After an amazing freshmen year academically and socially, I was very disappointed athletically.  I spent the entire year trying to rehabilitate my ankle and in [...]

My teammate, Julie, had shattered her arm the year before.  The doctors weren't even sure if her arm would function normally again, let alone be [...]

Even though we lost the state championship and at the time it seemed like all of that work was all in vain, we were learning [...]

I picked up where I left off in gymnastics.  I kind of astounded myself.  I had taken off essentially seven months, except for that brief [...]

I was completely burned out, mentally, emotionally, financially and physically. I decided I was never going back to gymnastics. After training for the past three years [...]

Gymnastics gave me a lot in the way of confidence, but there’s always a flip side. (Haha- get it?)  My brother used to say that [...]

I stopped training with Mr. Douglas when I was 14 to go train at a much bigger gym in Moline, Illinois, with more technical coaches [...]

After I successfully made it to Regionals I unsuccessfully competed at Regionals.  The entire experience was the epitome of out of my comfort zone.  I [...]