MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – Central Michigan gymnastics coach Jerry Reighard has continuously reiterated that he’s grown tired of seeing his own name whenever he looks up at the wall on the west side of the Chippewas’ practice gym.
It’s been more than a decade since Reighard’s daughter, Kara, set the program all-around record, scoring a 39.625 in the 2003 Mid-American Conference Championships.
Challenges to the record have been few and far between. The closest anyone has come to surpassing the record was Sara Burtinsky (39.600) in 2004 and Katie Simon (39.