Plainview JFK's Victoria Vitale is poetry in motion
Photo credit: James Escher | Plainview JFK's Victoria Vitale raises her arms at the conclusion of her floor routine during a varsity gymnastics meet against South Side at Jamaica Avenue School. (Jan. 3, 2013)
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Victoria Vitale tries not to think beyond individual steps -- the first one leading her down the vaulting runway, and then the one after that. Eventually, the Plainview JFK gymnast hits the springboard, and that's where it gets complicated: an accelerated step onto the bouncing mat, propelling her into the air.
Then there are no literal steps at all, just the twist of her body into a half...
