Cynthia Owens:  

WHEN I THINK BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL, I HAVE SO MANY GREAT MEMORIES. I REALLY DID ENJOY MYSELF AT WEST LEYDEN. AS MY THREE CHILDREN WERE GOING THROUGH H.S. I TRIED GETTING THEM TO REALIZE THAT THEY SHOULD BE ENJOYING EACH NEW EXPERIENCE AND THAT THE MORE INVOLVED THEY WERE IN SCHOOL, THE MORE THEY WOULD ENJOY IT. I HOPE WHEN OLD FRIENDS THINK OF ME THEY REMEMBER ME AS REALLY CARING ABOUT WEST LEYDEN. I REMEMBER GETTING SO FRUSTRATED TALKING TO THE ATHLETES, AND THEY WERE SO PESSIMISTIC. I WOULD ALWAYS TELL THEM THAT IF THEY WENT INTO A GAME THINKING WE WERE GOING TO LOSE, THEN WE DIDN'T STAND A CHANCE. WELL, GUYS, I'M STILL THE OLD CHEERLEADER I ALWAYS WAS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REGRET, WAS NOT GOING ON TO COLLEGE AND GETTING MY DEGREE IN P.E. I'VE LEARNED THAT I'M GOOD AT COACHING AND I REALLY ENJOY IT. I'VE COACHED GYMNASTICS AT THE YMCA AND USGF LEVELS, AND THEN AFTER AN INJURY WENT ON TO COACH CHEERLEADING AT THE ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS. I LOVE DOING BOTH. I REALLY ENJOY WORKING WITH YOUNG ADULTS. WHAT A GREAT, BUT DIFFICULT AGE. THE HARDEST THING I'VE EVER EXPERIENCED WAS THE DEATH OF MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER, TIFFINY, FOUR YEARS AGO. SHE WA...Expand for more