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McLaughlin USA (WOGA) 54.35; 3. Kristina Kruglikova RUS 52.750; 4. Sophia Lee USA (WOGA) 52.40; 5. Yevgenia Cherniy UKR 51.95; 6. Briley Casanova USA (WOGA) 50.65.

BELARUSIANS DOMINATE Belarusians Viktoria Makshtaryova and Pavel Bulavsky won the women’sand men’s senior all-around titles at the Antonina Koshel Cup, held Feb. 10-12 in Minsk. The competition honors Koshel, a member of the gold medal-winning Soviet team at the 1972 Olympics and currently vice president of the Belarusian Gymnastics Association.

Women’s AA: 1. Viktoria Makshtaryova BLR 51.80; 2. Anastasia Marachkovskaya BLR 51.30; 3. Anastastia Lunkan UKR 50.85; 4. Galina Ivanets BLR 49.65; 5. Alyona Gorgach BLR 49.05; 6. Natalia Gavrilovich UKR 48.25. Men’s AA: 1. Pavel Bulavsky BLR 81.70; 2. Alexander Demchikhin BLR 79.00; 3. Artyom Bykov BLR 78.70; 4. Vladimir Ryabinko BLR 76.90; 5. Yuri Belous BLR 76.40; 6. Kirill Gorovets BLR 76.30.

LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION! Tied for 16th at the 2008 U.S. Junior Championships, Kaitlyn Clark won the 15-Under age division at the Lights, Camera, Action Invitational, hosted by All Olympia Gymnastics Center, Feb. 14-15 at Universal City, Calif.

15-Under AA: 1. Kaitlyn Clark/Precision 38.225; 2. Kassandra Lopez/Gym World East 37.425; 3.

Megan Jiminez/Precision 36.775.

16 AA: 1. Lindsey Cheek/Georgia Elite 37.075; 2.

Sara Skammer/United Sports Acad. 36.625; 3.

Morgan Traina/All Olympia 36. 30.

RICCI FIRST AT FLICKA

Taylor Ricci of the host club won the Open all-around division at the 36th annual North Shore Invitational, hosted by Flicka Gymnastics Club, Feb. 20-22 in North Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Last year, Ricci placed 16th in the Novice division at the Canadian championships, and tied for eighth in the junior division at Elite Canada.

Famous Flicka gymnasts of the past include 1984 Olympian Bonnie Wittmeier and ’00 Olympian Lisa Leveille. Celestina Popa Toma, a team gold medalist at the ’87 worlds and a team silver medalist at the ’88 Olympics for Romania, has been coaching at Flicka since ’94.

AA: 1. Taylor Ricci/Flicka 52.28; 2. Phoebe Tham/Surrey 50.33; 3. Kerensa Mitchell/Surrey 49.93; 4. Katie Muir/Kerrigan 49.85; 5. Kaitlynn Urano/Surrey 49.53; 6. Helen Cheung/Surrey 47.22. (All six are Canadian.)

U.S. WOMEN SWEEP

Kamerin Moore led the U.S. women to a dual-meet victory over Japan, Feb. 20 in Hoffman Estates, Ill. Seventh at the 2008 U.S. Junior Championships, Moore won the all-around over teammates Mackenzie Caquat-

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to (second) and Bridgette Caquatto (third). Mackenzie finished 10th at the ’08 U.S. Senior Championships; Bridgette, Mackenzie’s younger sister, finished 21st at the ’08 U.S. juniors.

2008 Japanese Olympians Yuko Shin-take, Yu Minobe, Kyoko Oshimaand Miki Uemura followed fourth-place Hallie Mossett (U.S.) in the all-around, placing fifth through eighth, respectively.

Team: 1. USA 169.85; 2. Japan 159.30. AA: 1. Kamerin Moore USA 56.35; 2. Mackenzie Caquatto USA 56.25; 3. Bridgette Caquatto USA 55.80; 4. Hallie Mossett USA 55.60; 5. Yuko Shin-take JPN 53.75; 6. Yu Minobe 53.20; 7. Kyoko Ishima JPN 52.10; 8. Miki Uemura JPN 51.00.

SANDY SUPREME IN CANADA Third at the 2008 Canadian Championships, Casey Sandy won the senior all-around title at Elite Canada, held Feb. 24-26 in Surrey, British Columbia. The meet served as the second of two phases for Canadian national team selection. (The ’08 Canadian Championships served as the first.) Ken Ikeda and Jared Walls placed second and third, respectively. 2008 Olympic all-around finalist Nathan Gafuik competed on four events (no rings or parallel bars) and scored 115.55.

Senior AA: 1. Casey Sandy 175.30; 2. Ken Ikeda 174.10; 3. Jared Walls 168.00; 4. Pat McElroy 166.50; 5. Peter Anderson 164.50; 6. AJ Rayment 159.00.