(Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) Utah's MyKayla Skinner scored a 9.975 on the vault as No. 3 University of Utah gymnastics team meets BYU gymnastics at the Marriott Center, Jan. 10, 2019. Skinner took a year off to prepare to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. That year has turned into two with the postponement of the Summer Games until 2021 because of the coronavirus.
Julie left the beach of Santa Cruz, Calif., where she worked for 17 years, for the mountains of Salt Lake City in 2019. She has covered the NBA Finals, the Super Bowl, the World Series, the Maverick's big wave surf contest and two Olympics. A Colorado native, she enjoys creating her own adventure, occasionally with her husband and two kids in tow.