Jump Rope Team Wins Big at Nationals in Orlando

Extreme Air of New Hampshire – the state’s only nationally-competitive jump rope team – competed in the 2017 USA Jump Rope National Championships in Orlando, according to a press statement. The annual tournament was held at ESPN's Wide World of Sports complex in the Walt Disney World Resort from June 27-30, followed by the Grand Nationals tournament on June 31, 2017. Boys and girls from Patch communities Exeter, Londonderry, Portsmouth, and Chelmsford, MA, as well as Brentwood, Dover, Durham, Hampton Falls, Newmarket, Rochester, Weare, and Glastonbury, CT.

Each athlete on the Extreme Air team qualified for at least one National Championship event, with several jumpers qualifying for multiple events. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to New Hampshire Patch sites to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)

Individual and team events included both speed and freestyle competitions. In all, the New Hampshire team won three Bronze, four Silver and three Gold Medals at the USA Nationals, and competed in three internationally-sanctioned Grand National events. As a team, Extreme Air finished in 8th place overall - 7th place in speed events and 10th place in freestyle events.

Visit usajumprope.org for complete 2017 tournament results.

USA Jump Rope sanctions a series of tournaments across the United States which culminate in the National Tournament. Competition starts at the regional level, with top finishers advancing through to the next level. Events are held in a variety of age divisions, speed, freestyle, and team competitions.

Anyone interested in seeing Extreme Air of New Hampshire perform can stop by Newmarket Night Out on Aug. 12 at 5:45 p.m., the Hampton Children's Festival on Aug. 17 at 3 p.m., or Prescott Park in Portsmouth on Aug. 18 at 5:30 p.m. Tryouts for the upcoming season are scheduled for Sept. 10 at 3 p.m. at Newmarket High School. Visit the team’s website at www.ExtremeAir.org for more information.

The following jumpers earned national recognition in:

10 and under males:

Porter Hoven: double unders (3rd), 30 second speed (6th), 1 minute speed (5th), 3 minute (3rd)

Brodie Mansfield: double unders (5th), 30 second (5th), 1 minute (8th), 3 minute (6th)

11-12 males:

John McGeehan: double unders (7th)

9-year-old females:

Gabriella Dale: double unders (6th), 30 second (8th), 3 minute (7th), Individual freestyle (1st)- made it to Grands*

Georgia Orluk: 30 second (10th), 3 minute (8th)

10-year-old females:

Eilis McKenna: double unders (6th), 30 second (6th), 1 minute (9th), 3 minute (6th), individual freestyle (4th)

11-year-old females:

Scarlet Orluk: individual freestyle (10th)

12-year-old females:

Luisa Morgan: double unders (9th)

13-year-old females:

Liza Corso: double unders (4th), 30 second (2nd), 1 minute (4th), 3 minute (5th), individual freestyle (2nd); Bronze metal in age group for overall

Malia Everett: double unders (6th), 30 second (10th)

Gaby Salsgiver: 1 minute (8th)

14-year-old female:

Abbie Hafey: 30 second speed (4th)

15-year-old female:

Emily Fraser: 30 second (9th)

16-year-old female:

Sarah Waleryszak: double unders (10th), 30 second (5th), 1 minute (6th), 3 minute speed (4th)

Emma Trumble: 3 minute speed (8th)

17-year-old female:

Lauren Tarbuck: 3 minute speed (10th)

Ashley Berthiaume: 30 second (8th), 1 minute (4th), 3 minute (4th), individual freestyle (5th)

Single Rope Speed Relay:

10 and under: Brodie Mansfield, Eilis McKenna, Porter Hoven, Margaux Freer (5th)

13-14 year age group: Malia Everett, Gaby Salsgiver, Liza Corso, Gwen Peters (5th)

15-17 year age group: Sarah Waleryszak, Ashley Berthiaume, Emily Fraser, Emma Trumble (1st)- competed at Grands *

Double Dutch Speed Relay:

10 and unders:

Porter Hoven, Eilis McKenna, Margaux Freer (2nd)

Georgia Orluk, Gabriela Dale, Brodie Mansfield (10th)

Double Dutch Pairs Speed:

10 and unders:

Porter Hoven, Eilis McKenna, Brodie Mansfield, Georgia Orluk (2nd)

Double Dutch Single Rope Freestyle:

10 and unders:

Margaux Freer, Eilis McKenna, Brodie Mansfield (4th)

11-12 year olds:

Katelyn O’neill, Luisa Morgan, Thais Buhot-Launay (8th)

13-14 year olds:

Liza Corso, Gaby Salsgiver, Malia Everett (4th)

Double Dutch Pairs Freestyle:

10 and unders:

Eilis McKenna, Porter Hoven, Gabriella Dale, Brodie Mansfield (1st)- competed at Grands *

11-12 year olds:

Katelyn O’neill, Emma Hampton, Luisa Morgan, Alexia Catalano (4th)

13-14 year olds:

Inna Volovich, Thais Buhot-Launay, Malia Everett, Isabelle Fortier (5th)

Female 15-17 year olds:

Ashley Berthiaume, Sarah Waleryszak, Emma Trumble, Lauren Tarbuck (6th)

Submitted by Extreme Air of New Hampshire.