Jen Llewellyn (née Kesler): Gymnastics, 2008-2011, three-time All-American and national champion head coach

Jen Llewellyn (formerly Jen Kesler) was a three-time All-American at OSU and placed second in the nation on the uneven bars in the 2011 NCAA Championships. A five-time national champion in her pre-OSU career as a Level 10 gymnast, Llewellyn has added three more national championships to her resume as a coach. In 2013, she headed to Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri to be a graduate assistant, but shortly after she became the head coach in remarkably chaotic (but ultimately successful) fashion. Just in the last six seasons, the program was won three USA Gymnastics Women's Collegiate National Championships and finished atop their conference standings each year. 

I had a fantastic time recapping Jen's career and hearing her story of meeting her husband, Cody Llewellyn. Similar to how OSU head coach Tanya Chaplin is married to her assistant Michael Chaplin, Jen's husband Cody assists her at Lindenwood. Jen lives in St. Charles with Cody and her newborn child.

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