GET TO KNOW THE CREW

Valerie grew up in Massachusetts where she trained at Gymnastics Training Center and was coached by Dutch Olympian, Richard Maijs, and Bulgarian Olympian Tania Fillipova. Valerie was a 3-year level 10 competitor.  She was a member of the 2004 Massachusetts National Team and qualified for Vault finals. Valerie was recognized for her Scholastic honors in the Boston Globe and Herald.  Valerie attended the College of Charleston and graduated in '07 with a bachelor's degree in political science and health. Valerie has grown her competitive team from scratch to over 100 team members.  In those years she has had countless State Champions and multiple Regional Qualifiers and Champions.  She has coached a TOPs National Team member, Level 10 JO National Qualifier, and has successfully coached many to college scholarships.

Orginally from Columbia, South Carolina, Tahj moved to Charleston to attend the College of Charleston. She earned her B.S. in Exercise Science in 2019 from CofC. Tahj was a competitive gymnast for 10 years before college, and competed Level 10. She works with both our compulsory and optional programs at GAC.

David is originally from Plano, TX. He moved to Charleston in 2023 to be the head coach of the boys gymnastics program at GAC. He competed at the University of Minnesota for 3 years, earning his Bachelor's Degree in Kineseology. He then competed at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for 2 years while earning a Masters Degree in Kinesiology. He was a 3x All-American on Parallel Bars during his collegiate career.

Faith is originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, but ended up being pulled towards Charleston by our very own former coach, Brittany Jeppesen. They were briefly teammates at Utah State University years ago, and also worked at GAC together! Faith did gymnastics for 19 years and trained up to Level 10 before competing at the collegiate level. She ended up at Temple University where she majored in Psychology and set the record for highest post season score in program history.

Chloe is from Oklahoma, where she cheered since the age of 5 all the way through college. During this time she has coached several types of gymnastics and cheer classes for 6 years. Chloe graduated the University of Central Oklahoma with a bachelors degree is Business administration with an emphasis on Sales. After graduating, Chloe moved to Charleston area to grow personally and professionally. Chloe is passionate about providing a vision for the future generations in the sport.