Lexi Voukidis of Ridgefield captured a state title on the uneven bars Friday on the 3A/2A/1A state gymnastics meet at Sammamish Excessive College in Bellevue.
The junior scored 9.225 on the bars to beat out runner-up Brook Adkins of Ballard, who scored a 9.150.
Ridgefield teammate Evie Dreiling was a part of the a three-way tie for third place on the ground train with a rating of 9.050.
Abigail Mendoza of Prairie (ninth within the vault) and Hayden Wojack of Prairie (tied for tenth on the bars) additionally earned top-10 finishes throughout Friday’s equipment finals on the state meet.
Columbia River positioned sixth within the crew standings with a rating of 154.900 on Thursday. Mendoza positioned ninth within the all-around on Thursday with a rating of 34.900.
Ridgefield coach Richard Samuels was chosen because the 3A/2A state coach of the 12 months by the Washington State Gymnastics Coaches Affiliation, and he was inducted into the WSGCA Corridor of Fame.
Samuels coached gymnastics at Fort Vancouver Excessive College from 2003-2013 earlier than taking up this system at Ridgefield in 2014. In 20-plus years of teaching, he has taken athletes to the state meet yearly however one.
