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Tennis
The Howard County Awesome Aces junior tennis teams competed in the Maryland State Championships held at the Montgomery TennisPlex on July 12-13. The 18-U Beginner Team/ Eclipse and 14-U Beginner team/Radioactive Rackets ended up earning first place in the State. Members of the 18-U team are Rebecaa Mathew, Preeti Bairi, Kathleen Fiorello, Arjun Sharma and Eli Schwelling. Members of 14-U are Jack Robinson, Yusuf Mohammed Mastoor, Anna Parrish and Robert Gao.
Junior Team Tennis/Maryland State Championships for 12-U, 10-U and 8-U divisions were held at Green Spring Racquet club on July 19-20. 12-U Beginner Team/Ravens and 10-U Beginner Team/Heat earned first place in the state. Members of the 12-U team are Thilini Amersinghe, Seetal Ahulwalia, Hassaan Mohammed Mastoor and Abishay Reddy. Members of the 10-U team are Sion Mathew, Cyril Mathew, Michael Asher, Viraj Janeja and Alex Pertea.
Jump rope
Fifteen members of the Kangaroo Kids Competition Team participated in the AAU Junior Olympics in Des Moines, Iowa last weekend. There were over 200 jumpers from 19 different teams. The team competed in Individual, Pairs and Double Dutch events.
The Kangaroo Kids earned five overall medals. In the individual events, Cameron Simmons won an Overall Gold Medal; Lily Drechsler and Aaron Weingrad won Overall Silver Medals; and Devin Meek won an Overall Bronze Medal.
In the pairs events, Cameron Simmons and Aaron Weingrad won an Overall Silver Medal. The Double Dutch Team of Christina Kratzmeier, Cameron Simmons, Meg Weidman and Aaron Weingrad received an Overall Silver Medal. In addition, the Senior Team won Gold and the Junior Team won Silver in their age divisions. Cameron Simmons set a new AAU record in the Males Individual One Minute Power event.
Top 10 results for Kangaroo Kids:
FEMALE SINGLE ROPE EVENTS:
Speed: 9: 2. L. Drechsler; 10: 5. G. Shambeau; 11: 9. E. Hughes; 12: 8. J. Meek; 13: 8. M. Ciarrocchi; 15-17: 7. C. Kratzmeier, 9. M. Weidman.
Power: 9: 3. L. Drechsler; 12: 6. E. Gates; 15-17: 8. M. Weidman.
Freestyle: 9: 2. L. Drechsler; 10: 7. A. Sanders, 8. G. Shambeau; 11: 10. E. Hughes; 12: 6. J. Meek, 9. E. Gates; 13: 4. M. Ciarrocchi; 15-17: 1. C. Kratzmeier.
MALE SINGLE ROPE EVENTS:
Speed: 15-17: 1. A. Weingrad, 3. C. Simmons, 4. D. Meek, 5. D. Meininger.
Power: 15-17: 1. C. Simmons, 2. A. Weingrad, 3. D. Meininger, 4. D. Meek.
Freestyle: 15-17: 1. C. Simmons, 2. D. Meek, 3. D. Meininger, 4. A. Weingrad.
PAIRS SINGLE ROPE EVENTS:
Speed: 9-10: 7. A. Sanders and G. Shambeau; 11-12: 10. L. Drechsler and E. Gates; 13-14: 10. M. Ciarrocchi and J. Meek; 15-17: 2. C. Simmons and A. Weingrad, 6. A. Haines and C. Kratzmeier, 8. D. Meek and D. Meininger, 9. M. Weidman and A. Young.
Power: 9-10: 7. A. Sanders and G. Shambeau; 11-12: 9. A. Childress and E. Hughes; 13-14: 4. M. Ciarrocchi and J. Meek; 15-17: 2. C. Simmons and A. Weingrad, 6. D. Meek and D. Meininger, 7. A. Haines and C. Kratzmeier, 9. M. Weidman and A. Young.
Howard County Times: Top stories
Freestyle: 9-10: 5. A. Sanders and G. Shambeau; 13-14: 3. M. Ciarrocchi and J. Meek; 15-17: 2. C. Simmons and A. Weingrad, 4. D. Meek and D. Meininger, 9. A. Haines and C. Kratzmeier.
DOUBLE DUTCH EVENTS:
Speed: 11-12: 7. L. Drechsler, E. Gates, A. Sanders and G. Shambeau; 13-14: 7. A. Childress, M. Ciarrocchi, E. Hughes and J. Meek; 15-17: 1. C. Kratzmeier, C. Simmons, M. Weidman and A. Weingrad, 6. A. Haines, D. Meek, D. Meininger and A. Young.
Speed Relay: 11-12: 6. L. Drechsler, E. Gates, A. Sanders and G. Shambeau; 13-14: 5. A. Childress, M. Ciarrocchi, E. Hughes and J. Meek; 15-17: 2. A. Haines, D. Meek, D. Meininger and A. Young, 5. C. Kratzmeier, C. Simmons, M. Weidman and A. Weingrad.
Power: 11-12: 6. L. Drechsler, E. Gates, A. Sanders and G. Shambeau; 13-14: 3. A. Childress, M. Ciarrocchi, E. Hughes and J. Meek; 15-17: 2. C. Kratzmeier, C. Simmons, M. Weidman and A. Weingrad, 3. A. Haines, D. Meek, D. Meininger and A. Young.
Single Freestyle: 11-12: 9. L. Drechsler, E. Gates, A. Sanders and G. Shambeau; 13-14: 8. A. Childress, M. Ciarrocchi, E. Hughes and J. Meek; 15-17: 2. C. Kratzmeier, C. Simmons, M. Weidman and A. Weingrad, 4. A. Haines, D. Meek, D. Meininger and A. Young.
Pairs Freestyle: 11-12: 9. L. Drechsler, E. Gates, A. Sanders and G. Shambeau; 13-14: 1. A. Childress, M. Ciarrocchi, E. Hughes and J. Meek; 15-17: 1. C. Kratzmeier, C. Simmons, M. Weidman and A. Weingrad, 6. A. Haines, D. Meek, D. Meininger and A. Young.