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Lynnfield’s
star gymnast
BY DANIEL KANE
LYNNFIELD — Brian Solomon has
been doing gymnastics for about as long as
he can remember, and plenty has changed
over the near decade since he started.
But still the passion that sparked the
first time he walked into a gym hasn’t
dimmed much.
“I probably realized this was something
I wanted to do when I was really little,”
Solomon said. “I had just started and I
remember every time I learned a new skill
it was just a lot of fun. I just wanted to
keep learning new things.”
Solomon, now a sophomore at Lynnfield
High School, has learned plenty —
especially in the gym. At age 15, Solomon is
a nationally-competitive Level 10 gymnast,
the highest level in the USA Gymnastics
(USAG) Junior Olympics Program.
Solomon already boasts an impressive
list of accomplishments, starting with a
Massachusetts Level 10 Championship
in April. He finished as a Massachusetts
state medalist, Region 6 champion
and medalist and USAG National
Championship qualifier.
Solomon competes in six events: floor,
pommel horse, rings, vault, parallel bars
and horizontal bar, each of which are
scored individually and combined for an
all-around score.
Competitions have taken Solomon
and his family all over the country,
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Lynnfield gymnast Brian Solomon specializes in
the pommel horse and floor routines.
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