Photo by Brad O’NeilBlake Johnson stands atop the podium with six gold medals.
At the USA Gymnastics Region 4 Championships on April 8 at the Gangelhoff Center in St. Paul, Southwest Junior High eighth-grader Blake Johnson added six more gold medals to his large and ever-growing collection, becoming the regional champion in six of the seven possible categories in the Level 8, age 13-14 division.
Gymnasts from more than 40 clubs in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Nebraska and the Dakotas competed in the regional meet. Johnson won the floor exercise (11.7), pommel horse (11.55), rings (12.25), vault (11.95), high bar (11.6) and all-around (70.55) titles, topping a field of 16 gymnasts in his division. He also placed sixth in the parallel bars (11.5), one place shy of adding yet another medal to his cache.broadstreet.zone(48036);
Johnson’s medals are displayed at home in a former rifle case. He earns approximately 60 medals and awards each season
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