Meet the Coaches

Svetlana has been involved in gymnastics her entire life, both as an athlete and a coach. While growing up in the former Soviet Union, she competed at the National Level, reaching the title of Master-of-Sport Gymnast. This level is equivalent to USAG Gymnastics Elite Level, and is a standing retained for life. She attended Russian State University in Moscow where she earned a B.S. in Physical Education in 1987. After receiving her diploma, Svetlana spent the next decade teaching Physical Education to Grades 1-12 while also coaching recreational gymnastics and swimming. She came to LASG in 2004, and has coached all levels of Xcel over the past 20 years.

Svetlana holds a wide range of certifications, including USA Gymnastics Instructor (since 2005), USA Gymnastics Professional (since 2007), National Safety & Risk Management Certification, USA Gymnastics Professional Developmental Program (Level 1 since 2008 and Level 2 since 2013), and USA Gymnastics & LASG Coaching Clinics (2006, 2007, 2008). She is also a USA Gymnastics Certified Judge.

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Miles Beaux was born and raised in Alaska. While his passion for gymnastics is second nature, he never received formal instruction as a youth due to limited access to gymnasiums in the far north. Seeking out creative and non-traditional approaches to learning the art, Miles joined The School of Tao Chi in Anchorage in the mid-1990s. The School was founded by a former gymnast turned martial artist who incorporated basic gymnastics training into his Kung Fu curriculum. This is the origin of Miles unique approach to coaching gymnastics.

Miles passion for acrobatics encouraged him to join the high school cheerleading squad. By the late 1990s, he began coaching recreational gymnastics classes, and had the opportunity to work with two of the 1996 Olympic Gymnasts: Kip Simons and Jaycie Phelps. A combination of his humble beginnings and Olympic-level mentoring taught Miles a great deal about gymnastics specific pedagogy and life in general, which Miles applied over the years of coaching a variety of acrobatic sports, including nationally competitive high school cheerleading, collegiate pole vaulting, recreational trampoline and tumbling, snowboard aerial maneuvers, and horseback vaulting. He has coached at the Mongolian Sports Palace, Palouse Empire Gymnastics, Donny Gardiner’s Lake Shore Gymnastics Camp, and at the University of Idaho and Washington State University.

Miles holds two teaching certifications, and has provided classroom instruction at all levels of academia from Pre-K through the post-baccalaureate studies. When not coaching girl’s gymnastics at LASG, Miles puts his Ph.D. in physics and microbiology to good use at the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s materials science division.

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