by Marianne Christy
Bella Beck of Woodgate participated in the Gold Medal Meet on Sunday, January 25 at Parry’s Gymnastic Center in Baldwinsville where she took first place in Beam and second place Overall.
If she does well in her next meet she will qualify to participate in the NYS Gymnastics Competition this May in Ithaca.
Bella, who will turn 16 in early March, got her start in gymnastics at the age of 18 months at Empire Gymnastics in Marcy and Frankfort. She has trained for the last five years at Joan’s School of Gymnastics of Lowville.
Bella is the daughter of Karen Beck of Woodgate and the granddaughter of Izzie and Al Worthen of Old Forge.