World Olympic Gymnastics Academy is both crowded and busy at 7 p.m. on a Wednesday evening. And, yet, it is also strangely quiet, reflecting only the sound of intense concentration against a backdrop of squeaking equipment and the gentle thuds of landings.

This gym is where you will find 11-year-old Lake Highlands resident Hollie Vise training every weekday morning and evening, as well as Saturday mornings. Hollie trains at WOGA more than 40 hours weekly, making gymnastics essentially a full-time job.

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Her commitment to the sport is paying off. The sixth-grader is the youngest member of the Junior Division of the United States National Gymnastics Team and holds International Elite Status, the highest level of gymnastic ranking.

Barring serious injuries during the next few years, Hollie’s prospects for representing the United States in the 2004 Olympics are excellent.

“I started taking gymnastics when I was three years old,” Hollie says. “I would watch the gymnasts on TV and try to copy the moves at home.”

Hollie’s mom, LeeAnn Gilliam Vise, enrolled her in a class at Metroplex Gymnastics, and her natural aptitude for the sport became apparent quickly.

“She loved going to gymnastics,” says her father, Eddie Vise. “We began to think she had a shot at doing something serious with this sport when she just kept winning.”

Indeed, Hollie progressed from a level 5 gymnast to a level 9 gymnast in three years, winning almost every competition along the way. She achieved every possible State and Regional title by the age of 10. While training at WOGA, she s