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| PVAC players and Coach
PVAC players in order of age...Heather Mahoney, James D'Ambrogia, Ben Jenkel, Dima Wert, and Sawyer Lloyd take home a total of 10 medals from the Junior National Racquetball Championships in Des Moines, Iowa...
The Medal Count -
Sawyer - 18 and under doubles champion and on Team USA representing US at World championships in Bolivia
Dima - 4th 16 and under Doubles...4th 18 and under Blue division
Ben - 2nd 16 and under Red division
James - 1st 10 and under Blue division, 2nd 10 and under Doubles, 1st 10 and under Mixed Doubles
Heather - 1st 8 and under singles, 1st 10 and under Doubles, 1st 10 and under Mixed Doubles with James
Heather was the big winner with 3 Gold medals and National Championships! Sawyer, Heather and James were named to the All American team. In perspective, PVAC took more medals than the state of Colorado, actually many other states for that matter..
The All American team are players in the Gold Division who have made the semis in singles and finals in doubles...They were honored at the Saturday night banquet...Also at the banquet, Iowa announced that they are donating $3,000 to Team USA to assist in expenses to Bolivia, which are expected to be around $73,000...Also it was announced that the next Junior Nationals will be held in Denver, CO next year...That is only a day and a half on a train...BTW
It was a fun event and great experience for the kids...New friends were made and good life experiences were had...I aged a few years, but that is OK...I experienced a 43 hour train ride and saw some sights that I had not seen before and who knows if I will again...
Congratulations to all of the kids for representing Petaluma Valley Athletic Club
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