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Abbotsford Twisters athletes win at Western Canadians

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Twisters athletes continued their strong season with great performances recently.

Twisters gymnastics continued the 2016 season with a strong showing at the Western Canada Championships in Richmond from May 5 to 7.

The club took home 15 medals at the event.

Men's medal winners included:

 

Level 4 – Team Silver

Jeremy Filiatrault: gold on horizontal bar and bronze on parallel bars

 

Elite 3 – Team Gold

Ethan Ikeda: gold on all-around, pommel horse, parallel bars and horizontal bar and silver on rings

 

National Open

– Kyle Machibroda:– gold on all-around, pommel horse and horizontal bar and bronze on parallel bars

– Elijah Horner: bronze on floor and vault

– Brendan Ansell: gold on floor

 

Women's medal winners were:

Junior Olympic, 10 16+

Emily Moorthy: silver with Team BC

 

JO 9, 10-13

– Jordis Kliewer: silver with Team BC and bronze on floor

– Mikhayla Rosenow: silver on vault

– Marissa Engh: best placing on Floor

 

Twisters females also attended the Delta Invitational from May 5 to 8. Medal winners included:

 

JO, 8A Child

Megan MacLellan - gold all-around, vault and beam, silver on bars and bronze on floor

 

JO, 7B Child

Sierra Stobbe: gold on beam

 

JO, 6A Youth

Jordyn Tempel: bronze on bars and floor

 

JO, 6A Child

Kennedy Fast: silver all-around, on bars and beam

– Rolanda Donald: gold on bars and bronze on vault

– Chase Lloyd: bronze on beam

 

JO, 3B Senior

– Abby Cleveland: silver on vault and beam

– Lauren Robertson: silver on vault and bronze on floor

 

JO, 3B Junior

Caitlyn Carstensen - bronze on vault

 

JO, 3B Child

– Emily Phillips: gold on beam, silver all-around and on floor, and bronze on vault and bars

– Eliza Gooch: bronze all-around, on beam and floor

– Amelie Shea: silver on vault

– Roxanne Makara: silver on beam

 

For more information on the club, visit twistersgymbc.com.



Ben Lypka

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