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Meet Our Staff
Deborah Crask
Executive Director
Melinda McGougan
Executive Administrator
Janine Block
Office Manager
Mary Louise Smith
Assistant Office Manager
Jessica Bollier
Preschool Director
jbollier@stlouisgymcentre.com
Bio to come soon...
David Frazier
Martial Arts Director
Master David Frazier is a
sixth degree black belt in
both Tae Kwon Do and Hap
Kido. He has been
instructing students for
over 20 years, all the while
continuing his own training.
Master Frazier teaches both
Tae Kwon Do (basic use of
kicks and hands) as well as
Hap Kido (self defense based
martial art).
Women's
USAG Team Coaches
Nick Hand- Women's
USAG Gymnastics Team Director
slgchand@gmail.com
Nick
Hand joined SLGC as the
Women's USAG Team Head Coach
in June of 2009, after
serving since 2006, as the
Director/Head Girls' Team
Coach at the YMCA in
Champaign, Illinois.
Nick
also worked at Olympiad,
Ellisville in 2005, after
having worked at the
Champaign Y starting in
2001.
Nick,
who grew up in Chicago, was a well-rounded athlete who
started serious gymnastics
at age 15 and quickly became
very involved.
His
obvious talent and hard work
allowed him to progress
rapidly and he was able to
walk on the Men's Gymnastics
team at U of I.
As a
four-time letter winner on a
team that placed 2nd
at the NCAA championships
two years in a row, he was
elected Team Captain in his
senior year.
Nick
and his wife moved from Champaign to St.
Louis
in May of 2009.
Laura Faintich- Women's Team
Coach
lfaintich@stlouisgymcentre.com
Laura
Faintich is a senior coach
of SLGC's USAG Women's
Gymnastics Team.
Laura
began her coaching career at
SLGC in 1999, and is the
Women's Team Levels 8, 9 and
10 coach for balance beam
and floor exercise.
She
also creates the beam and
floor choreography for
Levels 7-10.
Laura
trained as a gymnast at Team
Central and competed as a
Level 10 placing 6th
and 8th on Floor
Exercise at Level 10
National Championships.
Laura
won many state and regional
titles throughout her career
and received a full athletic
scholarship to the University of Missouri,
Columbia.
Married to Jimmy since 2006,
Laura has a baby girl,
Taylor, born in 2008.
Amy King - Women's Team Coach
aking@stlouisgymcentre.com
Amy
has been coaching team
gymnastics at SLGC since
1999.
She is
currently the Levels 6 and 7
beam and floor coach.
A
native of
Webster Groves,
Amy was an optional gymnast
at SLGC.
Amy
graduated from the
University
of
Missouri, St. Louis, with a degree in elementary
education.
Married to husband Nick
since 2005, Amy had a son
Braden in June of 2008, and
is enjoying being a mommy.
Carrie
Moynihan - Women's Team Coach
chubbell@stlouisgymcentre.com
Carrie
Moynihan, who is in her
eighth year of coaching at
SLGC, currently coaches as
the Women's Team Levels 6
and Level 7 vault and bars
coach.
She
has been a gymnastics
instructor since 2000, in CA
and MO.
As a
Level 10 gymnast, she
qualified for J.O. Nationals
four times.
Carrie
earned a full scholarship to
the
University
of
Illinois, Chicago, from which she graduated with a B.A.
in Exercise Physiology with
a concentration in Athletic
Training.
Carrie
was married in April,
2011, in South Lake Tahoe.
Wendy
Garner - Women's Team Coach
wgarner@stlouisgymcentre.com
Wendy
has been a coach at SLGC for
many years and was a gymnast
herself at SLGC for 8 years.
She
started teaching gymnastics
at age 15.
Wendy
attended Mizzou and returned
to SLGC in 2004, to teach
compulsory girls.
Recently, she took a
two-year break from coaching
gymnastics to spend time
with her family but happily
returned in June to coach at
the compulsory levels.
Wendy
has been married to Richie
since 2009, and is mom to
Grady who was born in April,
2011.
Jenny Polk - Women's Team Coach
jpolk@stlouisgymcentre.com
Jenny Polk has been coaching
competitive gymnasts since
1992. Currently, Jenny
coaches Women's Team Levels
7 & 8 in bars and vault.
Jenny has a Bachelor's
Degree in Elementary
Education and a Master's in
Special Education.
Jenny is a Chief in the Navy
and has 20 years in the Navy
Reserves. She has one
daughter, Bree, who is a
former Level 10 gymnast at
SLGC.
Julie
Rickey - Women's Team Coach
jrickey@stlouisgymcentre.com
Julie
has been coaching at SLGC
for 23 years.
She
used to travel in the SLGC
bus to bring gymnastics to
students in the community.
Julie
was a gymnast for many years
at SLGC.
Currently, she coaches
levels 4 and 5.
Julie,
who has a degree in
Elementary Education, is
married to Mike and has four
children on the USAG team: 2
girls at Level 7, a girl at
Level 5 and a boy at Level
9.
Megan
Bockskopf - Women's Team Coach
mbockskopf@stlouisgymcentre.com
Megan
Bockskopf, has been a coach
at SLGC since 1998.
She
coaches Level 4 and 5 and
was herself a gymnast for
five years.
She
has a degree in Early
Childhood Education and
currently teaches
pre-school.
Megan
had her first child in July
of 2011.
John
Toczek - Women's Team Coach
John
is currently a coach for the
USAG Women’s Team on bars
for Levels 4-10 and for the
US Team on bars at all
levels.
John
is also a diving coach for
the Parkway
School District.
After
being a diver for 8 years,
John then coached gymnastics
at a nearby facility for 3
years.
John
is originally from
Kansas City and
recently graduated from
Lindenwood
University
with a double major in
Chemistry and Math.
Men's Gymnastics Team Coaches
Mike Filla - Men's
USAG Gymnastics Team Director
mfilla@stlouisgymcentre.com
Mike
Filla has been the Head
Coach of the SLGC USAG Men's
Team since 2006. Currently,
Mike personally coaches the
Levels 9 and 10 men.
While
at the
University of Illinois
at Champaign-Urbana, Mike
was a member of the
University's Men's
Gymnastics Team (from
1999-2004) and a four-year
Varsity Letter winner. Mike
graduated with a Bachelor of
Science Degree in Finance
and works as an accountant.
Mike attended
DeSmet
Jesuit
High School
and was Missouri State Men's
Gymnastic Champion in 1999.
Travis
Kitchen - Men's USAG Team
Assistant Head Coach
tkitchen@stlouisgymcentre.com
Travis
Kitchen, who as Assistant
Head Coach works with the
USAG Men's Team Levels 5, 6,
and 7, has worked at various
times for SLGC since 1994.
Travis
trained at SLGC and was
State Champion from
1996-1998.
He was
an alternate National Team
member in 1998 and went on
to J.O. Nationals five
times.
Travis
obtained his Bachelor's of
Fine Arts degree with a
concentration in Dance from
Temple
University where he not only competed
for
Temple's
NCAA Team but also coached
during the 2006-7 season.
Danny Fetzner -
Men's
USAG Team
Assistant Head Coach
dfetzner@stlouisgymcentre.com
Danny
Fetzner, an SLGC Men's Team
Assistant Head Coach, has
been involved in the sport
of gymnastics since he was
4.
He
competed up through Level 9
and then became a diver.
However, his passion remains
gymnastics and coaching the
sport.
Danny,
who began his coaching
career in 1999, was raised
in
Champaign,
Illinois, and
went to
Parkland
Community College.
At
SLGC, Danny coaches Level 4,
6 and 7 of the USAG Men's
Team.
Unsanctioned Gymnastics Team Coaches
Michelle Redford
-US
(Unsanctioned)
Girls' & Boys' Team Director
mredford@stlouisgymcentre.com
Michelle Redford, who has
been gymnastics in the
St. Louis area
since she 1992, grew up in
St. Charles
and attended the YMCA there
for 12 years.
Michelle
was appointed Director of
the Men's and Women's US
Team at SLGC in June of
2009.
Michelle enjoys coaching all
levels of gymnastics from
pre-school through Level 10.
Married to husband Jeff
since 1999, Michelle has two
boys, Carter and Mason.
Ana Cox -
Girl's
Unsanctioned Team Coach
Anna,
a Webster Groves native and
former SLGC gymnast for 13
years, is the Girls’ US Team
beam coach.
She
was a multiple-time
Missouri
State
and Regional Champion and a
J.O. National Qualifier.
She
completed her gymnastics
career as a Level 10, but
continued to pursue her
passion by coaching in both
MO and North Carolina where she attended
Elon
University.
She
graduated in May of 2011,
with a degree in Exercise
Sport Science and plans to
attend graduate school to
pursue a course of study
leading to a career in
nursing.
Meg Nash -
Girl's
Unsanctioned Team Coach
Meg
Nash is currently a US
Girls' Team coach, a
position she has held since
2001.
Meg
specializes in coaching
bars, though she had been
the US Team's bars coach
since 2001.
Meg
herself was a gymnast in
Connecticut
and was coached for a period
by Marta Karolyi.
Meg
and Tim, to whom she has
been married since 1992,
have three children: Kelly a
Level 8 gymnast, Molly a
Level 6 gymnast and Maggie.
Meg
also teaches art and
previously worked on the
comic strip "Prince Valiant"
with her late father.
Emily Reid -
Girl's
Unsanctioned Team Coach'
Emily
Reid, who graduated with a
Fine Arts major from
Fontbonne, has coached
gymnastics at SLGC since the
spring of 2002.
She
herself studied gymnastics
at SLGC from age 6-13 after
which she competed at Levels
5-8 at Planet Gymnastics
until she was 17.
Emily,
a Webster Groves native,
coaches recreational classes
in addition to the US Girls'
Team.
Emily
specializes in coaching
floor exercise.
John Toczek -
Girl's
Unsanctioned Team Coach
John
is currently a coach for the
USAG Women’s Team on bars
for Levels 4-10 and for the
US Team on bars at all
levels.
John
is also a diving coach for
the Parkway
School District.
After
being a diver for 8 years,
John then coached gymnastics
at a nearby facility for 3
years.
John
is originally from
Kansas City and
recently graduated from
Lindenwood
University
with a double major in
Chemistry and Math.
Paul Hampton - Boy's
Unsanctioned Team Coach
Paul,
a junior at Parkway South,
is currently coaching US
Team Boys at SLGC after
spending 14 years learning
the sport himself.
He was
the MO state champion 6
times, a two time Regional
Team Qualifier and a four
time J.O. National
Qualifier.
Paul
is planning to attend Mizzou
and to study either IT or
business.
Paul
also plays football.
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