Okanagan trampoline gymnasts thrive at home invitational meet
The trampoline athletes from Okanagan Gymnastics Centre made the most of an opportunity to compete at home on the weekend.
The Okanagan Invitational in Kelowna was a trial for TG Canadian Championships in July in Oshawa, Ont. Here are their results: • Travis Towers finished first on Level 5 trampoline and seventh on Level 5 double mini trampoline.
• Carter Calvert was second on Level 5 trampoline.
• Brett Judson placed third on Level 4 trampoline.
• Andrew Martin won the Men’s Senior trampoline.
• Kelly Dolgopol earned second place on Level 4 trampoline and sixth on Level 4 double mini trampoline.
• Jordan Macdonald was 11th on Level 5 trampoline and first on Level 5 double mini trampoline.
• Jaylin Otteson finished 10th on Level 5 trampoline and 13th on Level 5 double mini trampoline.
• Taya Lawless finished third on both Level 5 trampoline and Level 5 double mini trampoline.
• Janiah Harris was fourth on Level 5 trampoline, eighth on Level 5 double mini trampoline and finished second on Level 5 synchronized trampoline with her partner and twin sister, Vanna Harris.
• Vanna Harris earned seventh place on Level 5 trampoline and fifth place on Level 5 double mini trampoline along with silver in synchronized.
• Jordyn Yendley finished first on Level 6 17U trampoline and first on Junior double mini trampoline.
• Max Vandenberg finished 13th on Level 4 trampoline.
• Isaac Sowinski was eighth on Level 4 trampoline and seventh on Level 4 double mini trampoline.
California State Championships
Fresh off the Vegas Acro Cup in Las Vegas, two Okanagan Gymnastics Centre acro teams headed back south of the border earlier this month for the California State Championship with their coach, Shawna De Leske.
The competition was held just outside of San Francisco.
Teams consisted of Jackson Peters/Jacob Wong in Junior Olympic Level 10 Men’s Pair and Ava Clark/Sara Ross in Junior Olympic Level 8 Women’s Pair.
Both teams showed extremely well over the two-day event against some of the toughest competition around. Each team scored very well and all came home with well earned gold medals.
“We came home from Vegas and I looked at the scores and strategized how to improve our artistry, which should increase our scores,” said De Leske.
“We disassembled each of the four routines and made some tweaks and it worked out very nicely. The scores reflected the hard work the athletes and coaches put into their routines, to which each of us is very proud.”