AAU volleyball player finalists for Sports Kid of the Year by Sports Illustrated

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:08:05 -0500

Tiffany Morales, a volleyball player from Redondo Beach, California, is featured in the December 2009 Sport Illustrated Kids Issue.  Tiffany was one of ten finalists for the Sports Illustrated Kids Sports Kid of the Year. Tiffany has been active in the AAU Beach Volleyball program.  She is a 2-time AAU Beach Volleyball National Champion winning back [...]

Rorick wins 10 medals

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:27:22 -0500

Originally found at www.neoshodailynews.com Written by, Staff Reports Morgan Rorick, a 13 year old, recently won 10 medals, including four gold medals at the AAU Junior Olympics recently held in Des Moines, Iowa. She competed against some of the top U.S. and international swimmers in her age group at short and long distance races. Morgan is a former Freeman [...]

The Running Tigers

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:33:09 -0500

Originally found at www.wfaa.com Written by Staff Reports Who they are: The Running Tigers, a Dallas youth track team that competed in the AAU Junior Olympics. What happened: Three athletes won gold medals – 10-year-old Alexis Duncan of Lancaster in the 80-meter hurdles in the sub-midget girls division, 15-year-old Kenneth Minkah in the long jump and 110 high [...]

AAU Partners with Beach Tennis USA

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:20:02 -0500

The AAU is pleased to announce a new partnership with Beach Tennis USA for the 2010 AAU Junior Olympic Games.  For the first time in the forty-four year history of the AAU Junior Olympic Games, beach tennis will be included in the largest, youth, multi-sport event in the country. “We are excited that Beach Tennis will [...]

2009 AAU World Event & Championship roster released

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:26:30 -0500

The 2009 AAU World Bench, Deadlift and Push/Pull Championships & International Powerlifting roster has been published. Some exciting lifters will be in heated battle just three weeks before Christmas. One of the top ranked ladies is Helene Tropp. Helene will be lifting RAW and is looking for a 253 deadlift weighing approx. 100 lbs. Helene is [...]

Take Your Athletes to Vienna with People to People

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:24:05 -0500

AAU invites you and your athletes to travel to Vienna, Austria, with our partner, People to People Sports Ambassador Programs, for a basketball and volleyball tournament that will give you an edge on the competition. This summer, your athletes can increase their confidence while competing in an international tournament with as many 20 European nations. A [...]

AAU Graduate Intern Wins McLendon Scholarship

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:25:52 -0500

Jerryl Randolph, Amateur Athletic Union Graduate Intern, has been named a recipient of the prestigious John McLendon Memorial Minority Postgraduate Scholarship. Randolph interned during the summers for the past two years at the AAU National Office in Orlando, FL.  Interesting in learning more about internships with the AAU? Click here. In 2009, he served as the [...]

Sooner Tumblers compete nationally

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:44:06 -0400

Originally found at www.chickashanews.com On August 3-7, 2009, Sooner Tumbling in Chickasha loaded up and headed to Des Moines, Iowa to compete in the AAU Junior Olympics with 12 athletes and two coaches in tow. The local athletes competed in power tumbling, mini and double trampoline against over 400 competitors from all over the United States. After [...]

Broward JGA presents special awards

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:49:35 -0400

Originally found at www.miamiherald.com WPPO Shanell Atkins of West Pembroke Pines Optimist Track & Field set a national record in the shot put during the Amateur Athlete Union Junior Olympics in Des Moines, Iowa. Atkins was one of several athletes from the West Pembroke Pines track & field team who performed well at the national event. The AAU JO [...]

AAU Junior Olympics: Blind wrestler has no limits

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:24:30 -0400

Originally found at www.desmoinesregister.com Written by Andrew Bassman Yes, Joshua Farra is blind. But he would rather people know him as a wrestler. “He just wants to be accepted,” Todd Miller, his coach of five years, said. “He doesn’t want to be judged because he wears dark glasses and has a cane.” Farra is one of nearly 12,000 athletes [...]