DeNova leads local gymnasts at State championships

Tyanna DeNova of Shorewood at a previous meet. Photo by Susan Riley.

Tyanna DeNova of Shorewood had the best local performances in the qualifying round of the State high school gymnastics championships Friday February 18, at the Tacoma Dome.

DeNova was 46th in the vault and 51st on the uneven parallel bars. The top 16 performers in each event Friday qualified for the Saturday finals.

State gymnastics Championships

At Tacoma Dome Exhibition Hall

CLASS 3A/2A

Saturday, February 19

INDIVIDUAL FINALS

• Vault — 1 (tie), Norman, Shadle Park, and Fletcher, Kamiakin, 9.6
• Bars — 1, Hess, Columbia River, 9.45.
• Beam — 1, Brandon, Kamiakin, 9.575.
• Floor — 1, DeBellis, Columbia River, 9.7.

Friday, February 18

Finals

Team scores — 1, Kamiakin 174.275.

All-around — 1, Markin, University, 37.3.

Leading qualifiers

• Vault — 1 (tie), Olivia Bannerot, Enumclaw, and Messer, Enumclaw, 9.525.
• Bars — 1, Carr, Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls), 9.275.
• Beam — 1, DeBellis, Columbia River, 9.425.
• Floor — 1, DeBellis, Columbia River, 9.675; 2, Markin, University, 9.575.

Non-Qualifiers

• Vault — 46, Tyanna DeNova, Shorewood, 8.275,
• Bars – 51, Tyanna DeNova, SW, 6.7; 67T, Juliet Fisher. SW, 6.3; 74, Mandy Thorson-Hanson, SW, 6.125; 81T, Mia Peck, Shorecrest. 5.95; 90, Stephanie Spee, SW, 5.3.
• Beam — 69T, Yvonne Chan, SW, 7.45.
• Floor — 70T, Tyanna DeNova, SW, 8.45.