Pickering gymnasts golden on home turf

Pickering gymnasts golden on home turf
Tue May 20, 2008

PICKERING - Pickering Athletic Centre athletes were simply golden at their own 14th annual Rainbow Classic meet at the club's Squires Beach Road facility recently.

All told, PAC members racked up 23 overall gold medals and scores and posted plenty more gold on their individual events at the competition.

Leading the way was Sarah Dring in the Level 7 Masters (age 18 and over), as she swept the category, winning all-round gold as well as individual goal on vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise.

Not to be outdone, Tara Swami swept the Level 8 Masters category, winning overall gold, as well as individual gold on vault, bars, beam, and floor. Samantha Smedley also won all her individual events to post overall gold in the Level 7 age 10/11 bracket.

Other golden PAC gymnasts:

* Emily Towers, Level 8 age 13+, first on vault and beam, and second on bars and floor.

* Alexandra Clayton, Level 7 age 12, first on vault and floor, second on bars and third on beam.

* Sarah Dales, Level 6, first on bars, beam and floor and second on vault.

* Katie Towers, Level 6 age 11/12, first on vault, beam and floor and second on bars.

* Kaitlyn Trach, Level 6 age 9/10, first on bars and floor, second on vault and fourth on beam;

* Brooke Hing, Level 5 age 13, first on bars, beam, third on vault, floor;

* Sabrina Nasner, Level 5 age 9, first on vault, second on bars and floor, third on beam;

* Jessica Hughes, Level 4 age 14+, first on vault, third on beam and bars, fourth on floor;

* Jesse Taylor, Level 4 age 10, first on vault and bars, second on floor, third on beam;

* Justine Veillette, Level 4 age 9, first and bars and beam, third on vault and floor;

* Maria Tourloukis, Level 3 age 13, first on beam and floor, second on vault, fourth on bars;

* Adanna Copeland, Level 3 age 10, first on beam, bars and floor, seventh on vault; and,

* Venus Prince-Hanson, Level 2 age 10, second on vault and floor, fourth on beam, sixth on bars.

PAC gymnasts also posted seven gold scores:

* Melanie Harris-Lowe, Level 2 age 7, gold score vault, bars, beam;

* Jayden Gray Level 2 age 7, bronze score vault, gold score bars, silver score beam, gold score floor;

* Shannen Smalley, Level 2 age 7, bronze score vault, gold score bars, silver score beam, gold score floor;

* Veronica Large, Level 2 age 8, gold score vault, bars, beam, silver score floor;

* Emily McManus, Level 2 age 8, silver score vault, gold score bars, silver score beam;

* Emma Gill, Level 3 age 7, gold score vault, bars, beam, floor; and,

* Jordyn Graham, Level 3 age 7, bronze score vault, gold score bars, beam, floor.

Other PAC results:

Level 2 age 8

* Amy Desousa: silver score overall - bronze score vault, gold score bars, gold score beam, silver score floor;

* Gabbie Farr: silver score overall - merit score vault, gold score bars, silver score beam, floor; and,

* Rachel Waldriff: silver score overall - merit score vault, gold score bars, silver score beam, bronze score floor.

Level 2 age 9B

* Madelaine Wolff: second overall - first on bars, second on beam, third on floor, sixth on vault.

* Lucy Gerlach: 12th overall - fourth on vault and floor, eighth on beam, 10th on bars.

Level 2 age 10

* Joana Yousiff: second overall - first on vault, third on bars, beam, seventh on floor;

* Maja Zdravkovic: seventh overall - third on vault, fourth on floor, fifth on bars, seventh on beam; and,

* Fison Mesfin: 10th overall - first on beam, seventh on vault, bars, ninth on floor.

Level 2 age 11/12

* Brittney James: fifth overall - second on floor, third on bars and beam.

Level 3 age 7

* Brianna Ho: silver score overall - bronze score vault, bars, gold score beam, floor.

Level 3 age 8

* Grace Steinhausen: silver score overall - gold score vault, bars, merit score beam, silver score floor.

Level 3 Age 9 group 'A'

* Grace Woolgar: third overall - first on vault, third on floor, fourth on beam, eighth on bars;

* Christina Sanidas: fourth overall - second on beam, third on floor, fifth on vault, eighth on bars; and,

* Mia Chevelleau: sixth overall - fourth on vault and bears, seventh on beam and floor.

Level 3 Age 9 group 'B'

* Tahnee Chung: third overall - first on beam, second on floor, third on bars, ninth on vault;

* Rhiannon Devries: fourth overall - second on bars, third on beam, seventh on vault, ninth on floor; and,

* Dana Brady: 10th overall - fifth on vault, seventh on floor, sixth on beam and 10th on bars.

Level 3 Age 11

* Gabrielle Gerlach: second overall - second on vault and beam, fourth on bars, seventh on floor.

* Jennifer Hamlyn: sixth overall - first on vault, third on beam, eighth on floor, ninth on bars.

Level 3 age 12

* Ashley Hart: third overall - first on vault, second on bars and floor, fifth on beam.

* Hailey Joseph: fourth overall - third on beam, fourth on vault and floor, fifth on bars.

Level 3 age 13

* Chloe Kurtin: second overall - first on vault, second on floor, third on bars and beam.

Level 4 age 7

* Emily Lozano: silver score overall - bronze score vault, bars, silver score beam, gold score floor.

Level 4 age 8

* Danae Fox: silver score overall - silver score vault, bronze score bars, silver score beam, gold score floor.

* Sarita Campbell: silver score overall - bronze score vault, bars, silver score beam, floor.

Level 4 age 9

* Gillian Collins: fourth overall - third on bars, fourth on floor, sixth on vault and beam.

Level 4 age 10

* Victoria Sparks: second overall - first on vault, first on floor, second on bars, seventh on beam.

* Sarah Dodds: 12th overall - second on vault, ninth on vault and floor, 12th on beam.

Level 4 age 12

* Lindsay Gordon: second overall - second on floor, third on vault, fourth on bars, ninth on beam.

Level 4 age 13

* Alexandra Sanidas: 11th overall - seventh on floor, eighth on beam and bars, ninth on vault.

Level 4 age 14+

* Cassandra Schilling: seventh overall - first on vault, second on bars, seventh on floor, 10th on beam.

Level 5 age 9

* Katie Ewaskiw: second overall - first on beam, third on floor, fourth on vault, fifth on bars;

* Stephanie Armstrong: third overall - second on vault and beam, third on bars, sixth on floor; and,

* Savanna Ma: fifth overall - second on beam, fourth on floor, fifth on vault, seventh on bars;

Level 5 age 10

* Alexandra Sagat: sixth overall - third on bars, fourth on beam, fifth on vault, sixth on floor.

Level 5 age 11

* Sarah Harris-Lowe: fifth overall - third on floor, fourth on vault and bars, fifth on beam.

Level 5 age 12

* Emma Boire: third overall - first on beam, second on vault, fourth on bars, fifth on floor.

Level 5 age 13

* Sarah Dewer: second overall - second on vault, fifth on bars, third on beam, first on floor;

* Heather Putos: second overall - second on vault, bars and floor, fifth on beam;

* Nicolette Sabino: fourth overall - second on beam, fourth on vault and floor, sixth on bars;

* Emma Kikulis: fifth overall - first on vault, third on bars and beam, sixth on floor; and,

* Ashley Cammisa: eighth overall - fourth on bars, sixth on floor, seventh on vault and beam;

Level 6 age 9/10

* Anna Taverna: second overall - first on vault, second on beam, third on bars and floor;

* Tiara McCleary: third overall - first on beam, third on vault, fourth on floor, fifth on bars; and,

* Rebecca Brown: fourth overall - first on floor, third on vault, fourth on beam, fifth on bars;

Level 7 age 10/11

* Verenna Herrmann: second overall - first on bars, second on floor, third on vault, fourth on beam.

* Sydney Marcoux: third overall - second on vault and beam, third on bars, fourth on floor.

Masters Level 8

* Emma Grant: second overall - second on vault, bars, beam and floor.

Masters Level 7

* Malvina Mana: second overall - second on vault, bars, beam, and floor.