Chesterton's Brandi Tuzinski performs her floor exercise during the Duneland Conference Meet at Merrillville High School on Saturday February 23, 2013. | Jim Karczewski~for Sun-Times Media
Chesterton's Brandi Tuzinski performs her floor exercise during the Duneland Conference Meet at Merrillville High School on Saturday February 23, 2013. | Jim Karczewski~for Sun-Times Media
Chesterton's Brandi Tuzinski performs her floor exercise during the Duneland Conference Meet at Merrillville High School on Saturday February 23, 2013. | Jim Karczewski~for Sun-Times Media
Chesterton's Brandi Tuzinski prepares for her dismount from the uneven bars during the Duneland Conference Meet at Merrillville High School on Saturday February 23, 2013. | Jim Karczewski~for Sun-Times Media
Chesterton's Brandi Tuzinski looks towards the judges table after sticking her dismount from the uneven bars at the Duneland Conference Meet at Merrillville High School on Saturday February 23, 2013. | Jim Karczewski~for Sun-Times Media
CHESTERTON — A standard balance beam in gymnastics is 17.5 feet long and just four inches wide, although that may seem like a generous estimate in the minds of gymnasts who’ve struggled to stay on top of the apparatus. But that’s been plenty of space …