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The Daily Olivian

The Daily Olivian

The student news site of Oliver Ames High School in Easton, Massachusetts

OA Athlete of the Week: Katie Babanikas

February 9, 2023 By Katie Melendy

Katie has had a great season on the OA Gymnastics team, and is one of their top scorers as a junior.

We asked Katie how she thinks the season is going, to which she replied:

¨This season has been good so far, and as a team, we keep improving with every meet¨.

When Katie was asked her goals for this season she said:

¨My goal this season was to stay as consistent as possible and have fun¨ and Katie says that ¨So far I feel as though I have accomplished that¨.

With Katie’s success in gymnastics, we asked her how she got into gymnastics and her backstory:

Katie said ¨I started gymnastics when I was in first grade because my cousin did it, which made me want to do it and then I continued to stick with it¨.

Lastly we asked Katie who inspires her to be her best:

Katie feels that ¨My coach, Stephen, definitely inspires me because he makes sure that my teammates and I are performing to the best of our abilities, while also making sure we have fun at every practice and competition¨.

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