Vancouver, BC – Twelve B.C. artistic gymnasts from nine clubs have qualified for the 2015 Western Canada Summer Games. Team BC will compete at the Games in Wood Buffalo, Alberta this August. The athletes were named to the team following trials in Kelowna earlier this month.
2015 Western Canadian Gymnastics champion Lane Messier (Flicka) leads a strong men’s artistic gymnastics team. Messier won a total of five western Canada gold medals. Joining him is 2015 Gymnastics BC champion Treyson Cerrato (Surrey) who finished third at the western event. The other Team BC members are: Victor Blaine (Langley), Dawson Friesen (Twisters), Cohen Kiers (Twisters) and Ryan Woodhead (Delta).
Ella Rogers was both a 2015 Western Canadian Gymnastics and 2015 Gymnastics BC champion. She joins a dynamic women’s artistic gymnastics. Also representing Team BC is perennial provincial and western Canada medalist Darby McInytre. The other Team BC members are Celine May (TAG), Sophie Anderson (Delta), Rachel Rubin-Sarganis (Vancouver Phoenix) and Alia Wilson (Prince George).
“British Columbia has a strong tradition of success in gymnastics at the Western Canada Summer Games,” said Team BC Chef de Mission, Diane St-Denis. “I know that these athletes will be tremendous competitors and represent Team BC and their sport very well at the Games this August.”
The Western Canada Summer Games take place once every four years. For B.C.’s young gymnasts, they are a great stepping to future Canadian championships and Canada winter Games. The 2015 Western Canada Summer Games are taking place from August 7 to 16 in Wood Buffalo, Alberta. The artistic gymnastics competitions take place during the first week.