Gymnasts excel in Yokohama sports festival


Two Langley Gymnastics Foundation members spent the week in Japan at the Yokohama Sports Festival.


This year is the first time Japan has invited athletes from beyond its borders to compete.


Individually, Julian Geisler was B.C.’s top athlete, finishing the men’s all-around in sixth, and Cameron Stanley was ninth. The four-man Team BC which Stanley and Geisler are on also won the silver medal.


At the same time as the March 12-17 competition in Japan, LGF members were off in Kamloops at the 2014 Artistic Gymnastics BC Championships March 14-16.


Langley was among the 43 clubs and more than 640 athletes who competed.


Men’s Artistic Gymnastics


• Elite 3 


Ryder Croome


Trevor Ma


Maddy Woznica


• Elite 4 


Ben Strybos


• Level 5 


Victor Blaine


Brandon MacDonald


• National open


Tyler Welch


Women’s Artistic Gymnastics


• National novice


Lauren Van Harmelen​


Haley Biggin


• Provincial 5 tyro


Sophia Walters


The following athletes were in top three per event or all around (at the BC Provincial Championship).


•  Level 2 argo


Amelia Van Andel – 2nd all around, 3rd on vault, champion on bars


Kennedy Duke – 2nd all around, 3rd on vault, 2nd on bars


• Level 2 tyro


Mikayla Lange – 3rd all around, champion on balance beam


• Level 2 novice


Kiera Logan – champion on bars


• Level 3 argo


Brooke Biggin – 2nd all around, champion on vault


Teegan Maschke- 2nd on vault


• Level 3 tyro


Emma Schmor – 2nd all around, 2nd on floor, champion on vault and bars


Jocelyn Dendaas – 3rd on bars


Alexa Slipec – 3rd on bars


Sarah Butt – champion on vault


Makena O’Dwyer – 2nd on vault 


• Level 4 tyro


Kyra Sager-Hoffard – champion on vault


• Level 4 novice


Sage Bishop-Beaurone – champion all around, champion on bars, 2nd on vault


• Level 4 open


Allyson Olsen – champion on vault


Jaydn Shen – 2nd on floor


• Level 5 tyro


Sophia Walters – 2nd all around, champion on bar, 3rd on vault


Emily Hong – 3rd on floor


• National novice


Haley Biggin – 3rd on balance beam.


LGF technical director Dumitru Avarvarei and head coaches Kris Krunick and Toma Flaviu are proud of the success of the local athletes at the tournament.


The Langley Gymnastics Foundation is based at the Langley Events Centre’s gymnasiums.

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