About: Megan is a profesional member of USAG and is also USAG safety certified. She has been in the sport of gymnastics all of her life. She began gymnastics at the age of 2. Training at the YMCA as a gymnast from age 6 through age 16 and coaching here since age 12, she has grown up in this gym. 5 years ago, Megan took over the program and has been working to expand the team and the program. This year the program has expanded to the biggest it's ever been and she's looking to keep it improving & growing even more with each year.

"I've grown up in this gym and at this YMCA. I love this program and I can't imagine what my life would be like without it. It's so much fun working with the girls and seeing them progress." - Megan

About: Linda is a profesional member of USAG and is also USAG safety certified. Linda began gymnastics at age 9, competing throughout high school, beginning coaching in her senior year. Linda has been with the YMCA program since 1988.

"It's so much fun to see the kids gain confidence and reach goals. For me, it's all about the smiles." - Linda

About: Sarah started out on our competitive team and due to injuries was forced to give up gymnastics training. She decided to stay on and began volunteer coaching our classes and beginner team levels. Now officially on the staff, sarah has a great natural coaching ability and with training has become one of the best coaches on our staff.

About: Ashley has been a wonderful addition to our coaching staff this year. She has a lot of coaching experience from another YMCA gymnastics program in Eastern Mass and she brings a lot of her own training experiences to our program. Currently attending Westfield State, we hope to be able to use her talents and different angles on coaching and training for at least a few more years.

About: Karlyn was on our competitive team when she was young and continued her gymnastics career competeing for Gateway Regional High School and participating in competitive cheerleading. Karlyn has taken on our Level 1 gymnastics programs and they've really grown under her teachings. Level 1 classes are extremely hard to mantain enrollment and Karlyn seems to have mastered that easily. The gymnasts love her creativity and she has a great way of making their classes fun. She gets the gymnasts excited about gymnastics and moving up to the next level in their training.

About: Rachel began her gymnastics career with us starting in our classes and working her way up to Level 7. She also competes for the Westfield High School gymnastic team. Rachel is fun, has a great spirit and brings alot of her own experiences to coaching. She has a great coaching eye and is very confident spotting higher level skills. She is great at inspiring the gymnasts to do their best and try new skills. We hope to be able to keep Rachel coaching with us for a long time!

About: Competeing for the Gateway High School Gymnastics program, Kelsey started coming in to our gym to work out to further her high school career. She began volunteer coaching with us for a few years and has now joined our coaching staff. Kelsey has a wide range of coaching abilities and has been a great asset for our classes and team. She also has 2 sisters on our competitive team.

About: Beth has been coaching for a long time with this program and has a lot of experience with kids at all levels and ages. She has stepped down from steady coaching duties but still occasionally fills in for us. She's wonderful with young kids using a perfect mix of fun and discipline to create a perfect safe learning enviroment. She also is great at relating to older kids and is able to say just the right thing to help them along in their training. She also has a daughter on our competitive team.