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THREE
STANDOUTS SIGN WITH TEXAS WOMAN’S UNIVERSITY GYMNASTICS
Top Midwestern Talent Join Pioneers
DENTON, Texas – Texas
Woman’s University head gymnastics coach Frank
Kudlac announced that three incoming freshman recruits
have signed National Letters of Intent to join the Pioneer
gymnastics squad.
Jennifer Kingsbury is a three-time
Missouri State Champion for Levels 6, 7 and 9 on the uneven
bars, and placed 10th at Westerns National on bars. She was
voted the 2003 Most Insprational Gymnast and won the 110%
Award for GymQuarters Gymnastics Center, which also produced
current Pioneer Bethany Rehm. Kingsbury attends Parkway South
High School and is the daughter of James and Lori Kingsbury
of Ballwin, Missouri.
Five-foot Amanda Ohnoutka has
competed for Nebraska Gold Gymnastics Club in Omaha for 12
years. She was a two-time Level 10 regional qualifier, a
three-time Level 9 regional qualifier and twice advanced
to Level 9 Westerns National. An excellent student, Ohnoutka
has a 4.09 GPA at Millard North High School and has already
been accepted into the TWU honors program as a Kinesiology
major. She is the daughter of Terry and Katherine Ohnoutka
of Omaha.
Nicole Poling is a 2003 Junior
Olympic National qualifier who led her club team at GK’s
Gymnastics in Fort Collins to a Colorado State Championship.
Poling was also a two-year letterwinner at Mountain View
High School. She won the 5A All-Around state championship
and was named the Northern Conference’s Athlete-of-the-Year
after earning all-conference honors on the vault, bars and
all-around. She is the daughter of Dave and Kathy Poling
of Loveland, Colo.
“I am excited about this talented group
of gymnasts who have chosen to come to Texas Woman’s
University,” Kudlac said. “I feel confident that
these ladies will make an immediate impact on our program.”
The TWU gymnastics program has won seven USA
Gymnastics Collegiate National Championships and placed second
in 2004.
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