New Hope Athletes put on good show

Several young athletes from the New Hope Academy of Gymnastics of

Fountain Valley completed their season with a strong showing at the

Region 1 Boys Gymnastics Championships held at Cal State Bakersfield.

Four New Hope gymnastics claimed first place finishes, led by Tyson

Seneca with two wins in Class 5, in a regional competition that included

teams from California, Hawaii, Arizona, and Nevada.

Seneca won both the high beam (9.6 score) and parallel bars (9.4), and

placed second all-around in his class.

New Hope’s Bruce Concepcion was another first-place winner in Class 5 as

he captured the vault with a score of 9.825.

In Class 6 competition, John Paul Salgado won the parallel bars with a

9.25, and in Class 4, Sean Dee was first in the floor exercise (8.45),

and Jordan White won the rings (8.250), was third on the parallel bars

(8.27), and placed second all-around in the class.

In addition, Robby Mazolla earned second place finishes on both the

pommel horse (9.1) and the parallel bars (9.175), and was third on floor

(9.1), and Donothan Bailey was third on pommel horse.

Bailey and New Hope teammate Michael Ung were named to the Southern

California All-Star Class 6 Team. Seneca, Jimmy Kerry, and Joe Troung

were Class 5 All-Star selections, and White made the Class 4 All-Star

team.

The New Hope gymnastics are coached by former Soviet Union Olympic

champion Eduard Azarian and former national pommel horse champion Scott

Picquelli.