The Lancers celebrated another girls gymnastics championship this season, making 2006 the seventh straight year that St. Francis has finished first in CCS.
With a 15-0 record, few teams in the SCVAL even came close to toppling St. Francis. At the league finals Lancer gymnasts broke the record for highest team point total (189.4) — a record they already owned.
Of the top 10 All-Around gymnasts in the league, eight were Lancers. Linda Lund, Kelsey Hoag, Dana D’Amico, Caty Chung, and Wendy Shue were only a handful of the all-stars from St. Francis this spring. The Lancers will shoot for an eighth straight CCS Championship next season; a scenario that — for this athletic program — wouldn’t be too unlikely.
Meanwhile, Los Altos gymnasts also had a great 2006 season, although the team would take second place once again behind the St. Francis program in both the SCVAL and CCS championships.
Leading the Eagles was Arla Rosenzweig, who notched a second-place finish at CCS as a mere freshman. She tied for third in the bars (9.825) and the floor (9.75) and took first in the vault competition (9.875). With her was junior Avery Gee, the SCVAL league champion in four of five categories: the vault, the beam, the floor and in all-around competition.
Although St. Francis defeated Los Altos handily in dual-meet competition this season, the Eagles could have enough young talent returning next year to try and break the Lancers’ unprecedented streak of seven straight CCS titles. If they can overcome the depth of the St. Francis lineup, a new champion could emerge in Silicon Valley.
