Forty of Nelson’s gymnasts have returned home from a competition in Cranbrook with 90 medals and nine provincial team placements.
The Key City Classic Invitational, held March 9 to 10, is a bi-provincial competition attracting 300 participants from clubs in British Columbia and Alberta.
The meet also served as the Kootenay Zone BC Provincial Trials. Nelson’s Glacier Gymnastics Club qualified nine gymnasts to attend the B.C. Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Coquitlam, April 12 to 14.
Glacier’s B.C. Artistic Gymnastics Championships Team includes: Junior Olympic Level 6 – Anouk Prud’homme, Elisa Clark, Macy Loutit, Jersey Skolka, Asia Szczepanksi, Tia Berens; Junior Olympic Level 7 — Eden Bellman; Junior Olympic Level 8 — Brianne Stefani and Dafni van Hellemond.
See below for result highlights from the Key City Invitational.
Girls Junior Olympic Pre-Level 6 (Zone 1)
(2009 age group)
Ember Mullin-Topf – Gold All Around, and on Vault, Bars, Beam and Floor
Annie van Hellemond – Silver All Around, Bronze on Vault and Bars
Anika Denkovski – Silver on Bars and Beam, Bronze All Around
Emerson Mandseth – Bronze on Beam and Floor
Marin Smienk – Gold on Floor
(2008 age group)
Sarah Stew – Gold All Around and on Vault Bars, Beam and Floor
Jazmin White – Gold on Bars, Silver on Vault, Floor and All Around
Girls Junior Olympic Level 6
(2009 age group)
Jersey Skolka – Gold on Floor, Silver on Vault, Bronze on Beam
(2007-08 age group)
Anouk Prud’homme – Gold on Vault, Silver All around and Bronze on Bars and Beam
Macy Loutit – Silver on Bars, Bronze on Floor and All Around
Asia Szczepanski – Silver on Floor, Bronze on Beam
(2001-03 age group)
Elisa Clark – Gold on Beam, Bronze on Floor
Girls Junior Olympic Level 7
Eden Bellman – Gold on Beam Silver on Floor
Girls Junior Olympic Level 8
Brianne Stefani – Gold on Vault, Beam, Floor and All Around, Silver on Bars
Dafni van Hellemond – Silver on Beam and Floor, Bronze All Around and Vault
Junior High School Level 1
Lucca Dehnel – Gold on Beam, Floor and All Around
Junior High School Level 2
Nina Usher – Gold All Around, Bars, Floor, Silver on Vault, Bronze on Beam
Kallie Badry –Bronze on Vault and Floor
High School Level 2
(2005 age group)
Shekinah Parks – Gold on Bars and Floor, Silver All Around
Zeva Rushforth – Gold on Vault, Silver on Bars and Beam
High School Level 2
(2004 and older age group)
Gabriella Hurst – Gold on Beam and Floor, Silver All Around, Bronze on Vault
Girls Junior High School Level 3
Ella Taylor – Gold on Beam, Silver on Vault and All Around, Bronze on Bars
Lumay Plautz – Gold on Bars, Bronze on Beam and All Around
Molly Anderson – Gold on Floor
Girls High School Level 3
Tabia Hartikainen –Bronze on Bars, Beam and Floor
Performance Plus
Kaija Poitras – All Around Gold
Rebecka van Hellemond – All Around Gold
Sophia With – All Around Gold
Ankaret Georget – All Around Gold
Jasmine Mangapot – All Around Gold
Alane Martin – All Around Silver
Juniper Baker – All Around Silver
Lily Rodrigues – All Around Silver
Calleigh Cowan – All Around Silver
Penelope Dawson – All Around Silver
Fernanda Hartikainen – All Around Silver
Keira Badry – All Around Silver
Lillianna Mucha – All Around Silver
