturday's competition times not yet set.
Article Ballard News Tribune
Article Seattle Times
Scores Seattle Times
Ballard JV score big at KingCo JV invitational
Congratulations to the Ballard JV Gymnasts who took 1st place at the KingCo JV Invitational. The team scored 145.900, taking first place as a team in Vault, Bars, and Beam. Freshman Paige Smart took top All-Around honors at the meet scoring 31.550. Paige also took 1st place on Vault and Bars, placed 2nd on the Balance Beam and 5th on Floor. Ballard Junior Sara Katsandres took 1st place on the Balance Beam and was 3rd place All-Around. Other Ballard ribbon winners included Maddie Werlinger (5th All-Around, 4th Vault, 1st place tie on Bars), Miranda Erikson (tied 2nd on Vault, 9th place Bars, 10th Beam), Ariel Noltimier (8th All-Around, tied 7th Vault, 4th place Bars), Shannon Donnelly (2nd place floor), Ashley Hart (3rd place floor), and Erin Kleiss-Acres (tied 13th Vault).
Taylor Stern named the Seattle Times Star Athlete of the week and the WIAA State 4A Athlete of the week.
Congratulations Taylor!
seattletimes.com Star Athlete of the Week article
WIAA/Seattle Times state athletes of the week
Each week throughout the school year, The Seattle Times and WIAA team up to recognize twelve varsity athletes, a male and a female from each of the six classifications, who exhibited an outstanding performance for the previous week.
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Congratulations to coach Stephanie Gundel who was selected as KingCo Gymnastics Coach of the Year for 2008-09!
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WOWI - Ballard Tops at Invitational Sat Jan 9, 2010
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posted 02/07/2010 Congratulations to the Ballard JV Gymnasts who took 1st place at the KingCo JV Invitational. The team scored 145.900, taking first place as a team in Vault, Bars, and Beam. Freshman Paige Smart took top All-Around honors at the meet scoring 31.550. Paige also took 1st place on Vault and Bars, placed 2nd on the Balance Beam and 5th on Floor. Ballard Junior Sara Katsandres took 1st place on the Balance Beam and was 3rd place All-Around. Other Ballard ribbon winners included Maddie Werlinger (5th All-Around, 4th Vault, 1st place tie on Bars), Miranda Erikson (tied 2nd on Vault, 9th place Bars, 10th Beam), Ariel Noltimier (8th All-Around, tied 7th Vault, 4th place Bars), Shannon Donnelly (2nd place floor), Ashley Hart (3rd place floor), and Erin Kleiss-Acres (tied 13th Vault). 
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posted 02/07/2010 Thursday Jan 28 the Ballard gymnasts scored big at their final home meet of the season against a talented Bellevue team. That night the gymnasts honored their lone senior Taylor Green, aka Ducky.
Taylor Stern won the All-Around title and was first on Vault and Bars. Erica Redman took 2nd place on the Balance Beam.
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posted 02/07/2010 Jan 21 meet
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posted 01/16/2010 Jan 14, 2010
At a three-way meet against the 2009 State Champion Woodinville gymnasts and a strong Inglemoor team, the Ballard gymnasts scored 166.800 coming in second to Woodinville's 175.900 and Inglemoor's 163.750. Ballard's Taylor Stern once again took the All-Around title with a score of 36.950. Other All-Around medalists included Maria Volk (8th), Molly Barnes (9th), and Erica Redman (10th). Stern placed 1st on Bars (9.3), 2nd on Vault (9.4), 3rd on Floor (9.2) and 5th on Beam (9.05). Erica Redman placed 3rd on Beam (9.2) and 10th on Floor (8.55). Maria Volk tied for 5th on Vault (8.8) and was 10th on Bars (7.4). Molly Barnes was 8th on Vault (8.6) and 7th on Beam (9.0). Maureen Sturgeen tied for 5th on Vault (8.8).
Seattle Times Recap
Ballard News Tribune Recap
Thursday Jan 21, Ballard will once again square off against Woodinville (at Woodinville HS) and against Bothell HS. The meet starts at 7:00 pm.
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posted 01/11/2010 WOWI - Ballard Tops at Invitational Sat Jan 9, 2010
Saturday Jan 9, 2010: Host Ballard High scored a victory at the WOWI gymnastics competition narrowly beating out a strong Columbia River team. Mead High School (of Spokane) came in third.
In the individual awards, Ballard's Taylor Stern took the top honors at the meet scoring 37.150 All-Around. In the individual sessions All-Around winners were Stern (Session 1 Vancouver division), Jennifer DeBellis from Columbia River (Session 2 Vancouver division), Josie Nesbitt from Mead (Session 1 Sochi division) and Grace Mammarella from Columbia River (Session 2 Sochi division).
Competing gymnastics teams from around Washington state included Ballard, Bellingham, Columbia River, Kentwood, Mead, Nathan Hale, Olympia, Port Angeles, Sehome, Shorewood, Southridge, Squalicum, Central Valley, Capital, and Shorecrest.
Team Results (both sessions combined)
Session 1 - Vancouver Division Results
Session 1 - Sochi Division Results
Session 2 - Vancouver Division Results
Session 2 - Sochi Division Results
Seattle Times meet results (both sessions combined)
Ballard News Tribune Recap
Thank you to the following businesses who contributed to the Invitational
Abbey Party Rents www.abbeypartyrents.com
Rizzo French Dip Sandwiches (on 15th in Ballard) www.rizzosfrenchdip.com
Michoacan Mexican Restaurant (on 15th in Ballard) link to address
Caffe Appassionato Coffee Co (Magnolia) link to address
WesternCO Doughnuts (on 15th in Ballard) link to address
The Hi-Life Restaurant (on NW Market) link to web site
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posted 01/08/2010 The Ballard gymnastics team posted a season-high score of 163.45 competing against Roosevelt High School. Ballard had the top three places in the All-Around, the Uneven Bars, and the Floor and had the high scorer on Vault and on the Balance Beam. More details will come later.
Seattle Times Recap
Meet Results Ballard vs Roosevelt
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posted 12/19/2009 The BHS gymnastics team beat Lake Washington at their meet on Dec. 17. Ballard scored 156.25 vs 128.15 for Lake Washington. Erica Redman won beam, floor, and was 1st in All-Around. Maria Volk tied for 1st on vault, was 3rd on floor, 4th on bars, and 2nd All-Around. Taylor Stern won bars and was 2nd on beam. Maureen Sturgeon tied for 1st on vault, was 4th on floor, and 5th All-Around. Paige Smart was 4th on beam and Shannon Donnelly was 5th on bars.
article Ballard News Tribune
Results
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BHS District competitiors: Maureen Sturgeon, Taylor Green, Molly Barnes, Erica Redman, Ashley Hart, Maria Volk, Taylor Stern, and Emma Bowen |
The Ballard gymnastics team placed 4th at the District meet, landing the same place earned one week before at the KingCo league meet. All the top KingCo teams repeated their standings at the District league meet.
• District meet results
• seattletimes.com results
• seattletimes.com article
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Sophomore Taylor Stern qualified to advance to the Washington State gymnastics competition in all events at the District meet held at Sammamish High School on Saturday, February 14th.
Congratulations, Taylor!
Individual state competition schedule
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posted 02/07/2009 Congratulations to the Ballard gymnastics team for their 4th place finish out of 12 teams at the KingCo League championship meet!
Ballard gymnasts after receiving their award before heading out to Winter Ball
Taylor Stern earned 2nd place all-around by placing 5th on vault, 3rd on bars, 7th on beam and 8th on floor. Congratulations, Taylor!
All Ballard competitors will advance to the District meet at Sammamish High school on February 14th.
Molly Barnes, Emma Bowen, Erica Redman and Taylor Stern will advance to Districts in all events. Maureen Sturgeon advances to districts on bars, vault and floor, Taylor Green advances to districts on beam and floor, Shannon Donnelly advances to districts on bars, Ashley Hart advances to districts on beam and Maria Volk advances to districts on vault.
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posted 02/05/2009 From The Seattle Times
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Taylor Stern, Ballard gymnastics: The sophomore won every event and the all-around in a meet against Lake Washington, Juanita and Sehome. She scored 9.0 or more in the vault (9.3), bars (9.0) and floor exercise (9.4) and won the all-around with a 37.15.
Congratulations, Taylor!!
| | | | | | | | by kb posted 01/15/2009 BHS gymnastic team took 3rd place in a 4 way meet Thursday against Woodinville, Inglemoor and Roosevelt. Taylor Stern was 3rd on vault, 5th on bars, 7th on beam and floor and 6th all around. Emma Bowen was 8th on vault. Molly Barnes was 8th on beam. Maria Volk was 10th on vault.
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Winning KingCo 4A may be more challenging than winning the state meet, Inglemoor coach James Evans said.
"Whoever walks out of this district is probably going all the way," he said.
– Excerpt from a Seattle Times article about the incredibly tough and talented KingCo league gymnastics competition.
BHS is hosting the KingCo 3A and 4A meets on February 7th.
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| | Emma Bowen on vault, Molly Barnes and Taylor Stern on beam | | | BHS gymnastics had their highest ever first meet score to win a 3-way meet on Thursday, December 4th. Ballard scored 165.05, Mercer Island was second with 141.0 and Roosevelt was third with 115.8.
Emma Bowen was 2nd on vault, beam and floor  , 3rd on bars and won the all around. Taylor Stern won vault, bars and floor , was 6th on beam and 2nd all around. Molly Barnes was 4th on vault, bars and beam, 3rd on floor and 3rd all around. Erica Redman was 6th on vault, 5th on bars, 2nd on beam, 4th on floor and 5th all around. Maria Volk was 3rd on vault, 8th on beam, 10th on bars and floor and 7th all around. Maureen Sturgeon was 7th on vault and beam, 9th on bars and 9th all around. Taylor Green was 7th on vault and 5th on floor. Shannon Donnelly was 7th on bars. Ashley Hart was 10th on beam.
• Seattle Times report: Ballard 165.05, Mercer Island 141.0, Roosevelt 115.8
• Detailed meet results
Thanks to Abbey Party Rents and all the parents and who helped setup/takedown the gym, manned the scorekeeping table, donated items to the concessions stand & team snack and to Vivian Belcher for running concessions. Kudos goes to our announcer, Kris Barnes, and to Molly Barnes for singing the national anthem!
We're off to a great start!
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Beaver roundup
Monday, December 01, 2008
Winter sports season coming
By Michael Harthorne
Gymnastics
Last year's gymnastics team had its best season ever, head coach Stephanie Gundel said.
The team finished third in KingCo with a 7-2 record and made it to districts as a team.
Despite having a young team with no seniors and only three juniors, Gundel said the team should be strong and is returning a lot of varsity players from last year, including sophomores Taylor Stern and Erica Redman who made it to state last season as freshmen.
Right now the team is working on getting its skills back after the off-season, then the athletes need to focus on putting those skills into routines, Gundel said.
In addition to Stern and Redman, Gundel said junior Emma Bowen, sophomore Molly Barnes, and freshmen Maureen Sturgeon and Maria Volk should have good years.
The main strength of the team this season will be its enthusiasm and energy, Gundel said.
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