The gift of Menlo Park gymnastics
I m heading off to college in the fall, but I want to take a moment to thank Menlo Park for the Menlo Park gymnastics program and the Arrillaga family for giving us the gift of Burgess Gym. I spent 12 years in the program, first learning somersaults and handstands and slowly moving up, year by year, to five state championships and three regional competitions, eventually becoming a Region 1 Bars and All-Around champion. As a junior in high school, I switched to springboard diving as my primary sport, but the community forged in the gymnastics program drew me back into coaching the younger girls a couple of days a week until COVID-19 closed everything down.