Wyoming girls High School Gymnastics maybe a thing of the past.
Although the Olympics have inspired children around the world to sign up for gymnastics. The decline in gymnastics at the High School level remains a concern.
Three Wyoming high schools could be dropping their gymnastics programs this year, including both Kelly Walsh and Natrona County, putting the sport’s state sanctioning at risk.
The activities directors at the Casper schools, Glen Legler at Natrona County and Ralph Obray at Kelly Walsh, have made the recommendation to the Natrona County school board to drop the programs at their respective schools. The board will vote Monday whether to accept those recommendations.
The meeting is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the district’s Central Services Facility, 970 N. Glenn Road.
The closing of the Wyoming Gymnastics Center — where both NC and KW had practiced — was the biggest blow to the Casper programs. A lack of a coach and declining participation have also hurt both programs.
In recent years, both programs have shared one head coach.
Obray said Saturday only two girls at Kelly Walsh have voiced an interest in gymnastics. Legler, in a letter to the Natrona County school board, said he had no one interested in the program this year and only one athlete who might be interested in the program the next year…
Worland has already dropped its program for this winter, a move that, independent of the Natrona County school board’s decision on Monday, puts the sport’s sanctioning through the Wyoming High School Activities Association in jeopardy.
Only three schools — Gillette, Douglas and Rock Springs — are anticipated to have gymnastics programs this winter…As recently as 2005, there were 13 girls out for gymnastics at Natrona and 10 at Kelly Walsh. Last year, KW had two participants, while NC had five. All five NC participants last year were seniors…
The last sports programs cut in Natrona County were the boys gymnastics programs in 1993.
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