Taber Gymnastics Fitness Club bring home medals from Olds tourney

Submitted by April Holcek

Taber Gymnastics Fitness Club competed at the Hay City Classic in Olds, Alta., the weekend of March 6-8. This competition had 29 teams and a total of 744 athletes and our girls, as always, held their own. 

Our Bronze level athletes came back with all around gold medals, as a team they averaged an all-around score of 37/40. Some highlights for bronze are, Violet Stoddart scoring a 9.8/10 on vault along with Lilah Bevans and Hadley Heck scoring a 9.6/10 on vault. Way to go girls. Big shout out to Leia Antoniuk as she received her very first gold medal as she is our newest member in our bronze level. 

Our Silver athletes did not disappoint. Highlights for our silver athletes are, Ella Erickson bringing home 1st place on bars, 5th place all-around. Zaylee Silver with 1st place on bars, second on vault, 3rd on beam and 2nd all-around. Everly Jensen with 1st on beam, 1st on vault, 2nd on floor and 2nd all around. Gracie Kuryvial with 1st on bars, 3rd on vault, 3rd on floor and 5th all around. Miranda Brunn-Ross 1st on beam, 1st on vault, 2nd on bars and 1st all around. Adalyne Hull is our newest silver level athlete, and she did an amazing job bringing home 2nd on beam, 4th on bars and floor and 2nd all around for her first ever competition. Way to go Addy. 

Our Gold athletes also did an incredible job. Highlights for our gold level are, Seviya Anderson bringing home 2nd on beam and 5th all around, Nikki Kielstra with 2nd on bars and 6th all around, Lauren Visser with 1st on floor, 3rd on vault, 1st on beam and 1st all around, Livy Rabusic with 6th on vault and 7th on bars, Cora Brugger with 3rd on bars, 4th on floor and 4th all around. Georgia Nakamura competed at the gold level for the very first time instead of silver and what an incredible job she did. She brought home 1st on floor, 3rd on vault, 2nd on beam and 3rd all around. 

Last, our Platinum level athletes. The higher the level, the harder the judging, and we are so proud of our platinum girls for continuing to work hard and push themselves to hold there own. Madalynn Kuryvial brought home 3rd on vault, 5th on bars, 6th on beam, 7th on floor with 9th all around. Natasha Wiebe with 4th place on vault, 4th place on floor, 7th on beam, 7th on bars and 7th all around. 

Every competition our athletes continue to make us proud, and we are so excited it’s competition season. We have 5 competitions left in our comp season with the next one being in Airdrie, the weekend of March 20-22. Stay tuned.