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Dennis & Kathy Champoux
Owners
Dennis and Kathy set out on their journey to provide Sioux Falls with a place where gymnastics excellence could be achieved within a positive environment, emphasizing the development of the whole child. In the process they were married in 2005, and now live in Brandon.
Dennis is the head coach for the Diamonds Team, and watches over many of the classes as well. He has an extensive background in gymnastics beginning with his competitive career at the age of 6 yrs old in Lincoln, NE. He competed very successfully for over 10 years, and was a member of the Men's Junior National Team. He has over 25 years of coaching experience.
Kathy, too, has had experience as a competitive gymnast in both high school and college, and also has 20+ years of coaching experience. She is often busy in the office or teaching classes and works with the team's routines as well.
Chris Munce
Assistant Coach
 Chris is one of the Team and Tumbling coaches. He has been coaching for roughly 15 years. During this time he has graduated from USD and was hired as a special education teacher at Laura B. Anderson here in Sioux Falls, where he has been for the last 7 years. He went on to complete a masters in Leadership through South West State University. Chris, his wife, Linda and his son Jarren have a house in the Southwest part of Sioux Falls.
Christa Larson
Team /Class Coach
Christa is our Class Director. She works with all the class staff scheduling and training. She competed in gymnastics through her middle school years with Dennis as her coach. She's been coaching for 9 years. Christa lives in Sioux Falls with her 4 year old daughter, Addie.
Aimee Cooper
Class & Compulsory Coach
Aimee is one of our Compulsory coaches, working with the Level 4 program. Occasionally she fills in with some classes as well. We 'discovered' her coaching talents when she offered to help out one night while at the gym watching her daughter, Jazzmine, (Level 8) practicing. She's been coaching now for 5 years!
Kim Bergstresser
Team Coach
Kim comes to us from the East Coast area with lots of gymnastics experience. She was a competitive gymnast throughout her high school years, and competed in intramural gymnastics in college. She's been coaching club gymnastics for several years before moving to Sioux Falls with her husband, Kendig. Kim coaches all levels of team at the gym, some tumbling classes, and mans the front office from time to time.
Emmy Cotton
Team Coach
Emmy is a life long gymnast! She's been involved first as a competitor, and has been coaching ever since! She currently teaches Kindergarten with the SF Catholic Schools, and she is also the head coach of the O'Gorman HS Gymnastics Team. Emmy coaches our compulsory team gymnasts.
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