John and John became best friends through their training and travels with gymnastics. They have combined their passion for the sport and their desire to give back to younger gymnasts by joining forces for Flip Fest.
We just returned from an amazing trip to Hartford Connecticut for The Visa Championships. John Macready was The USAG host of the competition and John Roethlisberger spent the week working for NBC Sports. It was a fantastic week and we enjoyed getting to catch up with so many of our friends from our years in gymnastics and summers at Flip Fest. We already miss you all!
The final week of camp has arrived. It's been an amazing summer and we are excited to wrap it up with Special guests Olympic All Around Champion Carly Patterson and Olympic Silver Medalist Morgan Hamm. Her's to the best Week 11 ever!!!!!
Flip Fest would like to welcome Morgan Hamm to Week 10! Let's have a great week!
Welcome Week 9 campers!!! We are happy to have World Championship Team member Shayla Worley and Olympic Bronze Medalist Justin Spring join us this week along with our long time resident Olympian, Silver Medalist Brett McClure!
Week 8 and we are excited to welcome back Olympic Silver Medalists Courtney Kupets and Brett McClure! Let's have a great week!
John comes from a gymnastics family. His dad Fred was a gymnast and a member of the 1968 Olympic Team which competed in Mexico City. Fred was the head coach of the men's team at the University of Minnesota from 1971 through 2004. His sister Marie was a member of the 1984 Olympic Team which competed in Los Angeles. John was a member of the USA National Team from 1988 through 2000. He was a member of six World Championship Teams and a member of the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympic Teams. more...
John has participated in the sport of gymnastics his entire life. He was a competitive gymnast and a member of the United States Senior National Team from 1993-2000. He was a member of the 1995 and 1997 World Championship Teams as well as the 1996 Olympic Team. He retired from competitive gymnastics in 2000 but has continued to remain closely involved in the sport. Since 1996, John has traveled the country doing appearances at corporations and various gymnastics clubs. Many of these visits involve motivational speaking, coaching, teaching other coaches and coordinating appearances by other high profile athletes and coaches. more...