Gymnasts claim state crowns
The Butler boys gymnastics team recently brought home eight state championships from the state meet held at Penn State University.
Butler's level 9 and 10 teams placed second in the state in team competition, the level 10 team losing a first-place tiebreaker to Artistics Gymnastics from Harrisburg.
Chad Wiest, a Moniteau senior headed to the University of Illinois on a gymnastics scholarship, won the level 10 (ages 16-18) state title in all-around with a score of 53.80. He was also state champion on parallel bars with a 9.3.
Dusty Cranmer, a Seneca Valley senior headed to the University of Iowa on a gymnastics scholarship, was state champion on floor with a 9.5 and on the pommel horse with a 9.0. He was third all-around with a 51.90.
Cody Carnahan, a Karns City senior headed to Penn State to compete in gymnastics, placed sixth all-round with a 49.10.
In level 10 (ages 14-15), Mac Lewis won the state title on floor with an 8.7. In level 9 (ages 12-13), J.B. Kolod won the state title on vault with a 9.45 and was second all-around with a 48.20.
In level 6 (ages 8-9), Levi Cetti was state champion on floor with a 9.3 and was third all-around with a 54.55. In level 5 (ages 10-up), Peter Flory was state champion on floor with a 9.3.
Butler's overall results follow:
Level 10 (ages 16-18)Chad Wiest:3-floor 9.1, 2-pommel 9.8, 4-rings 8.7, 4-vault 9.7, 1-parallel bars 9.3, 3-high bar 8.2, 1-all around 53.80Dusty Cranmer: 1-floor 9.5, 1-pommel 9.0, 10-rings 7.6, 5-vault 9.7, 2-parallel bars 8.5, 10-high bar 7.6, 3-all around 51.90Cody Carnahan:7-floor 8.8, 7-pommel 7.8, 7-rings 8.3, 6-vault 9.7, 8-high bar 7.7, 6-all around 49.10Aaron Zaiser:9-vault 8.9
Level 10 (ages 14-15)Mac Lewis:1-floor 8.7, 4-rings 6.9, 8-vault 7.9, 2-parallel bars 8.0, 3-high bar 6.6, 4-all around 44.60Nick Grant: 3-floor 8.3, 4-high bar 6.4
Level 9 (ages 12-13)J.B. Kolod:9-floor 8.6, 2-pommel 8.3, 7-rings 7.7, 1-vault 8.2, 7-parallel bars 7.7, 3-high bar 7.7, 2-all around 48.20Ben Zaiser: 8-floor 8.7, 4-vault 8.1Danny Roberts: 4-floor 8.8
Level 6 (ages 8-9)Levi Cetti:1-floor 9.45, 4-pommel 8.85, 4-rings 9.1, 7-vault 9.35, 3-parallel bars 9.6, 7-high bar 8.2, 3-all around 54.55Sean Murphy:8-floor 7.0, 8-pommel 7.9, 10-rings 7.2, 8-vault 9.0, 8-parallel bars 7.4, 8-high bar 7.8, 9-all around 46.3
Level 6 (ages 10-11)Mitchell Dehoff:8-floor 8.5
Level 5 (age 9)Stephen Hagg:7-floor 8.9, 4-vault 9.5
Level 5 (age 10-up)Peter Flory:1-floor 9.3, 3-pommel 8.9, 5-rings 9.0, 4-parallel bars 9.2, 10-high bar 8.8, 4-all around 54.30
Level 4 (age 9)Joshua Seybert:10-rings 9.2, 9-vault 9.5Zachary Fisher:8-rings 9.3, 8-parallel bars 8.3
Level 4 (age 8)Colton Beardsley:7-pommel 8.7, 5-rings 9.4, 8-parallel bars 8.9, 4-high bar 9.1, 8-all around 53.90Logan Maher:9-floor 8.95, 8-rings 9.35, 10-parallel bars 8.7
