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One-guy ’team

keeps 'the pace

What were the most memorable

moments of the 19 9 9 season?
“T h e m ost m em orable
th in g this season was the
fact that D a n Ballarin
was th e on ly guy fo r the
guys’ team and h e placed
in every m eet, even
invitationals.”
Lisa Jungbluth, 9

“Every n igh t before G u ys’
State, w e teepeed the guys’
he mses. T h is year, w e on ly
had o n e guy o n our team .
VOe got h im really good.
T h en , after D an , w e got
M r. C ontreras, our coach .”
A m y Franks, 11

“A .t a m eet, I hurt m yself
o n the high bar! M y face
tunned bright red fro m
the pain, and the judges
and th e audience started
laughing at m e. G ym n a s­
tics can be very danger-
ous.
D a n Ballarin, 12

“G ym nastics is a m em o­
rable sport. Y o u m eet lots
o f friends and spend a lot
o f tim e together. Tine
m ost m em orable part of
this year’s season was the
State Ivleet. \X/e had an
average o f 135 points fo r
all o f our m eets, but at
State w e had 140. \X/e
got 5tln ou t o f 12 team s.
T h a t’s real good.”
Lindsay Jungbluth, 10

-ook a t him goll

Tine on ly guy o n the gym nas­
tics team , D a n Ballarin (right)
practices the parallel bars at
Spread by Kim T hom pson
G a h o y ’s G y m .
and David /Allen
12 Gymnastics