AURORA | Two invitationals, two championships thus far in 2014 for the Overland gymnastics team.
Coach Lisa Sparrow’s co-op team made up of a gymnasts from all around Aurora followed up a victory in the Loveland Invitational by winning the annual Overland Invitational on Saturday with a total of 178.1250 points.
Led by the trio of senior Devin Bundas and sophomores McKenna Turbyne and Madie Venegas — who finished 4-5-6 in the all-around standings — Overland finished with some breathing room over runner-up Cherry Creek (177.4250) and well in front of third-place Mountain Range (173.300) atop the 13-team field.
Bundas finished first individually on the uneven bars with a score of 9.525 points and also posted a 9.650 on the floor exercise — the event she won the 5A individual state championship in last season — to finish a close third.
Turbyne excelled in the same events as Bundas, with a third place result on the uneven bars and fifth on the floor, while Venegas performed solidly in each event, though not in the top 10 of any of them.
Mackenzie French, Devin Guttman, Emily Shelest and Christie Yee also posted top 10 finishes in at least one event for the Trailblazers.
Overland competed without senior Kellyn Toole, who watched the meet with her right foot in a boot. The Trailblazers’ next invitational comes on Sept. 27 at Cherry Creek High School.
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2014 OVERLAND INVITATIONAL GYMNASTICS MEET
Team scores (vault-bars-beam-floor): 1. OVERLAND (44.0500-44.3500-43.2250-46.5000), 178.1250 points; 2. Cherry Creek (44.3000-42.9750-43.9750-46.1750), 177.4250; 3. Mountain Range (44.9500-40.9750-42.2000-45.1750), 173.300; 4. Arvada West (42.7500-40.4750-43.7000-44.8000), 171.7250; 5. Green Mountain (42.7500-41.2750-42.5000-43.7750), 170.3000; 6. Elizabeth (43.1000-40.7500-40.0250-43.7000), 167.5750; 7. Palmer Ridge (42.9500-40.8000-41.8250-41.5250), 167.1000; 8. Ponderosa (42.2500-41.3000-40.5250-42.7500), 166.8250; 9. Niwot (42.4000-40.9500-41.0750-41.9500), 166.3750; 10. Rampart (41.2500-40.7750-39.8750-39.4000), 161.3000; 11. Bear Creek (38.3500-31.2250-36.9250-38.075), 144.5750; 12. Loveland (37.1500-26.3750-32.8000-34.2500), 130.5750; 13. Columbine (36.2000-25.6750-29.900-32.1000), 123.8750
Top 10 individuals, all-around: 1. Veronica Vasina (Arvada West), 38.025 points; 2. Mackinzie Doerr (Cherry Creek), 37.250; 3. Samantha Simon (Cherry Creek), 37.050; 4. DEVIN BUNDAS (OVERLAND), 36.075; 5. MCKENNA TURBYNE (OVERLAND), 36.025; 6. MADIE VENEGAS (OVERLAND), 35.400; T7. Rachel Westfall (Palmer Ridge), 35.225; T7. Rachel Dillman (Mountain Range), 35.225; 8. Camille DiPaola (Green Mountain), 35.125; 9. Katie Steward (Ponderosa), 34.950; 10. Caitlyn Paplow (Mountain Range), 34.575
Top 10 individuals, vault: T1. Veronica Vasina (Arvada West), 9.550 points (9.600); T1. Kathy Nguyen (Green Mountain), 9.5550 (9.600); T2. Samantha Simon (Cherry Creek), 9.350 (9.300); T2. Mackinzie Doerr (Cherry Creek), 9.350 (9.300); 3. MACKENZIE FRENCH (OVERLAND), 9.200; 4. Natalie Prestwich (Mountain Range), 9.150; 5. Marina Larson (Mountain Range), 9.100 (9.100); 6. Caitlyn Paplow (Mountain Range), 9.100 (9.000); 7. Isabel Tellez (Palmer Ridge), 9.000 (9.000); 8. Alexis Carroll (Niwot), 9.000 (8.900); 9. DEVIN GUTTMAN (OVERLAND), 8.950 (8.900), 10. MCKENNA TURBYNE (OVERLAND), 8.950 (8.800); Other Overland results: 11. Madie Venegas, 8.900 (9.000), 39. Devin Bundas, 8.050 (7.900)
Top 10 individuals, uneven bars: 1. DEVIN BUNDAS (OVERLAND), 9.525 points; 2. Veronica Vasina (Arvada West), 9.200 (9.150); 3. MCKENNA TURBYNE (OVERLAND), 9.200 (9.050); 4. Mackinzie Doerr (Cherry Creek), 9.000; 5. Samantha Simon (Cherry Creek), 8.900; 6. Katie Steward (Ponderosa), 8.825; 7. Taylor Recaido (Rampart), 8.775; 8. Dani Johnson (Rampart), 8.750; 9. Rachel Wong (Cherry Creek), 8.675 (8.750); 10. Morgan Maddox (Green Mountain), 8.675 (8.700); Other Overland results: 11. Genesis Hathaway, 8.600; 12. Madie Venegas, 8.575; 17. Emily Shelest, 8.450 (8.300); 55. Christie Yee, 6.900 (6.800)
Top 10 individuals, balance beam: 1. Veronica Vasina (Arvada West), 9.600 points; 2. Samantha Simon (Cherry Creek), 9.525; 3. Mackinzie Doerr (Cherry Creek), 9.425; 4. Rachel Dillmann (Mountain Range), 9.025; T5. Kate Hernandez (Mountain Range), 8.950 (8.950); T5. Kianah Cordova (Palmer Ridge), 8.950 (8.950); 6. McKayla Novacek (Arvada West), 8.875; 7. Sarah Fangrow (Cherry Creek), 8.850 (8.950); 8. DEVIN BUNDAS (OVERLAND), 8.850 (8.850); 9. EMILY SHELEST (OVERLAND), 8.825 (8.900); 10. Katie Steward (Ponderosa), 8.825 (8.850); Other Overland results: 14. Madie Venegas, 8.725; 22. Aumni Ashby, 8.450; 24. Christie Yee, 8.375; 28. McKenna Turbyne, 8.250
Top 10 individuals, floor exercise: 1. Avery Paxton (Cherry Creek), 9.675 points (9.700); 2. Veronica Vasina (Arvada West), 9.675 (9.600); 3. DEVIN BUNDAS (OVERLAND), 9.650; 4. Camille DiPaola (Green Mountain), 9.625 (9.650); 5. MCKENNA TURBYNE (OVERLAND), 9,625 (9.600); 6. Mackinzie Doerr (Cherry Creek), 9.475; 7. CHRISTIE YEE (OVERLAND), 9.300; 8. Samantha Simon (Cherry Creek), 9.275; 9. Carrie Vosveld (Mountain Range), 9.250 (9.300); 10. Catilyn Paplow (Mountain Range), 9.250 (9.200); Other Overland results: 24. Aumni Ashby, 8.725; 41. Amanda Andrews, 8.200
