Gary Allen NEIST

Gary Neist competed in football, wrestling, and track at Albert Lea High School in Minnesota. He attended Luther College where he was an NCAA D-2 All-American in 1968. After the 1972 Olympics Neist competed at the 1973 Universiade. Neist coached boys and girls gymnastics at Albert Lea for 10 years and then returned to college and earned a PhD in human performance. He then became a professor of human performance at Minnesota State University at Mankato.