Black, Onyshko, Rogers Named to Canadian Olympic Team

Black, Onyshko, Rogers Named to Canadian Olympic Team
Written by Amanda Turner for International Gymnast Magazine \| Wednesday, 29 June 2016 16:49

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Ellie Black, Isabela Onyshko and Brittany Rogers were named to Canada's women's Olympic team on Wednesday following this week's trials in Quebec.

Ellie Black, Isabela Onyshko and Brittany Rogers were named to Canada's women's Olympic team on Wednesday following this week's trials in Quebec.

The Olympic selection factored in the trials in Gatineau, along with scores from the Canadian championships, Elite Canada and last fall's world championships in Glasgow.

Black (Halifax ALTA) and Rogers (Calgary Gymnastics Centre) return for their second Olympic Games four years after helping Canada place a historic best fifth in London, where they both qualified to the vault final. Onyshko (Brandon Eagles), the 2016 Canadian national champion, will compete in her first Olympic Games. The two remaining members of the team will be announced Thursday.

On Monday, Black won the first day of trials in Gatineau, scoring 57.400 to top Rogers (56.467) and Megan Roberts of East York (54.717). Black had the top scores on vault (15.100/5.8) and floor exercise (14.350/5.8), while Rogers was first on uneven bars (14.800/6.3) and second on vault (15.067/5.8). Onyshko placed last in the all-around after a fluke miss on vault (scoring 0.000), but had the top score on balance beam (15.100/6.5), and was second on uneven bars (14.750/6.3) and floor exercise (14.150/5.7).

Black and Onyshko both skipped Wednesday's competition in Gatineau as they had tallied enough points to ensure selection to the Olympic Games in Rio.

"We wanted to wait until after the first day to see how that went, and then we knew that Isabela had accumulated enough points and we didn't want to risk injury with things that have been nagging," said Onyshko's coach Lorie Henderson. "Isabela has no off button, and she'll keep going until she kills herself because she just wants it that badly, so sometimes we have to pull the plug. We've never done it before, and I don't think we'll ever do it again!"

On Wednesday, Rogers improved to 57.084 to place first over Gym-Richelieu's Rose-Kaying Woo (55.934). Omega Gymnastics' Shallon Olsen placed third (55.350), scoring a meet-high 15.200 on vault.

Rogers, who won uneven bars at the NCAA Championships in April for the University of Georgia, was in tears in Gatineau after finishing on bars.

"I had so many emotions bottled up and after I finished that bars routine, it just all came out," Rogers said. "I knew as soon as I landed that bar routine that I had a really good shot at making my second Olympics and that's a dream come true. It's not very common for someone from NCAA gymnastics to five weeks later make an Olympic team, so that in itself is an accomplishment and my ultimate goal so I'm very proud of myself."

Roberts placed fourth on Wednesday, followed by Kirsten Peterman (Revolution Gymnastics), Sabrina Gill (Manjak's), Victoria-Kayen Woo (Gym-Richelieu), Madison Copiak (Calgary Gymnastics Centre) and Maegan Chant (World Class Gymnastics).

Black, Onyshko, Rogers and Rose-Kaying Woo were members of the world championship squad in Glasgow, where Canada clinched Olympic team qualification by finishing seventh in preliminaries before finishing sixth in the team final.

A selection committee will decide the remaining members of the team, which will be announced Thursday morning.

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2016 Canadian Women's Olympic Trials
June 27 & 29, Gatineau, Quebec

All-Around, Day 1			VT		UB		BB		FX		Total
1.	Ellie Black	Halifax ALTA	5.8	15.100	5.8	14.100	6.1	13.850	5.8	14.350	57.400
2.	Brittany Rogers	Calgary Gymnastics Centre	5.8	15.067	6.3	14.800	5.8	13.800	5.2	12.800	56.467
3.	Megan Roberts	East York Gymnastics	5.8	14.667	5.8	14.100	5.3	12.600	5.6	13.350	54.717
4.	Shallon Olsen	Omega Gymnastics	5.8	14.967	5.2	12.400	5.9	13.450	6.1	13.650	54.467
5.	Madison Copiak	Calgary Gymnastics Centre	5.3	13.300	5.9	13.500	5.5	13.900	5.3	13.400	54.100
6.	Rose-Kaying Woo	Gym-Richelieu	5.0	14.100	5.5	13.250	5.8	13.050	5.4	13.200	53.600
7.	Kirsten Peterman	Revolution Gymnastics	5.8	13.634	5.4	12.900	5.8	13.550	5.4	13.200	53.284
8.	Maegan Chant	World Class Gymnastics	5.2	13.967	5.3	13.200	5.5	12.850	5.9	13.250	53.267
9.	Sabrina Gill	Manjak's Gymnastics Club	5.3	14.567	5.8	13.900	5.5	12.700	4.9	11.800	52.967
10.	Victoria-Kayen Woo	Gym-Richelieu	5.0	14.134	5.6	13.400	5.5	12.400	5.3	12.500	52.434
11.	Isabela Onyshko	Brandon Eagles Gymnastics	0.0	0.000	6.3	14.750	6.5	15.100	5.7	14.150	44.000

All-Around, Day 2			VT		UB		BB		FX		Total
1.	Brittany Rogers	Calgary Gymnastics Centre	5.8	15.034	6.3	14.800	5.7	14.200	5.1	13.050	57.084
2.	Rose-Kaying Woo	Gym-Richelieu	5.0	14.334	5.5	13.950	5.8	14.300	5.5	13.350	55.934
3.	Shallon Olsen	Omega Gymnastics	5.8	15.200	5.2	12.800	5.9	13.550	6.1	13.800	55.350
4.	Megan Roberts	East York Gymnastics	5.8	14.600	5.5	13.350	4.9	13.250	5.6	13.550	54.750
5.	Kirsten Peterman	Revolution Gymnastics	5.3	14.300	5.4	13.150	5.7	13.900	5.2	13.150	54.500
6.	Sabrina Gill	Manjak's Gymnastics Club	5.3	14.367	5.6	12.850	5.6	13.850	5.0	12.900	53.967
7.	Victoria-Kayen Woo	Gym-Richelieu	5.0	14.100	5.5	13.550	5.6	14.050	5.2	12.250	53.950
8.	Madison Copiak	Calgary Gymnastics Centre	5.3	14.600	5.9	12.850	5.6	12.950	5.3	13.350	53.750
9.	Maegan Chant	World Class Gymnastics	5.2	14.000	5.1	12.050	5.3	13.750	5.3	13.250	53.050

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melissa said:

	no off button This quote: "Isabela has no off button, and she'll keep going until she kills herself because she just wants it that badly, so sometimes we have to pull the plug. We've never done it before, and I don't think we'll ever do it again!" Well that there just describes how she arrived where she is out of the provincial system.....well done! Well done, Isabela.
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CanGymFan said:

	Great Effort Ladies Such a demanding sport...kudos to all the athletes for for fighting through to the end. Many great performances on the last day. One to watch is Peterman who should help lead Maryland to new heights in her NCAA career. Congrats to all!! GO CANADA!!
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