Friday, April 30, 2010

“Mini-camps beckon for summer gymnastics, sports at MAdison YMCA” plus 3 more

“Mini-camps beckon for summer gymnastics, sports at MAdison YMCA” plus 3 more

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Youth Sports: Silvia's Gymnastics

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 08:22 AM PDT

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Local Gymnasts Were Jungle Jammin' Meet—On April 10th-11th, gymnasts in Levels 5 through 7 from Silvia's Gymnastics in Zieglerville competed in the 2010 Jungle Jammin' gymnastics meet, hosted by Central Bucks Gymnastics in Doylestown, The competition was attended by gymnasts from Central and Southeastern Pennsylvania.

Klein High grad wins two NCAA gymnastics titles

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 10:52 PM PDT

On the biggest stage in collegiate gymnastics, LSU senior Susan Jackson (a 2006 Klein High graduate) delivered the best performance of her career.

"It was the most perfect routine I'd ever done," Jackson said. "I just wasn't nervous. It was the last routine I was ever going to do in my gymnastics career. (I decided to) have fun with it. My teammates spread their good aura over the beam."

Jackson, 23, won the first all-around national in the Tigers' history on April 22 and took first place in the Beam (with a score of 9.9625) on April 24 at the NCAA Individual Events Finals in Gainesville, Fla.

"It was the best beam routine I have ever seen from Susan Jackson," Tigers coach D-D. Breaux told LSU sports information. "It was such a fitting way for Susan to end her career."

Since she won the national title in vault as a sophomore, this was Jackson's third national title – an LSU record, and just the second Tiger to win a national team in the beam since 1977.

"There have been so many gymnasts ahead of me," Jackson said. "Knowing I can contend with them is a good feeling. It's fun to have your name in the record book."

She finished second in the vault for the second straight season

Jackson began competing in gymnastics at age 3.

"I was too energetic as a child," Jackson said. "I'd run on the back of couches and swing from shower rods."

Jackson's mother enrolled her in a gymnastics program, and she thrived with it – eventually joining Starz Gymnastics under the training of Dan and Ashley Baker.

She joined Team USA for four years and missed the US Olympic Trials by one spot in 2004.

Jackson said practicing with her college teammates was much more enjoyable than training seven hours per day for the Olympics.

"(Competing in) college is a fun atmosphere," Jackson said. "You have your teammates. It was definitely fun to be a part of the university."

When it was time to pick a college, Jackson chose LSU.

"They cared about me as a person, not just as a gymnast," Jackson said.

In 2008 and 2009, Jackson was part of LSU's first two teams to ever qualify for the Super Six (the top six gymnastics teams in the NCAA)

"It was awesome," Jackson said. "(Breaux's) been the coach at LSU for 31 years and never made it. That's what our ultimate goal was. It was just groundbreaking."

Jackson will earn her degree in Sport Administration from LSU in December, and she plans on trying out for Cirque de Soleil.

"It just looks fun." Jackson said. "It would be a good transition from gymnastics to the real world."


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CSF wrestling, gymnastics safe for now

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 02:35 PM PDT

Cal State Fullerton's wrestling and women's gymnastics programs have saved themselves – for at least one more season.

It became official on Friday that both programs have raised the necessary money by the May 1 deadline to fully fund themselves for the 2010-11 school year. Both sports were in danger of being dropped from the CSF athletic program because of state-college budget cuts as a result of the state's financial crisis.

Through desperate fundraising campaigns for pledges, wrestling covered its $196,000 budget while gymnastics was able to meet its $280,000 goal. The funds will need to be deposited with the university by Aug. 1.

"We've been saved," said a relieved gymnastics coach Jill Hicks, who told her team the good news on Friday morning. "We had some big help at the last minute. I didn't know whether we could do it when I met with the athletic director (Brian Quinn) on Thursday, but we're set, not permanently, but at least for one more year."

On Thursday, gymnastics was $65,000 short of meeting its mark before a single anonymous donor pledged to cover the balance. It brought great relief to Hicks, who had worked tirelessly to assemble a diligent and determined 11-person fundraising committee, stage events with an appearance by Olympic gold medalist Nastia Liukin and a club meet, and cultivate strong relationships with generous gymnastics supporters.

"It has been a long year," she said. "This has taken so much effort and been a focus so long that it hasn't yet sunk in that we made it."

Rather than cut the programs from the onset, which was the case with five sports at UC Irvine, Quinn gave wrestling and women's gymnastics a chance to save themselves by coming up with the money the school would have to spend to pay in 2010-2011 for travel, equipment, coaching staffs and scholarships in both sports.


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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

“Youth Sports: Silvia's Gymnastics” plus 3 more

“Youth Sports: Silvia's Gymnastics” plus 3 more

Youth Sports: Silvia's Gymnastics

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 10:40 PM PDT


Local Gymnasts Were Jungle Jammin' Meet—On April 10th-11th, gymnasts in Levels 5 through 7 from Silvia's Gymnastics in Zieglerville competed in the 2010 Jungle Jammin' gymnastics meet, hosted by Central Bucks Gymnastics in Doylestown, The competition was attended by gymnasts from Central and Southeastern Pennsylvania.

Level 5—Silvia's Level 5 team took second place. Individual results: Ages 7-and-8: Emily Holmes-Hackerd placed second AA, and on floor, first on vault and bars. Age 9: Claire Regan placed fourth AA, and on floor, second on bars and beam, fifth on vault. Deanna Cusumano placed sixth AA, first on beam. Age 10: Katelyn Llewellyn placed first AA, and on beam, second on bars and floor, third on vault. Isabella Johnson placed fifth AA, and on vault and floor, first on bars. Morgan Fiorito placed sixth AA, and floor, fifth on bars. Age 11: Emily Slater placed second AA, and bars, first on floor. Ages 12-and-up: Kaitlyn Johnson placed first AA, second on bars, fourth on vault and floor. Julia Morgan placed third AA, first on floor, fourth on beam.

Level 6—Silvia's Level 6 team took third place. Individual Results: Age 7-9: Mackenzie Haley placed third AA, first on beam, third on bars. Jessica Hutchinson placed third on floor. Age 10: Carli Bingaman placed fourth AA, first of floor, fifth on vault and beam. Stephani Tripodi placed sixth AA, second on vault, sixth on beam and floor. Molly Martin placed fifth on bars. Age 11: Samantha Oughton placed sixth on bars. Age 12: Maia Mash placed fourth AA, third on bars and floor, fifth on vault and beam. Ages 13-and-up: Amy Thomas placed second AA, second on floor, third on vault and bars.

Level 7—Silvia's Level 7 team took first place. Individual results: Age 11-and-under: Amia Boone placed fourth on bars. Age 12: Erika Womack placed first AA, first on vault, third on bars and floor, fourth on beam. Conner Leap placed second AA, first on beam, second on vault and floor, sixth on bars. Paige Beckley placed sixth AA, fourth on bars, sixth on vault. Age 13-and-above: Emily Loughery placed first AA, first on beam, second on bars and floor, third on vault. Paige Speckhart placed third on bars.

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M. Gymnastics. Four Golden Bears Named to MPSF All-Academic Team

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 12:02 PM PDT

April 27, 2010

BERKELEY - Four members of the California men's gymnastics team have been selected as Academic All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation's scholar athletes for the 2010 season, MPSF Commissioner Al Beaird announced recently.

Receiving honors are juniors Bryan del Castillo and Eric Haeussler, sophomores Raion Sabo and Nic Blair.

Last season, del Castillo and Haeussler were also named to the team.

The student-athletes were nominated for this award by their institution based on the following criteria: 3.0 or better cumulative grade point average and at least a sophomore academically, the student-athlete must have completed one full academic year at the institution prior to the season for which the award is being received and the student-athlete must have competed in 50 percent or more of the institution's competition.

This season, the Bears finished in fifth place at the NCAA Championships with del Castillo taking fourth place in the all-around and earning All-America honors on floor. At the year conference championships, Cal took second at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships on April 3, edged by .100 of a point, 354.550-354.450, by Oklahoma. Cal's second-place finish was the highest since 2005, when the Bears also took second at the MPSFs.


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Sports agree to revenue formula for London Games

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 08:51 AM PDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Despite calls for change by swimming's governing body, international sports bodies agreed Tuesday to maintain the revenue-sharing formula that will provide track and field with the biggest share of television money from the 2012 London Olympics.

The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations, which represents the 26 sports on the London program, rejected a call Tuesday by swimming body FINA to change the criteria for distributing the projected $375 million in TV revenues.

Under the formula, the International Association of Athletics Federations will remain as the undisputed No. 1 sport in the money ranking and receive $35.77 million. That's up from the $29 million the IAAF received from the 2008 Beijing Games and nearly twice as much as FINA and the other second-tier federations will get.

Swimming, basketball, cycling, football, gymnastics, tennis and volleyball will each receive $18.73 million, compared to $14.27 million from Beijing.

FINA believes it should get a bigger share because of the strong TV ratings and packed crowds in Beijing, where Michael Phelps won a record eight gold medals.

Swimming federation president Julio Maglione of Uruguay said the current ranking "does not reflect the reality of today" and that his sport deserves to be in the top group. He proposed that an independent commission be appointed to revise the formula before the London Games.

While Maglione received support from table tennis and handball, the ASOIF assembly voted to approve the current ranking and money split for London and to ask the IOC to review the formula after 2012.

The third-tier sports — rowing, equestrian, handball and field hockey — will each get $13.17 million, compared to $9.61 million from Beijing. The fourth and lowest group — boxing, badminton, canoeing, fencing, judo, wrestling, modern pentathlon, table tennis, shooting, archery, weightlifting, sailing, taekwondo and triathlon — will each receive $11.19 million.

The revenue-sharing formula was first implemented ahead of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics based on a ranking of the sports by the International Olympic Committee, with TV ratings, attendance and ticket sales among the leading criteria. The IAAF was classified as the No. 1-ranked sport and has remained so, but some federations are upset that the IAAF receives most of the pie.

"The problem is if you give more (money) to one, you have to take it from other federations," AFOIF president Denis Oswald, who also heads the rowing federation, told The Associated Press. "A lot of federations feel that that the gap between athletics and other sports is too big. It might be fair that their share is reduced a bit but of course it's asking them to make that concession. It's difficult for them to do it."

IAAF president Lamine Diack urged the federations to accept the formula out of "solidarity."

The federations will put the issue to the IOC executive board on Wednesday.

During its two-day meeting, the IOC board is expected to strip China of an Olympic bronze medal in gymnastics from the 2000 Sydney Games because one of its athletes was only 14 at the time.

In February, the International Gymnastics Federation nullified all of Dong Fangxiao's results from Sydney and recommended that the IOC take the medal from the Chinese. The United States finished fourth and would move up to the bronze.

Age falsification has been a problem in gymnastics since the 1980s, after the minimum age was raised from 14 to 15 in an effort to protect young athletes, whose bodies are still developing, from serious injuries. The minimum age was raised to its current 16 in 1997.

The IOC also will hear a progress report from organizers of the London Olympics, including a sneak peek at plans for their mascot. Organizers hope to introduce the mascot next month in London.

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Sports agree to revenue formula for London Games

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 08:04 AM PDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP)—Despite calls for change by swimming's governing body, international sports bodies agreed Tuesday to maintain the revenue-sharing formula that will provide track and field with the biggest share of television money from the 2012 London Olympics.

The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations, which represents the 26 sports on the London program, rejected a call Tuesday by swimming body FINA to change the criteria for distributing the projected $375 million in TV revenues.

Under the formula, the International Association of Athletics Federations will remain as the undisputed No. 1 sport in the money ranking and receive $35.77 million. That's up from the $29 million the IAAF received from the 2008 Beijing Games and nearly twice as much as FINA and the other second-tier federations will get.

Swimming, basketball, cycling, football, gymnastics, tennis and volleyball will each receive $18.73 million, compared to $14.27 million from Beijing.

FINA believes it should get a bigger share because of the strong TV ratings and packed crowds in Beijing, where Michael Phelps won a record eight gold medals.

Swimming federation president Julio Maglione of Uruguay said the current ranking "does not reflect the reality of today" and that his sport deserves to be in the top group. He proposed that an independent commission be appointed to revise the formula before the London Games.

While Maglione received support from table tennis and handball, the ASOIF assembly voted to approve the current ranking and money split for London and to ask the IOC to review the formula after 2012.

The third-tier sports—rowing, equestrian, handball and field hockey—will each get $13.17 million, compared to $9.61 million from Beijing. The fourth and lowest group—boxing, badminton, canoeing, fencing, judo, wrestling, modern pentathlon, table tennis, shooting, archery, weightlifting, sailing, taekwondo and triathlon—will each receive $11.19 million.

The revenue-sharing formula was first implemented ahead of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics based on a ranking of the sports by the International Olympic Committee, with TV ratings, attendance and ticket sales among the leading criteria. The IAAF was classified as the No. 1-ranked sport and has remained so, but some federations are upset that the IAAF receives most of the pie.

"The problem is if you give more (money) to one, you have to take it from other federations," AFOIF president Denis Oswald, who also heads the rowing federation, told The Associated Press. "A lot of federations feel that that the gap between athletics and other sports is too big. It might be fair that their share is reduced a bit but of course it's asking them to make that concession. It's difficult for them to do it."

IAAF president Lamine Diack urged the federations to accept the formula out of "solidarity."

The federations will put the issue to the IOC executive board on Wednesday.

During its two-day meeting, the IOC board is expected to strip China of an Olympic bronze medal in gymnastics from the 2000 Sydney Games because one of its athletes was only 14 at the time.

In February, the International Gymnastics Federation nullified all of Dong Fangxiao's results from Sydney and recommended that the IOC take the medal from the Chinese. The United States finished fourth and would move up to the bronze.

Age falsification has been a problem in gymnastics since the 1980s, after the minimum age was raised from 14 to 15 in an effort to protect young athletes, whose bodies are still developing, from serious injuries. The minimum age was raised to its current 16 in 1997.

The IOC also will hear a progress report from organizers of the London Olympics, including a sneak peek at plans for their mascot. Organizers hope to introduce the mascot next month in London.

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Monday, April 26, 2010

“Youth Sports: Silvia's Gymnastics” plus 2 more

“Youth Sports: Silvia's Gymnastics” plus 2 more

Youth Sports: Silvia's Gymnastics

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 05:55 AM PDT


Local Gymnasts Were Jungle Jammin' Meet—On April 10th-11th, gymnasts in Levels 5 through 7 from Silvia's Gymnastics in Zieglerville competed in the 2010 Jungle Jammin' gymnastics meet, hosted by Central Bucks Gymnastics in Doylestown, The competition was attended by gymnasts from Central and Southeastern Pennsylvania.

Level 5—Silvia's Level 5 team took second place. Individual results: Ages 7-and-8: Emily Holmes-Hackerd placed second AA, and on floor, first on vault and bars. Age 9: Claire Regan placed fourth AA, and on floor, second on bars and beam, fifth on vault. Deanna Cusumano placed sixth AA, first on beam. Age 10: Katelyn Llewellyn placed first AA, and on beam, second on bars and floor, third on vault. Isabella Johnson placed fifth AA, and on vault and floor, first on bars. Morgan Fiorito placed sixth AA, and floor, fifth on bars. Age 11: Emily Slater placed second AA, and bars, first on floor. Ages 12-and-up: Kaitlyn Johnson placed first AA, second on bars, fourth on vault and floor. Julia Morgan placed third AA, first on floor, fourth on beam.

Level 6—Silvia's Level 6 team took third place. Individual Results: Age 7-9: Mackenzie Haley placed third AA, first on beam, third on bars. Jessica Hutchinson placed third on floor. Age 10: Carli Bingaman placed fourth AA, first of floor, fifth on vault and beam. Stephani Tripodi placed sixth AA, second on vault, sixth on beam and floor. Molly Martin placed fifth on bars. Age 11: Samantha Oughton placed sixth on bars. Age 12: Maia Mash placed fourth AA, third on bars and floor, fifth on vault and beam. Ages 13-and-up: Amy Thomas placed second AA, second on floor, third on vault and bars.

Level 7—Silvia's Level 7 team took first place. Individual results: Age 11-and-under: Amia Boone placed fourth on bars. Age 12: Erika Womack placed first AA, first on vault, third on bars and floor, fourth on beam. Conner Leap placed second AA, first on beam, second on vault and floor, sixth on bars. Paige Beckley placed sixth AA, fourth on bars, sixth on vault. Age 13-and-above: Emily Loughery placed first AA, first on beam, second on bars and floor, third on vault. Paige Speckhart placed third on bars.

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You Can Have Asthma And Be Active

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 06:43 AM PDT


Main Category: Respiratory / Asthma
Article Date: 26 Apr 2010 - 3:00 PDT

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Thirteen-year-old Lauren from St. John's, Newfoundland loves cheerleading, gymnastics, dance lessons, and volleyball. She also has asthma but that hasn't stopped her from participating in her favourite sports.

"She's always been very active," says her mother Tanya. "But in the last year, she started having difficulties with her breathing."

"At school, when I walked up the stairs, I couldn't catch my breath. I'd have to stop," recalls Lauren.

So Lauren and her mom went to see a doctor, who diagnosed exercise-induced asthma and prescribed Lauren a puffer with asthma medicine that opens her airways (breathing tubes). Her doctor explained that Lauren should use the puffer 15-20 minutes before exercising to help prevent an asthma flare-up.

On World Asthma Day (May 4th), The Canadian Lung Association encourages people with asthma to stay active, even those with exercise-induced asthma.

"Exercise does not cause asthma," explains Heather Borquez, president and CEO of the Canadian Lung Association. "However, exercise can be a trigger for people with asthma when their asthma in not under good control. People with asthma should not avoid exercising. As long as your asthma is under control, exercising is recommended to keep your lungs and body in good shape."

Recent research1 found that asthma patients who exercise regularly:

- have fewer asthma symptoms
- can do more activities without being bothered by asthma symptoms
- are less anxious
- are less depressed
- enjoy a better quality of life

As patients become fitter, their asthma symptoms improve.

"If you have asthma that's triggered by exercise, learn to exercise safely and follow your asthma action plan," says Ms. Borquez. "If you don't have an asthma action plan, download one from our website and ask your doctor to fill it out with you."

This past year, Lauren made the provincial cheerleading squad and will be competing in the national championship in May. She's also a member of her school's cheerleading team. That means Lauren spends at least 10 hours a week practising routines and running around a track to build up endurance and strength.

Like a lot of teenagers, Lauren doesn't always remember to use her puffer before exercising. "Sometimes my coach will see that I'm breathing heavily at practice and she'll tell me to stop and go get my puffer," says the Grade 8 student. Lauren's working on remembering to take her puffer before starts her workout.

"If you have asthma, don't let it stop you from doing the sports that you love. Your life doesn't have to stop because you have asthma," says Lauren.

How to exercise safely with asthma

How to manage your asthma

Get personalized advice on improving your asthma symptoms: find an asthma program near you

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In Canada, 2.2 million people aged 12 and over have and more than 485,000 children aged four to 11 have doctor-diagnosed asthma2.

World Asthma Day is an annual event organized by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) to improve asthma awareness and care around the world. World Asthma Day 2010 will take place on Tuesday, May 4, 2010.

2010 has been declared the Year of the Lung , by the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS). The goal of this global campaign is to raise awareness about lung health among the public, initiate action in communities worldwide, and advocate for resources to combat lung disease including increased investment in basic, clinical and translational research worldwide.

Established in 1900, The Canadian Lung Association is one of Canada's oldest and most respected health charities, and the leading national organization for science-based information, research, education, support programs and advocacy on lung health issues.

1 Mendes FA, Gonçalves RC, Nunes MP, Saraiva-Romanholo BM, Cukier A, Stelmach R, Jacob-Filho W, Martins MA, Carvalho CR. Effects of aerobic training on psychosocial morbidity and symptoms in asthmatic patients: a randomized clinical trial Chest. 2010 Apr 2.

2 Asthma, in Public Health Agency of Canada. Life and Breath: Respiratory Disease in Canada, 2007. Ottawa: Public Health Agency of Canada. See here

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Youth Sports: Hershey track meet is Sunday

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 10:35 PM PDT
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Sunday, April 25, 2010

Youth Sports: Silvia's Gymnastics

Youth Sports: Silvia's Gymnastics

Youth Sports: Silvia's Gymnastics

Posted: 25 Apr 2010 08:00 AM PDT


Local Gymnasts Were Jungle Jammin' Meet—On April 10th-11th, gymnasts in Levels 5 through 7 from Silvia's Gymnastics in Zieglerville competed in the 2010 Jungle Jammin' gymnastics meet, hosted by Central Bucks Gymnastics in Doylestown, The competition was attended by gymnasts from Central and Southeastern Pennsylvania.

Level 5—Silvia's Level 5 team took second place. Individual results: Ages 7-and-8: Emily Holmes-Hackerd placed second AA, and on floor, first on vault and bars. Age 9: Claire Regan placed fourth AA, and on floor, second on bars and beam, fifth on vault. Deanna Cusumano placed sixth AA, first on beam. Age 10: Katelyn Llewellyn placed first AA, and on beam, second on bars and floor, third on vault. Isabella Johnson placed fifth AA, and on vault and floor, first on bars. Morgan Fiorito placed sixth AA, and floor, fifth on bars. Age 11: Emily Slater placed second AA, and bars, first on floor. Ages 12-and-up: Kaitlyn Johnson placed first AA, second on bars, fourth on vault and floor. Julia Morgan placed third AA, first on floor, fourth on beam.

Level 6—Silvia's Level 6 team took third place. Individual Results: Age 7-9: Mackenzie Haley placed third AA, first on beam, third on bars. Jessica Hutchinson placed third on floor. Age 10: Carli Bingaman placed fourth AA, first of floor, fifth on vault and beam. Stephani Tripodi placed sixth AA, second on vault, sixth on beam and floor. Molly Martin placed fifth on bars. Age 11: Samantha Oughton placed sixth on bars. Age 12: Maia Mash placed fourth AA, third on bars and floor, fifth on vault and beam. Ages 13-and-up: Amy Thomas placed second AA, second on floor, third on vault and bars.

Level 7—Silvia's Level 7 team took first place. Individual results: Age 11-and-under: Amia Boone placed fourth on bars. Age 12: Erika Womack placed first AA, first on vault, third on bars and floor, fourth on beam. Conner Leap placed second AA, first on beam, second on vault and floor, sixth on bars. Paige Beckley placed sixth AA, fourth on bars, sixth on vault. Age 13-and-above: Emily Loughery placed first AA, first on beam, second on bars and floor, third on vault. Paige Speckhart placed third on bars.

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Saturday, April 24, 2010

“Youth Sports: Silvia's Gymnastics” plus 1 more

“Youth Sports: Silvia's Gymnastics” plus 1 more

Youth Sports: Silvia's Gymnastics

Posted: 24 Apr 2010 09:45 AM PDT


Local Gymnasts Were Jungle Jammin' Meet—On April 10th-11th, gymnasts in Levels 5 through 7 from Silvia's Gymnastics in Zieglerville competed in the 2010 Jungle Jammin' gymnastics meet, hosted by Central Bucks Gymnastics in Doylestown, The competition was attended by gymnasts from Central and Southeastern Pennsylvania.

Level 5—Silvia's Level 5 team took second place. Individual results: Ages 7-and-8: Emily Holmes-Hackerd placed second AA, and on floor, first on vault and bars. Age 9: Claire Regan placed fourth AA, and on floor, second on bars and beam, fifth on vault. Deanna Cusumano placed sixth AA, first on beam. Age 10: Katelyn Llewellyn placed first AA, and on beam, second on bars and floor, third on vault. Isabella Johnson placed fifth AA, and on vault and floor, first on bars. Morgan Fiorito placed sixth AA, and floor, fifth on bars. Age 11: Emily Slater placed second AA, and bars, first on floor. Ages 12-and-up: Kaitlyn Johnson placed first AA, second on bars, fourth on vault and floor. Julia Morgan placed third AA, first on floor, fourth on beam.

Level 6—Silvia's Level 6 team took third place. Individual Results: Age 7-9: Mackenzie Haley placed third AA, first on beam, third on bars. Jessica Hutchinson placed third on floor. Age 10: Carli Bingaman placed fourth AA, first of floor, fifth on vault and beam. Stephani Tripodi placed sixth AA, second on vault, sixth on beam and floor. Molly Martin placed fifth on bars. Age 11: Samantha Oughton placed sixth on bars. Age 12: Maia Mash placed fourth AA, third on bars and floor, fifth on vault and beam. Ages 13-and-up: Amy Thomas placed second AA, second on floor, third on vault and bars.

Level 7—Silvia's Level 7 team took first place. Individual results: Age 11-and-under: Amia Boone placed fourth on bars. Age 12: Erika Womack placed first AA, first on vault, third on bars and floor, fourth on beam. Conner Leap placed second AA, first on beam, second on vault and floor, sixth on bars. Paige Beckley placed sixth AA, fourth on bars, sixth on vault. Age 13-and-above: Emily Loughery placed first AA, first on beam, second on bars and floor, third on vault. Paige Speckhart placed third on bars.

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Youth Sports Achievers

Posted: 24 Apr 2010 10:12 PM PDT

Baseball

Cape Coral Cannons: The 13-under team won the IBC West Coast Championship in Fort Myers last weekend. The cannons played went undefeated to win the title. The team is made up of Andrew Plaskin, Darrin Latorre, Joey Morales, Jordan Gubelman, Matt Richey, Kavin Patterson, Saul Rodrigues, Shane McClaahan, Jonathan White, Evan Doughtery, Izzy Brito, Zach Nason and Jeff Passantino. Coaches are Ray Gubelman, Carlos Perea, Matt Latorre and Rickey Kline.

South Fort Myers Little League: The Fort Myers Miracle honored the South Fort Myers Little League 2009 Florida 9- to 10-year-old state champions on Wednesday. The team compiled an undefeated record on the way to winning the state championship. The team lost in the championship game of the Tournament of State Champions in Huntington W.Va., to Alabama. The team was made up of Josh Ashby, Evan Babatz, Gus Cunningham, Danny Cunningham, Donovan Duvall, Robby Hackett, Donovan Holly, Ben Hourigan, Max King, Giovany Lorenzo, Jack Mora and Michael Morris. Wilson Lorenzo was manager and was aided by coaches Don Cunningham, Mike Duvall and Mark Hourigan.

Basketball

SWFL Lady Wildcats: The Division 1 eighth-grade travel basketball team recently won the United States Specialty Sports Association's Jupiter Jam tournament, then followed with another title at the local High Hoops tournament. Pictured in back from left, coach Glenda Jamison, coach Tim Gillingham, Aisha Jamison, Tiara Haye, Jordan Lentz, Jessica Lentz and coach James Landers; front row, McKenna Beach, Logan Sanger, Jessey Placher, Lauren Gillingham and Becca Troast.

Gymnastics

Gymnastics World of Fort Myers: Level 9 gymnast Emily Kahle, left, and Level 10 gymnast Jamie Shisler excelled in their respective age divisions at the United States Amateur Gymnastics Regional Championships in Clemson, S.C. Kahle took first place on floor and vault while Shisler earned third place on floor and seventh place on vault. The two athletes competed against qualifying gymnasts from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.

Coast Elite: Level 9 gymnasts Leviticus Knighten, Teresina Lemons and Jeanette Conrad qualified for regionals recently.

Martial Arts

Team Martial Arts University: The team recently attended the Florida League of Martial Artists Tournament. Pictured in front from left, Devin Nin, Aron Rudolf, Kagan Vann, Brady Grados and Mathew Vinciguerra; second row, Noah Perry, Blaise Kelly, Tanner Hollway, Nathan Mahadeo, Alexia Cedrone and Jessica Evesson; third row, Trenton Grados, Justice Kelly, Dylan Riedy, Garrett White and Ethan Michael; top row, Shihan Jeff Santella, Kohai Jordan Masiero, Kohai Sarah Basco, Kohai Liam Perry and Teishi James Grispo. Not pictured is Joey Mancicni.

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Friday, April 23, 2010

“Mini-camps beckon for summer sports, gymnastics, dance in Madison” plus 1 more

“Mini-camps beckon for summer sports, gymnastics, dance in Madison” plus 1 more

Mini-camps beckon for summer sports, gymnastics, dance in Madison

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 05:23 AM PDT

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MADISON - The Madison Area YMCA's gymnastics, sports and dance departments are holding mini-camps for boys and girls to kick off the summer.

Youth Sports: Silvia's Gymnastics

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 12:45 PM PDT


Local Gymnasts Were Jungle Jammin' Meet—On April 10th-11th, gymnasts in Levels 5 through 7 from Silvia's Gymnastics in Zieglerville competed in the 2010 Jungle Jammin' gymnastics meet, hosted by Central Bucks Gymnastics in Doylestown, The competition was attended by gymnasts from Central and Southeastern Pennsylvania.

Level 5—Silvia's Level 5 team took second place. Individual results: Ages 7-and-8: Emily Holmes-Hackerd placed second AA, and on floor, first on vault and bars. Age 9: Claire Regan placed fourth AA, and on floor, second on bars and beam, fifth on vault. Deanna Cusumano placed sixth AA, first on beam. Age 10: Katelyn Llewellyn placed first AA, and on beam, second on bars and floor, third on vault. Isabella Johnson placed fifth AA, and on vault and floor, first on bars. Morgan Fiorito placed sixth AA, and floor, fifth on bars. Age 11: Emily Slater placed second AA, and bars, first on floor. Ages 12-and-up: Kaitlyn Johnson placed first AA, second on bars, fourth on vault and floor. Julia Morgan placed third AA, first on floor, fourth on beam.

Level 6—Silvia's Level 6 team took third place. Individual Results: Age 7-9: Mackenzie Haley placed third AA, first on beam, third on bars. Jessica Hutchinson placed third on floor. Age 10: Carli Bingaman placed fourth AA, first of floor, fifth on vault and beam. Stephani Tripodi placed sixth AA, second on vault, sixth on beam and floor. Molly Martin placed fifth on bars. Age 11: Samantha Oughton placed sixth on bars. Age 12: Maia Mash placed fourth AA, third on bars and floor, fifth on vault and beam. Ages 13-and-up: Amy Thomas placed second AA, second on floor, third on vault and bars.

Level 7—Silvia's Level 7 team took first place. Individual results: Age 11-and-under: Amia Boone placed fourth on bars. Age 12: Erika Womack placed first AA, first on vault, third on bars and floor, fourth on beam. Conner Leap placed second AA, first on beam, second on vault and floor, sixth on bars. Paige Beckley placed sixth AA, fourth on bars, sixth on vault. Age 13-and-above: Emily Loughery placed first AA, first on beam, second on bars and floor, third on vault. Paige Speckhart placed third on bars.

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Thursday, April 22, 2010

“Mini-camps beckon for summer sports, gymnastics, dance in Madison” plus 2 more

“Mini-camps beckon for summer sports, gymnastics, dance in Madison” plus 2 more

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Posted: 22 Apr 2010 07:51 AM PDT



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Stanford women in NCAA gymnastics final

Posted: 22 Apr 2010 08:29 PM PDT

The Stanford women's gymnastics team finished third in the second session of the NCAA championship preliminaries to advance into its fifth Super Six, recording a team score of 196.300 Thursday in Gainesville, Fla.

Alabama (196.850) and host Florida (196.775) also qualified for Friday's team finals. UCLA, Utah and Oklahoma were the top three teams from the first session.

Carly Janiga finished second in the all-around competition with a score of 39.525, .025 points away from first place. She tied for first on the parallel bars with a 9.900, was third on the balance beam at 9.875, ninth on floor and 10th on the vault.

"Super Six is awesome because there's nothing left to qualify for," Janiga said. "It's just all out on the last day of the year."

Shelley Alexander scored 39.100 in the all-around competition to finish 13th in the competition.

Blair Ryland recorded a career high 9.925 to finish second on the vault.

Women's golf
Stanford freshmen Sally Watson and Kristina Wong, and junior Rebecca Durham, earned spots on the All-Pac-10 Women's Golf Team announced Thursday.

Watson and Durham were named to the second team while Wong earned honorable mention. The three players combined for eight top-10 finishes during the regular season.

Watson, who leads the team in stroke average, had four top-10 finishes on the year, highlighted by a share of the individual title at the Peg Barnard Invitational in February.

Durham fired three rounds under par on the year, highlighted by a two-under round of 70 during the first round of the Bruin-Wave Invitational. She enjoyed one top-10 finish, placing third at the Peg Barnard Invitational.

Wong, who ranks second on the team in stroke average, recorded three top-10 finishes on the year, highlighted by a fifth place showing at the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational. She also was Stanford's top finisher at the Pac-10 Championships, tying for 16th.

Women's tennis
Stanford's Hilary Barte won twice on the first day of the Pac-10 individual championships Thursday at Ojai Valley Country Club.

Barte downed Washington's Lina Xu, 6-1, 6-2, in the first round and then topped Washington State's Luda Vasilieva, 6-0, 6-1, to reach Friday's quarterfinals.

Carolyn McVeigh, Lindsay Burdette and Mallory Burdette each won first round matches before dropping matches in the second round.

Stacey Tan also won her first round match while Veronica Li lost in the first round.

In the invitational tournament, Natalie Dillon, Jennifer Yen and Logan Hansen each lost their first round match.

Men's tennis
Ryan Thatcher won twice on the first day of the Pac-10 individual championships Thursday at Ojai Valley Country Club.

Thacher dispatched Oregon's Rick Mortera, 6-1, 6-3, in the first round and bettered Washington's Martin Kildahl, 6-3, 6-2, in the Round of 16. He'll face UCLA's Nick Meister on Friday.

Alex Clayton and Richard Wire each split their first two matches, while Denis Lin and Greg Hirshman fell in the first round.

Bradley Klahn also won his first-round match, a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Nico Bjerke.

Walker Kehrer and Matt Kandath each reached the quarterfinals of the Invitational tournament.

— Palo Alto Online Sports

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Utes gymnastics advance to Super Six

Posted: 22 Apr 2010 02:07 PM PDT

GAINESVILLE, Flor. (ABC4 Sports) - The Utes gymnastics team turned in a score of 196.625 and finished second behind UCLA in the afternoon session at the NCAA championships in Gainesville. UCLA, Utah and Oklahoma will all advance to the Super Six championship tomorrow night.

Senior Daria Bijak finished 3rd in the all-around competition with a score of 39.425, while Jamie Deetscreek tied for first place on the beam with a score of 9.90. Deetscreek was the Utes second best all-around performer with a score of 39.300.

Utah has won 10 national titles, but none since 1995. This is the Utes 16th appearance in the Super Six since the format was put into place back in 1993.

Florida, Alabama, Stanford, Arkansas, Missouri and Michigan will compete in the evening session tonight. The top three teams will join the Utes, Bruins and Sooners in the Super Six.

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