It also gave her, because she did well, she could see that she could do better. The competition helped her learn how to be consistent. “She competed all-around in 12 meets this year and had one miss on bars, that’s it.

I think the collegiate experience fits Majesta because we compete a lot and that just made her better and better because she was able to figure it out. “I thought she was gonna be good and that’s obviously why I wanted her. “I think she’s gone above what I thought,” Cordova said. But the team atmosphere, knowing I have to hit it for my team, and my score is a part of a bigger score, I think that really helps me reach my potential.” “I wasn’t all that consistent in club – I would skip practice and we’d have only five or six competitions before states.

Even when I’m practicing, I’m trying to do the best routine I can so when I get to competitions I’m not trying to do anything different. “I think I have a really perfectionist kind of personality,” she said. She considered several schools, including Rutgers, but West Chester was attractive because it was so close to home.

College gymnastics, Valentine said, brought the best out in her because the steady schedule – West Chester has had 12 meets in two months - and team dynamic.

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