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2008 Canadian Gymnastics Championships Championnats Canadiens de Gymnastique

Tuesday 6/3: Seniors, qualifiers, day 1: vault, bars, beam, floor, AA 487 Kristina Vaculik '92 / 16 ON Gemini 5.0 14.40 5-T 6.4 14.85 2 6.4 15.15 1 5.8 14.55 1 23.6 58.95 1 402 Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs '89 / 19 ON Sport Seneca 5.5 14.50 4 6.8 14.90 1 6.3 15.00 2 5.8 14.05 4 24.4 58.45 2 538 Nansy Damianova '91 / 17 QC Gymnix 5.5 14.80 1 5.9 14.50 3 6.0 14.25 5 5.5 14.25 2 22.9 57.80 3 417 Peng-Peng Lee '93 / 15 ON Sport Seneca 5.5 14.20 7 5.9 13.50 4 6.9 14.30 4 5.7 14.20 3 24.0 56.20 4 253 Charlotte Mackie '93 / 15 BC Omega 5.5 14.60 3 5.7 12.80 11 6.4 14.35 3 5.8 13.65 8-T 23.4 55.40 5 368 Alyssa Brown '89 / 19 ON Mississauga 5.5 14.40 5-T 5.9 13.05 8 6.2 14.15 6 5.4 13.35 10 23.0 54.95 6 178 Sydney Sawa '92 / 16 AB CGC 5.0 14.05 8 5.7 12.50 13 6.2 13.95 7 5.7 14.00 5-T 22.6 54.50 7 153 Stephanie McGregror '90 / 18 AB Gymtastics 5.0 14.00 9 5.3 13.30 6 5.5 12.50 16 4.9 13.05 12 20.7 52.85 8 276 Brittany Rogers '93 / 15 BC Omega 5.5 14.75 2 5.8 13.40 5 5.8 13.00 10 5.3 11.65 19 22.4 52.80 9 493 Emma Willis '92 / 16 ON Bluewater 4.4 13.25 15-T 5.5 12.90 10 5.8 12.45 17 5.7 14.00 5-T 21.4 52.60 10 305 Sarah Flett '89 / 19 MB Springers 5.0 13.45 13 4.1 11.70 16-T 5.3 13.35 8 5.4 13.65 8-T 19.8 52.15 11 388 Barbara Gasser '89 / 19 ON Bluewater 4.7 13.60 12 5.0 13.00 9 5.1 12.65 14 4.5 12.85 15 19.3 52.10 12 549 Lisa-Marie Farley '89 / 19 QC Gym-Richelieu 4.6 13.40 14 5.2 13.15 7 6.0 12.00 19 5.0 13.30 11 20.8 51.85 13 580 Cynthia Lemieux '90 / 18 QC Gym-Richelieu 4.6 13.10 17 6.0 12.65 12 5.7 12.70 13 5.0 13.00 13 21.3 51.45 14 544 Catherine Dion '92 / 16 QC Gym

Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs was the top scorer on vault, bars, and beam. 2008 Canadian Championships June 5, Calgary Senior Women's All-Around Final 1. Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs (Sport Seneca, ON) 57.900 2. Kristina Vaculik (Gemini, ON) 57.200 3. Peng-Peng Lee (Sport Seneca, ON) 56.200 4. Alyssa Brown (Mississauga, ON) 55.850 5. Sydney Sawa (CGC, AB) 55.250 6. Brittany Rogers (Omega, BC) 54.850 7. Charlotte Mackie (Omega, BC) 54.800 8. Emma Willis (Bluewater, ON) 53.200 9. Stephanie McGregror (Gymtastics, AB) 52.650 10. Sarah Flett (Springers, MB) 50.850 11. Barbara Gasser (Bluewater, ON) 50.350 12. Nansy Damianova (Gymnix, QC) 27.950 Junior Women's All-Around Final 1. Dominique Pegg (Bluewater, ON) 55.700 2. Anysia Unick (Stampede City, AB) 55.650 3. Ti Liu (Gymnix, QC) 54.300 4. Caitlyn Keates (Sport Seneca, ON) 53.200 5. Coralie Leblond-Chartrand (Gymnix, QC) 51.650 6. Caroline Tanguay (Viagym, QC) 50.850 7. Jessica Dowling (Cambridge Kips, ON) 50.750 8. Emily Bigras (Bluewater, ON) 50.500 9. Bianca Dancose (Gym-Richelieu, QC) 50.050 10. Jimena Lopez (Mississauga, ON) 50.000 11. Dominique Nadeau (Gym-Action, QC) 48.750 Senior Men, Day 1 1. Adam Wong (CGC, AB) 90.550 2. David Kikuchi (Halifax Alta, NS) 89.450 3. Casey Sandy (Burlington BGs, ON) 88.850 4. Grant Golding (UofC, AB) 88.000 5. Nathan Gafuik (UofC, AB) 86.250 6. Jared Walls (CCGC, AB) 86.150 7. Ken Ikeda (Twisters, BC) 85.450 8. Hugh Smith (Halifax Alta, NS) 84.950 9. Pat McElroy (UofC, AB) 84.200 10. Peter Andersen (Surrey, BC) 82.400 11. Cam Taylor (CGC, AB) 80.750 12. Matt Beiler (UofC, AB) 79.950 13. Matt Albrecht (Oakville, ON) 78.900 14. Terrance Lowe (CCGC, AB) 78.350 15. Scott Chandler (Island Gym, PEI) 78.000 16. Anthony Pacitto (Mississauga, ON) 77.450 17. A.J. Rayment (UofC, AB) 77.000 18. Matt Grinter (Oakville, ON) 76.650 19-T. Sean Lord (Oakville, ON) 76.450 19-T. Daniel Braun (Delta, BC) 76.450 21. Stephan Saulnier (Halifax Alta, NS) 76.200 22. Aaron Boila (Flairs, MB) 75.250 23. Brandon O'Neill (CCGC, AB) 74.850 24. Michael Hood (Victoria, BC) 74.200 25. Christopher Sheremata (Delta, BC) 73.000 26. Brennan McArter (UofC, AB) 72.700 27. Colin Sharpe (Pulsars, ON) 70.600 28. Christian Nuttall (UofC, AB) 65.750 29. Scott Rayment (CGC, AB) 57.200 30. Yann-Meing Law-Kam-Cio (Imco, QC) 38.300

Controversy over the 2 women picked to go to the 2008 Beijing Olympics to represent Canada (they Canadian women's gymnastics team didn't qualify at the 2007 Worlds to send a full gymnastics team to the 2008 Beijing Olympics) - Kristina Vaculik, 2nd at the Canada Gymnastics Nationals isn't going: [quote] At the Canadian Gymnastics Championships held in Calgary, Vaculik established herself as the best gymnast in the country at the senior level. She won the preliminary competition on day one and finished second in the all around final the following day. That result in the all around should have been the determining factor in granting the two spots on the Olympic team. For good measure, she wrapped up the competition on day three with two golds and two silvers in the apparatus finals. It should be noted that in the event finals, rising star Peng-Peng Lee, a junior aged gymnast, competed at the senior level, winning the gold medal in the two events (beam and floor) in which Vaculik won silver. In other words, if Lee had competed in her own age group, Vaculik would have won gold in all four apparatus finals. Unfortunately for Vaculik, the Canadian Gymnastics Federation does not recognize the Canadian championships as the qualifying meet for the Olympics. Instead, a point system the national governing body adopted was used to determine the two gymnasts who would represent Canada in Beijing. Points were given based on results from designated national and international competitions from September 2007 to June 2008, as well as participation in and results from previous world competitions. Based on that system, Nansy Damianova and Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs will wear Canada's colours in Beijing. [/quote] Flawed point system: [quote] The catch here is that Vaculik wasn't age eligible to compete in previous world competitions, preventing her from earning valuable points. Despite a late push she finished a close third. [/quote] "Flawed system leaves Vaculik out of Olympic Games Gymnast second at Nationals, but isn't granted one of two spots on Canadian team" http://newsdurhamregion.com/news/sports/article/100497 The women's USA team makes sure to get the team that is the most ready and is the best for the upcoming gymnastics competition - Marhta Karolyi and the others who choose, choose so late! And the camps...and selection...the men's seem to get selected sooner and faster though.