“NJROTC Places 5^th Overall in the 2010 Florida “NJROTC State Championship!

 

Congratulations to our NJROTC competition teams that performed so admirably on Saturday in Orlando!  This is the best Gulf High School has done in the thirty year history of the program.  Thirty-seven of our finest participated in eleven events organized in three categories (Academics, Athletics and Precision Drill).  Our Academic Team made history by beating two of the nation’s best academic teams, Boca Raton Community High School (Boca Raton, FL) and Flanagan High School (Pembroke Pines, FL).  We have never before beaten Boca Raton, and only once (at the Regional Championship) beaten Flanagan.  The scores were impressive, with both Aaron Heusted and Cody Boyet receiving a Silver Medal for a second-place tie.  They only missed 1^st place by one point.  The academic portion of the competition included Social Studies, Physical Science, Health and Nutrition, Leadership, ACT/SAT, current events, and much more.

 

The team placed 4^th Overall in Personnel Inspection, a first for Gulf High School’s program.  The Sit-Up team had four of the ten participants “finish the tape.”  We were the only team at States to do this!  Those four members are Krystene Wills, Pierce Pondi, Glenn Melching and Robert Merker.  Sit-Ups are counted at cadence (50 per minute limit) and all four numbered in the 300 area.  Krystene Wills and Pierce Pondi both received medals in this category.”

 

Also, the Color Guard and Armed Basic teams placed an admirable 6^th and 8^th, respectively.”