Ajax gymnastics club athletes earn medals at Vaughan Invitational
May 30, 2008 - 10:52 AM
DURHAM -- Durham Whiz Kids athletes were medal winners at the recent 2008 Vaughan Gymnastics Invitational meet.
The Ajax-based gymnastics academy for boys sent six athletes to the meet, with most returning from Vaughan with overall or individual medals.
In the Level 1 category, under nine years, Evan Bates of Ajax placed third overall. He also won the gold medal on the parallel bars and silver medals on the vault and high-bar. Nathanael Masson of Ajax was fourth overall with a silver medal on parallel bars and bronze on rings and pommel horse.
In the nine-years-and-up category for Level 1, Ajax's Nicholas Novak placed sixth overall and Ethan Creer of Whitby finished seventh overall. Creer also earned a bronze medal on the rings event.
Oshawa's Samuel Cirone and Neil Maatta of Ajax competed in the Level 3, under-11 category. Cirone was third overall with silver medals on the floor exercise and rings and bronze on the vault and high-bar. Maatta placed fourth overall and earned a silver medal on the pommel horse and bronze on the floor exercise and parallel bars.
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