Gustavus Adolphus at UW-Stout

Recap 

The Big Storyline: UW-Stout took all four event titles and the all around. Bugge competed yet another stunning vault while adding vault back to her resume for the first time since an achilles tear sidelined her last season. She returned back to the event with style, taking that title as well. Gustavus continued its streak of scores 180-plus scores, coming in just a half tenth short of its season high. 

Implications: With sixth year Mikala Bugge adding back events, is a return to the all around in the cards? She is competing the best vaults of her career and has now been featured in both bars and floor lineups for the Blue Devils. That just leaves beam as the final addition. She’s scored as high as 9.500 on beam in her career. It couldn’t hurt to test the waters. Sophia Redding’s streak of bar victories finally came to an end. However, it should be noted that she fell to second place by only a quarter tenth. This meet should have little impact on Stout’s placement. Gustavus is off to its best season since 2019, excluding the fluke 172 when the team did not compete with full lineups. The Gusties grit and determination to continue to fight through every meet is admirable. Gustavus will look to peak at the end of the season and reach the 183-184 range come conference championship time in a couple weeks.