Lane Oke wasn't really nervous competing in front of his family and friends at his hometown Prince George Invitational gymnastics meet.
After all, it's become routine, having been involved in the sport since he was three years-old.
Oke, 10, was second all-around in the Men's Artistic Gymnastics Level 3 event Sunday afternoon at the invitational hosted by the Prince George Gymnastics Club.
More than 160 athletes from Fort St. John, Quesnel, Smithers, Terrace, Kitimat, and Prince George competed in the two-day meet.
Oke competed in the high bar, parallel bars, floor, rings, vault and pommel horse.
"I felt really good about my routines, I wasn't really nervous at all," said Oke, a Grade 5 student at Heather Park elementary. "Floor was my best event because I can do my front and back-tucks. I'm really happy with how everything turned out."
Oke's Prince George teammate, Colbey Simunac, 12, was third all-around in Level 3.
"The high bar was my best event because I landed my back-tuck on the dismount," said Simunac, a Grade 7 student at St. Mary's school. "It was a pretty good weekend."
There were four boys in the Level 3 event, including Issac Woollends from Quesnel Technics and Andrew Bettles from the Cariboo Chilcotin club in Williams Lake.
The Prince George meet was the first for the athletes since the B.C. championships in Kamloops in March.
Colleen Kaminski, who coaches Simunac and Oke at PGGC, was thrilled with their results.
"There were a lot of high points and they met their goals," she said. "They did skills they hadn't done before; there was better execution from them all. I'm happy with how it all unfolded and they made tremendous improvement since provincials."
The men's competitive stream at the Prince George Gymnastics Club has had its ebbs and flows over the years, but it's become more popular for the last four years.
"It's tough to get boys and keep them," said Kaminski. "But it's getting better. We have some pre-competitive boys who are coming up through the ranks. It's [the program] is getting stronger all the time."
The competitive season wraps up for both Simunac and Oke on May 31 and June 1 at the Ogopogo Invitational in Kelowna.
