NIWOT >> Liliana Wojahn has been competing in gymnastics for well over a decade, but nothing in her athletic experience has felt quite like her few months with Broomfield’s high school team.

Generally a club gymnast, the junior decided to join the Eagles to revel in the team atmosphere, something she had witnessed from afar through her individual practices. No moment highlighted the righteousness of her decision quite like the immediate aftermath of her bars routine, which she stuck with pure grace at Niwot’s triangular on Wednesday night.

Amid a cloud of chalk dust, her teammates, screaming and cheering throughout her entire routine, ran up to hug her one at a time. The success came as a breakthrough after facing a bit of trouble at her last meet.

“Broomfield practices at my gym and I always thought how much team spirit they had was just so cool,” Wojahn explained. “I haven’t had the best track record with teams, so just seeing that team spirit was really enlightening and it just made me want to be on the team.

“It was really fun. Because at the last meet, unfortunately, I topped before I went through the bar after my bail. And so they counted it as a fall. I was pretty disappointed just because you put a lot of effort into it, and it’s very exhausting throughout the routine. But knowing that I landed it and I put my hardest and then not topping before the bar, and seeing everyone run up to me, it was so nice just to feel all the love.”

Her performance, which earned her an 8.800, incorporated a kip cast bail before jumping to the high bar for a giant, giant and full dismount. It helped propel her to second place in the individual all-around, netting a 34.650 behind the meet’s winner, Niwot’s Genevieve Saunders, who earned a 35.750

Niwot ran away with the team win (176.150) ahead of Broomfield (166.700) and Fort Morgan (152.550).

The routine provided a microcosm into the philosophy of Broomfield gymnastics this season. In lieu of the full-team picture, the ladies are working together to improve their own, individual skills.

Niwot’s Kylee Schlepp, who attends Holy Family, had a revelation of her own on the beam and floor, cleaning up her previous skills in both while adding new ones to her beam routine. She scored a 26.95 through her three events on the night, notching an 8.700 in beam and a 9.150 in floor.

“I’ve been really working on a bunch of upgrades on beam, and just finally being able to put it together and stick it, obviously, and not fall (was huge),” Schlepp said. “That’s something I struggled with last year.

“My beam routine, I added in a switch leap, back tuck, straddle, straddle quarter. I had all the skills beforehand, it’s just kind of putting the pieces together, because it’s something I’ve wanted to do since freshman year. It just took a few years to be able to get consistent with the skills on their own.”