Competitive season underway for Silhouettes

Strathmore Silhouettes Head Coach

 

The competitive season for the Strathmore Silhouettes is well under way, and it is proving to be a very successful year. 

Six of the Silhouettes, aged 9-17, attended the Southern Zones Championships in Red Deer April 5-6, where they all qualified to carry on to Provincials, which is being held in Edmonton April 19-21. 

To qualify to compete at Provincials the athlete must place in the top twelve of their level’s age group. Those top 12 then go on to compete against the top twelve athletes from Northern Zones. 

All six Silhouettes did just that. 

Kate Barrett (age 9) placed fourth, Geena Schramm (age 12) placed eighth, Delaney Carless (age 13) placed first, Kassie Greig (age 14) placed third, Jordann Mackay (age 16) placed eighth, and Shelby Stephens (age 17) placed fourth. 

I am very excited and proud of the girls this year. This is the highest number of athletes that Strathmore has seen make it to Provincials in a very long time, as long as I can remember, and I have been a part of gymnastics here for about 14 years. 

Not only the most, but the youngest (Kate Barrett – Provincial 2 Argo) and the highest level we have ever gotten to (Jordann Mackay – Provincial 3 Open). 

After Provincials the season will finish off with three more competitions in Okotoks, Canmore and Calgary, where all 12 of the Silhouettes will be 

competing.