Eliza Chai

I have been doing eleven years of gymnastics starting here at the Rye Y, including Tumble Tots, Gymnastics Summer Camp and then I went on to Team Level 3. I made so many friends on team!

What I love most about gymnastics is perfecting skills and showing off to friends lol!

I went to the YWCA in White Plains for two years and completed level 4 and Xcel Gold before the Covid lockdown. To keep myself busy and in shape, I did online workouts. I decided to come back to the Rye Y to complete level 4 and this year I am on level 5 doing Back Walkovers on Beam, Flyways on Bars and Roundoff Back Handspring Back Tuck on Floor!

My whole family comes to the Rye YMCA. We’ve been coming since we were babies. My older sister Jane was on the Rye Y Gymnastics Team and coaches Rye Y gymnastics. My father and older brother Joe work out all the time in the Fitness Center and my mom loves to do laps in the pool and working out on the elliptical in the Fitness Center.

Since I can remember, I love seeing all the changes that the Rye YMCA has gone through!