By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

MARSHFIELD – Marshfield freshman Emma Haugen is the Great Northern Conference Large Schools champion in the floor exercise after an impressive performance Saturday at the GNC Meet at Marshfield High School.

Haugen won the floor exercise with a score of 9.125 and also took third in the vault with a score of 8.75 to finish seventh in the all-around (32.6) for Marshfield, which ended up fourth out of the five teams in the Large Schools Division.

Stevens Point won the team title with 134.375 points, with Marshfield fourth at 126.475.

Megan Smith tied for fourth (8.7) and Brooke McGrath was fifth (8.65) in the vault for Marshfield’s only other top-five finishers.

Isabelle Jensen ended up eighth (31.475) and Megan Smith was ninth (31.2) in the all-around for the Tigers.

Marshfield will compete at the WIAA Division 1 sectional at Eau Claire Memorial on Feb. 27.

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

2016 Great Northern Conference Gymnastics Meet
Feb. 20, at Marshfield High School
Large Schools Team Scores: 1. Stevens Point 134.375; 2. Antigo 131.05; 3. Ashland 131; 4. Marshfield 126.475; 5. Wisconsin Rapids 114.075.
Winners and Marshfield finishers
All-around: 1. Shelby Rust (ASH) 35.525; 7. Emma Haugen (MAR) 32.6; 8. Isabelle Jensen (MAR) 31.475; 9. Megan Smith (MAR) 31.2.
Vault: 1. Rust (ASH) 9.15; 3. Haugen (MAR) 8.75; 4. (tie) Me. Smith (MAR) 8.7; 5. Brooke McGrath (MAR) 8.65; 8. (tie) Jensen (MAR) 8.5; 13. (tie) Makenna Gramza (MAR) 8.25.
Uneven parallel bars: 1. Rust (ASH) 8.425; 9. Melanie Hafenbredl (MAR) 7.65; 13. Jensen (MAR) 7.4; 14. Macey Smith (MAR) 7.375; 16. Haugen (MAR) 7.2; 18. Me. Smith (MAR) 7.05.
Balance beam: 1. Rust (ASH) 9.0; 10. Haugen (MAR) 7.525; 13. Me. Smith (MAR) 7.325; 14. Jensen (MAR) 7.3; 18. Ciera Neufeld (MAR) 6.75; 20. Ally Bakke (MAR) 6.5.
Floor exercise: 1. Haugen (MAR) 9.125; 11. (tie) Jensen (MAR) 8.275; 14. Me. Smith (MAR) 8.125; 15. Bailey Schmitt (MAR) 7.825; 17. McGrath (MAR) 7.775.
Small Schools Team Scores: 1. Rhinelander 121.925; 2. Lakeland 120.625; 3. Chequamegon 114.025; 4. Mosinee 112.175. Medford 112.05.