Ten local gymnasts are among the 99 from across the province to qualify for the 2013 Canadian Gymnastics Championships May 21-25 in Ottawa.
The provincial team was named by Gymnastics B.C. last week, following a series of trials staged in the winter and spring.
Surrey’s Shallon Olsen, 12, of the Omega club in Coquitlam leads the women’s team, and will be looking for a third consecutive national title. She was the Canadian champion in the Novice category in 2011 and won in the Junior group last year.
Taylor Oakley of Flicka Gymnastics in North Vancouver is the other Surrey athlete to have qualified in women’s artistic gymnastics.
Delta residents Julian Geisler of the Langley Gymnastics Foundation, and Devy Dyson of Richmond Gymnastics will compete in Men’s Artistic Gymnastics.
Surrey residents qualifying in Trampoline Gymnastics are Douglas Armstrong and Sarah Kerr of Flip City Gymnastics in Langley, Connor Doherty and Liam Doherty of the Shasta Trampoline Club. Delta residents going to Ottawa in trampoline are Jordan Wilmhurst and Brittany Falconer of Shasta.