Story by Guest Columnist | August 15, 2010 | Tags: Jump Rope, News, Sports, Video
Amy Tarquini at her induction into the Jump Rope Hall of Fame
Story by Carol McGarrahan
Cary, NC - Super Skipper Amy Tarquini of Cary entered the Jump Rope Hall of Fame when she received the 2010 AAU Joel Ferrell Outstanding Performance Memorial Award during the team’s recent competition in Virginia.
A veteran of the Cary Family YMCA Super Skippers team, Tarquini was selected from athletes across the country to receive an award that recognizes both exceptional athletic ability and sportsmanship.
Tarquini competed in two national competitions this summer in the 18-22-year-old age division. At the 2010 USA National Jump Rope Championship in June in Galveston, TX, Tarquini and her pair’s partner, Kelly Conrad, received a silver medal for their pairs routine. And at the recent AAU event in Virginia, Tarquini received a bronze medal for her overall individual performance as well as silver medals for her pairs and Double Dutch freestyle events.
“I love jump rope because it is both challenging and fun,” Tarquini says. “Although Jump Rope is competitive, there is a huge sense of family and everyone is really close.”
AAU Jump Rope Nationals
Athletes from the Cary Family YMCA Super Skippers precision jump rope team competed with more than 20 teams last week at the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) national competition in Hampton, Va., bringing home a silver medal in the Junior Team Show division and leading all teams with more than 250 top 10 finishes including 127 medals. Athletes participated in speed, power, and freestyle events for singles, pairs and Double Dutch.
Team Brings Home The Gold (and silver and bronze)
For overall medals, which combine top results from several events, the Super Skippers brought home six gold medals, eight silver medals and 10 bronze medals, as well as the silver medal for Junior Team Show. Team members swept the top three finishing spots in the male 11-12-year-old age group for overall medals. The Double Dutch team of Graham Booth, Nicole Enright, Matthew Russell and Morgan Adams set a new record in the power event.
Individual overall medal winners from Cary Super Skippers: Graham Booth, Nick Higgins, Matthew Russell, Connor Payne, Dan Thompson, Hunter Adams, Hailey Haymond, Catherine Shaw, Alexandra Isaac-Davis, Jessie Robinson, Grace Forster, Melissa Robinson and Amy Tarquini.
Pairs overall medal winner teams: Alexandra Davis-Isaac and Catherine Shaw; Lauren Warzecho and Grace Forster; Jessie Robinson and Sarah Chen; Kelly Conrad and Amy Tarquini; and Hunter Adams and Dan Thompson.
Double Dutch overall medal winner team: Graham Booth, Nicole Enright, Matthew Russell and Morgan Adams; Allison O’Connor, Katlyn Purser, Ashley Denardo and Hannah Hendren; Grace Forster, Dan Thompson, Sarah Chen and Erin Stewart; Hunter Adams, Lauren Warzecho, Olivia Enright and Kelly Conrad; and Jessie Robinson, Amy Tarquini, Melissa Robinson and John Mangum.
Participants also received individual medals for top scores in single events. In addition to the overall medals, the Super Skippers team received 26 First Place medals, 22 Second Place medals and 27 Third Place medals in the various categories.
Athletes weren’t the only ones gathering awards at the event. Super Skippers tournament volunteer Julie Warzecho of Cary received The Beverlee Cendali Award for the Outstanding Jump Rope Official.
