Keara Glover was born on September 16, 1993, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She began gymnastics at just two years old so that she would be out of her mother's hair, while mom watched her big sister do gymnastics. Keara was invited to join the level 4 team, at the age of four, but was considered too young to compete at that age. Her mother decided that it would be best to wait until Keara was just a little bit older, before she started competition.

When Keara was five and six years old, she participated in the level 4 and pre-level 5 programs. While in both programs, Keara was still considered too young to compete in the USA Gymnastics system. Instead, she began to compete in Dynamo's inter-squad system with other talented level 4 gymnasts. Keara continued to compete in this system until she was old enough. During this time, Keara also competed as a power tumbler. She was the 5-6 year old level 7 State Champion in Power Tumbling. Keara has always been one of the youngest competitors in her group. At the age of seven, she finished fourth all-around at the Level 5 State Championships. Keara skipped level 6 and went straight on to compete as to level 7. She became the level 7 State All-Around and Beam Champion at age 8. Her all-around score was a 38.100. As a Level 8 gymnast, she finished second in the all-around at the Oklahoma State Championships and was the state beam champion. Keara also finished seventh that year at Level 8 Regionals and was the regional floor champion. When Keara was a level 9, she finished fourth at the State Championships and qualified to Level 9 Regionals.

Keara had a groin injury at the beginning of 2004 and a back injury later that year, both which led to her taking a break from the competition to properly heal. Keara had not competed in a USAG sanctioned meet since April 2004. Keara returned to competition as a level 10 in 2006 finishing 3rd at regionals and 1st on floor which qualified her to Junior Olympic Nationals as a 12-year-old.

As a level 10 and elite gymnast in 2007, Keara started at a few invitational competitions in Midwest, such as Jewels Invitational and Krafft Invitational. She placed second and first in the all-around respectively. During that same weekend as Krafft Invitational, Keara and her teammates traveled to Texas for the Elite Qualifier. Keara successfully passed the compulsory test by placing second in the all-around and first on vault. After the elite qualifier, Keara continued to dominate the next three competitions by winning Dynamo Classic, Conoco Philips Invitational, and Oklahoma Level 10 State's. Keara suffered a fall on balance beam and finished third in the all-around with a title on uneven bars at the Level 10 Regionals. A few weeks later, Keara traveled to Houston, Texas for the Elite Testing in Optionals. This opportunity was going to give her the chance to become international elite. Unforountely, Keara could not compete at the testing due to an injury. She had a severe muscle spasm on the day of training and could not recover in the time for competition. Keara was still unhealthy when Junior Olympic Nationals came by. She decided to compete anyway and placed 16th in the all-around in Junior A Session.

Keara began her 2008 season at Dragon Invitational in Kansas City. She only competed on two events, bars and beam, and placed 2nd on both events. She then placed 1st in the all-around at next three competitions, Pink Ribbon Invitational, Level 10 States, and Level 10 Regionals. At the Junior Olympics in Florida, Keara had a simple mistake on floor that kept her from placing high in the all-around. She, however, took home a silver medal on uneven bars.

In 2009, Keara began her season at the Trojan Classic, where she won the all-around, uneven bars and balance beam titles. She then won everything at the Folger's Invitational. At the Lady Luck Invitational in Las Vegas, she finished first in the all-around as well as balance beam and floor exercise. She then won another all-around title at the Dynamo Classic. At the Pink Ribbon Invitational in Kansas, Keara finished third in the all-around and won a gold medal on balance beam and a silver medal on floor exercise. Keara won everything except for balance beam (silver) at the Level 10 State Championships. She then traveled to Colorado for the Region III Championships, where she won the all-around title and won three silver medals on vault, balance beam and floor exercise. There, she qualified to the Junior Olympic Nationals in Washington, where she placed eighth in the all-around and fourth on balance beam.

Keara began her 2010 season at the Victory Gymnastics and Metroplex Challenge, where she won a gold medal on balance beam at both events. At the Dynamo Classic, she placed fourth in the all-around, third on vault and first on uneven bars. She then traveled to Kansas City for the Pink Ribbon Invitational where she placed third in the all-around and qualified to two event finals; vault and floor exercise. On the next day, she finished fourth on vault and third on floor exercise during the event finals. At the Level 10 Oklahoma State Championships, Keara won the all-around title as well as first on vault, balance beam and floor exercise. She won another all-around title at the Level 10 Regional Championships. She also won two gold medals on uneven bars and balance beam and two bronze medals on vault and floor exercise. There, she qualified to her fifth Junior Olympic Nationals. Keara concluded her 2010 season at the JO Nationals in Dallas, Texas where she finished 15th in the all-around, eighth on vault and fourth on uneven bars.