{"id":1105,"date":"2014-01-27T02:23:32","date_gmt":"2014-01-27T02:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sportspaper.org\/?p=1105"},"modified":"2014-01-27T02:23:32","modified_gmt":"2014-01-27T02:23:32","slug":"nks-zimmerman-poised-to-take-her-non-stop-energy-to-the-state-gymnastics-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sportspaper.org\/?p=1105","title":{"rendered":"NK’s Zimmerman poised to take her non-stop energy to the state gymnastics meet"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By George Edgar<\/p>\n

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Sarah Zimmerman is seemingly running around. One activity to the next, one friend to\u00a0the other and so forth. She\u2019s a bundle of energy that is apparently non-stop.<\/p>\n

Zimmerman\u2019s been pretty non-stop as an athlete as well. She ran cross country in the fall and will run long distance events in track in the spring for the North Kitsap Vikings. This winter, she\u2019s also added bouncing, tumbling, and cart-wheeling to all that running for the Vikings gymnastics team.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I like about her is her attitude,\u201d said North Kitsap gymnastics coach Kris Goodfellow. \u201cShe is the epitome of a can-do attitude. If it\u2019s fun, she\u2019ll do it. I\u2019 can tell her we\u2019ll be pushing cars in the parking lot and she\u2019ll say, \u2018Let\u2019s go! \u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

If you told Zimmerman at the beginning of the season the team needed a place to practice, she probably would\u2019ve said \u201cLet\u2019s find one!\u201d<\/p>\n

One of just three gymnastics teams in KitsapCounty, the Vikings almost didn\u2019t have a place to practice when their venue, Zero Gravity, where Kingston\u2019s team also practiced, closed down just one week before practices were to begin. Fortunately, the teams are using the commons area at NorthKitsapHigh School to practice, and they also get some time in at Olympic Gymnastics Center in Silverdale.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was disappointing, especially for my senior year,\u201d Zimmerman said. \u201cWe\u2019re glad to have a place to do stuff, and Olympic Gymnastics is giving us a place to do our routines.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zimmerman made it to state in the floor exercise and the vault, one of five Vikings gymnasts to advance. As a team, North was unable to make it due to a fifth place district finish.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had problems at district on the beam,\u201d Zimmerman recalled. \u201cWe had high expectations that we couldn\u2019t come through with. We had a lot of people make it individually.\u201d<\/p>\n

This past fall, Zimmerman ran with the cross country team that finished ninth in the Class 2A championships in Pasco. She ran the meet in a time of 21 minutes, 51 seconds<\/p>\n

During the spring time, she runs the 1600, 3200, and 4×400 relay for the Vikings track team. She prefers the long distance events as opposed to the sprints. Sprints would help a gymnast with the vault, to build up speed before the jump. But for the other events like the floor exercise and the uneven bars, endurance is better suited.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt gives me endurance,\u201d Zimmerman said of her running. \u201cIt brings out the speed, so I can crank out a floor routine. It doesn\u2019t do much for my flexibility.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe has great endurance,\u201d Goodfellow said. \u201cI never have to worry about her on the floor.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe endurance helps when you\u2019re on the floor,\u201d Zimmerman said. \u201cYou have the cardio and the respiratory turnover. It\u2019s good for an all-around exercise.\u2019<\/p>\n

Last year’s trip to the state meet was memorable, albeit for a different reason. Zimmerman was about to take the floor for her floor exercise routine when the power went out in the Tacoma Dome Exhibition Hall, and everything went dark.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was on the floor, and she was excited to do the floor exercise,\u201d Goodfellow recalled. \u201cThen there was the power outage when she ready to go. She had to wait a few minutes. She still did a good job on the floor, but she didn\u2019t get to what she wanted to do at state.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe lights just went out,\u201d she recalled. \u201cEverything stopped for 15 minutes, and I wasn\u2019t able to get ready.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zimmerman has a 3.8 GPA and is looking to attend either OregonState or BostonUniversity. She hopes to actually walk on to a cross-country team instead of gymnastics. \u00a0\u201cBefore high school, I would have said gymnastics\u201d she said. \u201cBut with the amount of how good you need to be, with cross country, I\u2019m more able to continue.\u201d<\/p>\n

But a fourth and final appearance to the state gymnastics meet looms o Feb. 21-22 in Tacoma, especially if Zimmerman makes it in the all-around.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would be a great way to end my senior year,\u201d she said. \u201cWe have to work hard on getting our skill passes down, and get in extra difficulty. I hope to make it; it would be a fun way to end the year.\u201d<\/p>\n

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