2007 Canadian national champion Kristina Vaculik won the AA at the Elite Canada competition Friday night in Abbotsford, British Columbia. [quote]"I just came here and basically told myself to do the same thing I did in Beijing," said Vaculik, who was sixth in the all-around at the "Good Luck Beijing" International Invitational earlier this month. Vaculik posted the highest score of the night on uneven bars with a 14.8 and balance beam with a 15.2. Lee put up a 14.6 to qualify first to Sunday's floor exercise final. Damianova, born in France to Bulgarian parents, was the top qualifier on vault with a 14.5. [/quote] Elyse Hopfner_Hibbs, 2006 World Championships bronze medalist, who signed with UCLA for Fall 2008 (url: http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?t=752 ) competed bars and beam only - matched Vaculik's 14.8 on bars, and qualified to the beam finals with a 14.2. UCLA attracts a lot of the high ranking gymnasts. Saturday is 2nd day men's all-around competition: "The University of Calgary's Nathan Gafuik leads Ken Ikeda and Hugh Smith" - college and elite gymnastics, not so uncommon in the men's! Canada women ranked 14th at the 2007 World Championships, so the top 2 women will be going to the 2008 Beijing Olympics for Canada (top 12 send teams), so this competition is important: [quote]Gymnastics Canada Gymnastique, the governing body of the sport in Canada, has instituted a selection process through which gymnasts earn points based on their apparatus scores at national and international meets. The two gymnasts with the highest number of points come June will be selected to represent Canada at the Olympic Games, but special consideration will be given to those who excel on one or two events, said Lise Simard, women's artistic director for Gymnastics Canada Gymnastique. [/quote] So going for event final medals too. 2007 Elite Canada Dec. 14, Abbotsford, B.C. Senior Women's All-Around 1. Kristina Vaculik (Gemini, ON) 56.900 2. Peng-Peng Lee (Sport Seneca, ON) 56.150 3. Nansy Damianova (Gymnix, QC) 56.100 4. Sydney Sawa (CalGym, AB) 53.950 5. Aisha Gerber (Oakville, ON) 53.900 6. Emma Willis (Bluewater, ON) 53.750 7. Alyssa Brown (Mississauga, ON) 53.600 8. Kim Genereux (Gymnastics Adventure, SK) 51.550 9. Stephanie McGregor (Gymtastics, AB) 50.150 10. Melissa Mann (Flicka, BC) 49.900 10. Kelsey Hope (Gemini, ON) 49.900 12. Barbara Gasser (Bluewater, ON) 49.800 13. Sarah Flett (Springers, MB) 49.350 14. Ashley Quinton (Stampede, AB) 48.800 15. Laurie-

Canadian men placed 11th at the 2007 Worlds, so they qualify to send a full team. 2007 Elite Canada Dec. 15, Abbotsford, B.C. Senior Men's All-Around 1. Nathan Gafuik (Univ. of Calgary, AB) 89.900 2. Ken Ikeda (Twisters, BC) 88.250 3. Hugh Smith (H. Alta, NS) 84.400 4. Patrick McElroy (Univ. of Calgary, AB) 83.400 5. Matt Albrecht (Oakville, ON) 81.240 6. Matthew Beller (Univ. of Calgary, AB) 80.450 7. Scott Rayment (Cal Gym, AB) 79.450 7. Sean Lord (Oakville, ON) 79.450 9. Cameron Taylor (Cal Gym, AB) 77.250 10. Scott Chandler (Island, PEI) 76.300 10. A.J. Rayment (Univ. of Calgary, AB) 76.300 12. Anothony Pacitto (Mississauga, ON) 76.150 13. Kris Krunick (Delta, BC) 75.850 14. Michael Hood (Victoria, BC) 75.600 15. Matt Grinter (Oakville, ON) 75.250 16. Aaron Boila (Flairs, MB) 75.150 17. Daniel Braun (Delta, BC) 73.500 18. Terence Lowe (Capital City, AB) 73.220 19. Chris Sheremeta (Delta, BC) 70.700 20. Devon Sidwell (Univ. of Calgary, AB) 69.250 21. Luke Boyd (Univ. of Calgary, AB) 64.950 22. Jared Walls (Capital City, AB) 56.550 23. Aleksander Lazic (Cal Gym, AB) 19.970 Junior Women's All-Around 1. Jessica Savona (Mississauga, ON) 54.450 2. Ti Liu (Gymnix, QC) 52.700 3. Sky Corbett-Methot (Omega, BC) 52.250 4. Coralie Leblond-Chartrand (Gymnix, QC) 50.900 5. Laurel Clouston (Salta, AB) 50.050 6. Jennifer Fujs (Richelieu, QC) 49.450 7. Emily Bigras (Bluewater, ON) 49.150 7. Caroline Tanguay (Viagym, QC) 49.150 9. Taylor Lindsay-Noel (Seneca, ON) 48.650 10. Jimena Lopez (Mississauga, ON) 48.300 11. Anysia Unick (Stampede, AB) 47.700 12. Dominique Nadeau (Gym-Action, QC) 47.500 13. Kristin Klarenbach (Ortona, AB) 46.950 14. Bianca Dancose-Giambattisto (Richelieu, QC) 45.900 15. Lauren Vysholid (Flicka, BC) 45.800 16.

Event finals: [quote] Vaculik, winner of Friday's all-around competition, vaulted a clean Yurchenko full (13.7) and an Omelianchik (13.4) to place first, ahead of Missassauga's Alyssa Brown and Gymnix Montreal's Nansy Damianova. Vaculik continued her success on bars (clear hip full to Tkatchev, full pirouette to Gienger, double front dismount), tying Sport Seneca's Hopfner-Hibbs (Markelov, Jaeger, toe-on piked Tkatchev, double layout) with a 15.1. Ontario's Peng-Peng Lee, second in the all-around, was third with a 14.2. On balance beam, Hopfner-Hibbs turned in a solid routine that included a McCool (front handspring) mount to immediate back tuck and a side aerial to two layout stepouts to edge Vaculik, 15.300 to 14.95-. Vaculik also performed a McCool mount but wobbled on her switch leap, back tuck combination. [/quote] [quote]Lee, who debuted a back handspring, tucked full combination Friday night, missed it Sunday but managed to place third with a 14.35, despite also falling on a tucked barani. Lee's 7.0 A score was the highest of any in the competition. Undeterred, Lee turned in a clean, jazzy floor routine (full in, Arabian double front, 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 twist, double pike) to take top honors ahead of Damianova and Oakville's Aisha Gerber[/quote] [quote]In the junior division, all-around runner up Ti Liu of Gymnix was the day's big winner, placing first on uneven bars (13.85) and balance beam (14.4). Kristen Klarenbach of Ortona Gymnastics in Alberta won vault (13.325), while Laurel Clouston of Salta Gymnastics in Alberta was the top competitor on floor (13.85). [/quote] IG: http://intlgymnast.com/news/2007/dec/121607_elitecanada.html