Big Sky High School - Sunrise Yearbook (Missoula, MT)

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Girls' season ended by arely a decimal Gymnasts miss state meet ' HANGING TOUGH - Senior Holly Cummings concentrates on her routine on the uneven bars at the divisional meet in Kalispell. The team placed fourth in the competition. UNDER SGRUTINY - Stacey McDermott completes her balance beam routine under the watchful eyes of the Big Sky team tforegroundl, judges, other teams and spectators. M., JOSEPH CONSTRUCTION Po. Box 8249 721 -481 0 Girls' GUTWUUSUCS-12 1

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GIRLS' GYMNASTICS The Big Sky girl gymnasts battled youth and inexperience this year. But - led by junior Alexa Frost - were competitive in every meet. However, the girls suffered a major disap- pointment with their fourth place finish at divisionals. That meant that they did not qualify to advance the complete team to state. They were only 5 hundredths of a point from the qualifying third place spot. The narrow defeat at divisionals put a damper on what was a promising season for a young - very young - squad. Rated as one of the top three teams during the first four years of the schools existence, the girls at first appeared to have a sub-par year. However, considering the squad's youth, the girls proved to be very competitive. The leading gymnast on the squad was Frost. And she will be retuming again next year to bolster the Eagles' hopes. Frost was the leading team scorer during the year and placed high in every meet the gymnasts com- peted in this year. Frost was considered one of the outstanding gymnasts in Montana in 1984-85, finishing as the fourth highest all- around competitor at the divisional meet. Two seniors also led the squad this year. Holly Cummings on vault and Cami Wordal on the uneven bars scored consistently in their events. The girls placed eighth at state with only a partial team. Since they did not place in the top three at divisionals, they were allowed on- ly to take those who placed high in individual competition at divisionals. Gymnasts who ad- vanced to state were: Frost, Wordal, Kristen Kirby and Hetty Thompson. At state Frost placed sixth on the balance beam and Wordal placed seventh on the uneven bars. Another sign of youth and of strength for the future was demonstrated by Kirby, who is only a freshman. Kirby was named the outstanding freshman for the year and con- sistently scored points in all competition for the girls. Even though she didn't place very high in state competition, the mere fact that she qualified with strong divisional perfor- mances points to future strength for the Big Sky girls. Kirby competed in the vault, beam and floor events. 4? 'EV SUSPENSION - Kristen Kirby, the team's top-scoring freshman, appears suspended in air as she makes a jump on the balance beam. Kirby was among the team's top scorers in most meets during the season. PERFECT FORM - Team leader Alexa Frost concentrates on her floor routine. Frost led Big Sky in points and was an all-around finalist in most of the competition Big Sky entered. She was among the leaders in the all around competition at the Western Divisional. EXPRESSION - Sophomore Jamie Fieilly works hard for expression in her floor routine as a judge marks notes on Reilly's performance. The meet took place at Big Sky earlier in the season. W - 4, ,,, .ww. W.M,1ywp,f:,w,-.4.a.Hf - f Vw- W-.W f--ff' . 100

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