ST. PETERSBURG, RUS ѻý Vernonѻýs Travis Towers cracked the top-15 for his age group in double mini trampoline (DMT) as the 2018 FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Age Group Competitions kicked off on Thursday in St. Petersburg, Russia.
In menѻýs 15-16 DMT, Towers finished 14th, second-highest Canadian result, just two spots back of Gavin Dodd of Kamloops.
Kieran Lupish of Vineland, Ont. was 16th, and Matthew Dykman of Burnaby placed 19th.
Towers, 16, trains with the Okanagan Gymnastics Centre in Kelowna.
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ѻýThe World Age Group Competition gives us the opportunity to showcase our junior teams and the depth we have in this country,ѻý said Karen Cockburn, national team director for trampoline gymnastics at Gymnastics Canada. ѻýCanada will be well represented across all events and our athletes are looking forward to performing on the world stage.ѻý
Towers competed in four events at the Canadian finals, including trampoline, double mini trampoline and team finals for both events. On the individual trampoline, Level 6 menѻýs, Towers finished second. He also placed second in double mini trampoline and was part of the first-place menѻýs team.
Kelownaѻýs Jordyn Yendley advanced to the finals in womenѻýs 15-16 double mini-trampoline in St. Petersburg and finished fifth overall.
ѻýItѻýs always nice to land four for four passes,ѻý said Yendley, who will also compete in trampoline and synchro trampoline this week. ѻýHeading into finals, I just wanted to put out two good passes to my feet. I was in eighth place, so I just wanted to do two good passes and see what happened.ѻý
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