Her family drove her a constant back-and-forth trips to practices in Orange and Lafayette, La.

I hate y'all for making me quit," Ramonda recalled Savannah telling her during one heated argument.

[6] In 2007, Vinsant filled out an application to attend the U.S. Olympic Training Center without her parents' permission.

Her mother took her home from school, where the then 14-year-old Savannah received a call from the Olympic Training Center saying she was a few years too young to attend.

Vinsant lived in Newton from the time she was 10 until one month before her 16th birthday, when she left home to train for the Olympics.

[6] On November 21, 2011 in Birmingham, England, Vinsant finished tenth at the 2011 World Trampoline and Tumbling Championships with a score of 98.445.

With her performance, she advanced to the women's individual trampoline final and secured a spot for the U.S. team at the next summer's 2012 Olympic Games in London.

[9] In the compulsory round, she scored a 46.400 for her routine that included a half in Rudy out and would be standing in 11th place.

"Making it to finals in seventh, I was shocked actually– I thought that was a pretty high standard for me to reach.