Iowa State University Athletics
20 Questions With Jennifer Salfen
12.11.2007 | Gymnastics
Each Tuesday leading up to the 2008 gymnastics season, we'll get to know a different ISU gymnast by asking them 20 questions. This week, meet Jennifer Salfen, a junior from Littleton, Colo.
Distance From Home ? 717 miles
1. What's your favorite thing about being a student at Iowa State?
Definitely the people here. It's a small town compared to where I'm from and Midwest people are so nice and polite. Strangers say hi and smile.
2. What's your favorite thing about being a gymnast at Iowa State?
The team, hands down. We are so close and we always have so much fun together.
3. Why did you choose Iowa State?
It seemed like the perfect place for me.
4. When did you begin participating in gymnastics?
I started classes when I was three, but my mom swears I've done it since birth.
5. Who's your funniest teammate?
Jody...she's always doing something ridiculous.
6. What's your favorite sport other than gymnastics?
I love track. Especially hurdles.
7. Do you have any hidden talents?
I'm an amazing tap dancer. Hey its cool-- ok.
8. Tell us something the average person wouldn't know about you...
I was born in Agana, Guam, on a Navy base.
9. What's your favorite class?
Bio 356 Animal Behavior. I want to work at a zoo.
10. What's your favorite TV show?
Law and Order SVU and Animal Cops Detroit even though it makes me really mad.
11. When I'm not at class or practice, I'm probably...
(what do you like to do in your free time?)
Cooking meals for my teammates.
12. Do you have any pre-meet rituals?
I teach everyone how to “walk it out” haha.
13. What is your favorite part about competing in Hilton Coliseum?
The fans. They are so great.
14. What is the most fun you've had on an ISU gymnastics road trip?
Cancun. We lied on the beach for six hours and got so burnt. But it was January and we knew there wasn't going to be any sun to come back to.
15. What's the best advice you've ever been given?
TeShawne wrote on my beam assignment one day, “Would you rather play it safe and be good? Or take a chance and be great?” It really inspired me.
16. If you could have dinner with any three people (living or deceased), who would they be?
Jesus, My dad, and Dr. Rosalind Franklin because she got no credit for the discovery of the double helix of DNA.
17. Where would your dream vacation be?
I've always wanted to go to Greece.
18. You're trapped on a deserted island, but can have three items... what are they?
A boat, a fishing pole and a camera.
19. Tell us something you'd want us to know about your teammates...
We spontaneously burst into song. It's amazing.
20. How would you describe this team?
Fun-loving, close knit, and dedicated.
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