Burnaby athletes dominated the podium at the B.C. artistic gymnastics championships.
Tamara Kuno and Burnaby Central Secondary student Taylor Oakley helped lead a Flicka Gymnastic Club sweep in the women’s national open category last weekend in Kamloops.
Kuno, who sat out all last year after a surgery on an Achilles tendon tear, had the high score on the uneven bars and was fifth on the balance beam to place third overall in the all-around.
Oakley, 17, placed second on the bars and beam, while also posting top-six scores on vault and floor exercises to finish runner-up to Flicka clubmate Clair Kaji, who won the all-around with a 52.000 score.
Kuno scored 13.050 on the bars and finished with a total all-around score of 50.200, earning the 17-year-old Burnaby resident a spot on Team B.C. for the Western Canadian championships in Saskatoon in April. Kuno and Oakley is also hoping to earn a spot at the nationals in May.
Oakley scored a second-best 13.700 on beam and 12.200 on bars. Her 13.250 score on the vault was also just a fraction off Kristen Ho’s winning 13.550 score for Vancouver Phoenix.
Oakley scored a 31.550 total in the open all-around.
Burnaby gymnast Itzia San Roman Santillan of Phoenix placed seventh in the all-around with top-10 scores in the vault, beam and a third-best 12.500 score on floor.
Burnaby’s Sofia Savkovic of TAG Sports finished 18th overall.
In the senior high performance division, Briannah Tsang of Burnaby posted the high all-around score of 52.550, including a 14.150 score in her specialty the vault.
Tsang, a Flicka club gymnast who commited to an athletic scholarship to Penn State University this fall, will be attending the nationals in May. She is also on the long list for the Commonwealth Games.
