gymnastics

Baltimore gymnast Donnell Whittenburg wins silver medals in floor exercise and still rings at the Pan American Games in Toronto.

Miss Manchester—Julia Brocato, Junior Miss—Abigail Hoy and Little Miss—Gracie Morris were awarded their roles June 29 at the opening night of Manchester's carnival.

While acrobatic gymnastics may seem like a fringe sport, Becky Herzfeld does not have to look very hard to see how the sport she coaches has crossed over into the mainstream.

Maryland junior center Brionna Jones (Aberdeen) won the gold medal with USA Basketball at the World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea.

Ben's Cat returned to Laurel Park after finishing what trainer King Leatherbury described as a "very disappointing" sixth in Saturday's $200,000 Parx Dash Handicap in Bensalem, Pa.

Baltimore¿s Donnell Whittenburg finished in fourth place in the preliminary all-around rankings Saturday to qualify for the finals at the Pan American Games in Toronto.

Baltimore's Donnell Whittenburg will compete for the United States in the floor exercise, pommel horse, still rings, parallel bars and horizontal bar at the Pan American Games, which begin today in Toronto.

Matthew Centrowitz of Broadneck and the Nike Oregon Project won the 1,500-meter run at the U.S. Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday in Eugene, Oregon.

Adrian Avena brought a five-bass limit to the scale Thursday weighing 16 pounds, 12 ounces to take the lead after the first day of the Walmart FLW Tour event on the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland.

Matthew Centrowitz (Broadneck) finished fourth in the 800 meters at the Diamond League Adidas Grand Prix on Saturday in New York.

Email rec sports copy to howardcountysports@patuxent.com by 9 a.m. on Monday.

Maria Ramsey of Columbia competed at the 2015 USA Gymnastics Level 9 Eastern National Championship in Kissimmee, Fla. on May 9.

The women's team from Top Flight Gymnastics competed in the Harford Trophy Meet March 7-8.

Howard County rec sports submissions for the week of March 12.

Taylor McCarley's jumper with four seconds left lifted visiting UMBC (12-18) to a 49-47 victory over Stony Brook (17-13) in an America East women's basketball quarterfinal Saturday night.

The Edgewood graduate was in first place in the prestigious international invitational heading into horizontal bars, the sixth and final event.

Baltimore native Donnell Whittenburg is one of two American men entered into the nine-man field for Saturday's AT&T American Cup, another step in his progression towards the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Rec Sports submissions for Howard County for the week of March 5

No. 19 Maryland rallied to score nine runs in the sixth inning and defeat No. 28 Arkansas, 13-6, in the final game of the South Alabama Tournament on Sunday afternoon.

Gymnast Donnell Whittenburg of Baltimore finished third in the all-around competition at the Winter Cup Challenge on Saturday night at Las Vegas' Riviera Hotel & Casino's Royale Pavilion.

Harford Gymnastics' level 6-10 teams brought home 15 individual first-place medals in addition to three first-place team awards from the Crimson Classic in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, January 23-25. Sending 27 athletes to the annual travel meet, Harford topped the competition at level 6, 7, and 9, while placing second at level 8.

Rec Sports submissions for Howard County for the week of Feb. 19

There were 32 members of the Kangaroo Kids Competition Team that traveled to Glenelg to compete in the AAU Maryland Jump Rope Invitational Tournament on Jan. 31.

Each time Kaytlyn Schmitt tosses her baton into the air, sending it flipping end over end, it climbs to the same spot just inches away from the 30-foot ceiling of the Volleyball House in Elkridge. A twirler since age 1, Schmitt relies on muscle memory developed during her 23 years with the Dynamics Dance Twirl Team. Like her teammates, she instinctively knows how hard she can throw the rubber-tipped, hollow metal rod, and she takes full advantage of every inch of airspace at the Furnace Road facility.

Howard County rec sports for the week of Jan. 22.

Howard County rec sports submissions for the week of Jan. 8

The women's teams from Top Flight Gymnastics competed in the Black-Eyed Susan's meet hosted by Rebounders Gymnastics on Nov. 15-16.

The Maryland men's soccer team (5-5-2, 2-1-1 Big Ten Conference) scored a season-high four goals Sunday in a 4-0 shutout of visiting No. 3 Penn State (10-1-1, 4-1-0).

The Maryland men's soccer team (5-5-2, 2-1-1 Big Ten Conference) scored a season-high four goals Sunday in a 4-0 shutout of visiting No. 3 Penn State (10-1-1, 4-1-0).

Donnell Whittenburg of Baltimore finished 17th in the men's all-around finals Thursday at the Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, China, with a score of 86.248.

Donnell Whittenburg of Baltimore finished 17th in the men's all-around finals Thursday at the Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, China, with a score of 86.248.

Donnell Whittenburg of Baltimore helped the U.S. men's gymnastics team win the team bronze at the World Championships on Tuesday in Nanning, China.

Donnell Whittenburg of Baltimore helped the U.S. men's gymnastics team win the team bronze at the World Championships on Tuesday in Nanning, China.

From aerial acrobatics to DIY wedding outfits, this couple is anything but traditional

As a 19-year-old who recently graduated from Edgewood High School and was attending community college nearby, Donnell Whittenburg had faced a tough decision in the spring.

On Tuesday her acrobatic gymnastics crew, AcroArmy, was scheduled to compete as one of the final 12 teams on the NBC prime time television show "America's Got Talent." Three of the 18 AcroArmy team members reign from the Baltimore area: Twenty-year-old Emily Ruppert, 18-year-old Chrissy Antoniades of Sykesville and 15-year-old Hannah Silverman of Clarksville.

After a groundbreaking run, Towson alumna Kacy Catanzaro wants to continue to compete on "American Ninja Warrior."

On Tuesday her acrobatic gymnastics crew, AcroArmy, was scheduled to compete as one of the final 12 teams on the NBC prime time television show "America's Got Talent." Three of the 18 AcroArmy team members reign from the Baltimore area: Twenty-year-old Emily Ruppert, 18-year-old Chrissy Antoniades of Sykesville and 15-year-old Hannah Silverman of Clarksville.

On Tuesday her acrobatic gymnastics crew, AcroArmy, was scheduled to compete as one of the final 12 teams on the NBC prime time television show "America's Got Talent." Three of the 18 AcroArmy team members reign from the Baltimore area: Twenty-year-old Emily Ruppert of Arbutus, 18-year-old Chrissy Antoniades of Sykesville and 15-year-old Hannah Silverman of Clarksville.

Three local gymnasts who trained at a Columbia-based gymnastics studio are members of the group, AcroArmy, scheduled to perform Tuesday evening on the NBC television show, ¿America¿s Got Talent."

Instead of doing flips on a balance beam, she now uses her 5-foot-2 frame to squat 200 pounds.

The 20 members of the US Tae Kwon Do Demo Team under the instruction of Grandmaster Jun K. Lee and Master Seonghyeok Wi traveled to the ATU National Championship Tournament in West Orange, New Jersey, June 21.

As Maryland leaves the Atlantic Coast Conference for the Big Ten, the Terps will be looking at an entirely new set of competitors in each of their intercollegiate sports.

Harford Gymnastics Training Center's Level 2 through 8 gymnasts won 20 state titles at their Maryland State gymnastics championships this season.