This was terra incognita, territory Karilyn Burdick-Greenwood was charting for the first time. Territory that her gymnastics routines hadn’t prepared her for traversing. And yet, it was territory her gymnastics routines made possible.

This charting-the-uncharted-territory routine had become routine for Burdick-Greenwood. So routine, she’d grown rather accustomed to seeing her name preceding the phrase “the first …”

As in:

Karilyn Burdick-Greenwood was the first Cal State Fullerton All-American women’s gymnast in program history.

Karilyn Burdick-Greenwood was the first Cal State Fullerton national champion in women’s gymnastics.

Karilyn Burdick-Greenwood was the first Cal State Fullerton women’s gymnast to compete in an international meet in Romania, where she won a bronze medal.

But

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