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The Chisago Lakes gymastics team picked up two conference wins before losing to Hudson, Wisconsin last week.

Monday, January 28, the Wildcats beat Columbia Heights 125.275-98.150 at Heights. At home, they defeated St. Louis Park 122.750-109.900 Tuesday, February 29. Thursday, January 31 the Wildcats lost at Hudson 143.450-129.625.

"Three meets in a week at the end of the season is very difficult, especially on back-to-back nights," said Wildcat head coach Brett Kjos. "But the girls did an admirable job. Against Columbia Heights, we swept places one through five in the vault and bars, with Andrea Olson winning the vault and Britni (Harris) winning the bars. Once again, the beam was not very friendly to us - many falls.

"At St. Louis Park, 24 hours later, we were back at it against St. Louis Park. The girls were a little sore and tired and it showed in our scores," Kjos noted. He also pointed out that the team score was the team's lowest of the season - when his entire squad was present.

At Hudson, the team recorded its third best score of the season. "I was skeptical, with that many meets in a week," Kjos said. "I hoped to perform better than we did earlier in the week. The girls came out and did a truly fantastic job. Sam Thomsen set a personal record on the vault (8.6) and on the beam (8.25).

"We finally hit beam. Britni and Sam stuck their routines and Andrea Olson had her highest score of the season (8.8). Andrea also set a new personal record in the all-around (32.975). Alicia Sokol set a new personal best on the bars with a score of 7.695. With only two weeks until the section meet, I think we are in a great spot," Kjos added.

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