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Gymnasts shine in Guildford

Surrey club hosts boys, girls competitions
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Surrey Gymnastics Society’s Alexa Cannon

The Surrey Gymnastic Society (SGS) enjoyed three days of success at the two meets it hosted at the Guildford Recreation Centre.

At the Surrey Classic Boys’ Invitational and the Carol Lenz Memorial girls’ Invitational, SGS gymnasts won a combined 13 all around medals Feb. 27 to March 1. The two competitions attracted more than 400 athletes, coaches and officials.

Treyson Cerrato was one of three competitors – and the lone male – from the host club to win an all around gold medal, accomplishing the feat in the Provincial 5 category. The 13 year-old South Surrey resident earned gold medal scores on floor, rings, vault and parallel bars, and added silver medals on pommel horse and high bar.

Three other SGS boys won all around medals. Brady Reeleder of Surrey won silver in the Provincial 2 category for gymnasts 10-and-under. Reeleder won gold on floor and rings, and a bronze on vault.

In the Elite 3 group, Emanuel Gutierrez Sandova, 11, collected the all around bronze medal after winning gold on vault, a silver on floor and parallel bars and a bronze medal on pommel horse.

Timofey Azhogin, 12, of Surrey also won all around bronze. He won gold on pommel horse, silver on rings and bronze on floor and parallel bars.

Nine of the all around medals won by SGS members came in the Carol Lenz competition for girls.

Uliana Grichkovskaia, 10, was the all around gold medalist in the JO4 (Junior Olympic 4) group after placing first on beam and floor and winning silver medals on vault and bars. in the same category, teammate Monaeya Silveira won the all around silver medal after tying Grichkovskaia for gold on beam and winning gold on vault.

Completing the SGS sweep of the all around medals in the category was Mackenzie Long, 10, who was third overall with a silver on floor and a bronze on bars. In the same category, Kelsey Snow, 11, was fourth all around after tying Long for the silver on floor and taking bronze on vault and beam.

In the JO4 – 2005-06 group, nine-year-old Anna Polunochev had high scores on bars and beam and was runner-up on vault and floor to finish first all around.

Alanna Jones, 20, of Surrey was second all around in the JO9 - 2001-plus group. She won gold on vault and silver on bars, beam and floor.

Alexa Cannon, 12, earned silver all around in the JO7 - 2001-02 category. The South Surrey resident won a gold medal on vault, a silver on floor and bronze on bars and beam. Teammate  Eva Woodward, 12, of North Delta was fourth all around after winning a bronze medal on floor.

Eight year-old Maya Wilson won the all around silver medal in the JO2 - 2006-07 category with a silver on bars. Talya Jalbert won a bronze medal on floor in the same category.

Alice Bashko, 9, was the all around bronze medalist in the JO3 – 2005-06 group, winning a bronze medal on floor.

RayAnne Quinn, 16, won the all around bronze medal in JO7 - 2000-plus, winning silver on beam and bronze on bars.

Event medalists included nine-year-old Chloe Dickson (JO2 - 2003-05) with a silver medal on beam and a bronze medal on floor, 17 year-old Emily Carroll (JO8 - 200-plus) with a silver medal on bars, 13 year-old Nicole Czerniakowski (JO6 – 2002-03) with bronze medals on bars and beam,  and six year-old Viktoria Duchesne (JO3 – 2007-2008) with a bronze medal on beam.