Auburn Mountainview sophomore Kayla Porter walked away with the West Central District III gymnastics all-around title this past weekend at Mount Rainier High School.
Porter, a Level 9 club gymnast, posted a 38.000 performance. She outscored Enumclaw’s Madison Ward (36.625), Capital’s Keira Lathrop (35.850) and Auburn Riverside’s Tayler Johnston (35.0).
Porter finished first in the vault with 9.650 points, first in the bars (9.475), first in the floor exercise (9.625) and second on the beam (9.250).
Porter will compete individually at the state 3A championships this Friday and Saturday at the Tacoma Dome Exhibition Hall.
She will be joined by teammates Breanna Shahan (vault, bars and floor), Jessica Johnson (bars and floor) and Brianna Provo (floor).
In the team competition, Auburn Riverside qualified for state with a 151.250-point performance. Enumclaw was first (159.450) and Columbia River was second (155.575).
Tayler Johnson was fourth in the all-around for the Ravens.
Auburn Riverside was also aided by the all-around performances of Luba Migdal, 21st; Hannah Wilson, 26th; and Kristina Kovalchuk, 25th.
Also competing and moving to state for Auburn Riverside are Amanda Bunger, Emily Polkow, Cierra Deissler and Madison Thompson.
The state 3A meet begins at 6:20 p.m. Friday and continues Saturday at 11 a.m.
For meet schedule and more information click here.