BATAVIA – Meggan Hagemann selected a remix of a hardcore punk song for her floor exercise because she thought it captured her approach to Batavia gymnastics.

“I’m not really that graceful type of gymnast. I’m more of the intense,” she said. “So it kind of goes with that, which is nice.”

For several years growing up, Hagemann hesitated to establish her own style. She was leery to even compete. The pain of a torn meniscus gradually deconstructed her nerve, but now the senior’s spirit is on the rise – just in time for the state series.