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High Flyers Coaches and Staff
Our instructors are highly qualified gymnastics enthusiasts with backgrounds ranging from gymnastics and physical education to child development and licensed educational professionals. Our instructional team is comprised of adult gymnastics professionals including coaches, judges and former competitive gymnasts. High Flyers is committed to providing professional supervised safe, fun classes with quality curriculum for all students. To ensure students receive a consistent, positive experience, High Flyers provides regular, ongoing training and certification opportunities fo all instructors and assistants.
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Director: David Vosburgh |
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USA Gymnastics Professional Member, Level 2 Certified Instructor
David Vosburgh is a longtime businessman and entrepeneur and a 15 year gymnastics enthusiast. He has served as Executive Director of Los Alamos High Flyers Gymnastics since its inception and brings a wealth of business experience to the organization. His leadership, technical, and business experience includes founding and running several successful businesses. He is currently involved in software design for the health industry. In addition to his professional experience, David has been active in community organizations including helping with and serving on the board of two youth athletic organizations, a homeowner's association and serving as treasurer on a community political campaign. He is a Level 1 certified ski instructor as well as a gymnastics coach, and currently teaches downhill skiing and racing at Pajarito Mountain. He is an active USA Gymnastics professional, has attended two national congresses and is safety-certified. He is also a USA Gymnastics Level 2 Certified Instructor. He teaches all levels of boys and girls recreational classes and Gymnastics for All. | |
Coach: Jenni Gaffney
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Elementary Education specialist
Jenni Gaffney grew up in Los Alamos. Jenni was a gymnast as a child, starting the sport at age four and continuing throughout her childhood until age 17. Later, she pursued dance, and studied pointe with New Mexico Dance Theater. In college, Jenni studied Elementary Education and achieved a Bachelor's degree. She completed student teaching at Barranca Mesa Elementary School in 1999. She has many years of experience working in the Los Alamos School District and with local preschools and childcare facilities. She also spent a year working in the Children's Department of the Mesa Public Library.
For the past year and a half, Jenni has taught at Little Forest Playschool and at Los Alamos High Flyers Gymnastics. She coaches preschool, kindergym and girls recreational classes, primarily on Saturday mornings. Recently, she has added birthday parties, cheer tumbling and Mommy and Me classes to schedule. | |
Coach: Lynne Goodwin |
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Extensive Experience as a Coach, Competitor and Judge
Lynne’s competitive gymnastics career started in 1971 at age 8 at Clemmer School of Gymnastics, in Charlotte, NC. She remained at Clemmer’s until she graduated from high school. One aspect of gymnastics for Lynne was that she was a ‘commuter gymnast’, commuting for four years, 3 hours a day, round-trip to and from gymnastics classes to Charlotte from her home-town in Morganton, NC. While training at Clemmer’s, Lynne also received 8 years of intensive ballet, en pointe, and jazz. After 7 years of competitive gymnastics, Lynne turned to coaching. She also began judging competitive gymnastics, and eventually judged NCAA college gymnastics.
After moving to Los Alamos, NM in 1990, Lynne served two years as New Mexico State Judging Director for the National Association of Women's Gymnastics Judges during which she judged Junior Olympic regional competitions. In Los Alamos, Lynne became active in the dance community, and performed with ‘Oxymoron’, a performance dance company under the direction of Christen. She also appeared in the Los Alamos Light Opera production of ‘The King and I’ and ‘The Music Man’ as well as in the Santa Fe Choreographer’s showcase. Lynne also enjoyed many years of performance in the local Little Theater Melodrama as a can-can dancer. She has been involved in Dance Arts Los Alamos ballet program, Scottish Highland dancing, and has appeared in a performance with Cathy Bearden in the Los Alamos Light Opera, ‘Forever Plaid’. She is a USA Gymnastics safety-certified professional member and coaches the Girl's Team at Los Alamos High Flyers Gymnastics.
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Coach: Leslie Puckett |
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Experienced coach and former competitor
Leslie started gymnastics and Scottish Highland dancing at the age of five, while living with her family in Mississauga, Ontario. When she moved to Los Alamos at age 11, she continued both gymnastics and dancing. She trained and competed in Santa Fe at Zia Gymnastics until she retired from the sport at the age of 17.
Leslie taught gymnastics at daycare centers and in an elementary after-school program in Fort Collins, CO in 1998. She taught the Little Big Tumblers class for one year at the YMCA. This is her third year teaching with High Flyers Gymnastics, where she teaches Mommy and Me, preschool, kindergym and girls recreational, and girls team. She also recently started teaching dance and gymnastics at Quemazon Montessori School. She is a safety-certified USA Gymnastics Professional Member.
Leslie performed and competed in Highland dancing in Ontario, the Eastern Provinces, around the United States, and in Scotland. She stopped competing in 2001,
but she still performs with the ABQ Four Corners Pipes and Drums and teaches private highland dancing lessons at her home. She has been a Highland member of the British Association of Teachers of Dancing (BATD) since 1990. |
Coach: Jessica Tovesson
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Physical Education and Preschool Teacher
Jessica has extensive background as both a preschool and physical education teacher. A Sweden native, she obtained her degrees oversees before moving to Los Alamos several years ago. She holds degrees or certifications in preschool education, physical education, yoga, CRP and first aid.
Jessica began teaching at High Flyers Gymnastics in January 2011 and quickly became a valuable member of our coaching staff. She has coached preschool, kindergym, girls and boys recreational classes. Recently, she developed our Yoga for Kids curriculum and is teaching two classes a week for elementary school age children after school on Wednesday afternoons. She also works an instructional assistant in the elementary school system at Los Alamos Public Schools. | | |
Coach: Kelly Vosburgh |
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Former nationally-ranked Level 9 competitor
Kelly is a lifelong, accomplished gymnast. She began training before age three at Taos Gymnastics Academy and continued on to compete 9 seasons in New Mexico representing Zia Gymnastics, Dana’s Westside Gymnastics, and Albuquerque Gymnastics School. She has won state championship titles on all four individual events and in 2008 was the New Mexico Level 9 Senior All-Around champion. A two-time regional qualifier, Kelly was a member of the Region 3 team at the 2008 Level 9 Western National Championships. She is a USA Gymnastics member and a 2009 Los Alamos High School graduate. As a pre-physical therapy student at Texas Women’s University, Kelly assists with curriculum and teaches all levels and classes on college breaks and summers. | |
Coach: Linda Vosburgh
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Level 2 Certified Instructor, Level 10 Judge
Linda first became involved in gymnastics in 1994, when she enrolled her then 2 year old daughter in a local gymnastics school. In 2003, Linda became a women's artistic gymnastics judge and currently holds a Level 10 ranking. She has been a USA Gymnastics professional member the past 8 years with women's artistic and group gymnastics disciplines, has served on the board of three gymnastics clubs and currently serves on the NM state board for the National Association of Women's Gymnastics Judges. She is a USA Gymnastics Level 2 Certified Instructor and is safety-certified. She teaches preschool, kindergym, boys and girls recreational classes and Gymnastics for All.
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