Familiarity led to success for local athletes at the annual Twisters Invitational event earlier this month.
Twisters gymnasts excelled at the event, which ran March 17 to 19 and March 24 to 26 at Abbotsford Exhibition Park.
Twisters female athletes were up first, and the club earned 37 medals competing against athletes from all over the province and Saskatchewan.
Abbotsford’s Emily Moorthy, Jordis Kliewer, Mikhayla Rosenow and Samantha Reitsema all earned a position on Team BC to compete at the 2017 Western Canadian Championships.
The following female athletes earned gold medals at the event: Jordis Kliewer (gold on floor and all-around and bronze on vault, JO 9), Eden Woodliffe (gold on vault and silver on floor, JO 7) and Eliza Gooch (gold on vault and bronze on floor and all-around, JO 4).
The male athletes hit the floor last weekend, with approximately 156 athletes competing from B.C. and Saskatchewan.
The following competitors earned gold: Steven Chaplin (gold on vault & parallel bars and silver on horizontal bar and pommels, Senior), Michael Frew (gold on pommels and bronze on horizontal bar, Elite 4), Cohen Kiers (gold all-around on pommels, rings and parallel bars and bronze on floor and horizontal bar, National Open), Logan Isfeld (gold all-around, pommels, rings and parallel bars, silver on floor and bronze on horizontal bar, Level 4 13 plus), Tristan Fast (gold on pommels and bronze on rings, Level 3 under 13), Jacob Ames (Gold on horizontal bar and silver all-around and silver on pommels, Level 3 under 13) and Alec Ikeda (gold on pommels and rings and silver all-around and parallel bars, Level 2).
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