TAG gymnasts were a common sight on the podium at the B.C. National Trials and Zone 3 Championships in Port Moody last week.
Hannah Buchmann took home three medals, grabbing gold in vault and on the floor in the Aspire 1 category, while taking silver on the bars. She also came in second place in choregraphy. TAG teammate Sydney Turner also had a strong showing in the Aspire 2 category. She took second place on the beam and first place on the floor, while earning third place in choreography. Meanwhile, Taylor Chan came very close to sweeping all five events in the JO 10 category. The athlete took gold in vault, bars, floor and first place in the Nicole Chow Award, while coming up with a silver medal performance on the beam.
Abigail Lavoie, a JO 3 category competitor, won silver in vault and on the bars for the national trials and taking third on the bars in the zone championships.
JO 3 category competitor Neiva Chung took second in vault and on the floor in the zone championship, while winning gold in vault and on the floor, while taking silver on the bars and the beam.
A gold medal on the bars in the zone championship JO 3 category went to Sienna Fretwell, who also took gold on the bars in national trials.
Sarah Golding had a first place performance in the national trials vault event and the zone 3 championships, while Taylor Kristmanson won second on the vault and beam and gold on the floor in the nationals and third on the beam and first on the floor in the zone championship event. Adding to the overall medal haul was McKenzie Strath, who took gold in the vault in both competitions, a gold on the bars in the national trials and second on the bars in the zone championships.
Sienna Riordan took silver on the floor in both competitions, Madison Wilcott won gold on the vault and silver on the beam at the national trials and a silver on the vault in the zone championship.
Gold medals went to Jayda Wojcik on the floor and vault, Fernanda Ramirez had two silvers (vault and bar) and a gold on beam and Daniela Lee took two silvers in the beam and all around. Taya Cline finished the national trials with a gold on the vault and on the floor, while Isabela Acosta took gold on the bars and silver in the all around category. Sophia Bertani took bronze on the floor and Isabel Tan-Ng took seventh.
