Friday, May 31, 2013
Run Date: May 31, 2013 Duncan Newsleader (5.8125" x 14") Full Colour EOR#5541 Cowichan News Leader Pictorial 33
Competing in nationals a benefit Micaylla Broadway: Duncan Dynamics gymnast performs at the highest level Don Bodger
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icaylla Broadway is the first member of the Duncan Dynamics Gymnastics Club under coach Olga Mataganova to make it to the national championships. There will be more. “Next year, maybe we’ll get two or three going,’’ said Mataganova. Broadway, 15, travelled to Ottawa last week as a member of Team B.C. for the mammoth national gymnastics competition that involved more than 1,000 athletes, coaches and officials. The trip itself was “tiring,’’ Broadway said. She flew from Victoria to Toronto and on to Ottawa and had an extra stop in Calgary on the way back. Broadway arrived in Ottawa with teammates a couple of days ahead of the competition. “We got a bit of rest and we did some training,’’ she said. Broadway truly had a national baptism by fire. “I was competing against 21-yearolds,’’ she said. That would be intimidating enough for most young gymnasts, but Broadway settled into her routines as much as possible. “I wasn’t too pressured,’’ she said. “I just did my best. It felt like a normal competition.’’ Broadway had her best result in bars where she tied for 21st in a field of 41 in National Open 16+. She also did the vault, beam and floor with consistent results in each discipline
Don Bodger
Balance, agility and pure athleticism, Micaylla Broadway is the complete package and doing very well in gymnastics by bursting onto the national scene. and helped boost B.C. to sixth place in the team competition. “It was a really good experience,’’ said Broadway. Being around the other girls and seeing the older athletes compete has given her a new perspective on the sport. “I’m definitely trying to push myself more in training and get better,’’ Broadway said. “I see what the other girls are doing and I need those skills.’’ Broadway usually trains six days a week at the Duncan Dynamics’ facility throughout the year, other than a week or two. “You can’t really stop or you’ll be out of shape,’’ she said. Broadway is home-schooled that gives her the time to be at the gym more regularly than most students. That amounts to four or five hours each day and 24 to 26 hours a week. “Some days it can be tiring,’’ Broadway said. She started in the sport at the mere age of four and has never wavered in the training required to reach the ultimate level of competition. “I love gymnastics,’’ Broadway said.
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