Weston High School - Heliotrope Yearbook (Weston, CT)

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Competitor in all four events, Gretchen Lardner practices her back handspring for her floor exer- cise routine. sg!7 . ttt,., With aid from spotter Linda Schirmer, A back sommersault is the dismount that Linda V' . .. ,ipp ilpt A p Sue M 1 f d H Schirmer must practice for her routine on the ' f I n 5 - Ossa Cams a Ofwaf P0 OH the .iunevensnh eifii if 1. p::.ppp Ipz i tpr, beam. -1. mm ti 1 Linda Schirmer practices a cartwheel on the beam, a move which re- quires excellent balance. After that first step, the girls contin- 'pit? i Q The 1989 ,Gymnastics Team: ued to follow a tight schedule of iii iidi gijy practices, and meets- Senior CO'C5fpf I E 34 dle- lrlolly Pascucci, Jennifer 13.1118 E11Zab9'tl'1 StO11G 3.1'1d Heldl Kirshner, all-around Gretchen Wagner agreed that the team dem- Lardnher, and Linda Schirmer. onstrated a lot of potential, though it A ifggiiivgg 215151 IQOIQIIEC1. argl HE- - - c a er. ac - was not reflected in their 1979-1980 y Courtney Gwen, Stacey Graham, I'eCOI'd. Ellen Groughwell, Diane Verilli, 1 + and Sue Mossa. V A side aerial as performed by El- C.. V HM len Croughwell, is a difficult 1 'ff stunt done in floor routines. El- f len's ability with difficult stunts has earned her the high score of , . , . . the team to date: 6.8 i 109

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Looking to spotters Linda Schirmer and Heidi Wagner for assistance, Elizabeth Stone prepares for her next stunt on the uneven parallel bars. Good concentration is an important part of gymnastics, especially for a difficult pose on the balance beam, as Lisa Dominici demonstrates. 108 I 1 K 1 at 2? ' 'Wi ,ff ifficult Stretch They had the talent, the enthusi- asm, and the equipment, but they did not have a coach fthat is, until the week before Christmas vaca- tionl. Off to a late start this year, the WHS girls' gymnastic team flipped and tumbled their way through their first meet against Brookfield.

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B-wa-? 'sW f Avid Westonites skied as long as the sun allowed at Mt. Southington. Dreaming Snow We need snow! became the resounding cry of the Weston High School Ski Team this year as the late fall and early Winter brought neither light powderings nor blizzards to New England. Al- though their sport depends large- ly on snow, team members still approached the upcoming season with optimism. Beginning in early December, they prepared them- selves by jogging up and down bleachers and even playing an oc- casional game of soccer. Once man-made snow was