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TAG lights up Spirit of the Flame competition

Club brings back a handful of medals from California

A handful of TAG Sport Centre gymnasts struck gold at the Spirit of the Flame competition in California last month.

Port Coquitlam’s Sydney Turner came in first place on the balance beam and on the floor and took silver on vault for a first-place all-around finish in the Level 9 division. 

The 11-year-old athlete was joined on the podium by Coqutilam’s Isabella Bertani, 10, who finished first all around in Level 6 after taking gold on the balance beam and floor exercises.

Meanwhile, Teegan Maschke won gold on vault and silver on the floor in the Level 8 division, while Sienna Fretwell took gold on vault and silver on the uneven bars in the Level 4 division.

Alexis Fung also snared a spot on the podium with a third-place showing on the uneven bars in Level 2 and Hannah Buchmann took second place on the balance beam and third on the floor in Level 8. In Level 9, Porter Trevisan took third place on the floor. 

TAG also took home several team awards. 

In Level 8 Maschke and Buchmann joined Fernanda Ramirez, Isabel Tan-Ng and Daniela Lee in taking first place with a score of 106.050, while the team of Turner, Elizabeth Noble and Trevisan took silver in Level 9 with a score of 104.050.

The Spirit of the Flame event, which took place in San Jose, featured more than 2,000 gymnasts from clubs from across the U.S.

 

OMEGA

The Omega Sports Academy’s Aspire 1 and 2 girls gymnastics team took home the first place trophy during the Surrey Invitational last weekend.

Several team members also had strong individual efforts.

Sasha Rojen took gold on the vault, bars, beam, floor and all around in the Aspire 2 category, while Becca Mitchell had a strong showing in the Apire 2 category, winning gold on vault, floor and all around, while taking silver on the beam and bronze on the bars.

Zoe Dennison, another Aspire 1 competitor, won gold on the beam, while teammate Anastasia Smolev took gold on the vault, beam, floor and all around and silver on the bars. 

Meanwhile, Sarah Lee took gold on the bars, the floor and overall in the JO 6 category, while Bryony Mackinder took gold on vault. 

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