Led by veteran jumpers Erica Zenn and Mary Hunter Benton, who each won 16 medals, the Chapel Hill-based Bouncing Bulldogs Jump Rope Team collected 449 medals – 228 gold – at the World Jump Rope Championships held July 2-4 in Washington, D.C.

The Bulldogs took gold in the Team Show Small Group Junior Division and won silver in the Senior Division, with ProForm Airborne of Idaho Falls, Idaho, winning the Senior gold. In the Jump Rope Showcase Championship, the gold went to the Bulldogs’ Junior 14-and-younger team of Rebeccah Musson, Isabel Osborne, Reagan Roeber, Mia Stopa and Adam Weston.

Tanzania's ambassador to the United States will visit N.C. Central University in Durham today.

Ombeni Y. Sefue visits campus this afternoon as part of Durham's "Sister Cities" program. Arusha, Tanzania is one of Durham's four sister cities.

 Sefue's visit will not be open to the public.

Sefue became his country's U.S. ambassador in 2007. Prior, he was Tanzania's high commissioner, or ambassador, to canada. A career diplomat, he formerly served as speechwriter and personal assistant to Tanzanian President Ali Hassan Mwinyi.