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Kittia Carpenter: Kittia is the Girls Team Director at Buckeye Gymnastics. In the 20 years that Kittia has been coaching at Buckeye her gymnasts have won over 1,000 state, regional, and national titles. She was an elite gymnast herself and a former elite national champion and she attended Arizona State University on a full athletic scholarship. Kittia is also a brevet judge and she has judged the top American athletes at the most important competitions in the country including Championships of the USA and the Olympic Team Trials. In addition, Kittia was elected by the coaches and judges in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, Illinois, and Indiana to serve on the Region 5 Board for USA Gymnastics.
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Laura Clark: Laura was a former Level 10 gymnast and many time state and regional champion and a national and international competitor for Buckeye Gymnastics. Laura continued her gymnastics career as a full-scholarship gymnast at Northern Illinois University where she earned honors as the NIT Beam Champion in 1994 and the Midwest Independent Beam Champion in 1997. She was a member of the 1996 NCAA regional qualifying team and still holds the all-time beam scoring record of 9.975. She holds a B.A. in Psychology. Since graduation Laura has been coaching gymnastics in Toledo and now in Central Ohio.
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Becky Doggette: Becky has been involved in gymnastics since she was six years old. She was a top performer at Buckeye Gymnastics for seven years as she won many individual state titles and helped the Buckeye team win six State Team titles. She competed at the J.O. National Championships in Dallas where she caught the eye of the coaches from West Virginia University. She ended up going to WVU on a full athletic scholarship in gymnastics and leading the Lady Mountaineers to four winning seasons. She has been an important component to our coaching staff at Buckeye for many years and she has developed many state champions.
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Li Li: Li Li is one of the most popular and decorated gymnasts China has ever produced. She competed in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona and in two world championships. She also coached Huang Mandan who earned a bronze medal on Uneven Bars at the 1999 World Championships. Li Li has been coaching at Buckeye for about three years and she has already had a huge impact sending several girls to National Team Training Camps, placing many girls on National TOPs and HOPEs teams, and getting our athletes qualified for J.O. Nationals.
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Philip Todorov: Phillip is one of the most accomplished gymnastics coaches in the world. He was the head coach for the Bulgaria National team during most of the 1980’s when Bulgaria was a gymnastics powerhouse. He has coached at the Olympic Games, the World Championships, the European Championships and other top international competitions where his gymnasts have won gold, silver, and bronze medals. Phillip was a top international competitor himself winning a silver medal at the World Championships in Sports Acrobatics with his twin brother Mathew. Phillip has coached at Buckeye since 1990 and he recently became a U.S. citizen.
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Luke Wasson: Luke grew up in Amherst, New York where he trained for ten years at the Greater Buffalo Gymnastics Center where he qualified for Nationals as a Class I (level 10) competitor. Luke has been teaching and coaching gymnastics for nine years first in Buffalo and later at Stars Gymnastics in Dayton. While at Stars one of his athletes won the All Around at Level 9 Nationals and he has developed numerous state and regional champions at levels 7 and 8. He has coached extensively at the premier summer camps including International, Lake Owen, and Flip-Fest. Luke sees his greatest strengths in his spotting ability and in his positive and motivating approach to his athletes.
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