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Hayden, Sands Forge Friendship Beyond Gymnastics

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By Madeleine Balestrier, GoPSUsports.com Student Staff Writer

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - In the summer of 2014, current senior Quest Hayden went to coach at Woodward's gymnastics facility in Pennsylvania before he started his first semester at Penn State. That same summer, current junior Chris Sands left his Lancaster, Pennsylvania home to go train under the staff at Woodward.

Four years later, the two gymnasts have evolved into teammates and even closer friends.

"We understand each other on a personable level," Hayden said. "He's very understanding of me and I am very understanding of him.