Jenks Pom Squad Garbs No. 200 for Jenks
It was a crazy couple of days for head coach Kristin Phibbs and the member of the Jenks
Pom team. From runner-up to champions, Jenks had a roller coaster ride at pom state that
no one will soon forget.
After rolling through the preliminaries of the large school competition with a score of
687.0, every team in the competition knew Jenks was the team to beat. This 2023 squad has
been on a mission and coach Phibbs recognized it early in the season.
“This year’s team lives and breathes cohesiveness and teamwork in every sense of the
word. They are 100 percent supportive of one another and they put the success of their
team before themselves. This coupled with their great work ethic has been the catalyst for
this team’s success,” said Phibbs.
Being nearly 5 points better than second place after the prelims was huge for this team.
Coach Phibbs said the consistency in the routines has been building.
“They’ve been building and improving their consistency in execution every single day in
practice for the last month leading up to this competition. Their consistency in execution
and excitement for competing led me to have high expectations for successful results,” said
Phibbs.
In the finals Jenks was deducted 5 points which bumped them to second place. A finish to
be proud of, but not what they expected. The OSSAA would contact coach Phibbs two days
after the competition to confirm the deduction should not have been made and the Trojans
were champions after all. What does his win mean for the program?
“It means everything. We are excited to have been awarded the 6A Academic State
Championship the past two years, but this is our first OSSAA Gameday State Championship
since we first started competing three years ago. We wanted to win it for Jenks Pom and for
Jenks Athletics. It is the 200th OSSAA state title for Jenks,” said Phibbs.
Team Members:
Caroline Cariker, Malorie Miner, Alyssa Sanders, Allie Bearer, Rylee Cole, Madison Davis,
Felicity Krafft, Teya Leemhuis, Lexie McWilliams, Hailey Parker, Natalie Conkling, Sophie
Davis, Ava Ellsworth, Ella Embry, Caroline Fulton, Rachel Gibson, Avery Young, Margaret
Zimmerman, Isabella Bagnaro, Danielle Mason, Bailey Farr, Karoline Howell.
Photo by Poetique Photography
POM COORDINATOR:
Tracey Stimson
VARSITY POM COACH:
Kristin Phibbs
VARSITY SPONSOR:
Jill Lai
