A young New Hope jump rope athlete is making leaps and bounds in his sport.
Last month, 17-year-old Zach Peckman returned to the 2026 American Jump Rope National Championship, which took place June 17–20 at Buffalo State University in Buffalo, New York.
Representing Doylestown’s Zero Gravity Jump Rope Team, he defended his title of grand national champion and set three U.S. records in the three-minute single rope speed endurance event, the 30-second single rope speed sprint and the mixed double-under relay with mixed-relay partner Erika Ebersole of Maryland…