TAG Sports Centre will be sending six gymnasts to the Western Canadian Championship after a stellar showing at the B.C. provincials last week.
Taylor Chan, who is heading to San Jose State University in July on a gymnastics scholarship, easily took the JO 10 all-around crown, while taking gold in both the floor routine and on the vault. She will lead the club at the westerns next week and the national championship in Edmonton in early June.
Sydney Turner is also off to the Western Canadian Championships next weekend.
She won the all-around in a strong field of athletes, taking gold on the floor with a 9.55 and silver on the beam and bars. She also took silver in the team event, with fellow TAG gymnasts Hannah Buchman and Isabel Tan-Ng.
Buchman also reached the podium during her individual events.
She took bronze on the floor and beam and silver on the vault, while her Tan-Ng finished fourth on vault, fifth on the beam and sixth on the floor.
Taya Clyne, a newcomer to artistic, powered her way through a playful floor routine to take gold in the event, later adding a gold medal on vault. She was also named to the B.C. western JO 8 team punching her ticket to an event at the Richmond oval in a few weeks.
Another title went to Taylor Kristmanson in JO 6. She won gold on the floor and added a couple of bronze medals on bars and beam. Teammate Mckenzie Strath put in solid performances to stand next to Kristmanson for silver all around.
In JO 6, a younger category, Jayda Wojcik won silver on vault and bronze on the floor for an all around third place showing. In the older JO 6, Madison Wilcott earned a silver on vault and a bronze all around.
In the mens gymnastics division Elite 3, TAGs Noah Lee competed in six events to finish with a gold on the parallel bars and silvers on the floor, vault and high bar. He took silver all around and was also named to the B.C. team.
Other individual medals went to Isabella Acosta in JO 7, where she took silver on the bars and Sara Golding took bronze on vault in JO 5 and fifth all around.
The Western Canadian Championships will take place at the Richmond Oval and in Calgary between May 5 and 7. The National Championships will be held in Edmonton between June 1 and 7.
