After three meets, the Noblesville gymnastics team is showing early promise.
The Millers hosted a six-team meet Tuesday and finished with their highest score of the season, a 91.375. New Palestine won the meet with a 94.00, while Lapel scored a 91.90, placing them a close second with Noblesville third.
“We are coming up on mid-season, but I feel like we just started at the same time,” said Millers coach Jody Kiovsky. “We have much room to grow, still, and that’s the exciting part. I feel like each meet we are gaining skill value and connections.”
Noblesville has a relatively small team this year, but it’s also a talented one. A freshman has emerged as one of the top gymnasts, Charlotte Moise. She finished third in the all-around Tuesday with a score of 32.05, and also placed fourth in two events: The uneven bars (7.80) and the floor exercise (8.20). Moise also scored an 8.275 on the vault and a 7.775 on the balance beam.
“Charlotte had a stellar beam routine,” said Kiovsky.
Moise had been participating exclusively in club gymnastics before getting to high school, which Kiovsky said is “not in any way, shape or form the same as high school,” but the coach said Moise is “starting to adapt and learn,” which is exactly what the Millers want to see from their freshmen.
“She is a beautiful gymnast,” said Kiovsky. “She’s got gorgeous lines. When it comes to her composition and execution, she may not have the highest value of skills, but what she is doing, she can do almost flawless.”
Noblesville had three all-around gymnasts compete on Tuesday. Lyrric Barnett, a sophomore, totaled a 30.225. She had the Millers’ highest score of the night, an 8.40 on vault, good for fourth place.
Kiovsky said Barnett has changed quite a bit from her freshman year, when she was “doing gymnastics for fun.” Now, as a sophomore?
“She is serious,” said Kiovsky. “She is ready to go. She is all about, ‘What bigger skill can we perform today?” Her motivation right now is on fire.”
Hailey Knoll is the lone senior on the Noblesville team. She also had a strong vault score, an 8.175, and totaled 29.10 on the all-around.
“I do think we’re going to see some good things from Hailey throughout this year,” said Kiovsky.
Overall, Kiovksy said that the team is small, “but we are still producing exactly what we wanted to produce, and we are very much in competition with the teams around us,” she said.
Guerin Catholic’s Harleigh Abbott also competed at the meet, scoring a 25.35 for the all-around. Abbott’s best score was an 8.05 on the vault.
Noblesville’s next meet is Wednesday, when the Millers host Lafayette Jefferson.
Team scores: New Palestine 94.00, Lapel 91.90, Noblesville 91.375, Frankton 34.75, Indpls. Lutheran 31.60, Guerin Catholic 25.35.
All-around scores: 3. Charlotte Moise (N) 32.05, Lyrric Barnett (N) 30.225, Hailey Knoll 29.10, Harleigh Abbott (GC) 25.35.
Vault: 4. Barnett (N) 8.40, Moise (N) 8.275, Knoll (N) 8.175, Abbott (GC) 8.05.
Uneven bars: 4. Moise (N) 7.80, Barnett (N) 6.80, Knoll (N) 6.70, Abbott (GC) 4.025.
Balance beam: Moise (N) 7.775, Barnett (N) 6.85, Knoll (N) 6.425, Abbott (GC) 5.725.
Floor exercise: 4. Moise (N) 8.20, 5. Barnett (N) 8.175, 6. Knoll (N) 7.80, Abbott (GC) 7.55.