Vicassily
The Athletes of the Week are Castro Valley resident and sophomore at Castro Valley High School, Cassidy Cu, and her trio teammates - Victoria Blante of Hayward and Eily Corbett of Danville who make up Vicassily (Victoria, Cassidy, and Eily)
They represented the United States and competed in the Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships in Baku Azerbaijan from March 10-13. This Senior Women's Group won a Gold Medal in the Balance Exercise and a Bronze Medal in the Combined All-Around, which accounted for 2 of the 6 medals won by Team USA at the World Championships. The trio scored a 28.10 in the Balance Exercise Finals to win the gold medal over 2nd place Belgium, and 3rd place Austria. In the Combined All-Around Finals, the trio scored a 28.14 to take the bronze medal for the USA, and placed just behind Belgium and Portugal.
The trio is on the 2021-2022 Acrobatic Gymnastics Senior US National Team and they have been training together for three years at West Coast Training Center in Livermore, CA.
