The Club Aviva gymnastics team took home gold and and silver standards in the level one and two competitions at the Zone 3 championships last weekend.
Makenna Self earned the title of Zone 3 champion with an all-around score of 37.875 in the level three grouping, while Natalia Sokolowski took second in the all-around category, also in level three.
Meanwhile, Josee Ng is the Zone 3 champion in level four, while teammate Kimiko Pausche took silver in the all-around. Mia Frohnsdorf, another Aviva gymnast, earned an impressive 37.55, making her the level six, Zone 3 winner and Amany Lakssili took third all around.
Porter Trevisan placed third all around with a first place showing on the bars, with a score of 9.45 in the level seven category. In level eight, Arden Shukyn was floor champion and second place finisher on the bault. Ashley Fitzpatrick took third place on the floor with an all around sixth place in level nine. In the aspire two category, Scarlett Earl placed first all around and is a hopeful contender going into the fast approaching BC Provincial Championships, while in the aspire one Carley Leakos, Athena Hutchinson and Lola Berthelette all finished in the top five.
AQUASONICS
The B.C. Aquasonics finished sixth at Synchro Canada’s National Qualifier Championships in Quebec last week, the highest ever finish for a B.C. at the event.
The team, which is made up of Coquitlam athlete Mkayla Papillo, along with Courtney Armstrong, Jessica Friesen, Erin Nichols, Emily Yang, and Nancy Zhang of Surrey, Grace Macdonald of Delta and Cameron Blades of Langley.
The team will now head to Calgary for the Canadian Open Synchronized Swimming Championships, which will take place at the end of April.
