“We said a huge prayer in the car for his coach and in he went and won first place.”

“Brenham went into this competition with a fill-in coach for the day and no team as Brenham is the only boy representing GOB,” Michelle shared. He gets home from school and he does more.”įrezza passed away in late February – right before Brenham’s biggest competition of the year. Coach Garrett was always telling us to buy things. He was always pushing him because he loved having a boy there who loved doing it as much as he did.

For Brenham we get to pull the pommel bars back out. For the pommel bars he had said they hadn’t had a boy compete in years at GOB so we put it away. “He was really proud of Bren,” Michelle added. “If I hadn’t had him in my life I wouldn’t be where I am today.” “He taught me everything I know,” Brenham said. He joined GOB Gymnastics and Cheer in Ortonville and began practicing twice a week with his main coach, Garrett Frezza. He added he enjoys learning new skills and also meeting new kids and having fun with them. He draws pictures of it.”īrenham smiled and said he does have a lot of drawings all over his desk. He writes about it at all the writer’s workshops at school. “He loves it,” said his mother, Michelle. “I asked a coach if I could join the boys team and what day and time practices were.” “She invited me to one of her parties and I instantly fell in love,” he said. Brenham Covert with his coach Garrett Frezza at his first competition. “It makes me learn new things and accomplish more.”Ĭovert participated in gymnastics when he was small but got back into it through his twin sister. “It makes me stronger,” he said about being versatile. He was competing in level four in gymnastics in six different events. “I was really proud of myself,” said the fourth grader from Independence Elementary. Brenham Covert is a natural gymnast and finished his first year competing winning five championships including a state championship and four district level championships.

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