Gsl Competitors Satisfied By Showing

Gymnastics

Funny thing, of the four Greater Spokane League gymnasts who participated for individual honors at the state gymnastics meet Saturday afternoon in the Tacoma Dome, two didn’t make it in their best event. But they couldn’t be happier.

“It didn’t feel very good, but I did OK,” said University junior Kalie Cossette, after her floor routine. “Just to make it to the finals was nice. I’m thankful I made it. I didn’t care which event or what I scored.”

Cossette’s 9.25 floor routine helped her finish tied for ninth.

“I’m excited I made it to finals twice in a row,” said Central Valley sophomore Lindsay Linerud, who scored 8.25 on the beam and was eighth. “I thought I did a little better (Friday). Beam isn’t my strongest event; I can get shook up real easy, but I’m glad I stuck it.”

Cossette and Linerud vowed to be back with more difficult routines, which isn’t necessarily the case for the other two GSL finalists.

Kim Meyers of University is graduating after finishing ninth in the all-around on Friday and fifth on the beam Saturday. Teammate Tara Hulbert is only a sophomore, but said she hasn’t decided whether to compete in both high school and club gymnastics.

“For sure I’ll do club, and if my body feels up to it, I’ll do high school, it was really fun,” she said after tying for eighth on the bars.

Hulbert scored 8.85 on the bars.

“I wanted to tie yesterday’s score and I wanted to hit everything,” said Hulbert, who was third after a 9.25 on Friday. “I just peeled on my dismount; I felt like I was crooked throughout.”

Meyers ended her career with a 9.0 on the beam, third-best for the day.

“I’m happy I stuck my last beam routine,” she said. “I’m happy with the way the whole year went. I don’t just look at it in terms of one week. The only thing that didn’t go real well was the floor. I reached the rest of my goals.”

Injury update

The good news for U-Hi sophomore Jennifer Lee is, she didn’t break her right ankle when she turned it during Friday night’s floor routine. The bad news, revealed U-Hi coach Stacy Heaton, is doctors told her it could take up to eight months for the injury to heal.

Meyers said she didn’t think her right middle finger was broken and she didn’t have it checked before her final competition. It was swollen and discolored for her final high school event after injuring it Friday.

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