Na­tion­al gym­nasts Marisa Dick and William Al­bert both earned podi­um fin­ish­es at the Com­mon­wealth Gym­nas­tics In­vi­ta­tion­al over the week­end in Perth, Scot­land.

Al­bert, 23, based at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Iowa, won gold in the rings (13.900), while Dick, who is based in Cana­da, picked up four medals. Dick won gold in the un­even bars (13.200), sil­ver on bal­ance beam (13.300), bronze on vault (14.050) and bronze in the all-around com­pe­ti­tion (72.950).

The In­vi­ta­tion­al served as a test event for the 2014 Com­mon­wealth Games, and prepa­ra­tion for the gym­nasts as they rack up valu­able com­pe­ti­tion time ahead of the Games and vie for team se­lec­tion. Among the par­tic­i­pat­ing coun­tries were Scot­land, Sin­ga­pore, Wales, North­ern Ire­land, In­dia, Cyprus, Malaysia and Bermu­da.

Be­fore Dick at­tends the Com­mon­wealth Games, she will first com­pete at the Cana­da Na­tion­als next month, as the top gym­nast in the province of Al­ber­ta, Cana­da.

An­oth­er na­tion­al gym­nast Khazia His­lop will al­so be in ac­tion next month. His­lop, who trains at the Brestyan's Amer­i­can Gym­nas­tics Club in Mass­a­chu­setts, will com­pete at the US Na­tion­als. His­lop, Dick and Al­bert will all par­tic­i­pate at the T&T Na­tion­al Cham­pi­onships from June 6-8.

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