Halifax gymnast Ellie Black is taking a break from school as she trains for this summer’s Pan Am Games in Toronto.
Black, 19, has been a competitive gymnast since she was nine. She was studying kinesiology at Dalhousie University, but is taking this year and next year off to focus on her competitions. …
Black is temporarily stepping away from her kinesiology studies at Dalhousie University
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Here’s a nice feature on Ellie’s club.
Faster, higher, stronger – Halifax’s Alta Gymnastics Club is in the business of building champions
Not pictured is Ellie’s Head coach, Keiji Yamanaka, an old mentor of mine. Keiji and Tak Kikuchi were university teammates in Japan. Both moved to Canada in the early 1970s.
Gymnastics Coaching.com 