How to get the Status of the teststeps under a testcase

I have used the below line to get the status of the Teststep,
def result = testRunner.runTestStepByName( "Input" )

But I dont want to do in this way. I have the follwing Test Steps in my testcase
1. Input
2. Request
3. Status Check - Groovy script to get the status of the above two steps.

If I use 'def result = testRunner.runTestStepByName( "Input" )' in the step 3 it will execute the step 1 again.

Hope I am clear in exlpaining my issue. Please suggest me an idea to overcome this

Note: I dont want to disable the teststeps.

Regards
Anand.