Helping her team secure a Big-10 spot was her prime focus.
But Burnaby’s Briannah Tsang was likely pretty happy to rack up another ‘Big’ achievement last week at the Big Five NCAA gymnastic qualifier at University Park, Pa.
Tsang, a sophomore with the Penn State Nittany Lions squad, was named to the All-Big 10 first team, after leading her team on the vault and floor exercise this season.
The team finished second overall, improving on last year’s third place result at the qualifier.
The 20-year-old was joined on the all-star squad by teammates junior Kiera Brown, while Nicole Medvitz earned a second team honour.
“We are so proud of these three young ladies,” Penn State gymnastics coach Jeff Thompson said. “The All-Big 10 honours are well-deserved rewards for the hard work that they have put in since August.
“Their commitment, both in and out of the gym, has been an inspiration to their teammates and we look forward to them leading us, once again, this weekend at the Big 10 championships in Lincoln, Neb.”
Tsang, a 2015 Big-10 co-freshman of the year winner and second team honouree, has secured four floor exercise titles this season, three vault titles and one all-around win.
She enters the Big-10 ranked eighth overall in floor exercise, ninth on vault and 10th all-around heading into this week’s competition.
This year, Tsang put up six of the team’s top-eight vault scores and four of the top-seven floor scores.
