Two Omega Sports Academy gymnasts qualified for Elite Canada after competing at the 2016 North Shore Invitational last week.
Lora Harter took second on the vault and beam, first on the bars and fourth on the floor to win first-place overall in the novice high performance event.
She was joined by junior high performance competitor Frederique Payne, who qualified after winning third on the vault, fourth on the bars and on the beam and fifth on the floor for an all around fourth-place showing.
Harter and Payne were not the only Omega athletes to have a strong showing at the invitational in North Vancouver last week. In the Aspire 1 division, Becca Mitchell finished first all around after winning first place on the vault and bars, sixth on the beam and fifth on the floor, while Anastasia Smolev was second all around with a sixth on the vault, second on the bars, fourth on the beam and fifth on the floor. In Aspire 2, Sasha Rojen finished second-place overall with a first place showing on vault, third on the bars and on the floor and sixth on the beam. Other competitors include Audrey Bodnark (second overall), Tianna Dattilo(seventh overall), Gwen Holdo (sixth overall), Bryony MacKinder (eighth overall) and Shayla Symes (10th overall).
