2017 Surrey Gymnastics Invitation results

Photo courtesy of Boaz Joseph.

The Surrey Gymnastic Society played host to over 750 gymnasts, 125 coaches and 50 judges at this year’s annual competition at the Guilford Recreation Centre, from March 3 – 5, 2017.

There were three events hosted together:

• 32^nd Annual Carol Lenz Memorial Invitational
• 30^th Surrey Classic Men’s Invitational
• 4^th Annual Surrey Interclub Meet

Here are the Surrey Gymnastic Society athlete highlights:

Boys’ Results

National Open – In the 1^st Trials to qualify for the Gymnastics BC team to Canadian Championships, 15-year-old Treyson Cerrato placed 6^th All Around, 2^nd on Pommel Horse, 3^rd on High Bar and 4^th on Vault.

Elite 4 – 13-year-old Emanuel Gutierrez Sandoval placed 4^th All Around.  En route Sandoval won gold on Vault, 3^rd on High Bar, 4^th on Pommel Horse, 5^th on Floor and Rings and 6^th on Parallel Bars.

Provincial 5 – 14-year-old Muzzammil Taziz placed 3^rd All Around 2nd on Floor, 3^rd on Pommel Horse, 5^th on Rings, Vault and High Bar and 6^th on Parallel Bars.

Provincial 4 – 11-year-old Carter Baker was the All Around gold medalist in this category; 1^st on Parallel Bars, 2^nd on Pommel Horse and 3^rd on Floor, Vault and High Bar.  Team mate, Luke Van Harmelen followed right behind Baker as the silver All Around winner.  Van Harmelen won gold on Pommel Horse, Vault and High Bar, placed 3^rd on Parallel Bars and 6^th on Floor.

Girls’ Results

Aspire 1 – 9-year-old Viktoria Duchesne did well in her category for athletes born in 2008.  She placed 2^nd All Around, 1^st on Bars, 2^nd on Vault, Beam and Floor.

Junior Olympic 9 – 13-year-old Maria Bashko placed 5^th All Around, 2^nd on Vault, 3^rd on Beam and 5^th on Floor in the JO9 category for 2004 – 2006 born girls.

JO8 – 11-year-old Maya Wilson did well in a 4-year age group (2004-2007).  Wilson placed 10^th All Around and 2^nd on Beam.  In the same category and the same age, Talya Jalbert was 6^th on Beam.  In the same category but a different age division (1999-2003), 14-year-old Alexa Cannon was 4^th on Vault.

JO7 – 12-year-old Alice Bashko placed 5^th All Around and 1^st on Floor in the 2005-2008 age division. In the 2000-2004 age division, 13-year-old Uliana Grichkovskaia placed 6^th All Around, 1^st on Floor, 4^th on Vault and 6^th on Bars.

JO6 – In the 2006-2008 category, 11-year-old Maren Paterson placed 6^th All Around and 2^nd on Bars. In the 2003-2005 13-year-old Monaeya Silviera placed 2^nd All Around, winning gold on Vault, 3^rd on Bars and Floor.  Team mate, 12-year-old Erin Harvey placed 3^rd All Around, 2^nd on Beam, 4^th on Vault and Floor and 5^th on Bars.  Also in the same category, 11-year-old Simrin Sandhu placed 6^th on Beam.

JO3 – In the 2008-2009 category, 9-year-old Zareina Manuzon placed 3^rd All Around, winning silver medals on Bars and Floor and placing 6^th on Beam.  8-year-old Gabriella Kovacs placed 5^th on Bars.  In the 2006 division, 11-year-old Layla Omar Ali placed 8^th All Around, winning gold on Vault and placing 5^th on Beam.  In the 2007 age division, 10-year-old Jasmine Kong placed 2^nd All Around, 1^st on Beam, 3^rd on Bars, 5^th on Flor and 6^th on Vault.  In the same age division Maryam Chaudhry placed 4^th All Around and 3^rd on both Vault and Beam.   In the 2003-2005 age division 12-year-old Chloe Dickson won the All Around gold, 1^st on Beam, 3^rd on Vault and 5^th on Bars and Floor.

Next up for the Men’s Program is the Kamloops Invitational which will double as the Trials to Western Canadian Championships on March 18.  For the Girls’ Program it will be the Twisters Invitational on the same weekend hosted in Abbotsford.  The girls’ meet also is their trails to Westerns.

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