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Cat Bouwkamp Takes More Gold

MediaSauce — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 21:57:07 +0000

Cat Bouwkamp, a 15 year old RHI athlete, recently came home from the US Fencing North American Cup D in Detroit Michigan with two gold medals in the wheelchair fencing division. on the first day of the competition on March11 at the Cobo Convention Center in Detroit After two rounds of pool bouts fencing foil, Cat won her semifinal bout against Sonia Fogal of Mississippi 15-3, to advance to the finals against Canadian Paralympian Sylvia Morel. Cat took an early lead in the final, 5-2, but Morel made a comeback and had a 11-8 lead at the break. After the break Cat went on to win the gold, 15-13. On the March11 Cat fenced epee and was awarded a second gold medal. In the final bout against Arizona fencer Sonya Perduta, Cat won the bout 15-12

Visions of Victory Gala! Don’t Miss the Fun! Go Online Today To Secure Your Tickets

MediaSauce — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 21:55:03 +0000

The annual Visions of Victory Gala is planned for April 16th at the Murat Egyptian Room at the Old National Centre in downtown Indianapolis, where we’ll be enjoying food, drinks, gambling, a silent auction and glimpses of the great competitions that have gone on all year through with athletes from the Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana Sports Program.

This year we will be honoring Cheryl Angelelli with the Victory Award. Cheryl suffered a spinal cord injury as a teenager when she broke her neck practicing a new racing dive in 1983. Despite the challenges of living as a quadriplegic, Angelelli turned stumbling blocks into stepping stones and turned tragedy into triumph. After a 15-year absence from swiming, Angelelli started to train and competed in the next four Paralympics winning medals even at the age of 40. Angelelli’s success in the pool and in life is the subject of a documentary film entitled “Untold Dreams.”

Be with us to welcome Cheryl to Indianapolis and to help raise funds to support all the great competitions in the year ahead of the athletes at RHI Sports Program. And, don’t forget Broad Ripple Sertoma will be there to provide all kinds of (legal) gambling fun! For more information visit HERE or contact RHI Sports.

RHI Sports Student-Athletes Rewarded

MediaSauce — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 21:52:39 +0000

For the first time, RHI Sports youth athletes are being recognized and rewarded for their hard work and dedication in the classroom.

All too often athletes of all ages forget that they are student-athletes, with the emphasis on student coming first.

RHI Sports is pleased to announce that we will start recognizing youth athletes who excel in the classroom in the fall and spring semesters of each year.

Congratulations to the athletes listed below for making the 2010 RHI Sports Fall Semester Honor Roll:

2nd Grade:

Sarah Zetzl – RHI Mini Pacers

3rd Grade:

Timmy Dowell – RHI Mini Pacers

6th Grade:

Anika Lunde – RHI Mini Pacers

Michael Rodriguez – RHI Indy Cruisers

7th Grade:

Gregory Hu – RHI Indy Cruisers

9th Grade:

Cat Bouwkamp – RHI Individual Athlete, Wheelchair Fencing

12th Grade:

Matthew Marshall – RHI Racers

All athletes who made the honor roll will receive a certificate of achievement and a Dairy Queen Gift card to reward them for their hard work. We hope that this list will continue to grow each and every semester!

RHI Indy Cruisers Speed Through The Competition In March

MediaSauce — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 21:52:08 +0000

March was a good month for the RHI Indy Cruisers power soccer team. On Saturday, March 12th the Cruisers hosted a league day at Benton Central High School. It was a very successful day for the team as they won their first two games and played to a tough 1-1 tie in the last game. The team followed up their good showing with another successful day on Saturday, March 26th at the Ball State league day. The team racked up wins over Turnstone and fellow RHI team the Sudden Impact. They also tied Ball State 2-2, which is a great outcome considering Ball State is one of the top 6 teams in the country. Keep up the hard work Cruisers!