It was a very, very good year for 91原创 Gymnastics Foundation (LGF), one of substantial growth, that saw club athletes rack up multiple medal wins and top-10- finishes at provincial, national and international events.
LGF General Manager Jen Coimbra called it "a very successful competition season."
Three of those provincial events were hosted by the club at 91原创 Events Centre 鈥� the Christy Fraser Memorial Invitational, Elite Canada, and Western Canadian championships.
At the Westerns, LGF won 22 women's medals, with Makenzie Grant and Josie Maryschak crowned CCP 10 and CCP 9 AA champions, while the club also captured16 men's medals including one Western AA champion, Kayden Sorge
The club capped off the competition season in June at the Canadian Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Gatineau, QC, recording multiple medals and top-10 finishes including a first in parallel bars for Ethan Lee, and a first in pommels for Aiden Gonzalez.
Gonzalez competed for Canada at the Pan Am Championships in Santa Marta, Columbia May 22-26, becoming the first LGF athlete in the history of the club to be named to the Canadian national team.
In Columbia, Gonzalez helped Canada place fourth as a team and qualified for the high bar final, where he finished in fourth, just out of medal contention.
His happiest memory was "finishing the team competition day because I was representing team Canada and did well," Gonzalez to the 91原创 Advance Times.
"Next year, I'm excited for more opportunities to represent Canada on the Junior team and travel with them to new countries."
His coach, Krtis Krunick, described it as "an amazing experience."
"It was super motivating for Aiden to be selected by the National Team Head Coach for this event," Krunick told the 91原创 Advance Times.
"Being able to put on that Team Canada uniform is an honour, and an opportunity he is looking forward to again."
Coimbra called it a "91原创enal achievement."
"This is a huge milestone and accomplishment for the gym club and MAG [Men's Artistic Gymnastics] program," Coimbra commented.
Another LGF competitor, Jordanna Phillis, competed internationally at the Luxembourg Open.
Other accomplishments cited by the club this season: LGF Giving Tree partnered with Lower Fraser Valley Aboriginal Society to provide four families with Christmas gifts; and LGF Community Outreach Program provided gymnastics programming to local youth who would other be unable to participate in extra-curricular sports, offering free summer camps in 2023 and 2024.
"Our recreational program is flourishing, with over 1,100 participants per session," Coimbra estimated.
Community outreach included Seniors Can Move classes, providing older people with free gymnastics classes that focus on improving flexibility, strength, and balance, while also teaching safe falling techniques.
"LGF is looking forward to another successful year," Coimbra said.
Full LGF results from Canadian Artistic Gymnastics Championships:
WAG:
- Jordanna Phillis - HP Senior - 4th Vault; 23 AA
- Makenzie Grant - CCP10 - 3rd Team; 6th Vault; 4th Bars; 10th AA
- Amelie Shea - CCP10 - 2nd Team; 8th Vault; 7th Bars; 10th Beam; 5th Floor; 5th AA
- Josie Maryschak - CCP9 - 3rd Team; 8th Vault; 9th Beam; 4th Floor; 5th AA
- Emily Klenin - CCP9 - 2nd Team; 3rd vault; 6th Floor; 17th AA
MAG:
- Blake Morfitt - Next Gen Senior 5th AA
- Aiden Gonzalez- Junior 17-18 - 2nd AA, 1st Pommels, 3rd High bar, 1st Team
- Nate Dykstra- Junior 15-16 - 6th Rings
- Parker Smith - Junior 15-16 - 7th AA, 4th Parallel Bars, 4th High Bar
- Keita Kuramoto- Junior 15-16 - 8th AA, 3rd Rings
- Reuben Dykstra - Junior 15-16 - 9th AA, 6th Floor
- Ethan Lee- Aspire - 6th AA, 3rd vault, 1st Parallel Bars
- Josh Li- Aspire - 13th AA, 6th Parallel Bars
- Ben Scarborough- Aspire - 21st AA
- Will Wright- Nationals Open - 13th AA, 3rd Team
- Griffin Wallan- National Open - 3rd Team
Coaches:
- Janice Fowler
- Megan Midan
- Dumitru Avarvarei
- Kris Krunick
- Mark Rowbotham
