North Shore athletes landed some strong results at the high school gymnastics championships held March 6-8 in Nanaimo, led by excellent showings by the Windsor and Seycove teams.
Windsor, a perennial gymnastics power due to its great participation levels, finished third overall in the team standings while winning the boys overall title. The Dukes also claimed the highest team score in the Boys Level 2 division.
Seycove, meanwhile, won top spot in both the Boys Level 1 and Boys Level 3 divisions.
Several North Shore gymnasts also hit the podium in individual competitions.
Windsor's Greg Burns scored second in the Level 4 Boys competition (Level 5 is the highest difficulty) while the North Shore earned a podium sweep in Level 3 Boys with Seycove's Tomash Danco and Gabe Stanton finishing first and second, respectively, and Windsor's Drew Sandall placing third.
In Level 2 Boys Windsor's Justin Tan took gold while Mark Pinto of St. Thomas Aquinas earned silver. A pair of Seycove students claimed first in the hotly contested Level 1 boys division with Mathew Dandar finishing first and Renato Pol Mari placing third.
On the girls side Handsworth's Silvi Booth led the way, finishing first out of 42 competitors in the packed Level 2 Girls division, while Nicole Hsueh of Windsor finished third in Level 1 Girls.
