The USA Gymnastics Region 7 Website recently posted the below announcement about the gymnasts from the 5 state "region" to make the Maccabiah team. Each state has it's own USAG body, and then there are regional and national bodies. Region 7 is the region that covers NJ.
"January 9, 2009 - FOUR REGION 7 ATHLETES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 2009 MACCABIAH GAMES
In December of 2008 four gymnasts from Region 7 qualified to represent the USA at the 2009 Maccabiah Games, to be held in Israel this coming July. The trials were held in Norman, Oklahoma at the Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy.
Simone Freidman, age 13, of Capital Gymnastics NTC in Burke, Va., and Taylor Chep, age 13, of Hill’s Gymnastics in Gaithersburg, Md, and Elana Molotsky, also 13, of Jersey Jets in Mount Laurel, N.J., will be part of the USA junior girl's team. Sara Biederman of Columbia, Md, is the coach for the junior girls team.
Lindsay Bloom, age 16 of Galaxy Gymnastics in River Dale, NJ, will be part of the senior team.
The Games run July 12 – 23, 2009. The games will be televised on the JLTV network.
http://www.jltv.tv/maccabiah.html
http://jltv.tv/livestreamchoice.php
To offer support or donations for the teams, or for more information about the Maccabiah Games visit: www.maccabiusa.com "
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