In women's artistic gymnastics, beam is the third event in the Olympic order. This apparatus is 4 inches wide, 16 ft long and ...

Downers Grove South’s Genevieve Herion competes on the balance beam during the IHSA Girls State Gymnastics Meet at Palatine High School on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024.

Good twisting form (Cheng Fei) vs. bad twisting form (Aliya Mustafina). Keywords: D-Score, fails, falls, sticks, spotters, ...

Timing is everything. Hersey’s girls gymnastics team hadn’t hit all season, but the Huskies were at their best this weekend in Palatine, winning their first state title in 40 years.

The future is bright for this freshman, who dominated on the beam (9.225) and finished seventh in the all-around (33.975) at the Section II championships. She also placed an impressive 13th in the ...

Lincoln-Way East’s Alaina Lekki performs on the balance beam during the finals of the girls gymnastics state meet in Palatine on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. (Brian O'Mahoney / Daily Southtown) ...

Her season-high scores included 9.1 on vault, 9.2 on bars, and 9.4 on beam and floor. She was voted the team’s Most Valuable Gymnast.

Smith, in her first year of high school gymnastics, said she would like to try to compete on the beam herself as well as in all the other events this season. She added with a laugh, “As Molly ...