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High Goals Set

Young Team Flies High

-Toni Resquer-

Heineman. " The boys goal was team score of 155.7 points.
to take second at State." Not Juni or Lance Hoffman walked
through the air with the away From State third in the All-
t of ease. It's a bird. It's around competition. " / was
a pi It's the Millard North pretty nervous.·· said Hoffman
Gymnastics Team' .. but I did my thing and wherever
Well maybe not that dramatic. it put me was Fine. ·· Senior Chris
but the gymnastics team did " I just did my thing, Roemig was al so pleased with
overcome some major obstacles and wherever it put hi s performance in State. " / did
this year. "We didn't have a very me was fine." better this year than in the past
good team on the uneven bars, two years combined" he said.
but by the end of the season they Lance Hoffman With Seni or Doug Shipley out
had improved by Four points" with a broken wrist and Hoffman
said Coach Rick Heineman. An- regaining hi s Flexibility after a
other major obstacle was the growth spurt of Four inches last
age of the team. Only Four of the year. Heineman thought the
twenty team members were only were these team goals rea - " team did better than could be
seniors. ·'We had a young team ched. but re cords were broken expe cted".
and unfortunately we lost some by individuals as well as the They may have been learning
good seniors" said Heineman. team. The girls scored higher how to Fl y, but they taught
Heineman_was also proud of than any other MN girls gymnas- Coach Heineman that a young
the goals the team reached. tic team with 283.55 points. The gymnastics team can Fly high
·' The girls goal was to at least boys broke the team record of too . ~
place Fourth at State" explained 1 52 points at State with a total

Boys Gymnastics:front -C hris Digges-
RatchfGrd , Max Nelso n: back -Kyle Al -
dous, La nce Hoffman. Phi l Ebe rl ei n. Joe l
Starm er. Chris Roemig, And y Werner.
Doug Shi pl ey. Coac h Ric k Heine man . (D.
Koski) On of the more dema nding events for •
gymn sts is the fl oor exercise . Here
Girls Gymnastics front-Ki m Arm- Sop more Kim Stern performs her rou-
stro'Ag Kim Stern . Michele Mikula. Juli e ti n at Metro. (T Martin)
Miller; back -Amanda Christoph erson.
Jeaon a Nelson. Debby Bosse. Heather
Th urber: not pictured-Regi na Brown.
Va nessa Burd ett. and Ca rrie Li nha rdt.
(D. Koski)

Co ce ntration is the key to top sco res 1n
any event Sen ior Chris Roemig prepares
to unlock the doors to his destiny in the
pom el horse competition at Metro. (E
Armbrust).