{"id":4955,"date":"2017-04-20T14:58:21","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T19:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caddomagnet.net\/?post_type=news&#038;p=4955"},"modified":"2026-06-23T12:39:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T17:39:38","slug":"tori-vergo-chosen-finalist-sport-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caddomagnet.net\/magnet\/tori-vergo-chosen-finalist-sport-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Tori Vergo Chosen as Finalist for the &#8220;I Am Sport Award&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There will be a new award sponsored by Nike at <em>The Times<\/em> Sports Awards this year. \u00a0&#8220;The award is based on the commitment of the student-athlete toward encouraging children to be active within the community.&#8221; \u00a0Out of five student athletes nominated, three were chosen as finalists based on online voting. \u00a0The individual that received the most votes will be announced as the winner at the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Tori Vergo is one of the three finalists. \u00a0From the <em>Shreveport Times:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Vergo volunteers two days per week with the summer YOUth FIT as a volunteer coach in the SPAR program, directed by Shelley Armstrong.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cTori provides children, 7 to 17 years of age, with skill and fitness instruction for successful distance\/endurance running,\u201d Vergo\u2019s nominator said. \u201cTori provides fundamental knowledge, skill development, proper progression, goal setting and achievement, and motivation to YOUth FIT participants, emphasizing the development of running skills and healthy lifestyles in a fun and stimulating environment.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4956\" src=\"http:\/\/caddomagnet.net\/magnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Tori-Vergo-245x300.jpg\" alt=\"Tori Vergo\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caddomagnet.net\/magnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Tori-Vergo-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/caddomagnet.net\/magnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Tori-Vergo-768x939.jpg 768w, https:\/\/caddomagnet.net\/magnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Tori-Vergo-838x1024.jpg 838w, https:\/\/caddomagnet.net\/magnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Tori-Vergo.jpg 883w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There will be a new award sponsored by Nike at The Times Sports Awards this year. \u00a0&#8220;The award is based on the commitment of the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":4956,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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