Right now in Peoria, Illinois.
Bridget Sloan of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Gymnastic Team and Kalon Ludvigson of the U.S. Senior National Tumbling Team attended the annual fund-raiser.
… Wearing her Olympic silver medal won last summer in Beijing, Sloan addressed the crowd during the opening ceremony Saturday.
“It’s a really incredible competition,” she said afterward. “It’s cool to see (fans’) eyes get really big. Just the reaction is priceless.” …
Thanks also to Central Illinois Tumbling and Trampoline.
The 18th Annual St. Jude Benefit Meet will take place on January 17th & 18th, 2009 at the Peoria Civic Center . During one weekend a year, athletes complete not only for individual and team awards, but also to help sick children live. Event organizers donate 100% of all net proceeds to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. To date, this event has donated over 3/4 million dollars to St. Jude for the research and treatment of children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases. …
more photos from last year’s meet
related – NCAA president Myles Brand has pancreatic cancer. Our thoughts are with him.
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