Jaycie Phelps
Jaycie Phelps was born on September 26, 1979 in Greenfield, Indiana. From 1994 to 1996, she trained under Mary Lee Tracy at Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy. Olympic teammate Amanda Borden trained there as well. Phelps placed second at the 1996 U.S. Nationals and third overall at the Olympic Trials, easily making the Olympic squad. Phelps helped play an invaluable lead-off role for the team in finals, hitting all her events solidly. She is also well-known for the vault named after her: a Tsukahara to a layout Arabian front off. The skill is now called the Phelps in the Code of Points. Phelps retired after the 1996 Olympics due to a chronic bad knee, which required numerous surgeries. In 1999, she made a brief comeback and competed in the 2000 U.S. Classic and several U.S. National competitions. Her knee became a problem again, and Phelps retired from the sport for good that same year.
Phelps owns the Jaycie Phelps Athletic Center (JPAC) a gymnastics, cheerleading, baseball, and softball sports complex in the Indianapolis area. The facility opened in 2010 and Phelps is the head gymnastics coach.
Phelps owns the Jaycie Phelps Athletic Center (JPAC) a gymnastics, cheerleading, baseball, and softball sports complex in the Indianapolis area. The facility opened in 2010 and Phelps is the head gymnastics coach.