At the Northern California State Gymnastics Competition held in Concord on March 8, three young gymnasts from Demarays Gymnastics in Fremont qualified to represent Northern California in the Men's Regional Competition in April.

Bennett Huang, Stephen Tseliko and Bryan Rosario are all 8 years old. They competed individually, at level five, in six different set routines: high bar, pommel horse, vault, parallel bars, rings and floor exercise.

Huang took first place, Tseliko second place, and Rosario fourth place. As an "All Stars" team with boys from Sparta Gymnastics in San Lorenzo, they placed first overall and were 2008 champions in their level.

Only the top six qualifying gymnasts at the state competition were selected to represent a state in the five-state men's regional championships held at the Peppermill Hotel in Reno, Nev., on April 6.

The five states represented at the regional competition were Northern and Southern California (divided because of its size), Nevada, Arizona and Hawaii.

In a field of more than 70 competitors at the regional championships, Huang took third place, Rosario eighth, and Tseliko 14th. The boys received individual medals and plaques.

Bennett Huang is the son of Joey and Su Hui Huang of Fremont, Stephen Tseliko is the son of Alex and Irina Tseliko of Fremont, and Bryan Rosario is the son of Andy and Martina Rosario of San Lorenzo.

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    March 15, Rajat Maheshwari, a seventh-grader at Thornton Junior High School, was first runner-up in the San Francisco Chronicle 2008 final spelling bee, held at Pier 39.

    Fifty students from eight Bay Area counties competed to see who would represent the Chronicle at the 81st annual Scripps National Spelling Bee, to be held in Washington, D.C., on May 29.

    This was the final, oral, spelling bee sponsored by the paper; a written spelling bee had been held on Feb. 23.

    Rajat is an avid reader and got lots of help from his little sister, Manasi, memorizing his spellings.

    He is the son of KP and Ritu Maheshwari of Fremont.

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    Spencer Holmes of Boy Scout Troop 143 attained the rank of Eagle Scout and was honored in a formal ceremony at the Fremont Elks Lodge 2121 in April.

    His Eagle project consisted of planning and placing flag poles at the baseball fields at Holy Spirit Church for the Cal Ripken Little League.

    Fellow scouts, family and friends assisted in preparing and painting the flag poles, digging the holes and pouring cement around the poles.

    This project was the first to help Cal Ripkin Little League in the improvement of the baseball fields.

    Spencer is the son of Ed and Donna Holmes of Fremont.

    He is a 2007 graduate of Irvington High School and is now furthering his education at Wyotech in Fremont.

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