Tomita's team pulls off 'unthinkable' at gymnastics meet
Never one to disappoint on the national level, Gymnastics World coach Yoichi Tomita’s team of boy gymnasts “pulled the unthinkable” at last week’s Junior Nationals in Battle Creek, Michigan. Cienega’s Caleb Rodriguez won the national championship in the junior boys 18 division, winning the all-around and parallel bars competition. Tomita, whose gym has produced a national-high 13 gold medalists over the years, said Rodriguez’s performance was “unthinkable” because he won by 0.05 points in his last routine, the floor exercise. Angel Leon, who is probably Arizona’s leading boys gymnast, a 16-year-old at St. Augustine, was fourth overall in the USA Junior National Team finals. He will compete in St. Louis next month for a chance to make the USA Junior National team.
