Grandview High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Grandview, MO)

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Gymnastics F b ook Despite the final 0 6 score, the new kids set records for determination and individual advancement. ' I- YL 1. 1' I x' I - 1 Crescendoing piano music accompa- nies the jitterbug movements of the blue and gold clad gymnast. As she drives down the mat for her final run, the video camera's eye, from its bleacher location, captures her half- determined, half-defeated expression as she glides into her final pose, altered to a grin of triumph. The grin wavers as the scorer fum- bles with the cards, but as the 8.1 flashes, the grin sprouts into a first place smile. 'WK' ' Q, h ,, ,.,,.. y,-..,. li There's a lot of pressure in QF nastics, Kim Hayes, sophomore, Stl I feel obligated to help everyone Bl since I've trained longer than ani' them. As the only all arounder onll team, one competing on all four pied of equipment, Hayes confesses if'57 heavy burden to bear sometimes. Sometimes it's almost necessaryl push myself, especially on the balarld my weakest point, Hayes said,D need to get top scores to try to W5 QW . H on 5 the y if l 161 Gymnastics QPSJ Gral don A Sym ul Zirbr us. ll to 8 Li lv d caus pull

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Grandview from lookin Qvm' , said. ' ne else any ol on the piecei it's H sary W alarlCei id, 'll 0 keGP If Mes ww '35 ,' ,. , -.. ,,,, YMAM V 23 L, , 5 -...,-....... j , Qi, t g bad. 'Cause I don't want that. And neither does Geraldine Zirbel, Qymnastic coach. Our inexperience shows too much, nd that much really hurt US- Experienced irl Zirbel said, a g s average around 7 fo 8 Points, while we average 4. I l-i521 Cayton, junior added, We real- V didnt have much of a chance be- Cause we were all rookies. But we did pull together as a team, which many Filing in line, the gymnastic teams salute coach ,Y Geraldine Zirbel at the Lee Summit Invitation l 3 . October 19. Photo by Pam Sherrer. Frozen in her ending pose, Lisa Cayton, junior, holds her floor exercise position at the Lee Summit I . . nvitational. Photo by Pam Sherrer. Concentrating on Olathes floor exercise at the Belton meet Geraldine Zirbel gymnastics coach waits for the final tabulations. Photo by Pam Sherrer. Aligning body with the vault Kim Hayes sophomore shows judges at the Grandview meet September 10 firt l Sherrer. s pace form. Photo by Pam Gymnastics 0-6 OPPONENT Belton Lee Summit Shawnee Mission East Lee Summit TOURNAMENT Belton f Olathe Lee Summit WE THEY 73 75 63.5 91 PLACE iff' UMW ll schools do not. And even as the scoreboard told them they had not won a single meet, they still stuck by their sport. We wanted to show them that we weren't quittersf' Sherri Mason, junior, said. We really tried our hardest to beat them, so they had to work for the win. As the video tape is played back for the team's last time, murmurs of criti- cism and compliments override each other. From Look at those bent knees, Cheryl, to Remember, ampli- tude and executew run the amateur opinions. Opinions remembered while training for a season where they won't be the new kids on the block. So as the team separates, their smiles tell what the scoreboard doesn't. . No matter what the record, they came out the winners. -Text by Pam Sherrer QPSJ Gymnasticsf17