High Flyers Coaches & Staff
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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, and 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 for all instructors and assistants.
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Director: David Vosburgh
Executive Director, Recreational and Team Coach
David Vosburgh is a longtime businessman and entrepreneur 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 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.
Coach: Carina Echave
Recreational Coach
A former Level 9 USA Gymnastic competitor, Carina began coaching at Los Alamos High Flyers in the summer of 2015. She is a full-time college student at UNM-LA. She teaches pre-competitive recreational gymnastics including Level 1 and Fast Track girls.
Coach: Lynne Goodwin
Team Coach and Level 8 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.
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.
Coach: Alex Hinckley
Recreational Coach
Coach: Robin Kelly
Level 4-7 Team Coach
Robin grew up in Wisconsin and began gymnastics at the age of 5. Robin was a level 9 gymnast, and also competed for her high school gymnastics team, D.C. Everest, where she won the conference all around championship in 2006, was an all-around state qualifier in 2006 and 2007, and was selected as a National High School Gymnastics Association Senior Showcase competitor. She attended college at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, where she majored in chemistry and competed as a NCAA division 3 collegiate gymnast. She moved to North Carolina to pursue her graduate school in chemistry, and began coaching competitive gymnastics. She moved to Los Alamos in July of 2016 and is currently one of our team coaches, coaching levels 4, 5, and 7.
Coach: Jennifer Newman
Recreational and Level 2 Team Coach
Coach: Jerrica Poetzman
Recreational and Level 2-3 Team Coach
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: Leslie Puckett
Recreational Coach
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 seventh year teaching with High Flyers Gymnastics. She also teaches Highland dance. 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.
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 seventh year teaching with High Flyers Gymnastics. She also teaches Highland dance. 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: Chris Smith
Level 3 Team Coach
Coach: Linda Vosburgh
Recreational Coach, 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 13 years with women's artistic and group gymnastics disciplines, and has served on the board of three gymnastics clubs and the New Mexico 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 girls pre-competitive and recreational classes.