The Junior Pan American Championships take place every four years with the last event being hosted in Daytona Beach, FL in 2016. The Junior Pan American Championships are significant in that they are a major qualification competition for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Who: 16 athletes, 4 team coaches, 4 judges
What: 2018 Junior Pan American Trampoline Gymnastics Championships
Where: Pabellon Municipal de Gimnasia – Zona la Chimba, Cochabamba, Bolivia
When: June 19th to 23rd, 2018
Social: #JRPANAM2018
THE TEAMS:
TRAMPOLINE TEAM:
- Jordyn Yendley, Kelowna, BC – Okanagan Gym Centre
- Alexandra Boucher, Calgary, AB – Calgary Gymnastics Centre
- Maja Bonham, Vancouver, BC – Shasta Trampoline Team
- Anouk Berthiaume, Trois-Rivières, QC – Trampoline Intercité
- Jérémy Chartier, Montreal, QC – Virtuose Centre Acrobatique
- Kai Dwyer, Fall River, NS – Titans Gymnastics Club
- Declan McLean, Burnaby, BC – Shasta Trampoline Team
- Mitchel Pedersen, Calgary, AB – Calgary Gymnastics Centre
DOUBLE MINI-TRAMPOLINE TEAM:
- Jordyn Yendley, Kelowna, BC – Okanagan Gym Centre
- Zoe Phaneuf, Cochrane, AB – Calgary Gymnastics Centre
- Kristina Dodd, Kamloops, BC – Kamloops Gymnastics
- Kailyn Ardnt, Edmonton, AB – Ortona Gymnastics
- Gavin Dodd, Kamloops, BC – Kamloops Gymnastics Centre
- Adin Brenner, Gabriola Island, BC – Shasta Trampoline Team
- Kieran Lupish, Burlington, ON – Burlington B.G’s
- Owen Armstrong, Surrey, BC – Flip City Gymnastics
TEAM COACHES:
- Stewart Gunn, Dartmouth, NS – Titans Gymnastics Club
- Stephen Hauck, Calgary, AB – Calgary Gymnastics Centre
- Matthew Wheele, Kamloops, BC – Kamloops Gymnastics Centre
- Jamie Gardner, Kelowna, BC – Okanagan Gym Centre
JUDGES:
- Traci House, Moose Jaw, SK
- Georgina Nerpio, Richmond, BC
- Mary Pupo, Calgary, AB
- Jessica Walper, Calgary, AB
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