Burnaby South Secondary student Declan McLean won three medals at the B.C. Gymnastics trampoline championships.
The Grade 8 tumbler placed first on the trampoline in the Level 6, 17-and-under boys’ division. He also picked up a second gold medal on the synchronized tramp with Shasta clubmate Duncan Blais and an individual silver medal in the Level 5 double-mini trampoline at TAG Sports Centre in Port Moody May 15 to 17.
Duncan Blais also came second in Level 6 DMT and third on tramp.
The New Westminster-based Shasta Trampoline Club also picked up numerous other first-place finishes at the competition.
Canada Games team performer Kyle Carragher won all three of his events, including the senior synch gold with teammate Ben Blais. Carragher also won the junior boys’ trampoline and senior DMT, while earning a fourth first-place medal on Shasta’s four-person double-mini team with CC Rundall, Alex Angus and Lucas Mayrand. Angus was also second overall in Level 4 girls’ DMT.
Ben Blais finished runner-up in both the junior tramp and double-mini.
World team member Tamara O’Brien and Poppy Quinlan, who competed with Carragher in the sport’s debut at the Canada Games, also won the senior women’s synchro trampoline competition.
O’Brien won the Level 6 18-plus women’s division on tramp, while finishing second in senior DMT. Quinlan was second behind Shasta teammate Brittany Falconer in senior women’s trampoline.
Jordan Wilmhurst and Cameron Atwell also won their respective Level 6, 18-plus and Level 5 groups on trampoline. Wilmhurst also picked up a bronze on DMT.
Silver medallists on synchronized trampoline included: Angus and Cyena McIntosh in Level 4 and Clare Hardjowowasito and Rundall in Level 5 girls, and Andrew Dodd and Ronan Livesey in opening level boys.
Shasta’s Elisse Healy, Eleni Papkyriakopoulos, Maja Bonham, Liam Ames also picked up individual medals at the provincials.
