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TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME XIII NO.7 / AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1971

ANNUAL MG/HS REPORT: Our associate editor, Dick Criley, has once again put all the High School Championship repo rts received at the MG office into readable form and sequence. Thanks, D ick, we appreciate the work involved in thi s project. We would suggest our readers read Dick's VIEWPOINTS to get a better idea of the problems of such a report. To those states that did not make it this time , there's always next year (N .Y. , Colorado, Montana and Oregon just made it in under our press deadline). We feel this MG/HS Report is a reflection of the growth of Gymnastics in America and that every state should be heard from, no matter how minor their program . We realize all states do not have a State Championship (Ca lifornia does not), but if your state has any gymnastic program for hi gh school-age gymnasts, we would look forward to including it in our 1972 annual report.

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NHSGCA: In this edition we have included a report of the National High School Gymnastic Coaches Association.

We feel every high school gymnastic coach SHOULD be a member of the NHSGCA to contribute to its physica l growth, to have a voice in its programming and to benefit from the collective experience and knowledge of a national body dedicated to the promotion of high school gymnastics. The NHSGCA is not just a few coaches working for their own team but a lot of coaches allover the country working together to inspire and develop better young gymnasts in America . . .. Gymnastics in America will only be as strong (or weak) as its high school program . . . . Look back at the past MG High School reports ; that's where you will find the familiar names of champions, Olympic, World Games and International Team Members ... Sakamoto, Thor, Millman, Allen, Mitchell , DiFurio, Cohen, Hug, Crosby, Simmons, Avener, Repp, Hopkins, Seal, Tickenoff, Butzman, Fontana, Swetman, Scorza, Rapper, Davis, Boger, Siotten, Turpin , Sweeney, Vanderhoef, Sanchez, Rock, Grigsby, McCurdy, Dunn , Kruest, Greenfield, Ivicek, Clemmer, Rifking, Proulx, etc., are but a few of the many names published in the past MG/HS results that went on to greater fame. Dedicated high school coac hes are a VERY IMPORTANT PART OF GYMNASTICS IN AMERICA.

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MISS HIGH SCHOOL GYMNAST FOR 1971??????????: We were overwhelmed with the response to our suggested Miss High School Gymnast Award .. .. Fact is we are still waiting for the first entry. . . . "Oh, well, Win a Few Lose a Few" just shows your editor is not always on the right track; we should have known our readers are far more interested in gymnastics than in girls.

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NOTES FROM THE EDITOR, Glenn M . Sundby

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CHALK TALK

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VIEWPOINTS, Dick Criley

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NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC COACHES ASSOCIATION, Bill Ballester

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BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS RULES , John W. Hinds, Jr.

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MG INTERVIEW: GENE WETTSTONE , Dick Criley

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MG HIGH SCHOOL REPORT

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MG CENTER PHOTO: MARK SHERWOOD

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1971 PAN-AMERICAN TRIALS, Fred Turoff

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INTRODUCTION TO WARM-UP, Makoto Sakamoto

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RINGSWING, Ed Gunny

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HB SKILL: KIP CAST HOP, Dr. Gerald S. George

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LETTERS

COVER STORY: Featured on the High School edition is Indiana State High School All Around, Ed Taylor ,a junior at Pike High School. Ed also took 3rd in rings, 5th in side horse and high bar. His coach is Mr. Tom Hadley.

PUBLISHER-EDITOR: Glenn Sundby ASSOCIATE EDITORS, STAFF: Kenneth Sakoda, Dick Criley ASSOCIATE EDITORS, FEATURE: A Bruce Frederick, Education; Dr. James S. Bosco , Research; Jerry Wright, Competition; Frank Bare, USGF; John Nooney, Canada; Andrzej Gonera, European; Gerald George, Dan Millman, Don Tonry, AA Instructional; Bill Roetzheim, Instructional.

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TEACHER OF THE YEAR The Modern Gymnast takes great pleasure in announcing a singular honor conferred upon one of our long-time contributors and associate ed itors. At the commencement exercises of Wisconsin State University at Superior, Wisconsin, A. Bruce Frederick was nam ed winner of the Eugene W . and Marjorie P. Murphy Foundation of LaCrosse Award as " Teacher of th e Year." Bruce is the head gym nastics coach at SSU and has contributed much to gymnastics know-how in the Modern Gymna~t, Sports Digest, Scholastic Coach, Ath letic Journal, and the Amateur Athlete, in addition to serving as an editor of MademoiselieGymnast. He rece ived his B.S. from West Chester State College in 1952, his M.Ed. from Temple University in 1961 , and taught in high schools in Delaware before joining the faculty at SSU in 1966.

He is currently working on his Ph .D . at Wisconsin State.

Congratulations Bruce from the staff of the MG and your friends in the gymnastics world!

DANISH TOUR Th e Dani sh National Gymnastics team coached by Eric Fl ensted -J ensen will tour th e United States and Canada during September and October of this year. The team will be training at Wisconsin State University in Superior, Wisconsin, during the summer. The Danish team will travel with its own equipment and ca mper trailer to supply the European equipment needed and to ease the housing problem. They last tqu red the U.S. 5 years ago, also under th e direction of Mr. Fl ensted-Jensen.

IVY LEAGUE 1972 The'lvy League Gymnastic Championships will be held next year at Princeton Un iversity on Feb. 26, 1972. The new officers of the Ivy League are Pres ident,.

Joel Baba-coach at Princeton ; Vice President, Don Tonry-coach at Yale, and Secretary, Bob Martin-coach at Cornell.

VIEWpoints

by Dick Criley

From year to year our roster of state championships varies. This year is one of the poorest returns with only 17 championships reported . At the time (mid-June) I prepared th e H. S. section, no results were re ceived from New York, Colorado, Montana, Kentucky, Philadelphia, Oregon, Wisconsin, Michigan, Virginia, or Minnesota .

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We welcomed the add itio n of Hawaii and Southeast Michigan and the return after a year or more absence of Georgia, Tennessee, Texas, and ClF Southern region of California. Once again, the best-prepared reports came from Illinoi s, Pennsylvania, and Indi ana. The work and preparation that go into these reports tell me that the states which send us a newspaper clipping just don't care. I think, too, that we get the last and poorest copy of dittoed results, often unreadable, and those write-ups which pat eve rybody on the back for do ing such a great job at running the meet are hardly informative o r interest ing. I' d also like to thank all those people in Connecticut. who send in results. You are included in this issue.

Th e MG cou ld use a few more pictures to se lect from for this iss ue. Trophy shots get a lot of people in, but let's face it, you, the readers have told us time and again that you want good action shots. So who's li steni ng out there?

To m e, the most interesting sections are the ones which include winning routines .

After all , thi s is the only way to make comparisons whe n we have such divergent systems of sco ring. There are several ways to get th ese routines: tape reco rd them from the gymnast, have the gymnast fill out cards, have the coac hes write th e rou tines ou t and send t hem in, or provide self-address ed, stamped forms to be mailed back to the spo nsoring association. Non e of these works completely as we've tried them all, but anything is better than nothing.

It is interesti ng to note that more areas are in cluding trampoline in th eir state meets. It must be disheartening to the trampolinist and his coach to realize that there is currently nowhere for him to go after high schoo l since th e NCAA has decided that colleges are not the place to train trampolinists any more. Another trend, although weak, seems to be the elimination of vaulting. On a more upbeat note, there are apparen tly more compulsories at th e state level , but even this trend is hard to pick out when the write-ups do not include them .

We did receive a few summaries of state meets for girls. Mademoiselle Gymnast is supposed to ca rry those but in cases where the repo rts are woven together th e MG will probably run them.

Where do yo u suppose all the following coaches are doing their thing? Pat Signorelli , Pete Saponaro, Vic Capillo, Chick Cicio, and Steve Innacito . It's in the Greater Miami area where 14 schools are building a vigorous gymnastic .program.

The en thu sias m for gymnastics in this area is another reason that some top meets have been held in Miami.

How would you spe ll the move which indi cates a fu ll turn about the longitudinal ax is : pearouette, pirouette, peroette, paroette, perouette, piroete? W e got all of these spellings from write-ups and routines submitted for this issue. Pirouette is the correct spelling.

NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL NEWS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC COACH ES ASSOCIATION

1971 NHSGCA MEETING

by Bill Ballester Th e 1971 NHSGCA Meeting, held in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in conjunction with the NCAA Championships, was quite successful in rega rd to attendance as well as business acco mpli shed. Besides continuing a newly-strengthened program , co nstitutional changes were enacted to enable the Orga ni zation to become more effective .

Following is a brief summ ary of the obj ect ives that were eithe r initiated, continued, or accomplished during my tenure as President: 1. Compile a list of all high schools in the U.S. with gym nastics 2. Glenn Sundby as executive-sec retary 3. Modern Gymnast articles monthly by the Pres ident in addition to a newsletter monthly to m embers only 4. Feature articl es monthly by area representatives 5. New pins, cards , and certificates for members 6. NHSGCA Compulsories for each event to be distributed at the National meeting 7. Certificates for each boy in the U .S . who has successfully completed the NHSGCA Compulsories to his coach's satisfaction 8. All-State recognition for eve ry State Champion from the NHSGCA 9. All-American High School team selection 10. National High School Coach of the Year 11. Top Hi gh School Gymn astics team in the U.S. 12. A high schoo l " Hall of Fame" service award, etc.

Newly elected Presid ent Tom Gardner (Maine East High School in Park Ridge, Illinois) and his executive board of Vicepresident Paul Maye r and Secretary-treasurer Geo rge Jessup have indicated a desire to continue these major objectives in addition to introducing many new and exciting ideas. Th e NHSGCA is once again developing into a strong contributing organization.

Become a part of its growth by joining now. Submit your id eas and thoughts to Tom Gardner.

NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL COACH OF THE YEARTONY CANINO Tony Canino and his Hinsdal e Central High School's Red Devils Gymnastic Team were selected the nation's top coach and top hi gh school team respectively. After taking his first head coaching job at Hinsdale Central High School (Hinsdale, Illinois) only five years ago, Hinsdale immediately grew from an " also ran " gymnastics school

tion Fi rst . .. National Coach of the Year and National Team of the Year.

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BOYS HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC RULES

by John W. Hinds, Jr.

New officers: Tom Gardner, President; George Jessup, Secretary-Treasurer; Paul Mayer, Vice-President. to being this year's Top High School team in the U.s.A. Canino, a frosh football coach for the past 10 years is hard, charging, eager, enthusiastic, and a tremendous organizer. His secret to success, "It's simple. Develop a program that will attract the school's best athletes; organize your workouts to not waste any time; set your goals and standards almost out-of-sight; and work four or five hours a day six days a week."

These are the standards that Tony demands of his boys . He is even more demanding of himself. Tony spends many hours preparing workouts, doing promotional work in the community, compiling statistical ' data for the Illinois High School Gymnastics Coaches Association (where he also serves on the Steering Committee) in addition to his administrating duti es as department chairman in physical education.

The results of Tony Canino's workINCREDIBLE! Here are just some of the objective reasons that Tony was chosen National Coach of the Year and his team was selected as Top High School Team in the country: Dual meet record: 65 wins, 3 losses Five Conference Championships Four District Championships Two Sectional Championships 1968-69-2nd in the State 1969-70-State Champion 1970-71-State Champion , 228.5 points (almost 100 points more than the runnerup team) Team average score: 144.44 Team best score : 154.33 (Illinois competition includes six events:

Tony Canino: Coach of the year; co-captain Hindsdale Central High School (team of the year) Greg Uranch; Bob Anderson ; Bill Ballester. side horse, rings, parallel bars, free exercise, high bar, and trampoline-four gymnasts per event, including one all-around man (except on trampoline only 3). Only the top three scores count and the allaround man's average score is added to team totals.)

I personally saw the meet where Hinsdale scored 154.33 points . Over 4,000 spectators witnessed what was probably the finest total performance ever executed by a high school team . judges were all nationally or internationally certified, and in my opinion, .they were perhaps a little conservative in their judging.

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NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TEAM OF THE YEARHINSDALE CENTRAL RED DEVILS The 1970-71 Red Devil Team won 7 tournaments and were 13-0 in dual meets.

In addition to being winners, Tony's teams are extremely well-disciplined with excellent grooming and tremendous presentation.

Some of his former gymnasts include John Hoffman (Iowa State) two-time National Side Horse Champion; Ed Slezak (Indiana State Frosh) runner-up 1971 NCAA side horse ; Carl Wallin (University of Iowa; Randy Balhorn (Michigan State University); and Ward Black (University of Michigan).

Tony Canino and his Hinsdale Central Red Devils are truly Champions in every respect, and are deserving of the National High School Gymnastics Coaches Associa-

A year ago no two states in our country had the same rules governing the sport of gymnastics on the secondary (high) school level. Within some states there were even conflicting sets of rules. As a result of this lack of consistency and in view of the rapid rate of growth of high school gymnastics, the National Federation of State High School Athletic Associations a year ago established a committee of high school representatives to formulate a national set of rul es for high school gymnastics.

The committee members selected to establish the rules were: Chairman , john Hinds-Indiana ; Harry johnson-Oregon ; Fred Belmar-California ; Sid Drain-Illinois ; Tom Hesiak-Wisconsin; Rusty Mitchell-New Mexico ; and Bert Lark-Vermont.

These members include five active high school coaches, one administrator, and one former U.S. Olympian . The committee has worked as a unit to establish what it thinks is the most logical set of rules for all of the Nation's secondary schools. This occurred even though a wide variety of backgrounds and philosophies are represented in the committee as far as competitive programs are concerned.

As a result of the committee's efforts the premier National Federation Boys ' Gymnastic Rule Book was published in September of 1970 . .Several states used this rule book during the 1970-71 gymnastic season. In an attempt to review and clarify several of the rules the committee met again this past April. In a survey conducted by the committee it appears that at least seventeen states will be using the Federation rules during the 1971-72 season ..

To give direction to it's responsibility, th e committee established the following statements of philosophy: 1. The rules developed should be for high school participants .

2. The safety of the athlete should govern all rules and regulations adopted.

3. The rules developed should provide for the active participation of a large number of high school students.

4. The rules developed should provide for the edification and pleasure of the spectator.

5. The rules developed should be changed only after adequate consideration by th e entire gymnastic community.

6. The implementation of any major rule changes should be made only after adequate notice to the gymnastic community.

7. Any and all rule changes should be made only when they are consistent with the philosophy of the rules committee.

8. Stability bree ds confidence and accept ance!

Furthermore, the committee worked und er the premise that, where practical , the F.I.G. Code should be adhered to, in an effort to provide for continuity with

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gymnastic programs at other leve ls of competition. Consequentl y, the basis for scorin g and judging routines was not modified sign ifi cant ly.

Rules o r regulations that were adopted by the committee that may be of interest to the reader are : 1. The events to be contested and the order of co m petition shall be: lon g horse, floor exercise, side horse, h orizonta l bar, trampoline , parallel bars, sti ll rings.

2. Each team shall be limited to a m aximum of four entries per event. One of these must be an all-around gymnast.

3. The top three scores of each team in each event are added to determine the team ' s sco re for that event. The total team score is determined by adding the tea m scores for all events plus the total sco re of the all-aro und gym nast divided by six.

4. Floor exercise shall be contested on a padded area 40 feet by 40 feet. An option to this rule is strip floor exe rci se to be contested on a padded surface 60 feet by five feet o r six feet.

Gymnastic rulebooks have never been known for the ir organizational format. Th e committee therefore put forth a great deal of thought and a cons iderab le amount of planning to develop a format we fee l is without equa l. Essentially, each event covered has a section of its own, including specifications, co mposition requirements, and specific deductions.

N",nOHAL FEDEllAnON EDmON

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MG Interview: GENE WETTSTONE

by Dick Criley, Associate Editor

National Gymnastics Coach Gene Wettstone is a hard man to catch up with as we learned last year at the NCAA's at Temple University in Philadelphia. Nonetheless I was prepared to try again this year at the Championships at the University of Michigan.

To my great surprise I was all but shanghaied right off the competition floor of Crisler Arena to interview Coach Wettstone about the National Gymnastics Program.

Gene Wettstone is a unique person in himself, He is a promoter, philosopher, teacher, and organizational genius with few equals in the sport of gymnastics. He has more honors to his credit through 33 years of coaching gymnastics at Penn State than this magazine has space to list. His teams consistently attract capacity crowds to 6800-seat R ecreation Hall, and extravaganzas such as the recent Russian competition sold out within hours. But, Gene Wettstone is equally as proud of his "boys" and believes that the success of any gymnast depends on solving problems whether they be academic difficulties, injuries, perconality conflicts, or social behavior. As National Coach he sees no reason to change this philosophy or his 3 -A program: A ttitude, Action, and A ttention to detail.

BOYS GYMNASTICS RULES BOOK OISTlu,uno IY THE NATIONAL Ff DÂŁlATION OF STATE HIWH SC HOOL ASSOCIAT IONS COrrl 16tiTEO, PUILISH EO AN D

Th e Boys Hi gh School Gym nast ic Rules Book is p ubli shed by the National Federation. It is the sincere wish of the com m ittee members that all states with secondary level gymnastics will see the need for adopting the Federation Boys' High School Gymnastic Rules. Only after this is done will there be cons iste nt direction to th e United States high school gymnastic progra m.

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Gene, as National Coach perhaps you'd like to explain what the program will be this year for international competition.

How do the gymnasts qualify for these meets?

Th ere is no specific way of qualifying th is year. The reason for th is is that the O lymp ic Games exe rcises are just out and for the NCAA, they're still using last y¢a r's compulso ri es. Another reason is that the Pan American compul sories are involved in some of these meets .

Are these different compulsories?

Yes, they' re much simpler compulsories.

You see, then , what we ' re asking for a trye out fo r the Pan American Games and the Eu ropea n tour and before the training camp is that the compet itors perform th e 1972 O lympic. Games compulsory.

We ' ll take the top 15 from that competition. We' ll also have the Pan A m erican Games trYQut to find out which boys should go to Cali , Colombia, for the Pan Ams, and we' ll also se lect which o nes shou ld go to Europe for the international matches.

You indicated that you have some competions before these USA trials in July. What relationship do these bear to the USA Trials?

The competitions are part of the preparation for the Pan American and European trips. It is very obv ious here that we've had more internat ional matches tha n ever in the history of the sport in the United States. Because of this, the build-up such as at the different regional NCAA championships where they all use the internati onal comp ulsori es, then the NCAA champions hips, the Hopoel Games in Israel, the invitation from Russia to 4 of our top gym nasts, the trip to South Africa all of these show how the Champ ion ships build into .other invitational championships. The World Cup in Miami, then the AAU championships ...

Are these separate from the USGF Championships?

This tryout is und er the direction of the United States Gymnastic Federation and the United States Olympic Committee because it involves two things: European competition which is under the jurisdiction of the USGF because it is international competition and the Pan American Games und er the USOC, but si nce the USGF is now the governing body, it is also under their co ntro l as well .

What is the relationship with the AAU now on these tryouts?

The AAU does n' t have jurisdiction now.

There is a new Olympic gymnastic committee formed which no longer has th e rep resen tat ion from th e AAU as we had last yea r. It's a new start. Right in the middl e of th e stream they've h ad to ch ange the Committee structure because th e Fed erat ion i s now the body recognized internationally.

What happens after you choose the top gymnasts in the USA Trials?

After finding the top 15 athletes we have two camps. On e of the Eastern seaboard in preparation for the departure to Europ e; thi s will be a week-long camp.

Th e other one, for th e athletes going to the Pan A m eri ca n Games, will be in Miami . Th ere will be both men 's and women' s tea m s going to both the Pan American Games and to Europe. The trip to Europe will probably include France, Rumania, Hungary, and Bulgaria or maybe Switzerland. It is a 21-day tour where we meet at leas t three top international teams for th e m en and the women. It is a wonderful opportunity because of what it does for th e United States. It gives our best gymnasts an opportunity to mingle and to m eet . . . top international teams such as Rumania which is really coming up.

It also gets some of our names known too.

Th at's part of it too . We've got to learn what this international style is so that we can better prepa re for 1972. But on the other hand , I think th ese countries want us too because of these reasons . Our gymnasts h elp to inspire them too. There is a nice relationshi'p which exists now betwee n the Eastern bloc nations and the United States Gy mnastics Federation .

Who are going to be the top 15 gymnasts - would you like to hazard a guess?

All I can say is that there will be the 15 we had last yea r who will be try i ng to stay up th ere . But some of them will be replaced by others who come along. I would say that the top 15 would probably include some old faces, perhaps half, perhaps three-quarters , and some new blood breaking in. Our error in the past has been in not maintaining the top gymnasts who have broken the barrier with their talent and keep ing them going over at least two Olympiads.

Is there a National Plan to carryon this maintaining sort of thing?

Yes, you see through these national and international meets th e gymnasts are inspired to keep at it. Th en, through financing their way to these meets we are involved in maintaining their talents. We ' re not in the same league with some other sports which have extra funds but it is much better than it has been. The fact is that Olympic Development money is now being used for important occasions like this. looking ahead after the Pan American Games and the trip to Europe, what happens next?

That is an interesting story. The USGF Championships will be held in the Rocky

Mountain area in Nove mber and they're goi ng to qualify the top 40 all -aro und m en t o wor k towa rd s the Olympic Trial s. In Ap ril of ' 72 there will be anoth er United States tri al in w hi ch the number is reduced to 20. Finally durin g the summ er we take this 20 an d reduce it to the t op 10. I t is si m i lar to th e j apa nese system of a series of trials in which a lot of m en are qualified at the beginning and it is boiled down towa rd s the end.

This puts us almost a year ahead then.

Right. We ' re a yea r ahead on these compulsories and we ' re furth er ahead on a National program than ever before.

One nice thing is thi s World Cup In vitation al w here th ey' re going to invite the 10 top gy mn asts fro m abo ut 6 or 7 countries. Th at w ill be on National te levis ion.

Th ere will be 2 Americans, 2 Rus sians, 2 japan ese, 1 Pol ish, 1 East German, and so on . Both m en and wo m en w ill compete.

How are you and Abie Grossfeld and Rusty Mitchell and others of the National staff coordinating the national effort?

We divide th e respo nsibility of wo rk betwee n th e various coaches. For example, Bill Roetzheim was th e coach of th e World Games team , Hal Frey was the coach of the team that went to Canada last fall , Rusty Mitchell was at the Coaching Congres s in Rome las t yea r and Abie Grossfeld took a trip to japan on a scouting mission . So eve ry coach assumes some kind of re sponsibility. Th ey' re all great men and I need th eir help, you see.

Are there possibilities then, of regional clinics in different parts of the country that you, as National Coach, might travel to to help build these 40 people for next fall?

I think that th ese international match es, the trainin g camps, and little clinics in different areas by the National Staff Coach in that area to work on and ref i ne compul sory parts - all that is in the wind too.

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CONNECTICUT HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS February 20, 1971 Hamden High School, Hamden, Conn.

Art Slicer, Meet Director The Darien High gymnasts under the coaching of Izzy Battino won their fourth title in 5 years. Much of their strength was gained from the all-around effort of Richard Ward who won the State M Championship.

Last year's defending champions, Greenwich fin ished second by a wide margin 203 .85 to 134.65 .

There were 8 schools entered represented by 92 gymnasts.

Ward took his firsts on FX. HB, and R with a second place on PB and a 5th on the SI-\. Teammate Charles Felder captured firsts on SH and PB, a second on FX and a third on the rings. Tom Lutz of Greenwich who took second in the M earned a second on HB, a fourth on PB, and sixth on the R. RESULTS: Team: Darien (D) 203.85; Greenwich (G) 134.65 ; Waterford (W) 91.35. M: Richard Ward (D) 47.00; Tom Lutz (G) 40.45; Tyce Shelburn (W) 36.60. lH: Phil Barnhill (D) 16.50; Jose Centeno (Hartford) 15.85 ; Bill LeFure (G) 15.50. PB: Charles Felder (D) 14.70; Ward 14.50; Pete Kluck (Hamden) 12.65. R: Ward 13.50; Louis Coulsen (W) 13.10; Felder 12.80. SH: Felder 11.30; Nelson White (W) 10.50; Doug Hannum (D) 10.25. FX: Ward 14.65 ; Felder 13.30; Tom Horan (East Lyme) 13.15. HB: Ward 13.55; Tom Lutz (G) 13.25; Rich Drufva (Hamden) 12.70.

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MAINE HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS

by James C. Connolly, President M.G.C.O.A. 'After six uninterrupted years of regional and state championships by South Portland High School the monopoly was rudely broken this year by a line team from Biddeford, coached by Winthrop Houghton.

For many years in the runner-up spot, Biddeford, largely on the outstanding performances by St.eve Randall in vaulting, tumbling, and floor exerCise, and Bill Costifas on the rings and in vaulting, and with balanced scoring throughout, relegated South Portland to the runner-up position. Waterville, with Bob Flagg contributing the bulk of their points with firsts in high bar and parallel bars, a third in rings, took third place in the State Championship Gymnastic Meet.

Randall of Biddeford was awarded the trophy for outstanding performer. The award is based on team p,oints scored.

The meet was sponsored by the Maine Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation, Fred Douglas, Consultant.

Charles Pendleton, Georges Valley High School of Thomaston was State Gymnastic Chairman, and James J. Connolly of South Portland High School, the Meet Director. Meet held at the University of Maine, Portland Campus.

The level of performance at the top was about the same as in the past few years. The notable difference was the appearance of new teams with commendable improvement. Biddeford, South Portland, Waterville, and Cony of Augusta have been annually at the top. This year, Oxford Hills of Norway-South Paris, Brewer, Georges Valley of Thomaston, and Rumford served notice of future contention and will be a factor in years to come.

Results of the State Meet further demonstrate the steady progress, both in the level of skills and the number of new teams entering the scene.

RESULTS: Team: Biddeford (B) 121 ; South Portland (SP) 77; Waterville (W) 57. FX: Steve Randall (B) 5.62; William Loring (SP) 5.36; James Simpson (SP) 4_2.

SH: Mike Woodward (Cony) 4.004; Simpson 3.96; George Maxwell (SP) 3.42. HB: Bob Flagg (W) 4.58; Roger DesRosiors (B) 3.48; Ben Lemeling (B) 3.42. PB: Flagg 5.46 ; Simpson 3.62; Randall 3.58. lH: Randall 8.10; Bill Costifas (B) 7.82; Bob Sinclair (Winthrop) 7.26. R: Costifas 4.80; Richard

Libby (Georges Valley) 4.70; Flagg 4.08. Tu: Randall 5.54 : Jerry Scripture (Brewer) 4.50; Jack Pike (Oxford Hills) 4.40.

RegiOn I,D

Region 2 - Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Yor,,", New Tersev. Mtlryland.

GYMNASTICS IN DELAWARE For the past seven years, Delaware high schools have competed in Gymnastics. Brandywine, Concord, Conrad, and Mount Pleasant have

John Hallburg, Claymont H_S_ Delaware 1st AA

varsity teams which compete against each other and schools in nearby Pennsylvania and New Jer· sey, averaging ten meets yearly. Six eventsfree exercise, side horse, highbar, long horse vault, parallel bars, and rings-are contested in dual competition. In its gym team history, Brandy· wine High School has never lost to a Delaware team .

Jon Hallberg, a sophomore, representing the Polish Falcons of America, completely dominated the state meet. Jon won four of the six events in route to his second consecutive AII·Around title.

Jon has twice finished in the top four in the National Junior Olympic Championships.

Results of the Delaware State Open gymnastic meet on March 11 , 1971 are : Free Ex.: 1. Jon Hallberg, Polish Falcons; 2. Chris Amalfitano, Con· rad; 3. Mike Bernardo, Conrad. Side Horse: 1.

Jon Hallberg, Polish Falcons; 2. Jon lolin, Brandy· wine; 3. Chuck Rhodes, Conrad. Highbar: 1.

Grant Willeams, Conrad; 2. Jon Hallberg, Polish Falcons; 3. Mark Lambright, Brandywine. Long Horse Vault: 1. Carlos Rizzo, Concord; 2. Chris Amalfitano, Conrad ; 3. Jon lolin, Brandywine.

Parallel Bars: 1. Jon Hallberg, Polish Falcons; 2.

Mark Lambright, Brandywine; 3. Chuck Rhodes, Conrad. Rings: 1. Jon Hallberg, Polish Falcons; 2.

Nick Righos, Mount Pleasant; 3. Mark Lambright, Brandywine. All-Around: 1. Jon Hallberg, Polish Falcons; 2. Mark Lambright, Brandywine; 3. Jack Harmon, Brandywine.

PENNSYlVANIA INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS Recreation Hall, Penn State University March 6, 1971 1:00 P.M.

by R. B. Powell, Lewistown, Pa .

The Pennsylvania State Gymnastic Champion. ships were held in Recreation Hall of the Penn State University on the afternoon of March 6, 1971. At a meeting before the competition the meet director, Harry Franks, representing the PIM, discussed briefly with the coaches some of the problems of gymnastics in Pennsylvania. Topics of particular interest are summarized here. One of the proposals was to move the gymnastic season to the fall. That idea .went to a resounding defeat.

Another idea on the agenda was the idea of the PIAA sponsoring officials chapters and the teaching of judging of gymnastics to insure uniform judging practices throughout the state. It was the consen· sus of the coaches that something has to be done in this area ; however, no real discussion took place concerning this very important topic, Also discussed and much approved and requested by the coaches was that compulsory exercises be required. The coaches also felt that the sooner compulsories are initiated, the better. A committee to investigate the topic was discussed but nothing happened. The last topic for discussion was the location of the state meet for next year. The meet will be held in an area where the sport of gymnastics needs promoting rather than at Penn State if at all possible.

At 1:00 P.M. Mr. Franks, Athletic Director of Neshaminy High School and head of the PIM gymnastic steering committee, welcomed the gymnasts and their coaches as well as the fans to Penn State and Rec, Hall. Mr. Franks was the director of the meet and he was assisted by Joel Baba coach of Neshaminy and these two men are to be ' commended for the smooth operation of this meet. Of course Gene Wettstone is their secret man behind the scenes and his skill of running meets is internationally known.

The floor exercise event opened the competition and the fans were not disappointed. Kurt Pfleiger showed us an arabian front stepout and worked with a style that is very promising. A few competi· tors later, we heard a familiar name in gymnastics

Bob Tomosovic, Butler H.S. Pennsylvania 1st SH as Rich Stout presented a routine showing great flexibility, tumbling, and originality not often seen in high school competition. From that point on it was very close and Tim Roush of Rochester worked sure and clean for an 8.6. Eric Nesbitt was the boy who put together (see winning routines) the rou· tine that was awarded the top score of 8.7. This boy from Henderson made gymnasts in Rec. Hall feel good. He is clean and has a flowing style that makes one wish he could fly. The last competitor was Steve Norman of Penn Hills and he performed a very difficult routine with very high tumbling and dynamic moves displaying much power. He was also awarded an 8.7 but when all scores were totaled he was in second place. The first five places were awarded trophies after each event.

The side horse event was next and not nearly as high a caliber of work was in evidence in this event. What the competition really involved was whether a boy finished in good form or had sev· eral breaks. Bob Tomosovic of Butler worked his circles high and clean and without much difficulty in the routine and was able to capture first place easily. His score of 7.4 was followed by Kurt Pfleiger of Henderson with a 6.65 and Lance Garrett of Monaca with a 6.40. He looked as if he had the event won until his walk around on the end before his dismount put him off the horse early.

High bar contestants were very impressive for the most part and at the end of the event the fans saw Lance Garrett flyaway with a full twist to a perfect stand to win the event. His score of 8.85 was by far the reflection of the clean work and good execution. In the second spot was Craig Welch of Abington. He is coached by Bob Stout and Bob's ability to coach this event was evident.

Steve Norman of Penn Hills placed third with a routine that had good difficulty but was rough in spots. His pike off the top of the bar is rather unusual for a high school gymnast.

The vaulting was a very difficult event to judge.

The top five contestants were all very close and deserving. The range of scores among them was from 8.9 to 9.15. The top four used Yamashitas.

The winner, Rich Booker put together two good vaults and either could have won the meet. He is a very large and powerful gymnast from Kiski Area. Brian Dawson of Reading placed 2nd. Steve Norman of Penn Hills won 3rd spot, Eric Nesbitt of Henderson won fourth, and Jesse Cooper of State College did a beautiful handspring to win fifth.

The parallel bar event was won by Kurt Pfleiger of Henderson with an 8.45. Again very clean work carried the win. See winning routines. Steve Norman of Penn Hills placed 2nd with an 8.2 and

Jim Preston, Henderson H,S, Pennsylvania Dave Collins of Butler took third with an 8.1 followed by Jim Preston of Henderson with an 8.05.

The still ring event was one of the most exciting of the afternoon. The last three contestants de· cided the top three places. John Hornick of Spring· dale won (see winning routines) with an 8.25, Frank Myce coached by Frank Krystyniak of Penn· ridge did a very strong routine and it was obvious that he might be close to the top. He finished 2nd followed by Jim Preston of Henderson, who scored 7.95.

The all·around competition was won by Lance Garrett of Monaca with a score of 46.05. Second place went to Steve Norman of Penn Hills with a 44.70 routine and to Jim Preston of Henderson also with a score of 44.70. Fourth went to Kurt Pfleiger of Henderson with a score of 44.5.

RESULTS: AA: Lance Garrett (Monaca) 46.05; Steve Norman (Penn Hills) 44.70; David Collins (Butler) 40.55.

FX: Eric Nesbitt (Henderson) 8.70; Norman 8,70; Tim Roush (Rochester) 8.60. SH: Bob Tomosovic (Butler) 7.40; Kurt Pfleiger (Henderson) 6.65; Garrett 6.40. HB: Garrett 8.85 ; Craig Welch (Abington) 8.20; Norman 7.55 . LH: Rich Booker (Kiski) 9.15; Brian Dawson (Reading) 9.10; Norman 9.00, PB: Pfleiger 8.45; Norman 8.20; Collins 8.10. R: John Hornick (Springdale) 8.25; Frank Nyce (Pennridge) 8.05; Jim Preston (Henderson) 7.95.

WINNING ROUTINES: FX: Eric Nesbitt (Henderson High School. Coach: Barry Faust) Senior.

Round ·off flip flop arabian front piked to head· spring. Straight body fall , single leg cut to seat, valdez. Round -off flip flop, whip back, flip flop back layout stepout. Back walkover. Front handspring, front somi to Swedish fall. Spin turn to front back split. Press out to handstand. Round-off flip flop pike arch back somi. Score: 8.7.

SH: Bob Tomosovic (Butler High School. Coaches: David McKinnis and John Franchuk) Senior.

Moore on, double leg circles, moore, double legs travel down, double legs and khere in, break to scissors right and left and reverse circle, travel down and loop off dismount. Score: 7.4.

HB: Lance Garrett (Monaca High School. Coach: Dale Maddock) Junior.

High start, three Quarter giant, one half turn reach under, vault catch, one half turn in front, flying kip front giant, stalter, giant pirouette, back giant, free hip circle giant, fly-away full dismount.

Score: 8.85.

LHV: Rich Booker (Kiski Area High School.

Coach: Dem Answine) .

His vault was a Yamashita far end, Score: 9.15.

PB: Kurt Pfleiger (Henderson High School.

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Coach: Barry Faust) Sophomore.

Glide kip, reverse straddle cut· catch, drop cast to support, straddle cut· catch L. Stiff·stiff press to handstand, front pirouette, stutz, cast to upperarm support, back uprise straddle cut to layaway, front uprise, front somi dismount. Score: 8.45.

R: John Hornick (Springdale High School. Coach : Jack Tabi sh).

Dislocate shoot handstand. Lower to L cross (Russian) swing backward to inlocate, back uprise, L hold. Straight body press handstand. Lower to iron cross. Swing to dislocate and high straddle dismount. Score : 8.25.

B.6; Glen Hultgren (JG-Il) 8.5. HB: Richard Onysko (Baldwin-8) B.85 ; Rick Carlson (Walt Whitman-ll) B.35 ; Jim Cote (Bald-8) 7.3. LH: Hultgren 8:55; John Kinner (Ithaca-4) 8.45 ; Mike Kunzweiler (Ward·Melvilie-ll) 8.35. R: Tim Rowe (WW-Il) 9.05 ; Bob Salzbark (Herrick-8) 8.1 ; Dave Laudato (Linton-2) 7.9. TU: Clark B.35 ; George Merrett (Burner-B) 8.1 ; Paul Friestadt (Cicero-3) 7.15. TR: Mike Grossett (John Jay-2) 6.75; Jim Weisenfluh (Ru sh-Henrietta-5) 6.35 ; Scott Handler (Fox Lane) 5.4. Rope: Vi c Rondazzo (Long Beach-8) 4.1; Bob Cantrini (Calhoun-8) 4.45 ; Bil l Lombaro (Amherst-6) 4.95.

NEW YORK (SECTION FIVE) GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

WINNING POSITIVES: FX:-Steve Posner (Port Washington) Russian front· roundoff· flip flop full turn to fall ·stoop through ·straddle up· press hand stand pirouettehandspring front·handspring manichelli·stoop through split·valdez - lunge·roundoff·flip flop Arabian ·front roll ·back extension· hop pirouette back walk over-to prone fall - roundoff-2 flip flops-pike arch , layout .. .

HB:-Richard Onysko (Baldwin) Olympic high start - jam eagle hop out - front stalder-wrap veult catch - straight arm kip to front giant· pirouette to back giant straddle on, straddle off stoop on - front somie off dismount .. .

SH:-Bill Leigh (lindenhurst) Moore on circle Circle - Ru ssian moore - circle inverted stockli - circle - side lift up - side lift down ~c hwabenflank in inverted stockli in - 'break into reverse scissors - 3 front scissors - circle - side lift down - loop 011 . ..

PB:-John Juliano (Northport) Jump su pport drop peach glide kip·cut catch· lay away front up· rise·hop pirou ette handstand - stutz handstandlav away front uprise - jap moore - L hold stillstiff press handstand - stutz - front uprise - front somie with 1fz turn dismount .

R:-Tim Rowe (Walt Whitman) Straight body pull - Jap inlocato - back uprise handstand - lower to ba ck roll disclocate - shoot to L cross - back kip to L seat - hollow back press - Jap cast in locate - back uprise cross - dislocate - dou· ble back off ...

TR.-Mike Grossett (John Jay) Baroni out fliffis -

March 6, 1971

by John W. Boomer Among the active gymnastic areas of the U.S" New York boasts perhaps the most active pro· grams. Up to 11 sections may compete in the state championships, but each sectional has near· Iy the equivalent of a state meet iT held else· where. New York's Section 5 places many gym· nasts in each state meet and the results of their championship are herewith reported.

Bill Zorn ow from Rush·Henrietta won the AA title with a 35.40 total, followed by Bryan Mitson of Webster with 29.96. Rush·Henrietta won the team trophy with a score of 56.50 followed by Webster with 35.00. Rush·Henrietta is coached by Bill Cowden, Webster by John Boomer.

RESULTS: Team: Rush·Henrietta (RH) 56.5; Webster (W) 35.00; Greece Arcadia (GA) 27.00. AA: Bill Zornow (RH) 35.4 ; Bryan Mitson (W) 29.96; John Forster (Fairport) 24.23. FX: Mark Cummings (F) 7.0; Ed Mikker (~H) 6.43 ; Ron Zukatis (RH) 6.3. SH: Zor· now 4.60; Herb Parker (GA) 4.60; Steve Cleminson (W) 4.2. HB: Zornow 6.4; Forster 5.47; Mitson 5.43. PB: Willie Summerhayes (RH) 4.9; Tony DeSantis (RH) 4.1 ; Dave DiFulvio 3,56. LH: Chris Ladd (W) 7.87; Zukatis 6.60; Forster 6.57. R: Ed Emmerick (GA) 7.2; Dave Marzullo (GA) 7.13 ; De· Santis 6.03 . lr: Jim Weisenfluh (RH) 3.23; Mike Hourihan (W) 2.67; 10dd Beaney (RH) 1.9. Tu: Chris Haines (F) 4.30; Paul Pospilsil (W) 3.73 ; Beaney (RH) 3.57 . Rope: John Feeney (GA) 5.0; tie among Shon Shaw (Greece Olympia), Mike McDermott (GA) , Mike Straube (W) 5.6.

back flip - full twisting back layout - 11/2 twist· ing front layout - back flip - three quarter pike back - tuck cody - ba ck flip full twisting back layout - double twisting back layout ...

TU:-Darryl Clark (Elmira Free Academy) Roundoff 1/2 twist walkout - roundoff - back handspring - whipback - back handspring - whipback back handspring - side·walkout backhand· spring - wh ipback - back, front hand spring front (pike) - front somie - front handspring - front (pike) - Roundoff - back handspring - whip back - back handspring - whipback back . ..

LH:- Glenn Hultgren (John Glenn) Yamashita far end ...

NEW JERSEY HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS March 6, 20, 1971 Trenton State College Micha el Berkowitz, President NJHSGCA The State team championship was determined in a tri ·meet held March 6, 1971 at Cherry Hill High School" West among sectional champions East Brunswick, Henry Hudson, and Cherry Hill West.

The individual championships were held March 20 at Trenton State College.

The all·around was won by Bill McCurdy of Henry Hudson for the third straight year edging out Blane Nasveschuk as he did last year. McCurdy compiled a total of 53.00 points and won the side horse, still rings, and parallel bars.

RESULTS: Team: East Brunswick (EB) 141.25; Henry Hudson Regional (HH) 121.05 ; Cherry Hill West (CH) llB.75. AA: Bill McCurdy (HH) 53 .00; Blane Nas· veschuk (EB) 51.10; Angie Robinson (HH) 46.00.

Tu: Nasveschuk 9.15 ; Robinson 9.00; Ira Stolzer (EB) 8.55. SH: McCurdy 8.30; Tony Sgrei (EB) 8.25; Nasveschuk 7.50. HB: Nasveschuk 9.35 ; McCurdy 9.15; Marty Strawn (CH) 8.60. PB: Mc· Curdy 9.10 ; Strawn 8.30; Robinson 8.10. LH: Nas· veschuk 9.20; Strawn 8.BO; Dan Hockenjos

NEW YORK PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS INTERSECTIONAL GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS March 12, 13, 1971 Niskayuna High School, Schenectady Frank A. Canizzo, Meet Director Perennially strong Section 11 again won the In · Championships in New York. Section 11 gymnasts won 4 events plus the all ·around while gymnasts from Section 8 won three events. John Juliano, a senior from Northport, N.Y., won the all ·around event. Uniquely enough he has been coached for the last two years by Mrs. Lois EI· singer who doubles as coach for both the girls and boys teams at Northport Senior High School. ~ectional

RESULTS : Team: Section 11 , 62.5; Section B, 33.0; Section 3, 21.5; Section 4, 19.0; Section 1, 8.0; Section 5, 5.0; Section 2, 4.0; Section 6, 1.0. AA: John Juliano (Northport-Il) 47.40 ; Steve Posner, (Port Washington-B) 45.00; Glenn Hultgren (John Glenn-Il) 44.30. SH: Bill Leigh (Lindenhurst11) 8.8; Gary Kulick (Northport-Il) B.1 ; Pat DeNegro (Hennenger-3) 7.85. PB: Jul iano 9.0; George Sabatha (Hen-3) 8.0; Bill Slater (Lin11) B.O. FX: Posner 9.05; Darryl Clark '(Elmira--4)

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Bill McCurdy, Henry Hudson H.S. New Jersey 1st AA, SH , PB , R

(Sayreville) 8.65. R: McCurdy 9.30 ; Nasveschuk 8.45 ; Pearce Wagner (Riverside) 8.30.

WINNING ROUTINES: Tu: Blane Nasveschuk (EB).

Round 路off flic flac double twisting back saito.

Round -off flic flac back saito with 112 twist stepout. Round -off flic flac full twisting back saito.

Handspring front saito stepout handspring, front saito headspring.

SH: Bill McCurdy (HH).

Moore on end of horse circle Kehre circle Russian Moore side lift circle Kehre Front scissor Rear scissor circle side lift circle walk-around loop.

HB: Blane Nasveschuk (EB) .

Back uprise free hip shoot hop to front giant stoop -in and cut catch back kip German giant cast Ifz turn straight arm kip to front giant pi rouette change to back giant Stalder shoot back giant to fly-away with a full twist.

PB: Bill McCurdy (HH) .

Peach-handstand back layout catch to drop Peach basket glide kip to layaway Front uprise swinging Pirouette cast back uprise cut catch layaway back roll catch to L. Stiff arm press handstand back layout off.

LH: Blane Nasveschuk (EB) .

Yamashita (Arch pike arch-Far end) .

R: Bill McCurdy (HH) .

Dislocate shoot handstand - Giant swing handstand - lower to L cross - inlocate back uprise back kip L- Hollow back handstand - dislocate full twisting flyaway.

RegiOn Three

RESULTS: Team: Hialeah, Coral Park. AA: Terry Newton (H) 32.50 ; Bruce Griffin (CP) 31.05 ; Steven McElven (H) 30.95. FX: Robert Tilley (CP) 14.90 ; David Roth (CC) 14.40; Earl Duro (H) 14.05. SH: Ron Newby (Miami Springs) 11.90; Frank Powelson (CP) 11.25; Jeff Schwitzer (CP) 10.45 . HB: Richard Bova (H) 14.85; Terry Newton (H) 13.05; Bruce Griffin (CP) 12.80. PB: Mike Fulks (H) 14.05 ; Robert Tilley (CP) 12.40; Terry Newton (H) 11.50. LH David Roth (CP) 17.25; Mike Stokes (CC) 16.00 ; Paul Simpson (North Miami) 15.75.

R: Terry Newton (H) 10.65; Ricky Schwitzer (H) 10.40; Robert Brown (H) 10.l5.

David Moore (Columbia) and Pollard 8.35. FX: Gary Lewis (Lakeside) 7.55; Pollard 7.40; Ricky Green (T) 7.30. SH: Chuck Whiteside (T) 5.85; Gilreath 5.6; Mike Bishop (W) 5.15. HB: Gilreath 6.75; Billy Duncan (W) 5.25; Wayne Rogers (Towers) 5.00. Tr: Mark Moffitt (S) 6.70; Lewis 6.35; Charles Edwards (Cross Keys) 6.25. PB: Bishop 6.85; Jimmy Jackson (Avon~ale) 6.65 ; Po.llard 6.05. R: Bishop (W) 7.45; Gilreath 6.25 ; t ie between Rogers and Lewis 5.95.

GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

March 20, 1971 Two Rivers High School, Nashville, Tenn.

John Weaver, Meet Director

RESULTS: LH: Don Pollard (Clarkston) 16.80; David Moore (Columbia) 16.75; tie between Steve Osgood (St. Mt.) and Ray Shepherd (St. Mt.) 16.50. FX: Tie between Pollard, Gary Lewis (Lakeside) and Rick Green (Tucker) 15.l5. SH: Chuck Whiteside (Tucker) 10.30; Mike Gilreath (Sequoyah) 9.85; Randy Ramo (Seq) 8.35. HB: Wes Wenda II (Columbia) 13.50; Mark Hadaway (Walker) 13.15; Gilreath 13_00. Tr: David Brumby (Woodward) 14.05; David Pope (Woodward) 13.30; Rodney Terrell (Seq) 13.l0. PB: Jimmy Jackson (Avondale) 13.50; Burr Bachlee (Woodward) 13.40; Mike Bishop (Walker) 13.55. R: Bishop 15.95; Lewis 13.60; Gilreath 13.00.

The Tennessee Gymnastic Championships were held in five age divisions with both boys and girls competing. Reported are the scores of the 15-18 year age category.

DEKALB COUNTY GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS March 13, 1971 Tucker High School RESULTS: Team: Sequoyah (S) 82.30; Walker (W) 78.40; Tucker (T) 76.70. AA: Mike Gilreath (S) 39.00; Don Pollard (Clarkston) 33.90; Bobby Seale (S) 30.90. LH: Jimmy Wade (W) 8.50; tie between

TENNESSEE GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

BOYS RESULTS: Team: Two Rivers High School, Nashville. AA: Chris Eilertson (MUS) 54.70; Jay Patterson (Two Rivers) 43 .55; Stefan Beck (Chatanooga YM~A) 42.70. SH: Eilertson 10.3; Patterson 9.3 ; Mike Goins (TR) 8.1. LH: tie between Eilertson and Steve Durr (TR) 14.4; Beck 12.1; Jack Lind (TR) 12.0. PB: Eilertson 6.9; Beck 6.5; Kevin Nee (Tullahoma) 5.6. FX: Bob Mee (TR) 10.8; Patterson 9.8; Eilertson 9.5. HB: Goins 6.6; Eilertson 6.0; Karl Hall (Chatt. Y) 3.1 . R: Goins 8.9; Beck 8.8; Patterson 8.1.

GIRLS RESLUTS: Team: Second Presbyterian Church of Memphis.

SHY: Tina Ehlman (SPC) 15.20; Beth Davenport (Chatt Y) 11.80; Jan Sewell (SPC) 11.60. UPB: Ehlman 13.75; Ellen Jayne (Chatt Y) 13.00; Debbie Yohman (SPC) 11.05. BB: Jan Sewell 15.80 ; Ehlman 14.15; Davenport 13.95. FX: Sewell 15.45; Valerie Mason (Chatt Y) 15.40; Ehlman 13.40.

R.egion J - AIGPama, Wruh . D. C , Florido., Georgia, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginid, Mississippi, North C4rolina, Tennessee. South Carolin4 Louisia~

GREATER MIAMI ATHLETIC CONFERENCE GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS February 25, 26, 1971 Miami Springs Senior High School Chick Cicio, Meet Director If there were any doubts as to which team was the strongest in Dade County gymnastics, they were erased at the 4th annual GMAC meet by Hialeah which had 8 gymnasts in the top three places of the six events.

For the time being and until gymnastics becomes stronger in the Miami area, competitions are fought under two divisions, a weaker and a stronger. In another, more upbeat note, Carol City' s Mike Stokes became the first black athlete in t~e state of Florida to win an award in a high ~c hool championship meet. He accomplished this by taking second place in the vault. Dave Roth of Carol City was the only repeat cham pion (Vault) from last year.

Jay Patterson, Two Rivers H.S. Tennessee 2nd AA

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The event which showed the greatest improve路 ment in scores this year was the all路around. The tenth place average was 6.50 as compared to 6.10 last year. Bob Anderson's (Hinsdale Central) win ning average of 8.40 was the highest ever in Illinois State Meet competition and was nearly a half point higher than last year's winning average of 7.95. In addition to winning the all-around, Anderson was third in floor exercise, second in horizontal bar and third in still rings.

The awarding of the all -around trophies preceding the final competition was made by Dr. Victor Lesch, Athletic Director at Addison Trail High School, who has been associated with running five other state meets and was director of this year's state meet.

Two路and-a -half hours later, after some of the country's finest high school gymnastics competition had been viewed, the following young men had emerged as the Illinois High School Gymnastics Champions:

R~gion 4 - nlinois, Indi4na, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, Wiscons1n, IoUl~

Floor ExerciseLen Henderson, Waukegan High School Side HorseTed Marcy, Hindsdale Central High Sch Horizontal BarBob Darden, Glenbrook South High Sch TrampolineBob Jehli, Thornridge High School Parallel BarsMarty Myers, Hinsdale Central High Still RingsTom O'Donnel, Glenbrook South High

ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL STATE MEET March 12, 13, 1971 Addison Trail High School

by Pete Wilson "Please move away from the aisles toward the cetner of your section of bleachers." These are usually the first words of Frank Hulka who announces each year for the Illinois High School Gymnastics Championships. He generally starts about forty-five minutes before the competition starts, because by then the gymnasium, already has filled nearly to capacity with busloads of stu dents who arrive more than an hour and a half early to stake out large blocks of seats for cheering sections. This year a half hour before meet time more than 3800 people had filled Addison Trail High School's gym expanded capacity by squeezing in, and occupying additional chairs and bleachers provided on the main floor. This meet has become something like a St. Bernard puppy that is rapidly outgrowing its home. The meet's growing pains were partially relieved again this year by W:G.N. television which videotaped the entire finals competition and broadcast the delayed telecast a week later between the semifinal and championship I.H.S.A. basketball games.

This year's meet also had more gymnast's competing and more schools represented than in recent years since the Illinois High School Association inaugurated district and sectional competition to relieve the state meet of overwhelming numbers of gymnasts. There were two reasons for the increase this year. The first is that the allaround has been put on an equal footing with the six individual events and now advances just as many gymnasts from the sectional meets to the state meet preliminary competion . The second reason is the new "at-large" system of qualifying for the state meet. By this system the gymnasts with the best five scores in each event in each of the four sectional meets advance to the state meet. In addition the next twelve best scores from all four sectionals combined also advance to the state meet. The idea behind this innovation was to give a more equal chance to gymnasts who com pete in a sectional meet with especially strong competition . The twentieth place scores for each of the events given here show that the new "at-large" system also brings a greater depth of top level gymnasts to the state meet.

FX 7.55 TR 7.00 SH 6.90 PB 7.40 HB 7.55 SR 7.90 With fifty schools represented in the preliminary competition and with forty schools scoring team points by placing gymnasts in the top twenty, the "at-large" system also brought more high schools into thll meet. The wider representation without doubt was a factor also in swelling the size of

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(8.95) (9.25) (8.80) (8.95) (9.05) (8.95)

Watch for these names in the next few years.

Bob Anderson, Hindsdale Central H.S. Illinois 1st AA the crowds that came to see all the sessions.

The team champion, Hinsdale Central High School, defending champions from 1970 surprised few people by winning again this year. Coach Tony Canino's varsity squad had scored over 145 points consistently all season. What was a surprise, however, was the ease with which Hinsdale completely outdistanced every other team, scoring 228lj2 points to walk away from runnerup Hersey High School of Arlington Heights who scored 134 points and third place Evanston with 118 112. The Hinsdale team won on its depth and superior executiion and almost 100% consistency in hitting routines. They placed 3-4-6 in floor exercise, 1st in side horse, 2路10 in horizontal bar, 1-3-5 in parallel bars, 3-4 in still rings and 1-4 in all-around. In addition, the meet's highest scores were posted by Red Devil gymnast Ted Marcy (SH) with 9.25 and Marty Myers (PB) with 9.05. Marcy, incidentally, is a junior, and along with Bob Darden of Glenbrook South High School, junior champion on the horizontal bar, will be back again next year to defend his title.

If there was a lesson to be learned from this year's meet, it might be that it's becoming more and more difficult to pick a pre -meet favorite in any event. There are so many gymnasts so close in ability in the top ten that probably any of five individuals could be champion. Of sixty-three exercises in the finals, only nineteen scored below 8.30.

RESULTS: Team: Hinsdale Central (HC) 228.5 ; Hersey (H) 134; Evanston (E) 118.5. AA: Bdb Anderson (HC) 41.90; Jeff Farris (H) 39.00; Bill Mason (Oak Park) 38.05. FX: Len Henderson (Waukegan) 8.95; Tom Fogel (E) 8.75 ; Anderson 8.70. SH: Ted Marcy (HC) 9.25; Jeff McGuire (Arlington) 8.55 ; Mark Adams (Rich East) 8.30. Tr: Bob Jehli (Thornridge) 8.95 ; Bill Austin (E) 8.80; Steve Ol son (Maine South) 8.55. HB: Bob Darden (Glenbrook South) 8.80: Anderson 8.75 : Jim Lutz (Prospect) 8.70. PB: Martin Myers (HC) 9.05; Farris 8.85; Craig Kronenberl( (HC) 8.55. R: Tom O'Donnel (GS) 8.95; Jack Malmedahl (Elk Grove) 8.90; Anderson 8.65.

WINNING ROUTINES: FX: Len Henderson, Waukegan H.S. Round off, flip flop, double back, back extension roll to stand (straddled), press to straddle legged planche, body wave to split, turn to left and stiff stiff press to handstand, % pirouette. step down . run , handspring. front sommie, head kip. inward turn to handstand, flip flop, piked back to stand, run , round off, flip flop, full to stand. (8.95) SH: Ted Marcy, Hinsdale Central H.S. Back moore, circle, side travel to back moore on same pommel, circle, side travel, kehre in , circle, Russian Moore, reverse scissor, regular scissors, two circles, side travel, loop, walkaround, two loops. (9.25) HB: Bob Darden, Glenbrook South H.S. Stem to handstand, reverse giant, roll to eagles, hop out to % reverse giant, stall, reach under to mixed grip, vault, underswing 1h turn , kip to two reverse giants, Endo shoot, pirouette, cross arm change, two reverse giants, hecht (straddled).

(8.80) PB: Marty Myers, Hinsdale Central H.S. Cast to support. straddle cut, swinl( regular pirouette (straddled) to handstand (straddled), lower to straddled L hold, stiff stiff press to handstand, stutz to handstand, cast to upper arm , straddle cut, layaway, front uprise, swing reverse pirouette, stutz layaway, front uprise, front off.

(9.09)

R: Tom O'Oonnel. Glenbrook South H.S. Disloca te, shoot to handstand (strai ght arm s), reverse giant. front uprise with late dislocate to cross. back kip to L hold, hollow press to handstand. back roll, double dislocate, double flyaway.

(8.95) Tr: Bob Jehli_ Thornridge H.S. Rudolf out fliffus . double back. double full , full , 112 in 1/2 out fliffus, double ba ck, rudolf, full , piked 1% back, double cody. (8.95)

INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS February 20, 1971 Warren Central High School, Indianapolis

by Phillip D. Barnes, Sec.-Treas., IHGCA The most unu sual aspect of the 1971 Championships wa s that Columbus High School fa iled to win as they had done for the previous 4 years.

Coach John Emery's North Central High team, composed largely of seniors scored an impressive 112 points to outdistance Columbu s with 71. Following were Crown Point with 42.5, Jimtown 42, and Concord 37.5.

Qual ification meets were held in three sections with the top 5 gymnasts from each section seeded into the Championships. For the first time two new sectional winners emerged: Wabash and North Central of Indianapolis.

North Central displayed their prowess by taking four first places, two seconds, and three thirds with junior, Barry Woodward winn ing the horizontal bar and rings. His teammate, Jim Tuerk, scored the highest with his crowd-pleasing performance on the trampoline.

Mike Tagg, a Crown Point senior, won the tumbling event with 4 strong passes. The smooth performance of John Crippen from Columbus won the free exercise event while Columbus won the side horse for the third year running with a 77.5 performance by Bob Fitzpatrick. Neil O'Mahoney from North Central won the Parallel Bar event.

The All-around event was won by a junior, Ed win Taylor from Pike High School. Two -thirds of the boys who placed in the AA event were juniors and sophomores. Indiana has exciting years to look forward to with young gymnasts like these coming up.

RESULTS: Team : North Central (NC) 112; Columbus (C) 71 ; Crown Point (CP) 42.5; Jimtown (1) 42 ; Concord 37.5. AA: Edwin Taylor (Pike) 285; John Crippen (C) 272.5; Fred Lovett 245.5. FX: Crippen 74; Randy Stein (NC) 66.5; Jim Barrett (NC) 66.5.

Tr: Jim Tuerk (NC) 66.5; Jim Bradshaw (Elkhart) 路 75.5; Mike Tagg (CP) 74.5. SH: Bob Fitzpatrick (C) 77.5; John Spickelmier (NC) 63.5; Dave Hiatt (NC) 62. Tu: Mike Tagg 76 ; Chris Dolson (Ben Davis) 71 ; Steve Watterson (1) 70.5. HB: Barry Woodward (NC) 72 ; Fred Lovett 66.5 ; Mark Clark (1). PB: Neil O'Mahoney (NC) 62.5; John Kahlenbeck (C) 60 ; Irving Sigal (NC) 59. R: Woodward 83 .5; Gary Mize (C) 67.5; Taylor 64.5.

WINNING ROUTINES: FX: John Crippen (Columbus HS) Front, front handspring, body fall, moore into splits, press, lower to straddle, press, pirouette, roundoff, flip flop, back, back extension, cartwheel, front, front, turn, fronthandspring, body fall, side kick to handstand, roundoff flip flop, back. Score 74.

SH: Bob Fitzpatrick (Columbus) Moore, circle, side lift down, loop, uphill travel, downhill travel, kehre in , cut, cut, reverse scissor, reverse .scissor, circle, travel down, loop off. Score 77.5.

R: Barry Woodward (North Central) Di slocate, shoot hand, reverse giant, lower to L-cross, drop, inlocate ba ck uprise, L, hollowback, lower to iron, pull dis locate, high dislocate, double off. Score 83.5.

HB: Barry Woodward (North Central)

Stem ri se, reverse giant, roll vault, half turn kip, regular giant, regular giant, cross change immediate full pirouette, reverse giant, half pirouette, regular giant, flyaway. Score 72 .

PB: Neil O'Mahoney (North Central) Cast, back uprise, straddle cut, L, stiff stiff press, stutz, cast, glide kip, reverse stutz, front upri se, front off. Score 62.5.

Tr: Jim Tuerk (North Central) Barani cut, double back, rudolf, double twist, ba ck, double back, rudolf, double twi st, back, 1% back, double twi stin g cody. Score 84.5.

Tu: Mike Tagg (Crown Point) Round off, flip flop, full twist, flip floD, back cartwheel side, ca rtwheel si de, roundoff flip flop , back 1/2 twist, roundoff, flip flop, full twist, roundoff, flip flop, full twi st, ba ck. Score 76.

SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN INTERSCHOLASTIC GYMNASTICS ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIP North Farmington High School , Farmington, Mich .

by Dennis Fitzgerald, Gymnastics Coach The SM IGA is a ten team league in the state of Michigan that boasts 8 of the top ten teams in the state. Each year has seen the league get stronger and the level of gymnastics improve.

This years league meet, hosted by North Farmington , was a tremendous success and showed to the more than 1000 spectators that gymnastics was not only the worlds most beautiful sport but one of the fastest growing sports in the state of Michigan .

The league meet was held on two separate evenings. Monday was the team and all-around finals and Tuesday, the top ten qualifiers in each event battled for individual awards. Perhaps the most exciting outcome of the meet was the realization that 90% of the top ten individuals were sophomores and juniors. A definite indication of great skill improvements for the 1971-72 season.

GYMNASTIC PROGRESS IN MICHIGAN

by Dennis Fitzgerald Gymnastic Coach, North Farmington High School Farmington, Michigan High school gymnastics in Michigan has grown from a sissy sport for weirdos and monkeys to a respected and valued developmental activity and competitive sport for girls and boys. After many years of barely surviving, interscholastic gymnastics in the state of. Michigan is now fascinating the public and drawing large audiences.

It is hard to determine who or what is responsi ble for this growth, yet two catalysts are immediately apparent. Marv Johnson, gymnastic coach at Eastern Michigan University has promoted and encouraged the growth of gymnastics in his area. He trains and provides judges for the nearby league, hosts an annual all state invitational that is brilliantly organized, recruits Michigan high schoolers for his team, and encourages his graduates to assume coaching positions in the state of Mich igan.

The second catalyst is the Southeastern Michigan Interscholastic Gymnastics Association. A league of ten schools formed five years ago by eight teams which has grown today to the dominant league in the state of Michigan. The close proximity of these teams to the Detroit area, and to each other, has given gymnastics the public exposure needed to sustain its growth.

Competition in the league and state finals includes trampoline and all the Olympic events except vaulting. Dual meets as well as championship meets are contested on a raw score basis. The league has become conscious of spectator appeal and has made some changes such as the elimination of vauHing and going to strip floor exercise.

The results of these deletions, however objection -

able to some spectators, have been rewarding us in larger and more knowledgeable audiences.

Where this growth is going is anybody's guess, but the encouraging thing is that gymnastics is firmly entrenched and growing stronger every season. The problem s we face are not new. The lack of adequate judges, an insufficient number of coaches, lack of administrative approval and financial support still plague the growth of gymnastics. But with increased interest and enthusiastic promotion, these problems are being met and solved.

RESULTS: Team: Taylor Kennedy (TK) 118.2; North Farmington (NF) 114.15; Clarenceville (C) 108.3. AA: Randy Mills (TK) 28.00; Jack Waterstone (C) 21.35; Don Chapman (F) . Strip FX: Rob Struk (C) 7.15; Rick Sterans (C) 6.5; Tom Sowinski (TK) 6.3; HB: Mills 7.1 ; Barry Rudner (NF) 6.15; Sowinski 5.05. Tr: Tom Witz (TK) 6.15; Jon Loken (Ann Arbor) 6.20; Rick Page (NF) 6.10. PB: Waterstone 6.55; Neal Carrell (Allen Park) 5.95; Mills 5.6. SH: Rupert Hansen (NF) 7.45; Frank Siemionski (TK) 7.9; Tom Gonda (TK) 4.9. R: Joe Neuenswander (NF) 7.65; Gary Baughman (AP) 5.85; Mike Mitchell (NF) 5.75. Tu: Struk 7.'65; Sowinski 6.85 ; Steve Ormsby (AA) 6.5.

WINNING ROUTINES: Strip Floor Exercise: Bob Struk (Clarenceville) Front, front handspring, front; straight body fall , turn to sit, valdez to handstand; straddle down, stiffstiff press to handstand ; forward roll back handspring; RO, ff, ff, full twist, drop to back roll extension to handstand; RO, 1/2 twisting back handspring to front handspring to front handspring, front somie; back handspring, splits; RO, ff, ft, layout back.

Parallel Bars: Jack Waterstone (Clarenceville) .

Cast support, double cut, "L", hollowback press to handstand, back toss, stutz, peach to upper arm, front unprise stutz, cast to upper arm, bac~ uprise, double cut, swing to handstand, front off.

Side Horse: Rupert Hansen (North Farmington) .

Moore to the end, circle, loop, circle, side lift uphill, Russian moore, break into two front scissors, one reverse scissors, cut circle, side lift downhill, walk around, loop with Ih twist off.

Tumbling: Rob Struk (Clarenceville) .

Front somersault walkout, RO, FF, FF, double twist. Front somie walkout, RO, FF back with Ih twist walkout, RO, back handspring with 1/2 twist, handspring, front somie. RO, FF, back wtih full , FF, FF, Back with full.

Still Rings: Joe Neuenswander (North Farmington) .

Dislocate, giant dislocate, straight arm shoot to handstand, straight arm front giant, back roll straight body, " L", hollowback to handstand, lower to cross, cast, dislocate, dislocate, double back.

OHIO HIGH SCHOOL STATE GYMNASTIC MEET 1971

by Tom Sexton Over 4,000 people packed into the University of Dayton field house to witness what proved to be the closest State G.ymnastic meet in Ohio's seven year history of the O.H.S.A.A. sanctioned meet.

There are 73 gymnastic teams in Ohio, and after the three Regional meets a total of 6 teams qualified for the State finals. The defending state champion, Miamisburg High School again won it's regional and was back to try and make it two in a row. Other team qualifiers were Fairmont East who won their regional, Cuyuhoga Falls who won their regional , Wayne H.S., Princeton H.S., and Martins Ferry H.S., all regional runner-ups.

As the six teams began battling for the coveted team title, the tremendous crowd began cheering and shouting in support of their favorite team , behind the team's school cheerleaders. The six teams were all in contention, with Miamisburg

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and Fairmont East at the top toward the last few events. The team title wasn't decided until the last routine in the last event, the High Bar. Dennis Moore, Miamisburgs great high bar man, needed to score an 8.1 to tie for the team championship with Fairmont East Hi gh School. Unfortunately, due in part to a low dismount, Dennis Moore's score was just short with an 8.0 and the new State Gymnastic Champion was Fairmont East High School! It was the 4th time in 7 years that Fairmont East had won the state team championship. But never by a closer margin! The final score was: 1st Place - Fairmont East-162.55 ; 2nd Place-Miamisburg-162.45. One tenth of a point! It was a hard loss for favored Miamisburg to take, but a tremendous team effort by Fairmont East who only had one first place. Due to a well bal anced team effort and a tremendous " Espirit de corps" the team exhibited throughout the meet and the season Fairmont East became the new 1971 State Gymnastic Champions.

There were ma ny outstanding individual performances in the finals as well. Doug Griffith of Franklin High School won first all-around with a very well earned 46.90 all-around score, and with out a weak event. Doug has accepted an offer from Annapolis and will be continuing his gymnastics there, after considering several other scholarships. Dave Ely of Wayne came in second place for the second year in a row. Dave will only be a junior next year though and has to be regarded as the man to beat. John Schramm of Fairmont East pla ced third all-around and did a great job since he was only a tumbling specialist one year ago. John has accepted a scholarship to Odessa Junior College for next year.

This years state meet wa s the greatest in Oh io's history. Meet co-directors Don Morefield and Bill Parrish are to be congratulated for their superb job in running the state meet over the last two years. It was the most organized state meet ever with the highest attendance. The caliber of competition has sharply increased as well as the fans knowledge of the sport here in Ohio. Next years championship should even be better!

OHIO STATE GYMNASTICS MEET CHAMPION - Kettering Fairmont East (Coach Tom Sexton - 162.55. RUNNER·UP - Miamisburg (Coach Ken Bostleman) - 162.45 ; 3. Dayton Wayne, 155.67; 4. Cincinnati Princeton, 153.02; 5. Cuyahoga Falls, 137.05; 6. Martins Ferry, 126.38.

INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS All-Around: 1. Doug Griffith , Franklin 46.90 ; 2.

David Eby, Dayton Wayne 40.05 ; 3. John Schramm, Kettering Fairmont East 38.40; 4. Alvin McClure, Cincinnati Princeton 37.95; 5. Scott landy, Lakewood 34.80; 6. Frank McMillan, Cuyahoga Falls 32.70.

Floor Exercise: 1. David Eby, Dayton Wayne 8.95 ; 2. Ron Runyeon, Miamisburg 8.25; 3. Doug Griffith, Franklin 8.0; 4. Tom Schultz, Miamisburg 7.85; 5. Jim Bonham, Dayton Wayne 7.45 ; 6. John Schramm, Kettering Fairmont Ea st 7.2.

Side Horse: 1. David Eby, Dayton Wayne 7.10; 2.

Keith Edward, Cincinnati Princeton 6.60; 3. John Underwood, Kettering Fairmont East 6.35 ; 4. Greg Jones, Miamisburg 5.75 ; 5. Mike Sapp, Cuyahoga Falls, 5.35; 6. Steve Saunders, Kettering Fairmont West 4.80.

Still Rings: 1. Jim Bustille, Miamisburg 8.00 ; 2.

Norman Hoard, Cincinnati Princeton 7.75; 3. Kelly McCowin , Cuyahoga Falls 7.60; 4. Greg Jones, Miamisburg 7.05; 5. Alvin McClure, Cincinnati Princeton 6.95; 6. Bob Stein, Kettering Fairmont East 6.90.

Long Horse Vault: 1. Mike Sapp, Cuyahoga Falls 8.2; 2. Doug Griffith, Franklin 8.1 ; 3. Tom Schultz, Miasmisburg 7.95; 4. Tim Fox, Dayton Belmont 7.9; 5. Jake Lewis, Dayton Meadowdale 7.85 ; 6. Alvin McClure, Cincinnati Princeton 7.6.

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Doug Griffith, Franklin H.S. Ohio 1st AA Parallel Bars: 1. Stan Rose, Kettering Fairmont East 7.50 ; 2. Donald Yates, Dayton Wayne 7.00 ; 3.

Doug Griffith, Franklin 6.95 4. Greg Jones, Miamisburg 6.60; 5. Scott landy, Lakewood 6.20; 6. Stacy Smallenbarger, Troy 6.10.

Tumbling: 1. Ron Runyeon, Miamisburg 9.05 ; 2.

Tom Schultz, Miamisburg 9.0; 3. John Schramm, Kettering Fairmont East 8.8; 4. David Eby, Dayton Wayne 8.45; 5. Doug Griffith, Franklin 8.2 ; 6. Jake Lewis, Dayton Meadowdale 7.95.

Horizontal Bar: 1. Dennis Moore, Miamisburg 8.0; 2. Wayne Cox, Miamisburg 7.9; 3. Doug Griffith, Franklin 7.8; 4. Frank McMillan, Cuyahoga Falls 7.5 ; 5. · John Schramm, Kettering Fairmont East 7.15; 6. Chris liehler, Kettering Fairmont East 7.1 .

Trampoline: 1. Tim Fox, Dayton Belmont 8.25; 2.

Ron Runyeon, Miamisburg 7.90; 3. David Eby, Dayton Wayne 7.85 ; 4. Daniel Carpenter, Cincinnati Princeton, 7.25 ; 5. Mark Altoff, Kettering Fairmont West 6.90; 6. William MacConnell, Cincinnati Princeton 6.60.

DOUG GRIFFITH FIRST ALL·AROUND STATE WINNING ROUTINES Floor-Exercise Round -off back handspring, back, back handspring, Arabian dive roll to chest roll , half turn valdez to stand. Running front somersault walkout, half turn, 'back walkover to splitz.

Press to handstand, straight leg roll -up, gainer front headspring to Swedish full , kip half turn to support and stand. Round-off back handspring back full twist.

Side Horse - Jump into two double leg circles, moore, moore, double leg circle, kere-out into two double leg circles and kere-in to support. Reverse scissors, forward scissors, into double leg circles, side travel, two double leg circles on end and loop off.

Still Rings - Straight pull up, dislocate shoot handstand, back giant, back roll to cross, pull up to L sit, cast out, inlocate back uprise to L sit.

Press to handstand, lower and dislocate, straddle off.

Long Horse Vaulting - 1. Stoop (compulsory), 2. Yamashita (near end) .

Parallel Bars - Peach basket to handstand, back catch into drop cast, double leg cut to swing handstand, pirouette, stutz-kere, drop peach basket to L sit, straight arm press to handstand, back·off.

High Bar - Jam immediate stoop-in, invert, invert, release·regrasp, into back giant, free kip circle immediate reach under rear vault, half turn flying kip into front giant, full pirouette, front giant, brani off.

FLOOR-EXERCISE 1. Dave Eby, Wayne High School - Round-off, ba ck handspring, full twist, back extension roll . Front handspring, front, front headspring walkout Swedish fall, turn into splitz. Straight arm press, pike down, round-off. Arabian dive roll , jump straddle, back handsprin g to prone fall , .half turn valdez to stand, round -off backhandspring back (piked).

2. Ron Runyeon, Miamisburg High School- Roundoff back handspring ba ck full. Round-off back handspring Arabian dive roll, straddle jump back

handspring into splitz. Press to handstand pike down, running front somersault (Russian) head· spring Swedish fall , pinwheel, round·off back hand· spring ba ck pike.

3. Doug Griffith, Franklin High School - Round-off ba ck handspring, ba ck, back handspring, Arabi an dive roll to chest roll, half turn va ldez to stand.

Runn ing front somersault walkout, half turn, back walkover to splitz. Press to handstand, straight leg roll-up, gainer front headspring to Swedish fall, kip half turn to support and stand. Round -off back handspring back full twist.

SIDE HORSE 1. Dave Eby, Wayne High School - Moore on the end, three double leg circles, sid e travel, kere-in, two double leg circles. Break into scissors (three forward) , sci ssor side travel, travel back in back scissors, into double leg circle, side travel, lo~p-off.

2. Edward Keith, Princeton High School - Moore mount, immediate moore, double leg circle, stockle, break into two reverse scissors, two forward scissors, one double leg circle, side travel, three loops, schwabenflanke off.

3. John Underwood, Fairmont East High SchoolLoop, loop, loop, cut, straddle, reverse scissor travel-in, three double leg ci rcl es, break into 2 forward sci ssors, hop sci ssor with 1fz turn reverse sci ssor travel -in, 3 double leg ci rcles,' side travel, schwabenflanke off.

STILL RINGS 1. Jim Bustillo, Miamisburg High School- Straight body, straight arm pull to inverted hang, kip to L, hollow-back press to handstand, back giant to handstand, back roll cross, back roll into two dislocates, shoot to shoulderstand, press to handstand, cast for back giant out of handstand, high straddle cut from above the rings.

2. Norman Hoard, Princeton High School - Pull up to inverted hang, pike, ba ck uprise to cross and lower to back lever, dislocate immediate reverse kip to L, press to handstand, back roll Olympic cross dislocate, dislocate, high straddle off. ' 3. Kelly McCowin, Cuyahoga Falls High SchoolLONG HORSE VAULTING 1. Mike Sapp, Cuyahoga Falls High School- 1.

Stoop (compulsory), 2. Front Handspring.

2. Doug Griffith, Franklin High School- 1. Stoop (compulsory), 2. Yamashita.

3. Tom Shultz, Miamisburg High School- 1. Stoop (compulsory), 2. Front Handspring.

PARALLEL BARS 1. Stan Rose, Fairmont East High School- Peach basket to L stiff, stiff press to handstand, pirouette, drop peach basket, pike, back prise to handstand, ' pirouette, lay-a-way front uprise front toss to lower arm support, back uprise, cast back-uprise, front off with half twist.

2. Don Yates, Wayne High School- Peach basket back roll to straight arm support, cast, back uprise swing to handstand, back-off.

3. Doug Griffith, Franklin High School- Peach basket to handstand, back catch into drop cast, double leg cut to swing handstand, pirouette, stutzkere, drop peach basket to L sit, straight arm press to handstand, back-off.

TUMBLING 1. Ron Runyeon, Miamisburg High School-I. Russian front' flip walkout round-off back handspring, back, back handsprin g, back pike. 2. Russian front, front flip, headspring. 3. Round-off, back handspring, back full back handspring, back handspring, back full.

2. Tom Schultz, Miamisburg High School - 1.

Round-off, back handspring, back full, back h~nd ­ spring, half twi sting back, front handspring. 2.

Front handspring, front flip, front headspring, front, front headspring. 3. Round -off, one handed alternating ba ck handsprings, ba ck, ba ck, ba ck somersault.

3. John Schramm, Fairmont East - 1. Round -off, back handsprnig, back, back handspring, back pike somersault. 2. Front handspring, front flip, walk-

out, round-off, ba ck handspri ng, ba ck handspring, back layout. 3. Round-off, alternating one handed ba ck handsprings, back somersault.

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HIGH BAR 1. Dennis Moore, Miamisburg High School - Kip, three -quarter front giant, stoop-in, two ea gle gi ants, reach under rear-vaunt, kip-hop front giant stoop -in dislocate, reelase into back gia nts, flyaway.

2. Wayne Cox, Miamisburg High School - Stem rise to handstand, two front giants, sol e circles in and out, half turn kip into front giants, reach under-rear vault, kip back-giant, cross-change, front gi ant, brani -off.

3. Doug Griffith, Franklin High School - Jam immediate stoop-in , invert, invert, release, regrasp into back giant, free kip circle immediate reach under rear vault, half turn flying kip into front giant, full pirouette, front giant, brani off.

TRAMPOLINE 1. Tim Fox, Belmont High School - Fliffus, fliffus, back, double full, back, rudolf, rudolf, back, back, three-quarter back-double cody.

2. Ron Runyeon, Miamisburg High School- B.ack double, rudolf, back, back, double full , back, rudolf, back, back, three -quarter ba ck-double cody.

3. David Eby, Wayne High School - Fliffus, fliffus, back, back double, full twist, back, rudolf, back, double full , back, three-quarter back-cody.

IOWA HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS February 20, 1971 John F. Kennedy High School, Cedar Rapids

by Jack Rosenthal Team: Jeff~ rs on , Cedar Rapids 109; Washington, Cedar Rapids Kennedy, Cedar Rapids 64 1h; Urbandale 31; tie between Jefferson, Council Bluffs and Marshalltown 6. AA: Terry Johnson (J-CR) 38.51 ; Scott Evans (U) 37.11 ; Roger Belieu (K-CR).

FX: Evans 8.45; Jon Enabit (J-CR) 8.05; Dave Eppert (J-CR) 7.60. Tr: Kevin White (K-CR) 7.35; John Kucera (W-CR) 7.30; Bob Cooper (J-CR) . SH: Kris Kelly (K-CR) 5.30; Rick McConnell (W-CR) 5.00; ~ark Cottrell (J-CR) 4.50. HB: Johnson 7.35 ; AI Kittrell (K-CR) 6.85; Curt Benesh (J-CR) 6.30. LH: Johnson 8.35; Kevin White (K-CR) 8.20; Belieu 8.00. R: Jim Curran (J-CR) 7.50; Randy Davison (W-CR) 6.85; Johnson 6.60. PB: Johnson 7 50 ' Mark Felter (W-CR) 7.45 ; Steve Hughes (W-CR) 7.40.

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NEBRASKA HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIP Nebraska held its state meet November 19 and 20, 1970, at Johnson Gymnasium at Lincoln High , Lincoln, Nebraska .

The boys at the state meet represented the top qualifiers in the three districts. A total of twenty schools qualified boys for the meet.

Lincoln maintained its domination of Nebraska gymnastics by keeping the title in town for the eleventh straight season . Art Hillman's team from Lincoln Southeast beat out the defending state champs from Lin coln Northeast by seven placement points.

All -Around went to Omaha Creighton Prep's Gene Mackie. Gene has won the crown three straight years. Senior Gene Mackie also was the state champ in three individual events: the high bar, still rings and parallel bars. Mackie will be entering the University of Nebraska in Lincoln under Coach Francis Allen this fall.

RESULTS: Team: Lincoln Southeast (LS) 87.5; Lincoln Northeast (LN) 74.0; Omaha Creighton Prep (CP) 62.5.

AA: Gene Mackie (CP) 35.9; Joe Rayer (Omaha

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South) 31.85 ; Robin Simmons (Beatrice) 28.95.

FX: Steve Vieyra (North Platte) 7.50; Dave Contreras (OS) 7.40; Larry West (LN) 7.35. HB: Mackie 8.27; Scott Bloom (LS) 7.92; Jim Unger (LS) 7.22 . SH: Jim Daniels (LS) 8.75; Steve Dickey (LN) 6.45; Mike .McCarty (CP) 6.20. R: Mackie 8.05 ; Dan Delgado (NP) 7.32; Bloom 7.15. PB: Mackie 7.67; Rayer 7.37 ; Dan Stevens (NP) 6.95.

Tr: Dean Strough (LN) 8.65; Randy Sewell (Omaha North) 8:05; Larry West (LN) 7.83 . Tu: Duane West (LN) 7.60; Dave Beilby (LS) 7:20; L. West 7.00.

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NEW MEXICO HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS March 5, 6, 1971 Roswell, New Mexico 'by Crockett Howard Once again Lovington won the State Championships. They had had a string of 24 consecutive victories and have won 10 out of 15 State championships. Other teams taking part were RoswellGoddard, Clovis, Carlsbad, Albuquerque-EI Dorado, Santa Fe, Albuquerque St. Pius, Gallup, and Hobbs.

The All-around was won by Dave Chandler of St. Pius. He took firsts on all Olympic events except vaulting which was won by Ph il Holt of Lovington.

RESULTS: Team: Lovington 140.01; Roswell-Goddard 118.94; Clovis 103.01; Carlsbad 102.62; Albuquerque EI Dorado 101.09; Santa Fe 98.39. AA: Dave Chandler (St. Pius); Alfred Chavez (Clovis); Jeff Hall (Lovington). LH: Phil Holt (L); Ray Romero (SF); Mike Curl (AE). Tu: Ken Church (Clovis) ; Holt; Larry O'Meara (RG). Tr: Kip Kerby (L); O'Meara; Holt.

SH: Chandler; Curry Pruit (L); Larry Tillery (Carlsbad). FX: Chandler; Ken Churck (Clovis); O'Meara.

HB: Kerby; Chandler; Chavez. PB: Chandler; Chavez; Randy Dutton (L) . R: Chandler; Mike Jennings (RG); Tillery_

TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS April 23 -24, 1971 Odessa High School, Odessa, Texas

by Brian W. Schenk As a climax to the fifth year of the Texas High School Gymnastic competition, gymnasts from thirty-five Texas schools entered Regional competition in early April. Qualifiers from the four Regional meets held assembled at Odessa, Texas, on April 23 and 24th for the 1971 State Championships. Two teams, three all-arounds, and a total of six per event per region were qualified.

L. D. Bell High School of Hurst ran away from the field in Optional exercises, after a first day of compulsories where Austin John H. Reagan High School threatened to make a contest, holding Bell

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Tommy Collins, Bell H_S. Texas 1st AA to a 151-141 edge in the first day. Outstanding Optionals by Tommy Collins, Dennis Thornton, Darrell Cribbs and Mike Glynn of Bell added twenty points to the Bell lead on the second day.

The contest ended with a 264-232 ed ge for Bell over second-place Reagan . The Bell squad, coached by Em il Milan, has taken the Texas men's trophy for the five years of the Texas finals.

Following Bell and Reagan were Trinity High of Euless and Central High, San Angelo.

Bell High's Tommy Collins carried his unbroken competition string of All-Around first places aonther competition further, defeating Reagan's Gary Morris 92-84 in optional and compulsory totals. Paschal (Ft. Worth) junior David Sanders was third at 83.7, Dennis Thornton (Bell) fourth at 81.5 , Reagan's Mike Kirksey fifth at 77.0 and Central's Joe Martinez sixth at 61.8. All are juniors and will be in competition next year. What a battle that will be!

Gold medals were : Side Horse, Burba Denson, Gilmer High (AM) ; Long Horse, John Short, Haltom City (AAAA); Parallel Bars, Mike Glynn, Bell (AAAA) ; and Tommy Collins won Rings, high bar and floor exercise_ The Texas High School Gymnastic Coaches Association, governing body for dual, regional and state competition in schoolboy gymnastics, struck a special set of regional and state medals for this year's competition. The dies will be retained and utilized for the future . New compulsories for men and women will be developed by the coaches association technical committee, to be ready for distribution to coaches not later than October 1.

Emil Milan of Bell is State President, Brian Schenk of Reagan, State Vice President, and Sharon Cranfills, Bell , is State Secretary-Treasurer.

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Region 7 - Arizona, Colorado, Monta~ Utah, Wyoming.

COLORADO STATE MEET REPORT The 1971 State of Colorado High School Gymnastic Championships were held on May 14th and 15th at the University of Denver. Th e week before the state meet, there were three qualifying district meets. The resulting state competitors represented some thirty high schools. Out of each district meet came the three best teams, the top four all 路arounds, as well as the eight highest individual qualifiers on the six olympic events plu s trampoline and tumbling as a special event.

As all would agree who saw the state meet, this year's competition was the best ever in Colorado gymnastic history as shown by the quality of performance of Robin Stoecker's record breaking all-around score of 50.80. In the team co mpetition the top five teams scored in a range from 148 to 171 which include d the six olympi c events and trampoline. One -sixth of the allarounds score was added to make up the final team score.

The state meets results are as follows: Team Standing: 1. Ranum H.S. (coach , L. Baretta) 170.87; 2. Cherry Creek H.S. (coach, C. Ehrlich) 162.70; 3. Aurora Central H.S. (coach , R. Jackson) 160.80; 4. Westminster H.S. (coach , B. Clark) 152.01; 5. Denver South H.S. (coach, G. Konke; 147.52.

All-Around: 1. Robin Stoecker (Ranum) 50.80; 2.

Trey MacDowell (Cherry Creek) 46.90; 3. Gary Alexa nder (Aurora Central) 46.20; 4. Leo Hollberg (Cherry Creek) 45.60; 5. Lee Douglas (Bill:y Mitchell) 40.80; 6. Tom Phillips (Westminster) 39.65.

Long Horse: 1. Gary Alexander (A. C.) 9.00 ; 2.

Robin Stoecker (R) 8.85; 3. Mike Brook (R) 8.775 ; 4. Leo Hollberg (C.C.) 8.75; 5. Gerry Grimes (W) 8.55 ; 6. Bob Miller (Wasson) 8.475.

Free X: 1. Robin Stoecker (R) 9.025; 2. Gary Alexander (A.C.) 8.975; 3. Randy Nelson (D.S.) 8.30; 4. Gerry Grimes (W) 8.025; 5. Herb Hansen (A.C.) 8.00; 6. Leo Hollberg (C. C.) 7.775.

Side Horse: 1. L. 1. Larson (A. C.) 8.35; 2. Robin Stoecker (R) 8.175; 3. S. Rogers (Denver Lincoln) 7.5 25; 4. Randy Mayer (W) 7.425 ; 5. Jim Allen (R) ; 7.30; 6. Don Steinbach (Wasson) 7.00.

High Bar: 1. Gary Alexander (A. C.) 8.80; 2. Trey MacDowell (C.C.) 8.725; 3. Theo Digerness (Denver North) 8.35; 4. Robin Stoecker (R) 7.875; 5. Taylor Brelsford (C.C.) 7.75; 5. Lee Thompson (Poudre) 7.75.

Still Rings: 1. Lyle Hileman (Kennedy) 8.路75 ; 2.

Lee Douglas (B.M.) 8.425; 3. Robin Stoecker (R) 8.275 ; 4. Bill Durbin (W) 8.025 ; 5. Trey MacDowell (C.C.) 7.875; 6. Larry Archuletta (R) 7.70.

Parallel Bars: 1. Robin Stoecker (R) 8.375; 2.

Gary Alexa nder (A. C.) 8.35; 3. Trey MacDowell (C.C.) 8.35 ; 4. Leo Hollberg (C.C.) 8.275; 5. Lee Douglas (B.M.) 7.30; 6. Bill Durbin (W) 6.725.

Trampoline: 1. 'Mike Brook (R) 8.60 ; 2. Ken Bates (R) 8.475; 3. Steve Bates (R) 8.40; 4. Gerry Grimes (W) 8.35; 5. Art Sapp (B.M .) 8.025 ; 6.

Bab Fenner (Denver North) 7.575.

Tumbling (Special Event) : 1. Rick Garcia (Denver Lincoln) 8.275; 2. Gar;y Alexa nder (A.C.) 8.20; 3. Jack Watson (D.S.) 7.90; '4. Gerry Grimes (W) 7.825; 5. Ron Hamilton (D.S.) 7.025; 6. Tom Newhalen (Arapahoe) 6.95.

Best of luck to the graduating senior all-arounds who have chosen the following schools. Robin Stoecker (U. of Cal. -Berkeley) , Trey MacDowell (U. of Oregon), Gary Alexander (Arizona State U.), and Leo Hollberg (Stanford or U. of Cal.-Berkley).

We will be looking forward to seeing the return of Lee Douglas and Tom Phillips in next years state competition.

MONTANA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS Billings West's depth again proved the deciding factor in the Montana State Gymnastics meet held March 5-6 in Kalispell, Montana. West edged Bill-

ings Sen ior and Kalispell in the two day compeition. West High girls edged Kalispell by .05 points. In th e Friday compulsory com petition West outscored Kalispell 68.50 to 63.65 and then were beaten by Kal ispell 67.55 to 62.75 ; but not enough to beat the well balanced West squa d.

The meet itself proved a success and an inspiration most all of th e gymnasts, fans, and coaches. The walls of the gym were literally papered with welcome signs an d picture displays.

Over $800 was spent on judges alone, in an attempt to make everyone happy with the judging, and for the most part everyone was.

Thi s year's meet showed a tremendous improvement in ski ll level as several fulls were displayed on the floor, severa l off th e rings, and one double back off the rings. Much better execution and form on all of the eve nts was especially noted, particularly with the girl s. Becky Burnett (BS) and Laurie Thon (KAL) displayed exce ptional skill levels for the girls. Several outstanding perform ances were the highlights of th e meet. Rob White (BW) 8.75 Hecht, Dick Arm strong (KAL) 8.05 floor ex, John Cummings (KAL) 7.925 si de horse, Becky Burnett (BS) floor ex, unevens, Laurie Thon (KAL) unevens.

Th e meet proved a particular disappointment for the Kalispell gymnasts as they had not been beaten up to the state meet in either, the boys or girls competition . Don Ka sberg, Kalispell's leading gymnast, was injured and unable to compete so the boys outcome was expected. The Billings West girls showed exceptionally well in the compulsories and surprised the Kali spell girls.

BOYS COMPETITION All Around: 1. Mike Meyer (BS) 77.90; 2. Rocky Sellek (BW) 75.90; 3. Randy Sherwood (KAL) 73.65 ; 4. Charlie Bowers (Missoula Sent.) 67.40 ; 5. Neil Krantz (Boz) 66.85. Team Scores: 1. Billings West 244.4; Billings Senior 238.65; 3. Kalispell 221.85 ; 4. Missoula Hellgate 181.85; 5.

Missoula Sentinell 137.85. High Bar: 1. Ri ck Zim merman (BS); 2. Mike Meyer (BS); 3. Randy Sherwood (KAL); 4. John Cummings (KAL) ; 5. Rob White (BW). Rings: 1. Rod Micheal (BS); 2.

Randy Sherwood (KAL); 3. Mark Skeie ; 4. Ken Ru x (BQ); 5. Charlie Bowers (MS). VaUlting: 1.

Rob White (BW) ; 2. Ned Malone (Havre) ; 3. John Johnson (BW); 4. Jim Ja ckson (BW) 5. Gary Dalton (MH)_ Parallel Bars: 1. Mark Skeie (BS); 2. Rod Micheal (BS); 3. Ran dy Sh erwood (KAL); 4. Neil Krantz (Bozeman) ; 5. Greg Quarles (BW) .

Side Horse: 1. John Cummings (KAL); 2. John Johnson (BW) ; 3. Jim Johnson (BW); 4. Dave Garnett (MS) ; 5. Gary Carlson (Billings Senior) .

Floor Exercise: 1. Di ck Armstrong (KAL) ; 2. Randy Smitz (BW); 3. Rod Micheal (BS) ; 4. Mark Skeie (BS); 5. Jack Ol sen (BW) and Mike Meyers (BS) .

GIRLS COMPETITION Team Scores: 1. Billings West 131.25; 2. Kalispell 131.2; 3. Billings Senior 91.75 ; 4. Great Falls High 86.2; 5. Missouri Sentinel 66.1. All Around: 1. Becky Burnett (BS) 52 .6; 2. Laurie Thon (KAL) 5'1.05; 3. Jan Model (BW) 44.95; 4. Niki Swarth out (GFH) 43.85 ; 5. Sue Kimbrell (KAL) 32.5.

Balance Beam: 1. Becky Burnett (BS); 2. Laurie Thon (KAL); 3. Pam Royer (BW) ; 4. Jan Model (BW) ; 5. Niki Swarthout (GFH) VaUlting: 1. Laurie Thon (KAL) ; 2. Sue McMahon (BW); 3. Nikki Swarthhout (GFH) ; 4. Jinnie Marsac (BW); 5.

Colleen Brinkerhoff (MISS H). Floor Ex_: 1. Becky Burnett (BS) ; 2. Laurie Thon (KAL) ; 3. Chris Schneider (GFH); 4. Jan Model (BW) ; 5. Nikki Swarthout (GFH). Unevens: 1. Becky Burnett (BS) ; 2. Laurie Thon (KAL); 3. Rhonda Dofelmire (KAL) ; 4. Sue McMaton (BS); 5. Jan Model (BW) .

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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA GYMNASTIC FINALS AND OPEN

by Ed Loudon Yreka High School The Northern California finals for high schools were held at Eureka High School on February 27, which saw Yreka High School win the finals for the sixth straight year. The final score in the high school finals was 157.3 for Yreka with Eureka in second place with a score of 134.6 for the nine events. In Northern California all nine events are competed in, in dual meets and the finals. Yreka won eight of the nine events at Eureka. John Robinson, a junior at Yreka, won the all-around trophy by scoring 28.6 points. Yreka won the team trophy and captured five first places out of nine.

On March 6, Yreka High School won the Northern California Open by scoring 164.30 points against 135.85 for all other competitors. In the open division, competition came from many outstanding junior college gymnasts from various Junior Col leges in Northern California and some gymnasts that are not attending any school at the present time. In the open division, Yreka capture seven out of nine events, losing only the Still Rings and Rope Climb.

RESULTS: FX: Mike Adams (Y) 7.6; Bruce Meek (Y) 7.6; John Robinson (Y) 6.7. FSH: Mike Hilligiest (Eureka) 4.3; Bill Christeson (Y) 4.2; Ron Kn ight (E) 4.1 .

HB: Jim Gallarda (Y) 6.9; Bill Prine (Y) 6.5; Neal Hubbard (E) 6.4. LH: Knight 7.9; Ryan Fleck (Y) 7.7; Robinson 7.5. PB: Gary Crivello (E) 6.6; Fleck 6.4; Robert Sousa (E) 6.1. R. Don Clark (Y) 7.5; Kay Reed (E) 6.3; John Hasemeyer (Y) 5.6; Tu: Mike Ad ams 7.2; Robinson 6.9; Hasemeyer 5.5; Tr: Robinson 7.5; Reed 6.3; Hasemeyer 5.6. Rope: Sousa 5.1 ; Mac Richards (Y) 5.8; Randy Pack 5.8.

R: Don Clark (Y) 6.4; Ron Hamilton (E) 6.3; Mac Richards (Y) 6.2.

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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INVITATIONAL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

LOS ANGELES CITY CHAMPIONSHIPS photos by Medina and Smith

Homestead High School

by Jeff Wolfe, Meet Director In a new twist, individuals competing in the In· vitational had to qualify from their sections through divisions to the Championship by using the 13·14 Junior Olympic AAU Compulsories. The Champion· ships were optional only. The all ·around performers captured at least 14 out of 20 places in each event leaving space for only 6 specialists on each event.

AII·around winner Steve Berglund of Encina and Tom Weeden of Carlmont are both juniors so next year's championships should be tough indeed.

The team finals were held at Mills High School in Millbrae under the direction of Ron Weiss. The teams went into a dual elimination tournament based on season records to determine the final four teams. Competing teams and their coaches were DeAnza (Greg Hetrick) , San Mateo (Art An· drews), Hillsdale (Don Nelson), Ygnacio Valley (Mike Thompson), Encina (Ray Goldbar), Carlmont (AI Swann), Homestead (Jeff Wolfe) , and Castle· mont (Sandy Cutler) .

RESULTS: Team: Encina (E) 131 ; Homestead (H) 124; Hills· dale (Hd) 113; DeAnza (DA) 109. AA: Steve Berg· lund (E) 43.75 ; Tom Weeden (Carl mont) 39.95; Tom Sweeney (San Mateo) 38.7. FX: Bill Bailey (E) 8.6; Berglund 8.5; Frank Sahlien (Hd) 8.05. SH: Theopolis Hatfield (Castlemont) 6.3; Robert Cole· man (Castlemont) 5.65. R: Kim Hughes (Berkeley) 7.4; Weeden 6.9; Bruce Sommer (E) 6.8. LH: Blake Streb (H) 8.45 ; Berglund 8.35; Karl Miller (College Park) 8.35. PB: Berglund 8.45; Weeden 7.55 ; Sweeney 7.25. HB: Berglund 8.20; Dave Burgess (Skyline) 7.55; Sommer 7.15.

Hector Neff, Taft Los Angeles 1st AA

WINNING ROUTINES: LH: Blake Streb, Homestead, coach Jeff Wolfe, Hecht from the neck.

R: Kim Hughes, Berkeley, coach Don Allin Dislocate shoot to handstand (hold), lower to reverse kip to cross (not held) press to "l" support (hold), straight body bent arm press to handstand (hold), drop forward, backuprise to cross (hold), dislocate to double back salta dismount.

SH: Theopolis Hatfield, Castlemont, coach Sandy Cutler Drehflanke on end, simple travel up, front scis· sors (three), single leg cut to reverse scissors, sin· gle leg cut to doubles (three), moore, double, travel down, Olympic dismount.

FX: Bill Bailey, Encina, coach Ray Goldbar Run to pike front step·out to handspring front, headspring, momentary stand, flip ·flop to chest roll , half turn to split, join legs to front leaning rest, stiff-stiff press to handstand (hold), pike down to stand, round off, flip-flop arabian front to front roll step out, two leg circles to standing valdez, half turn to side scale, hold, quarter turn to stand, round off, back layout step out continue on one foot, half turn to front roll, step out, reverse pirouette to handstand pike to stand. Round off, flipflop full twist back.

HB: Steve Berglund, Encina, coach Ray Goldbar Jam to handstand, three·quarter giant, stoop to one eagle and hop out, reverse giant to pirouette, overgrip giant, sale circle to blind change, immediate reach under to rear vault. Kip to support and cast to reverse grip giants, one giant, sale circle, one giant to hecht off.

PB: Steve Berglund, Encina, coach Ray Goldbar Cast to support, straddle cut "L." Stiff-stiff press to handstand (hold) . layaway to streuli (hold) .

Swing to stutz, underbar cast to back uprise straddle-cut catch to layaway. Front uprise to front salta with half twist dismount.

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lOS ANGElES CITY GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS 1971

by Jack Medina The 1971 los Angeles City Gymnastics Cham pionships were held in May before a crowd of about 2000 people at San Fernando Valley State College, Northridge, California . Monroe High School, coached by Mr. les Sasvery won a narrow, exciting victory over Taft High School, coached by Mr. John Furlong. The team championship was a see-saw affair right down to the last event of the evening, Still Rings, where Monroe shoWed its superiority and nailed down the championship. Final score: Monroe 183.82; Taft 177.07. .

This competition also marked the end of Rope Climb and Tumbling in L.A. City Competition. The rope climb event couldn't have finished in finer style as Gary Morgan from Monroe set a new meet record and just missed a world record as he climbed the rope in 2.9 seconds. The next closest time was 3.3 which was accomplished by Bob King of Chatsworth High School.

Scores throughout the competition, for event winners, ranged in the middle 8's. long Horse was won by Steve Chase of Canoga Park with a score of 8.55 ; Side Horse by Kurt Zimmerman, Monroe

8.60; Floor Exercise, Hector Neff, Taft 8.40; Horizontal Bar, Tom Casey, University 8.35; Parallel Bars, John Kolb, Monroe 8.30; Still Rings, Mark Sherwood, Venice 8.80; and Tumbling, Ronnie Reznick, University 8.55. The All Around title was won

by Hector Neff, Taft, with a total of 46.60. Close behind was Brad Horowitz of Monroe with a score of 44.50.

All in all it was an exciting finale for the 1971 season. The meet, directed by Jack Medina, Head Coach, San Fernando Valley State, was extremely well organized and all competitors showed what hard work can accomplish. All of the gymnasts who performed and their coaches are to be commended for a job well done. A list of the award winners in each event follows: AA: Neff (Taft) 46.60; Horowitz (Monroe) 44.50; Peterson (Chatsworth) 41.35. FX: Neff 8.4; tie between Rodas (Lincoln and leta (M) 8.2 ; SH: Zim merman (M) 8.6; Varris (Uni) 7.9; Neff 7.8. HB: Casey (Uni) 8.35; tie between Horowitz and Bogden (T) 8.0. LH: Chase (Canoga Park) 8.55 ; Miranda (l) 8.25; Reznick (Uni) 8.1. PB: Kolb (M) 8.3; Horowitz 8.1 ; Neff 7.9. R: Sherwood (Venice) 8.8; laurie (V) 8.55; Yeakey (Grant) 8.05. Tu: Rezni ck 8.55; Casian (M) 8.1; Schatz (Narhonne) 7.8. Rope: Morgan (M) 2.9; King (Chat) 3.3 ; Krueger (South Gate) 3.4.

FIFTH ANNUAL COACH RON AMSTER MEMORIAL GYMNASTICS INVITATIONAL March 26, 1971 Anaheim High School Meet Director, Lawrence P. Bestmann Thirteen of the top schools in the southern section C.I.F. competed in this annual sports tribute to the late Ron Amster. Westminster captured the team title for the third straight year. Tied for second place with 15 points each were San Gabriel and South Torrance . The winners were far ahead with 41 points. Individual place winners: FX: 1st Ervin Ruzics, Westmin ster 8.03, 2nd Tom Beach, South Torrance 7.80; SH: Dale Seymore, Westminster 8.33 ; Ed Burt, Wilson 7.70; LH: Tie - Rod Moore, San Gabriel 8.66 and Steve Graser, Corona Del Mar 8.66 ; HB: Ervin Ruzics, Westminster 8.30; Tom Beach , South Torrance 7.53 ; PB: Steve Munson, Westminster 8.66 ; Tom Beach , South Torrance 7.50; R: Gene Johnson, Westminster 8.13 ; Bob Barba, EI Rancho 7.80; AA: Ervin Ruzics, Westmin ster 41.19; Tom Beach, South Torran ce 39.39.

One of the brightest spots in the meet was Norbert Dill's exhibition on the gym -wheel. This unus-

Norbert Dill

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ual apparatus is a German invention and although it is used quite extensively in Europe, it is seldom seen in America . Norbert is undoubtedly the fore most exponent of the wheel in the U.S. He's pretty good at it. He won the world championship three times. Incidentally, Norbert is a native of Germany. . He is now a U.S. citizen, working as the top salesman for Gymnastics Supply Company in San Pedro.

CIF SOUTHERN REGION GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS May 14, 1971 Anaheim High School, Anaheim, Calif.

Lawrence Bestman, Meet Director RESULTS: AA: Tom Beach (South Torrance) 43 .70; Rick Rude (Milliken) 40.95; Ervin Ruzics (Westminster) 40.60.

LH: Rod Moore (San Gabriel) 8.65; Tom Herrera (Millikan) 8.50; Craig Parker (Pasadena) 8.45. FX: Mike Zapp (Pasadena) 8.55; Jeff Hirdler (Wilson) 8.35 ; Tim Deeds (Wilson) 8.30. SH: John Herried (Lakewood) 8.35; Gordon Everett (Westminster) 8.00; Dale Se.ymour (Westminster) 7.95. HB: Tom Beach 8.9; Ruzics 8.70; Steve Sargent (Lakewood) 8.45 . PB: Glen Tidwell (Lakewood) 9.05; Steve Munson (Westminster) 8.60; Don Levenworth (Lakewood) 8.05. R: Mark Wheel (Lakewood) 8.75; Gene Johnson (Westminster) 8.70; Mike Moser (South Hills) 8.60.

WINNING ROUTINES: FX: Mike lapp (Pasadena) Senior. Roundoff, backhandspring, arabian (piked) , headspring to pan cake; Cartwheel to one and a half twisting front walkout, front handspring walkout, inlocate walkout; step-hop, half turn (pivot leap) ; front hand-

spring, front somie, front headspring, no hand forward roll , back handspring into splits; stiff-stiff press; straddle in-straddle out press; half turn, ba ck walkover; roundoff, backhandspring, full twist.

SH : John Herried (Lakewood) Junior. Moore-on , moore, russian, double- down, rear-up, scissors, reverse sci ssor, double-down, olympic off.

LH: Rod Moore (San Gabriel) Junior. Yamashita.

HB: Tom Beach (South Torran ce) Sophomore. Stem , cast, three-quarter giant pirouette, three-quarter giant stalder, three-quarter giant cross change to immediate stalder; three-quarter giant reach under to vault catch; half turn , change grip, kip to reverse grip giant; three -quarter giant to pirouette, three -quarter giant, toe-on, toe-off, giant to piked full twisting flyaway.

HAWAII GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS March 26, 27, 1971 University of Hawaii Dick Criley, Meet Director The first state championships in gymnastics in Hawaii were held by the Hawaii G.ymnastics Association at the University of Hawaii. Competition utilized both optional exercises and DGWS-USGF compulsories for the girls and USGF and modifications of the NCAA routines for the boys. Four agegroups competed. Gymnasts represented YMCA's, YWCA's, the University and two private schools. Results herewith reported are for the senior high age group, as a total of optionals plus compulsories.

RESULTS: (boys) AA: Randy Wong (Punahou) 64 .94; Eric Harada (Punahou) 62.14; Gary Leong (Punahou) 56.61. FX: Wong 11.75; Harada 11.30; Rick Fujiwara (Kame hameha) 9.98. SH: Wong 10.92 ; Harada 10.50; Leong 10.27. R: Leong 10.53; Eric Harada 9.78; Dan Aki (Kam) 10.08. LH: Leong 10.68; Wong 10.67; Harada 10.67. PB: Aki 11.77; Wong 11.70; Harada 11.33. HB: Wong 9.75; Aki 9.53; Leong 9.43.

RESULTS: (Girls) AA: Clare Apana (Punahou) 53.05; Patti Goldbeck (Kokokahi YWCA) 47.55; Dorothy Meartens (Kamehameha) 45.10. BB: Eddie Young (Kam) 12.00; Apana 11.55; Diane Chun (Pun) 10.80. SHY: Apana 15.05; Melia Ane (Pun) 14.25; Goldbeck 12.75 . FX: Apana 13.40; Goldbeck 12.90; Nanette Thomas (Kam) 12.15. UPB: Apana 13.05; Melia Scranton 12.30; Meartens 12.20.

LATE REPORTS: OREGON STATE HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS Team Score: 1. David Douglas 135.1 ; 2. South Eugene 130.16; 3. Park Rose High School 113.76.

All Around: 1. Ross Cauthorn 43 .65 ; 2. Ron Nissen 42.9; 3. Craig Brigham 41.15.

Floor Exercise: 1. Craig Brigham (SE) 8.5 ; 2. Mike Blumenstein (SE) 7.9; 3. Randy Burdick (PR) 7.825.

Side Horse: 1. Le Roy Moore (SE) 6.975; 2. Doug Ingham (DO) 6.275; 3. Ross Cauthorn (DO) 5.8 .

Rings: 1. Brad Wright (G) 7.975 ; 2. Tim Cramblit (SE) 7.8; 3. Ron Nissen (DO) 7.750~ Long Horse: 1. Bob Mosley (SE) 8.225; 2. Alan Rextus (SE) 8.225; 3. Mike Blumenstein (SE) 8.125.

Parallel Bars: 1. Ron Nissen (DO) 7.175; 2. Craig Brigham (SE) 6.975 ; 3. Ross Cauthorn (~O) 6.925.

High Bar: 1. Craig Brigham (SE) 8.025 ; 2. Ev Bal lard (SE) 7.725; 3. Ross Cauthorn (DO) 7.625.

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As Meet Directo r (a nd sti ll a competitive gymnast) I figured I'd pass on some .t houghts about the Pan Am tria ls. To start off we had a differe nt type of rotation designed to all ow gy mn asts to run through the AA in o lymp ic orde r fair ly rapidly. Th e 23 entrants were divided into 2 squads, A and B. For compu lsories squad A started at FX and squad B at Vau ltin g. A three minute warm up for t he first and last halves of each sq uad was provided. Squad A rotated: FX-PH-SR-V-PB-HB and Squad B: :V-PB-HB-FX-PH-SR. Each squad had an internal rotation, i.e ., the first two m en per squad were dropped to the end of the squad fo r the next event. For optio nals sq uad A started at Vaulti ng and squad B at FX. Th e order of co mpet itors was reversed within the sq uads but not the method of rotation . A ll the compet itors w ho spoke to me sa id they liked the way the meet m oved-they didn't cool off too much yet were not rushed . Both sessions lasted approximate ly 3 hours . Thi s rotation meant that wit h two sets of judges o ne set did FX -PH- SR and then repeated those eve nts, li kew ise for the seco nd set of judges.

Now looking at the co m pulsories, in general I was disappointed in t he level of pe rform ance . John Crosby did very we ll scoring 54 .00. Jo hn Elias and Tom Lin d ner were a bit back at 53.05 and 52.90 b ut then the scores kept goi ng down to 7th p lace Paul Ticke noff at 51.70. Th e reaso n for my disappointment was that the routines were easy and it appeared that some competitors had taken th em too light ly.

Howeve r, I' m su re that th ey' ll look better with t he benefit of a t rainin g camp where th ey w ill all wo rk together wit h Coach Arma nd o Vega to improve their execut io n .

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Movi ng into the optional m eet once again John Crosby did a fi ne job and wound up first with 108.30. John certa inl y has improved much in the past few years and sho uld be on many more teams in the future. A lso looking good was 1970 World Games Team M ember To m Lindner w ho fini shed 2nd w ith 107.60 and Dave Butzman , 3rd at 104.65. Brent Simmons (a lso on the Wo rl d Games Team) had bad pommel horse days and wound up 4th at 104.35. Gary A nderson, w hom I have seen struggle up t he ladder for severa l yea rs, finally broke throug h the cl o ud s with co nsistent pe rformances, placing 5th with 104.25. John Elias m issed his side horse dismount (to a 7.15) but was consistent otherwise p laci ng 6t h w ith 103.90. Roundin g o ut the team was Jim Culhane wit h 103.55. Du sty Ritter is th e alternate in reserve as he p laced 8th.

I was impressed w ith some of the fresh man talent in the meet-Jim Ivicek (exce pt fo r SH) and Gary Morava looked especia ll y good . Unfortunate ly, some fe ll ows happened to have lots of troubles at th e trials.

Paul Ticke noff had the worst optional meet I' ve seen him have and placed 9th. Jim Kruest and Bil l Mitchell had bad daysI've seen them look in g much better. And Jeff WileS, after being 8th in compulsories, got sick and had probably his worst optiona l m eet.

By the way, one of the highlights of tne tria ls came in comp ulso ri es where Tom Li ndner furnished us wit h some comedy relief-he got stuck in his first co m pu lsory va ul t and couldn't rotate the sq uat to a landi ng position and landed flat o n hi s stomach o n th e landing mat. If I rem ember co rrect ly he eve n bounced once and most everyo ne in the gym had a good laug h.

I' d like to thank those people connected w ith Temple University, the Templ e Gymnastics team, and the Mannettes Gymnastic team, and of cou rse, Bil l Coco for the help in runnin g the tria ls.

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9.10 8.65 8.90 9.00 9.30 8.95 8.70 8.70 9.00 8.45 8.30 8.30

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Sub Total 54.00 54.30 52.90 54.70 52.00 52.65 50.75 53.60 52.35 51 .90 50.85 50.85

Total Grand 108.30 107.60 104.65 104.35 104.25 103.90

Jim Culhane 103.55; Craig Ritter 102.85; Paul Tickenoff 102.10; Gary Morava 101 .70; Ron Clemmer 101.6 5; Bill Mitchell 100.35; Dan Wa rbutton 100.30 ; Mel Hill 100.05 ; Bob Roth 99.40 ; Jim Ivice\< 99.35; Jay Geist 95.65; Rick Russell 95.40 ; Jim Kruest 95.30 ; Jeff Wiles 94.20; Bruce Keeshin 94.15; Bob Cargill 93.50; Rich Martin 80.95.

Many young gymnasts get into the gym and can hardly wait to start working on the apparatus.

Noting that top gymnasts often spend a brief period at warm-up, the Modem Gymnast asked Makoto Sakamoto, to describe his philosophy and sequence of warm-up.

The warm-up portion of practice is perhaps the most important aspect in gymnastic training. After almost fifteen years in gymnastics I have finally found one with which I am completely happy.

The crucial point in warm-up is to allow plenty of time. I generally allow approximately thirty minutes. On days when my body is loose and the day is warm , I use approximately fifteen minutes for warm-up.

But on days when I am extremely sore I use as much as forty minutes. On these days I use the same warm-up exercises, but I repeat them more often.

As a principle I do my warm-up alone.

In the United States, where everyone is more or less on his own, it is almost imperative that a gymnast be able to practice alone. Once in about two weeks, however, I find that massaging relieves lumped up muscles better than anything else. The basic theory behind massage is simplereraxing the muscles by applying pressure

to the sore spot. Whenever you feel really tensed up , have someone massage your sore spots. It will help you to relax .

The purpose of warm-up is to get you into a state of complete relaxation . Relaxation involves the juxtaposition of mind and body-the closer to complete juxtaposition , the closer you are to attaining complete relaxation. This relationship can be extended to a single stunt, such as a front stutz on the parallel bars. When the ideal picture of the stutz (mind) matches perfectly to the actual performing of the stunt (body), the end result will be the most complete manifestation of the stutz. If your ideal picture is short of complete extension , but you are still able to juxtapose your body to the ideal, your stutz will similarly show no contradiction. But since the ideal image of the stutz is on a lower level , judges will have to grade you lower than the person with a higher image of the stutz. The point here is that there are different levels of perfection. A person who can perfectly juxtapose the mind , body relationship , is almost insured of attaining excellence. In the United States there are fewer outstanding gymnasts than in Japan and Russia. Consequently our best gymnasts have had to pioneer for themselves in the formulation of the ultimate in gymnastic stunts. Pioneering is exciting and perhaps the only creative method, but for those who are not pioneers, watching outstanding gymnasts in action is the most expedient method in imprinting in our minds the ideals in gymnastic stunts.

The first thing I do after entering the gym , is to hang on the rings. I think of just letting my body hang loose. By feelin[l the tremendous force of gravity pulling my shoulders, I realize that I must work with gravity, not against it. I suppose this is the same way of expressing the mind, body relationship mentioned earlier.

The second phase of the warm-up involves the stretching of all joints (neck, wrists, elbows, shoulders, back, hips, knees, and ankles) , from a sitt ing position. This phase takes approximately ten minutes .

Just before standing I do five push ups. I do them to tighten the arm muscles. Immediately after the push ups I stand up with arms and upper half of my body hanging loose like a monkey.

The third phase is similar to the second.

The main difference is that I loosen up standing up. This phase takes about five minutes. Towards the end of this phase I kick up to handstand about five times. I end this phase by doing L to stiff, stiff press.

The fourth phase requires the use of the side horse and rings. I swing on the side horse, followed by a back bend between the pommels. Thirdly, I stand in front of the horse with my hands on the pommels.

After stretching my shoulders by bending my hips forward , I raise my legs one at a time sideways, and then backwards. The last thing I do before getting into floor exercise is to hang on the rings . I end my warm-up on the same apparatus that I began on .

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by Ed Gunny, former Muscle Beach derelict In the summer of 1946 I was fortunate enough to hear daily seminars concerning both insanity in gymnastics and mechanics of ring work from former ringman Dale Cooper. Absorbing as Cooper' s caricatures were, I managed to assimilate some of his notions about rings. With his ideas in mind, a perusal of recent Olympic films discloses that even the Japanese perform either in ignorance of or in defiance to certain natural laws. It might benefit many aspiring gymnasts and aspiring gymnastic coaches to consider several of these laws and, so, I will relay both that which Dale Cooper " decreed," and a corollary derived by myself during rationalizing thoughts about an underspun dismount.

Most gymnasts are unable to hold a handstand at either end of the pendulum swing when any consequential ring swing is developed. Top ringmen are able to hold handstands at high degrees of swing, but top ringmen usually do not develop much swing to begin with because expert ringmen knowingly or unconsciously utilize the laws of physics to maintain station- ' ary rings. However, it is doubly important that the non-expert ringman learn to utilize these principles because he cannot handle the swing.

When the rings are perfectly still , it is improbable anything can be done without developing some swing. The ringman ' s strategy, then, is to always work with a little swing and attempt to minimize this 6wing.

There is a law of physics that states that the period of vibration of a pendulum depends solely on the length of the pendulum and gravity, and is independent of its mass and of the length of the arc it swings in. It is this law that the ringman considers in maintaining a minimum amount of swing.

What the above law says is that it takes as long for a pendulum to swing through a r vibration as it will for it to swing through a 10 ° one. This means that the

gymnast who swings his body at the same point in the swing of the rings will always have his forces resolve the swing of the rings at an identical point.

The law of conservation of energy would make it apparent that the sum of the kinetic and potential energies of a vibrating body must remain constant except during building up and damping out periods when this figure will increase or decrease respectively. This is important when the ringman ' s mechanics are considered as building up or damping out influences .

Below, the force " F" is part of a triangle that is similar to the larger one of the arc subtended by the rings. " F" is equivalent to the sine of the angle the rings have swung to times the weight of the ringman and is the force that must be dissipated in order to reduce swing.

W = weight of gymnast (mg) F = force influencing swing movement A strictly mathematical analysis of the rings would be most difficult because the center of gravity of the pendulum fluxes from above to below the rings. But, basically, the rings can be considered from the standpoint of a large and a small pendulum working against or for each other.

What is had at an extreme end of a ring swing is a certain amount of potential energy that will direct the pendulum toward the opposite end of the vibration .

Swinging in a direction opposite to this potential swing can nullify the energy of a long moment arm (the length of the rings) with the rapidly rotating shorter one (the length of the gymnast's extended arms and body). For instance, to perform a giant swing on the rings, the gymnast should fall at the end of the swing which is in the direction he wishes to swing.

The same principle of nullifying one swing with another is utilized in slowing ring swing in press movements. The hollow-back press, a press to handstand with bent arms and straight body, should al-

ways be performed at the extreme end of the rear swing-the direction in which rotation will take place.

There is one exception to the principles thus far noted . In the case of the dismount, the gymnast should do exactly the opposite in regard to when he should initiate swing. The reasoning is that when swinging to a handstand, the swing is done in relation to the rings . The swing of the rings in one direction and the opposite swing of the body are added to get an appraisal of the relative amount of swing developed. On a dismount (usually of a somersaulting nature) the ringman will be concerned with achieving a prescribed amount of rotation in relation to the ground. In order to have the swing of the rings supplement the body's swing, the ringman should swing with the sway of the rings.

For instance, if one completes a double somersault at the rear of his swing, he will have completed a 720 ° rotation . But he will have had to rotate an extra number of degrees equal to the amount of arc the rings have swayed. Though the angle of the cables may be only 2_5 ° with the vertical , a 720 ° rotation is difficult to complete at the end of a routine and such a decrement may be enough for a gymnast to miss a stable. landing. On the other hand, if the sway of the rings is used supplementally, the gymnast will have the advantage of only having to rotate 720 ° minus the amount of pendulum vibration.

The rings will also be slightly higher than they are at a dead hang. Consequently, the ringman will be able to open his tuck earlier in preparation for landing. As the fall to the mats is an acceleratory function, the 2 ° to 5° advantage is more than is at fi rst apparent.

One more crucial consideration as to swing is the height of the gymnast. From the formula for the period of a pendulum T=2 7T V L/ g, it becomes apparent that the taller gymnast will have a shorter pendulum period in a handstand than a shorter gymnast. Likewise, the tall gymnast in a hang will have a longer pendulum than the shorter ringman. With a stop watch , I timed a 5'3''' gymnast for 3 pendulum periods. Hanging, his time for three periods was 11.6 seconds. From the support position , the time was reduced to 10.1 seconds and in a handstand the time was 9.0 seconds . Two 5'8" gymnasts each had a time of 8.9 seconds for three pendulum periods in a handstand and a 5'11" gymnast had a time of only 8.8 seconds for the handstand position. The upshot of this is that the tall gymnast must be more critical in his timing to achieve the same resu Its as the shorter gymnast.

I hope this article will be of benefit to someone. A full comprehension of the above jargon makes it apparent that judging is farther behind gymnastics than coaching when it is considered that the most minute addition of swing-even the lack of reduction of a small amount of swing-constitutes faulty mechanics and should be penalized more severely than mere form breaks.

slightly increased hip angle now begins to decrease rather sharply. This action , in addition to the continually decreasing shoulder angle, serves not only to enhance a forceful pendulum return , but also to momentarily stabilize the leg segments in a desirable position while the upper body rotates about the horizontal crossbar.

Dr. Gerald S. George Dept. of Physical Education Old Dominion University Norfolk, Virginia 23508

Skill-From an Overgrip Underswing-KIP CAST HOP-to an Undergrip Handstand Position Š lIlustrations A - B - C - 0 - E depict the type of underswing necessary to execute a mechanically sound and coordinated ' kipcast' action. Note that as the gymnast approaches the bottom of the overgrip underswing, the slightly decreased shoulder and hip angles increase to a point such that the total body unit prescribes a straight line. On the upswing phase, Illustrations 0 - E, the shoulder angle again begins to slightly decrease while the hip angle continues to increase slightly beyond the straight line position. This action is most similar to the initial mechanics employed in the execution of a technically correct " glide-kip" on the parallel bars .

The initiation of the actual ' kip ' phase is observed in Illustrations F - G - H - I. As the gymnast approaches the apex of the upward pendulum swing, note that the

As the gymnast rises up the pendulum swing, the continued decrement of the shoulder angle is supplemented by a concommitant elbow angle decrement to a point such that the hips make contact with the horizontal crossbar. This pulling the body onto and across the horizontal crossbar, Illustrations J - K - L, is accomplished by virtue of further hip angle decrement.

Such considerations serve to place the leg segments in the proper quadrant, Illustration L, for the oncoming 'cast' phase.

Illustrations L - M - N - 0 - P are best considered as a unit in that all actions serve to place the body in a vertical position directly above the horizontal bar. The initial phase of the 'cast', Illustrations L M, depict a vigorous hip angle increment.

Since the vigorous hip angle increment continues only to a point such that the leg-trunk region prescribes a straight line, its momentum is thus transferred to the total body unit. This action is further supplemented by a proportionate and simultaneous increase in the elbow and shoulder angles. The forceful downward push

of the hands against the horizontal crossbar continu es unt il all body angles prescribe a direct straight- line relationship with each other. Illustrations M - N - 0 - P relate not only th e strict vertical direction of the 'cast' action , but also they depict the fact that all angular movements have been fully and totally exhausted. Perhaps these actions are best conceived as " the throwing of the bar away from oneself in a straight downward direction .

Illustration P pictures the total body unit rising vertically with a pronounced ' throw away' action of the hands. At this time, the hands are rotated outwardly in anticipation of the undergrip regrasp. To enhance the fluidity of the ' hop ', the gymnast attempts to reach downward for the bar WHILE THE BODY IS AIRBORNE. Refer to Illustration Q for reference of the total body unit in relation to both the horizontal and vertical axes .

Illustration R depicts the gymnast in an undergrip handstand position with the gravitational line slightly to the side of the intended direction of movement. This extended undergrip handstand position places the gymnast in an ideal position for any of the sequentially related skills.

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Esperanto, already spoken by several million people, admirably fulfills these qualifications. The United Nations has been considering the language problem for over 50 years, but due to selfish interests of several nations, no single language has beeri adopted as the official vehicle of communications. Instead, they have to translate everything into 16 official languages!

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Dear Glenn , I discovered a teaching method that has helped me tremendously in gymnastics and I just had to tell someone else about it. Last year during the 1969-1970 season I tried to learn a full twisting back off the rings and could never get passed a half.

The following summer my gymnastic coach, Dan Tuckwood , taught me some twisting dives off the one meter springboard. I started by working a layout back flip and when I got that I began to twist slqwly by turning my head left and throwing my right arm around my left shoulder.

I went from a back with a half 'a lmost to a double twist of the rings this year.

I am a senior at Wichita State University and we were without a gymnastic team this year. We hope to get it back next year, but until then we are working out some to stay in shape. This year diving has just about replaced gymnastics for me because I have learned so much from it. In my opinion diving is the best way to learn twisting dismounts for gymnastics.

Sincerely, John Kingsley

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Dear Glenn: I am writing in retaliation to a letter in your June-July "Gymnast," and to defend the point of view exp ress ed by Mr. Petrino in his art icl e on hair. The letter defending long hair in gymnastics had some hypothetical points but, when you get down to reality, long hair does not have a place in competitive gymnastics .

I have been judging high school gymnastic meets in the Portl and area for three seasons now and, although I find nothing wrong with anyone wearing long hair (be ing but 20 years of age), I think a true athlete must make certain sacrifices in order to represent his sport in a proud manner-especially in gymnastics.

Were it left to the individual, we would see mu ch more hair in gymnastics than we do already. However, gymnastics is not just an individual sport; it is also a team sport and anyone who is deducted for long hair not only hurts his score, his exercise and his appearance, he also' hurts his team's score!

By being deducted for lon g hair (for those who seem not to know why), I mean unwarranted movements of the body in order to get the hair out of the eyes, face and even, the mouth . In article 36-1, page 19 of the F.I.G. Code of Points, the Code governing all gymnast ics co mpetition , it states, "poo r position of the .. , hands, head and body .. . at instances where this is not required by the move-

ment, every time ... 0.10 to 0.30" (points).

Or, in other words , for a simple flick of the head or brushing of the hair with the hands, the gymnast loses 1/ 10, 2/ 10 or 3/ 10ths of a point, each time! If he is an all-around gymnast he could lose 2 or more points from his total just for one unnecessary movement in each routine.

And , in all truth, I've seen individuals lose places, and teams lose m eets, only because of hair.

Th erefo re , it can be observed that a iudge does not deduct for long hair just because he doesn 't like it-he is supposed to!! Also , from an esthet ic viewpoint, long hair waving about in giant swings, handstands or any other move, makes as apnealing a body line as do hooked toes or bent legs.

A gymnast should take enou gh pride in his sport, and in himself, not to be so ~elfish and petty as to try to get away with wearing his hair long, as it really does not l end itself to the grace and beauty of the sport. If he really needs to wea r his hair that long I can only offer as a solution, wearing a wig to cover up his mop or finding anoth er sport.

Thank you for yo ur times, Sincerely, John Kohlenberger Gymnast, Portland State University and National Card holder Seed of Further Discussion Dear Glen, As a member of the University of Washington varsity gymnastics team and a side horse specialist, I have, on nu merous occasions, encountered gymnastics judges who arbitrarily deduct anywhere from .01 to 1.0 points solely on their subjective judgement of the aesthetic appeal of long hair on male gymnasts. Having thoroughly studied the FIG Code of Points, I find this form of judging to be unwarranted and repressive.

This instance, however, is merely a symptom of a larger evil found in all sports at all levels . Gymnastics continues to be run by the dictates of conservative, non-progressive coaches, administrators and alumni whose only interest is in preserving the status quo. I consider this situation to be opposed to the best interests of ,individual development, self-fulfillment and the progress of our sport.

While there are a few progressive coaches who develop a personal interest in the well-being of their gymnasts (e.g.

Dan Millman of Stanford) too often gymnastics coaches are concerned only with winning and victory at any cost without regard to the physical and mental integrity of their gymnasts.

My hope in writing this letter is to sow the seeds of further discussion concerning the matter and perhaps, to instigate the development of a new consciousness among gymnasts unrestricted by the "jock" stereotype of the old athletic world.

Peace, Norm Ewald University of Washington Seattle, Washington

1971 NHKCUP NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC COACHES ASSOC IATION

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Dear Coach; By far the largest body of coaches and competitors in the sport of gymnastics lies at the high school level. As coaches, a nd leaders of our sport it is our obligation to promote and direct gymnastics in the best interests of all. Up to date, howeve r, little has been done effectivel y to organize high school gymnastics on a national scale and the potential good that would result from suc h a n assoc iation has gone untapped.

The National High School Gym nastic Coaches Asso ciation (NHSGCA) now exists as a means to organize and make effective the t:tren~th and influence that is inherent in the high school gymnastic coaches as a body .

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