Oregon State University - Beaver Yearbook (Corvallis, OR)

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Smiling to the crowd, Moniq Munson performs her floor oxerc routine at the Shanico Invitation. Preparing to execute a cartwheel the beam, sophomore Debbie M Milt Colter Mark CoMrr Soaring through the air, Kristin Na-kano contributes to Oregon State's victory over Seattle-Pacific University. Struggling to control a yawn. Kristin Nakano awaits introduction along with her teammates at the Shanico Invitational. Cary L Wt t 212 Gymnastics

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Guy I Wni Mark Coricr Striking a graceful pose on the balance beam, All-Americsan Tina Barnes thrills the crowd with another outstanding performance. Pushing to a handstand on the balance beam, Launa Hipwell performs her routine during the Shanico Invitational. Girv I. Wm Mirk Cottrr Preparing to dismount during the uneven bars competition, Monique Munson performs in a dual meet against Arizona State. Executing a front walkover on the beam, Debbie Marland strives for a perfect 10“ during the Shanico Invitational. Rocketing through the air after com-ing off the vault, junior Carol Schroeder prepares to land during a Pac-10 dual meet. Gymnastics 211

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 The program is sort of a combination of what a lot of people are doing and what 1 feel would be best for our team, said Turpin. The program was designed to strengthen the muscles that the gymnasts use when they are performing their routines. The program consisted or 23 anaerobic exercises that were performed for 45 seconds each with a 15 second active rest of jumping jacks or running in place. The best part of the program, said Turpin, was that none of the exercises required the girls to do any gymnastics. This gave their bodies a break from the harsh rigors that gymnastics place upon them. Turpin introduced the program to the team last spring so that the girls could take it home with them over the summer and keep in shape. The girls really put a lot of time into conditioning, said Turpin. When they came back this year they were immediately six weeks ahead of where they were last year. We worked really hard with summer and pre-season conditioning, claimed Karin Nakano. It did a lot. Pre-season we built up on everything, said Carol Schroeder. By the time the season got here, we were in better shape. Schroeder also felt routines were easier to learn because of the conditioning. The conditioning helped so much, Kristin Nakano agreed. Everyone came in a lot better (at the end of the summer.) Apparently the conditioning worked so well that the girls did not want to miss any of it. Its the first team I've ever M-irl Cixiff had where after a practice I tell them they can skip the conditioning and a lot of them stay and do it anyway, said Turpin. The girls put in lots of work on their routines as well as the conditioning program. They worked towards perfecting what they have the ability to do, said Turpin. Our goal was to go out and perform and hit 24 out of 24 routines. The team accomplished that goal at the Spartan Invitational. Could they do it again? I thought we could better that, (the 186.00 scored at the Spartan), said Laura Hip-well. We could improve on our floors. We got better at every Gracefully poised on the balance beam, Carol Schroeder lines up her next maneuver in competition against Arizona State. meet, Hipwell continued. We started out strong and we just kept getting stronger. I think that everyone did a super job, said Kristin Nakano. Another asset to the team was morale. The morale was outstanding, said Turpin. 'The girls believed in themselves and in what we were doing. Turpin noted that morale was considerably boosted when the girls realized early in the season how valuable the conditioning program was. My feelings are that we kind of lost our rowdiness towards the middle of the season, said Kristin Nakano. After San Jose, anything we lost came back. Morale started out really Carefully wrapping her wrists, Beaver standout Tina Barnes prepares for the uneven bars at the Shanico Invitational. M«rV CMWt Gymnastics 213