Tag: Gymnastics
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Freehold Township Patriots end perfect season with state championship
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — A gymnastics dynasty has been born in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. The Freehold Township High School gymnastics team became the first public school in the Garden State to win four state championships when the 2022 Patriots won the program’s fourth state title in six years on Nov. 10 at…
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Coach reflects on historic season after Bears win first state gymnastics title
EAST BRUNSWICK – In a comeback season from COVID-19, the East Brunswick High School gymnastics made history in 2021 by winning the program’s first state title. Under the direction of head coach Nadine Murray and assistant coach Melissa Kaplow, the Bears began the 2021 season with high expectations. “We understood that to win a championship…
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Freehold Township gymnasts win third consecutive state sectional championship
Since Ashley Montgomery took the reins as the coach of the Freehold Township High School gymnastics program in 2017, the Patriots have gone 60-0 in regular season meets and have won three state sectional championships and three state titles. The 2021 Patriots went 14-0 in their meets and won the Shore Conference A North Division…
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Teen gymnast wins medals in trampoline events at national championships
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A local teenager won gold and silver medals at the USA Gymnastics Championships. Ava DeHanes, 13, won the medals in two separate events in trampoline at the USA Gymnastics National Championships, held in St. Louis, Missouri, in June. Ava has placed on the 2021-22 USA Junior National Team in two different…
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Monroe teenager will compete in 2018 Special Olympics USA Games in July
MONROE — It was a routine trip to the dentist office when inspiration was right on the wall. It was summer 2016. Olympic gymnast Laurie Hernandez, who was 16 years old at the time, was fresh off the U.S. Olympic stage. As a member of the U.S. Olympics gymnastics team, she helped her team take…
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Tumbling camps set for Aug. 25-26 at Stellar All Stars
Coach Lain will hold two-day tumbling camps from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for Level 1, from 2-4:30 p.m. for Level 2 and from 4:30-7 p.m. for Levels 3-4 on Aug. 25-26; and private tumbling lessons from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 26 at Stellar All Stars, 45 Stouts Lane, Suite 10, off of…
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Howell’s McNamara scores medal in vault at Eastern Nationals
By Wayne Witkowski Brooke McNamara, a Level 9 gymnast reaching the Eastern Nationals for the first time, earned a medal in the vault with an eighth-place finish off a score of 9.4 at the Summit Sports and Ice Complex in Lansing, Michigan, last weekend. “I’ve been really powerful in the vault,” said McNamara, an eighth-grade…
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Howell’s Servidio advances to USA Gymnastics national championships
By Wayne Witkowski Monica Servidio achieved glory for her Howell High School team as state champion in the uneven bars during the varsity season, but it had eluded her in her first five years on Level 10 for Action Gymnastics in Freehold. That is until the 18-year-old recently became one of 300 competitors nationwide to…
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Healthy Vega places first in bars at Region 7 competition
By Wayne Witkowski Olivia Vega spent most of the last two frustrating years recovering from early-season injuries for Action Gymnastics in Freehold but made the most of her opportunities in a healthy campaign this spring. The 13-year-old eighth grader at Howell Middle School South finished first in the uneven bars and was third in the…