Satistics:

Ten Things I bet You Didn't Know About Guard Young:

1. His favorite book is Ender's Game by Orson Scout Card.
2. His favorite T.V. show is "Stargate SG1."
3. He enjoys playing cars with my son, Tyler
4. His other talent is playing the guitar. (He would like to get in more lessons though.)
5. His favorite drink is Dr. Pepper. However, He is only allowed to have this on hard training days.
6. A superstition of his is to turn over pennies before picking them up
7. Favorite music: Techno, that's right, techno.
8. His heroes are his father, Wayne, and Peter Vidmar.
9. In fact, he has the same birthday as Peter Vidmar, June 3rd.
10. His favorite place to visit is Hawaii.

Personal Info:

Young helped the U.S. men's team to an Olympic silver medal, the men's first medal since the team struck gold in the 1984 Olympics. Young was also a member of the World Championships silver medal team in 2001. Young has five sisters and one brother. His father, Wayne, was on the 1976 Olympic Gymnastics Team and was the 1975 NCAA All-Around Champion. Young graduated with a broadcast journalism major from BYU. His older sister, Jessica, attends BYU on a gymnastics scholarship. Young enjoys roller hockey and playing guitar. He looks up to Peter Vidmar because he was a great gymnast and a great man. Young was married April 30, 1999 , to Alisha Tolman, and celebrated the birth of his first son, Tyler Mark, on Feb. 6, 2003 . Guard is currently employed as an assistant coach for the University of Oklahoma men's gymnastics team, which won the 2003 NCAA Championships.