BY GERARDO BOLONG
Contributing Writer

Alexis Sata of Tyee led Highline School District athletes with a third place all-around score of 26 in a gymnastics meet at the Tyee Educational Complex in SeaTac on Tues., Jan. 13.

Hazen High School scored 130.2 team points to outdistance Evergreen of White Center (101.75) and also defeat host Tyee (85.55).

Sata won the uneven parallel bars at 6.5 while capturing third places on the vault (8.1) and the floor exercise (6.4). The Totem athlete's 5.0 on the balance beam placed her in the fifth spot.

"We have lots of new gymnats," long-time Tyee head coach Gordan Kadric said. "They work very hard and compete like champions."

The Highlanders of Hazen took the high road to capture four of the top five AA placings while dominating team scores on each individual event.

Kirsten Timm earned top spot on the vault at 8.3 to go along with second places on the bars (6.1), beam (6.7) and floor (6.9) en route to an All-around championship total of 28.

Teammate Lizzie Platin won the beam at 7.2 while taking fourth spots on the vault (7.8), bars (5.4) and floor (6.75) as part of her 26.75 fourth place All-around.

Hazen's Christina Do gained the top spot on the floor at 7.0 and gained 25.85 points in a fourth place Highlander AA.

For Evergreen, Crystal Bailey scored 7.25 on the vault to finish with a seventh place All-around total of 22.25.

"Everyone did a good job," said Evergreen Wolverine head coach Ashley Wyman. "We're getting more girls competing and they're getting more consistent. We have lots of new girls with more than 35 turning out. They've improved on the bars and are trying to get more competent on skills."