Cheers erupted from the Park gymnastics team and fans as senior Anna duSaire received a new personal record for her beam routine with a score of 9.15 Dec. 15.

“I’m proud of myself for that because it’s something I’ve been working on. Beam has been my strongest event for last year especially and this year,” duSaire said.

“Last year at Sections, I got really close to qualifying for State and so getting this nine (was) really validating and it really makes me want to work hard to get to State this year,” she said.

According to gymnastics head coach Gretchen Novak, despite being defeated by Orono, the team should be proud of their personal accomplishments.

“We were at 127.05 and they were at 129.65,” Novak said. “Anna duSaire was first place all-around. She also had her PR on beam, (Anna) just totally stuck her beam routine.”

Novak said she aims to focus on refining the team’s current routines and skills moving forward this season.

“(We will) continue to work routines and the skills that we already have and make our routine stronger,” Novak said.

Junior Savannah Romero said although the team lost, there were multiple positive takeaways from the meet.

“We all thought it went really well although we didn’t win. We did have some personal records, and we are already three points away from our season goal, and it is only our second meet,” Romero said.

The next meet will take place at 6 p.m. Dec. 21 at Hopkins High School.