GENERAL INFO   UPDATES

January 20, 2008 - Gael's competitive season with the University of Utah gymnastics team is underway! Congratulations to the Utes for their big win during their season opener against rival Georgia (196.300-196.200) and their most recent win against Nebraska. Their next meet will be at Arizona State on January 25th. Best of luck to Gael and the University of Utah team and congratulations on great performances so far!

December 16, 2007 - Happy 19th Birthday, Gael! Be sure to leave your well-wishes in her guestbook.

September 27, 2007 - Brand new layout! The new look features Gael's competitive careers as both a top Canadian National Team Member and 2004 Olympian, and her new gymnastics career as a member of the University of Utah gymnastics team.

August 8, 2007 - Unfortunately, due to a stress fracture in her shin, Gael was unable to compete at the World Trials and challenge for a spot on the World team. Best wishes for a speedy recovery, Gael! In other site updates, there is a new article concerning Gael's future plans and new pictures from last year's Commonwealth Games.

Charlotte competed at the Pan American Games last month in Brazil and achieved great results. She was a member of the bronze medal winning Canadian team, placed 16th all around, and made three event finals (6th on vault, 7th on bars, and 6th on beam). Congratulations, Charlotte!

June 28, 2007 - Gael competed in Brazil last week in a tri-meet against the host team and Great Britain. The Canadians finished second as a team and Gael was 15th overall. In the event finals, Gael scored a 13.525 on bars to finish fifth and also placed sixth on floor. Congratulations, Gael! Pictures from the competition have been added.

May 27, 2007 - Congratulations, Gael - 2007 National Uneven Bars Bronze Medalist! This year's National Championships were held this weekend in Regina, Saskatchewan. In the preliminaries, Gael finished fifth all around, a position she held in the finals. Kristina Vaculik of Gemini Gymnastics won the competition. In today's event finals, she competed on all four events, her highest finish being a bronze on the uneven bars (she was also fourth on floor, fifth on vault, and seventh on beam). Visit the results page for an updated list of Gael's most recent scores. Congratulations on an another successful National Championships, Gael!

In the junior competition, Charlotte also had a great championships. After finishing first all around in the preliminaries, she went on to win the bronze in the finals. Then, in the event finals, Charlotte was the most successful gymnast of the day, winning three of four possible medals (she won the gold on floor, was second on vault, and third on bars). Congratulations on a National title and a great weekend, Charlotte!

May 6, 2007 - Gael has officially signed a National Letter of Intent with the University of Utah Gymnastics team! Although she will defer enrollment until 2008, the buzz has begun surrounding the latest Olympian addition to the already strong Utah team (see the articles page for additions). Congratulations, Gael! 

After signing her letter, Gael traveled to Beijing, China with five other Canadian gymnasts and their coaches for the opportunity to train with the Chinese national team. Gael, joined by Marci Bernholtz, Caya Colling, Sydney Sawa, Emma Willis, and Kristina Vaculik, spent a week training with the 2006 World team champions (among them, four-time world champion, Cheng Fei). The team returned home on April 21, and will now look forward to the upcoming summer schedule of competitions, leading up to the World Championships this fall in Stuttgart, Germany.

Gael's younger sister, Charlotte, competed at the Romanian International in Ploiesti, Romania last month and did very well. Finishing the weekend with three bronze medals, Charlotte again proved herself as one of the great upcoming hopes for the Canadian team. She placed third all around with a 56.000, only behind Romanian stars, Steliana Nistor (61.050) and Sandra Izbasa (60.200). After her strong performance in the all around finals, Charlotte then went on to win two medals by placing third in the beam (14.700) and floor (14.000) finals. Nistor won beam, while her teammate, Aluissa Lacusteanu was the floor champion. Charlotte also placed sixth on vault (13.375) and fourth on bars (13.500). Her teammate, Dominique Pegg, was the vault champion, won the bronze medal on bars, and was fifth on beam, sixth on floor, and fourth all around. Congratulations, Charlotte on a great performance!

April 8, 2007 - Congratulations, Gael - 2007 Friendship Classic Champion! By over a point, Gael topped Marina Proskurina (Ukraine) and Loes Linders (Netherlands) in the all around competition, and also won three of the four events (all but floor). The articles and results pages have both been updated with related information. Great job, Gael! 

March 24, 2007 - Earlier this month, Gael competed at a quad meet (which included Canada, Great Britain, France, and Italy) in Soissons, France. The Canadian team placed third and individually, Gael scored a 12.500 on vault, 11.750 on bars, and a 13.150 on beam (she did not compete on floor). For full results, visit this link from gymn.ca.

December 16, 2006 - Happy 18th birthday, Gael! Be sure to leave her a message and wish her a happy birthday in the guestbook.

December 12, 2006 - International Gymnast interviewed Gael for their website, detailing the injury that kept her out of Worlds and what is in store for the future. Click here to read the interview.

October 22, 2006 - Unfortunately, Gael was unable to compete at the World Championships due to injury. The team placed 14th in qualifying, therefore missing the team finals. However, the Canadians rallied back in the event finals with two bronze medals (Kyle Shewfelt on vault and Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs on beam). The men's team also had a strong showing by placing fifth in the preliminaries and sixth in the finals (including the second highest totals on floor and vault!) Congratulations to all of the Canadian participants at Worlds and best of luck with recovery, Gael!

September 30, 2006 - Many new pictures have been added (2005 National Championships preliminaries and finals, 2006 Commonwealth Games All Around finals, and 2006 National Championships Event Finals). Gael will begin competing at the World Championships on October 14. Check below for the schedule.

September 7, 2006 - As reported earlier, Gael automatically qualified to the 2006 World Championships by winning the World Team Trials. The rest of the Canadian team was announced today. She will be joined by Marci Bernholtz, Alyssa Brown, Crystal Gilmore, Brittnee Habbib, and Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs. Best of luck to the Canadian team! The schedule will be as follows:

September 6, 2006 - Congratulations, Gael - 2006 World Trials All Around Champion and World Team Member! Gael competed very well at the World Team Trials, finishing first all around and guaranteeing her a spot on the World team. She debuted some new skills (a Yurchenko 1 1/2 on vault and a double pike beam dismount) and despite a mistake on her bar dismount, she held the top spot with a 56.350. Great job, Gael! Also clinching a spot on the team was the all around silver medalist, Alyssa Brown. The rest of the team will be named tomorrow. The 2006 World Championships will take place October 13-21 in Aarhus, Denmark.

September 4, 2006 - Gael will be competing this Wednesday at the World Team Trials in Mississauga, Ontario. The competition will begin at 6:00 pm and will feature Gael and eight other gymnasts vying for a spot on this year's Canadian World Team. For a complete roster and ticket information, visit gymn.ca. Best of luck, Gael! International Gymnast Online did a news feature on Gael in which she talks about her preparation with the new code and plans for the future. Click here to read the article.

In other news, Gael's younger sister, Charlotte, competed very well at the Junior Pam American Games last week in Gatineau, Quebec. In the team competition, the Canadian team of Charlotte, Nansy Damianova, Brittany Rogers, and Sydney Sawa, won the bronze medal with a score of 171.350. They finished behind the United States (179.500) and Brazil (171.950). Great job to the team! Individually, Charlotte won two medals in the event finals. She earned a bronze on beam with a strong score of 15.075. In that event, Americans Shawn Johnson (15.925) and Bianca Flohr (15.425) were first and second respectively. On floor, Charlotte won another bronze medal for her great floor routine, which scored a 14.475. The American gymnasts again took the two top spots on that event. Samantha Peszek won the gold medal with a 15.100 and Shawn Johnson earned the silver with a 14.975. Congratulations, Charlotte on a great weekend!

August 19, 2006 - A new page of icons has been added. Feel free to use them to show your support!

June 28, 2006 - Many new personal pictures have been added (2006 Commonwealth Games, Family, and Miscellaneous).

May 29, 2006 - Brand new layout! The entire site was redesigned and given a new look. New personal pictures from Gael will be added within the next few days.

May 21, 2006 - Gael performed well yesterday in the event finals at nationals, winning two bronze medals. Her scores of 14.300 on bars and 14.200 on floor placed her third on those events. She was also fourth on beam with a 14.250. Charlotte also had a good competition by becoming the 2006 Jr. National beam champion! She won the event with a score of 15.000. She also won the silver medal on floor (14.100) and placed fifth on vault (13.050). Congratulations, Gael and Charlotte on a great weekend! For complete results, visit the Gym Score Depot.

May 19, 2006 - Congratulations, Gael - 2006 National Championship All Around Silver Medalist! Gael competed in the first day of Nationals yesterday in Quebec. She scored a solid 57.100, which placed her second behind Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs. Scores of 13.850 on vault, 14.400 on bars, 14.600 on beam, and 14.250 on floor earned Gael her fourth all around medal at a National Championships (she was third in 2001 and first in both 2002 and 2003). Congratulations on a great result Gael! Her sister, Charlotte, placed fourth as a junior with a 52.900. That division was won by Kristina Vaculik. The competition will continue tomorrow afternoon (Saturday, May 20) with the event finals. Good luck, Gael and Charlotte! For more information, visit the official 2006 National Championships website.

May 17, 2006 - Gael is currently in Quebec City for the 2006 National Championships. During today's preliminaries, she scored a 12.000 on vault, 14.700 on bars, 14.500 on beam, and 14.000 on floor and is in fourth place all around. Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs is the leader, followed by Nancy Damianova, and Alyssa Brown. The all around finals will take place on Thursday. Gael's sister, Charlotte, also competed in her preliminary round and she sits in sixth place with a 51.175. The junior all around finals will be held tomorrow. Good luck, Gael and Charlotte!

May 5, 2006 - Congratulations, Gael - future member of the University of Utah Gymnastics Team! Here are Gael's plans:

Please leave Gael a message of congratulations in the guestbook on this wonderful accomplishment!

April 13, 2006 - More photos have been added to the Commonwealth Games photo gallery. The page has also been divided into the two competitions (team and all around) for easier navigation. The new pictures are from the all around.

March 26, 2006 - The Commonwealth Games photo gallery has been updated.

March 23, 2006 - A new picture gallery has been added (2005 Glasgow Grand Prix).

March 18, 2006 - Gael had a great competition today at the Commonwealth Games and raised her all around score from the team competition by over three points! Her scores of 14.050 on vault, 12.850 on bars, 13.400 on beam, and 13.750 on floor placed her seventh all around. Congratulations, Gael! Australia's Chloe Sims won the gold medal, Gael's teammate, Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs won the silver, and Hollie Dykes (Australia) won the bronze.

March 17, 2006 - Congratulations to the Canadian women's team: Commonwealth Games bronze medalists! Gael and her teammates competed earlier today and scored 162.550, which placed them third behind Australia and England. With scores of 13.500 on vault, 13.100 on bars, 12.150 on beam, and 12.200 on floor, Gael qualified 14th into tomorrow's all around finals. Also qualifying from Canada were Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs (3rd) and Alyssa Brown (7th). Best of luck to those competing tomorrow! Some photos from today's competition have been posted.

March 16, 2006 - Gael has written a new journal entry from Melbourne! Click here to read about her experiences so far. The women's competition starts tomorrow, so best of luck to Gael and her Canadian teammates. A big congratulations goes out to the Canadian men's team who won gold today!

February 27, 2006 - Gael has answered some new Ask Gael questions.

February 20, 2006 - The photo gallery is back online and a new competition gallery has been added (2005 DTB Cup).

February 5, 2006 - CONGRATULATIONS GAEL - 2006 Commonwealth Games Team Member! Gael was named to the team after day two of the trials, which concluded tonight in Mississauga. She placed third all around after she fell on her Markelov on bars, but was solid on the other three events. Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs (Sport Seneca) and Alyssa Brown (Gymnastics Missassauga) grabbed the top two spots in the all around, so they will join Gael on the team, as well as Brittnee Habbib (Gemini) and Jenna Kerbis (Brandon Eagles). The Commonwealth Games will take place next month in Melbourne, Australia. Good luck, Gael and Team Canada! For more information and videos from trials, visit gymn.ca.

February 3, 2006 - Gael competed today at the Commonwealth Games Trials. Her scores on this first day of competition were good enough to place her third all around. From gymn.ca:

"Finishing in third was Omega’s Gael Mackie, who hit nicely on vault (Yurchenko-full, scoring 13.95) and bars (13.4 – a nice Markelov, Jaeger, and double front dismount), but had a fall on beam and also on her double pike last series on floor. Her all-around score was a 53.40, well back of the top two. Interestingly, she tied with Hopfner-Hibbs on the B score (both gymnasts earned 32.10 across four events) but lost ground with her A score (21.30)."

Gael will compete again on Sunday and the athletes that will be representing Canada will be named afterwards. Visit gymn.ca for videos of today's competition.

December 18, 2005 - Gael performed very well during the event finals at Elite Canada last weekend. She won the bronze medal on vault (8.525), placed fifth on bars (8.650), and won the silver medal on beam (8.950). Congratulations on a great weekend of competition, Gael!

December 16, 2005 - Happy 17th birthday, Gael! Be sure to send Gael some birthday wishes in the guestbook! :)

December 10, 2005 - Brand new layout! The photo gallery will be returning soon and many pages will have further updates. Gael competed at Elite Canada this weekend and did very well, placing second all-around! Her scores placed her fifth on vault, second on bars, fifth (tie) on beam, and ninth (tie) on floor. 

Congratulations, Gael! She will compete again in the event finals on vault, bars, and beam.

October 26, 2005 - Gael has been competing in Europe since the weekend and has been doing very well. At the DTB Cup in Stuttgart, Germany, she competed in both the uneven bars and balance beam preliminaries. With a 9.025 on bars, she finished 11th, and placed 13th on beam with a score of 8.212. Unfortunately, only the top eight competitors made the finals. Gael then headed to Glasgow, Scotland for the Glasgow Grand Prix competition. Here, she again competed on bars and beam. Gael was fifth on bars in preliminaries (9.250) and 12th on beam (8.000). During the uneven bar finals, Gael scored an 8.725 to finish sixth. Congratulations on a great week overseas, Gael!

In other news, Gael's sister, Charlotte, competed in Marseille, France at the Massilia Cup two weeks ago. She did extremely well, placing third all around in the Open category (33.125) and fifth on beam and floor (8.788 and 8.625). At this competition, Charlotte placed ahead of many Olympians and was able to show the world a preview of Canada's gymnastics future. Congratulations, Charlotte!

September 7, 2005 - Two new video montages have been added to the site. You can find one of Gael and her little sister, Charlotte, on the videos page. There is also one of just Charlotte, which can be found on her page. Thanks to Samantha for sending the montages in!

August 15, 2005 - Some new personal photos have been added (a new gallery - 2005 Nationals, plus some additions in the miscellaneous gallery), as well as some new photos on Charlotte's page. Also, the gymnastics general info and skills pages have been updated.

July 16, 2005 - A new guestbook has been added.

July 10, 2005 - Many new pictures have been added to the personal galleries (each are marked as new or updated) and there are also two new photos from the 2004 Olympic Trials.

July 3, 2005 - A new competition gallery has been added (2005 World Cup).

June 29, 2005 - Some new personal photos have been added (2005 Ghent World Cup Banquet).

June 20, 2005 - Gael has answered some new Ask Gael questions and a new article has been scanned.

June 12, 2005 - Some new videos from last month's National Championships have been added.

May 30, 2005 - Gael competed in the beam and floor finals at Nationals on Saturday. She had a fall on her one-armed back handspring, back layout series on beam, and scored an 8.700. This score put her in a tie for second place with Melanie Banville. Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs won the event with a 9.000. On floor, Gael put her hand down on her 2 1/2 twist and finished eighth with an 8.500. Melanie Banville won the floor final with a score of 9.650.

Gael's sister Charlotte was first all around in the Novice category with a 38.950. Also from Omega, her teammates Brittany Rogers tied for second all around, Nicole Pineau was eighth, and Sky Corbett-Methot was ninth. In the event finals, Charlotte tied for first on vault (9.375) and floor (9.975) and won beam with a 10.05! On bars, she tied her teammate Brittany for second place with a 9.550. She also placed sixth in the Physical abilities competition and won the Gymnastics Canada Floor Choreography award. 

Congratulations to Gael and Charlotte on a great weekend in Vancouver! Full results can be found here.

May 26, 2005 - On day two of Nationals, Gael had a great competition and ended up fourth all around. Her scores if 8.800 on vault (3rd), 9.425 on bars (2nd), 8.850 (3rd) on beam, and 8.950 (7th) on floor gave her a total of 36.025. The winner was Melanie Banville, second place went to Kylie Stone, and Marci Bernholtz was third. Full results can be found here. Congrats on a great finish to the meet, Gael!

May 25, 2005 - Today was the first day of the National Championships in Vancouver, BC. Gael is currently ninth overall. She scored an 8.700 on vault, 7.450 on bars, 8.925 on beam, and a 9.100 on floor for a 34.175 total. The current leader is Melanie Banville (36.850), followed by Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs (36.825) and Kylie Stone (36.025). For full results, click here. Best of luck on day two, Gael!

May 3, 2005 - During the uneven bar finals this weekend in Ghent, Gael scored an 8.937 to finish fifth. Beth Tweddle (GBR) won the event with a 9.600. Congratulations on a great weekend of competition, Gael! For full results, visit International Gymnast. 

April 28, 2005 - Gael will be competing in Ghent, Belgium this weekend at the World Cup. Preliminaries will be held on Saturday and the finals will be on Sunday. Gael and Brandon O'Neill are the only Canadians competing, so best of luck to them! Visit IG Online for more information.

March 30, 2005 - A new scanned article has been posted, as well as some new pictures on Charlotte's page.

March 28, 2005 - Gael's results have been updated and some new pictures were added to the photo gallery (Personal - Misc.)

March 21, 2005 - Some new Ask Gael questions have been answered.

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