Gallery: Gymnastics Invitational

By Audrey Condon, Charlotte Emley, and Seri Steinbrecher

September 8, 2022

The largest-ever Shawnee Mission East gymnastics team participated in their first competition of the year at SM West. Co-Captained by seniors Jill Rice and Caroline Gorman, the team performed in 4 categories: bar, beam, floor, and vault to total a team score of 93.425. Freshman Andi Prendiville had the highest combined score of the team, ending with 32.225 points. SM West, South, and East practice together and are coached by Braxton Quelle. Olathe North won the invitational overall. Their next invitational is 09/10/22, they compete in Lawrence.

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9.6.22 Gymnastics Invitational

Senior Jill Rice smiles at the beginning of of her beam routine of which she scores an 8.000. Photo by Audrey Condon
Senior Jill Rice and freshman Andy Prendiville chalk their hands, to avoid blisters, before warming up for bars. Photo by Charlotte Emley
Sophomores Ashley Freund and Zoe Chaney chest bump before they head to their first event, which is vault. Photo by Charlotte Emley
Seniors Caroline Gorman and Jill Rice embrace after Rice’s routine on the uneven bars. Both seniors have competed alongside for nearly 12 years. Photo by Audrey Condon
Freshman Kay Blake completes a flip dismount from the uneven bars. Photo by Audrey Condon
Freshman Andi Prendiville jumps to perform her vault routine. Prendiville score an 8.4, a three way tie with seniors Jill Rice and Caroline Gorman. Photo by Audrey Condon
Senior Jill Rice plants her hands and she twists over the vault. Photo by Audrey Condon
Senior Morgan Turpin and sophomore Zoey Chaney hold the mat so it doesn’t shift when their teammates dismount off the vault. Photo by Charlotte Emley
Freshman Andi Prendiville chalks her hands as she gets ready to perform on bars. Photo by Seri Steinbrecher
Sophomore Ashley Fruend cheers as teammate learns new skill. Ashley said,”I cheered for her because I was proud of her”. Photo by Seri Steinbrecher.
Freshman Keeli Blake warming up before she performed on bars. Photo by Seri Steinbrecher.

About the Contributors

Audrey Condon, Staff Photographer

Heading into her final year on Harbinger as a staff photographer, senior Audrey Condon is so excited to see what the year has in store. When she’s not spending every waking hour shooting a sports event or desperately finding names for a caption, she can be found nannying, working out, or front row at the Lancer sports games. Within the walls of East, Audrey juggles AP classes, Varsity Softball, Link Crew, NHS, and Pep Exec duties. In her free time you can find her curled up with a book or enjoying her weekends out and about with friends.

Charlotte Emley, Staff Photographer

Senior Charlotte Emley is starting her second year on The Harbinger as a staff photographer. When Charlotte isn’t running around shooting events and editing photos, she enjoys hanging out with friends, going to Power Life and is on the Shawnee Mission East swim team. She is very excited to be a senior on staff and see all she accomplishes.

Seri Steinbrecher

Starting her second semester as a staff photographer, sophomore Seri Steinbrecher couldn’t be more excited for what this year has to offer. If she’s not busy editing photos or writing captions, she enjoys playing tennis, going for late night drives, listening to new music and bugging staffer Addie Moore to shoot “student life” with her.