Team Ontario’s Level 6, 7, 8, 9 and National Open athletes and Team Coaches travelled to Phoenix, Arizona to represent our province in the 2016 Arizona Grand Invitational competition held at the Arizona Grand Resort, January 22-24, 2016.
The athlete’s trained at Gold Medal Gymnastics Club’s world class facility (owned by “Magnificent 7” team captain Amanda Borden!) on Thursday in preparation for the competition.
Level 6 Team
Athletes: Jessica Giles (Twisters), Sophia Nizalik (Corona), Alyssa Capogna (Tristar), Temisia van Biljouw (Lindsay), Alexa Giannini (Gyros), Jessica Reddin (Les Sittelles), Sophie Frater (East York) and Amy De Sousa (Pickering)
Level 7 Team
Athletes: Aleya Morin (East York), Chloe Lin (East York), Dana Postenka (Forest City), Sophie Wax (T-Dot), Meghan O’Mara (Twisters), Isabelle Kagawa (SGI), Jesselyn Hale (Loyalist) and Julia Bullied (Alliston)
Level 8 Team
Athletes: Chloe Scheel (Pickering), Kylie Turpin (SGI), Effie Ferguson (Manjak’s), Alena Beniamin (London GA), Sara Cristiano (Manjak’s), Claire Platnar (Pickering), Kailyn Wright (Galaxy) and Mackenzie Steele (Burlington)
Level 9 Team
Athletes: Kayla Sanidad (London GA), Jillian Sternloff (Milton), Lexi McCormack (Bluewater), Sarah Hu (Ottawa), Justina Skalskyte (Guelph), Lyndsey de Guzman (Galaxy), Rachel Simpson (London GA), Hannah Gula (Oakville)
Level 10 Team
Athletes: Maya Fernando (Discovery), Melissa Temkov (Burlington), Dahlia Solorzano-Caruso (Galaxy), Kathryn Doran (Oakville), Madeline Straker (Manjak’s), Serena Baker (Bluewater), Piera Rooke (Burlington) and Alexandra Kline (Burlington)
Coaches
Level 6 – Kim Rae (Twisters) and Lee Ann Simon (Corona)
Level 7 – Sandra Yip (East York) and Merritt Lymburner (Forest City)
Level 8 – Debbie Siemon (Pickering) and Kelsey Arnold (Manjak’s)
Level 9 – Jen Kraemer (London GA) and Craig Smith (Milton)
Level 10 – Kathy Hubbard (Burlington) and Olga Dudchenko (Discovery)
Head of Delegation
Cheryl Donoghue
Additional Manager
Tosha Pigeau
The Grand Invitational had approximately 1200 athletes competing over the four days of competition which Team Ontario had many successes!
Team Achievements
Level 6 – 1st with a score of 115.425
Level 7 – 1st with a score of 115.425
Level 8 – 1st with a score of 114.675
Level 9 – 3rd with a score of 110.550
Level 10 – 4th with a score of 110.750
While the athletes competed as a team they also achieved individual all-around successes:
All Around
Level 6 – Senior A
Sophie Frater – 1st
Alexa Giannini – 3rd
Level 6 – Senior B
Jessica Giles – 1st
Sophia Nizalik – 2nd
Amy DeSousa – 3rd
Alyssa Capogna – 4th
Temisia van Biljouw – 5th
Jessica Reddin – 6th
Level 7 – Senior A
Jesselyn Hale – 1st
Chloe Lin – 2nd
Sophie Wax – 4th
Level 7 – Senior B
Aleya Morin – 1st
Meghan O’Mara – 2nd
Dana Postenka – 3rd
Julia Bullied – 4th
Isabelle Kagawa – 9th
Level 8 – Junior B
Kylie Turpin – 1st
Effie Ferguson – 2nd
Mackenzie Steele – 6th
Level 8 – Senior
Chloe Scheel – 1st
Claire Platnar -2nd
Alena Beniamin – 3rd
Kailyn Wright – 4th
Sara Cristiano – 5th
Level 9 – Junior A
Rachel Simpson – 3rd
Jillian Sternloff – 8th
Level 9 – Junior B
Kayla Sanidad – 1st
Sarah Hu – 4th
Lyndsey De Guzman – 5th
Justina Skalskyte – 10th
Level 9 – Senior
Hannah Gula – 3rd
Lexi McCormack – 6th
Level 10 – Child
Dahlia Solorzano-Caruso – 6th T
Alexandria Kline – 10th
Level 10 – Junior A
Madeline Straker – 4th
Maya Fernando – 5th
Level 10 – Junior B
Kathryn Doran – 8th
Piera Rooke – 10th
Level 10 – Senior
Melissa Temkov – 2nd
Serena Baker – 6th
Full Results can be found at http://www.meetscoresonline.com/results/17342
Congratulations to all the Ontario ATHLETES AND COACHES!!!
What is next for Team Ontario?
Eastern Canadian Championship and Canadian Championships – Team Ontario will be selected from the Ontario Championships competition, April 7-10, 2016 to participate in the Eastern Canadian Championships, May 6-8, 2016, in Quebec, and Canadian National Championships, May 31- June 5 2016, in Edmonton, AB.
We look forward to these upcoming events!
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