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www.SouthwestOrlandoBulletin.com x October 21 — November 3, 2021 x 25<br />
SOUTHWEST SPORTS<br />
compiled by Lauren Salinero<br />
on an Assumption University team,<br />
Alexis Distasio of Windermere<br />
is representing the school on the<br />
women’s volleyball team.<br />
Olympic silver medalist Teahna<br />
Daniels visits The First Academy, her<br />
alma mater.<br />
The First Academy community<br />
welcomed a special guest<br />
during halftime at the school’s first<br />
football game of the season. TFA<br />
alumna Teahna Daniels recently<br />
won a silver medal at the 2020<br />
Tokyo Olympics for the women’s<br />
4x100m relay. She is the first TFA<br />
alumni to not only quality for the<br />
Olympics but also to medal. The TFA<br />
family couldn’t be more proud of her<br />
accomplishments.<br />
Team Orlando Watersports<br />
Complex claimed its seventh overall<br />
traditional national title and the<br />
feature title at the 2021 Nautique<br />
World Wake Association Wake Park<br />
National Championships. Wakeboard<br />
teams from across the country competed<br />
at the event hosted by Elite Cable<br />
Park. Not only did the group bring<br />
home the gold, Team OWC had 14<br />
podium finishes and five gold medals<br />
amongst their 34-person team. In the<br />
pro men features division, MetroWest<br />
resident Trent Stuckey won the overall<br />
title. His brother, Gavin, placed<br />
third. Southwest Orlando resident<br />
Will Hooker won the junior men’s<br />
division, and Celebration resident<br />
Bryce Lyles came in second for the<br />
novice wakeboard.<br />
“I am very proud of our team for<br />
winning their seventh consecutive<br />
title during the Nautique WWA<br />
Wake Park Nationals,” said Kellan<br />
Rudnicki, Aktion Parks director of<br />
operations. “The OWC family are<br />
strong individuals [who] care about<br />
the progression of their teammates.<br />
They have written quite a story of the<br />
years, and I am looking forward to<br />
how they will excel in the future.”<br />
Southwest Orlando athletes are<br />
making the cut in collegiate sports.<br />
Windermere resident Arron<br />
Edwards joined the Central<br />
Methodist University football team.<br />
Gabriel Bertolazzo Araujo of<br />
Winter Garden is playing football<br />
for Assumption University. Also<br />
Windermere resident Aaron<br />
Deal competed on season three of<br />
American Ninja Warrior Junior. This<br />
year’s show is divided into three age<br />
divisions: 10, 11-12 and 13-14. Deal<br />
had a great first qualifying run in the<br />
10-year-old division. Mimiking his favorite<br />
animal, the wolf, Deal’s family<br />
howled during his run while he pulled<br />
ahead of his opponent and won the<br />
round. However, his momentum was<br />
stopped during the knockout run, but<br />
his family and friends were proud of his<br />
excellent performance on the TV show.<br />
The most extensive competition in<br />
American cricket history launched<br />
nationwide July 31, with more than<br />
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