The sport of curling is getting a lot of media coverage again this year during the Winter Olympics. Most of team USA is made-up of people from Minnesota and Wisconsin.
ST. CLOUD - Unless you’ve been living under a rock recently, chances are that you watched or heard about the United States dominance in Olympic swimming.
In St. Cloud, it has a lot of young swimmers motivated, like 16-year-old Ben Hoffmann and 11-year-old Simon Davis.
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Balance, flexibility and strength, combine all three and you have gymnastics. Michelle Monroe is the head team coach at North Crest Gymnastics in Sauk Rapids, she says kids strive to do their best while in the sport.
Four St. Cloud sisters are creating quite a "racket" in the local tennis scene. The Tarrolly sisters spend countless hours practicing together during the summer. They all started playing at a very young age, as soon as they were able to pick up a racket.
Local college students watching the Olympic games might get hooked on the sport of rowing. If you walk down to the beautiful shores of Lake Sagatagan on the campus of St. John’s University during the early morning hours this fall, chances are you’ll see the St. John’s and St. Ben’s rowing team practicing their sport.
A sport centered around balance, concentration and speed will be in the summer Olympics. BMX is a sport for boys and girls of all ages and can be found right here in St. Cloud.