Cory Paterson – Parallel Bars Finals

Cory Paterson – Parallel Bars Finals – 2012 Kellogg’s Pacific Rim Championships http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGAGZMY7fKk&sns=tw

Gymnastics Energy

The Oakville boys competed at the Gymnastics Energy Annual Invitational meet on June 4th.

All the positive comments that I heard form the coaches and parents were about how well behaved the boys were and that their presentation before, during and after their routine was excellent.

Demo gymnasts are not scored or ranked, but here are some results from the Interclub and Provincial Level competitions.

RESULTS HERE

Thank you to Nathan Bollinger and Alison Fraser for helping out at the competition.

Cory Paterson; National Champion – again.

Cory Paterson, Oakville’s lone MAG representative at the 2011 Canadian Championships in Charlottetown, PEI., more than made up for our lack of representation by brining home five gold medals and one silver.

Competing in the difficult Tyro High Performance category; Cory won Rings, Vault, Parallel Bars, High Bar and was first overall. To balance out his medal collection, he also placed second on Floor and a humbling seventh on Pommel Horse after counting a fall on Day 1 (Compulsories).

Cory was sitting in second spot overall going into his Optional program on Day 2. With an ideal balance of high Start Values and good form, he had the potential to win if he delivered a solid performance on all six events.

After a good start on Floor, he was up on Pommel Horse next. A solid routine would give him the confidence and momentum he needed to relax and perform his best. You could feel the collective sigh from athlete. parents. grandma and coach after he stuck his dismount.

A solid vault (Full-twisting Yurechenko) with a high Start Value for Tyro, gave Cory a good lead over the others.

Cory rocked Parallel Bars on Day 1 and further increased his lead with a solid performance on Day 2.

Cory had now built up a 3.8 lead (including his Day 1 deficit) heading into High Bar. As planned, we reduced the difficulty of his routine to insure a relaxed performance for his final event. It paid off even though he almost over rotated his double layout full-out due to the increased energy he had at the end of his routine.

A great Day 2, second on Floor and first on the other five events, put Cory over six point ahead of the field.

This is Cory’s third National Title after placing a very respectable second in his first year Tyro and over coming a wrist injury at last year’s Nationals.

Cory has won High Bar every Nationals since 2008 and, except for his wrist injury in 2010, has won Parallel Bars every year since 2007.

Cory now moves on to the Junior category where he will no longer have to compete Compulsories, but will have to work on increasing the difficulty of his routines to bring them up to par with International Junior rules.

Interview with Rick McCharles

Results from gym-score-depot.com

Recent growth spurt hasn’t slowed gymnast Paterson

Nice article about the boys’ results at Provincials on insideHalton.com.

Congratulations!

Congratulations to all the Oakville boys who competed at Provincials Championships.

Results are available on the Gymnastics Ontario site here.

Second Qualifier

Congratulations to all the boys for some great performances at the Men’s Second Qualifier hosted by the Ottawa Gymnastics Club.

Even with nine Oakville boys not attending due to various reasons, the boys still brought home 38 medals; 15 gold, 10 silver and 11 bronze.

That brings our total medal count to 71 medals; 25 gold, 23 silver and 21 bronze.

In Level 1, Stefan Van Neikirk placed 13th All-around (AA), Jacob Kamerman placed third AA and first on Rings, second on Parallel Bars and High Bar. Spencer Johne was eleventh AA.

In Level 2 under 10, Aidan Chin placed sixth AA, first on Rings and second on Vault. Max Perrier placed third AA and won Floor, Vault and High Bar. Logan Pederson was fifth AA, third on Floor, Vault and High Bar.

In Level 2 10-12, Kyle Farnsworth was first AA and on Floor, Rings, Vault, Parallel Bars, High Bar and Third on Pommel Horse. Oliver Ralph was fourth AA, placed second on Pommel Horse and Rings and was third on Floor. Kyrne Byrne was sixth AA and placed third on Pommel Horse.

In Level 3, Andrew Sheehan was first All-around and on Floor and High Bar and placed second on Pommel Horse and Rings. Steven Woolley was second AA, won Pommel Horse, place second on Vault and third on Rings and High Bar. Emmett Morgantte was eight AA and placed second on Rings and third on Floor.

Complete results are available on the Ottawa Gymnastics Club’s web site.

Our next Qualifier is at Gymnastics Mississauga April 1st to 3rd.

Congratulations!

Congratulations to all Oakville boys on a great First Qualifier. You guys looked great

Results are here

Four Eastern Canadian Champions!

The Men’s Program qualified six boys to this year’s Eastern Canadian Championships.

Eric Mariglia is the Level 3: 13+ parallel bar Gold medalist. Eric also brought home a Bronze medal for vault and placed fourth on both Floor and Rings. Overall, Eric was fifth.

In the Level 4: 13+ category, Jeremie Quek won a Silver medal on pommel horse, placed fifth on highbar and was consistent enough overall to place fourth. His teammate, Alex Danahy, tied for Gold on parallel bars and placed fourth on vault for an overall finish of seventh.

In the Argo High Performance category, Cory Paterson placed first all-around and won four apparatus Gold medals, a Silver on parallel bars and a Bronze on high bar. Teammate Daniel Capstick won high bar and added a Silver medal on vault to place fourth overall. Michael Buczkowski competed in his first Eastern’s and placed fourth on floor, fifth on rings and placed sixth all-around.

Congratulations boys!

Provincials Results

Another successful Men’s Provincial Championships for Oakville.

Three All-around Provincial Champions.
Nathan Bollinger (Level 1), Cory Paterson (Argo HP) and Matthew Albrecht (Senior HP) all won their respective categories.

Four All-around Silver Medalists
Adam Kassam (Level 3: under 15yrs), Alex Danahy (Level 4: 11-15yrs), Brad Schnurr (Level 4: 16+) and Sean Lord (Senior HP) each placed second in their respective categories.

Twenty Two Apparatus Gold Medals
Adam, Brad, Christopher Hazineh, Cole Becker, Cory, Daniel Capstick, Matt Albrecht, Matt Grinter, Nathan and Sean Lord all won one or more events.

Eighteen Apparatus Silver Medals
Adam, Alex, Brad, Cory, Matt Albrecht, Nathan, Robert Wilson, Sam Tziougras and Sean all placed second on one or more events

Eight Apparatus Bronze Medals
Adam, Alex, Brad, Camden Palkovic, Matt A., Matt G., Nathan and Sean all placed third on one or more events

Complete results are available here

Jurassic Results

Another successful Jurassic Classic.

Daniel Captstick brought home a High Bar Bronze medal and placed seventh all-around.

Cory Paterson won Pommel Horse, Rings and Parallel Bars and came second on Vault, High Bar and all-around.