Flip'n Around

By LeAnn Becker

The boys and girls g y mnastics team hos done amazing this year along with looking graceful. "It's not so much the score as it is doing b etter than the lost year," said Amy Westrick She also e xplained that everyone gets along and supports each other In g ymnastics you don't try to beat other people as much as yourself. Chris Siebe went on to soy that in g y mnastics y ou all know each other, either from flipping around OS little kids or from C L.U B C L U B is a summer comp were gymnast con train one on one with a specialized c o a c h The whole teams unity is what keeps them going be c ause in order to better yourself you must be able to ask for c rit izism and then be able to toke it

When yo u mess up you need to get bock up and remai n c o n ce ntrated. Team motes again help with that . O f course messing up is v ery frustrating , but know ing that you hove support is always motivating. Chris Siebe said, "The team w ill always push you ahead and beyond That is just the wa y gymnast ic s is."

O ne parti c ular pla yer needs to be ment ioned . At the North Platte Inv itational Amy Kumpula got second place on the vault, on the beam , and on the floor exercise She also got first place on the uneven bar All the hard work paid off when she ended up with f irst place in one last thing , all around Later at the Millard South Invitational Amy tied for first on the uneven bars

At the state wide in v itat ional the boys tr ied their hardest, but finished last with a small team of three At state Amy Kumpula was c hampion on the uneven bars and second in all around.