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With grace and agility, Katrina

Hayes-Macaluso reaches new
heights in competih/e gymnastics.
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STORY I LISA ZHEUTLIN

atrina Hayes began her gymnastics career in a less than conventional Certificate. That’s when you finish levels eight and nine when you’re
way. Two-year-old Katrina was just looking for some blueberry pie competing for states.” Though success has been common in her career,
when she revealed a hidden talent. After her mom saw her climb she has definitely pushed through her share of adversity. Last year, Katrina
her fence in search of her neighbor’s pie, she decided it was time suffered injuries that halted her gymnastics career. Dislocating her thumb
to put Katrina in gymnastics lessons. (C JUST LOOKING FOR SOME and her knee, her body has definitely taken a toll.
Clearly precocious, she excelled in almost all “I think I’ll do different club sports in college. I
areas of gymnastics, which would propel her BLUEBERRY PIE...SHE REVEALED don’t think my body could handle another year of
to great success as she matured as an athlete. competitive gymnastics.” Although competing
Fifteen years later, she’s a competitive gymnast. A HIDDEN TALENT” in gymnastics isn’t in her future, her passion for
Katrina breaks down how competitions work. the sport with definitely continue with her. “I’m
“At a competition, there are four events- vault, bars, beam, and floor, going to keep coaching on weekends and during the summer and stuff.
The judges give you points based on the difficulty of your routine and I teach levels two and three. Even though I probably won’t continue
how well you execute it.” Describing her proudest moment in gymnastics with gymnastics, I’ll definitely continue with that.” Now, Katrina can
Katrina says, “My proudest moment would be getting my Junior Olympic shape the next generation of precocious two year okk-in..i^:irrh Qf pie.

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