Abby Majeski won two gold medals as Glacier Gymnastics strutted its stuff at the provincial championships.
Majeski took first place in the bars and beam events in the Level 6, 11-year-old division. She was part of 13 gymnasts and one trampolinist who competed for Glacier in Port Coquitlam on April 7 to 9.
All the gymnasts’ performances seamlessly fit in with the Lower Mainland and other B.C. clubs. The Glacier team brought home eight medals, 23 top-10 placements ribbons and six all-around awards.
“The coaching team is very pleased to have the gymnasts win so many top-10 placements,” said Sandra Long, Glacier Gymnastics’ head coach.
“At the provincial championships, the categories are very large, running in the 30s and up to 40. So a top-10 finish is a big accomplishment. And it also shows that our gymnasts are strong and accomplished on all the apparatus events.”
Elsewhere in the Level 6 category, 11-year-old division, first time provincial competitors Aurora Panko-Dool and Olivia Bezaire each claimed a silver medal. Panko-Dool won for her dynamic bar routine and Bezaire for her explosive vault.
In the 13 and up division, Gwen McCrory and Elisa Clark tied for the silver medal for their elegant beam routines. In the Level 7 category, 12-year-old division, Dafni van Hellemond took home the silver medal for her confident floor routine, and in the Level 3 Trampoline event, Matthew Bullen performed a solid routine and claimed the bronze medal.
See below for a full list of results:
Trampoline Level 3
Boys all ages: Matthew Bullen, fifth in double mini, third in trampoline.
Gymnastics Level 6
10 years: Shelbi van Hellemond, fourth in beam, fifth all around, sixth in bars, eighth in vault.
Eden Bellman, fourth in bars, sixth in floor.
11 years: Abby Majeski, golf in bars, gold in beam, sixth all around.
Olivia Bezaire, silver in vault, fifth all around, seventh in bars, eighth in floor.
Aurora Panko-Dool, silver in bars, seventh in vault, ninth in all around.
Lily Linnen, sixth in floor.
13 years and up: Gwen McCrory, silver in beam, ninth in all around, 10th in floor.
Elisa Clark, silver in beam.
Mercedes Majeski, seventh in vault.
Gymnastics Level 7
12 years: Dafni van Hellemond, silver in floor, eighth in vault.
13 year and up: Olivia Kelly, sixth in beam, eighth in vault, 10th in all around.
Lily Taylor, ninth in floor.
Gymnastics Level 7
12 years: Brianne Stefani, sixth in beam, sixth in floor.