WooHoo! My next door neighbor’s son just made the Olympic Men’s Gymnastics team! That’s right, Guard Young’s parents live next door to us. Guard’s dad, Wayne Young, was Olympic team captain in 1976. So now I know two Olympic Gymnasts personally. Way cool.
None of them, not Guard, or his parents expected him to make the team. They expected politics to keep him off of it, but he was just too darned good. So, I’m telling you, other gymnasts may get all the press, but Guard Young is a gymnast to watch. (It’s possible that I’m a wee bit prejudiced here.)
The only down side to this is that now I have to keep track of Olympic Gymnastics and be all tense and stuff.
It’s also interesting to note that Wayne Young (Guard’s dad) is now an OBGYN, and delivered both Gleek and Patches. I have pictures of an olympic gymnast holding my babies!
(oh, and Guard’s slightly outdated official bio is here.
–Howard
You have to follow it?
Why?
I’m fairly sure his folks will be able to keep you fully up to date on how it goes… 😉
Though now *I* have to watch…
I almost could say I knew an Olympic athlete, but my buddy’s kid didn’t make the field team…
his event, the pole vault, is one of the ones i really like, but his trials just weren’t very good…
His practices the day before were stellar, though…
Ah well… in 4 years, he’ll give it a go again…
Best of luck to young Guard… I’ll be cheering extra loud from the cheap-seats (read: my living room couch)
Re: You have to follow it?
Guard’s folks will be in Greece in some very expensive seats. So if I want to know what happens before the games are completely over, I’ll have to watch it televised.
kind of a crazy question
This may sound weird, but I have a friend that coached with Wayne Young at Odessa Junior College and is trying to get a hold of him. Could you give me Wayne’s email address, or if I give you this man’s name could you give it to Wayne? Any contact would be such a wonderful surprise for Barry. Thanks for anything you can do. Feel free to email me with any questions at lizzy_hendie@hotmail.com
Re: kind of a crazy question
Email me (use the link on the Schlock Mercenary home page) with the man’s contact info, and I’ll pass it along to Wayne in person.
–Howard