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Pomona HS Gymnastics Sets The Bar High For 4-Peat
The Panthers are going for a fourth straight team trophy this fall, and scholarships are rolling in.
ARVADA — By Dennis Pleuss for CHSAANow.com/Jeffco Kaylie Berens is the latest line of individual all-around state champions to come from Pomona’s gymnastics program.
Berens, a junior at Wheat Ridge High School, became the fourth-straight Pomona gymnast to win the Class 5A all-around title last fall. Kelsey Boychuk, who begins her college career at Iowa State University this fall, won back-to-back titles in 2014 and 2015. Brooke Weins, who returns for her senior year at Pomona, claimed the title in 2016.
“I prepared myself all year for it (state),” Berens said of keeping Pomona’s dominance going in the all-around. “You work so hard that you have to expect it for yourself. You can’t just be lucky on one day. You have to get better each day and hopefully get better then the day before.”
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Images: 1) Pomona opens its season on Tuesday, Aug. 28, at Arvada West High School. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics) 2) Brooke Weins is back healthy after being limited during her junior season at Pomona. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics) 3) Wheat Ridge junior Kaylie Berens is all smiles during a Pomona gymnastics practice. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)