Gymnast claims second WAC honor
Utah Statesman: What do individual awards mean to you?
Jessica Parenti-Otte: They’re nice, especially for the school. It’s nice. I don’t get any plaques or awards but it’s nice to be recognized for your work.
US: Individually, how do you feel the season has gone for you?
JP: It’s all right. It’s going to be a long season. I’ll have to pace myself a little bit and I need more improvement on the Beam.
US: What are some of your goals for the season?
JP: To be consistent, and whenever I’m competing that my score will go towards the team total.
US: Does the fact that you’re a senior change the way you go out and compete?
JP: You can’t really look at it like it’s my last home meet or the last time I compete against this team. At the very end of the season though it will be sad. It will be very sad.
US: What do you feel is your strongest event?
JP: Bars. I think the bars.
US: If any, what are some challenges to being a student athlete?
JP: Time, trying to find enough time for everything. Managing your time, you don’t want to be given a special privilege because you’re an athlete but sometimes you wish they would. Like the test that I have tomorrow, I was busy doing team stuff all day and wish that it could be changed to Monday.
US: I understand you recently got married?
JP: I did.
US: Has being married affected the way you train and how you approach the season?
JP: No, absolutely not. I have to do the same amount of training whether I’m single or married. My husband is on the golf team so we are both on the road a lot.
US: Do you see gymnastics in your future after school?
JP: If it is I would like to coach. I wouldn’t mind coaching at the college level.
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