Blue Devils hit 150

The Warren girls gymnastic team keeps hitting, and its scores keep climbing higher and higher.

The Blue Devils reached the 150 mark for the second time in school history Monday by continuing their recent scoring surge.

Warren won the regional hosted by Lakes by hitting 150 on the nose. Glenbrook North was second at 134.6, followed by Glenbrook South (132.55) and Wheeling (110.5).

Blue Devils sophomore Kim Gotlund won all four events plus the all-around and posted a career-best 38.625 total.

"We keep hitting the marks right on the dot," Warren coach Carrie Parker said. "We just keep improving every meet. Again, I think we can still do better.

"We had our best beam (37.925) and floor (38.325) all year. It shows what Warren can do if we hit beam. We seem to be peaking at the right moment."

Gotlund was nearly flawless all evening but put together a nearly perfect beam routine for a season-best 9.8.

"Once I hit my series, I had more confidence," Gotlund said. "I just wanted to finish it up and have a good one."

Gotlund also had top scores on floor (9.75), vault (9.6) and bars (9.6).

"I came in with a positive attitude and a lot of confidence," said Gotlund, who had a previous-high of 38.3 in a meet at Lakes a couple weeks ago. "I haven't hit everything at once, so that was a first."

Warren had Kacie Holop (37.9), Chelsea Youngberg (37.1) and Katie Vovolka (36.575) round out the top four spots in the all-around.

The Blue Devils won the top four spots on floor, bars and beam and took the top three plus fifth place in vault.

Holop was second on floor (9.675), beam (9.6) and bars (9.3) and third on vault (9.4). Youngberg placed second on vault (9.425), third on bars (8.825), beam (9.375), and floor (9.475). Vovolka took fourths on floor (9.425), beam (9.2), bars (8.65) and fifth on vault (9.1).

Grant had its first gymnast compete in a regional in almost a decade, sophomore Krystin Kantenwein. She missed out on advancing to next Tuesday's sectional at Stevenson, but she has something to look forward to for next year.

"It's kind of leading a path for other girls to join," Kantenwein said. "I want to do this again and now I know what to expect."