OGC Coaching Staff

 Brittney has been involved in gymnastics since 1997 and was put on her first team in 1999.  She started coaching at OGC in the summer of 2005. In 2006, 2007, and 2008, Brittney's team won the MAGA Division 1 State Title.  Brittney competed gymnastics up until 2009 when she shattered her ankle.  Even though she wasn't able to compete anymore, she continued her love of gymnastics by continuing to coach.  In the fall of 2013, she was the assistant coach of the Menomonie Middle School gymnastics team.  She took the head coaching job in 2014 and continued that job in the 2015-2016 school year. She signed on for the Executive Director position with us in 2016 and is very excited to be doing what she loves!  

 The team gymnasts did a showcase at the ’97 Steele County Free Fair, and Adam has been tumbling ever since! He trained gymnastics from ’97-’08. He was a competitive gymnast for 10 of those 11 years, earning 250 ribbons and 38 medals. Adam coached for OGC several years back and is excited to coach with us again! He is a certified USA Gymnastics Instructor and currently working towards becoming a USA Gymnastics Junior Olympic Development Coach. 

 Ava has been in gymnastics since 2010 and always loved sport! She ended her gymnastics career on the competition teams for OGC in 2019. She loves floor because a gymnast can express their personality in their floor routine and can show off all of their dance skills. Ava loves coaching because she loves to watch her gymnasts grow and improve overtime! She's always looked up to her coaches and  wants her gymnasts to look up to her one day! Ava's hobbies are doing other sports like volleyball and track. She also loves to hang out with friends and play with makeup! 

 Evan was in the boys class for 5 years when he was little. He has also been a team coach at OGC since 2013. He enjoys the uneven bars because he likes spotting the 'big' skills on that event. Evan loves gymnastics because he loves the confidence and strength it gives kids. Outside of gymnastics, Evan enjoys hiking, fishing, camping, watching movies, and raising rabbits.  

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 Christine always wanted to try gymnastics but didn't have the opportunity. She got involved in coaching after her kids started gymnastics classes. Her favorite events are beam and floor to watch. Christine loves seeing the kids' excitement for class and watching them conquer new skills. She also loves to see their smiling faces. Her hobbies are reading, crocheting, and running.  

 Hanna has been competing in gymnastics since 2014. She started in Advanced Beginners, went to Intermediates, then Training Team, Team 5 and ended her competition career on the competition teams in 2019. Her favorite event is beam. She loves the balance you need and the mental strength it takes. Hanna loves to coach because of all the kids that are happy to do gymnastics! She graduated from New Richland High School in 2021 and is attending Winona State for Nursing. 

 I was a high school letter winner 3 years in St. James. I have coached rec classes since 2010 and became a Training Team coach in 2012. My daughter was a member of OGC’s competition team. I love coaching because I enjoy helping the kids believe that they can do anything! 

 To help channel her inner monkey, Valerie’s mother enrolled her in gymnastics when she was 5 and she was hooked. 10 competitive years later, with 1 State All-Round title and 2 back-to-back State Vault titles to her name, she retired from gymnastics to focus on school sports. Gymnastics made a brief return to Val’s life as a walk-on to the Saluki Cheerleading Squad her freshman year at Southern Illinois University – Carbondale. Now years later, with two little monkeys of her own, Val decided to introduce them to her early passion and found herself back at home in the gym. When Britney approached her about coaching for Spring 2017, it was a no brainer. Val loves watching young children experience gymnastics for the first time and seeing them develop strength and confidence with each passing week. She is so proud to be a part of this amazing organization!  

 Tara started gymnastics in 1st grade and competed through High School here as a Husky gymnast. She started coaching at the age of 14- she is definitely an experienced coach and loves sharing her knowledge with the kids to help them grow and improve!  

 Emily has been in gymnastics since 2004.  She has been on the OHS gymnastics team since 2011.  Emily loves being able to teach the kids the sport that she has spent most of her life doing.  Emily's favorite event is vault because she love running full speed towards a stationary object and flipping from it!  Outside of gymnastics Emily enjoys diving and is a peer helper for Big Brothers Big Sisters.  

 Growing up, Naomi did not have any gymnastics experience. She was a dancer her entire life. Her only gymnastics experience is doing the Tumbling Tots class with her daughter for about 1 year and now coaching. Naomi loves coaching because it is so rewarding to see a child finally master a skill and feel so proud of themselves!  

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Emmi did gymnastics for about 5 years, 2 of those on training team. Her favorite events are floor and bars. She loves coaching because it’s fun to work with kids and be in the gym!

 Madi got started with gymnastics because some of her childhood friends were in gymnastics. She has been in gymnastics for most of her childhood. Madi's favorite event is floor because she likes to tumble. In her free time she spends her time with friends, family and plays sports.  

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 Elice started gymnastics when she was in first grade and ended her competitive career in her Sophomore summer. While competing, her team took first place in Division 4, and also won many sportsmanship awards! Floor and Vault are her favorite events because she says she is the least nervous about them and they are the most fun for her to compete! 

 Natasha started Gymnastics when she was 5 years old. Two of her older sisters were in it, and she wanted to be just like them. She did gymnastics for many years starting at the YMCA doing Rec classes and then moving up the ladder to different teams. She unfortunately stopped doing gymnastics once she got older... Natasha still regrets that decision. 

Chey started gymnastics in 2011 in our Beginners class. She was in beginners for about a year and once Chey got to advanced beginners she was in it for about 1 or 2 sessions and then she took intermediates for about 1 to 2 sessions and was asked to join the training team level. From that point she did training team for 1 year and was quickly asked to join the upper level competitive teams and did that for 4 years. Chey then joined the HS team and competed with them for 3 years. In 2021 she decided to end her competitive career and started coaching to fulfill her love for the sport.

  Bella has been involved in gymnastics since she was around 2 years old and loved the sport, but quit because she was afraid of beam. Her favorite event is definitely bars as she loves to flip and get the rush of adrenaline from flipping. She loves coaching because being around little kids has always been something she's enjoyed doing. Bella loves seeing them improve, grow up, and loves being able to be a role model for them. Her hobbies include running, shopping, and hanging out with her friends.  

 Hannah has been in gymnastics since 2008 and still does gymnastics for the club. She loves to coach because she gets to see the kids learn and progress over the weeks and watching them have fun. She loves to coach bars because there are so many fun skills. She has one brother, one sister and a dog. Her dog is a miniature toy poodle and she is 13 years old, but she is still crazy and fun to play with.  

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