"With the Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School gymnastics team's state win streak at five years old, Andrea Kinzer stood over her teammate Diana Moock, watching her as she sat on the ground calculating the scores from other teams across the meet. Diana, a numbers whiz with the nickname "the human calculator," was furiously computing the scores of the competition that the team had gathered through their intel sources. Brecksville had an advantage: The order of events was randomly decided and in their draw that year, they went after Magnificat."
"But there was bad news: After completing her quick math, Diana looked at the team. "We need to upgrade our skills," she said. The gymnasts for Brecksville-even in 2008-had a range of skills that they performed for club meets (the harder skills), and they often watered them down for Ohio high school meets. With the coaches, the gymnasts would craft routines for the high school competitions that were more reliable than the ones they competed with at club meets."
"But in 2008, the safe routines it seemed, weren't going to get the score they needed. So they came up with plan B on the fly. Andrea had fractured her right ankle earlier that year and had surgery on her left knee the year before after being injured doing a Yurchenko layout full vault. She changed her vault into an easier one and had planned on competing that at the state meet. But, looking at Diana's scores, she knew it was Yurchenko layout full or bust."
""I remember giving the pep talk in the back and [saying] "Everyone is upgrading their vaults,'" Andrea said. "Everyone is doing everything. If we don't do that, we are going to lose." "And we""
Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School held a five-year state win streak in gymnastics. During a meet, Diana Moock calculated competitors’ scores using information gathered from other teams. Brecksville drew to compete after Magnificat, but the numbers indicated that the team’s usual high school routines were not enough. Gymnasts had previously performed harder skills at club meets and watered them down for high school meets to improve reliability. In 2008, the team needed higher scoring routines, so they created a plan B on the fly. Andrea Kinzer, recovering from injuries, changed her vault plans and concluded that a Yurchenko layout full was required. Other gymnasts also upgraded skills to avoid losing.
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