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Kelli Hill has been a dominant force in the USA women's success over the last four quadrenniums. Kelli has coached a national team member every year since 1989 and was the coach of the national champion in 1994, 2000, 2003, and 2004. She was the personal coach of an Olympian for each of the last four Olympic Games , and coached the last three Olympic trials Champions in 1996, 2000 and 2004. Kelli has placed three different gymnasts on Olympic teams - Dominique Dawes, Elise Ray and Courtney Kupets . Kelli was the head coach for the USA Women's Olympic Team in 2000 and 2004, and was the head coach for the USA women at the 1994, 1996, 1999, and 2003 World Championships. She was the personal coach for three-time Olympian Dominique Dawes at the 1992, 1996, 2000 Olympics, and 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1996 World Championships; Elise Ray at the 2000 Olympics and 1999 World Championships; and Courtney Kupets at the 2004 Olympics and 2002, 2003 World Championships. She was named the USA Gymnastics women 's artistic coach of the year in 2000 and 2003, and was the United States Elite Coaches Association Coach of the Year in 1991 , 1993, 1996,1999,2000,2003. Kelli is the owner of Hill 's Gymnastics in Gaithersburg, Md. In addition to her role as coach in elite women 's gymnastics, she has served on the following: International Elite Committee from 1992 to present, the USA Gymnastics Board of Directors, the Junior Olympic Program Committee, the Region 7 Board and the Maryland State Board. Kelli has given of her time and talents to our sport and has been a major factor in the building of the USA women's success in the world of gymnastics.
Jenifer Lovell Moreno is from Miami, Florida, and was a rhythmic national team member for seven years during her career. A highlight for Jenifer was to win the 1992 Olympic Trials and earn a spot on the 1992 Olympic Games Team for Rhythmic Gymnastics. She placed 23rd all-around at the Games in Barcelona. Jenifer trained in Miami with her coaches Mary Ellen and Maureen Holdrieth during the beginning years of her career and then moved to Chicago, Ill. , when she was 16 to train with Irina Vdovets at Illinois Rhythmics. She began the sport of gymnastics in 1983 and competed internationally on numerous occasions visiting countries including Spain, Germany, Ukraine, Greece, Cuba, Portugal and Japan. Jenifer was a member of the 1991 World Championships team and the Pan American Games team where she won the bronze medal for her ball routine. She also finished 14th all-around at the 1990 Goodwill Games. Another highlight was becoming the 1991 Rhythmic National Champion and Olympic Festival Champion the same year. Jenifer graduated Magna Cum Laude from Lake Forest College with a Bachelor of Arts degree where she majored in Business and Psychology. She was a member of the Entrepreneurs Club and the Omicron Delta Epsilon (Economics Honor Society). Jenifer met Juan Miguel Moreno , a Taekwondo athlete, at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs in 1991 while attending a rhythmic competition. They both competed in the 1992 Olympic Games and were married in 1994. They have two daughters Olivia who is 4 and Natalia who will turn 2 in November of this year. (continued on page 14)
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