Gymnastics

By: Caroline Naccari

Flipping Into State:

For the second year, JCCS has made a mark at the LHSAA State Gymnastics Competition. JCCS strives to be supportive of their students, so when Emily Ingraham came to Curtis with her gymnastic athletic abilities, the administrators made sure that she could put her God-given talents to use. Emily participates in vault, bars, beam, and floor. Emily perfects her craft at Elmwood Gymnastics Academy and competes for the Elmwood competition team as well as John Curtis. At the LHSAA state competition, Emily was the state runner-up in vault and received 4th place in the bars competition.

Emily showing-off her State runner-up medal and her new uniform that she designed herself!

(One of the perks of being on the gymnastics team)

Emily participating in the bar portion of the State Competition.

Vault State Runner Up -->

"I started gymnastics at 6 years old and fell in love with it when I learned that I had fun doing flips. A plus was that my mom wanted me to get all of my energy out."

A Day In The Life:

~ Emily's Training ~

I train for 5 days a week and 4 hours each day. My typical training day starts off with 45 minutes of conditioning then a quick run and stretch. After that we start practicing on each event: vault, bars, beam, and floor (for 45 minutes). Lastly, we stretch our splits out and are done for the day.

Emily suffered from a torn ACL at the beginning of the season. She handled that setback/injury by "setting goals and following rehabilitation plans from her doctors in order to have the shortest possible recovery time so she can get back into the groove of things faster."

Who has been your biggest supporter in your gymnastics journey?

My mom is my biggest supporter. She has been a constant source of encouragement throughout my career. She has helped me through all my challenges and celebrated my successes. Also, I cannot forget my coaches who have always motivated me and pushed me to be my greatest possible self.

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