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Moscrop girls combine for gymnastics first

The Moscrop Panthers came to compete at the 2020 B.C. High School gymnastics championships earlier this month in Richmond, riding a wave of nine top-10 performances to place fourth overall among 89 teams in aggregate standings.
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The Moscrop senior girls gymnasts Maya Mah, Emily Wong-Abdul, Karen Warren and Kathleen Lac combined to secure the school's first-ever provincial Level 2 title at the B.C. championships, held earlier this month in Victoria.

The Moscrop Panthers came to compete at the 2020 B.C. High School gymnastics championships earlier this month in Richmond, riding a wave of nine top-10 performances to place fourth overall among 89 teams in aggregate standings.

Led by a quartet in Level 2 senior girls, Moscrop counted 20 medals in total, including a silver all-around by Emily Wong-Abdul. The Grade 11 athlete  topped the vault and placed third on floor, while finishing fourth on bars and fifth on beam, en route to her second all-around showing.

Wong-Abdul trailed Earl Marriott’s Isla Toxopeus by a slim margin, tallying an aggregate score of 36.950 out of 40, to Toxopeus’ 37.025.

Maya Mah posted silver in both vault and floor to place fourth all-around, while Karen Warren took silver in vault en route to seventh place. For Mah, the difference between fourth and third was just 0.375. Along with 18th all-around Kathleen Lac’s bronze in vault, their results pushed the Panthers to the top and its first-ever Level 2 girls title.

Wong-Abdul had begun the short high school gymnastic season a month earlier with first-place showings at the Moscrop Invitational and Fraser North zone championships, along with a silver at the UBC meet.

Maxwell Hill, a Burnaby North student, placed third overall in Level 5 boys, scoring medals in rings (gold), parallel bars (silver), pommel horse and high bars (bronze). He racked up a tally of 71.600 points, technically tied with MEI’s Michael Frew for second place, and three points back of Merritt’s Drew Kanigan’s gold medal performance.

Moscrop’s other top-10 finishers included Level 1 juniors Emily Lavin (eighth all-around; bronze on beam), Julia Ellis (ninth all-around, including gold on vault and bronze on floor), and Emylia Costopoulos (10th all-around).

Coming in 11th all-around was Kayanna Vu, who scored silver on beam, while Sophia Battiston placed 12th all-around, with a silver on floor. In 13th place was Claire Desmeules.

In Level 1 senior girls, Noosheen Vazinkhop stood 12th all-around. Jasmine Wong, meanwhile, came in 14th all-around in Level 3 girls, including a bronze on bars.

Here are more results from the provincials: GIRLS, Level 1 – Josefin Warholm, 23rd A/A; Daniella Ferrigno, 30th A/A; Kaylee Chavez, 35th A/A; Amy Yaremko, 43rd A/A.

Level 1 boys – David Wu, 8th A/A (3rd vault, 4th high bar); Jake Milkovic 9th A/A (1st high bar).