Sapphire Coaches

Binny Levandowski
  Gymnastics Experience:
 
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Six years competitive gymnastics at Cathedral High School, St. Cloud, MN.
 
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Coached 5 years for St. Cloud Community Education Gymnastics Program.
 
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Sartell-St. Stephens Community Education Gymnastics coach (1985 - present).
 
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Coach of Sartell High School Gymnastics team 1984 - 2005.
  - Developed Sartell Sapphire Program in 2000 - currently coaching.
  - coached Special Olympics Gymnastics 1984 - 1987.
     
 
Other information:
  - Paraprofessional in Special Education for Sartell-St. Stephen school district (1991 - present).
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Jenni LaBonne
 
Gymnastics Experience:
  - Sartell High School Gymnastics coach 2007 - current.
  - Seven years of competitive club gymnastics.
  - Four years of competitive gymnastics at Sartell-St. Stephen High School, Sartell, MN.
  - Four years of competitive gymnastics at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire.
  - Sartell-St. Stephen Community Education Gymnastics coach 2002 - current.
  - Sartell Sapphire Coach since 2001.
  - UWEC Summer Gymnastics Camp coach since 2004..
     
  Other information:
  - 2006 UWEC graduate with degrees in Elementary Education and Language Arts.
  - First Grade Teacher at Oak Ridge Elementary in Sartell.
  - CPR certified.
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Tyler LaBonne
  Gymnastics Experience:
  - Sixteen years of gymnastics experience.
  - Eleven years of competitive club gymnastics experience.
  - Thirteen years of coaching experience.
  - Ten years of competitive coaching experience.
  - Sartell High School Gymnastics Coach since 2004
  - Sartell Sapphire Coach since 2005
     
  Other information:
  - Graduated in 2006 with a B.A. from St. John's in psychology.
  - Currently working on a Teaching Certificate in EBD at St. Cloud State University
  -

CPR certified

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Kelsey Anderson
  Gymnastics Experience:
  - Six years of club gymnastics.
  - Five years of Sartell Sapphire Gymnastics.
  - Two years of Sartell High School Gymnastics.
  - Five years of coaching for Sartell Sapphires.
  - Five years of coaching for Sartell Community Education Gymnastics.
  - One year of coaching recreational and preschool gymnastics at North Crest Gymnastics.
     
  Other information:
  - First Responder/CPR Certified
  - Currently a sophomore at The University of North Dakota for Medical Laboratory Science/Pre-Med.
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Brianna Levandowski
  Gymnastics Experience:
  - Three years of competitive gymnastics in the Sartell Sapphire program.
  - Three years of competitive gymnastics on the Sartell High School Gymnastics Team.
  - Sartell Sapphire coach since 2005.
  - Sartell-St. Stephen Communtiy Education Coach.
     
  Other information:
  - Senior at the Sartell High School.
  - Captain of the Sartell High School Gymnastics Team.
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Maria Majkus
  Gymnastics Experience:
  - 6 years of competitive gymnastics experience at Sartell High School.
  - 3 years of competitive club gymnastics experience.
  - Developed Sartell Sapphire Program in 2000.
  - Sartell-St. Stephen community education coaching 1993-2001.
  - 1 year of judging experience with the Central Minnesota Gymnastics Judges Association.
  - Coached with various other MAGA programs around the state.
     
  Other information:
  - Currently pursuing MS in Counseling Psychology from St. Cloud State University.
  - Graduated in 2005 from the College of Saint Benedict with a degree in Psychology.
     
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Maggie Freiday
  Gymnastics Experience:
  - Brainerd community education program for 8 years
  - Competed MAGA gymnastics
  - Competed high school gymnastics for 7 years
  - Coached Brainerd community education gymnastics
  - Recently began coaching Sartell Sapphires
  - Volunteer with the Sartell High School gymnastics team
     
  Other information:
  - Sophomore at St Cloud State University, majoring in Elementary Education
     
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Dawn Michaud
  Gymnastics Experience:
  - Four years of competitive club gymnastics in Devils Lake, ND
  - Six years of competitive gymnastics at Little Falls High School, Little Falls, MN
  - High School State competitor for four years
  - Three years of competitive gymnastics at Hamline University, St. Paul, MN
  - Seven years of coaching Little Falls Community Education Gymnastics
  - Three years of coaching Hamline University Summer Gymnastics Camp
  - Three years of coaching the MAGA Gymnastics program in Mankato, MN
  - Ten years of judging gymnastics with the Southern and Central MN Judging Associations (2001-present)
  - Assisting with the Sartell Sapphire program since 2010
     
  Other information:
  - 1996 graduate of Hamline University with a B.A. in Biology
  - 1999 graduate of the College of St. Catherine with a Masters in Physical Therapy
  - Physical Therapist at Northern Star Therapy in Sartell, MN (2006-present)
     
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Rachel Granzow
  Gymnastics Experience:
  - Was on the High School Gymnastics team 8th-12th grade, Captain 11th and 12th Grade
     
  Other information:
  - Graduated Sartell high school in 2011
  - Currently attending UW-Stout for Food Science Technology