Being able to twist their bodies or eat a huge steak may not be the most important skill to develop, but some students and faculty have some special talents that make them a little more unique.

   Freshman Daytona Clark Kinnan has been in cheer since she was little, so being flexible comes naturally. In addition, Kinnan has something most people can’t do. Kinnan can do a backbend twist. After seeing “Dancing With the Stars,” Kinnan wanted to learn how to do the backbend twist. 

    “I started learning how to do my backbends at 10 and now I just do it naturally,” Kinnan said.

  High School counselor Tyler Richardson, is known for helping students, but he can also use his head in more ways than one. He is known for performing a head stand. 

   Richardson started doing his head stand from a very young age. His gym teacher Neil Blauvelt, taught him over the years of having him. Richardson can still do a headstand even now as an adult and he has had the talent of doing a headstand for over 25 years.

   Senior Trevor Downing has a love for steaks but he took his love to the next step up when going to Amarillo, Texas in the summer of 2022, when he nearly won a steak-eating challenge. 

   Downing went to Big Texan, home of the 72 o.z. steak. Downing knew that he could take on the challenge of completing the meal. The whole meal had to be eaten in one hour. This meal includes 72 o.z. steak, baked potato, salad, and shrimp. If eaten in one hour, the meal was completely free and he got a picture on the wall. 

   Downing ate nearly everything: baked potato, salad, shrimp, and 51 oz of steak. 

   “Even though I didn’t win, I still paid 72 dollars for everything,” Downing said.