Gabby Quiggle, one of at least two tumblers or gymnasts on the LJHS Varsity Cheer squad along with Lydia Trautmiller (rear right). (Photo by Ed Piper)
Gabby Quiggle, a junior at La Jolla High
Food: When I was young, I became addicted to popcorn shrimp at Joe's Crab Shack.
Music group: Linkin Park
Song: "Counting the Stars" by OneRepublic. It's a love song. It's about how unimportant money is, and how it should be about trust.
Educational plans: I'm a junior, but one place I'm thinking about is the University of Oregon. It's not too far from home. I like the weather up there. I grew up in San Diego. My dad Scott is a computer technician, and I was thinking of taking a computer course next year. I took Computer Graphics already. Another (possible area of concentration) is dermatology. I really like physiology.
Dream job: Dermatologist.
Historical figure: Columbus. He brought everything back to live in America. That's where I live today, and without him it wouldn't be the way it is today. We're pretty free.
On her tumbling and gymnastics: I've been doing gymnastics since I was six. I don't know how I got into it. I guess one day I told my mom, "I want to do that." As I got older, I went to the YMCA and then I got pretty good. Then I started going to this place in Poway, and they really expanded my tumbling success. Then I found cheerleading, and that's more tumbling than anything. Gymnastics is a lot of variation, like the uneven bar and the beam and the floor.
Comment on LJHS cheer squad: I feel like the cheer team really helps me with stress. During practice, we stunt a lot. That is really exhausting. But it's not just about the exercise. I have a lot of close friends on that team, and I have really close bonds with them now. I want to keep in touch with them when I'm older.
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