TBGA Team has Success in Fargo, ND!

THUNDER BAY – SPORTS – TBGA had an outstanding performance at an international meet in Fargo, ND on March 8-10^th. TBGA had both their Men’s and Women’s teams competing against teams from across the USA and from Winnipeg and Calgary. 

Xcel Team Highlights: Our Xcel Gold Team came in Second Place in the Team Awards against 8 other Teams! Nyla Pekki came in 5^th on Vault winning a special award for her fantastic presentation! Nina Mazur came in 5^th on Bars with a clean routine. Leah Boczek came in 6^th on floor, dancing with grace. Sophie Verescak improved tremendously placing 6^th on Vault and Bars and 4^th on Floor. Emily Harris saw some great score improvements! Kali Zawadzki came in 2^nd all around landing on the podium twice (1^st on Vault and 2^nd on Floor). Hanna Myers improved her scores, earning a 9.0 on Vault and 5^th on Bars. Kaylee Witiluk came in 4^thall around staying in the top 8 on all 4 events. Claire Dubinsky bravely attempted new skills earning her a 4^th on Floor and a 3^rd on Vault.

JO 4 Team Highlights: Our Level 4 athletes had some steep competition. They were against 86 other athletes all aiming for State Championships! Mya Fell had a great vault finishing 59/86 with an 8.25. Milla Goodman came in 48/84 all around with a strong score of 8.925 on Floor. Kayla Slusar performed solidly on beam landing 40/86 with a 8.450. Mikalah Pasqualino pushed through the pack scoring 26/86 on vault with a score of 8.6 and Leanna Eade landed 25/86 on Beam with a strong 8.850.

JO 6-8 Team Highlights: Phoenix Debrusk had a strong meet coming in 6^th on Floor. Rebecca Lemieux had a clean meet landing 7^th on Floor. Rhea Scollie came in 6^th all around, landing in the top 8 on every event with a 3^rd place on Floor. Alyssa Sullivan had a solid meet, coming in 1^st on Bars, 6^th on Floor and 6^th all around. Jacey Witiluk had a comeback, after having to miss an event due to injury scoring her highest mark of the meet on her final event. Charlotte Gregory showed a great performance placing 7^th on vault 3^rd and on Floor. Avery Marshall had an outstanding meet scoring 1^st on Vault, 3^rd on Bars and 2^nd All around. Amber Taylor had one of her highest performing meets in this level landing on the podium 4 times: 3^rd on Vault, 2^nd on Bars, 3^rd on Beam and 3^rd All Around.

Men’s Team Highlights: Our Men’s JO Level 6 Team came in First Place in the Team Awards against 4 other teams. Orryn Pudden had his strongest meet yet scoring: 4^th of Pommel Horse with a 9.7 and 2^nd on High Bar! Adam Wright came out strong scoring a high 8.7 on Vault and an 8.6 on Pommel Horse. Matthew Armstrong came in 6^th all around with a 2^nd place on floor. David Harris came in 5^th all around, landing on the podium 3 times (3^rd on Parallel Bars & Vault and 1^ston Rings!). Mitchell Fell came in 1^st all around landing on the podium on 4 out of the 6 events (1^st on Parallel Bars & Vault).

Coach Highlights: 2 of our coaches participated in the Xcel meet with only 1 month of training. Kelvi Toskovich came in 3^rd all around, (2^nd Vault, 6^th Bars, 1^stBeam, 3^rd Floor). Ashley Wright came in 1^st all around (3^rd Vault, 2^nd Bars, 2^nd Beam, 4^th Floor).

Congratulations team for a job well done! Upcoming meets: Men’s Team will be in Vaughan, ON on May 10^th and the JO Levels 4-8 will be in Concord, Ontario on May 17 to 19^th.