Ashley Speed captures bronze at tumbling World Cup

Ashley Speed won a bronze medal Saturday in women’s tumbling at the Astronaut Alexandrov World Cup in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Here’s Ashley talking about her medal winning performance.

Kylie Petrie, who finished right behind Ashley in fourth spot, had this to say after her impressive World Cup debut.

Canadian tumbling coach Denis Vachon had this to say in [...]

Jason takes the lead after prelims at trampoline World Cup in Sofia

Jason Burnett lived up to his number-one world ranking on the first day of competition Friday at the season-opening World Cup in Sofia, Bulgaria, placing first on both his compulsory and optional routines.
Here’s what Jason had to say about his performance.

And a few more comments from Canadian coach Dave Ross.

Charles Thibault also had a [...]

Burnett and MacLennan top world trampoline rankings

Jason Burnett and Rosannagh MacLennan were noted in today’s Globe and Mail for their number-one world ranking heading into the 2009 trampoline and tumbling season.
After prelims on Friday at the opening World Cup meet in Sofia, Bulgaria, Jason is leading the field with 73.7 points and an unofficial world record of 31.6 for his first [...]

Casey Sandy ends brilliant college career as one of the all-time greats at Penn State

After winning the 2009 Nissen-Emery Award as the top college gymnast in the United States, Casey Sandy led the Penn State team in his final competition at the NCAA national championships held this past weekend in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Although Sandy fell short of defending the all around title he won last year, he ended his [...]

Hopfner-Hibbs wraps up sparkling debut season at UCLA

Elyse-Hopfner Hibbs capped a sparkling rookie season with the UCLA Bruins with a strong performance over the weekend at the NCAA women’s gymnastics championships in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Hopfner-Hibbs, the only Canadian woman ever to win a world championships medal, placed seventh in the team event and finished the year as a second-team All American [...]