Gymnastics » Coaches & Teammates

  The owner and head coach at GAGE is Al Fong. He was a gymnast at Seattle's YMCA and earned a scholarship to Louisiana State University. After college, he opened a national sports center in Arkansas before settling down to build his gymnastics dynasty in Blue Springs, Missouri. In the 24 years since he opened GAGE, Al Fong has helped create dozens of regional and National champions, college scholarship recipients, US national team members, and World Championship team members. His wife and assistant coach is Armine Barutyan-Fong, originally from the former Soviet Union Republic of Armenia. As a gymnast, she was on the Armenian National Team for nine years and the Russian National Team for eight years. She was also the youngest athlete in Soviet history to win the prestigious "Master of Sport" from the Sports Committee of the Soviet Union. Together Al and Armine recently earned an award for USA Gymnastics 2004 Coaches of the Year.

	Terin Humphrey Birth date: August 14, 1986 Hometown: Bates City, MO Accomplishments: 1999-2004 US National Team Member, 2002 World Team Member, 2003 World Team Champion, 2004 US National Bronze Medallist, 2004 Olympic Team Member, Scholarship to the University of Alabama Website: Terin's World - fan site
	Sarah Shire Birth date: January 19, 1988 Hometown: Lake St. Louis, MO Accomplishments: 2002-2003 US Junior National Team Member, 2003-2005 US Senior National Team Member, 2004 Cottbus Cup Silver Medallist on Vault, 2004 Olympic Trials Alternate, Scholarship to Utah Website: The Official Website of Sarah Shire

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