Trampoline and Tumbling by earning a silver medal at the 2026 USA Gymnastics Championships Recent Cuero High School graduate Kendall Helms closed out her competitive career with Full Force in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where teammate Ally Baughman became a USA Gymnastics national champion by winning the Level 9 trampoline title.
Three athletes from the Victoria-based program competed at the national championships June 20-24, facing many of the country's top competitors in Level 8 through Elite trampoline, double mini trampoline and power tumbling.
Baughman captured the Level 9 trampoline championship, earning the gold medal in a field of 41 athletes.
Helms claimed the silver medal in Level 8 double mini trampoline, finishing just six-hundredths of a point behind the national champion in a field of 67 competitors. She also placed fourth in Level 9 trampoline among 41 athletes.
The national championships marked Helms' final competition with Full Force before she heads to New York City this fall to attend college.
Also representing Full Force was Isabelle Briggs, who competed at her first upper-level national championships. Briggs finished 12th in Level 8 trampoline out of 54 athletes and placed 11th in Level 8 double mini trampoline among 79 competitors.
The athletes are coached by Chad Ganaway and Laura Reyna.
Baughman's national title also marked a milestone for Ganaway, giving the longtime coach at least one USA Gymnastics national champion in each of the past 26 consecutive years. His first national champion was Anna Gallia, who won gold at the 2000 USA Gymnastics Championships in Cincinnati, Ohio.
