When the gymnastics season first started, Fox Chapel Area gymnastics coach Nadine DeLeo was upbeat about the team’s potential. She had more athletes than the year before, four talented senior leaders, and young, promising performers with extensive club experience. Her biggest concern was staying injury-free, something that had plagued the team in the past. Fortunately,...Read More

Fox Chapel Area High School gymnastics team members Caitlyn Novak, Anneliese Pham, and Riley Hourvitz have advanced to the WPIAL Class 3A individual championships, during which they will compete on February 10 against some of the best athletes in the Intermediate II division. The competition will begin at 10 a.m. at Moon High School. Anneliese,...Read More

There are some challenges facing Nadine DeLeo and the Fox Chapel Area gymnastics team this season, not the least of them being the small group with which the coach has to work. Various injuries have left the team with just seven members at the beginning of the season. The longtime coach said she started with...Read More

The Foxes gymnastics team finished out the season with a handful of athletes who qualified individually for the WPIAL Class 3A championships. Junior Zoe Fitszimmons advanced on the vault, beam, and floor; sophomore Anneliese Pham made the cut for the floor event; and freshman Baustin Bitar performed on the vault and bars at the February...Read More

Even before Anneliese Pham was in first grade, she developed an interest in movement-performing sports such as dance and tumbling. The sophomore’s enthusiasm has not waned since then. In addition to continuing to pursue those activities, Anneliese has parlayed that experience into cheerleading. In her second year with the Foxes squad, Anneliese already has gained...Read More