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Balance Beam
Madison Martinez on the balance beam. Photo by Jill Grant.



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Finishes First
Junior Taylor Markley performs on the balance beam. She finished first in the event with a 9.6 score. Photo by Jill Grant.

On the Bars
Freshman Olivia Aleman finished third on the bars with an 8.85 total. Photo by Marc Allard.


Markley leads
Centaurs
gymnasts
to fourth
straight win
Woodstock Academy junior Taylor Markley is rounding back into form after dealing with some preseason injuries and illness.
In a meet early last week, coach Kasey Tocchio let Markley perform in all four events for a first time this season and the junior responded by taking first in all four.
“It was really nice after being out with all my illnesses and everything, finally being able to do four (events) and being healthy again was nice,” Markley said.
Her effort led the Centaurs to a 134.2 - 123.45 win over NFA.
Woodstock is now 4-0 overall and in the ECC.
Markley scored a 9.6 in both the vault and balance beam, a 9.45 in the floor exercise and a 9.25 on bars.
That added up to a first-place finish in the All-Around with a 37.9 score.
“Beam has been a struggle this year so it was just nice to go out and hit a routine,” Markley said.
Markley said while her beam routine was better she still has some things to work on.
“I would like to clean up my bars routine a bit and my landings on vault. It would be nice not to have as many steps (on her landing),” Markley said.
Freshman Olivia Aleman also took a top-three spot as she finished third in the bars (8.85).
“I love this team. We’re all really close. We all have a good bond and every meet we get closer. The motivation will get better from everyone and we will cheer everyone on and (the team scores) will get better,” Markley said.
Marc Allard
Director of Sports Information
The Woodstock Academy