K-M GYMNASTICS: AT A GLANCE<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 COACH:<\/b> Rachel Hopkins, 6th year<\/p>\n
\u2022 LAST YEAR:<\/b> 8th in the SPSL North<\/p>\n
\u2022 TOP RETURNERS:<\/b> Juliana Adams, so., bars\/beam; Jenna Crain, sr., vault.<\/p>\n
\u2022 TOP NEWCOMERS:<\/b> Mealyn Ngu, fr., all-around; Alizhae Hilsman, fr., floor, vault.<\/p>\n
\u2022 GRADUATED:<\/b> Nora Keith, four-time state medalist, is now attending Western Washington University.<\/p>\n
\u2022 TEAM STRENGTH:<\/b> Great numbers, including several youngsters who will make an immediate impact.<\/p>\n
\u2022 TEAM WEAKNESS:<\/b> Inexperience. In addition, Kent-Meridian practices at the Kent Phoenix Academy due to the high school\u2019s gym renovation. The Phoenix Academy has little space \u2014 \u201cIt\u2019s about half the size of an auxiliary gym,\u201d Hopkins said \u2014 and, as such, limits what the Royals are able to accomplish during practice on a daily basis.<\/p>\n
\u2022 OUTLOOK:<\/b> Though K-M lost Keith to graduation, this is a team that\u2019s unquestionably on the rise. Adams, a state participant last year, injured her right ankle in May competing with the track team and will be limited. However, the combination of Adams and Crain gives the Royals a strong one-two punch. Add in Ngu and Hilsman and the fact that 26 kids turned out, and there\u2019s reason for optimism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
K-M GYMNASTICS: AT A GLANCE \u2022 COACH: Rachel Hopkins, 6th year \u2022 LAST YEAR: 8th in the SPSL North \u2022 TOP RETURNERS: Juliana Adams, so., bars\/beam; Jenna Crain, sr., vault. \u2022 TOP NEWCOMERS: Mealyn Ngu, fr., all-around; Alizhae Hilsman, fr., floor, vault. \u2022 GRADUATED: Nora Keith, four-time state medalist, is now attending Western Washington University. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-13227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13227"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13227\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13227"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=13227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}