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SoRo Middle School Competes at UVM

By Colin Judge

On May 2, South Royalton School took four teams to Burlington to compete in the UVM Fitness competition.

The school took a fifth and sixth grade boys and girls team, as well as a seventh and eighth grade boys and girls team. The teams competed against 23 other teams from all over Vermont, in four different events.

The first event was the mile run. The South Royalton teams did very well, with Ellen Manby and Courtney Clark running six-minute miles for the girls. Tyler Garrent, Brad Burbine and Stuart Walker ran five-minute miles for the boys. The students also did sit-ups and pull-ups, and competed in the sit and reach.

Eighth grader Stuart Walker did 107 sit-ups in a minute, possibly setting a UVM fitness record! Last year, the girls came in third overall and boys took fifth. The school will get the official results in June, and will find out if they improved.

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