Kyla Ross: Senior Dominant

   So in 2012, Kyla Ross was a first year senior. We first saw her at the Classic, where she had a somewhat rocky first competition. We next saw Kyla when she competed at Nationals, placing 4th in the all around, not to shabby for a new-year senior. She also got the silver medal on her best event, bars. She also placed fourth on beam and fifth on floor. But didn't place at all in the vault, because vault was not her best event. But at trials, Kyla did make the Olympic Team, when she was a first year senior.  Which was amazing for a gymnast of her status, if you look at the rest of the Olympic Team: Gabby Douglas, Jordyn Wieber, Aly Raisman, and McKayla Maroney, who had already been seniors for at least one year (With Aly starting a year earlier in 2010) Kyla was the little one on the team, she was mentored by Aly, most of all because she was a 2010 and 2011 Worlds Team Member. Kyla did not compete the all around, but just floor, beam and bars. After winning the gold medal for USA along with her team, she chilled for awhile, that is until the competition season started she came back and earned a whole wall of silver (Most of them silver, but they are still medals) Kyla had a great first year senior debut, making an Olympic Team. And I am very excited to see what is to come for this young athlete.

Kyla Ross: A Whole New Gymnast

   So,  on only her 1st year on the senior scene, Kyla Ross made the Olympic Team, which was huge, and she was a part of the gold medal effort for the USA. But, Kyla was not as big of part as she wanted to be.  She wanted to be an all-arounder for the USA team, but obviously didn't have enough experience to do so, only allowing her to compete on bars and beam, her strongest events. But since 2012, Kyla has been in the all-around hunt, she placed second at Nationals to the dominant Simone Biles, and then got into the all-around competition at World Championships, and placed second, as well as placing second on nearly all the other events. This winning medals in almost every event thing is foreign territory for Kyla, she never won anything in terms of single event medals, and now she has three! I hope to see Kyla continuing to climb the mountain of gymnastics, and I hope she has a very successful expedition.