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Chisago Lakes sophomore Britni Harris competed in the State Individual Gymnastics meet Saturday, February 25. The event was held at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul’s River Center.

When asked before the competition started if she was nervous, Harris said, “Not like last year. Having been here before really helped.” In 2005, Harris competed on the vault at the State Meet, this year she earned a trip as an all-arounder. So, she competed in all four events.

Harris finished 23rd in vault, 29th on the bars, 30th in the floor exercise and 27th all-around. Her score on the balance beam did not count toward the individual competition because she did not qualify for state in that event. However, her 9.00 beam score did count toward her all-around score.

“Overall, Britni did a fantastic job,” Chisago Lakes head coach Brett Kjos said. “Being at the state meet last year really helped her nerves.  She was not nervous at all.  She was prepared.”

“On the beam, she was rock solid.  Just a great routine.  All of those repetitions during practice really paid off. On the vault, she tied her personal record of 9.225. Britni really worked hard on her vault.  She has only done that vault, a tuck Tsukahara, this year.  I cannot wait to see how her vault will improve over the next two years,” Kjos continued.

“Britni had a fall on the floor exercise and had a fall on the uneven bars, so her scores were lower than we had hoped.  However, she will learn from her experience and should help her in the future.  It will be fun to see how she will improve during her junior and senior years.

“Overall it was a really great season.  I am looking forward to next season and see how much we can improve.” Kjos added.

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