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Local athletes get high marks in Prince George

Itzia San Roman of Burnaby won a silver medal at the B.C. gymnastics championships in Prince George this weekend.

Itzia San Roman of Burnaby won a silver medal at the B.C. gymnastics championships in Prince George this weekend.

The Vancouver Phoenix Gymnastics athlete finished in the top five in all four individual disciplines to post a second-best all-around score of 50.100 in the girls' national open category.

Ashlynn Skulstad of Twisters Gymnastics in Abbotsford won the open all-around with a 51.250 total score.

San Roman placed third in the vault with a 13.700 score and third on floor exercises with a 13.650 total. She also tied for third on the uneven bars. On the balance beam, San Roman tied for fifth place.

Burnaby Central student Taylor Oakley placed first in floor exercises and finished fourth in the national open all-around.

Oakley tied Skulstad on the floor with a 13.800 score to help garner an all-around total of 48.000. Oakley also tied for fifth on the vault with a 13.500 score.

Burnaby's Sofia Savkovic, who trains with TAG Sport Centre in Port Coquitlam, was seventh in the vault behind Oakley to place eighth in the national open all-around. Savkovic's best event was a fifth-place 12.850 score on floor. She also placed sixth on bars and seventh on vault.

Emma Crooks of Wings Gymnastics Society won the vault in the girls' P2 open, posting a category-high 12.850 score. Crooks placed fourth all-around with a 47.950 score behind section champion Katrina Penner-Loat of Twisters.

The Cameron centre product also tied for fourth on floor and seventh on balance beam.

Another Wings gymnast, Savana Fogh, picked up an individual first-place finish on the beam, scoring 12.900 in the P2 open. Fogh placed 12th overall in the all-around.

In the P3 novice category, Alora Jones of Wings tied for fouth in the all-around with Kylee Dyck of Glacier, both with 47.800 totals. Cheska Quejado of Phoenix won the novice all-around with a 49.650 score. Jones was fourth on the beam and fifth on both bars and vault.

Raquel Slotten of Wings placed eighth overall in the P3 open division. Slotten was runner-up on bars, scoring 12.350. She also finished top 10 on both floor and beam.

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