Abbotsford’s Twisters gymnasts win 60 medals at Provincials

Local gymnastics athletes excel at Langley event

Twisters athletes cleaned up at the Gymnastics BC Provincial Championships, winning a total of 60 medals in Langley from April 15 to 18. Winners included:

MEN

National Open

Kyle Machibroda-Ames – gold on floor, silver on rings and bronze on high bar

Elijah Horner – bronze on pommel horse and vault

Brendan Ansell – bronze on floor

Senior

Steven Chaplin – bronze on pommel horse, rings and all-around, gold on vault and silver on parallel bars and high bar

Nicolas Garfias – bronze on floor

Junior

Cohen Kiers – gold on floor and parallel bars, silver on pommel horse, rings, vault, high bar and all-around

Dawson Friesen – bronze on pommel horse

Elite 4 (11-12)

Michael Frew – bronze on vault

Elite 3

Ethan Ikeda – bronze on floor and vault, gold on pommel horse, rings, high bar and gold all-around

Level 4 (11-12)

Trent Johnson – gold on floor, pommel horse, high bar and all-around

Jeremy Filiatrault – bronze on floor, pommel horse and parallel bars, silver on rings and all-around and gold on high bar

Logan Isfeld – silver on pommel horse, gold on rings and parallel bars

Level 4 (13 and older)

Brogan Neufeld – bronze on pommel horse, gold on rings and silver on vault

Level 1

Jackson Kliewer – gold all-around

Levi Vanderwal – silver all-around

Logan Kang-Vinnish – gold all-round

Alec Ikeda – gold all-around

AJ Clark – gold all-around

WOMEN

JO 9 2003-2005

Jordis Kliewer- silver on floor

Mikhayla Rosenow – bronze on floor

JO 8 2004-2005

Samantha Reitsema- Provincial champion on bars, silver on vault

Megan MacLellan- Provincial champion on beam

JO 7 2001

Katelyn Cotterell- bronze all-around, bars and beam

JO 7 2004-2007

Sierra Stobbe- bronze on beam,

Eden Woodliffe- Provincial champion on vault

It’s going to be a busy remaining month for Twisters athletes, with Ken Ikeda, Robert Watson, Steven Chaplin, Kyle Machibroda-Ames, Dawson Friesen, Cohen Kiers, Emily Moorthy, Brienna Gaspar and Jordis Kliewer set to represent Team BC at the 2016 Canadian Championships in Edmonton from May 31 to June 5.

Moorthy, Kliewer, Machidroda-Ames, Elijah Horner, Brendan Ansell, Kris Unipan, Jeremy Filiatrault, Trent Johnson, Michael Frew, and Ethan Ikeda will also be representing Team BC at the 2016 Western Canadian Championships in Richmond from May 5 to 8.

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