Twin City Twisters
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Full name | Twin City Twisters Gymnastics |
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Nicknames | TCT |
Sport | Artistic gymnastics |
Founded | September 1987; 27 years ago |
League | USA Gymnastics |
Based in | Champlin, Minnesota |
Owner | Mike Hunger |
Head coach | Sami Wozney |
Members | Maggie Nichols Grace McCallum Jessie DeZiel Olivia Trautman Abby Paulson |
Website | Official site |
Twin City Twisters, commonly shortened to TCT, is an artistic gymnastics facility located in Champlin, Minnesota. A number of elite gymnasts, collegiate gymnasts and Junior Olympics national qualifiers have trained there, including Maggie Nichols, Grace McCallum, and Jessie Deziel.
History
Mike Hunger opened the facility in September 1987.[1][2]
Coaching staff
- Mike Hunger - Owner and Head coach - Minnesota Golden Gophers men's gymnastics team member[citation needed]
- Sami Wozney
- Sarah Jantzi
- Rich Stenger - Minnesota Golden Gophers assistant coach, former Roseville High School assistant coach [3]
Notable alumni
The following gymnasts have come out of TCT's program:
- U.S. National Team (2011)
- 2011 Pan American Games team champion
- Nebraska Cornhuskers (2012-2015)
- 2020 Olympic team silver medalist
- U.S. National Team (2018–22)
- 2018 World team champion
- 2019 World team champion
- Utah Gymnastics (2022-2025)
- U.S. National Team (2013–2016)
- 2015 World team champion, floor exercise bronze medalist
- Oklahoma Sooners (2017-2020) - 7x NCAA Champion
- U.S. National Team (2022–present)
- 2022 World team champion (alternate)
Abby Paulson
- U.S National Team (2017)
- 2017 City of Jesolo floor champion, all-around bronze medalist
- Utah Gymnastics (2020-2024)
References
- ^ https://www.linkedin.com/pub/mike-hunger/17/991/b33 [self-published source]
- ^ "Gymnastics | Videos, News & Articles - FloGymnastics".
- ^ "Rich Stenger Bio - University of Minnesota Official Athletic Site". www.gophersports.com. Archived from the original on 2015-03-16.