By Mike Zummo
The Valley Central gymnastics team took the first three spots in the all-around, and Reilly Benson won two events as the Vikings opened their season with a 99.8-88.4 win over the Wallkill Panthers on Thursday at Ostrander Elementary School in Wallkill.
Benson won the all-around with a total score of 34.200. She won the uneven bars with a score of 8.600 and the floor exercise with a score of 9.150. She was second in the vault and third on the balance beam.
Valley Central’s Bailey Badendyck won the vault with a score of 8.500.
Marlee McCullough picked up the only win for the Panthers when she scored an 8.850 on the balance beam.
The Vikings’ Eleanor O’Neill was second in the all-around with a combined score of 32.750. Her best score (8.800) came on the floor exercise, where she finished second.
The Vikings’ Leah Rieber was third with a 30.700 with a best score of 8.000 on the balance beam.
Elizabeth Kellner was fourth all around with a best score on the floor (8.850). Hannah Strano was fifth with a combined score of 27.350. She performed best on the balance beam with a score of 7.650.
McCullough only competed in three events, but still finished sixth all around with a combined score of 25.900. She was best on the floor with a score of 8.750.
Valley Central 160.150, Wallkill 134.350
Vault: 1. Bailey Badendyck (VC) - 8.500; 2. Reilly Benson (VC) - 8.450; 3. Marlee McCullough (W) - 8.300; 4. Eleanor O’Neill (VC) - 8.250, Ella Freeman (VC) - 8.250; 6. Elizabeth Kellner (W) - 8.000; 7. Leah Rieber (VC) - 7.850, Aubrianna Bremer (W) - 7.850; 9. Ellie Kresge (VC) - 7.750; 10. Kayla Baxter (W) - 7.200.
Uneven bars: 1. Reilly Benson (VC) - 8.600; 2. Leah Rieber (VC) 7.600; 3. Eleanor O’Neill (VC) - 7.500; 4. Kaedence Bresnick (VC) - 7.050; 5. Julia Freeman (VC) - 6.700; 6. Ella Freeman (VC) - 6.450; 7. Hannah Strano (W) - 6.00; 8. Elizabeth Kellner (W) - 4.200, Kayla Baxter (W) - 4.200; 10. Aubrianna Bremer (W) - 3.500.
Balance Beam: 1. Marlee McCullough (W) - 8.850; 2. Eleanor O’Neill (VC) - 8.200; 3. Reilly Benson (VC) - 8.000, Leah Rieber (VC) - 8.000; 5. Bailey Badendyck (VC) - 7.750; 6. Hannah Strano (W) - 7.650; 7. Kaedence Bresnick (VC) - 7.600; 8. Elizabeth Kellner (W) - 7.500; 9. Kendall Torres (VC) - 6.500; 10. Aubrianna Bremer (VC) - 6.000.
Floor Exercise: 1. Reilly Benson (VC) - 9.150; 2. Elizabeth Kellner (W) - 8.820; 3. Eleanor O’Neill (VC) - 8.800; 4. Marlee McCullough (W) - 8.750, Kaedence Bresnick (VC) - 8.750; 6. Aubrianna Bremer (W) - 8.250; 7. Bailey Badendyck (VC) - 8. Leah Rieber (VC) - 7.250, Hannah Strano (W) - 7.250; 10. Cameron Gayton (VC) - 6.750.
All-Around: 1. Reilly Benson (VC) - 34.200; 2. Eleanor O’Neill (VC) - 8.800; 3. Leah Rieber (VC) - 30.700; 4. Elizabeth Kellner (W) - 28.550; 5. Hanna Strano (W) - 27.350; 6. Marlee McCullough (W) - 25.900; 7. Aubrianna Bremer (W) - 25.600; 8. Bailey Badendyck (VC) - 24.150; 9. Kayla Baxter (W) - 23.900; 10. Kaedence Bresnick (VC) - 23.400.