Palatine takes third at Oldham Invitational
Palatine High School came in third at its Oldham Invitational Dec. 19 with 137.275, placing behind Libertyville High School (137.825) and Prospect High School (137.700). Palatine has gnabbed first place at its first three meets, but failed to take the title at the invitational, held at Palatine High School.
“This meet went decently for us,” assistant coach Scott Hagel said. “It was great to see our team stay competitive the entire time.”
With less than one point between the three meet leaders, this was a tight meet.
“Sometimes it is good to lose a meet by a small margin, so that our girls can see how important every tenth really is,” Hagel said.
Eight teams competed in the Oldham Invite, which was named for retired physical education teacher Sandy Oldham, who coached the Palatine girlgs gymnastics team for 27 years. Bartlett-South Elgin, Glenbrook South, Libertyville, Naperville North, Prospect, Wheeling and York high schools all competed along with Palatine.
Bartlett-South Elgin came in fourth, followed by Naperville North, Glenbrook South, York and Wheeling.
Palatine’s next meet will take place Jan. 7 and will pit Hoffman Estates, Palatine and Conant against each other.
“We are a young team and are still looking to gain more meet experience,” he said. “Our girls will be working very hard over break to add some new tricks and also to overcome some injuries.”
