AURORA | The Overland gymnastics team made a strong early statement at Saturday’s Overland Invitational.
Competing on their home floor, the co-op squad of athletes from around Aurora finished with a team score of 181.375 points, finishing comfortably ahead of Broomfield — the defending Class 5A state champion — which scored 180.425.
Overland — which posted the highest team scores in the vault and balance beam — had three of the top seven all-around finishers, led by senior Aimee St. Martin, whose total score of 37.050 put her in third place behind winner Olivia Solow-Iederman of Cherry Creek (37.650) and runner-up Melanie Stelling of Broomfield (37.400).
Freshman McKenna Turbyne came in sixth and junior Devin Bundas seventh in the all-around standings.
Bundas claimed the only individual event victory for the Trailblazers, as her score of 9.575 on the uneven bars gave her a narrow margin over Arvada West’s Kaitlin Kurl, who checked in at 9.550.
Junior Kellyn Toole placed second on the balance beam with a mark of 9.600, while St. Martin’s fourth (9.450) keyed Overland’s strong performance in the event.
Turbyne’s best result was a third-place finish in the vault with a score of 9.475.
2013 OVERLAND GYMNASTICS INVITATIONAL
Sept. 21 at Overland High School
Team scores: 1. OVERLAND 181.375 points; 2. Broomfield 180.425; 3. Arvada West 179.100; 4. Cherry Creek 176.500; 5. Mountain Range 172.525; 6. Elizabeth 171.800; 7. Standley Lake 169.525; 8. Niwot 167.400; 9. Ponderosa 165.950; 10. Fort Collins 163.175; 11. Green Mountain 157.400; 12. Loveland 151.500; 13. Bear Creek 149.375; 14. Pine Creek 138.300; 15. Rampart 114.925
All-Around (top six finishers): 1. Olivia Solow-Iederman (Cherry Creek), 37.650 points; 2. Melanie Stelling (Broomfield), 37.400; 3. AIMEE ST. MARTIN (OVERLAND), 37.050; 4. Kailey Licata (Broomfield), 37.000; 5. Jordan Ireland (Standley Lake), 36.925; 6. MCKENNA TURBYNE (OVERLAND), 36.825; Other Overland results: 7. Devin Bundas, 36.375
Uneven bars (top six finishers): 1. DEVIN BUNDAS (OVERLAND), 9.575 points; 2. Kaitlin Kurl (Arvada West), 9.550; 3. Alaina Bolton (Cherry Creek), 9.450; 4. Melanie Stelling (Broomfield), 9.350; 5. Kathy Nguyen (Green Mountain), 9.200; 6. Kailey Licata (Broomfield), 9.175; Overland results: 11. McKenna Turbyne 8.950, 12. Aimee St. Martin 8.925
Vault (top six finishers): 1. Kathy Nguyen (Green Mountain), 9.650 points; 2. Jordan Ireland (Standley Lake), 9.525; 3. MCKENNA TURBYNE (OVERLAND), 9.475; 4. Veronica Vasina (Arvada West), 9.450; 5. Kailey Licata (Broomfield), 9.325; 6. Olivia Solow-Iederman (Cherry Creek), 9.300; Overland results: T7. Aimee St. Martin 9.300, 10. Kellyn Toole 9.200
Balance beam (top six finishers): 1. Olivia Solow-Iederman (Cherry Creek), 9.725 points; 2. KELLYN TOOLE (OVERLAND), 9.600; 3. Sela Buted (Cherry Creek), 9.475; 4. AIMEE ST. MARTIN (OVERLAND), 9.450; 5. Nicki Verheyen (Broomfield), 9.325; T6. Alex Wilson (Mountain Range), 9.225 (9.250); T6. Emily Kopal (Arvada West), 9.225 (9.250); Overland results: 8. McKenna Turbyne 9.150, 12. Genesis Hathaway 8.975
Floor exercise (top six finishers): 1. Melanie Stelling (Broomfield), 9.725 points; 2. Olivia Solow-Iederman (Cherry Creek), 9.650; 3. Kailey Licata (Broomfield), 9.625; 4. Jordan Ireland (Standley Lake), 9.575; 5. Veronica Vasina (Arvada West), 9.475; 6. Jessica Jankowski (Arvada West), 9.425; Overland results: 8. Aimee St. Martin 9.375, 9. Devin Bundas 9.350, 10. Kellyn Toole 9.275, 12. McKenna Turbyne 9.250
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