A Day in the Life of WOGA Elite Briley Casanova

Briley Casanova is a 2 time National Team Member, a future Michigan gymnast and a member of WOGA's elite team. Briley trains with Laurent Landi's group at WOGA Plano which includes elite Sophia Lee, Mitzi Sosa-Unda of Mexico and more. 

(Property of Heather Maynez)

(Property of Heather Maynez)

6:45 AM- "I wake up and get ready for gym and have either cereal or oatmeal, and a banana for breakfast. [Then I] Pack my lunch and 2 powerades for practice."

7:15-7:30 AM-  "I leave the house to get to gym about 5-10 minutes early to get situated and ready for practice! Mondays and Thursdays we start at 7:45 and run as a team for a half hour. On the other days we do conditioning, but start at 8:00."

7:45 or 8:00-11:45 AM- "We do team conditioning after we warm up until about 9:00, then normally my coaches split up our team into 2 groups and 1 group goes to bars and 1 group goes to beam, and then we switch. If there is extra time, we might do one more event. 

11:45 AM- "I stretch a little bit before everyone leaves for school and has lunch. [I] change out of my leo into my school uniform (a polo and khakis)."

12:10 PM- "I arrive at school (My school is 5 minutes away from the gym) and eat lunch. My lunch usually consists of tuna and crackers, a cheese stick, an apple and water or tea." 

12:30-3:00 PM- "School! Each of my classes are 30 minutes long. I take US History, Algebra 2, Physics, Spanish IV, and English."

3:00 PM- "I leave school to go to practice which starts at 3:30."

3:10 PM- "I sometimes pack a clif bar for a snack before afternoon practice, so I will eat that if I feel like i need a boost of energy!" 

3:30-6:30 PM- "Afternoon practice. We usually repeat bars and beam and finish things we might not have finished in the morning. We also try to finish at least one more event that night, either tumbling or vault."

7:10-10:30 PM- "Depending if we finish on time, I usually get home around 7:10ish. I eat dinner (a Lean Cuisine microwavable meal) and then do my homework and study until I am finished and aim for going to bed around 10:30."

NCAA Commits: Class of 2013 Elites

The Class of 2013 who are currently Juniors in high school: Where are they headed? 

Claire Boyce - Florida
Gym: Texas Dreams
About: Nationals in 09-10, Back Injury in 2011. She has beautiful lines!

Briley Casanova - Michigan
Gym: WOGA
About: Former Jr. National Team Member, Great on Bars, Injury in 2011.

Amanda Jetter - Alabama 
Gym: CGA
About: A 3 time National Team Member, Perpetually injured but insanely talented.

Emma Sibson - Penn State
Gym: Zenith
About: Sibson is a strong "power gymnast" who's been an elite for 2 years now.

Morgan Smith - Michigan

Gym: Brandy Johnson's 

About: Morgan was a 3 time national team member who's a strong all arounder. She didn't compete in at Championships in 2011. (She was considered to be class of 2012, but is is now class of 2013 per her website & GymDivas.) 

What about the Elites who haven't committed?: 


Jessica Howe
Gym: WOGA
About: Qualified as an elite in 2011, competed at Championships.
Prediction: According to someone cool in the comments below, she is " fielding offers from UF, UCLA a

Sophia Lee
Gym: WOGA
About: Great on Bars, she's been an elite since '09. May have a foot injury currently.
Prediction: Utah. Maybe because she has a Corrie Lothrop quality to her, or maybe because I just have a hunch, but I can see Sophia at Utah!

Hallie Mossett
Gym: WCEG
About: She was an Alternate for the Pan Ams team, a 2 time National Team Member and a strong floor worker!
Predictions: As she's a Califonia Native, my first instinct says that Hallie would go to UCLA. She's visited along with UCLA commit Asi Peko and rumored commit DeJesus.

Sabrina Vega 
Gym: Dynamic
About: World Team Member, 4 time national team member, great lines and artistry.
Predictions: I can't picture Vega on many NCAA Teams, but I could see her at Stanford where gymnasts like Ivana Hong, Allyse Ishino and Sami Shaprio have gone.