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Dome Arena pickleball club shuts down after brief run
Last year, Henrietta’s Dome Arena, long a multipurpose venue, was converted into a pickleball club. Now the club has closed. The ROC Dome Pickleball Club, which launched in November 2023, shuttered July 24, said Zachary Agliata, the club’s general manager. “I received an email just saying we were shutting down immediately, and I was...
‘Believing it’s possible’: Chris Lillis, Olympic gold medalist, mentors future Olympians at Bristol Mountain camp
BRISTOL, N.Y. — An Olympic training camp was hosted at Bristol Mountain on Saturday and Sunday. The Project Gold Freestyle Aerial Camp featured Olympic gold medalist Chris Lillis alongside the U.S. Ski Team. The camp’s goal is to provide training and inspire the next generation of Olympic hopefuls, including...
Rush-Henrietta sprinter Lanae-Tava Thomas, competing for Jamaica, advances in Olympic competition
Lanae-Tava Thomas, the sprinter and Rush-Henrietta graduate competing for her native country of Jamaica, will move on to the semifinal competition in the Paris Olympics. Thomas, 23, came in 2nd in her 200-meter heat race on Sunday, with a time of 22.70 seconds, just behind the 1st place finisher in that heat, American Brittany Brown, who ran the race in 22.38 seconds.
Rush-Henrietta grad finishes 18th in Olympics semi-finals of 200-meters
PARIS — Rush-Henrietta graduate Lanae-Tava Thomas finished 18th at the Olympic games in the semi-finals of the women’s 200-meter dash on Monday, falling short of the place she needed to qualify for the finals. Thomas is representing Jamaica at the games and made it through the first round...