CCGC Women's Blog: April 2013

Capital City had 28 athletes compete at Provincials / Trials to Nationals this past weekend. Capital City had 4 Provincials Champions and 5 of our girls qualified to Nationals! We also earned 41 medals over the weekend. Congratulations to all our athletes for their hard work this season!

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Our Provincial Champions:

- Sarah Nicholls - PN Aspire

- Shaliesa Sawchuk - P4 Novice

- Emily Arcand - P3 Argo
- Brooklyn Law - P1 Argo

Our 5 Athletes who made Nationals:

- Alyson Arcand - HP Novice

- Marisa Dick - National Open

- Samantha Ward - National Open

- Sara McLean - National Open
- Abigail Fuller - National Open

Weekend medal winners:

PN Aspire - Sarah N. placed 1st on vault, bars, beam and 1st AA, and 2nd on floor. Erin P. was 2nd on beam and 2nd AA.

P4 Novice - Shaliesa was 1st on bars and 1st AA.

P4 Open - Catherine D. was 3rd on vault and 1st on bars.

P5 Novice - Brooklyn M. was 1st on beam and 3rd on floor. Katie C. was 1st on floor and 3rd on beam.

P5 Tyro - Juliana was 3rd on vault, 3rd on beam, 2nd on floor, and 3rd AA.

National Novice - Alyson A. was 3rd on bars, beam, and all around.

National Open - Marisa was 2nd on vault, 1st on beam, 1st on floor, and 2nd AA. Sam W. was 1st on bars, 3rd on floor, and 3rd AA. Ayrie placed 3rd on beam.

P3 Argo - Emily A. was 2nd on vault, and first on bars, beam, floor, and AA.

P3 Tyro - Brooklynn H. was 2nd on vault and 3rd on bars. Hudsyn was 3rd on vault, 2nd floor, and 2nd AA.

* The sessions were back to back this weekend, and I wasn't able to get many pictures. If you have any pics from Provincials email me and I will put them up :)

Shae giving the athlete oathe

Our National girls in their Day 2 suits

Emily A. - 1st AA in P3 Argo

Shaleisa - 1st AA in P4 Novice

Capital City has 15 athletes travel to Red Deer on Sunday, April 7th for Trials to Westerns. Congratulations to the following gymnasts who made an Alberta Team for Westerns:

- Sarah Nicholls (PN Aspire)
- Aryana Porter (PN Aspire)
- Erin Phillips (PN Aspire)
- Juliana Minervini (P5 Tyro)
- Katie Chaput (P5 Novice)
- Raquel Tonn (National Open)
- Sara McLean (National Open)

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Here are some highlights from the day:

PN Aspires

A Capital City athlete won 1st on each event
CCGC got 3 out of the 5 spots on Alberta's PN Aspire Team
21 girls tried out and all 6 of our girls had a great day
Alison B. was 1st on bars.
Aryana 1st on vault and floor, and 2nd AA
Sarah N. 1st on beam and AA, and 2nd on vault and bars
Erin 2nd on beam

P5 Tyro

Juliana competed P5 for her first time! She placed 3rd AA and 3rd on beam.

P5 Novice

Katie C. hit all her events and was 2nd on bars, beam and AA, and 3rd on floor
Shaliesa competed P5 for her first time and did great! She performed lots of new skills!

National Open

Raquel hit all her events and placed 2nd AA out of 21 opens! She also perfomed flawless beam and placed 1st on it
Sara M. was 7th AA
Abigail was 2nd on bars