Ritmika Competitors

COMPETITORS NEWS:

.	Current season results
July 31 - Aug.1, 2004 Varna World Cup, Bulgaria	Mary Sanders came 11th at the Varna World Cup ! (if limiting to two athletes per country, she would be in 9th). Congratulations, and good luck at the Olympics !
June 19, 2004 U.S.A. Olympic Trials	Mary officially declared Olympian ! Mary Sanders won the U.S.A Olympic trials held in San Jose, California ! Congratulations, Mary, and good luck at the Olympics !
June 12, 2004 Red Ribbon AGG competition	Congratulations to Ritmika teams ! Ritmika Ladies Elite captured Gold in the Adult category, but also got awarded for achieving the highest marks by any group ! Ritmika AGG team got gold in the International Junior category ! Ritmika Novice Elite received Bronze medals ! RED RIBBON RESULTS (Excel)
June 3-6, 2004 Nationals	Excellent results from Nationals ! Three Ritmika senior gymnasts are National Team members ! Alexandra Orlando - 5 gold medals !! National Champion !! #1 National Team member ! Carly Orava - 5th place All-around, with bronze medal in Clubs ! National Team member ! Nathalie Ngo - 8th place All-around ! National Team member ! Dani Boyaninska achieved 45th place in Juniors. Vanessa Raileanu achieved 13th place in Novice. Congratulations to you all !
May 22-23/2004 Provincial Championships	Congratulations to all RITMIKA's 2004 PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONS ! OUTSTANDING RESULTS !!! BRAVO KAIRI !!! JOB EXTREMELY WELL DONE !!! gymnast level placing Kayla Medeiros VR All-Around ONTARIO CHAMPION - GOLD MEDAL Ria Micks VI Adv R All-Around ONTARIO CHAMPION - GOLD MEDAL Kimberley Fitzsimmons VI B All-Around ONTARIO CHAMPION - GOLD MEDAL Anastasia Pozin II B All-Around ONTARIO CHAMPION - GOLD MEDAL Leeza,Cassandra,Rhea SR Trio All-Around ONTARIO CHAMPIONS - GOLD MEDAL Emma,Kimberley SR Duo All-Around BRONZE MEDAL Olga Ossipenko IV B 5th All-Around Bela Boyaninska IV B 6th All-Around
May 8-9/2004 Eastern Qualifiers for Nationals	Congratulations to Nathalie Ngo, Vanessa Raileanu, and Dani Boyaninska for successfully qualifying.
May 2/2004 Provincial Qualifiers	Western Provincial Qualifiers: Congratulations to all Ritmika Provincial competitors for qualifying.
May 1-2/2004 Shishmanova competition, Bulgaria	Results of Shishmanova Competiion in Bulgaria (May 1-2): Mary gets All-Around Silver ! Alex gets Bronze in Ribbon ! Well done !! Alex came 6th in All-Around, 2nd in Ribbon, 4th in Clubs, 5th in Ball, 6th in Hoop.
Apr.24-25/2004 York Stars "Reach for the Stars" Invitational 2004	Congratulations to all Ritmika Gymnasts ! Great results from the York Stars Invitational ! gymnast level placing Angelina Le child Julia Vosnjak child Agnes Chu child Anastasia Pozin 2B 1st AA (1st-free,1st-rope) Alexandra Vitmane 2R 5th AA (4th-rope,5th-free,6th-ball) Bela Boyaninska 4B 7th AA (7th-free,8h-ball) Olga Ossipenko 4B 3rd AA (4th-free,1st-ball) Kayla Medeiros 5R 1st AA (1st-clubs,1st-rope,2nd-ribbon) Ria Micks 6RA 1st AA (1st-clubs,1st-hoop,1st-ribbon) Vanessa Raileanu Novice 5th AA (5th-hoop,7th-rope,5th-free,3rd-ball) Dani Boyaninska Junior 4th AA (2nd-clubs,6th-ribbon,3rd-rope,5th-ball) trio trio 1st (Cassandra Chung, Leeza Limenis, Rhea Reble) duo duo 2nd (Emma Stevens and Kimberley Fitzsimmons)
April 17-18/2004 Rhythmik Quebec Invitational	Carly Orava competed at Rhythmik Quebec and came second All-Around. Congratulations !
April 15-17, 2004 Pacific Alliance	Mary wins !! (with 5 gold medals !) Alex with 4 Silvers and one Bronze !! Amazing results !! Mary Sanders and Alexandra Orlando competed at Pacific Alliance Championships in Hawaii. In All-Around competition Mary came first, and Alex came third. Apparatus finals - Mary 4 Golds, Alex 4 Silvers ! Congratulations !!
April 2-3/2004 Elite Ontario	Alexandra Orlando wins again at the Ontario Championships ! ( Elite Ontario - April 2-3/2004) Nathalie Ngo came 5th overall in Senior. Dani Boyaninska came 21st in Junior, Vanessa Raileanu came 9th in Novice.
March 27-28/2004 Thiais Grand Prix	Mary Sanders and Alexandra Orlando competed March 27-28 at the Thiais, France Grand Prix with excellent results ! Mary came 10th All-Around, and Alex came 15th ! (counting only one athlete per country, Mary came 5th, and Alex 10th !) Congratulations to both of you !!
March 27/2004 Sports Awards Gala	Our top 2 provincial level athletes Kayla Medeiros and Ria Micks performed at the 2004 Canada's Sports Awards Gala, which was televised on CBC on March 27th at 7 pm.
March 22-24/2004 Athens	As part of the preparation for participating in the Olympic Games, Mary Sanders competed on March 22-24, 2004 at Athens International Rhythmic Gymnastics Tournament. She came 8th All-Around in Preliminaries, and 9th in Finals. Mary, way to go !!
March 12-14/2004 Deriugina Cup	Alexandra Orlando competed March 12-14, 2004 in Kiev, Ukraine at the NAFTOGRAZ Grand Prix for the Deriugina Cup. Alex came 15th All-Around (taking out extra gymnasts per country, this leaves Alex in 10th place). Excellent result !
March 12-13/2004 Ontario Winter Games	Our provincial level athletes (Kayla Medeiros, Kim Fitzsimmons, and Ria Micks) competed at the Ontario Winter Games in London, Ontario on March 12-13, 2004. The competition was arranged into 5 teams, with each team comprised of competitors from several clubs. TEAM CATCH (with Ria Micks a member) came first; TEAM BALANCE (with Kayla Medeiros a member) came second; TEAM PIVOT (with Kim Fitzsimmons a member) came fourth.
March 5-7/2004 Elite Canada 2004	Congratulations to Alexandra Orlando, Carly Orava, and Nathalie Ngo for their results at Elite Canada in Winnipeg. Alex came first in all 4 apparatus, and first overall ! Carly came 3rd, 3rd, 5th, and 8th in Clubs, Ribbon, Hoop, Ball respectively (6th AA); while Nathalie came 11th All-Around.
Feb.27-29/2004 Etobicoke Invitational 2004	Congratulations to all Ritmika Gymnasts ! Great results from the Etobicoke Olympium Invitational ! Congratulations to Carly Orava and Nathalie Ngo in winning the Team competition and the Smiechowski Cup for club Ritmika ! gymnast level placing Anastasia Pozin 2B 2nd AA (2nd-free,5th-rope) Alexandra Vitmane 2R 2nd AA (1st-rope,2nd-free,4th-ball) Bela Boyaninska 4B 6th AA (3rd-ball,7th-free) Olga Ossipenko 4B 5th AA (3rd-free,6th-ball) Kayla Medeiros 5R 1st AA (1st-clubs,1st-rope,2nd-ribbon) Ria Micks 6RA 1st AA (1st-clubs,1st-hoop,1st-ribbon) Vanessa Raileanu Novice 9th AA (4th-hoop,9th-rope,14th-free,15th-ball) Dani Boyaninska Junior 7th AA (2nd-clubs,5th-ribbon,8th-rope,9th-ball) Carly Orava Senior 1st AA (1st-clubs,1st-hoop,1st-ribbon,2nd-ball) Nathalie Ngo Senior 3rd AA (2nd-hoop,3rd-ball,3rd-clubs,3rd-ribbon)
Feb.21-22/2004 Boston Invitational 2004	Congratulations to Carly Orava and Nathalie Ngo to their strong performace at the Boston Invitational. Carly came 4th, 4th, 5th, and 7th in Hoop, Ball, Clubs, Ribbon respectively (5th AA); while Nathalie came 5th, 7th, 7th, and 5th (7th AA).
Feb.1/2004 US Challenge 2004	Mary wins US Challenge 2004 in Colorado Springs, with 103.6 points, 12 points ahead of 2nd place US gymnast Lisa Wong.
Sept.24-28/2003 World Championships, Budapest, Hungary	Excellent results for Mary Sanders and Alexandra Orlando ! Mary Sanders: 8th place in qualification round All-Around! 7th place in Hoop finals! 7th place in Clubs finals! 10th place in All-around finals ! Mary qualified USA for Olympics ! Alexandra Orlando: 23rd place in qualification round All-Around! 16th place in All-around finals !! Congratulations Mary and Alex !
Sept.14/2003 Levski Cup in Sofia, Bulgaria	Mary Sanders: First place All-Around ! Alexandra Orlando:7th place All-Around Congratulations Mary and Alex !
Sept.6-7/2003 Vitry Cup in Zaragoza, Spain	Mary Sanders: 12th place All-Around Alexandra Orlando:18th place All-Around Congratulations Mary and Alex !
Aug.30-31/2003 Queen Margarita international competition in Bulgaria	Congratulations to Alexandra Orlando ! - In the All-around competition, Alex placed 4th All-around, coming first in Hoop, 2nd in Clubs, 6th in Ball, 8th in Ribbon ! In finals, 4th in Hoop, Clubs, Ribbon, 7th in Ball. Alex also won the prize for "Favourite Gymnast of the Competition".
August 8-10/2003 Pan-American Games Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Congratulations to Mary Sanders and Alexandra Orlando to their excellent results at the Pan-American Games ! Mary wins the Pan-American Games with 5 gold medals (All-around and all apparatus finals) Alexandra - 3 silver medals, one bronze in apparatus Finals, 6th place All-around.
For 2002-2003 season:	2002-2003 results
For 2001-2002 season:	2001-2002 results
For 2000-2001 season and before:	Prior years results