1. Madeline Gardiner (Cambridge Kips), 56.2;
2. Kristina Vaculik (Gemini), 55.65;
3. Dominique Pegg (Bluewater), 55.4;
4. Jessica Savona (Oakville), 53.85;
5. Bianca Dancose Giambattisto (Gym-Richelieu), 52.45;
6T. Carrina Lo Bello (Gemini), 51.3;
6T. Nansy Damianova (Gymnix), 51.3;
8. Sydney Sawa (Calgary), 51.0;
9. Coralie Leblond-Chartard (Gymnix), 50.9;
10. Kristin Klarenbach (Champions), 50.4.
full results (PDF)
official results page
All of Grace’s photos are posted on GraceClick.com.
No way to sugar coat it. … Senior Bars was a splatfest.
Did 3 Senior gymnasts not fall. Or was it only two?
The atmosphere of this competition was somewhat gloomy. I don’t know why. The venue is great.
Coaches are not confident in the Canadian National Program. Many are not confident the Women’s team can qualify in the top 12 for the 2012 Olympics. Some of our top girls will be gone to College. And we’re not sure our up-and-coming kids will be ready in time. Funding for WAG was cut after our team did not qualify for Beijing.
Something has to happen. Change the program for 2012. … Or cut bait. Shift our limited resources to qualification for 2016.
My list of surprising competition highlights were only three:
• Madeline Gardiner – Floor – fantastic!
• Rochelle Hurt’s triple turn on beam (I love that trick!)
• Jessica Dowling – unique talent
After the meet I ran over to Jessica and her coaches to say how much I enjoyed her gymnastics. (I hope it helped. She had a rough meet.) Jessica is the smallest Senior gymnast by far, with a great “look”. Her future is bright.
The best coverage of this meet is on Gymnastics Examiner:
• Live blog: 2010 Canadian Nationals, senior women’s qualification
• Madeline Gardiner leads qualifying at Canadian Championships
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