Images from the IHSA Girls State Gymnastics Meet on Friday, Feb. 20, 2025, at Palatine High School.

The St. Charles co-op girls gymnastics team placed third at the Conant Sectional on Monday.

The Wheaton co-op took second as a team while Geneva's Reese Lackey won the beam Wednesday at the DuKane Conference girls gymnastics meet.

Led by all-around champion Genevieve Herion, who won beam and was second on vault, Downers Grove co-op wrapped up its second state gymnastics title in three years on Saturday. Uneven bars champ Nora Terhaar’s winning mark helped Prairie Ridge edge Lincoln-Way co-op for second.

Downers Grove co-op's Genevieve Herion added to her long list of accomplishments while putting the Trostangs in wonderful position to win a state championship. The senior won the all-around Friday, and her team scored a school-record 148.45 points at the state meet.

St. Charles co-op gymnastics easily held off runner-up Glenbrook North to win the Fremd Sectional title and qualify for state for the first time since 2014.

Glenbard West's gymnastics team won its ninth straight regional title while Willowbrook senior Naomi Campbell won the all-around at Thursday's Willowbrook Regional.

Lake Park outscored St. Charles Wednesday at the DuKane Conference Meet, but it wasn’t enough to wrest the overall conference championship from St. Charles.

The competition was tough when four of the top five girls gymnastics teams in the state met Saturday afternoon at the Mari-Rae Sopper Invitational hosted by Fremd. Downers Grove co-op finished first, while St. Charles co-op was fifth.

The St. Charles co-op gymnastics team beat Geneva 141.65-139.05 on Wednesday.

Haylie Hinckley won the all-around, vault and floor, leading Wheaton Co-op to the title of the Wheaton Warrenville South Sectional and an automatic state bid.

The Oswego Co-op powered its way to a championship again on Monday, this time at the Hinsdale Central Sectional.

Geneva sophomore Reese Lackey, who tied for second in the all-around and won the balance beam at the DuKane Conference gymnastics meet, is the Kane County Chronicle Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is her Q&A with Joshua Welge.

Leah Chapski won vault, Grace Flint won bars and beam and Lilly McCarthy took third in the all-around as the Hilltoppers scored a season-high 139.525 during Wednesday’s Glenbard West Regional.

Lake Park and the rest of girls gymnastics teams in the conference got tropical during the DuKane on Wednesday evening, but only the Lancers hit all their routines. They needed such tremendous execution to get past Wheaton co-op and capture the conference title.

Competing in a rare Thursday meet at lunchtime against Geneva in DuKane Conference action, Mia LaFratta won two events as Wheaton co-op outscored the Vikings, 140.9 to 134.75.

Gymnastics season is underway. Here are previews of teams from around the Kane County Chronicle area.

Downers Grove co-op won its first IHSA state gymnastics title and Geneva was third, while DuKane Conference gymnasts swept the vault, balance beam and floor exercise at Saturday's state finals in Palatine.