DIANE COTE-BURK ('78): One of the top gymnasts in Plymouth State history, Cote-Burk has continued her involvement in the sport as a teacher, coach and judge at the elite level.She is the co-owner of the Granite State Gymnastic Center in Bow, N.H., and has been a member of the NHIAA Gymnastic Committee since 1980.
Cote-Burk was a member of the PSC varsity gymnastics team from 1974-78, serving as team captain her senior year.She holds six school records, including individual marks on the uneven bars (7.3), balance beam (7.05) and floor exercise (7.45) as well as team marks in vaulting (28.75), beam (23.25) and floor (26.15).
In addition to running the Granite State Gymnastic Center since 1978, Cote-Burk has been an esteemed judge for a quarter century.She received a Class 1 rating in 1980, and has judged at such events as Eastern Regional Championships in Orlando, Fla. (2002) and Cleveland, Ohio (2000), and the NCAA Regional Championships in Gainesville, Fla. in 1996.Cote-Burk has been the USA Gymnastics State Chairperson since 1996, and was the State Judging Director from 1984-92.She has spent the past five years as assistant gymnastic coach at Bow High School, and has received several honors for her contributions to the sport of gymnastics, including the John R. Clark Official of the Year Award in 2000-01 from the Union Leader/NH Sunday News.
