By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

MINOCQUA — Marshfield senior Olivia Tierney won the floor exercise and finished in the top six in the other three events to finish third in the all-around at the Great Northern Conference Gymnastics Meet last Saturday at Lakeland High School.

Tierney won the floor with a score of 9.225, was third in the balance beam (9.275), fifth in the uneven bars (8.175) and sixth in the vault (9.0) for the Tigers. Her all-around score was 35.675 as she finished third behind Stevens Point sophomore Kali Schierl (36.55) and Wisconsin Rapids freshman Tia Dorshorst (36.25).

Marshfield ended up third in the team standings in the Large Division with 128.25 points. Stevens Point won with a score of 139.35, and Ashland came in second with a score of 131.95.

Marshfield will compete at the WIAA Division 1 sectional Saturday at Stevens Point. The top two teams will compete in the team meet on March 6, and the top five finishers in each of the four events and the all-around will compete in the individual meet on March 7 at the 2015 WIAA State Gymnastics at Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln High School.

(Hub City Times Sports Reporter Paul Lecker is also the publisher of MarshfieldAreaSports.com.)

2015 Great Northern Conference Gymnastics Meet

Large Division

Team standings: 1. Stevens Point 139.35; 2. Ashland 131.95; 3. Marshfield 128.25; 4. Antigo 126.825; 5. Wisconsin Rapids 115.85.

Individual results (winners and Marshfield finishers)

Floor exercise: 1. Olivia Tierney (MAR) 9.225; 12. Emma Boson (MAR) 8.225; 15. Macey Smith (MAR) 7.9; 16. Megan Smith (AMR) 7.8; 21. Isabelle Jensen (MAR) 7.375.

Vault: 1. Shelby Rust (ASH) 9.55; 6. Tierney (MAR) 9.0; 9. Ma. Smith (MAR) 8.6; 12. Me. Smith (MAR) 8.45; 16. Jensen (MAR) 8.3; 23. Boson (MAR) 8.05.

Uneven bars: 1. Kali Schierl (SP) 8.85; 5. Tierney (MAR) 8.175; 8. Me. Smith (MAR) 7.825; 15. Jensen (MAR) 7.325; 16. Boson (MAR) 7.25; 19. Ma. Smith (MAR) 6.875.

Balance beam: 1. Tia Dorshorst (WR) and Schierl (WR) 9.3; 3. Tierney (MAR) 9.275; 15. Audrey Horvath (MAR) 7.225; 18. Ma. Smith (MAR) 7.0; 21. Me. Smith (MAR) 6.675; 23. Jensen (MAR) 6.425.

All-around: 1. Schierl (SP) 36.55; 3. Tierney (MAR) 35.675; 10. Me. Smith (MAR) 30.75; 11. Ma. Smith (MAR) 30.375; 12. Jensen (MAR) 29.425.

Small Division

Team standings: 1. Chequamegon 119.825; 2. Mosinee/Marathon 115.85; 3. Medford 115.4; 4. Rhinelander 113.95; 5. Lakeland 112.075.