Stephanie Jennings not afraid to 'wow' the crowd
Photo credit: James Escher | Sewanhaka District gymnast Stephanie Jennings poses for a portrait during team practice at New Hyde Park High School. (Dec. 19, 2012)
Stephanie Jennings takes flight off the runway in the state tournament and with a roundoff onto the springboard sends her body soaring onto the vaulting table. The back handspring is the next part of the Yurchenko equation, but her hands fall too close to the front. When it's time for her dismount, her head crashes against the vault's rounded-off tip and her body crumples to the ground.
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