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Olathe Northwest Gymnastics Wins State The Olathe Northwest gymnastics team won State on October 30, 2017. It was the first time ONW had ever won State. The winning team consisted of freshman Hallie Robertson, sophomore Brooke Illum, and junior Sydney Weeks. They were coached by Mallory West and Alison Krumbiegel.     The team practiced everyday after school in preparation for this meet. Alison Krumbiegel, the assistant gymnastics coach, said, “Our team has a great talent to begin with, but those girls are the hardest working girls in the gym.”     The girls on the gymnastics team are also extremely close and push each other to do their best. Brooke Illum, a sophomore on the team, was injured but competed anyway because “she cared so much about her teammates,” Coach Krumbiegel said. Hallie Robertson also said her favorite part of gymnastics is “hanging out with the other girls because it’s kind of like having another family.” Winning State was ...

My group decided to do a feature on gymnastics and interviewed Hallie Robertson, a freshman on the gymnastics team, and Alison Krumbiegel, one of the gymnastics coaches. After we decided on our concept, we started contacting interview subjects and writing 21 interview questions. Next, we decided on the shooting location and interviewed Hallie, followed by Mrs. Krumbiegel. Finally, we edited and uploaded the video. My roles were production designer and editor. Since I was the main editor, I learned a lot more about editing and the software that we use. We did struggle a bit in the communication and project management departments. I was gone for a few days and then my team member missed one day. Due to this, we didn't get the video in on time and we didn't have the best communication when I was gone. If I were to do this project again, I would try to communicate better and get the project in on time. I would also try to direct questions more towards the gymnastics team winn...