Article: Crater sells out on final pass: Comeback season puts MU gymnast under the spotlight.

Byline: Dave Matter

Mar. 31--With a background in dance, plus years of cheerleading, ice skating and beauty pageants, Missouri's Whitney Crater is immune to the bright lights' melting powers. Crater doesn't just perform a routine of saltos, flips and dismounts, Missouri gymnastics Coach Rob Drass explains. She sells it. Behind the brilliant smile and natural charisma that energize the Hearnes Center for 70 seconds every time Crater performs her floor routine, there lies a carefully planned strategy. A gamesmanship within her showmanship. "She's a performer. She sells the routine," Drass said earlier this week. "In gymnastics, you're really selling ...

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