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National Trampoline Champion
Ten year old Shaylin Hunter of Sullivan won National Champion on trampoline at the 2017 national tumbling competition held in Madison, Wis. recently. She is the daughter of Siobhan and Austin Hunter.
She has been in tumbling for three years, training two days a week at the Mattoon Academy under coaches Liz White and Sara Maynard. She has made Nationals all three years that she has competed, this year placing first on the trampoline, third on the double mini, and seventh on the floor. Hunter has made Nationals in years past in Rapid City, S.D., and Knoxville, Tenn. and has won 56 trophies. She has advanced from a beginner to intermediate level in just three years and competed this year at nationals against 40-45 competitors.