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Youth Briefs: May 13
Hixon earns invite
Avis Hixon, an athlete with Leesburg-based APEX Gymnastics, will be one of seven representatives of Region 7 at the Level 10 Junior Olympic Nationals in Kissimmee, Fla., on May 18.
Hixon competed at the Level 10 Regional Championships May 3 and 4 in Newport News, finishing 10th in both floor exercise and all-around. Her floor routine featured two double back flips and a full twisting front layout.
Hixon will attend Towson University in the fall, where she will continue her gymnastics career.
Taking names
Williams Martial Arts & Fitness hosted the Region II tournament of the Amateur Athletic Union May 4 at Broad Run High School. A total of 125 gold medals were awarded to local junior and senior martial artists.
Among junior competitors, seven earned golds in kobudo (weapons), 15 placed first in kata (forms) and 11 won gold in kumite (sparring). Five-year-old beginner Jordan Codella found gold in all three categories, as did 12-year-old intermediate-level Demi Juranek.
The 16-member WMAF competition team will be heading for Albany, N.Y., June 30 through July 5 to compete in the 2008 AAU Junior & Senior Karate National Championships.
Getting on track
Middle-school track athletes from Loudoun-based Special Forces and NOVA track clubs participated in the Allen Johnson Invitational April 19 at Lake Braddock High School in Burke, then followed with the Randallstown (Md.) Invitational May 3.
At Lake Braddock, Special Forces' Britt Savage, Jessica Rolle and Imani Tomlinson took second through fourth, respectively, in the 100-meter dash, with each girl achieving a personal best time, while NOVA boys Brian Dove and Edwin Mends were first and second in their 100-meter race. NOVA's Andrew Hayden placed first among male milers with a time of 5:10, while Special Forces' Taylor Jones and NOVA's Charlie Krebs captured first and second for female milers.
In Randallstown, the Special Forces boys' 400-meter relay team of Rassaun Goldring, Anthony Jackson, James Schank and Luke Cowne won gold with a time of 50.2 seconds.
Join the club
In its second year of existence, the Ranger Wrestling Club aims to promote the sport in Loudoun County. Membership in the club is open to youth wrestlers at all experience levels, from novice to college.
Practices run through the summer, and will be Tuesdays from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Briar Woods High School, Tuesdays from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Dominion High School, and Thursdays from 6:15 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. at Loudoun County High School.
A camp will be July 7-11 at LCHS. For more information, go to LeesburgWrestlingClub.com.
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