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LaFleur's successful on multiple levels

By EMERY SKOLFIELD
Published September 17, 2006

LaFleur's of Largo broke the seal on its gymnastics season with an impressive showing at the 14th annual Aloha Invitational at the University of Tampa.

The Level 5 team from LaFleur's placed first in the large team division of the event, which unfolded Sept. 9-10 and was hosted by Lightning City Gymnastics. Zoe Boehme, Rebeca Lizotte, Megan Schell and Rachel Whisennant each won their all-around titles in their respective age divisions.

Schell won all four events en route to the all-around victory. Boehme won three events - the vault, beam and floor - while Lizotte was first on the beam and floor. Whisennant won the vault and floor.

Sarah Spurgeon won two events vault and bars, while Brenna Kirk was victorious on the beam.

LaFleur's finished second to the St. Petersburg-based Tampa Bay Turners in Level 4 super large team competition.

The Turners' Olivia Kent swept all four of her events to win the all-around, while teammates Abby Woody and Sarah Sudduth also earned all-around victories in Level 4.

For LaFleur's, Maranda Adams, Kylie Halbert, Couper Tanko and Taylor VanHaerants each captured top all-around honors in their respective Level 4 age groups.

In Level 4 medium team competition, Oldsmar's Victory Gymnastics Training Center of Oldsmar finished atop a six-team field.

Victory's Cailen McGee won on the vault and bars on her way to an all-around title. Lauren Stojak also won her all-around. Charlee Miller of Victory won her all-around in Level 5 action, while teammate Tatyanna Zamkovaya did the same in Level 6 competition.

SWIMMING: Claire Thompson of Largo's West Florida Lightning Aquatics team earned an Olympic Trials qualifying standard in the 200-meter freestyle.

Thompson swam the 200 freestyle in of 2 minutes, 3.24 seconds in competition at last month's Junior National Long Course Championships in Irvine, Calif.

Times correspondent Emery Skolfield can be reached at (727) 481-2027 or sptimesyouth@yahoo.com.

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