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DGN Boys Gymnastics Takes Third at State

Downers Grove North had three students compete in events at the IHSA state meet.

The boys gymnastics team took third in state Saturday. 

DGN earned 155.35 points, placing after Wheaton Warrenville South (160.8 points) and Lincoln-Way East (157.45 points). 

Downers Grove North won its sectional meet May 4, qualifying at least one student for state in each event: floor exercise, pommel horse, still rings, vault, parallel bars, high bar and all-around. 

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DGN Junior John Schubert tied with two other gymnasts for third in the floor exercise finals. He also placed eighth in vault, 10th in parallel bars and 10th in horizontal bars.

In the prelims, he took 20th in pommel horse. The top 10 gymnasts in the preliminary round move on to the final round of each event. 

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DGN Senior Luke Wychocki took sixth in pommel horse and fifth in horizontal bars. In the prelims, he tok 13th in floor exercise, 30th in still rings and 39th in vault.

DGN Sophomore Strahinja Sopcic took fourth in still rings. In the prelims, he took 25th in the preliminary round of floor exercise, Sopcic took 12th in parallel bars, 36th in pommel horse and 30th in horizontal bars. 


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