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  • Lindsey F. Buckeye Coach

  • Ashley H. Buckeye Coach

  • Justin O. BCE Coach / Buckeye Coach

  • Maggie K. Buckeye Coach

  • Gabby W. Girls Team Coach

  • Angie W. Buckeye Coach

  • Nikia S.

    Buckeye Coach

  • Mya W. Buckeye Coach

  • Sasha T. Girls Team Coach

  • Emma M. Buckeye Coach

  • Ariane F. Buckeye Coach

  • Avery N. Buckeye Coach

  • Nicola C.

    Buckeye Coach

  • Jo M. Director, Buckeye Gymnastics, Westerville

  • Kittia C. Director, Girls Team

  • Velencia F.

    Buckeye Coach

  • Louis R. Girls Team Coach

  • Bri F. Buckeye Coach

  • Abby A. Buckeye Coach

  • Anamaria R. Girls Team Coach

  • Jen H. Director, BCE / Buckeye Cheer, Powell

  • Tessa J. Buckeye Coach

  • Kristin F. Buckeye Coach

  • Chad R.

    BCE Coach

  • Dayah H. Girls Team Coach

  • Laura M. Director, Buckeye Gymnastics , Powell

  • Becky D. Girls Team Coach

  • Bo H. Buckeye Coach

  • Kyle L. Girls Team Coach

  • Becky C. Girls Team Coach

  • Scott R. Girls Team Coach

  • Laura C. Girls Team Coach

  • Taylor Y. Girls Team Coach

  • Mikala A. Girls Team Coach

Lindsey F.

Buckeye Coach

Ashley H.

Buckeye Coach

Justin O.

BCE Coach / Buckeye Coach

Justin is an Ohio University graduate where he was a cheerleader for four years and was a member of the 2001 nationals team that placed 10th at NCA nationals. He has been coaching for over ten years and is currently in his elenth year coaching at BCE. His teams have won several National titles with various companies such as Jamfest, COA, and Cheer Power. He has also coached a BCE Team at the World Championships. He has also worked with several high schools and middle schools in the Columbus area and has judged for various competitions. Justin is NFHS certified, and both First Aid and CPR certified.

Maggie K.

Buckeye Coach

Maggie trained and competed in the Czech Republic through the advanced level.  She came to the USA to complete her graduate work in education and physical education.  Maggie is a certified personal trainer.  At Buckeye she teaches various classes at both our Westerville and Powell gyms.

Gabby W.

Girls Team Coach

Gabby grew up at Buckeye Gymnastics starting at age 7 and “graduating” as a high school senior. She competed for Buckeye for 6 years through Level 8. She is currently studying to become a Physical Therapist and discovered that she has the gift of teaching after rejoining us as a gymnastics teacher and coach.

Angie W.

Buckeye Coach

Angie is a graduate of Big Walnut High School and she has been teaching preschool for almost nine years including three years at the YMCA. She is certified in CPR, First Aid, Communicable Disease, and Child Abuse by the State of Ohio. Angie has been teaching at Buckeye for over a decade and is a preschool instructor at our Westerville location.

Nikia S.

Buckeye Coach

Mya W.

Buckeye Coach

Sasha T.

Girls Team Coach

Sasha is a former Champion of the USSR and a Master of Sport. He was also the head coach of one of the Soviet Gymnastics Training Centers in Ukraine where he developed national team members and at least one Olympian for the former USSR. Sasha brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to Buckeye. He is hard-working with a focus on the development of solid and technically correct basics. Sasha has been coaching the Girls Team at Buckeye for over 20 years and he was part of the Buckeye coaching team that was voted Optional Coaching Staff of the Year in Ohio in 2016.

Emma M.

Buckeye Coach

Ariane F.

Buckeye Coach

Ariane was a gymnast for 11 years and was a level 9 State Champion gymnast at Olympic Academy in Newark. Ariane has a degree in Women’s Studies from Ohio State University, and is a licensed Esthetician. She has taught gymnastics for four years in Central Ohio and coached to level 4. She loves her cats and dogs, music, Colorado, and the smiles on kids’ faces while coaching.

Avery N.

Buckeye Coach

Nicola C.

Buckeye Coach

Jo M.

Director, Buckeye Gymnastics, Westerville

Jolene, or Coach Jo, as she is known, has been teaching and coaching gymnastics for 18 years. Coach Jo has been a Preschool Gymnastics Program Director and a Head Team Coach for Levels 2-6 during her coaching career. She has developed many Individual State Champions and State Champion Teams. Coach Jo has always had a passion for working with kids thru sports teams and church. She is now our Tumble Bears Preschool Director at Buckeye Gymnastics in our Westerville location.

Kittia C.

Director, Girls Team

In the 30+ 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. As Head Coach at Buckeye Kittia coached Gabby Douglas to the 2016 Olympic Team (Team USA Gold) and 2015 World Championships Team (Team Gold, Silver AA) and she has developed both Nia Dennis and Shania Adams both USA National Team members. Buckeye was named the Region 5 Elite Gym of the Year in 2016.

Velencia F.

Buckeye Coach

Louis R.

Girls Team Coach

Bri F.

Buckeye Coach

Bri competed with Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy, and later tumbled at Midwest Cheer Elite. While attending the Ohio State University, Bri joined the recreational gymnastics team and trampoline and tumbling team, and received a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature. Bri has coached at a few gyms in Columbus and San Francisco for a total of four years. She has been with Buckeye since Autumn of 2016, where she is a Director in Training, teaches rec classes, and coaches the Scarlet and Grey team.

Abby A.

Buckeye Coach

Anamaria R.

Girls Team Coach

Anamaria started gymnastics as a child in Romania and by the age of thirteen was invited to train at the Olympic Center among other national and international champions. She went on to win medals in such competitions as American Cup, Goodwill games and European Championships. She was selected to be one of the six gymnasts who made the 1996 Olympic Team for Romania but, unfortunately, she was unable to compete due to a knee accident. For the last past 16 years she has been coaching in the USA preparing athletes who won State, Regional, and National Championships. Anamaria is a National level rated judge and the recipient of Master of Sports Certification awarded by the Romanian Gymnastics Federation. She earned a BA Saginaw Valley State University in International Studies with emphasis in Business and a Certificate in International Business and a minor in accounting.

Jen H.

Director, BCE / Buckeye Cheer, Powell

Jen has been cheering for most of her life. As a high school student at Somerset Area High School in Somerset, PA, Jen cheered for four years with her school and also cheered for an all-star team that placed at UCA Nationals and at Worlds. She then went on to cheer at Slippery Rock University. Jen worked for several years as an instructor for UCA (Universal Cheerleaders Association) at various summer camps and competitions.  Jen is Director of BCE and Cheer at our Powell location.

Tessa J.

Buckeye Coach

Kristin F.

Buckeye Coach

Kristen grew up doing gymnastics and cheerleading is Fishers, Indiana. Bars was her favorite event in gymnastics while stunting was her favorite in cheer. In the end Kristen stuck with cheerleading and she competed in multiple National Championships and her team won Level UCA Large Senior 4 Nationals in 2010. My philosophy is that “Its not just about being the best athlete, its all about being the best person.”

Chad R.

BCE Coach

Dayah H.

Girls Team Coach

Dayah grew up in the gym. She competed as a member of Hills Gymnastics in Gaithersburg, Maryland, before earning a full college scholarship at West Virginia University. At WVU Dayah earned an undergraduate degree in Athletic Coaching Education with a minor in Personal Training and went to earn her Masters in Athletic Coaching. Dayah competed and lettered all four years at WVU culminating with a 3rd place All Around finish at the Big Twelve Championships in 2014 and in being elected Team Captain by her coaches for her dedication and leadership. She continued her gymnastics career at West Virginia as a graduate assistant coach and as a teacher and coach at WVU’s summer camp program.

Laura M.

Director, Buckeye Gymnastics , Powell

Laura competed in gymnastics for six years and has coached gymnastics at Buckeye for over a decade. She is a graduate of Capital University, graduating with a degree in Biology and Psychology. Laura attended a six-week internship at Rushmore Gymnastics in London, England, where she shared with our British sister club the details of running an American style gymnastics school.

Becky D.

Girls Team Coach

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 and attended WVU on a full athletic scholarship in gymnastics while 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, regional and national champions. She was part of the Buckeye coaching team that was voted Optional Coaching Staff of the Year in Ohio in 2016.

Bo H.

Buckeye Coach

Kyle L.

Girls Team Coach

Kyle joined our girls team program the beginning of June 2019.  Originally from Toledo, OH Kyle has coached at Sunrise Gymnastics, Flip Fest and most recently as a Girls Team Coach at Victors Gymnastics in New York working with Levels 3 – 10. Buckeye is looking forward to all the positive energy  Kyle will bring to our program.

 

Becky C.

Girls Team Coach

Becky was already something of a legend in the sport of gymnastics in Ohio before she stepped into the gym as a coach at Buckeye. Becky was the 2012 Horizon Coach of the Year for Region 5 (OH, MI, IL, IN, KY), 2011 Ohio Judge of the Year, and the 2013 Spirit of Team Ohio award winner. She has been coaching some of the best gymnasts in the city, state and region as coach at Universal Gymnasts for over a decade and she was an accomplished gymnast in her own right at Lima Gymnastics. Becky brings over 30 years of gymnastics experience to Buckeye through her competing, judging and coaching and we welcome her to the coaching staff.

Scott R.

Girls Team Coach

Scott is a graduate of West Virginia University with a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and a Master’s degree in Sports Promotions. While at West Virginia Scott was a scholarship gymnast on the Mountaineer’s Men’s Team. Scott has over 35 years of coaching experience ranging from coaching college at West Virginia University and UC-Berkeley to 9 years here at Buckeye Gymnastics and 15 years spent coaching in California. He was a member of the So Cal USAG Board of Directors for a number of years while in CA. He is currently coaching S&G and USAG Girls team, and is the Scarlet and Grey Team Director and Operations Manager at Buckeye Gymnastics.

Laura C.

Girls Team Coach

Taylor Y.

Girls Team Coach

Taylor is a former Buckeye gymnast who won floor at L9 Easterns, as well as competing for Eastern Michigan from 2013 until 2015. Taylor graduated from Eastern Michigan in 2017 with a BA in Communications and a minor is psychology. Taylor coached Buckeye’s Level 1 and Level 2’s prior to leaving for college and has expanded her coaching experience by coaching pre-team through Level 7 at Champion Gymnastics in Ann Arbor.

Mikala A.

Girls Team Coach

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