CCGC Women's Blog: May 2013

Our women's program had 5 girls make Alberta's delegation to Nationals. Nationals was held at Carleton University in Ottawa from May 19th to 25th. Highlights from the week:

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Wed, May 22 - Alyson Arcand competed on Alberta's National Novice team. Kristi Cloman was team coach of this team with Janna Ball. Our National Novice team placed 3rd in the team competition. Alyson A. qualified in 9th place to HP Novice AA / Event Finals.

Thur, May 23 AM - Abigail Fuller and Sara McLean competed in the morning as Alberta Individual Opens. Abigail qualified to AA / Event Finals in 4th place and Sara M. in 11th place. Abigail also won the floor choreography award out of all the National Opens. Congrats Abi and her choreographer, Katie Castle!

Thur, May 23 PM - Samantha Ward and Marisa Dick competed on Alberta's National Open team. Ovidiu Serban was team coach with Jeremy Mosier. Our National Open team placed 2nd in the team competition, and was only 0.875 behind Ontario. Marisa qualified to AA / Event Finals in 1st PLACE and Samantha W. in 7th place.

Fri, May 24th AM - Alyson competed in HP Novice AA / Event Finals. Alyson finished 11th AA and 4th on beam.

Fri, May 24th PM - Abigail and Sara M. competed in Open (13-15 yr) AA / Event Finals. Abigail placed 4th on bars. Sara M. was 13th AA.

Sat, May 25th - Marisa and Sam W. competed in the Open (16+) AA / Event Finals. Marisa was 1st on floor! She also was 4th AA, 8th on vault, 7th on bars, and 8th on beam. Samantha W. placed 12 AA, 5th on bars, and 6th on floor.

Congratulation to the 7 of our WAG athletes who qualified to compete at Western Canadian Championships in Winnipeg from May 2nd to May 5th. Our Capital City ladies had a great time, had awesome results, and came home with a total of 10 medals!

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Highlights from the weekend:

P5 Novice - Katie C. competed Friday morning and her team placed 1st AA by over 3.5 points. Katie also placed 7th AA and qualified to event finals on bars, beam, and floor.

National Open - Sara M. & Raquel competed Friday afternoon and their team earned 3rd place. Sara M. stuck her beam and made beam finals.

P5 Tyro - Juliana competed on Saturday morning and had a fantastic meet, finishing 5th AA and 3rd on vault. Juliana's team team rocked it and was 1st place by 2 points.

PN Aspire - Erin P., Aryana, and Sarah N. also competed Saturday morning and each contributed to their team earning gold! Sarah N. placed 3rd AA and Erin P. was 3rd on vault.