Docksiders Help Dominique Promote the Olympic Trials Coming to Philadelphia in June!

     On Tuesday March 11th several Docksiders Gymnasts got up at 3:30 in the morning to be at the gym by 5am. The WBAL TV crews were there along with Olympian Dominique Dawes to film some live segments for channel 11. The Docksiders Gymnasts were there to help Dominique promote the 2008 Olympic Trials, which will be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in June. While the TV crews were rolling, our gymnasts were in the background flipping, swinging, and posing. The live shots took only about 2 minutes each, and there were 3 or 4 taken throughout the 2-hour period. WBAL Newsperson Sandra Shaw was on hand interviewing Dominique and watching in amazement as our girls performed. In between takes the girls were able to chat one on one with Dominique, who answered questions, offered advice, and signed autographs. Dominique said that one of her proudest moments was not Olympic Glory, but rather the day she signed with Stanford University for a full athletic scholarship. Unfortunately, she gave up her scholarship before she began at Stanford in order to train for the 2000 Olympics Games, but notes that being able to participate in College Gymnastics is well worth the sacrifice and sweat. This was good news to some of our top gymnasts, all of who have their sights set on a scholarship in the next few years. To find out more information about the Olympic Trials please visit www.usa-gymnastics.org.