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Grace Gymnastics Center at the Lakewood YMCA offers recreational gymnastics classes, preschool gymnastics classes, a Pre-Team program, and competitive gymnastics. The program also includes Xcel Bronze and Xcel Silver gymnastics. Recreational classes lead into the Pre-Team program where gymnasts learn the skills necessary for competitive gymnastics, and try-outs are held throughout the year for competitive teams.
• Price: Recreational and preschool classes are included with the price of YMCA membership.
YMCA membership is required to participate in Grace Gymnastics Center at the Lakewood YMCA, and recreational and preschool classes are included with the price of that membership. The team is a member of USA Gymnastics and competes in both the Developmental program and Xcel, including State Championships, Regional Championships, and the annual Y Nationals in late June where YMCA gymnastics teams from around the country compete for national titles.
The head coach is Kevin Milliren. Coach Kevin competed for Stadium High School from 1978 to 1981, coached and coordinated programs at Puget Sound School of Gymnastics from 1980 to 2003, and has coached at Lakewood Family YMCA/Grace Gymnastics Center since 2003. He was the 1991 Washington State Coach of the Year, has served on the YMCA National Gymnastics Advisory Committee since 2008, and is the current Interim South Washington Sectional Representative for USAG WA. Coach Katie coaches Xcel Bronze and Silver gymnasts, has been coaching at Grace Gymnastics for about five years, and was a gymnast there for 10 years, reaching level 9. Coach Linda joined this YMCA in January 1992, started as a volunteer, has been coaching for over 20 years, and has coached from preschool up to Level 6.
The stated goal of Grace Gymnastics Center at the Lakewood YMCA is to teach gymnastics in a comfortable atmosphere that is enjoyable and fun while stressing progression and striving for excellence. The program’s mission notes that its competitive program addresses mental discipline, cooperation and being a good teammate, dedication and commitment, goal setting and perseverance, viewing winning as a goal but not the only or most important goal, and learning how to win and lose with grace and humility. The mission also states that the staff works to the level of the individual, aims to bring out each gymnast’s potential as a gymnast and a person, and does not pressure athletes into skills they are not physically or mentally ready to perform.
Last updated January 8, 2026.
• Price: Recreational and preschool classes are included with the price of YMCA membership.
YMCA membership is required to participate in Grace Gymnastics Center at the Lakewood YMCA, and recreational and preschool classes are included with the price of that membership. The team is a member of USA Gymnastics and competes in both the Developmental program and Xcel, including State Championships, Regional Championships, and the annual Y Nationals in late June where YMCA gymnastics teams from around the country compete for national titles.
The head coach is Kevin Milliren. Coach Kevin competed for Stadium High School from 1978 to 1981, coached and coordinated programs at Puget Sound School of Gymnastics from 1980 to 2003, and has coached at Lakewood Family YMCA/Grace Gymnastics Center since 2003. He was the 1991 Washington State Coach of the Year, has served on the YMCA National Gymnastics Advisory Committee since 2008, and is the current Interim South Washington Sectional Representative for USAG WA. Coach Katie coaches Xcel Bronze and Silver gymnasts, has been coaching at Grace Gymnastics for about five years, and was a gymnast there for 10 years, reaching level 9. Coach Linda joined this YMCA in January 1992, started as a volunteer, has been coaching for over 20 years, and has coached from preschool up to Level 6.
The stated goal of Grace Gymnastics Center at the Lakewood YMCA is to teach gymnastics in a comfortable atmosphere that is enjoyable and fun while stressing progression and striving for excellence. The program’s mission notes that its competitive program addresses mental discipline, cooperation and being a good teammate, dedication and commitment, goal setting and perseverance, viewing winning as a goal but not the only or most important goal, and learning how to win and lose with grace and humility. The mission also states that the staff works to the level of the individual, aims to bring out each gymnast’s potential as a gymnast and a person, and does not pressure athletes into skills they are not physically or mentally ready to perform.
Last updated January 8, 2026.
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