Cary's Rehberg Part of National-Qualifying Gymnastics Team at UW-Whitewater

2018 Mar 19

Chloe Rehberg, a native of Cary, IL, and graduate of Cary-Grove High School, is a member of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater gymnastics team, which is set to compete this Friday and Saturday at the National Collegiate Gymnastics Association Championships at Springfield College's Blake Arena in Springfield, Mass.

Friday's NCGA Championship, which includes team and all-around competition, begins at 4 p.m. Central Time. Saturday's Individual Event Finals start at 3 p.m. Central Time.

All competition will be streamed live on FloGymnastics.com.

The Warhawks are the defending national champions, claiming last year's title, their fourth in program history, with a score of 191.000, nearly three points ahead of runner-up UW-La Crosse. Lisa O'Donnell(Berwyn, Ill./Morton West) claimed the all-around national title, and the team collectively earned 13 more All-America honors at the Individual Event Finals the next day.

UW-Whitewater enters this weekend's national meet after finishing second at the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championship/NCGA West Regional on March 4. Junior Franchesca Hutton(Shakopee, Minn./Main Street School of Performing Arts) won the regional championship on the balance beam, and senior Kate Mierow (Brookfield, WI/Brookfield Central) tied for first in the floor exercise. The team qualified for the NCGA Championship by virtue of its top-three finish at the regional meet and seeks its 12th straight finish among the nation's top five.

The Warhawks currently own the nation's fourth-best season average score at 189.061. They lead the nation on the uneven bars (47.156) and rank second on floor exercise (48.003), fifth on vault (47.250) and seventh on balance beam (46.664).

O'Donnell garnered five first team All-America accolades last season. She looks to defend her title in the all-around Friday, and will compete on bars and floor during Saturday's Individual Event Finals after finishing among the top five in season average score and at the regional meet in both. O'Donnell holds a nation-leading SAS of 9.622 on bars and owns a 9.694 on floor.

Mierow will compete on bars, beam and floor. She qualified with a top-five SAS on bars (9.461) and beam (9.469), and will compete on floor thanks to her tie for first place in the event at the NCGA West Regional. Mierow was a second team All-American on bars in 2017 and will close her career as a two-time NCGA qualifier in each event.

Hutton and sophomore Acacia Fossum (Gladstone, N.D./Richardton-Taylor) each qualified in two events. Hutton reached the national meet on beam and floor with top five finishes in each event at the regional meet, and Fossum tied for fourth to qualify on balance beam and is the team's fourth competitor on floor with an SAS of 9.547.

Junior Bailey Fitzpatrick (Burlington, Wis./Burlington) joins Mierow and O'Donnell on bars. She earned her spot at the national meet with an SAS of 9.525.

Senior Chloe Rehberg (Cary, IL/Cary-Grove) and sophomore Lauren Marshall (Winthrop Harbor, Ill./Zion-Benton Township) will represent UW-Whitewater on vault. Rehberg, a two-time All-American in the event and the national runner-up in 2015, tied for second at the regional meet.