medal

The Princeton and Harvard graduate served as an infantry platoon leader in Guantanamo Bay and Iraq, where he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal.

Sierra Canyon, a longtime nemesis to Etiwanda, boasts perhaps the No. 1 junior in the nation in Jerzy Robinson, who won another gold medal during the summer competing for the under-17 USA national team and says she has improved in “everything.”

Richard Allen Penry, an Army veteran who received the Medal of Honor.

Although it has ended in defeat, 2024 has been a season to remember for Zheng, who after reaching her first Grand Slam final at the Australian Open in January - losing to Aryna Sabalenka - made history in Paris in the summer when she won China’s first Olympic singles tennis gold medal.

American B-girls didn’t advance to the medal round of the first Olympic breaking competition, but they were proud to see their art in the spotlight.