Picture
Perfect Gymnastics has named Alexis
Russell the 2008 Picture
Perfect Gymnast of
the Year!
Congratulations, Alexis!
Alexis
Russell was named the 2008 Picture Perfect Gymnast of the Year due to
her great attitude in the gym and out. You could talk about scores...
9.85 on vault against Oklahoma, 9.825 on bars against Illinois-Chicago
and again at Regionals, 9.8 on beam against Oklahoma and again at
Regionals, and 9.825 on floor against Illinois-Chicago... but why?
Scores don't tell the story of her first meet of the season, first
event -- vault, and Alexis pops her knee the wrong way. Um, ouch. An hour
later, she's laughing about it and putting us at ease. How nice is
that?!? Then she spends the next four weeks of the season recovering,
again with a great attitude. Hopping back into the lineup against
Illinois-Chicago, she performed beautifully. That's why Alexis Russell
is the 2008 Picture Perfect Gymnast of the Year.