Dylan Akers
BORN: May 27, 1992
LIVES: Houston, Texas
CLUB/COACH: Cypress; Tom Meadows
SCHOOL: Kingwood High School
FAVORITES…
SCHOOL SUBJECT: History
ABOUT GYMNASTICS: Seeing myself progress into
a nationally ranked gymnast and getting stronger
MUSIC: Mostly metal, but I’ll listen to anything
BOOK: Twilight series
TV SHOW: The Office, That ’70s Show
FOOD: Pizza
HOBBIES: I play guitar a lot in my free time
RESULTS: 2009 Visa Championships: 4th AA, 1st PH,
3rd SR
Akers trains at the
same club as Olympian
Jonathan Horton.
Cameron Rogers
BORN: April 13, 1992
LIVES: Mint Hill, North Carolina
CLUB/COACH: Weyandt’s; Stass Savitch
SCHOOL: Butler High School
FAVORITES…
SCHOOL SUBJECT: French
ABOUT GYMNASTICS: The excitement
of learning something new
MUSIC: Pretty much anything
BOOK: Right now, the Twilight series
TV SHOW: House, Grey’s Anatomy
FOOD: Anything with pasta
HOBBIES: Wakeboarding, jet skiing,
tubing, swimming, reading, hanging
out with friends
RESULTS: 2009 Visa Championships:
1st AA*, SR, PB; 2nd FX
*Rogers was outscored by juniors
Jake Dalton and CJ Maestas, who
competed in the senior session.
Jordan Valdez
BORN: May 1, 1992
LIVES: Louisville, Colorado
CLUB/COACH: Xtreme Altitude; Rob Barke
FAVORITES…
SCHOOL SUBJECT: Physics
ABOUT GYMNASTICS: Everyone starts as an equal
MUSIC: Linkin Park
TV SHOW: Nitro Circus
FOOD: Goldfish crackers
HOBBIES: Mountain biking, hanging out with friends
RESULTS: 2009 Visa Championships: 6th AA, 1st
HB; 2009 National Qualifier: 1st AA; 2nd HB
