Eagle Valley gymnast stuns the competition with perfect 10 score at regionals
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Scoring a perfect 10/10 in a contest is a dream for any sort of competitor. For local gymnast Emily Green, she checked that box before even making it to high school.
The eighth grader from Eagle stunned the judges and her competition with an incredible performance at the Diamond-level Region 3 Championships in Loveland this past April. Gymnasts had to qualify for the competition at the state level first, meaning Green was pitted against the best of Colorado, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Wyoming and Kansas. Under all that pressure, Green — who has been training with Mountain Recreation’s Ascent Gymnastics nearly her whole life, and has been competing on the team since 2021 — put down an incredible performance that catapulted her into the status of a national treasure.
While at practice in Gypsum on Thursday, Green stepped away to explain what was going on in her head throughout the stellar performance. “I was definitely a little nervous because it’s obviously a big competition,” Green said. “But I just told myself that I’ve done it a million times, and I’ll be fine, and I’ve done it a lot. So just be confident in myself.”
Green is still wrapping her head around the score. “It feels like really surreal,” she said, adding that it’s “like something that only happens in my dreams.”
Coach Becky Johnson confirmed that Green has yet to grasp the magnitude of what she accomplished. “I’m not sure she has realized how big of a milestone and accomplishment this is yet,” Johnson said. “Only one other girl at her level in the entire United States has achieved this score … but we’re very proud of her.”
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Green doesn’t compete again until January. In the meantime, she has set her sights on summer and a transition into Eagle Valley High School. “I’m pretty excited because there’s a lot more people and some of my friends that I can now see that are going to go to the high school.”
But that doesn’t mean she’s taking her eye off the ball — or, in her case, the bars.
“I still train throughout the summer and do camps and stuff, but I also can do whatever I want throughout the summer, I guess,” she said.
