Casey Sandy

Casey Sandy wins all around title at Elite Canada
Posted Friday, February 27, 2009

SURREY, B.C. – Casey Sandy of Burlington, Ont., posted the best scores on floor and rings en route to the gold medal in the all around event Thursday at the Elite Canada men’s gymnastics competition held at the Guildford Recreation Centre.

The meet was the second and final phase in the national team selection. Last season’s national championships were the first phase.

The gymnasts did all around competitions both Wednesday and Thursday evening and the combined score from both days determined the final standings. Sandy totalled 175.300 points with Ken Ikeda of Abbotsford, B.C., second at 174.100 and Jared Walls of Edmonton third at 168.000.

“It was tough,” said Sandy, who’ll look to successfully defend his NCAA all around title in April for Penn State. “I did O.K., on some events and others should have been better. Even though I didn’t score the highest I felt the pommel horse was the highlight for me. The floor went alright but there are a few things I could clean up.”

Ikeda was tops on pommel horse and parallel bars and Olympic team member Nathan Gafuik of Calgary earned the best marks on vault and high bar.

In junior competition, Jackson Payne of Edmonton was the all around champ with 165.000 points placing first on parallel bars and high bar. Kevyn Lytwyn of Burlington, Ont was second at 164.850 and Jaylan Birl of Mississauga, Ont., third at 164.400

The top scorers on the other apparatus were Lytwyn on rings, Birl on vault, Robert Watson of Richmond, B.C., on floor and Max Vacca of Abbotsford on pommel horse.

The other all around champions were Justin Karstadt of Mississauga in the Argo age group and Tariq Dowers of Mississauga in the Tyro division.

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