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SPORTS

The Medal Count

Detroit area athletes were weighted
down at the JCC Maccabi Games.

Steve Stein
Special to the Jewish News

D

onna Mandell wondered
what she'd gotten herself into
when she began coaching
the Metro Detroit/JCC Maccabi Games
bowling team.
"Most of the kids were non-bowlers.
I think they just wanted to experience
the JCC Maccabi Games:' Mandell said.
"We had to start with the basics with
them. But after six months of team
practices, it's obvious they learned
something:"
They sure did. Detroit's bowlers
won 25 medals at Country Lanes in
Farmington Hills.
Two Detroit bowlers rolled their
lifetime high game during Maccabi.
Veteran bowler Jared Gross had a 237,
and rookie Elijah Kollin had a 135.
Detroit's 15-member team included
two returning Maccabi bowlers
— Kevin Finegood and Brandon
Shulman — and two teens from Israel.
Alon Rockowitz from Jerusalem
and Nadav Ympolisky from Migdal
HaEmek participated in one Detroit
practice at Country Lanes, taking
a break from their stay at Camp
Tamarack.
Sarah Hoberman (four gold, two
bronze) and Sid Kaye (four gold, two
silver) led Detroit's bowling medal
brigade with six each. Jordan Levinson
and Gross each won two gold medals,
Will Shuman won two silver medals
and Finegood won two bronze medals.
Gabe Dell earned a silver medal
and two bronze medals, and Jeffrey
Cwagenberg won silver and bronze.
Sammy Kaye, Andrew Moss and
Zack Neff also bowled for Detroit.
Maccabi bowling was a family affair
for the Mandells. Donna's daughter,
Erika Mandell, 20, a former three-year
Maccabi bowler, was the Detroit assis-
tant coach. Sanford Mandell, Donna's
husband, was the bowling competition
chair.

Nine For Nicole
While Michael Phelps was winning
eight gold medals in the pool at the
Beijing Olympics, 15-year-old Nicole
Meisner of Huntington Woods was

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winning nine Maccabi Games golds in
track at West Bloomfield High School.
Meisner has now won 15 golds in
her three-year Maccabi career. Her
Detroit golds came in the girls age
15-16 division. She won the 100-,
200- and 400-meter dashes, and was a
member of six winning relay teams.
While collecting gold medals is
great, Meisner said, the Maccabi
Games, Aug. 17-21, have a bigger
purpose. "Whether you do well or not,
everyone makes so many friends:' she
said.
Meisner traveled to Baltimore this
summer to see some track friends
she's met through the Maccabi Games.
A track standout at Berkley High
School, Meisner owns a share of the
school record in the 4x100 relay. The
junior hopes to play varsity basketball
for the Bears this winter.

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Windsor's Windfall
Windsor athletes only compete in the
Maccabi Games every other year, so
they try to make the most of their
opportunities. They certainly did this
year, winning 16 medals at the Detroit
Games.
Track star Olivia Hensz led the way
with seven medals in the girls age 13-
14 division. She won gold medals in
the 100, 200 and shot put, silver med-

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