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Iflsing his upper body strength,
Sophomore Justin Rutherford
works his way arond the pom­ YMNASTIC
mel horse, photo bv ANGELA
RATZ

Gymnasts Spring Into Action
The girls' gymnastic team had one “ They were a whole lot better;
of their best seasons in recent years. their scores improved tremen­
The boys' team had a successful dously."
season as well. At State the Rams Coach Contreras helped both
had nine places in the top 20. The the boys' and the girls' teams
girls' team broke the high school with those scores. The other
record by seven points. One girl coach was Janet Hollings. "The
gymnast qualified for finals individu­ coaches were confident and
ally. There Missy Dammann won supportive. They made it fun.
three medals. She also became They made us work hard to get a
the first female gymnast to win a lot accomplished," Joe Lane, a
gold medal at the Millard South two-year letter winner said. We­
Invite. Dammann said, "Our goals ber agreed," Both coaches were
were to place at State, and place great and worked with us on an
as a team at State. I think we individual basis; I got a lot more
accomplished a lot," Dammann out of that."
was also nominated Ram of the There was seven boys (three
Week and said that that had made new gymnasts) and seven girls
her work harder. She said, "Win­ (two new gymnasts) on each
ning Ram of the Week made me team and both had a successful
work harder because I felt I had to season. Coach Contreras said,
show I could do something. I had to "They were a great group of ath­
prove myself." letes. They made significant
Angie Weber, a sophomore who gains in their skills, strength, and
was a returning two-year letter win­ their routine composition is where
ner, said, "W e've improved our it should have been." The boys
scores from last year; we've im­ ended the season with a 6th
proved a lot." One of the coaches, place at State with 109 points.
Dave Contreras, agreed and said, NICKI MCMANIGAL

Gymnastics
Front Row: James Ballarin, Ryan Thiele, Tim Marino, Joe Lane,
Justin Pigg, Josh Stevens Back Row: Coach Dave Contreras, Lauren
Hartman, Heather Rowe, Missy Dammann, Angie Weber, Elisabeth
Breese, Jenny Boyer, Emily Sprague, Andi Murray, Coach Janet
Holling photo by JOHN LINCOLN

Bin the beam Sophomore Lauren
Hartman concentrates on land­
ing after her jump. The girls'
team broke the school record by
seven points, photo by RACHEL
SHIVELY
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