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Local girl takes gold at National Jr. Olympics Print E-mail
Written by Katie Roberts   
Tuesday, 05 August 2008

hershey_junior_olympics_logo.jpgJazmyn Haley, age 12, daughter of Tiffany Epps and Matt Haley won the Junior National Olympics in Hershey, PA on Saturday August 2.

Jazmyn participated in the 11-12 year-old girls softball throw with a distance of 172.10 feet.

Jazmyn outhtrew the 2nd place winner by more than 30 feet.

While in Hershey Jazmyn met, took pictures with and got autographs from many of the team USA Olympic gold medalists such as Bruce Jenner, Carl Lewis, Mousshami Robinson, Raepher Johnson, Jenny Adams and Derik brew just to name a few.

Jazmyn also had the chance to visit the Hershey Chocolate Facotry, amusement park and chocolate world.

Jazmyn won this same title two years ago at the National Junior Olympics and last year she participated in the event with a broken ankle and a cast taking 10th place.

 
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