Worcester native and South High School junior Hannah Hathaway is heading to the women’s development program national championships in Oklahoma City this week, where she’ll compete in the floor exercise on Friday (5/8j). During a workout at Giguere Gym in Leicester, Hathaway praised her teammates and is ready to compete with the best in the country. Hathaway, “I’m really excited to represent the whole area…I wouldn’t be able to get through practice without my teammates and stuff. They make it fun and help me enjoy gymnastics.”
Hathaway’s coach Colleen Cecchi said Hannah puts the work in at the gym and it shows in her routines. “Hannah’s national qualification is certainly a representation of the work that she’s put into for years. It’s the result of a million decisions to come in and do the work when it’s hard, when she’s tired, when it would be easier to not be in here and she comes in and makes the decision to do the hard thing day after day.”…