Congratulations to our Artistic Team

Once again Burlington BG's Artistic Mens Athletes and Coaches demonstrated their skill, endurance and commitment to the sport of Artistic Gymnastics at the 2009 Ontario Gymnastics Championships held this past weekend in Mississauga. Results are posted on the OFG website. Simply click on the title of this posting from the Artistic blog site to link to these results.
Results summarized are as follows.
Provincial level 1 :10-12 years
Brian Lee came home with a Silver Medal overall in his division along with Gold medals in Parallel Bars and High Bar. Thomas Bowles was outstanding with his Silver medal in Pommel. Zachary Jeffery Morris had also shown resilience placing within the top 10 of his division.

Provincial level 2 :10-12 years
Adam Walsh achieved Gold medal standing with his Vault while placing 3rd in his pommel routine. Ryan Romanoski took the Gold medal for 1st place with his Floor routine, beating out 15 other competitors.

Provincial level 2 : 13+ years
Alexander Lang achieved a Silver medal for his Rings routine as well as a Bronze in both Pommel and Parallel Bars.

Provincial level 3 : 10-12 years
Liam Bee placed 2nd in both his Floor and Rings routines as well as 3rd in High Bar. Along with Jacob Bonnay, these fine young athletes placed within the top ten of their division amongst 20 other competitors.

Provincial level 5 : 13 - 15 years
Wolfe Gazer-Ambrosino walked away with a Gold medal for his Vault routine along with a Silver for 2nd place in Parallel Bars.

National Level : Youth
Matthew Mascola came home with a Silver Medal for his 2nd place standing with his Vault along with Bronze medals in Floor, Pommel and Rings. Matthew placed within the top 5 amongst 15 other competitors.

National Level : Open
William Albert, once again, came first overall in his division. As well as achieving gold overall he came 1st place in Pommel, Rings and Vault. Geoff Rellis came away with a Bronze for his 3rd place finish overall as well as a Bronze medals for both Pommel and Vault.

National Level: Senior
Kevin Lytwyn came home with a medal for all of his routines as well as obtaining a Silver medal overall in his division. Rings and Vault were also top notch achieving 1st place. Pommel, Parallel Bars and High Bar routines both earned Silver medals while Kevin's Floor routine saw a Bronze medal for 3rd place.

Once again congratulations to these young athletes and their coaches Carlo Pacella, Robert Ene, Tudor Mereuta and Yale Holmberg for an outstanding performance to end off the 2009 Provincial competitions.
Please support Kevin, William and Matthew through encouragement as they head off to compete in the 2009 Canadian National Championships being held this June at McMaster University in Hamilton. They will be competing against other top Gymnasts from across Canada. For a link to the 2009 Nationals click HERE