Article Contributed on: 3/31/2009 9:24:05 PM
On Saturday, March 28 Scottie Fiarkoski of Erie won a gold medal with a score of 9.6 (out of a possible 10.0) on the balance beam at the 2009 Level 8 Colorado State Gymnastics Championship meet at Aerials Gym in Colorado Springs. Scottie's combined score of 36.2 for four events was good enough for fifth place in the all-around competition and to qualify her for the USA Gymnastics Region 3 Championship in Norman, OK April 25.
Eleven year-old Scottie is a fifth grader at Black Rock Elementary and trains four days a week at
Gymnastics Unlimited in Northglenn, CO.