KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Thirty years ago this season, the Western Michigan gymnastics team accomplished a milestone in program history, winning its first Mid-American Conference Championship in 1986. The program has since gone on to win three more, with the most recent coming in 2013, but there is nothing like the first group which is being honored this weekend as part of a reunion weekend and will be introduced at the meet on Sunday against Kent State.
“The first championship made a major impact on my life,” Western Michigan former gymnastics coach now athletic director Kathy Beauregard said.