Gymnast Magazine - July 1975 by USA Gymnastics

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FROM THE PUBLISHER, G le nn Su n db y VIEWPOINTS, Di c k Cril ey CO-ED CAMPUS COLUMN, Gr e tc he n LJOWSillg WHAT'S HAPPENING EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR MEN, 1975, Dr. Jme ph Go hl e r DON WILKINSON, Friend of Gymnastics, G le nn Sundb y USGF ELITE CHAMPIONSHIPS 16. Men' s Competition, .. H.J . Bi es te rt e ldt , Jr . 24. Women ' s Elit e Report, Ro b Fi e ld s ~8 . USGF National s Commentary, .. Rob fi e lds CENTER PHOTO, Elite Co-AA Champion, Bart Conner POSTER FOLD-OUT,Elite All Around Champions, Tom Beach a nd Tammy Manville AAU SENIOR NATIONALS USGF MASTER CLINIC REPORT, Re n ee He nd e rs h o tt NIPPON GYMNASTICS CLUB, USA TOUR, Mak o to Sakamoto SIXTH ANNUAL SENIOR OLYMPICS, John M ag in e lli NCAA DIVISION II CHAMPIONSHIPS, Da n Conll e ll y RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS, Photo Essay VAULTING, W.P . Wortma n PSYCHOLOGY AND THE GYMNAST, Dr. Joe M assim o NATIONAL YMCA CHAMPIONSHIPS CANADIAN REPORT, L.R. Wa ller MEET RESULTS LETTERS CALENDAR

Cover : Les li e Wolfsberger, lY75 Elit e Na tion a ls Un e ve n Pa ra ll e l Bars C ha m p ion , Photo b y GYMNAST Mdga z in e Art LJir ec tor , Richard Ke nn ey. Editor/ Publish er: Gle nn Sundb y Associate Editors: Dick ( ril ey Ro b Fi e ld s Research Editor: H.J. Bi esterfeldt , Jr. Internatio nal Editor: Dr. Jose ph Go hl e r Art Director: Ri cha rd Ke nn ey Production Assistant: Pa t LTo ile Circulation a nd Advertising Manager: Dr. R.S. Bac h GYM Nt\ ST magazin e is pub li shed by Sundby Publications, 410 8roadw,1Y, 501 111.1 Monica , Cil. 90401. Se cond Class Postage paid AI Sanltl Monica, C.l . Publish e d monthl y. Pric e $1.00 a sin gl e copy. Subscrip ti on c orr es pond e n ce, GYMNAST - P.O. Box 110, Santa Monica, Col 90406. Copyrig hI1 975'( a ll rights rese rved by SUNDBY PUBLICA TtONS, 410 Broadway. Sant., Moni ca. Ca . All Photos a nd manuscripts submi tt e d b e come the property of GYMNAST unl ess re turn requ est a nd sufficient postage are includl'Cl.

Don Wilkinson - photos of champions at the 1970 World Gymnastic Games in Yugoslavia (Tsukahara, Kenmotsu, Voronin, Turischeva, Voronina, Karaseva and Rigby) - caricature of Don Wilkinson in action (from Yugoslavian Newspaper). GYMNAH Jul y '75

FROM THE EDITOR/PUBLISHER

GOOD NEWS 'N SAD NEWS: We are happy to have Rich Kenney back with us as GYMNAST Art Director and photographer. With his help we feel we have put together one 01 the best editions ever featuring the USGF Men 's and Women's Elite Cha mpionships , The AAU Nationals, The Men 's European Championships, The YMCA National Championship results plus a host of oth e r stimu lating articles for your enjoyment and inspiration . The sad report is the accidental death of one of Gymnastics best known Nationa l and International photographers, Don Wilkinson (see report on page 15). Don contributed a wealth of National, International, and Olympic photos to MG, M il e G and GYMNAST Magazine during the past decade. The USGF Photo report in this issue is dedicated to Don 't memory with the aid of photos Don took at the USGF C hampion sh ips in Carbondale less than a month ago

PHOTOGRAPHY AND GYMNASTICS: Aside from an actual Gymnastic Competition, Photography (movies or still action) is perhaps the most important medium of exciti ng people to Gymnastics, whether student, coach or spectator, Don Wilkinson was good at bringing this excitement to our Gymnastic magazines . There are many good GYmnastic photographers that take beautiful pictures, but Don was more than a good photographer he was a personality, a part of the world Gymnastic scene that will be missed by us all. .. to hang on to this excitement a moment longer we have reprinted (on the opposite page) a few of the world Gymnast ic personalities as seen through the cameras of Don Wilkinson at the 1970 World Gymnastic Championships in Yugoslavia.

* * * STATE REPORTERS: We are finalizing our selection of State reporters from questionairs sent out and returned. We have had interested replys from more than 30 states (4 and 5 replys from some of the states more active in Gym nastics). However, at this press time we have yet to hear from , Alaska, Idaho, Louisiana, Maryland. Mississippi , Missouri, Montana, Nebraska , Nevada , New Mexico, North Carolina , North Dakota , South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah , Vermont , Virginia , and Washington. Ii you are a reporter, photographer or just a very interested person who would like to report Gymnastic Happenings in YOUR State (if listed above) in GYMNAST Magazine send us your name and address and we will send you a data questionair to fill out and return on how you can be the GYMNAST Magazine representative from your State. Send to: GYMNAST (St. Rep.), Box 110, Santa Monica, CA 90406. * * * APOLOGIES: To Alan Levi for not mentioning his excellent photography of the Reno Meet in our Jun e "GYMNAST" - also for the time he took. to shoot the special Color Cover of that issue, which we neglected to credit to him.

NOTE: For you r conven ience we are now enclosing subscription form enve lopes in GYMNAST. If yo u are already a subscriber please use them to enco urage your friends to subscribe to GYMNAST. We are pleased to report that because of you r enthusiastic response we now have over 20,000 subscribers (the more subscribers we have the more we can co ntinu e to improve GYMNAST.) ... Have a Happy Handstand.

More U.S . gym nas ts are rece iving opportunity lor i ntern ati o nal co mp et iti o n ex per ience thank s to th e prog rams o f the U.S.C .F. At th e sa me tim e, th e U.S.C.F. is giv ing mo re coac h es a chance to lea rn about i nternational ways of doin g things - from coaching to runnin g a top-flight meet o r tour. All of thi s has to payo ff at so me ti me with better gymnasts, more kno w led gea bl e coac hes, and some new prest ige for U.S. gymnastics. On e of th e thought s which occ urs to me as t he program d evelops is th e n eed for a gym nas t to adapt to different coac hes . Ordinar il y, the coach acco mpan ying an i nt ern at ion al team ha s not tra i ned th e gy mna sts an d is not rea ll y ex pect ed to make man y changes. On th e other hand , as U.S. tea ms train to wa rd s th e O lymp ics, there are occasions (tra ining ca mps) w here a coach mu st hand le th e product s of man y other coaches . The gymnast w ill often rebel aga inst th e n ew coac h in va ri ous ways and for var ious reasons. I f I were a Dan Millman o r Joe Massimo, I cou ld expand a va ri ety of ph il osophical and psychological di sc ussio n on th is th eme . I ha ven 't had o ccasio n recently to ta lk wi th top gymna sts who ha ve hdd to adapt to new coaches fo r length y period s of traini ng. Obviousl Y we have gymnasts who ha ve succeeded, but th ere are numero us stori es abo u t gymnasts w ho fall apart if th eir coac h hasn 't come to camp or who " rid e" th e other gymnasts b eca use o f a la ck of firmn ess o n th e p art of th e coach. Bo t h Joe and Dan cou ld contribute insi ghts into th e psycho logy of th e situat ion fo r both coac hes and gy mn as ts. It wou ld seem to me th at a gymnast will deve lop more maturit y over th e stressed situation 01 a training ca mp if she or he has lea rn ed to tak e coac hing direc tion s from more than one coac h. It is on e rat iona le for attend ing summer ca mps. I know a coach who w ill not permit gymnasts to attend summer ca mp s fo r fear of "co ntam inating " th em with someon e else's idea s. Th ere mu st be simi lar co nfli cts in the m ind s 01 coa ches in stat es wher e club programs and high sc hoo l co mpe titions overl ap or mu st be held separately. On e of the ways by w hic h gymnasts ca n be adapt ed to n ew coac hes is buried in Jack

Charteri s book , " 1 hi s is Gym nas ti cs." He wro te, "Swed ish girls Jre coach ed b y eve nt sp ec iali sts. A ball et choreogrdph er assists them in devisi ng acrobJ ti c-culll-bali et ro utill es in th e fr ee exercises. 1 he stepp ed bars coac h is often a mall - an ad vd nta ge beca use o f th e spo ttin g l acto r. " l t iSdn int eres till g th o ught th at top sp ec iali sts co uld use th eir experti se to help d eve lop a bett er all -dlO und gym nas t for o ur internatio nal team s. (1 h is probabl y ap pli es more to th e men th an th e wo m en beca u se of the hi stori c d eve lopm ent of th e two branch es of th e spo rt .) Perhap s training ca mp coach es nee d no t alway s bethe sa m efewa ll -dround ers. (I ha sten to not e th at I am not kno cking our nation al coac hes, but think of th e poss ibi liti es for pomm el horse 01 li l lgS, lor exa mpl es.) W e kn ow th at the Ru ss idn s employ a large number of coac hes in th eir spo rt s sc hoo ls, all answerable to a hea d codc h. A n adap tati o n of thi s mi ght be benel iciJl to our training sYs tem . A ll alternat ive, 0 1 co ur.,e, is to se nd th e gymnast s' cO dclles alo ng dS pMt of th e of fi cial part y. It is report ed thdt th e Russ ians had a coach fo r each gymnd st at t he Varna World C ames co mp etiti o n. A no th er illil ova tion is th e use of a tea m psYc hologist. Th e U.S., w ith a perpe tu all y st ra in ed budge t, is unlikely to mana ge th e li l st and hds tri ed th e seco nd w h ile fa ll in g short 01 lull y impl ement i ng it. As o ur O lympi c hopelul s geM up for th e comin g seas on 's co mpetiti o ll and trial s, each sho uld reso lve to be d littl e more ad ap tdb le. Coaches, too , wo uld lind it worth adopting th e phil osop hY ex pressed by (jill Me,ld e in an early M.C. In terview, " I don 't cdl'e who teach es m y kid a tri ck, ju st so he ledl'n s it." On e la st thou g ht. ~r e d Orlofsk y report ed to an NACCC meeting in 1973 0 11 I n ad vanced coachi ng se minar he att ended in Ca ndda in which a leatured m ember 01 th e teach in g staff was Ru ss ian Ildtion,1I Coach, Vi ktor Tschuk ar in e. Fi ve a"pects 0 1 preparation in gy mna sti cs we re developed: th e ph ys ica l, te c hni ca l , th e oretical , ta c ti ca l , dnd psYc hol og ica l. Coac hes w ho die trdini ng o lympi c hop ef ul s sho uld not neg lect ,l ny 01 the live aspects of prepa ration.

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CHAL K BOX (Chok boks), n. 1. A recepta cle conta inin g a soft w h ite m agnesi um ca rbonate ba r or powder. Gym. - 2. A gatheri ng p lace for gym nasts to discuss idea s and to deposit grips , bandages, shoes, and ot her small pi eces of eq u ipment. Have yo u ever had to hang a pair of still rings w here the ce ilin g was too h igh or w here additiona l pipe stru ctures were no t feas ible? Thi s rin g rigging (Fig. 1) at the Centra l YMCA in Hono lul u was d esigned 11 years ago by Ed Isa b elle. The esse nt ial element s of the rig are t he clamps wh ich anchor steel cab les to overhead bea ms (Fi gs. 2, 3). From th e centra l pair (F ig. 2) hea vy 5/ 16 inch of 3/ 8 inch ste el cab les are threa ded through thimbl es and eye-hooks. Th is pro vid es th e support for th e rin g swive ls and ca bl es . Ca lcul ati o n need s to be mad e so that th e fi nal point of support is at the reg ul ati on height from th e floor. A cross pi ece, in thi s case, another length of wire cable, helps ma inta in proper distance b etwe en th e rings ca bl es . A tr iangulation of 3 sma ll er (VB inch ) stee l ca bl es from th e b ea ms to th e point of atta chmen t of each of th e rin gs ca b les (F ig. 4) provides the stabi lit y and fr eedo m from sw ing. Aga in, att ac hmen t is mad e b y sma ll thimb les and beam clamps (Fig. 3). When a gymnast mount s th e ri ngs and puts we ight on th em, the ca b les pull taut an d th ere is no swing above th e junc ture point. About the on ly c hange I'd make i n this set-up wou ld b e to use a met al ro d as a spacer instead of th e cab le. If it we re d es ign ed with loops to hold the th imb les, it wo uld be a lot neater tha n all th e cab le piec es.

If you have an idea to exchange with other gymnasts or coaches, send a photo and description to CHALK BOX, c/o the GYMNAST magazine, P.O, Box 110, Santa Monica, Calif. 90406.

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GYMNAST July '75

A NEW GYMNAST By Jerrie Hacker

by Gretchen Sundlerland Dowsing Cornell University SUMMER CONDITIONING FOR FAll WORK- OUTS Now that school is out, what are most co ll ege gym nas ts do in g? W ell , if th ey are lucky they are still worki ng out wit h no pressu re to earn mo ney , but most co ll ege wome n have to work. Th is lead s to specia l problems that younger gymnasts do not have. How do yo u stay in shape w he n a job (or research) is necessa ry? Some jobs, suc h as teac hin g at a gymnastics ca mp o r leading a recreat io n gro up, sound ideal , but eve n in these situ at io ns, working ou t must be sc hedu led and discip li ned. Afte r all , yo u were not hired to do gymn asti cs but to teach it; and that ca n lead to sore spotting muscles and ex haust ion. Working out at t he end of th e day just doesn ' t happen. You have to discipline you rse lf to take advantage of the hours whe n students are not around - and that means very ea rl y in the morn in g o r ri ght after lunch. It's easier if yo u can get some other co un selors to work o ut with yo u and exc hange spotting help. Th e ma j o rit y o f begin nin g to intermed iate co ll ege gym nas ts do no t h ave jobs conducive to practicing (or maintaining) th eir sk ill s. Many of my gymnasts from Corne ll have to work in th eir future professional fields as research aid s fo r doctors, veterina ri an assista nt s, architect ' s, d raft swo men, compu t o r analysts, etc. Othe rs have taken jobs in order to travel or be c lose to home, suc h as waitressing, o r work in g in a store . H ow do you sta y in shape under th ese condit io ns, much less work o ut ?! Again , it takes discipline. You have to choose a time of ,da y that you are alone and do yo ur own set of exercises. Good ones are the fo ll owin g: . 1) Jogging - be sure to stretch afterwa rds so your muscle s do n 't tighten up 2) Jack-k nife sit ups - keep those abdomina ls in shape! 3) Push-ups - aw ful , b ut necessary 4) Bridges - push yo ur shoulders over your hands to maintain your upper ba ch arch 5) Comp lete stretch in g - 3 way sp lits - wo rk o n it! Those are th e minimum. They take very littl e time each day (abo ut 30 minutes) and the res ults are we ll worth it. If you have room somewhe re (a grassy area, a rug) do wa lk ove rs and basi cs to keep yo u r back and legs flexib le. A lso, reme mb er that you ha ve to cut dow n o n your ca loric intake if you are n ot expe nd in g as mu ch energy as usual - don ' t sta rt o ut in th e Fall overwe ight! If yo u are near a gym w ith eq ui p m ent , see if you ca n ge t in th ere on weekends or evenings. Sometimes yo u ca n arrange an excha nge w ith a Y o r a recreatio n program to tea ch an hou r or two i n order to work o ut for free. You have two or three months over the summer to eit her ge t o ut o f shape or to improve yo urse lf for n ext season. It 's you r choi ce ! GYMNAST July '75

II someo n e wo ulu ask me to uesc ribe m y child now SillCe taking gymnas ti cs, I wou lu tr y to remember how she looked befo re, stan di ng hea d lirst Jild up strai ght, arms uown , anu feet on ground. l3ut m y eve ry enco unter now sees eve ry Pdrt 0 1 th e anatom Y first - legs co me Ilying at me uown th e hall. Hands reaching up to the cei li ng - w hdt \ t hi s, a robbery? No, on ly a st re tch. 1 oes poi nt ing t he u irec tion for th e n ex t eve nt. Lim bs that bend Jll U mutilat e. All thi s hdS changeu our life style too . This Oll e in question when told to clea n up the room tak es at Ipast li ve minut es longer to flip , flop her way down the hdll with an occas iona l rest in th e upside dow n positio n. Thing s th at used to be done au toma ti cd ll y like putting clothes in drawers have to be done in an unusual manner alld d ema nd atten tion from th e Mother to "Wa tc h m e," "Whoops, n ex t time," " Wa it a minute," anu "A lmo st maue it. " There is also an oCL,lss io ndl dd ju sting he rself to th e door fram e

wi th a ha nd stdnd. No room 01 th e hou se ca n escape th e curse, eve n the piano bench becomes dnot he r pi ece of . gy mn as tic equ ipment. A ll 01 thi s prese llts a ha za rd in li vin g, "Beware uon 't get in the way of the moving cartw heel " o r "Da nger front wa lk ove r cross i ng. " We ca n aujust here at hom e qui te we ll- bu t cou lun 't she ju st o nce us e h er feet to wd lk to the co rn er.

A GYMNAST: ON THE WAY Kellie Murphy Work to achi eve that beautifu l goa l, don't lose site. If yo u mu st fa ll dOWll - stan d right up get gOi llg agai n. Keep yo ur mind ope n - respect those w ho respec t you , h elp th em for th ey wi ll help yo uGo on forever - a gymnast neve r d ies. It is so spec idl to be and to acknowledge. Ju st remembe r, a gymnast neve r loses pace il that compa ni o n is ahead. H e str ives to be better. 1\ gym nast Il eve r loses pace il that companio n fa ll s behind . H e w ill exce ll to mak e hi s hopes soar . Run throu gh th e routin e - hit ill your dreams. H old yo ur hea d high . l3e pro ud yo u are alive enjoy the Iile you were give n. Keep your head I1P lor the l ell ow gymnas t. Keep yo ur ear tuned to the drummer of you r mind . Ju st don't quit bflin g w hat a gym nast is. We have a name" . we ~ ave d esire - l3 e proud . US TUMBLING FEDERATION The U ni ted States Tumbl in g Federation cond ucted the Second Elit e Nationa l Tumb lin g lV\ee t, Ap ril 26, 1975, at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, Flossmoor, Illinois. There were over 330 tumbl ers regi stered from 14 different states. 'Th e t ea m w inne rs we re Rozanas, Chicago, III. 33 pts., Gymnastic s Unlimited, Addison, 111. 27 pts., Midwest Gymnastics, Morton, III. 25 pts., and Park District of Oak Park, Oak Park, III. 25 pts. The winners is the different age groups were: Matt Minik, Rozanas; Mike Berresse, Wanda's Hoosiers; Marc Spallina, Rozanas; C~ris Bisser, Niles East; Roger Graham, Keno's Y, EI Paso; Rich Bradley, Oak Park Parks; Caroline Johnson, Trampoline Town; Tracy Long, Marilyn-Dennis; Diane Goldsworthy, Trampoline Town; Christine Ross, KaLarks; Sue Wheeler, Unattached; Mary Silic, Hilltop Sludio; Nancy Quattrocki, Rozanas; and Tina Gary, Betty Ryer.

JUNIOR COLLEGE COACH SELECTED AS UNITED STATES COACH Michael Willson, Odessa College gym nastics coach , ha s bee n co mmended by th e Od essa Co ll ege Board of Tru stees for hi s outstandi ng serv ice to th e co ll ege. H e was rece ntl y se lected to coac h the U nit ed States Gymnast ics team . He is the first juni or co ll ege gYm nastics coach se lected for the ho n or, and the first jun ior co llege coac h to accompany th e U.S. team o n it s European Championsh ip To u r. A lso, Willson is the fir st co mmullity co ll ege coach se lected for the U nit ed States Olympic Gymnastics Committee. H e ha s - Eiee l ~ elected vicep res ide nt of the United States G)l mn astics Fed erati o ll.

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GYMNASTICS NOTE CARDS Pictur ed above is a sample of the Gym nastic Note Ca rds mad e by Gy'mnastic Art , In c. For mo re i nformat ion on orderin g etc. write to Gymnastic Art, Inc. 6030 Linworth Rd., Worthington, Ohio 43085. 7

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Lakewood, Colorado w e hea rd th at Kelly Muncey is now go in g to co m p ete fo r h e r ho m e co un try o f Canada . A p pa rentl y Kelly is o n th e Canadian National Team . C o od Lu ck to Ke ll y, th e U) is goin g to m iss her. Brownie Wrona wro te an d to ld us th at Karen Clark, a se ni o r at Trinity High School rec entl y r eceive d t he award as the "most outstanding senior high female gymnast" in D istri c t VII . Karen W.lS se lected fo r th e aWdrd o n th e basis 0 1 gY llln asti c acco mpli shm e nt , sc ho lasti c ach iev (' lll e n t. dnd par ticipati o n in sc h oo l alld civic dct iviti es .

Karen Clark and Coac h Brownie Wrona

fro m Florida w e heJrd t hat Kim Chace is bac k ill trainin g, dnd h.l s b ee ll o fii ciall y rei nstated as all am dte u r. H er Idth er hd S tak en o ver th e gym and it is 110W th e Chace Gym Club in Riviera Beach. Kathy Stacey, ed it o r o f th e Colorado Newsletter, is gOill g to Hong Kong fo r th e summ(-! r as th eir t elllpo rJr Y N ati o nal Coa ch . H e r d u ties w i ll be to o rga ni ze a nati o nal team , l ar m a Ju dges Ass oc iati o n and se t up a gy mll as tics p rog rdm in th e Kowloon, Hong Kong, Schools. Bes t of Lu ck to Kath y.

STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE AT BROCKPORT GYMNASTICS EXTRAVAGANZA Bob Ge ss lei ll, se nt us th ese p ic tures fro m th e Annual Gymnastics Extravaganza, Lo ng Island U ni ve rsit y Book lYll C ent e r, he ld A p ril 12, 1975 at Fou nd e rs Hall C ym n.l sium in Brook lyn, N ew York. Pi c tur ed ar e: 1 rampo lell e Tum b lin g - Dav id Ba rth o ld d o es a 1 ~, tw istin g fro nt so mi (Ru d y) in m id -air afte r sp rin gin g o ff tra m po lett e. ~ I ep h a llt Leap in g - Dav id Barth o ld fli es th ro ugh t he ai r w ith th e greatest o f ea se. C low ni ng A ro und - Li vio Mag nani , an alu mnu s, pro vid es co mi c reli e l on still rin gs. Sil ve r Tabl ea u - Billi e G ree n prese n ts class ic po se 0 11 th e parall el bars. AAU JUNIOR OLYMPICS It hac a, N Y, w ill ho st th e ninth N ati o nal AA UC hevro let Juni or O lympi c Multi spo rt C hamp io nshi p, Au g ust tl -ll . Co rn e ll Un ive rsit y and Ithaca Co ll eg e w ill be th e sit es fo r th e to u rn am e n t 's e ight -s p o rt for m at. Di vin g, gym nasti cs , j ud o, sw immin g, sy n chro ni ze d sw imm in g, t rac k ,lIld f ield , tram p o li ne and w res tlin g are the sport s co nt est ed in thi s eve nt. Athl etes qua lify fo r the nati o nals th ro ugh state and reg io nal co mp etiti o n . Entrant s be twee n 12 and 1tl lro m all ove r the U .S., in c ludin g Hawa ii , w ill co m pe te fo r pr es ti gio us nati o nal ho no rs in th e ir event s. A p p ro xim ately 1,200 athl etes w ill take part in t he c ham p io ll ships, w hi ch have bee n d ubbed th e " far m sys tem of t he O lympi cs."

O n Ma rch 7 th e Tulsa Public Schools h eld a Gymnaestrada. '1he Ill ee t W<i S d irect ed b y su pe rviso r Beatric e Lowe, dnd I ul sa Illay b e th e sit e 0 1 GYMNASTS pro po sed USA GYMFEST

'76. USSR SUMMER TOUR th l.' pre -OI Ylll p ic co m p etiti o n in Canada , six m en dl rd six wo m en fro III th e USSR w ill have a sLimm e r tea m tOLir of th e USA. Thei r sc hed u le to da te is: ~ o ll ow in g

GYMNASTICS Rich Blaumuller f ro m State University College at Brockport, NY drew t he cove r pi cture l o r a p rogr.l m <Hid also pi c tu res fo r Tshi rts lo r th e tea m. W e hear th ey are very pop ular dm o ng th e team m em bes.

USSR-USA Summ e r Tour Aug. 4 - I ue,u lI . Ani.

Aug. 5 - ~"" UII!gu. Cl lif. Aug. 5 - ~. "I L.lk ... Li lY. UI.d, Aug. b - Ope n Aug. 7 - Mi lll ll'! dPu li ~. Min/l .

Aug. 8 - 1,"I,,,".I)Juli,, III" i.1I1" Aug. Y -1-I.IIll ur" , L UlIlIl.'u i(' ul GYMNA~l

July '75

HAlANO ('YMNAESTRADA TEAM LAlIFO!!NtA STOP-OVE!! Pictures of th e New Zealand Tea m World Tour whe n th ey stoppe d off in long Beach to see the SCA TS. They .1150 made stops in Canada and th e GYMFEST in Norway. Allthe stops were made on th e ir world tour on th e ir way to th e GYMNAESTRADA in Be rlin. N~W

GYMNASl July '75

International Report

Dr. Joseph Gohler GYMNAST International Editor Wurtzburg, Germany

RESULTS OF THE 11th EUROPEAN GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR MEN In Bern, Switzerland, Europes' best men gym nasts part icipated in th e 11th Europea n Men's Gymnastics C hampion ship, Not more than the thre e top gymnasts in each cou ntry were permitted to participate acco rding to th e regulation s. Even t ho ugh th e sports hall in Be rn was ve ry co ld , that did not stop th e number of records achieved and th e many surprises. Th e h igh est sensatio n was ce rtainly not at the contest, although W o lfgang Thuen e, usually an assu red high score r, rank ed 18th (54.30) and th e poor 7th rank of th e title defender Victo r Klimenko (55.15) likew ise as the fanta sti c 3rd rank o f Ru ss ia 's Ditj atin (56.70) who is ju st 17 years o ld and p erhaps eve n mo re unbeli eva bl e, the 22nd rank of Bu lgarian St o jan Deltschev , ju st 14 yea rs o ld , (with 53.85 po ints!!) were sensa tion al enoug h. But wh at w eigh ed this besid es was th e dramatic-tragic occurrence on th e eve ning aft er th e m eet.

Flees to West Germany Th e Ea st German gy mnasts looked in despair for th eir co mrade Wolfgang Thu ene, who gave no ti ce to hi s coac h Pe ter W eber 10 minutes before w ith ex pl anation s th at he did n ot fee l we ll and wdnt eu 10 ge t so m e fresh air. A ll th e ca lling for Wolfgang did not help, th e Vi ce Worl d Ch ampi o n o n th e hori zo ntal bar in 1974, multi p le East Ge rm an mas ter o f the Ol ymp ics in 12 eve nt s, one o f the ten world bes t arti sti c gy mn asts of th e last yea r, had go ne to W est Germ any. On the fo ll owing day Wolfgang Thu ene report ed to West G erm an coac h Eduard Friedrich in Fra nk fu rt. At a press conferen ce

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Thu e ne sa id that he did not (lee for politi ca l 11th European Championships rea so ns, but he co uld no t understand his coac h And here we are agai n at the European and the gymnas ti c club in ess enti al qu es tion s of Championships. Eberh ard Gienger had on th e th e gy mna sti cs train ing. first da y (a ll-around) hi s bi gges t triumph until Si x hours a day training was not for him, he now. He was seco nd with 56.85 be hind wanted himse lf to decide with th em, he wanted Andr ianov and b efore the wo nd er boy Ditjatin . more freedom . He wi ll have more freedom Th e distance to And ria nov misleads. now at th e 13uluJ esleistungszent rum o r G ie nger' s d ism ou nt on the po mm el h orse w hereve r else h e u eciu es to stuu y. Five w as a so mersa ult (a diagonal half in half out Bundesli ga -V ereine have offered him to do twi st) which he did no t sti ck and o nl y rece ive d gy mnasti cs with th em. 9.15 points aga in st Andrianov' s 9.50 sco re. But one solution seeme d to b e the best, that Beside s with hi s sco re on th e horizontal b ars, Thu e ne, at the Bundes leitungsze ntrum in ' 9.70, he did not full y succee d, in spite o f hi s Frankfurt where h e will li ve and exe rcise, wi ll study gymnastics at the ve ry friendly Un iversity in Ma inz wh ere he wants to be a phYsical educa tion teache r. Thue ne, whose fat her lives in W est Germany, left hi s w if e allu chilu in Eas t Germ an y. Will East Germany le t th e m go to join Thu ene? Fo r a perso n o f the democ ratic W est Germ any, th ere is no questio n, but in the peoples ' democratics o f th e Eas t Block co untries it is ano th er situati o n. In thi s li es th e trag ic o f th e dramati c occurrence. And anoth er tr agic: Thuen e is bl ocked o ut fro m internation al competition for three yea rs. Only in W est Germa ny ca n he do gymnastics now. Thu ene is 25 yea rs o ld. Wi ll he be ab le to keep hi s m aster champion ship form until he beco mes 28 yea rs? H e was injured in Bern and got inj ection s which artifi ca ll y made hi s gym nas ti cs ripe. A h ea lth y Wo lfga ng Thu e ne wi ll compete very we ll with Eberhard' G ien ger, to the advantage of b oth of them . Wolfgang Thuene II

ElJ ~OPEAN

CHAMPIONSHIPS

FOR M EN

All-Around 1.

2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 9. 9. 12. 13.

14. 15. 15. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 29. 31. 32. 32. 34. 35. 36. 37.

N ame iko lai Andrianov (U RS) Eberhard Gienger (AR F) A lexa ndre Det iatin (U RS ) Zoltan Magyar (HO ) Andrzej Sza jna (POL ) Dan Grecu (ROM ) Vi ktor Klimenko (U RS ) Lut z Mack (RD A) Volk e r Ro h rw ick (RFA) Imre Molnar (HO ) M ios lav Netusil (TC H) M ichae l N ikola y (RDA) Robe rt Bretsc he r (SU I) )iri Tabdk (TC H) Imre Ban ev i (HaN) Edgar Jorek (RFA) M ihai Bors (RO!'''' ) Wollga ng Thune (RD A) Marian PieCL kd (POL ) Henr i Boe rio (FRA ) Ueli Ba chmann (SU I) Stojall D elc hev (UUL ) Ol e Benediktso n (DA N Georgij Touorov (IlUL) Ion Chetiches (RO,'v1) M iche le Arllaboldi (~U I ) Mauri zio MiI"ne ti o (ITA) Lukasz Uhma (POL ) M iche l Bou tard (FRA ) Merkku K.rrtiunen (F I ) Mau riLio Monl es i (ITA) Ma ssimo AnaSI",i (ITA) Edd ie Pederse n (NO R) Cor Smulders (HaL ) Bel'l1ard Decoux (F RA ) A ndrej Ker,lIl0V (UUL) Tore Li e (N OR )

FX 9.55 9.45 9.35 9.25 9.60 8.95 9.40 9.40 9.20 8.80 9. 10 8.95 9.20 9.60 9.05 9.50 8.85 9.20 9.10 9.10 B.90 9.00 8.BO 9.15 9.40 8.60 9. 10 9.25 9.10 B.80 8.65 9.00 8.90 8.UO 8.40 9. 55 8.45

PH 9.70 9.55 9.45 9.70 8.85 9.10 8.30 8.30 8.70 9.30 9.10 9.40 9.10 8.05 8.80 8.75 8.65 8.60 8.90 8.45 9.05 9.05 8.95 8.25 8.15 8.50 8.00 7.85 8.55 7.70 8.45 8.30 8.45 8.55 8.45 6.95 7.75

R 9.65 9.50 9.55 9.30 9.05 9.80 9.40 9.40 9.35 9.35 9.25 8.45 9.35 9.40 9.20 9.15 9.65 9.25 9.00 9.20 9.20 8.85 8.85 9.20 9.40 9.05 9.30 8.70 8.60 8.85 9.30 8.35 8.80 8.30 9.00 9.05 9.00

V 9.50 9.15 9.25 9.30 9.35 9.00 9.10 9.15 9.10 9.05 9.00 9.20 9.30 9.25 9.05 9.20 9.15 9.15 9.00 8.40 8.00 8.90 8.90 9.20 9.10 8.70 8.30 9.00 8.90 8.90 8.90 8.95 9.00 8.60 9.15 8.90 8.60

PB 9.70 9.50 9.45 9.35 9.35 9.15 9.45 9.25 9.30 B.95 9.15 9.30 8.65 9.10 9.20 8.50 8.95 8.70 8.90 9.35 9.35 8.80 9.10 8.55 8.50 9.20 8.80 9.15 8.30 9.05 8.65 8.90 8.90 8.85 8.10 8.55 9. 00

HB TOTAL 9.80 57.90 9.70 56.85 9.65 56. 70 9.40 56.30 9.55 55.75 9.60 55.60 9.50 55. 15 9.50 55.00 9.20 54.85 9.40 54.85 9.25 54.85 9.45 54.75 9.00 54.60 9.1 5 54. 55 9.20 54. 50 9.40 54. 50 9.15 54.40 9.40 54.30 9.20 54.10 9.50 54.00 9.40 53.90 9.25 53 .85 9.05 53.65 9.05 53.50 8.80 53.35 9.10 53.1 5 9.40 52.90 8.90 52.85 9.35 52.80 9.50 52.80 8.65 52.60 9.05 52.55 8.50 52.55 9.25 52.35 9.00 52.10 9.05 52.05 9.20 52.00

Eb er hard Gienger (ARF) (wou ld you be lieve an eagle stald er?)

sp lend id achi evem ent s o n th at day, in bea tin g A ndri anov w h o d id all six exercises o ptim al and hi s achi evem ent s o f th e O lym p ic Ga mes 1972 is sti ll un surpassed . He lik ew ise succeed ed as a w o rld maste r du ring th e tea m eve nt at Kasa matsu, 58.40 point s. In Bern th e re was stri ct er jud gin g th an in Va rn a. 1 he 57.90 sco re in Bern we re equ al to th e 58 .60 il l Varna. Th e Hungarian Zo ltan M agya r d id no t o nl y sh i ne on the po mmel horse and w ith his eccen tri c circul ar swin gs on th e parall el bars, but this time also as an all -around gy mn ast : w ith 56.30 p o ints he was fo urth . Hun ga ry was ge nerall y good: Imre M o lnar wa s ninth (54.85) Imre Banrevi w as 15th (54.50). In co mpariso n w ith W est Germa ny, topped b y Gi enger, th e 20 year o ld Ro hrw ick ( 9/ 54. 85 ) and 19 yea r o ld Jo rek (15/ 54.50 ) (a t the time b eing in th e Arm y and not in th e co nd iti o n of New H aven and Penn State mee t) wh o wer e al so we ll resprese nte d . But thi s tim e th e Hungari ans w ho co uld n o t qu ite repea t th ei r success fr om Va rn a, did ve ry w ell. One sho u ld wa tc h fo r th e futur e o f th e Czech os lovak ian Slova k Jirj i Tabak: fl oor, 9.60; rin gs 9.40 - he look s ve ry elega nt and stro n g in ex p ress in g hi s sty le of gymn ast ics . Th e three Czec h s d id not stand b eh ind th e three Ro man ia ns b ut we re stron ger th an th e Po lish tri o (w here Sza jna d id no t ma ke it o n th e po mmels an d o n t he r i ngs). A lso stro ng we re th e Swiss, w h o bes t : Robe rt Bretsch er o n th e pa rallel ba r (8.65) and o n the horizo ntal b ar (9. 00) beca me o n ly 13. Italy an d Fra nce we re d issa po in ted beca u se o f the unce rtainty of th eir talented gymn asts. Th e Bu lga ria ns seeme d to be rat her st ro nger th an 1974 in Va rn a, thanks to th e fabu lo u s success of th e 14 yea r o ld D eltschev, w ho eve n surpassed M as ter Tod o ro f (53.50 ) and th e flo o r gy mn ast Ker anov (36/ 52.05, f loo r 9.55). A 6.95 on th e p o mmel h o rse upse t th e yo ung Keran ov w ho is 19 yea rs.

Alexa ndr e D etiati n (URS)

GYMNASJ Ju ly '75

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR MEN Individual Ev e nts Fl o or Ex e rcise: N,ko l"i And ri " no v (URS) 19.15; Andr zej ~ z,' ) n " (POL) '19.-15; Jiri l ~bJk (lC H) 19.05; Andrej Ke r,II 'ov (HUL ) 18.YO ; ~ber h ,,,,J G ie nge r (RFA) 18.80 ; ~dg," Jurek (R I' A) 18.80. Pomm e l Horse: LolI" n M,'gYM (I-iONJ 19.50; Niko l"i An dri,,"o v 19.40; lbe rh,II d Gie n ger 19.05; Alexa ndre De li,lIin ( UR~ ) 18.YO; Mwh"eI Nikul" y (R DA) 18.80; Illlre Mol n", (I-ION ) '18.)5. Rings: 0,11, l.re, u (ROM ) l Y.60; Mih"i Bo rs (ROM) lY.30; Ale x"nd ll' De " " ,ill lY.15; ~be rh ,,,d G ie n ger 18. YO; Nikul,II Anlli '''"OV '18.85; Vielor Klilll enko ( UR~ ) 18.80. . Vault: N,kol,II A"<I " ,,"ov 路IY.025; Andflej ~za jn J 18. Y75 ; JII' I"b"k 18.775; Lo lI 'lIl M"gYa r 18.700; AI,,'x,II " )"" DP"" 'II ' '18.575; Robe rl Hre lsc h e r (SU I) 18.300. Pa rallel Bars: N,kol,II Alldri" n ov 19.40; Ale xJ n d re De liali ll 18.95; VI< lor 1\ III11l' n ko 18.75 ; Lo lI ,II ' M"gY'" 18.65; A",l u ,') ~L ")n " '18.50; l be rh ,1I"l) G ie n ge r 18.20. Horizontal Bar: Lbl.路rh..,.d G ie nge r 19.50; ikola i 19.50 ; An drLej ~L" jn"IY.l0; Alex" ndre AII,li D" ,i",ill lY.05; Vik,or KlinWilko 18.60; Da n G recu 18.50.

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Dan Grecu (ROM)

Advise to American Gymnasts What ad vise could I give th e Am eri ca n gy mn as ti c f ri end s after thi s elite gymn asti c event o f th e Eu ro pea n. First of all , to train th e 10-1 2 yea r o ld s w ho are alrea d y system ati call y supported o n medical and sc ientifi c sport percep ti o n. Gymn as ts like Sa kamoto and St eve Hug should b e no exception in th e future. Ditj atin s fo rwa rd pu sh into th e wo rld elite and th e 53 .85 of th e 14 yea r old Bul ga rian Del tsc hev sh oc ked ex perts ju st lik e th e four Euro pean Champi o nship award s of th e 13 yea r o ld Nadi a Co maneci sh o rtl Y before th e Sk ien, No rweg ian co mpetiti o n. I was perso nally shoc ked even more b y a see min gly harml ess W ettk ampf in East Germ any and a seco nd in Czechos lovaki a. Bo th tim es w he n th e juni o r tea ms of th e USSR did gy mnas tics both ti mes th e yo u ng fem ale and male gymn as ts amazed me with th ei r ac hieve men ts. Onl y two exa mples : toge th er d emon strated by th e Ru ss ian gy mn asts o n the floo r, t he d o uble so mersa ult and th e d o uble tw ist (s tr etche d so mersault b ackward s with 720 deg ree turn aro und th e lo ng ax le) and likewise in "de utschen sp o rtec h o" (Germ an spo rts ec ho o f East Germ an), it read s: " ... and suddenl y ve ntured ihe 1.37 m eter (4'6" ) Mari a Fil atowa to do a " Caro las so mersa ult. " Ca rol a: th at is a 14 yea r o ld talent o f East Germ any, he so m ersa ul t is the o ne fro m Ba rbi e M ys lak turnin g ove r fo rward with a on e and ha If so mersa ult fo rwa rd . M ari a, onl y 4'6", ve r y littl e and alrea dy such bi g jumps."

The European Junior Gymnasts In Hall N eu stadt, East German y, b y th e juni o rs, Kul aksisow wo n w ith hardl y beli eva bl e 57.35 po int s be fo re Tk atsc hew , 56.70 point s and Krasi n, 56. 25. M arkil o w was fo u rth with 55.40. All are in th e o fficial ten best li st o f th e USSR juni o r cl ass 1974, lea ding is a ce rtain W o lko fro m Minsk, w ho was not ev en there thi s tim e. And in O strava, Cz echosl ovaki a, a yo un g Asa rj an reached 55 .90 points and Lew , 55.05 . But the Ru ss ian female gymn ast s were more asto ni shed : for East G erm any's Gl abow cam e w ith 37.80 po in ts. Kow al, in spite of her 8.35 o n th e parallel bars with 36.95. Prim ak (36.15) have an 8.00 o n th e parallel bars o th erwi se would have bee n cl ose to winnin g. For O strav a gy mn as ts, Ju d in a: 38.15 and Nikiforo wa, 37.20. One sho uld no t be sa ti sfi ed beca use som e suspect that t hese sco res w ere scored too hi gh. Ditjin p erf o rm ed up to now in Ru ss ia and pe rformed in th e East Bl ock and achi eved

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nevermore than 55.35 points (however with mistakes) al l of a sudd e n he gets 56.70! The Japanese wou ld be most interested to read about the junior achieveme nts from Russia. As far as Ditajin is concerned professor Keneko was able to observe h im wh il e judging. Eu rio -Turni e r I'd like to me路nt ion one other competition wh ich occurred three week s before the European mee t. It was the Eu rio-Turnier in W eisba den. Each co untry was allowed four gymnasts and of these the t h ree best results were used in scor ing in six events. The winner was East Germany w ith 166.75 points and t he one without Massi nger and Steinme tz (both we re in ju red, Massinger's Achi ll es tendon was ripped!). Hungary got 165.10 points; Switzerland, 162.85 ; Romania , 161.55. Ita ly did q u ite wel l w it h 160.9 points and Poland was weak (with Szajna a nd M. Kub ica!) with 160.55 points. Eber hard Gienger in " super form " got 9.90 (n ice " C ' moves) and on the high bar a total of 57.10. Even though he only got 9.20 on the pomme l horse. Second was Magyar, Hungary, 55.75; third was Rohrw ick, West Germany , 55.10; fourth was Szajna, 55.00; and fifth was Rachmann , Switzerland wit h 54.75 points . There were 15 teams that pe rfo rmed with 60 men gymnasts. RESULTS OF MEET HELD IN INGELHEIM RHEIN AND WIESBADEN M ay 9 and 10, 1975

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Gro up A Tea m Germany 166.75 Hunga ry 165.10 Switzerland 162.85 Romania 161.55 Italy 160.90 160.55 Po land

Grou p B Team 1. Germany 2. Scandinavia 3. Neathe rlands 4. Eng land 5. Spain 6. Denmark 7. Austria 8. No rway 9. Luxemburg

160.70 155.80 155.70 154.40 152.55 148.15 147.60 143.05 133.90

GRO~P

1. 2. 2. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

A & B COMPULSORI ES Name Zoltan Magyar (HUN) Eberhard Gi e nger (GER) Peter Die hl (GER) Edga r Jorek (GER) Imre Banrevi (HUN) F",re nc Donath (HUN) Andrzei Szaina (PO L) Volker Rohrwick (GER)

FX 8.95 8.90 9.05 8.90 8.60 8.40 8.95 9.00

PH 9.25 8.55 8.80 8.65 8.90 8.90 9.70 8.45

R 9.05 9.20 8.45 9.00 8.50 8.75 9.10 8.70

Nikolai An dria nov (URS)

8.60 8.40 9.20 8.80 8.55 8.70 7.90 8.45

PB 8.7Q 9.20 9.10 8.30 8.85 9.10 8.70 8.15

HB 9.10 8.60 8.25 8.75 6.80 8.00 8.00 8.50

Zoltan Magyar (H O N) 53.65 52.85 52.85 52.40 52.20 51.85 51.35 51.25

Alexa ndre Detiati n (URS )

9. Manfred Dieh l (GER) 8.90 7.60 8.45 9.10 8.85 8.00 50.90 10. Marion Pieczka (PO L) 8.40 6.95 8.45 9.10 8.70 8.50 50.1 0 Niko lai Kubica (POL) 49.40; Robert Lebend er (GER) 49.20; Re inhard Ritter (GER) 49.15; Bernd Effing (GER) 48.25; Sy lves ter Kubica (POL) 48.20; Wolfgang Roth (GER) 47.60; Thom as Hardt (G ER ) 46.20; Jose de la Casa (SPA) 44.30; L. Jon es (GBR) 44.20; Lu kasz Uhma (POL) 43.65; Fernando Bertrand (SPA) 43.60; Jim Purv is (GBR) 43.50; G. Davis (GBR) 41 .60; T. Wilson (GB R) 40.25; H.P. Nymann (NOR) 37.85; Paul E. Borgan (NOR) 25.60.

G YMN AST Jul y '75

1975 USGF ELITE REPORT Dedicated To

DON WILKINSON Photographer and Friend of

Gymnastics

Donald R. Wilkinson August 31, 1929 - June 22, 1975 We are sorry to report the accide ntal death of GYMNAST co ntributing photog raphe r Don Wilkinson . Although photography was more of a hobby than a business with Don (he was involved wit h the family printing business and severa l other ventures in Greeley, Colo .) he carried Olympic photo press cre denti a ls for T okyo, Mexico and Munich as well as World Championship eve nts. His knowledge of the sport, friendly personality and talent with a ca mera made him equally popular with the Athlete and photo/ press around the world. Don's last photo assignment was covering the USGF Elite Championships in Carbondale, III. where he took 'l lm ost a thousand phot os of the competition action. A majority of the large photos and all of the small border photos in the follo wing USGF Elite report are the work of Don Wilkinson. Don was born in Greeley, Colorado just 45 years ago and is sur vived by his wife Francis (Fran), son Henry, da ughte r Lacy a nd his parents Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson. Our deepest sympathies to his familiy. Gymnastics has lost a faithful photographer and fri end.

ELITE NATIONALS MENS COMPETITION US G F CHAMPIONSHIPS AND PAN AM TRYOUTS PUBLISHERS NOTE: Our thanks to Dr. Jack Biesterfeldt for t h e men 's USGF R eport and photos, as he a lso had to do th e supervising and the announcing for the men's meet, plus a bit of coaching ... Tha n ks a lso to Jack's photo assistant Jack Griggs.

By H.J. Biesterfeldt, Jr.

QUALIFYING SCORES FOR THE USGF MEET 109.65 Wdyne Yuunt;, Llrit;hJln Young Uni v. 109.30 J.rmes Ivicek, ~uulhefll Illinoi s 108.55 1 um Weeoen , Cdi拢' Llerkeley 108.40 '1um Ll eech, C.rli!. Llerkele y 107.95 Mike C..,-Ier , Luuisi,lIla SI,lI e U. 107.30 Ll..,-I Cunner, Niles Wes l H~ . Illin oi s 107.05 Doug Cri l lilh, Imli"nJ ~ I a l e Un iv. )Iate Ulliv.

107.05

Kurt -I hUllld!:o.

107.00 106.80 106.70 106.45 106.10 105.90 105.90 105.55 105.5 0 105.45 105.30 104.95 104.7 0 104.25 104.10 104.10

Mdrsha ll A" t'IH.' r. Penn ~t. U. Grad. Llub f ,II'b, ~ I.rllf urd Un iversil Y Cene M.rckie. Uni". uf Nebra ska Llrenl ~rrllrnon s, Crad. low.r Sia le Mike Cod.rwa , Loui siJnd ~Iale U. Mark GrJh,lIn, 10WJ SIJle Grad. Pele r KO ,.,lldnn. ~ou lh e fll Conn. Le" Dorr glJ s, CulorJdo ~ I a l e U. Glenll 1 Idwell. ~oulhefll Illinois Clark Juh n,ull . C,lii Ll erk eley Gene WI,.,I"n. Pelln ~ Ial e Du, IY ~'Iler. Chico Cdif. 1 im ~h"w. ~oullwfll C,lilorni.r Chuck WJIlIHo'r, U. III. ChicJt;o C. Jail Hallberg. ~oulherll Illinois Ldrry Gerdrd. Uni ". ui Nebr.r skd

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Thi s is then a gro up of 24 gy mn asts who hav e sco red 104 o r better in AA in th e past seaso n - th e best gymnasts we ha ve. We do not want to suggest that these scores are all com parab le h owever, sin ce the meets in wh ich they we re scored we re wide ly separated in tim e and the sta nd ards for compu lsory judging c h anged so m ew hat through th e seaso n . Still , thi s is the larges t group we have eve r h ad, to sco re so hi g h . lt is clearly th e best year eve r - there is no comparison w ith the top 25 of any previous year . Not all of these were ph ys ically ab le to compete in thi s meet: Wayne Young has been nur sin g some injuri es sin ce NCAA, Jim Ivicek still h as his arm in a cast and only w ith good lu ck wi l l h e be back to compe titi ve form by the fin al trials, Marshal l Avener has injuri es, so thes e men wi ll not be in th e meet. We expect th at th ese 3 wi ll be approved for th e final tri als. Since a max imum of 4 are to be g ive n medical waivers from this meet , we ex pect that the add iti ona l waive r w ill go to Steve Hug, who dislocated an elbow in the qua lify in g m eet and is also in no shape to co mpete. But the c ho ice of w ho gets the wa ivers is not certa in - a couple of o th ers ha ve applie,d , an d this dec isio n is ye t to b e made. I n add iti on , n o t all of the compet itors h ave e ntered th e Pan Am tryo uts - so m e are o nl y he re for the USGF Nation al Meet. The Pan Am sco re is computed as follows: Final score = Y1 Pan Am Co mp Score '+ \'2 Olympic Co mp Sco re + Optiona l Score. For 路 the USGF Preliminaries, Final = Comp + Optional. It was Bob路 Farb and Tom Beach w h o did n ot enter the Pan Am co mp et ition. PAN AMER ICAN GAMES COMPULSORIES 1975 CHAMPIONSH IPS OF THE USA Results

1. 2. 2. 2. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Tom Weeden Mike Carter Bart Co nner Gene Whelan Mark Graham Larry Gerard Peter Kormann Dusty Ritter Jon Hallberg

FX 9.15 8.90 8.95 8.75 8.85 8.70 8.70 8.90 8.40

PH 9.30 8.65 8.75 8.80 8.35 8.25 8.10 8.60 7.95

R 8.80 8.95 8.80 8.75 8.40 8.80 8.65 7.80 8.65

8.80 8.80 8.90 8.65 9.00 9.05 8.70 8.70 8.50

PB 9.00 8.65 8.30 9.30 8.65 8.25 8.70 7.95 8.50

HB TOTA L 9.30 54.35 8.80 52.75 9.05 52.75 8.50 52.75 9.30 52.55 9.05 52.10 8.70 51.55 9.15 51.10 8.70 50.70

Chuck Wanner 11. Clark Johnson 12. Mike Godowa 13. Lee Douglas 13. Kurt Thoma s 15. Gl enn Tidwell 16. Tim Shaw 17. Brent Simmons 10.

8.30 8.55 8.00 8.40 8.35 8.70 8.55

8.90 8. 15 8.35 6.75 8.90 8.35 5.80 8.30

8.35 8.35 8.50 9.05 7.85 8.00 8.25 7.80

8.25 8.40 8.50 8.75 8.85 8.75 8.80

8.40 8.50 8.35 8.35 7.30 9.00 7.80 8.30

Hq TOTA L 8.45 50.65 8.55 50.50 8.30 50.00 8.30 49.60 8.35 49.60 6.15 48.95 8.50 47.70 7.70 32.10

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Now th e Pan A~ Compul sory Exe rcises a re rel ati ve ly easy, and it mu st b e admitted th at many o f th e pe r fo rm ers had not gi ve n them sufficie nt att ention b efore th e da y of th e me et. Still it is bo th remarka bl e and sa ti sfying that a juni o r in hi gh sc hool, Bart Co nner, was in 2nd pla ce after th ese se ts, and that h e wa s ti ed with two men w h o are both fi nishing th eir 4th yea r o f co llege: Mike Ca rt er and G ene Wh elan. First pl ace in th e co mpul so ry competiti o n we nt to To m Wee den from Be rke ley. He did thi s by w inning or ti ein g w ith so m eon e fo r fir st in 3 o ut o f th e 6 eve nt s - Fl oo r, Ho rse and Horizonta l Bar. We applaud hi s effo rts at style, as we ll as th e efforts o f G ene Wh elan o n Parallel Ba rs, all d Mark G raham 0 11 H o ri zo ntal Bar. Cl ea rl y th ese exercises ca n be d o ne well eno ugh t o make the m a pl easure to watch.

Along with th e favorabl e comments, w e must mention that Tom has at several points carri ed hea d move ment styl e a bit too far - he has seriou sly brok en sh o ulder line whil e trying to add emph as is to his move m ents. Sin ce th ese exe rcises w ere relatively easy, th ere we re few serious problems in doin g the sets, but a few m en still did not know th e entire sets. Thu s th e m ain differen ces between 2nd pl ace and 12th pla ce lie in technical errors and deg ree of mas terY.

Olympic Compulsories Th e Ol ympi c C ompulsori es w ere contested on th e eve ning of th e same d ay th at the Pan Am eri ca n Compul sories we re. Th e final top si x or so p erform ers pr ese nted no surprise to this writer although som e p eopl e unfamiliar with

Bart Conner Bart Co nner m ay we ll have b een surprised at 路 hi s finish. Pete Korm ann scored a 50.35 and Mike Cart er score d 50.40. Each of th ese m en had o ne event in whi ch h e did quite p oorl y an(j scored in th e 7路s. Above th em and ti ed in th e Ol y mpi c Compul sory co mp etiti o n we re tea m mates Tom Beach and To m W ee den at 51 .95. In first place in th e Ol Ympic Compu Isor y exercises with 52.15 was Bart Conn er. For th e Pan Am eri ca n try-out co mpetiti o n w e combine d th ese two sc or es and in ord er th e top si x places aft er two co mpul so ri es w ere : 6th G erard 101 .5, 5th Wh elan 101.85, 4t h Co rm an 101 .90, 3rd Carter 103.15, 2nd Co nne r 104.9, 1st W eede n 106.3 . Re gardin g To m Beach ' s compuls o ry exercises; Floo r exe rcises; To m had a ve ry low som ersault in th e first pl ace,

go od high side

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Gene Whelan

throughout most of the exercise. He hau a ve ry poor run for the dismount and a low sloppy back somersault for an 8.6. His side horse or pommel horse was a disaster area -I counted 11 leg spreads, two major knee bends, some leg spreads up to 18 inches or so. He was far below his potential at a 7.3. On rings, what I saw - the last half of the even t, was exce ll ent and technically very sound for a 9.1. His vault apparently caused the judges some difficulty and after a long conference the scores were 'apparently raise d somewhat and he ended with an 8.95 . On parallel bars he mounted with a very bent arm peach and did not go to a hand stand. He had a st radd le of the legs on his streuli and showed a ve ry low dismount in both positions that ga ined about 3 feet. his errors certainly edrneu him hi s !l.65. On horizontal

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bars Tom showed hi s usua l experienced work and deserved his 9.35. Tom Weeden: on pommel horse Tom had above ten minor form breaks and on the hop at the beginning of the set displaced the plane of his circ le so much that it was surprising that he managed to go on without break. He hit the horse softly a couple of times so his 8.5 was certain ly an appropriate score. On vau lting he showed nice position fli ght, nice extension but a barely level preflight for a 9.1. On parallel bars after a dramatic wa it of over two minutes while he adj usted the apparatus, he mounted with a bent arm peach handstand , a st reuli that did not go to a handstand and a stutz barely above horizontal and finished off showing about the same calibre dismount we had been accustomed to in the meet - quite poor. He earned an 8.15.

Tom Weeden

Tom 's horizontal bar included spread legs as he got after his vault and two places he h ad to labor to comp lete gian ts. On the dismount he needed a giant step to recover balance and deserved an 8.6. On rings he does very good work , not quite so sha rp technically as Beach does but with few erro rs and deserved hi s 9.0. Bart Conner had nice poise throughout his floor set and a very nice dismount but his front pass was not good and his entrY into the scale was quite slow and poorly done. He scored an 8.5 here. On horse he showed a rather poor opposite circle and had two bad form problems and one or two minor problems through the set. His 8.55 seemed to me to be a very generous score. On hori zon tal bar Bart had quite a few minor faults, things like a piked position in the stradd le dismount and bent arm

gk rm an but he went through w itho ut to o much t ~o ubl e to earn hi s 8.9 . On long horse va ultin g he showed a good stoo p position but pre-flight was not horse high eve n and his ope nin g for th e landi ng was hard to f in d. Score 8.9. On pa rall el bars Bart d id quite a good job all th e way through to th e dismount and then presented us w ith a d ismount in keeping w ith the res t of them in the meet. Score 8.60. In fact, it is so mewhat remarkable that there was not a sing le adequate dismount in t he entire co urse of parallel bar exercises. Everyone either d ropped forward or ba c k lacking height or did not sho w a layo ut position and abo ut half o f them showed all of th ese faults together wit h form pr ob lems. Th e seco nd day' s compe titi o n consisted of opt iona l exercises in t he six men 's events and was done by 7:30 in th e eve nin g. The meet ran alo ng very smoo thl y and was comp leted in very littl e ove r o ne and a half ho urs. Thi s compet ition concl uded the Pan American ga mes tri als and USGF all-aro un d compe titi on. Ju st so th e reader is not too conf use d, th ere were two all aroun d scores comp uted in the meet for th e performers. In the Pan Ame ri ca n compet ition, the Pan American co mpul sories as we ll as the Olympic comp ul so ri es we re cou nted. In th e USGF all-around co mp etiti o n, o nl y the Olympic comp ul so ri es were counted. Therefore we have two comp lete tab les of al laro und resu lts.

Pan American Results In thi s meet somet hing alm ost ridiculous developed, fo r a total of 16 competito rs were ensured they wo uld go on t o th e final trials for th e tea m. Because o f injuri es there were a ce rtain number of compe tito rs who chose not to tryo ut for the Pan American tea m and there we re on ly 17 co mpet ito rs trying for 16 slots. As a result, the o ne man w ho di d n ot make the cut was Brent Simmon s, w ho ac tu all y en ter ed o nl y four events each day. Simmons was suffering

USGF ELITE NATIONALS CARBONDALE, ILLINOIS Results Men 1. , Tom Beach Ca li f. Berke ley 1. • Bart Conner Niles W. H.S., III. 3. \ Tom Weeden Ca lif. Berke ley 4. " Pete r Kormann Southern Conn. 5.• Mike Carter Loui siana SI. U. 6. ..Ge ne Whe lan Pen n State 7. " Bob Farb Stanford U. 8 . • La rry Gera rd U. of Neb. 9. .. Mark Graham Iowa SI. Grad .

FX 8.60 9.05 8.50 8.75 8.60 9.00 8.90 9.35 8.50 9.30 8.115 8.75 7.95 8.15 7.69 8.65 8.45 8.90

PH 7.30 8.60 8.55 8.65 8.50 8.85 8.05 8.70 7.60 8.65 8.25 8.75 8.25 8.55 6.95 8.25 7.10 8.70

R 9.10 9.15 8.65 8.95 9.00 8.85 9.00 9.40 9.00 8.80 8.20 8.85 8.90 9.00 8.90 8.85 6.70 8.75

y 8.95 9.55 8.90 8.65 9.10 9.00 9.10 8.95 8.25 8.65 8.35 8.65 8.70 9.05 9.05 9.20 8.90 9.20

PB 8.65 7.90 8.60 9.40 8.15 8.20 8. 15 8.80 8.45 9.15 7.40 9.00 7.60 8.95 8.40 8.35 7.45 9.35

TOTAL Total USGF TOTAL HB C&O AA PAN-AM 9.35 51.95 9.65 53.90 8.95 52.15 9.30 53.70 8.60 51.95 9.05 52.95 8.60 51.95 9.25 54.45 8.60 50.40 9.05 53 .60 B.05 49.10 9.50 53 .50 8.25 49.65 9.00 52.70 8.55 49.45 8.95 52 .25 7.75 46.35 9.45 54.35

105.85 105.85 104.90 104.80

106.150 106.100 105.400

104.00

105.175

102.60

104.425

102.35 101.70 100.70

103.025 103.800

10 ... Kurt Thom as In d. 51. U. 11 ., G le nn Tidw e ll Southern III. 12 . • M ike Godowa Louisiana SI. U. 13. lim Shaw Southern Cal. 14. Clark Johnso n Ca lif. Berkeley 15. Jon Hallberg Southern III. 16. Chuck Wanner U. III. Ch icago C. 17. Lee Dougla s Colorado SI. U. 18. Dusty Ritt e r Ch ico, Ca. 19. Brent Simmon s Grad. Iowa SI.

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8.35 7.25 9.00 7.95 8.05 8.20 8.60 8.95 7.40 7.45 8.50 8.80 8.00 7.35 8.30 7.55 7.90 4.60 8.15 7.65 7.80 7.65 8.30 8.40 8.00 7.95 8.25 9.10 6.50 5.90 8.30 8.10 8.20 6.20 8.90 8.35 7.45 7.70

6.50 8.40 7.40 8.95 8.20 8.75 7.85 8.40 8.65 8.85 8.40 8.90 7.65 7.85 8.05 9.05 6.45 8.70 8.55 9.05

8.85 9.10 8.45 7.65 8.00 8.50 8.1 0 8.80 8.40 9. 15 8.50 8.85 8.65 8.40 8.60 8.85 8.60

8.40 9.05 7.40 8.20 8.70 8.50 8.35 8.60 8.40 8.80 7.80 7.55 7.40 6.75 8.05 8.75 7.10 8.90 8.90 9.20

8.60 8.15 8.50 9. 15 8.05 8.30 7.70 9.35 8.05 9.20 7.35 8.75 8.1 5 9.05 8.30 8.05 7.40 7.65 7.50 9.70

47.95 51.65 4B .95 51.50 47.80 51.35 47 .35 51.00 46.00 51.80 46.60 50.75 47.80 49.40 45.40 51.1 0 43.95 42 .50 32.40 35.65

99.60

100.425

99.50

100.250

99.15

100.250

98.35

98.525

97.80

100.050

97.35

99.400

97.20

98.625

96.50

98.600

86.46

90.025

68.05

67.900

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G lenn Tidwell

with ankle pr o bl em s and wa s unab le to co mpete in eith er floor o r va ultin g. Thu s, for all prac ti cal purposes, o nl y 16men were tr yin g fo r 16 slo ts and nee d less to say all o f them ma d e it. W ell , it wa s a nice pra cti ce m ee t for th em with th e Pan A meri ca n co m p ul sories and it 's ve ry im por tant th at o ur tea m got so me exp eri ence co mpetin g w ith th ese exe rcises . Still w e wish th at th e o th er qualifi ers who we re no mo re injured th an Simm ons had been prese nt at th e meet. Th e w inn er of th e Pan Amer ica n compu lso ri es was Bart Co nn er 106.15 ju st 5/ 100 ah ea d of Tom Wee d e n106.1 0. Third p lace wen t to Pe te Ko rmann105.40 , fo urth to Mik e Cart er 105. 175, fifth to G en e Wh e len 104.425 and sixth to Larry Gerard 103. 025 . Now about th e op ti o nal ex ercise all -a round co mpetition result s. Th e w inner, and no t for

th e first tim e in maj o r co mpetiti o n, was Pete Kormann at 54.45 fo ll owed close ly by Mark Graham 54.35 and To m Beach 53.90. Fourth we ill to I3Mt CO llll er 53.7, fift h to M ik e Carte r 53.6 all d ~ i x th to Ge ll e Wh elell 53 .5. Ge ne Wh elen showed a lo t o f form prob lems and signifi ca nt tro u b les in hi s p erforman ce o n floor, ho rse, and rin gs sc orin g in th e 8' s o n all of th ese. M ik e Ca rt er had to use hi s co n sid erable strength to ge t thro ugh th e ho rse ro utin e and sco red in the 8 's on rin gs and va ultin g also. Bart Co nne r d id reaso nab ly we ll but j ust appea red un d ul y tense o n floo r so that h e had p oo r foo ting a num b er o f tim es and o n ho rse ea rned his 8.65 b y va riou s fo rm br eak s to avoid d isas ters. To m Beac h aga in had va riou s form prob lem s on horse that ca n bes t be ex pl ained by hi s ba lance pro bl ems in the exerc ise and

Bart Conner

earned an 8.6 but Tom 's rea l di sas ter was on para ll el bar s where h e fell down to a 7.9. Hi s o ther 4 scores w ere in th e 9' s w ith a 9.55 on va ulting and a 9.65 on hori zontal bar, both very r es p ec tabl e p e rform an ces . Hi s rirfg pe rfo rmance was also quite good and his score of 9.15 m ay be a tri fle low. Mark Grah am had thre e scores in th e 9's; va ultin g, parall el bar s and ho ri zo ntal bar and three sco res in th e hi gh 8 路s. Fo r him hi s fl oor p erf o rman ce was belo.w par but his work f or th e night wa s quite co n sistent. Pete Korma nn also had thr ee scores in th e 9'5 ; floor, rings and hori zo ntal b ar and thre e scores in th e hi g h 8's. His 9.4 o n rin gs was the h igh sco re of th e ni ght on rings and was based largely o n hi s half-in , half-o ut di smount which was th e on e part th at el evated hi s se t above th e fin e wo rk of Tom -Bea ch.

INDIVIDUAL FINALS Severa l pe rform e rs wi thdre w from Finals: Mike Carter, all 4 eve nts, Tom Weeden o n Ho ri zo nt a l Bar, so by F.I. G. o th e r me n took their places. FLOOR

Clea rl Y Korm ann was the ma n to bea t, as leade r from th e prev io us night. He did no t use his pike do u ble back, but did a fi ne tu ck at sta rt and fini sh for a 9.45 in fi nals. And Tom Beach start ed o ut we ll toward a simil ar score, but landed h is double poor ly, th e n he und er twi sted and un de r so me rsa ult ed his double ful l - sp lat! - 8.6 - 6th. Kurt Thomas turned in a so lid 9.1 for seco nd , usi ng doub le ful l and fu ll; no do ubl e back. HORSE This was a di saste r area ! Wh e lan was off in all of th e sc t, or nea rl y so, with stops, terrible for m brea ks. Wa nn e r d id a bit be tt er, but still ve ry poorly. Tidwe ll d id fairly we ll , had one bad scisso rs, and his di smount was in adequate. Weede n had 2 majo r for m breaks and a stop on his scisso rs (3rd) . Farb did a smoo th job, no major fau lts, but bru she d th e horse co nstant ly, (8 .65, 2nd). A.nd Conner did a slop pY set, we ll below what he usua ll y does, at 8.55 bu t hi s previous sco re pull ed him into hi s first in dividua l nati o nal championship.

Peter Ko rmann

RINGS

Si xth place finisher Bart Conner should no t ha ve been in finals, but Carter's withdrawa l put him th e re . His wo rk was just no t at the same level as the others. Fifth place Bob Farb had so much handstand troubl e that he co uld on ly earn 8.7. Tom Weeden (4th) did an adeq uate Wh ipe t, but his pike double to hand s and feet was no help. Kormann also had rea l prob lems in handstand s, but did his Vl in - ~'i out d ismo unt, and ea rn ed 9.05. Larry Gera rd of Nebr as ka pl aced 2nd with 9.15, whil e showing th e swing sty le th at Pe te Studensky brought to Nebraska. And eve n wit h th e poorest do ubl e full he has do ne in a wh ile, Tom Beac h easily won th e day a nd the meda l. His swing was quite good, but aga in some handstand faults were th e re. No one came eve n close to Tom 's to tal ring performance, a nd he wo n by over .3 in total. Th en th e wo rld champio n of rin gs, Mark Da vis, showed his cha mpi o nshi p technique in a demonstrat ion of how rings should be worked.

INDIVIDUAL EVENT RESULTS Floor Exercise 1. Kormann 2. Thomas 3. Weeden 4. Wh e le n 5. Graha m 6. Beach

Finals 9.45 9.10 8.95 8.75 8.85 8.60

Previous 9.125 8.675 8.800 8.800 8.675 8.825

TOTAL 18.575 17.775 17.750 17.550 17.525 17.425

Pommel Horse 1. Co nne r 2. Farb 3. Weeden 4. Tid we ll 5. Wa nner 6. Wh e le n

Finals 8.55 8.65 8.35 8.20 7.55 6.30

Previo us 8.600 8.400 8.675 8.575 8.525 8.500

TOTAL 17.150 17.050 17.025 16.775 16.075 14.800

Still Rings 1. Beac h 2. Gerard 3. Kormann 4. Weede n 5. Farb 6. Con ne r

Finals 9.25 9.15 9.05 9.05 8.70 8.45

9.1 25 8.875 8.950 8.925 8.950 8.800

TOTAL 18.375 18.025 18.000 17.975 17.650 17.250

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'75

VAULTING In 6th Farb uiu a fa ir uoub le full anu a ve r y bau rounuoff back. Weeuen 's 5th place stemmeu from hi s rou nu-off back to an all points lanuing. Hi s full was h igh but sloppy. Mark Graham u iu a goou full , th en zo n eu o n his uouble Iront, for 4th . In 3ru , Kurt Thomas uid a nice rou nu off-pike back, anu a fu ll with a step on lalluin g. Gerard took 2nd with a tu cked roundoff back, and a yamashita. And the winner , 10m Beac h, did a uoubl e front to feet, th en sea t, anu a roundoff back. Kurt Th o mas alrea dy wo n final s, yet th e margin from th e ea rli er day put Beach in 1st.

PARALLEl BARS Sixth p lace M ike Godawa fe ll from th e ba rs on a st ut z to handst and attempt, and was out of th e picture. Johnso n went through an uninspired perform ance for 8.35 and 5t h. Kormann uid a fairl y nice job, and a doub le ba ck di smount , for 8.95 and 4th p lace. The n Brent Simmons, a b it below hi s be st, scored a respectabl e 9.05 for 2nd p lace. Kurt Thom as scored 9.35 o n a nice se t in w hi ch he did not hold his back to handstand , but ea rneu o n.l y 3rd beca use of previou s sc or es. And Bart Co nn er made his back to handstand fairly we ll , and d id th e entire se t ve ry well to deserve hi s 9.50 and his second U.S.G. F. eve nt championship. Tom Beach

HORIZONTAL BAR Th ere we re no major problems for any of the finalists , so executi o n and compos it ion determin ed the w inners. Tom Beach and Ge ne Whe lan tied fo r 1st in the fi nal s, but the previous sco re put Beach 1st and W h elan 6th . Beac h st ill mixes grea t execution w ith ho rribl e execut ion: bent arm jam into pik ed eag le (i nve rt ) and grea t followup. Ho rribl y crooked Takemoto ta a fairly dece nt full ca tch. But he is th e winne r of the m ee t - no doubt about it with good wo rk in every set he does. Bart Conner, in 2nd pl ace, wo rks clea rl y but does no t show any real flair in hi s performan ce. G erard in 3rd also mixes up very ni ce littl e combi nat ions w ith poor body lin e, so he does not reach the 9's in finals . He, and Farb, need better dismounts th an the hecht for a top m ee t. In summary, all eve nt s but pommel ho rse had decent co mpetition and t he top few performances were good . Horse was at best , average. And the sco res that came up were EXCElLENT. Th e jud ging was OUTSTANDING.

Pet er Kormann Vault 1. Beac h 2. Ge ra rd 3. Thomas 4. Graham 5. Weeden 6. Farb

Vau lt AV Finals AV 8.800 8.75/ 8.85 8.750 9.00/ 8.50 8.825 8.85/ 8.80 8.550 8.85 / 8.25 8.450 7.95/ 8.95 8.550 8.95/ 8.15

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Previous TOTAL 9.250 18.050 9.075 17.825 8.975 17.800 9.050 17.600 9.050 17.500 8.875 17.425

Pa rallel Ba rs 1. Conner 2. Simmons 3. Thomas 4. Kormanll 5. Jo hnso n 6. Godowa

Finals 9.50 9.05 9.35 8.95 8.35 7.55

Previous 9.000 9.050 8.725 8.575 8.600 8.600

TOTAL 18.500 18.1.00 18.075 17.525 16.950 16.150

Horizontal Bar 1. Beach 2. Con ne r 3. Gerard 4. Farb 5. Tidwe ll 6. Whelen

Finals 9.40 9.15 8.95 9.00 8.75 9.40

Previous 9.500 9. 125 8.750 8.625 8.825 8.775

TOTAL 18.900 18.275 17.770 17.625 17.575 18.175

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USGF Women's Elite National Championship 1975 By Stephanie Stromer A s I sa t wat chillg th e co mpetiti o ll ill w id eeyed , opell-mouth ed amaz emellt , I reca lled th e shee pi sh guilt th e tolera llt smile I had bes towed UpOIl m y YOUllg fri elld a few da ys earlier as she had elllhu sias ti ca ll y report ed her pre-me et , word-ol - mouth Il ews. She's cute, I th oug h , 50 exc it ed abou t so m eoll e suppose dl y doing pUllch-f roll tS all beam , two frollt so mies betwe en ba rs, eac h go ill g a diff e re llt dire c tioll , thi s on e with such sprill g ill h e r legs, and Ih al one, 50 limb er. Sh e had babb led ill e lation abo ut Ihe " Ilew crop " of yo ullg gymna sts names w hi ch were all n ew to m e. And th ey were all yo ull g. Si xtee n alld yo un ge r. Too Young for poli sh ed perform ances. She's cut e, all ri ght. Gullibl e, bUI CUle. I ju sl hop e she won't be too d isappo illl ed .. .... I doubt that she was. The 1975 USGF Wom e n 's Elile Gy mn as ti cs Championship s. Trul y Ihrillill g 10 beho ld , w ilh a level of gy mn as ti c p erf o rm an ce eil lirely above w hal I ha ve ever see ll ill Ihi s nalion in one group at all Y on e time. Of Ih e al hl etes, probablY th e mOSI excilillg is Debbie Wilco x, th e whipp ersllapper fr o m Ih e Dellv er Flye rs. Debbi e's bea m per l ormallce broughl a li fe and zest to Ihi s o th erw ise pleasallt ly dull eve llt. With a solid pun ch-frolll on beam , fin e ae ri al work and fronl and ba ck moves, as we ll as f ront so mie s both ways betweell bars, unbeli eva bl y powerful ca sl halld stand s, alld a to e-e ir elefront-tu ck di smOUll1. 10 join a cartwh ee l- ba ck (piked) va ult, Debbi e has the ab ilit y 10 lurn Ih e gymnastics specta l orship w ilh il s yawll s dnd wh ispers int o a ba se ball crowd - peanul s, cracke rj ac ks, and all . De lli sc C heshi re g<l ve an exc ilin g performan ce as we ll. H er exee ll elll leg punch set s her apart Irom th e ol hers even in war mup s, as she lumbl es rap idl y alld lighll y dow n th e m al. Eve n a slrill g of flip-flop s looks diffe re nl - remind s m e of th e Japa nese m en . II 's

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Debbie Wilcox

ju sl bell er. Delli sc is qui ck allli sharp on bar s, and sw in gs slrOll gly 10 Ihe co mpl eli on of h er se t. A nd her vault s - I he o l H~s l was abl e to wa l ch - had excc lipill h(~ight ,lIld flig hl , bUI sh e had some difficull Y lalldillg Ih em solidl y. Sp ea king 01 Ih e v,lull, I w as moSI impresse d w ilh Koli epil C ISC.y'S hand sp rillg full - Iw ist. Evid enll y, I was 11 0 1 Ihe Lon e Kall ge r, as Ih e crowd gasp(路' d , thell chee red, ,md she fini shed firsl ill Ihe eV( 'Ilt. -I ri sh Kp ed' s cdrlwh ee l- back looked pxcell(~ 111 Iro m w her e I sal during the pr elimin<lri es. I fel l Ihal he r 9.4 was an ulld ersco re. How(-'vpr , slw w as less impress ivesee med low <llld slu gg ish - ill Ih e fin als, and w as, I f(' 11. ju sll y d elea l ed by CdSey, Ch es hir e, alld M,1I1 vill e, Tamm y Ma ll vill!' dlHI Kalhy Howa rd gra ced Ih e fl oo r w ilh lemilli ll e love lin ess . Miss

Man vill e WO Il Ih e AIl - ArOUlld all Ih e ba sis of a so lid pure perlormall ce. I was impr esse d wil h he r o n all coullh. She m oves we ll, sw ill gs bars we ll . has good leg (Jull c h , a Ili ce, feminine figur e, sh e is a pr ell Y girl. and is d good co mp etilor. As I ha ve neve r m e l h er, I ca nn o t co mm elll 0 11 h er p erso lldl allilude. But from what I saw durill g Ih e thr ee dd Ys of competilioll , il s(' em s thai if she wall i S it , sh e's gOI it. Thi s sa me opillioll app li es to Kalh y Howa rd , whom I have m el , alld loulld 10 beve ry lik ab le. Kalh y is all exce llelll all-around gym ll as t and don e to .. Here Co m es th e Qu een. " Th e dan ce and tumb li ng co mbill ed we ll , and sh e car ri ed off th e enlire crea ti ve id ea w ilh a bea ul Y and femi ninit y w hi ch I have always asso ciated w ith th e Ru ssia ns.

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Lesli e Wolfsb erger impresse d m e as ano th er fine up-and-coming talent. M iss Wolfsberg er won th e un even ba r eve nt with a smooth, sure opt iona l exe rcise, and a b ea utiful , hi gh lY ex tend ed and we ll-perl ec ted co mpu lso ry set. Oth er obse rva ti ons from th is ann o uncer 's tab le, so metim es mad e publi c as a res ult o f her fai lu re to turn off th e mike, includ ed no te of th e d elillit e Improve m ent of Donna Pay ton es peciall y o n th e Ba lance Bea m. A lthough Donn a still lacks some po li sh and n eeds to concent rate o n rea lly poi nting th ose toes, her wo rk seem s to be st ead il y progr ess in g. She is so li d on t he beam, w ith a ni ce fro nt aerial , and a high . we ll-execut ed pun d l -back . Kyle Ga yno r wa s a p leas ure to watch o n th e beam, w inning th e eve nt , n o qu estion s as ked .

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With th e pun ch-bac k that sh e did no t throw in thi s m ee t, Kyle shou ld b e unbea tab le co mpl etely untouchable int ernati o nall y. However. th e problem w ill be to gel Kyle 10 th e international co mp etition , as her o th er three eve nt s are we ll below the leve l of h er beam perfo rm ance . She mu st rea ll y str ide if she is to be considered for Olympic se lecti o n . The darl in g 0 1 th e co mpe titi on had to b e Jea nn e Beadle. w itho ut a d o ubt. Petit e, w ith pigta il s and bows, Jea nlle wo n th e warmth of th e aud ience o n th e bas is of co nsistentl y fine 'rou tin es as we ll as o n her pi xie-li ke cuten ess. Miss Bea d le is highl Y talented, and I ce rta inl y hope th at th e rum ors of h er immin ent retirement are no t tru e. It wo uld b e a sad waste of talent.

... And so conc lud es th e 19 75 USG F Wome n 's Elit e Nationa l Ch ampi o nshi p, SIU Are na, Carbonda le. Illin o is. A m ee t of hig h-l eve l skill and co mp etiti o n, in w hic h sur prisin gly few of th e girl s cl ut ched . Th e phys ica l and m enta l concentrat ion was taut . and it made for a meet that I was glad to b e obse rvin g and not part icipating in. Th ese k ids are tou gh , and alth ough we we re so rry th at seve ral of the top name gymnasts (Di ane Dunbar, A nn Car r, D eb bi e Fike) were scra tche d due to i njur y, rather th an l ee l that we had mi ssed o ut o n th e nation 's fi n es t. we felt in stead that th e " establi shed " nati o n 's fin es t had m isse d o ut; th at th ey wou ld have been met w ith an extremely direc t and difficult chall enge to th eir pos ition s. th e res ult s of w hi ch are hi ghl Y specu lat ive.

Denise Cheshire

1975 USGF ELITE NATIONALS Carbondale, Illinois By Rob Fields

Nestled somew here 30 minutes by plan e from St. Louis (in Illin ois I think) li es th e sleepy ho ll ow of Ca rbonda le. It's a town (I had to lUke so m eone's word for that , ' ca u se during th e four days I was there I never fo und it ) kn own for absolutely nothing that I co uld di scover s<1ve for th e fact that it operates one of th e rribst prodigious gym nast ic facto ri es in the co urilr y. Through th e effo rt s of Herb Voge l and Bill M eade , So uth ern Illin o i s U ni ve r Sit y

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(e ncompassing probably 80 ');\ oi Ca rb o nd ale proper) is one of thi s co untry' s ho tb eds of gymnasti cs. Host for the m en 's divisio n I NCAA fiil als, Southern Illino is' bea utiful and spacious arena faciliti es provided th e site for th e 1975 USGF Elite Nationals fo r men and wo men. From th e ou tset th ere were o rga ni zat io nal difficulties b eginning w ith the entire meet sc hedu le being moved up one da y to mak e room for a Saturday n ig ht rock co nce rt (revenue vs. no n- reve nue producing ac ti viti es and all t ha t). Act uall Y given th e hercul ean task of runnin g 6 co mpul sory se ts, 4 opt ion al sets and 2 f in als sets, all went fairly smooth. There was some compla int however that wa rm ups for th e seco nd gro up of co mpetitors was n ever what it was supposed to be accord in g to th e schedu le. The competition opened Wed nesday morning on co mpul so ry beam and va ulting. It was clear from th e outse t that nearly all the co mp etitors we re m ore than sat isf ied w kth ju st stay in g o n the beam. There were very few

in sp irin g roUtines . Though I realize that cOhl pul so ry beam at its best is less than brea thtakin g, t hi s is a good ro utin e w ith so m e very nice elemen ts to it. If we are to cha ll enge Easte rn do min ance Oil thi s eve nt we're go in g to have to see a more aggress ive att itu de towa rd th e comp ul sory . Ca tch Saad i of Ru ssia for a study in elegance and cla ss - yo u 'll see wha t I m ean. In any event (no pun intended) of 30 girl s ent ered o nl y 5 brok e 9.0 with on ly th e perenial balance beam giant killer Ky le Gaynor do irig sign ifi cant ly we ll to score 9.4, .35 ahead of her closest cha ll enger. For th e mo st part the girls all had d iffi culty stayin g on th e ball s of th eir feet during th eir turns. Thi s fault is penalized heav il Y (.5 each tim e) caus ing the girl s to be ju stifi ably but overl y ca utio us. Rigid ity in m ovement seemed th e order o f the day w ith few ex hibitin g muc h elega nce . Kyle was th e lo ne exception. H er 9.4 was well deserved. She has an exci tin g attaking sty le and seems rea ll y at home o n the beam. It 's her favori te event and her vivac iou s personality is rea ll y showcased con't on pg. 38

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Vaulting 1. Koll ee n Casey 2. Tammy M a nvi ll e 2. De ni se C hes hi re 4. Tris h Reed 5. Sharo n Sha piro 6. Debb ie Wilcox

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Final TOTAL

9.375 9.350 9.350 9.350 9.100 9.250

9.700 9.300 9.300 9.200 9.275 9.000

19.075 18.650 18.650 18.550 18.375 18.250

Beam 1. Kyle Ga ynor 2. Ta mm y Ma n vill e 3. Donna Pay ton 4. Jeanne Bea dle 5. Do nna Jo hnson

9.475 9.225 9.075 9.050 9.050

9.600 9.600 9.350 9.350 9.300

19.075 18.825 18.425 18.400 18.350

Uneven Parallel Bars 1. l esl ie Wolfsberge r 2. De ni se Ch es hire 3. Ka th y Howard 4. Debbie W ilcox 5. Susan Arche r 6. Ro xa nne Pie rce

9.550 9.450 9.300 9.325 9.300 9.300

9.550 9.400 9.500 9.400 9.350 8.300

19.100 18.850 18.800 18.725 18.650 17.600

Floor Exe rcise 1. Ka th y Howard 2. Jea n ne Bea dle 3. Na n cy Thi es 4. Den ise C hes hire 4. Roxa nne Pie rce 6. Tam my M a n vill e

9.550 9.550 9.300 9.300 9.300 9.300

9.550 9.400 9.500 9.400 9.450 9.400

19.100 18.950 18.800 18.750 18.750 18.700

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Tammy Ma nville

De ni se C hes hire

Kath y Howard

Tri sh Reed

Roxa nne Pi e rce

Na ncy Thi es

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Deb bie Wi lcox

Susan Arc he r

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9.20 9.000 9.50 9.450 9.40 8.650 9.30 8.900 9. 00 8.750 8.90 8.900 9.30 8.750 9.40 9.250 9.35 8.700 9.10 8.850 9.10 8.950 9.00 8.950 9.20 8.600 9.10 8.500 9.10 8.100 9.40 9.300 9.10 9.050 9.10 8.850 9.20 8.950 9.20 8.850

UPB

9.15 9.30 9.45 9.25 9.10 9.50 9.30 9.40 9.50 9.00 9.60 9.60 8.8,? 9.15 9.30 9.00 9.00 9.25 9.30 9.35 9.20 9.10 9.40 9.15 9.20 9.60 9.05 9.50 9.00 9.15 9.15 9.50 8.90 9.30 9. 05 9.30 8.80 9.20 9.00 9.20

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Tota l TOTAL 36,650 37.650 36.650 36.700 36.250 37. 000 36. 050 36.950 36.300 36.600 36.350 36.500 36.600 36.150 35.350 37.350 36.350 36.300 36.150 36.250

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Koll ee n Ca sey

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Jea nn e Bead le

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Donna Pay to n

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Jan Ahte n

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Gail Wycoff

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Pau line li towsk y

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Donn a Jo hn so n

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Jodi Yoc um

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Kat h y Sho t we ll

74.300

73.550

73.250

73.000

72.900 72.850

72.750

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72.650 20. 72.400

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9.05 9.70 8.80 8.95 9.00 8.85 8.90 9.20 8.95 9.30 8.90 9.05 8.70 9.10 8.70 8.85 9.20 9.25 9.40 8.15

9.000 8.550 8.950 9. 150 8.850 9.300 8.700 8.950 8.925 8.550 8.650 8.800 8.750 9.350 9. 000 9.350 8.700 9. 150 8.750 6.900

9.15 9.10 8.95 9.35 8.70 9.00 8.70 9.30 8.70 9.05 8.85 9.15 9. 00 9.00 9. 10 9.20 8.80 9.30 8.70 9.30

9.35 8.40 9. 00 9.10 9.10 9.40 9.15 9. 10 9.25 9. 10 9.05 9.30 8.90 8.95 9.35 8.20 9.20 8.05 9.25 9.15

36.550 35.750 35.700 36.550 35.650 36.550 35.450 36.550 35.825 36.000 35.450 36.300 35.350 36.400 36. 150 35.600 35. 900 35.750 36.100 35.500

Sh a ro n livie ri 71.250; Cole Dowa liby 71.200; Kyle Gayno r 70.900; Sha ro n Shap iro 70.400; a ncy Jones 70.350; Jill He gg ie 70.000; De ni se Walk e r 69.700; MdI"Y He in e n wu lf 69.100; Ja ni ce Bake r 68.900.

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TOTAL 72.300 72.250 72.200 72.000 71.825 71.750 71 .750 71.750 71.650 71.600

,USGF ELITE NATIONALS COMMENTARY By Rob Fields

In mulli ng over wha t I was go in g to wr ite about re, USGF Elite Na tional s 1975 I decided th at if I wished no t to be n ega ti ve at all my only recour se wou ld be to ju st repo rt names and sco res, Thi s yea r 's nati o nals r eached such lows in so many areas that to be patr o nizin gly pos iti ve about th e whole affai r wo u ld be worse th an writ in g noth in g at all. Thi s is not to say that th e re weren't any pleasant happe nin gs at all in Carbondale - 'o n th e co ntrary. Th ere were seve ral rath er gratifyin g moments in thi s yea rs co mp etit ion. Th e emerge nce of To m Beach and Bart Co nn er as co-a ll-aro und w inners in the m en 's division was perh aps t he sin gu lar most exciting hap pening in men 's gymna sti cs in thi s country since St eve Hug w on USGF 's in 1969. In many ways Beac h ma y we ll be considered th e fin est gym na sti c prospect this co untry has ever produ ce d and certa inl y Bart Conne r mu st rank as one of th e fin est gymnasts in prep hi story. Hi s eventua l rise to gymnastics super-st ardom see m s virtuall y inev itable. In fac t the se two gymnasts were in such a class by th emse lves (men and women in c luded ) it wo uld probabl Y do we ll to look into how th eir (th ey and their coac hes) training phil osophi es differ from the r es t of us. Wh at in sight s th ey ha ve that o thers do not. What we mu st do fir st howeve r is ex amin e what specif ica l[ y went w ron g at thi s year 's championships and th e yea r lo ng contributing fa ctors. Perhaps th e si ngular most distressing element o f gymnast ics 1975 was the inordinant number of injuries pla gu ing o ur top athl etes; and co in cidence is no t invol ve d h ere. Steve Hug, ' Wa yne Young, Jay Whe lan, Janette Anderson, Ann Ca rr, D ebbi e Fike all o ut wit h serious debilitating injuri es. To support a "dom in oe sy ndrome" n o tion is to b e blind to th e o bvio us. Th ere are cr iti ca l difficiencies in our trainin g m ethod s and unti[ we get off our " superci[i o us high horse " and dO something about it we're going to start killing peopl e in stea d of just hurt ing them . In th e past our haph aza rd approac h to move m en t education , training and conditioning cost us at th e scorers tabl e - no w w ith th e d i ff icult y level a quantum step higher it 's costing us cripp led bod ies.

Glaring lact #1: the greater majority of wo men in our Elite progra m are overweight Ye t undernourish ed, kn ow littl e o r nothing abo ut swing co nce pt , and are tqo weak phys ica ll y to implem ent p ro per tec hnique eve n given that understanding . Glaring lact 1/ 2: giv en th e sm all handful of coac hes w ho understand sw ing concept in th e abs tra ct, on ly one o r two are ca pabl e of deve loping a gymnast physica ll y and mentall y to th e point w here th e implementatio n of p ro per techni ca l exec ution is eve n a po ss ible rea lit y. Glaring, disgusting lact # 3: at thi s year 's chamion ships th e g rea t majority of coaches efforts we nt to in vecti ve hurtin g, po [it icing, arm twi sti ng and b edroom wa tching. No wo nd er our kid s are lost. I don 't wis ht o throwa b[ an ke t chargeata[ [ of our coaches , thi s wo uld be most unfai r. Most are d edi ca ted hard wo rkin g peopl e who just get caught up in th e viciousness and dirt that see ms to always surround a-major co mpetition. Be that as it may thin gs have got to chan ge. In th e area of spiritual en li ghtenment, it is up to th e indi vidual, and enough has already been sa id about th e d eplorab[e behav io r of some of o ur lead ing coac hes . And seein g how our gy mn as ts always ri se above the sullied at mo sp here behind the scenes, po[iti cing should not be our major co nce rn . Howeve r in th e areas of move me nt edu ca tion , tra inin g and techni ca l execution we are at a crisis point. We are hurting too man y kids and th e in c idence of se riou s injury is anything but on th e wan e. Referring once aga in to To m Beach who wil[ be th e exempl ar of my di sc ussion , I wi sh to point o ut that it is no t his superi o r gymn astics abilit y that I har ken to. He is an extraordinarily gift ed ath lete who wou ld have eve ntuall y made it regardl ess. Rather it is th e methodolog y and philosophies of hi s tra inin g that I w ish to exa min e, that ha s r esulted in his m eteori c rise in gymnastics in less than tw o yea rs. Ha vin g known Tom Bea ch quite well over th e past seve ral yea rs I can tell yo u th at hi s gymn as ti cs successes are not th e res ult of yea rs o f single-minded d ed ication. In fact it is o nl y th e la st yea r an d a h alf or so that hi s int erest became se riou s to th e point that intern at iona l co mp etition was [itt[ e more th an a p assing th o ught. No, the unique difference in To m Beac h is direc tl y att ribut able to th e man co mpl etely respon sibl e for hi s deve lopm ent: Mr. Masayuki Watanabe. Again what is most unique about Tom Beach 's gymnast ics is not his technical mastery (Tom ex hibits great technical v irtuosit y, but it st ill is in a growth period. It w i[[ be yea rs before he is o n a W atanab eian leve l) but rath er the d eg ree of prep aration Mr. W atan abe has taken to read y Tom for th e [eve l he is now at. He is th e o ne and on ly gymn as t I have ever see n in thi s co untry and certa inl y the only one at las t weeks champion ships w ho exhibited no gross fundam ental weakness.

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co n't. from pg. 28 Ce rt ai nl Y he has weak nesses or rather strengths that ne ed more deve lopment i. e. ther e are man y areas where improvement ca n be mad e , ,(e.g. parallel support swing, ring handstand) but in no area has there bee n a gross lack of developm ent. He is f lexible, strong and well conditioned! But beyond that, it is most apparent that Tom ' s swin g concep t (his intuitive or immed iate un derstanding) is on a hig her plane than th e ph ys ical manifestation s of hi s art. Th at one's concept remain s ahead of one's ab il ities is abso lutely fundamenta l and in t he ve ry great major ity the reve rse is tru e; un dersta nd in g lags far behind superficia l p hysical capabi lity. The question then is how as I cla im he did, did M r. Watanabe affect this understandin g? My answer is, w ith in th e specificit y of h is trai ning tech n iq ues. Th ough my kno w leuge 0 1' Mr . Watanabe's ways is not as ' first hand as I would lik e it to be, I did train under him in forma ll Y in 1969 (a n expe ri ence I can on ly describe as incredible) and am familiar with many of hi s method s. O ne's initial experience wit h Mr. Wata nabe is o ne of disbeli ef and awe of h is ph ys ica l abilities and depth of know ledge. One 's seco nd react ion to hi s trainin g m ethods is o ne of frustration and boredom. Th e exe rcises are simpl e (littl e d id we know!) and incredibl y dull (100 sw ings on parallels, hand sp rings fro n t and back ad nauseum ), bu t n o matt er how we tried we co uld ne ver do them correctly. Da y after d ay we labored that summer feelin g like id iots ju st sw in ging ba c k and forth hour after hou r and ending with strange and tortorou s exe rcises after eac h worko ut. Mr. Watanabe w hose eng li sh at th at time was ve ry poor (he is n ow beaut ifull Y f luent) wo uld just sit and watch, occasiona ll y offering a smal l suggest ion via ha nd gesture or actu al demonstrat ion (we thrived on those!) . Actu all y ve ry little was ever sa id. At th e tim e we felt we were accom pli shin g littl e (we st ill co uldn 't do a bac k toss o r straight arm shoot) but we took everth ing o n faith (with Mr. Watanabe that 's an easy thing to do). Unfortu nat.e ly we lost our mentor to north ern Ca liforn ia and Berkeley just as we were getting our feet wet. The lesso ns we lea rn ed from him however wou ld always stay and ca rryover into everythin g we eve r tri ed . subsequenti y. G rad uallY as th e mo nt hs and years passed we bega n to see, to understand what this great Japanese mas ter was try in g to do for us with hi s in sa nel y repet it io us drill s and exercises. For after Mr. W atanabe left, we bega n to view gy mnasti cs from a different reference. No longe r were th ere 6 events and a m Yri ad o f different moveme nt s. Ea ch apparatus took on aspects of t he ot her w ith th e tec hn iques of eac h mutu all y interd epe n de nt. Ea ch move ment turn ed o ut to be just a variat ion of a co mmon th eme: basi c sw in g. At last we had a bas ic int ell ec tual co ncept of gymnastics . Bu t then anot her questio n arose: Why didn ' t he

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ju st co me right o ut and tell us thi s, we cou ld have lea rn ed so mu c h fast er? My qu est to answer this last q uestio n ha s laste d many years and take n many paths both aca demic and throug h the pursui t of other arts. Th e answer to th e quest ion I think sheds a great dea l of li gh t on th e subjec t of why gymnasti cs in this co untry is flound e rin g. it is not so much th at gy m nastics is not und erstood here; on the co ntrarY gymnast ic movements have been we ll and fai rl y we ll analy sed, qua ntifi ed sys temati zed. W hat t here is a who lesale lack of is a depth of feeli ng - an immediate 'sense of identity w ith spec ific m oveme nt. It is ju~t thi s se nse of ide nti ty w ith basic swin g movements tha t Mr. Watanabe u emanu s o'f his st ud ents prior to his iil st ru ct in g them at the act ual ro utine - co mpetitive leve l. Th e point of hi s end less drill s an d exercis e is to so th oro ughly acq uaint a stud ent wit h basic swin g co ncept th at awa reness of suc h is imm ediate and becomes so a pa rt of th e indi v idu al tha t it influ ences hi s every movem ent. Th ere is no amount of inte llectuali zing o n the subject (of sw ing) th at wi ll interna li ze th e co n ce pts on the practical leve l - it is o nly through the specificity of exercis e an d co untl ess repe titions that immedite aware ness (th e feeling of basic swing gym nas tics) is poss ible, and it is on ly at this le ve l that a foundation is strong eno ugh to develope the gym nast to a level par w ith ou r intell ectu al, abstractive understa nding of difficult high ri sk gy mna stics. Th e geniu s of Mr. Watanabe aga in is not seen in how we ll h e is ab le to teach the superi o r rated m ovements b ut rat her in how we ll he prepares his stu dents - to th e point whe re the learni ng of diffic ult moves becomes a relativel y simple pr oce,s. This poi nt brin gs to mind the words of one of gym nastics . most creat ive thinkers, Dann y Millman who once told me " ... if a trick tak es more than three tri es, yo u are not ready to do it." Thi s is absolut ely fundamental. Aga in w hat is so impressi ve about Tom Beach is not reall y w hat he does, but how ready he is to do or leM n anythin g. Both his unu ers tanding of bas ic swi ng in dn i ntell ec tu al se n se anu hi s awa reness of swin g co ncept o n a physical leve l are further d eveloped than his actua l specifi c gy mnastic mo veme nts leve l. Of all the up and co ming gymnasts t hat I have seen, it is o nl y Tom Beach that I ca n say tips th e scale in this way. Everyone else, an d the wome n are by far th e worst offenders, is de ve lopin g specific movement ahead o f co ncept. Too often thi s road leads to breakdow n. In the pas t the result of this imbalance (difficult y befo re phYsical and menta l awareness) lea d to fru st ration and failure (the gymnast was not ready to learn). Now with d iff iculty and risk to t he leve l th ey are now at, all too often t he res ult of hasty, improper prepara tion is serious injury (eith er traumatic, o r long term fatigu e) and in a few cases even deat h.

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The trend to greater and greate r risk in gymnastics ha s lead us to a cr isis p o int. We are fi gura ti ve ly and literally ki ll ing too many kid s thro ugh ignorance i n training iechn iqu e. Tec hni ca l exec ution mean s not hing if the gy mna st is incapa bl e of learning the techniqu e. W e mu st now enli st the aid of men like Mr . Watanabe w ho und ersta n d training ueve lupllle nt and im p lement specifi c trainin g programs th at are not time constrained. Our gym nas ts ca n no l onge r affo rd to be fund amentall Y wea k - t he ri sks are too great. Unfo rtun ately th ere is one great obs tacle in o u r path that preve nts our chang in g ou r ways. The specifi cit y of Mr. Wata nabe's training techniques req uires that the notions of where and when do not ex ist (at least in the begin ning). The awareness he demands ca n not be pushed. It deve lopes as it d eve lopes. Do not co nfuse a ta uto logy here and I am not wax in g philoso phi c. Wha t I m ea n is that fundame'ntal development must take it' s own course relat ive to ti me. Impat ie nce is a virt ue we can ill -afford. Repititi o n is not in the hun dreds, it is in t he ten s 0 1 tliou sd nu s. It is u nl y in this way that movement becomes a part of us. Th ere are no short-cut s nor pressures brou ght to bear th at will speed th e process. First we must learn how. Mr. Watanabe and those w ho have lear ned from hi m and ot hers like him can teach u s. Th en if we have the co urage and patience to imp lement what we lea rn we may at las t see the deve lop men t of gymnast ics in this co untry co mm ensurate wit h o ur pot enti al. A ll in all a b ig IF.

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du rillg h er p erl o rma nces. W h en at last she leMIl> to exec u te d lu ll tum (her hitch-k ick aeria l is beduti lu l b ut she still ca n 't turn aro und !) she wi ll cer tainl y ra n k amo ng th e top intern ati o nal bea m co m pe tit o rs. A lso wo rth ment ion in g we re goo d p erf o rm ances t urn ed i,l by Jo di Yocu m and Susa n A rc her. Jo d i is a fi ne up and co min g 路yo ung gy mn as t fro m t he Pe n nsylvan ia power b lock. She is a m em ber o f t he o utstand in g Parke tt s o rga ni za ti o n h ea d ed by Bill and D o nn a Str auss . Bi ll is proof positi ve th at so metim es good guys do n 't fini sh last. Ms. A rc her fro m th e th e pacific sid e is a m ember of th e KI PS orga ni za ti o n coac h ed by Ji m (Mr. D ed icat io n) Fo nt ain e. Su sa n is o ne o f th e newe r b ri gh t spots i n th e Kips lo n g li st o f o utstandi ng talents . We' ll hea r a lo t from her in th e f uture. Usua ll y rock -so lid Les li e Wo lfsbe rge r (SCATS) rea ll y had her tro ubles o n bea m at thi s m ee t. Wob blin g her way to an 8.6 co mpul so ry, Les li e had th e ex tr em e m isfo rtun e of b ein g o n th e p rac ti ce b ea m upstairs w hen o n e o f th e bea m su p po rts dec ided to co ll apse. Howeve r, in tru e So uthe rn Ca li fo rni a surfer bunn y trad iti o n Lesli e exec uted a n ea t littl e bo tt o m turn , we nt up th e crest and ro d e it all th e way into shore. As co m peti tio n shi fte d to va ul t in g (actu all y the two eve nt s were held co ncurrentl y) thin gs we ni fro m th e uni llS piri n g t o th e abysmal. It see med as if th e judges were watc hin g th e m en 's Pan A m tri als in stead o f ju dg in g Ya mas hit as . I got th e impress io n th at if a g irl go t th e va ult d ow n w ith a to uch of di stan ce she go t 9. 0 ~9.2 , Jnd iI she reall y du mped it sh e go t il.il. Th e b unc hing of th e sco res wen t fro m th e ri d icul o us to th e absurd. Vau lts wo rth m enti on in g were th e o n e's turn ed in b y Deni se Cheshi re, Sharo n Shapiro, Roxa nne Pi er ce, and Barb ie Myslak. Deni se and Sha ro n, coac hed as we all know by n ow by t ha t suave A ustr ia n Frit z Reite r, are tr ue va ult i ng technicians. Fritz, a fo rm er nati o nal va ulting champi o n (of A ustria) him se lf rea ll y understands thi s va ult and has hi s gymn asts executin g it we ll. Ches hi re, sh owin g exce ll ent re pul sio n and a dy nami c ope n i ng t ied fo r top ho nors at 9.4. Sharo n Sh apiro had th e b eginnin gs o f th e best va ult of th e meet (s u per rep ul sio n !) but had fo rm and land in g d if fi cul ties and co ul d o nl y manage 9. 1. Ba rbi e Myslak coach ed by nati o nal coac h M uri el G rossfe ld has a uniqu e sty le all her ow n. Any thi ng bu t th e class ic sprint er Ba rb ie co uld still go st rid e fo r strid e w ith Bo b H ayes o n a " d ow n Jnd o ut. 路路 W ith th at kin d of sp eed Im ig ht y Idst o n th e o l ' Reut er Imi ght ad d) layin ' down d " no t- too-shdbby" ya ill sas hita ain 't all th at to ugh . W ith t yp ica l Mys lak ve rve I:larb ie go t d own a ' rea l ni ce' 9.4 t o ti e Ches h fo r top hono rs in co m p ul sory va ulting. Right behin d Ches h and Barb ie at 9.35 was " Foxy Roxy" (th at 's Roxa nn e Pierce for those of yo u who aren 't as J.J. wo uld say, W ii ith iit! ) I mu st say it wa rm ed th e hea rt s of us O. T. 's (o ld timers) to see RQx back to se ri ous gy m nast ics. Coached by th e ve ry capab le Bill and Gi nn y Coco w ho h ead

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the ve ry successf ul Manne tt es Clu b, Roxa nn e has made a grea t comeback beginning now to app roach her champi o nship form of 1972. Class is Roxan ne·s mi dd le nam e an d I think man y peopl e are goin g to be su rp ri sed at th e 1976 vers ion of Roxa nn e Pierce. Session II in th e eve nin g began wit h co mpul sory se ts o n b ars and fl oor. If perfo rm ances in the morning co uld be d escri bed as dull and unin sp iri ng, the eve ning sets would have to be conside red as more than redee min g due main ly to some o ut standing bar pe rform ances. H ea ding the li st fo r kudos is Leslie Wolfsb erger, at prese nt she mu st be co nsid ered th e cuu ntlfs p remi er bar wo rk er. H er t ech lli cd l (~ xec uti u n is near fl awless w ith a se nse o f rh ythm and elega nce th at is brea thtaking. Wi th a b it m ore co nditionin g and st rength training, Les li e is ce rt ainl y a m eda l threa t for Mon treal. H er 9.6 bar comp ul so ry does n ·t tell th e who le story. Th oug h o th ers were close , Lesli e is in a class by herself because of her elega nce. Not to be com pl e tely out done , and close · o n th e heels o f Ms. Wolfsbc rge r was Deni se Cheshire. A n accomp li shed ba r techni cian w ho ce rt ainl y deserved her 9.5 co mpul so ry sco re, De ni se mu st lea rn to give th e impress io n th at she sw in gs w ith greater freedom . At p resent her st yle is too ri gid to break th e 9.5 barr ier. Also showin g she is cl ose to sw in gin g w ith th e best is Kolleen Casey. At 9.35 Ko ll ee n ex hibited man y fin e swin g qualiti es. A bit m o re ex p eri ence wi ll find Koll een amon g thi s country 's premier bar wo rk ers. Floo r Exercise saw mos t girl s giv in g cred ib le perform ances o f a ra th er du ll co mpul so ry th at is ove rshad o wed by mu sic (I use th e term loose ly) th at is patentl y aw ful. The top ho no rs in th e eve nt we nt to W o rld C hampion ships tea m m·e m ber Kath y Howa rd usin g her ex trao rd in ary leap in g abilit Y to grea t ad va ntage and turning in a high en ergy t hea tri ca l perform ance, th e ve ry pretty M s. Howa rd b lew o ut th e ot her co mpetit o rs wit h a sco re of 9.50. Certainly th e most acco mpl sih ed da nce r of the group was 1972 Ol Ympi c Tea m m ember Nancy Th eis.Also making a va li ant co meba ck try Ms . Th eis is b eg innin g to retum to her Ol Ympi c fo rm . Sin ce we· re talking dance , a mos t no teworth y p erformance was also tum ed in b y Muriel G ro ss feld ·s D eni se W alker. A class ic anglo beaut y M s. Wa lke r ex hibi ts an ex qui site dance sty le that leaves little doubt as to why Jacq ues Domboi s has bee n trying to woo h er over to th e New York Cit y Ballet Compa ny th e last coup le Years . A reca p of th e all- arou n d to tal s at th e end of th e compu lso ry sess io n saw Deni se Cheshire, on th e vi rtur e of rock steady cons istency ti ed at 36.65 with Ta mm y M an vill e of th e Arizo na Twi sters. In third place was Les li e W o lfsberger (SCATS) at 36. 60, f o llowed b y seve n girl s bu nched aro ulld th e 36. 00 - 36.30 tot al. Obvio uslY at the end of compu lso ri es it was still anyo ll e·s m ee t.

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Though al l o f us were d isappo illt ed at th e number of top co mpet it or s w ho sc rat ch ed th is yea r ·s Elit e m ee t, those w h o did compete we re out to prov e (and th ey d id so) that th ey d ese rved to be i ll th e top rankin gs. We ce rt ainl y wish sp ee d y recove ry to ;/1 rank ed Jan nette Anderso n and o th er memb ers of th e to p eschelon, D iane Du n bar, A nn e Carr, and Deb bi e Fik e all o ut of thi s yea r ·s competi ti o n du e to injuri es. A lso a w ish o f con tinu ed success to KI P Kelley Munc ie now co mp etin g fo r th e co untry of her ci ti ze nship, Canada. Back to th e mee t - Thursda y' s opt iona l co mpetiti on began in ear nes t at 11 :00 in th e m o rnin g o n vau lt ing and ba lance bea m.

Pauline Litowsk y

Ko ll ee n Cas ey aga in b lew every bod y's mind (as she did at th e q ualifyin g meet in Reno) w ith an unrea l f ull-t wis tin g hand sprin g. With a .2 land in g fault sh es till sco red a well dese rved 9.7. Right behind Koll ee n was Ripl ey's b eli eve -itor-not girl Debb ie Wi lcox and her RO pikeback . Du e to re-entr Y diffic ulti es, D ebbi e cou ld only m anage 9.4, but th e va ult was still spectacul ar. At 9.5 h oweve r, was Tammy Manvill e executin g a ya mas hita Yl . Not to take anyt hin g away from Tamm y w ho is a fin e gymnast , b ut a 9.5 for a Yama shita Yl even execu ted pe rfec tl y (w hi ch it was n't) is ridi culous for a co m pe titi o n of th is cal iber. Jud ges, thi s is 1975 n ot 1962 ! Wake up and

relate!! Th at va ult in an Elit e co mpetiti o n shouldn·t eve n be wo rth 9.5. A nd 0 11 th e other side of the co in , Barbi e M ys lak att emptin g the m ost diffi cult vau lt a wO lilan ·s ever done (do ubl e fr ont) co uld no t m aint ain landin g balan ce and had to sit down. Ev en w ith th e 1.00 deduction for sittin g it o ut an 8.1 5 score was ri d icul o usly low. H ad Barbi e stood it up she 'd have sco red 9. 15. 9. 15 for a doub le fro nt , 9.5 fo r a Yamashita Yl . ··Ea rth to Ent erprise - beam me aboa rd! ·· Balance bea m o pti o nals I·m glad to report was a vas t improvem ent ove r th e com pul so ries. On ce agai n Kyle Ga y nor was in a class by herse lf. Us in g her trade mark - a doub le aer ial co mbin at io n and a tour jete (I st ill maint ai n yo u have to have a sc rew loose so mewhere to tr y a tour jete on a fo ur in ch pla nk! ) Kyle took top ho nors at 9.55. The ··Hai r· · awar d has to go to Debb ie Wilcox however. She is actu all y crazy enou g h to try a fr o nt flipon beam! FUl1llything about it is that she mak es it! 'Co urse Debb ie's gonna have to ge t so m e m il es beh in d her th e " Mad before she ca n chall enge Somer sa ulter ·· Jh oe Ave jo n .of Pa sa dena Ca li fo rni a. Jh oe has bee n kn own to m ake (for a requi sit e amou nt of cas h of course) a back ·flip on a bar stool in th e d ar k, drun k (h e·s n o t dumb enoug h to try it so ber! ). Keep piu gg in ' D ebb ie - also of n o te in th e ba lance beam co mp etition was Tamm y Ma nvill e's 9.45 perfor mance. A most elegant performer w ith grea t presence, Tammy is a m os t beau ti ful bea m wo rker . Beam unfort unat ely proved th e undoin g of Leslie Wo lfsb erger. Working too slowly Lesli e ran ove rtim e, lost d ismo unt c red it and co ul d o nl y manage an 8.5. Th e error dropped h er fro m 2nd to 7th place in the fin al all -around standin gs. As in th e compul so ry sessio n, uneve n bars was th e hi ghli ght of th e opt iona ls, w ith seve ral girl s at o r above the 9.5 mark. As in va ultin g howeve r, th e ju dges had little o r nu idea what th ey were lo o king at. Quite obv ious ly th e to p ro utin e was Les li e Wolfsberg er. H er gli ding tec hnique is ju st incred ib le as is her entire swing co ncept. Executin g a beau ti ful Ri gb y fr on t and reve rse hecht Yl co upled w ith exce ll ent swin g exec uti o n Lesli e more th an deserved her 9.5. My o nl y co mpl ain t about Les li e·s perfor ma nce is h er p i rouett i ng tec hni que. Her late hand c hange does no t all ow her to fini sh in a hand sta nd. Th e o nl y ot h er compet it ors i n Les li es c lass we re Deni se Cheshi re (a superi or bar tec hni cia n ) and Debbie Wi lcox (a p erformer o ut o f G ree k mytho logy). Th e o ption al w inner however (aga in I don ·t w ish to m ali gn a prove n internationa l gy mn ast , but to bring u p judgin g we irdnesses) wa s Kat hy H owa rd. Kat h y is a grea t gy mna st but she is not a 9.6 bar worker. He r t ec hni ca l exec uti o n is not up to par (no w here nea r the 9.6 leve l) and her d ismount (toe circ le back flip ala Korbut) is o f questionable lega lit y. Rou tin es of no te agai n con't. o n pg. 58

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AAU Pholos by loW. Ward

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Koji Saito , 2nd AA

Roxanne Pierce, 1st AA

1975 AAU NATIONAL GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

New York Athletic Club , Team Champions

Team Champions

AAU SENIOR NATIONALS Women

Team

Photos by LW. Ward

1. Philade lphi a Gymnastics Center 2. Southern Connec ticut Gym Cl ub

3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Sy rac use Schoo l of Gym nas ti cs Gy mn astics O lympica l ouisv ill e Gym nas ti cs Utah Academy of G ym n astics M ini Ho ps Gymnast ics

Legend Burn sville Gym. , Burn sville, M inn. (BCM) Biron Gy m , Housto n, TX (BG) Chace Sch. Gym., Fl a. (CSG) Dixieland Tapps, Baton Roug e, La. (OT) Doraville, Ga . (D) Gymnastics Incorporated, Seallle, Wash. (G I) Gym Miami , Fla . (GM) Gym na st ics Olympica, LA, Ca . (G O ) Gymna estrada, Miami , Fla. (C ) Issa quah, Wash: (IW) Lo uisville, GYmn. , Lo uisv ille, KY (LG) McKeesport Turn e rs, McKeesport, Pa. (MT)

Koji Saito , 2nd AA

220.65 217.90 210.60 209.40 206.10 201 .90 199.95 Mini-Hops, Mpls. Minll . (M H) Or egon Acad emy of Art. Gymn. , Eugene, Or. (OAAG) O lympiad, Wilmingt o n, D el. (0 ) Oza rk Gymn. Empire, Springfield, Mo. (OGE) Parkelle s Gymn., Allentown, Pa . (PG) Philadelphia Gymn. Center, Phil. Pa. (PGC) Ri viera Bea ch Gym, Fla . (RBGT) So. Conneclicut Gym Club (SCGC) St. Paul Turn e rs, Mi nll. (SPT) Syracuse School of Gym, Sy racuse, NY (SSG) Utah Acad. of Gym, Ulah (UAG) W in sto ne ll es, Mo ntr eal , CA (W)

Russ Hoffman, 1st PH GYMNAST July '75

Ann Ca rr. 2nd AA

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Name V UPB FX To tal TOTAL 1. Roxanne Pierce C 9.40 9.35 9.20 9.05 37.00 Phil Gym Cenler. 0 9.00 9.25 9.35 9.30 36.90 73.90 2. Ann Ca rr C 9.20 9.25 8.85 9.30 36.60 Phil. Gym Cenler 0 9.35 9.45 8.70 9.55 37.05 73.65 3. Kalh y Sholwell C 9.20 9.00 8.70 9.10 36.00 Gym Miami 0 9.25 8.90 9.05 9.30 36.30 72.30 4. Sharon livieri C 9.20 8.90 8.55 8.75 35.40 So. Conn. Gym Club 0 9.20 8.75 9.25 9.30 36.50 71.90 5. Barbara Can lwe ll C 9.10 8.95 8.60 9.05 35.70 0 8.80 9.15 9.20 8.95 36.10 71.80 Phil. Gym Center 6. Jan Anlhony C 9. 15 9.00 8.85 8.75 35.75 Phil. Gym Ce nl e r 0 9. 10 8.95 8.90 9.00 35.95 71.70 7. Barbie M ys lak C 9.15 9.20 8.60 9.00 35.95 0 9. 20 7.95 9. 10 9.20 35.45 71.40 So. Conn. Gym Club 8. Jill Heggie C 9.05 8.85 8.80 9.20 35.90 So. Conn. Gym Club 0 8.85 9. 10 8.50 8.75 35.20 71.1 0 9. Na ncy Theis C 9.00 9.05 8.55 9.15 35.75 0 8.85 9.15 8.30 9.00 35.30 71.05 Acad. of Art. Gym. 10. Debbie Alston C 8.80 8.85 9.00 8.70 35.35 Phil. Gym Ce nl er 0 8.95 9.10 8.70 8.90 35.65 71.00 10. Janice Baker C 8.90 8.80 8.65 9.10 35.45 Syr. Sch. of Gym. 0 8.85 9.00 8.50 9.20 35.55 71.00 Denise Cheshire (GO ) 70.85; Nancy Jones (PGC) 70.70; Sharon Shapiro (GO) 70.65; Nancy McDonnel l (W) 70.60 ; Lesli e Harris (PGC) 70.50; Denise Walker (SCGC) 70.50; Cole Dowaliby (SCGC) 70.45; She ll y Bier (PGC ) 70.35; Sharon Palmer (DT ) 70.30; Ma rcey Lev in e (0) 70.10; Lise Arsena ult (W) 70.05; Kelli Slephenson (PGC) 69.95; Karen Radulski (CSG) 69.90; Jan Ahten (GI) 69.85 ; Kolleen Casey (SPT) 69.825; Mary Eigel (LG) 69.70; Ma ry Heidenwolf (PG) 69.60; Diane Ellingso n (UAG) 69.55; Jo Ann Belt z (PG) 69.50; Teresa McDonne ll (W) 69.35; Pall i Ca rmicha e l (PGC) 69.00 ; Ei lee n Hu ck (GM) 68.90; Debbie Co nsta nl en (SSG) 68.90; Lisa Mart in (GM) 68.80; Denise Ri ve l (S PT ) 68.75; Susan Brooks (RBGT) 68.45; Shan Cole man (UAG) 68.40; Shari Lud w ig (LG) 68.30; Gayle Anderson (OGE ) 68.30; Kalhy Rafo lski (MT) 68.25; Laura Hemberger (SCGC) 68.25; Kalhy Johnson (D) 68.20; Th eresa Thompson (BG) 68.05; Mary Roesler (SSG) 68.05; Shelia Ewer (M HG) 68.05; Diane Nason (GO) 67.90; Lon Kenl ( ~<"' 1 67.80; linda Nelson (LG) 67.45; Robyn Nickerson (SSG) 67.15; Lynn Torgerson (M H) 66.80; Mallory Perkins (G) 66.40; Karen Hem berger (~CGC)65 . 35; Eli za be lh Greene (M H) 65.10; Cin dy Trahan (LG ) 65.10; Juli e Brooks (UAG) 63.95; Kalhy Dodd (LG) 63.85; Wendy Warde n (IW) 62.95; Diane Preves (SCGC) 61.25. Floor Exercise: Ann Carr 9.425; an ey Theis 9.250; Kath y Shotwell 9.200; Roxanne Pierce 9. 175; Ja ni ce Baker 9.150; Patti Carm ic ha e l 9.125. Balance Beam: Roxa nn e Pie rce 9.275; Denise Wa lk er 9. 125; Patl i CharmichaeI8.975; Sha ron Palmer 8.95; Barba ra Ca nt we ll 8.90j Sha ron li vier i 8.90. Vault: l es li e Ha rri s 9.475; An n Carr 9.275 ; Kath y SholweIl9. 225; Koll ee n Casey 9.225; Roxanne Pierce 9.20; Barbie Myslak 9. 175; Den ise Cheshire 9. 175.

Un eve n Pa ra lle l Bars: Alln Carr 9.350; Roxan ne Pierce 9.300; McDonnell 9.075; Dialle Ellingson 9.050; Sharo n Painter 9.050.

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all ey Th e is 9.100; Nancy

All-Around

C/ O FX V PB PH R HB Total TOTAL C 8.60 8.00 9.30 9.00 8.60 9.05 52.55 0 8.70 9. 10 9.50 9.20 9.20 8.75 54.45 107.00 C 8.80 8.20 B.55 9.00 9.10 8.85 52.50 0 8.65 8.95 9.40 8.85 9.05 9.45 54.35 106.85 C 8.85 7.35 8.50 9.00 9.10 9.30 52.10 0 8.70 8.55 9.40 8.90 9.30 9.50 54.35 106.45 C 8.65 7.75 8.55 8.90 9.20 8.85 51.90 0 9.10 9.05 8.90 B.95 9.15 9.00 54.15 106.05 C 9.05 8.05 8.10 8.15 B.95 B.25 50.55 0 9.20 9.10 9.30 9.35 9.30 9.1 0 55.35 105.90 C 8.90 8.60 B. l 0 8.60 8.BO 8.10 51.10 0 8.90 8.95 9.35 8.30 9.15 9.55 54.20 105.30 C 8.25 7. 10 9.15 9.25 B.70 8.90 51.35 0 8.95 8.55 9.50 B.35 B.65 B.75 52.75 104.10 C 8.30 7.65 B.25 8.75 7.90 9.30 50. 15 0 8.25 8.45 8.75 8.80 9.15 9.75 53.15 103.30 C 8.B5 8.40 7.95 9.15 8.95 7.45 50.75 8.65 6.45 8.90 9.30 9.40 9.50 52.20 102.95 0 C 7.45 8.40 8.B5 8.95 B.40 B.45 50.50 0 8.45 8.35 9.10 9.00 8.90 7.90 51.70 102.20 Jell Rock (U nallached) 100.55; Jam es Culhan e (NY AC) 100.10 ; Jay Whe lan (N YAC) 99.85; Ray Gura (C leve land . O H) 98.75; Earl Melzler (Paoli . Pa.) 97.70; Ri chard Ol1 ysko (NYAC) 96.90; Carl Walin (U ni v. 01 Neb) 96.55; Tom Kovic (Massapequa. NY) 96.20; Kim Wall (S IU.Carbondale, 111.) 95.25; Nick Alise IMiles Gym club. FI. lauderdale, FL ) 76.75.

Nam e 1. Mike Carter Unattached, BalOn Rouge, l ao 2. Koji Sai lo Hu skY Gym Club . Seall ie. Wash. 3. Brenl Simmons Mo lin e, Il linois 4. Ba rt Conner Mono n Grove. Illi noi s 5. Peler Korman New Yo rk Alh lelic Club, NY 6. Lene Whela n New York Alh le li c Club, NY 7. larry Ge rard Univ.ol eb .. lincoln. eb. 8. Tim Shaw Ca. Gym nast ics. Tarzana, Ca li f. 9. Shill suki Shoji Memphb Gym. ~ch .. Mem. I 10. lee Douglas

Pommel Horse: Ru ssel Hoffma n 9.45; Cha rl es Ri chards 9.25; Ge ne Whelan 8.775; Mike Turpin 8.75; j.lmes ~lephensol1 8.70; Peler VaslO la 8.675. Horizontal Ba r: Ti m Shaw 9.525; Brenl Simmons 9.400; Koji SailO 9.150; Stephen Bizal 9.050; Bart Cu nn er 8.925; Mike Ca rter 8.900. Para lle l Bars: I3re nt Sim mo ns 9.200; Ban COll l1 e r 9.175; ~hill~huki ~ huji 9. 175; Peter Kormann 9.125; Koji ~,1i1O 9.075; Gene Whelan 8.975. Ring s: Mike CJrler 9.40; l arry Ge rard 9.325; Pete Stud enski 9.25; Glenn M ille r 9.1 25 ; l ee Dougla s 8.975; Koji ~ailO 8.975; Michael Hem), 8.975. Vauh: ~hi n s huki ~hoji 9.225; Ja mes Step he nso n 9.200 ; Mike Carter 9.100; ROil Galimore 9.075; Brent ~illlmoll ~ 9.050; Me lvi n Hill 9.00. Floo r Exercise: ROil Calimure 9.175; Peter Kormanll 9. 125; Ja y Whelan 9.05; Duane Wes t 9.00; Gene ""hel.HI 8.90; I3drt Co nn e r 8.875.

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Linda (Metheny) Mul vi hill demonstrates parts of the noor exercise while th e crowd parti cipates in unison . Delene Darst keeps an eag le eye on the t ext. makin g c orrectionsand making sure th e demonstrators p er form as th e d esc ripti o n pre scribes.

USGF MASTER CLINIC REPORT To d ay. JUli e 2nd , 1975, Ihere are three hundre d ,llld seve nt y lired, so re, h app Y, J lld ve ry lu c ky gY llln as ts, coac h es, dnd judg es in th e U nit ed Slal e, . We ,dl ju st arrived h o m e from 1 er re H ,lLIl e, Ilidi dlld. h o m e of I he In diallJ Stdte U lli ver; il Y dnd Mrs. Gre te Tr eib e r, w h o 50 gracio u, ly h os l e d th e l i rst USG F Co mpul so ry Ma ste r liinic eve r 10 b e ope ll ed to th e publi c. M rs. D elen e UMSI. Vice C hdirman o f th e USGF WO lll en ', 'I ecllll ic,d Comm itt ee dn d an FIG i:lr evt' l e d Judge hdS wo rk e d lor seve n Ye M S On th e di lli cu ll j ob o f coo rdin atin g Ihe compo, in g , lilmin g and w ritin g of o ur Na ti o ll al co mpul so ry ro utin es. She WdS th ere to coo rdindte Ihe c li n ic, dnd m ake sure d e lll o n st r,lIion, we re dlw,IYs acc urale, acco rd i n g 10 th e IH~ W tex t. Sh e dlld h e r co mmillf!e were abl e to produce an ullO fficia l tex i soo n e nou gh for th e clill ic. bl eh p arti cip,1I11 rece ived o ll e of th ese co p ies. Durin g Ih e co urse of th e clin ic mdll Y mi sldk es, oolh ill Ihe l ex t ,1I1d p iClures, we re d e l ('~ lled , di ,cu s;e d . c hang ed , re drdwil o r c larili ed . l3 y Ihe lillw Ih l:' o lli c i,lIl ex t co m esou l. (II w ill be I'l ~ .ld y .l lih e U) GI Of fice ill l ucson b y Our hostess , Grete Treiber and her husband

mid-jul y) yo u wi ll b e ge tlill g th e m os l dccur,ll e se t 01 co mpulsori es I h,1t hd ve eve r be en produ ced in Ihe U nit e d ) tdt es. 1 h ey M e b('aulilu-ll y wr itt e ll dlld i llu slr,lled . Thi s time Ih e draw in g' .I re rig hl w ith th e pMI S o llh.! tex t Ilw y d ep ic t. I h ey M e so mu c h eds ie r 10 un derst.llid. At Ih e b eg innin g of edc h eve n I Ihe r f! is .l li sl 01 ge ll er,1I w hi ch wou ld b e Idken l o r f' n ors 0 11 th.!t eve nt. A I Ih e e llli of edc h rou t ill<" Ih ere i, .I sh ort li st of mor e sp ec i fic dedul.l io n s lor th e routin e. rh ey hJ ve .1 150 li sted eve ry e l e llll~ llt I h ey com id e r 10 b e med ium or , up erior ,0 Ihdt we k n ow what Ih e d edu cti o n wi ll b e i f o n e is o mitt e d. M u ch l ess memory work wi ll bl ' in vo lve d dnd mu ch m ore judgeme lll will be encou rage d Oil th e pMI of Ih e jud ges. Mrs. j dckle h e. Ch difillan of Ih e U~ CF WO IlH'! n ', 1 ech ni( ,II COlllmil l ee WdS o n hdnd to a n SW f~ r ,III qu e, ti o l lS o ll ec hlli ca ill dture about II,.. ju d gi n g 0 1 Ihe roulille s. rh is Wd S ve r y hf'lplul ; h owever Ill us t 01 th e fJ dI'l ic ipdnl s were so bu ,y Ju , 1 Iry in g to ledl'll th e ro utin es Ih ,1t the y did 110t eve ll I hink 0 1 mdllY of Ih e qu e'> li o n, 0 11 lud gi n g Ih.ll M e sure 10 dl'i se ,lile l Ihe y h,l v(' Jud ged 1111'111 d lew lim e,. It w,l sg redt 10 h.lv(' h er thl' lI ' 10 gel u s slMt ed thin king alo ng 11l<' '' ~ lilll" Ih oug h. dllLl .l few p eo p le did Ihin k u l p f~ ll i l l('nl qU (',l io", 0 11 jud g ill g. I Ill' ciillili,nl s we rl.' dc tu,lIl y Ih e dUlhors of th l' l o utill e> Ihe m 'l' lves. Li llLla M ul v ih il l co mp os( ~ d I hI.' Il oCH exen:i,e ro ulill es .dnd Ih ey Me db,o lut e ly love l Y. Ea ch Olle is dOlle 10 di ll('I f' nl Illu sic Ihi , lilll e. I h ey M e ,dl very d ill f' lI! nl. but l o ll ow a lugi c,d jJrogre ss iun of , kill. I hI' 10 ullIll!S dl'1' quill.' co nljJl ex d dIH'ew isl' , , II H) wlll ll 'quII( ' goo d b,1I1 1.'1 and nlOd em d,1I 1ce Iraillllig 10 fJl'rlol"ln we ll. I h ere dl'l' Illa ll Y bpduiliul bod Y WdVI',. all d Mm <1I1d 10 1'>0 mO V(' Ill<'l lls. 11 '1 hlli( ,II l um, all d led fJ " besid es Ill<' u ldlllal Y .l( mil,lt i( .111.1 IUl11blill g skill ,. 10 pl'ilOl ll l t ill' r()ulin,-' , .I S Mrs, Mu lvih ill delllo ll , trdled w ill Idk e .I diSli n c t sem iti v it y 10 mu ,> i( beSi d es Ih e db ili lY to execu te th e ski ll s wi lhili.

By Renee Hendershott

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GYMNAST July '75

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d emoll, lr,lte lor her. I he o ri gill,iI p erfo rill e r 0 11 Ihe l ilin> Wd, ulhlbl e to all e ll d , but Kimber did d ve l Y Ilil(~ lob 0 1demO ll stratill g all thr ee leve ls. M I '. I路 ld " hl , cOII, tru cted Ih e exe rci ses so thdt Ihey .If(' ,III ve ry , imilM d lid edSY to lea rn fo r th e jud ge,. dlld YI~ I , how well thou ght o ut pr ogre" io ll, I ro m leve l to leve l. She all oweu lor ,I lo t 0 11 re euolll ill sty li Lilig th e routill es dli U gave u , m,III Y 0 1 Ihe poss i b le ways of doill g op ti o ll ,1I lurn , ,11Il1 .Hm move m ell ts. She did ,II I ext r,lOrdillJril y th oro u gh job of exp laillill g th e prope r tec hlliqu e for eve ry , illgl e , kil l ill c!,lch roulille ill ci uuill g udllce tec hll iqu e, w hi ch M e oi teliliol we ll cove red in ("Iilli( , . Rod Hill. dutho r 0 1 Ih e bM ro utill es brought Kitty Kjeldsen addresses NA WGJ members at theirdinner meeting . thirt ee ll yedl o ld Li ,,1 ~ull e r to u emon strdt e .I II th l Pe Ic!ve l, . She .11 50 WdS g ive ll th e task of . chairmen and their boards atte nded the NA WGJ dinner meet ing. d o ill g th e v,lUlts , ill ce Kdre ll Pato il e, w ho wo rk ed th em o ut. WdS ullable to dllellu t he c lilli( . I he b,1I ,11Il1 vd ult d em o ll stratiolls we nt ex pecII'dl y quit e rdpi dl y . w ith a lew question s 0 11 po> , ibl, ~ dlllplilUd e 0 11 b,l rs, amJ juu g ill g d ed ucti oll> 011 buth eve llt s. A, lor th e orgdll iLdt io ll of th e cli ni c. M rs. 1 reiber did .I I reill e lid ous job ... in fdCI. .. ullbe li evdb le! I hi , i,d Idd y w ith Ih e fore sig ht of a ( hampioll c he" pldy e r all u th e taste of an M isl oLrd !. 1 he ( Ii lli c i bell we ill li ke clo ckwo r k . She hau c urt esy vall> ,lIld bu ses to tr all spo rt dll yo ne w hu lI e , ~ ded ,1 riu e to dliU from th e gy m eve ry dd Y ,lIld lu dlld fro III .I ll Y plann eu m ee tillg . or dilili er. o r Pdrt y. rhi s wo m all k ll ew ahe,l d 0 1 tilll e ju , t w here everyo ll e was all u w he ll dlld w here th ey lI eeu eu to go anu go t Ihel11 Ih,~ r e. I cu uldll 't be liev e itl She eve ll p er,o ll dl ly Ill et u, .I t th e dirp ort UPOII arr iva l! A ll I he routi IH~, we re viu eo taped b y h e r audiovisu al c rew eac h day and were pla yed repe,lI ed ly by Olle 0 1 th e crew every m orn ill g lor ,1I1 YO !H' w hu le lt like gellill g up ea rl y e ll oug h 10 , Iudy Ih em. I hi s WdS a treme ndo u s h elp. l' ridd Y Ilighl t here W,I> d dilille r m ee tin g of Ihe dtioll,1I A"oc idtioll for Wom ell's C ynllld , ti( lud ge, ope ll 10 all S)O, R)O , anu bu,lId n H' lll b,~ r , . I h ,~ r e WdS d tre m e llu o us lurll uul dlld lot , 0 1 e lllhu siasm aill o ngs t it s n w mbpl , . Sd lurd,IY Ili g hl ,I Idlge Pdrt y was helu at th e Sh e rdl u ll 11111 w il h .I cds h bar dlld a beautiful dillll(,1 , pledd dOlldt ed b y C YIll-Kili . C ym - Kill wa, .It th e (" lilli e w ith .I ve ry cre,l ti ve lill e of lI ew al HJ i ll l(,I<.', l illg icu t,mls dllU other dccessor ies. Lisa who demonstrated all of the vaults and bar routines lOOkS over the compulsories with Debbie Hill. A t I ll(' (,lid 01 I h ,~ c lill ie, Mrs. rr eibe r gdve coach and wife of Rod Hill who composed the bar and vault exercises. Linda Mulvihilland Marie Bilske (r(' d il l u Lili d W d(" hl e l w ho had co m e ill .I few check overthe text before the clinic s tart s. Ex hauste d Carolyn Bowers rests upon Jan Heppners' knee . da y, ' ~d ll y tu 1H'lp he r ge t reddy, dliU to h e r hu , b,IIH I w ho hdd . b y th eil , becom e quit e dll f' XP"11 hO ll >!!k'路'路p'.' r dlld cuok. We ledrned , 100. th,1I w(' hdd hdd w ilh us, two visit o r, frolll Sout h Al li ld. ~ li l<lbe lh ~lt er hu L i e ll frolll I'rdlo rid .111(1 Nell y l' Il Yllldlllrum )ohd llil esb urg, w ho h dd CO Ill( ' tu o b,e rve Ih e d illi c A, th(' Id\ll ('w Illillul es drew Il e.n, so me ve ry ( o lOilul g il b we re Illdrc hed ill . Ever yo ll e w ho kid Idllghl. delllllll, l rdt ed . dllli acted .I" (001 di lld l ol. ,omulldlll. el c. WdS p reseill ed wil h .I Il)\o(' ly .I I Ii, It' Ilidde 0 1,o li d , il ve r, ("h O'>e II w ilh Ill(' lItlllll> 1 III td , I('. 1'111 le llill g you, Ihis (lilli, hdd C LASS ... do w il l u the Id St sil ve r w ill e gld ~ ~!

LAH R: We shall brin g you some 01 the tec hnical det'l ils disc ussed on the new compulsories wh e n we have a c han ce to digest the m. GYMNASl Jul y '75

Photos by Renee Hendershot I

NIPPON GYMNASTICS CLUB USA COMPETITION / EXHIBITION TOUR 1975 Report

by Makoto Sakamoto Tour Dhector

May, 1975 wi ll be an unforgett able tim e for the six young japanese gy mnasts and coac hes of th e Ikeda Nippon Gymnastics C lu b. The youngest member was Satomi Ohno, an outstand in g eleven year o ld whose back flip on the balance bea m was her m ost impressive stunt. Th e nex t youngest at thirt ee n was Sumiko Arai who received perh aps the hi g hes t mark on the tour, a 9.60 o n her yamas hita vault. There were three gymnasts at fourteen: Satoko Okazaki , the best gymnast in th e group whose exce ptional twi sting stunts (handsprin g with a full twi st , aerial front with full twist on th e beam, etc.) c hara cte ri zed her routin es; Michiko Saito, a most b ea utiful g irl who lea rn ed n ew stunts along the way and was ab le to fit th em into rout in es toward s th e end of th e tour ; and Shoko Hirooka, a tall and expressive gymnast who t oo k advantage of h er jazz- lik e danci ng sk ills. Th e se nior yo un g member was sixteen yea r o ld Kumiko Ta naka, a se nsiti ve and charming lady who showe d most dYnamism on the uneven bars. The coach of th e team was Keiko Ikeda, th e on ly j apanese Go ld Medalist in women's gymnastics. Th e spott e r and assistant coa ch was 22 yea r o ld Takayuki

Shinkawa, a ta ll and good natured young bachelor. Yumiko Taki se was th e chape rone and the va luable int erprete r. I also he lped w ith th e int(~ rf.lr e ting , d lU.J at Salt Lak e Cit y led the audi e nce in the signin g of th e Star Spangled Banner. The tour wh ic h began o n the first flight from Tok yo to Los Angeles o n Ma y 2 and ended on the retu rn fli ght back to j apa n in th e late part of Ma y was spo nsored by th e Culver City Gymnastic , C lu b and SundbY Sports Publi ca tion s. During th e j apa nese visit in th e Un it ed States, seve n cities host ed them by entertaining, feed in g, and housing the delegation. M ay 4th w ill sta nd out in th e minds of th e young people from di sta nt japa n. They w ill see, hear, and se nse th e m ag ical world of Disney land when in their co untry again, as they close th eir eyes and let m emori es co me alive. M ay 5th was th e first ex hibition at the Culver City Veteran's Memoria l Auditorium , w ith adde d attracti o ns from Sharon Shapiro and D eni se Cheshire, and a unique experime nt in gymnastic ball et se t to th e musi c of the Grand Canyon Suite, Th e audi ence was more than GYMNA~T

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sa ti sfi ed with th e eve ning . The j apanese girl s were on th e whole sluggish, but even in th eir sl ug gishn ess the y kept good form. One felt at thi s point , th at th e in sistence 0 11 form on each stunt sepa rat ed th e j apanese and Amer ica n girl gymn as ts. Th e nex t stop , w hic h was in Fr esno, Ca liforn ia w ill bring to mind not o nl y th e fin e perform ances by the japanese and th e gyrnnasts frorn th e Fresno Gy m Club, but th e fun and fest ive (happY-birthda y) sin gin g atmo sp here of Farr ell 's Ice Crea rn Parlor. The visit to th e latt er toppe d, in styl e, th e fes ti ve decor which began in th e gy mn asiu m of th e ex hibiti o n, wi th japanese fans and fl owers, and culrninat ed in th e glitt erin g ca nd ies and co lo rs o f Fa rrell 's Restaurant. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Littr eu, Mr. and Mrs. Lippert , and Mr. and Mrs. Nev in s were host fa mili es. Bob Levesq ue, the coach of the Fresno Gym tea rn , and j oa nne Fleming, th e clubs secre tarY, we re an ef fi cient tea rn. Rob ert Lewis Stevenson o nce described th e Monter(~y PenillSuld dS th e mos t beautiful sce ne where th e water m ee ts th e land. It is too bad that the tea rn co ul d not have stayed lo nger. There was standing roo rn o nl y att endan ce at th e gyrnnas iurn of th e p ark-like ca rnpu s of Monterey Penin su la Co ll ege. Spotlight introduction s of th e j apanese girl s, Torn Weeden, Torn Beac h and rnyself kicked o ff a drarnatic show emceed by Go rd o n Maddox. The j apa nese food se rved after th e ex hibiti on was a co rnu co pia of ea tin g delights donated by the loca l j apanese-Arnericans. Sp ecial th ank s go to Mr. and Mrs. Na kasa k o, th e Uyeda s, juli e Yorichi, and Mr. and Mrs. Torabayashi for offering th eir roorn s and fee din g the tearn. Good old Charlie, Mr. Charl es Po nd th at is, tr ea ted the curious and trave l hun gry japanese to a rnost interes tin g and funn y person alit y, narnel y, hirn se lf. Mrs. Ikeda co uld not ge t over how similar Charlie sou nded to j o hn Wayne. The pl aces th at come to mind inclu de the Bingharn Copper Mine , th e Morrnon Tabern ac le Cho ir Templ e, and th e sk i-reso rt area, Snowbird . Th e co mpe titi o n at Skyline High Sc hool was a so mewha t easy vic to ry for th e Utah A ll -Sta rs. Th e day before departing for D enve r, the j apanese (na ti ves of) Salt Lak eC it y, hosted a buff et recept io n th at in cluded much needed and no stal gic j apanese pick les. Th e Ellingson's, Davidson's , and th e Schwab 's accornodated th e children in th eir hom es . Denv er was the sit e of th e fifth stop. Rod and D ebbi e Hill presented everyo ne with cowboy hats to hel p mak e everyone feel at horne . Horseback riding alon g with shopping and of co urse th e compet it ion we re on th e sc hed ul e. just a short hop on board Fronti er A irlin es took th e now so rn ewhat travel weary but neverth eless " I don 't miss horne at all " bunch to th e form er I ndian town of Puebl o, Co lorado. jim Lu ce ro hosted th e aft e rn oo n co mp etition and boarded th e e ntire tro up. Ev eryo n e was arna ze d that jim 's hou se was des igned and bu ilt largel Y by hirn. Th e las t stop in th e co ntin ental U nited States was Ternpe , Arizona. Storm y Eaton and Marie W alth ers Bil sky worked so hard with publi cit y that 250 peop le we re unab le to enter the co mpetition aren a. Th e D esert Dev ils o utscored th e j apanes by abou t 4 po int s to wi n the team champion ship. Raw hide, Arizona , a replica o f th e o ld west fasc in ated th e j apa nese. It was a fittin g last sto p in Co ntinental Arner ica where th eir probabl e irnage of A rn eri ca most acc urately m atched w hat th ey actually saw. A thr ee d ay stop over in Honolulu , Hawa ii and an exhibit io ll with th e Gyrnn as ti cs Aca d emy 01 Hawa ii directed b y Ralph and GYMNASl July '75

He ly n A rthu r alld th eir. daughter And rea prov id ed a relaxi ll g, fun filled expe ri ence in parad ise before th e lo ng fl igh t back to j apan. The girl s we re looking forward to getting ba ck to th e sc hool bo o ks th e gy rn and th eir fr iend s w ho were eage r to hear abou t th eir tour o f th e U .S.A. Th ey wo uld also ask them abo ut any new gymnas ti c moves and training id eas th ey learned along th e way. Fo llowing are th e res ults frorn th e cornpetiti o ns in Denver, Sal t Lake Ci ty, and Pu eb lo. RESUl TS Nippon Gym Club vs Denver School of Gymnastics Team: Denver Sch ool of Gymnas li cs 145.425; Nippo n Gym Club 138.75. All-Around Tri sh Reed (DSG) 37.00; Di a ne Dovas (DSG) 35.85; Sonja Fowler (DSG) 35.825; Re nee Hack (DSG) 35.55; Bonnie Jordan (DSG) 35.20; Li sa Fu ll er (DSG) 35.20; Sumiko Arai (NGC) 34.90; Satomi Ohno (NGC) 34.35; M ic hik o Sa ito (NGC) 33.30; Kumiko Tanaka (NGC) 33.30. Nippon Gymnastics Club vs Utah State Girls Team Team: Utah Sta te G irl s Team 143.40; Nip pon Gymnast ics Clu b 135.70. All-Around Tammy Hos ler (U) 36.25; Sha nno n Co le m a n (U) 35. 70; Dian e Ellingso n (U) 35.55; lack ie Ch ag nov ic h (U) 35.45; Me la ni e Westphal (U) 33.80; Satoko Okazaki (NGC) 33.65; Sa tomi O n o (NGC) 33.45; Sumik o A rai (NGC) 33.30; Juli e Brook s (U) 32.85; M ic hiko Sa it o (NGC) 32.75; Kumik o Ta naka (N GC ) 32.50. Nippon Gymnastics Club vs Pueblo School of Gymnas tics Team: Nip po n Gy mn as ti cs Club 142.20; Pueblo Sch oo l of Gy mna sti cs 139.10. All-Around Maggi e Jagger (PSG) 35.95; Satoko Okazak i (NGC) 35.85; Mary Carara (PSG) 35.35; Kar e n Koshak (PSG) 35.25; Sumik o Arai ( GC) 34.75; Kath y Releford (PSG) 34.40; Mo ni ca Sm ith (PSG) 34.25; SalOm i Ohn o ( GC) 34.05; Kumiko Ta naka (NGC) 34.00; Co nni e Bo nd (PSG) 34.00; Shoko Hiraoka (NGC) 32.10; Michi ko Sa it o (NGC) 31.70.

REPORT FROM THE 3rd ANNUAL GYMNASTICS SENIOR OLYMPICS by John Magginetti

SENIOR

Meet Director Photos by John Magginetti

L.A. Va ll ey College was the si te of what has been dubed 'The Old Tim ers Meet.' However, if yo u were ju st an other gym n astics enthu siast yo u wouldn't have known th at yo u we re not seein g a great gym m ee t. With su ch perfo rm ers as Rusty Rock, Joel Tepp and Steve No ri ega, yo u mi ght have thought yo u we re seein g the Pasadena Na tion al Invitat ional. (All of the above performers have won that meet.)

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Ru sty Rock duplicated his 1965 NCAA wi nning hi gh bar ro utine with one sli g ht change : thi s tim e h e stood up the cas t front. The scores from National Gymnastic Judges Association judges were 9.4 and 9.6. Everyone expect ed th e fath er of o n e week to do the sta lder shoots that made him famous, but no one, not eve n Rust y, ex pected the Straudl e Vault ca tc h at th e end of the set. Th e ve ry h igh cast front to a perfect stance was just icing o n the cake. A ll those yea rs of Circus fl yin g taugh t Rust y h ow to flip. Eve n thou gh Rusty was probablY th e best performer of th e day, it was not the on ly Nationa l Caliber se t. Steve Noriega, the w inner of the P.N. ll ast yea r, had-a shakey cast catc h to full support, and then went o n to fini sh in the Steve Noriega - Ri ch Pasca l manner. Tw o back ove r bar' s to hand , one stutz to hand and all th e rest of th e F.I.G. book. Th e sco res were low, but from where I was standin g (nex t in line wondering how Steve had slowed down th e ag ing process) it w as good for about 9.2 or so. Joel Tepp, looking thinner than ever, wit h the mou stache larger than ever, giv in g him the appearance of father time trying to hold up th e moustache, barel y go t into the gym. He did n o t appear to have eve n enough en ergy to warm up . When it was hi s turn to perform , man y in the audience almos t laughed when it did n ot see m he co uld must er the energy to jump all the way up to the pommels. On ce he was o n the horse, there was not doubt but th is was th e sa me Joe l th at amazed crowds at Berk eley. Two back Moore's; back trave ls and his usual exce ll ent front work ca ught th e judges eye for w hat I thought was a low 8.4. Some of the older readers will remember rope climb as one of th e most excitin g events in gy mn asti cs, eve n thou gh it was not one of the o lym pi c events. Thi s meet was no exception. Robert Hammo nd had bee n c limbing good all week, it seemed sure he would win. H e c limbed an excell ent 3.8. Rop e was over for more th an half an h o ur when in walked th e wo rld record holder, Paul Davis. H e had co me from Avalon. Paul took hi s usual one warm up. Very slow, hand o n top of hand to th e pan and ba ck. H e had no t climbed regularlY for seve ral years and o nl y ca me as a favor to me. Pau l had a slow start, but then showed hi s world record class w ith a 4.0. H e was hea rd , as he left th e smog o f the San Fernando Valley o n his way back to Cata lina to say to hamm ond, " See yo u nex t year - o ld man ." Even if this report seems to conce ntra te on t he top performances, let me say that t he crowd and co m pe tit ors e nj oyed the w h o le mee t. Th e hea rts o f all went o ut to form er Olympian William Tomm. He wen t through four flawl ess rout in es, in cl uding a parallel bar rou tin e wit h four B m oves. Ho w does h e lo ok 35 in stree t cloth es, 25 in gy m clothes and ad mit to 52 years?

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Three exce ll ent all ar o un d p erfo rm ances were turn ed in by Ed Gunny, Fred Robles and Rub en Vill alobos. Gunny and Vill alobos were close all day. Gu nny finall y showin g how he won NCAA o n rin gs sco red 8.3 and th en came back w ith an 8.8 on what I always thoug ht hi s bett er event, ho ri zo ntal bar, to edge Ruben wit h an al l around ave ra ge of 7.97 fo r Gunn y and 7.96 for Vill alobos . Th e all aro und was wo n by Fred Robles, so n i n hand, w ith an 8.12 average. H is 8.6 paral lel set put him above Gunny and Villalobos. Rub en had flown in from Texas fo r the mee t. His w ife looked like she wo uld have their child any tim e. Space stops me from report i ng th e rest of th e men 's outstanding performances, but Art Shurlock and Don Ro se nstock in Floor deserve at least ho norab le m enti o n as does Kurt Moell er 's all arou nd . My peach basket to handsta nd was a surprise to all , including m yse lf. Dr. Jon Harri so n's 8.6 o n rin gs was th e hi ghli ght o n that event. Next yea r, w ith better publicity and pl ann in g we hope to see more o ld er m en to go along w ith Bill Tom and Dr. C harl es King .

WOMEN All of us know th at w hil e us men get o ld er we have nights o ut where we go to th e gym (reall y, th at is wher e we go). Whil e our wives are left home w ith t he respon si bili ties of the house and c hildren. So, of co urse yo u wo uld expect that the men were in bett er shape than the women. Su ch was not the case. To keep the m eet running, the wome n co ndescended to follow the men 's order of eve nts. A ft er a rather low level men 's floor, save Vill alobos and Robl es, out ca me th e wome n. Vi cki Rh ea and Sandra Thi c lz had excell ent sets. Inclu ding excell ent d ance and power tumbling . Then o ut came t he attra ctive Tina Li skum. With her babY pa cked neat ly o n her hu sband s back , Tina started her set. Round off, flip flop, h igh full. Th e dance was excell ent. Of course being the male c hauvini st th at I am I was sure th at th e full was all. Then o ut ca m e th e good tumbl ing. I n th e middle o f her set she had a front handspring, high front w ith one half twist , back handspring ba c k. Too mu ch! My h eart an d ad miration wen t out to Mrs. Dr. King. (Th e Drs. King are not Ph . D . Doctors. They are both inte rni sts.) Here was a woman th at co uld pass for . m y age bracket, but never fo r her own . She n ever did gymn astics before leav ing Medical sc hool. She we nt t hro u gh med ica l schoo l after having th ree ch ildren. She has a son who is a few years wi ll be el igibl e fo r the meet and o ne just four. She is also a former st ud en t of mine. Dr. Joa n did not sco re high on th e o ffi cial shee t, but her total score in life mu st be in the high nines. Balance beam was clo se aga in between Sandra Thi elz and Tina Li scom b. Th e uneven bar s had on ly four co mp et ito rs . Thielz and Margot Neuberge t had good rout in es that were interrupted by tri cks tha t were ju st a littl e off . Th e women comp lete ly out did the men in va ulting. Averag ing all the vaulting scores wou ld give the WOme n th e edge . No holdin g back for th em. 'A spec ial thanks to the announcer, judge, score keeper and m eet director Mr. Jerry Todd. Mr. Frank Endo of co urse o nce again donated his time . Th ank s to Ra y Follosco and Valley College for the use of their o utstand in g facility. N ex t year, back to L.A. Vall ey . Contact any of the co -spon so rs: Ra y at Vall ey, myself, o r Gl enn Sundby.

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RESULTS Men Rope : 30-36 Willi a ms 4.6; 35-39 Davis 4.0; 40-44 Do uglas 8.7; Greenstad t 6.4; Ha mmo nd 3.8. Trampoline: 25-29 Zecca 7.2; Nu ll 6.6. 30-34 Ca ntre ll 6.1. Floor: 25-29 Vill alo bos 8.2; Rob les 8.1. 35-39 Schurlock 7.7; Kin g 5. 6. 40-44 Ca rra nza 6.9; Rose nstock 5.9; Do uglas 4.2. 50-54 Tom 6.4. Pommel Horse: 25-29 Te pp 8.4. 40-44 Ca rranza 5.0. 50-54 To m 5.4. Rings: 25-29 Trudea u 8.3; Gun ny 8.3; Magg in e tt i 8. 1. 30-34 Harr iso n 8.6; Brow ne ll 8.0. 40-45 Do ug las 3.0. 45-49 Moe ll e r 5.1. Vaulting: 25-29 Villalobos 8.2; Ro bl es 7.8;'G unn y 7.5. 35-39 Kin g 3.6. 40-44 Carranza 7.4. 45-49 Moe ller 5.0. 50-54 To m 7.4. Paralle l Bars: 25-29 Rob les 8.6; Magg in e tti 8.2; Gunn y 7.3; Vill alobos 6.9. 40-44 Do uglas 4.7; Ca rranza 4.1. 45-49 Mo e ll e r 4.8.50-54 To m 5.6. High Bar: 25-29 Gun ny 8.8; Rob les 8.0; Ga bri e l 7.7; Vill alobos 6.5. 30-34 Rock 9.5. 35-39 King 4.0. 40-44 Do ug las 3.5. 45-49 Moe ller 4.7. All-Around: 25-29 Rob les 32.5; Gunn y 31.9; Vill alo bos 31.8. 40-44 Ca rra nza 23.4 ; Do uglas 15.4 . 45-49 Moe ll e r 19.6. 50-54 Tom 24.8. Women Vaulting: 25-29 Lisku m 7.6; Thi e lz 7.1. 3U-J4 Newbe rger 7.4; jones 4.7. Above 34 (So rry joa n) Ki ng 5.4. Balance Beam: 25-29 Thi e lz 7.4; Li sco mb 7.2; Rhea 4.9. 30-34 Newberger 4.3; jo nes 3.6. Uneven Parallel Bars: 25-29 Thi e lz 6.4; Rh ea 5. 0. 30-34 Newberger 5.3. Above 34 King 4.4. Floor Exercise: 25-29 Li skum 8.1; Thi elz 7.8; Rh ea 6.7. 30-34 Newbe rge r 5.7; jo nes 5.4. Above 34 King 5.0; Plo m ber 4. 8. All Around : 25-29 Lisk um 22.9; Thi elz 20.9; Rhea 17.7. 30-34 New berge r 18.4. Above 34 Kin g 14.8.

NOTE : Sr, Olympics Gymnastic Chairman John Magginetti would like to hear lrom other areas in the USA (or Foreign) concerning Sr, or Master Class gymnastic programs and individuals in order to start a regular activity column in GYMNAST lor the out 01 school gymnast, WRITE: John Magginetti, c/ o GYMNAST Box 110, Santa Monica, CA 90406,

NCAA DIVISION II CHAMPIONSHIPS By Dan Connelly, Coach CSUNR The Div. II NCAA national Gymnastics Championships were highlighted by the greatest number of teams entered in the history of the meet. Southern Connecticut coached by Abie Grossfeld was a well prepared team and had the meet secured at the end of the compulsory competition. All other places seemed to be up for grabs with University of Illin ois at Chicago Circle, Cal State Northridge, Springfield College and University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh all bidding for second. After the first four events of compulsories So. Conn. was well in front of the field while Circle held a narrow one point lead over Cal State Northridge for second. However whi le Circle did severa l solid compulsory exercises on horizontal bar, Northridge proceeded to hit two out of five performances on parallel bars. Circle was again solid on parallel bars as they conc lud ed the compulsories and appeared to have second place quite well nailed down. However, it may be noted that Circles lack of depth in their fourth man's score was the major reason that they were unable to give Southern a c lose r meet. Northridge had a good performance on h orizonta l bar and held second place over Springfield College, also lacking depth by a narrow .65 margin after compulsories. During the optional competition the top standings remained the same although each team appeared to be on and the meet was rather exciting. The c losed battle was that for third with Northridge edging Springfield by 2.2 points. The AA was won by Pete Kormann of Southern , Circle's Wanner second, Rich Onysko of Southern third and Noboru Miyagi of Northridge fourth. The fina ls were of the highest level in the history of the meet making qualification for Div. I exceedingl Y difficult. Southern showed

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there tremendous dept h as they put four performers in the FX finals placed one, two, five and six. Third place finisher Ron Hanson of Oshkosh tumb led very high and clean while Jay Whelan was sty li sh and very clean for second and Pete Kormann - winner of the all around mounted with a double pike and dismounted with a round-off doub le back. Circle's fine pommel horse men went one, two while Northridge's Charl ie Richards excited the . crowd with his scissor break and behind the back work but was not quite clean enough, finishing third. Rings were highlY contested although Pete Kormann failed to do his Y2 in Y2 out dropping from second to 8th and Larry Bilow was strong and sol id end ing with a doubl e pike fo r first and Rich Onysko showed good lock arm swing for second . Vaulting showed a strong field with many double fronts, twisting handsprings and cartwhee l backs. Tony Hall of Springfield was the winner with Mark Szymanski of Oshkosh second and Ken Anderson of Southern third. Parallel ..bars had several outstanding performances. Chuck Wanner of Circle was strong an'd clean for second, Kormann finished with a double back for third and the class of the meet, Mike Kavanaugh of Oshkosh began with a cast with Y2 twist facing out catching the end of the bars to a g lid e reverse straddle cut, also nice st utz handstand and a very high back with full twist d ismount. The high bar was won by Tom Co usins of Springfield who did a good d islocate inlocate dislocate combination and high hecht dismount. Second was Noboru Miyagi of Northridge with a good dislocate, hop pirouette, and ono to vault catc h. Pete Kormann ended with y, in Y2 ou t and finished third .

RESULTS DIVISION II NCAA Team 1. Southern Connecticut 2. Ch icago Circle 3. CSU Northridge 4. Springfield Co ll ege 5. Oshkosh 6. LaCrosse 7. EIU 8. CSU Chico 9. Slippery Rock 10. WIU

411.65 398.80 381.90 379.70 369.40 359.45 352.55 341.75 336.80 315.65

All-Around 1. Pete Kormann (So. Conn.) 2. Chuck Wanner (Chi . CiL) 3. Rich Onysko (So . Conn .) 4. Noboru MiYagi (CSU. Northridge) 5. Jacques Forny (Circle) 6. Brad Ruhland (LaCrosse) 7. Larry Bilow (CSU North ridge) 8. Tony Hall (Springfield) 9. Jay Whelan (So. Conn.) 10 .. Dennis Ferranti (Chico)

104.75 104.25 97.85 96.05 95.90 95.75 95.20 95.00 93.45 92.05

Floor Exercise: Kormann: 18.650; Whelan 18.575; Hanson (Oshkosh) 18.525; Spikerman (EIU) 17.975; Schuh (So. Conn .) 17.675; Randall (So. Conn.) 17.575. Pommel Horse: Anderson (C ircl e) 18.250; Og ishaka (C ircle) 17.775; Richards (Northridge) 17.750; Wanner 17.475; Mesagno (So. Conn.) 17.300; Herri ck (Springfield) 17.225. Rings: Bilow 18.450; Onysko 18.000; Harvey (Springfield) 17.600; Al lm an (Mankato) 17.300; Forny 17.250; Bellas (Oshkosh) 17.250. Vault: Hall 18.275; Szym~nski (Oshkosh) 18.100; Anderson (So. Conn .) 17.775; Hanson 17.725; Robinson (Springfield) 17.650; M iyagi 17.525. Parallel Bars: Kavanagh (Oshkosh) 18.675; Wanner 18.250; Kormann 18.075; Fulks (Circle) 17.500; Forny 17.275; Nugent (So. Conn.) 17.250. Horizontal Bar : Cousins (Spr ingfie ld) 18.125; Miyagi 17.975; Kormann 17.950; McNeill (Oshkosh) 17.625; Onysko 17.425; Bilow 17.275.

19 75 Mildred Prchal presents awards to all around winners.

Rhythmic Gymnastics National Champions~ips

Ph 0 t 0 Essay

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SOME NOTES FOR BEGINNERS: Physical and Mental Warm-Up Dr. Joe Massimo

On your mark ... ge t se t " . go! Th e race is on . Have you eve r wa tched so meon e start a It's a sprint. Th e fas tes t person to finish is the rotary lawn m ow er o n a cool mo rnin g? V e r y winne r. Accele rati o n. Quick speed. Short o ft en th ey have to p ull th e startin g co rd seve ral distanc e. Strai g ht line. . tim es and adju st th e cho ke to all o w for a large r Th ese same word s apply to vaulting. The and ri cher flow o f fuel. On ce th e engine beg in s same probl ems co nfront the gymna st as they it so metimes w ill sputter and th e wise ga rd en er begin their approac h to the horse. Would the will allow it to run a few mo m ents before sprinters techniques help the vaulting beg inning th e hard w ork ah ea d. gymnast? I think so! W e ca n think o f thi s sa me id ea in relati o n ship Let 's examine the ba sic sprint ers start. As the to o ur bodi es. W e are a bea utiful and .co mpl ex sprint er emerges from the starting bl oc ks there netwo rk of sys tem s whi ch interr elate an d effe ct is a fo rward lea n; th e head and shoulders are each o th er. Ju st like th e lawn mower engin e it tilt ed downward ; th e arms ar e moving in a takes so me tend er lov in g care to get o urse lves rea dy to do hard wor k. We need to have flow of lateral, rearward to forward motion ; bodY se gment ~ in line. The result is max imum our blood ma ximi zed so th at it can d o th e job of forward speed in a minimum distan ce. p rov idin g oxyge n and rapidl y ca rryin g off impuriti es whi c h are produ ced d urin g stress. Should th e gy mna st begin hi s/her vaulting Thi s is ho w w e ca n build endurance. In o rd er run in much th e sa me manner th e result should be simila r. for thi s to o cc u r o ur hea rt mu st be wo rking Procedure: co nsiderabl y fas ter an d hard er. From a stand focusing on th e horse, the Our mu sc le sys tem must be wa rm ed up gymna st rises to b al ls of feet, lo wers head and properl y as well. Li ga ments, sm all and large sh o ulders whil e taking two or three forward mu sc les all need t o be stretc hed grad uall Y so th ey are ela sti c eno ugh to co pe w ith th e strain s " moti o n" steps, th en sprints the fir st o ne third th at w ill so on fo ll ow. Th ey mu st be read y to o f th e vaulting run maintaining th e forward respo nd as needed. I have see n girl s co me into lea n, hea d do wn position, with lateral arm movement, con ce nt rating on forward speed th e gy m and imm ediately drop into a split pos itio n with o ut th e slightes t preliminary and proper bod y line. A s th e gymn ast approa c hes th e half-way mark, the head is stretch; such a yo un gster is lookin g fo r trouble . On e to rn ham strin g is ve ry painful and ca n tak e raise d and th e gy mnast re-focuses on th e many m o nth s to repa ir. va ulting point. Th e suggested result is On e o f th e mos t im po rtant thin gs yo u w ill increase d spee d and improved bod Y ever lea rn in gymn as tics is th e art of wa rmin g s-e gm e ntati o n , e liminatin g disjointed up; and it is an art. Each jo int, each mu scle movement, curved runnin g pattern s, and group, along with th e ca rdia I- vascul ar sYstem rea rward upper torso tilt. (hea rt , lungs e tc. ) mu st be p'r ogress ivel y Th e technique appea rs to provid e a positive, bro ught up to pea k e ffi cie ncy befo re th e actu al f o rce ful start , p lacin g th e va ulter in hard trainin g beg illS. It takes pati ence b u t is psychological sit uati o n enhancing a p ositive we ll wo rth th e tim e for th e ra nk s o f entrance to th e vaulting impact area. It is also prematurely reti red gy mn asts are litt ered w ith suggested th at th e re w ere less " mi ssed steps" Yo un gs te rs w ho we re ca reless abo ut th eir approac hes, move co ncentrat ion at immediate wa rmup and su stained a seriou s injury. board appro ach, and improved bo dy segment No t o nl y do th e pa rt s o f our bo di es need to co ntrol on board impa ct. be ca refull Y wa rm ed up but th e entire p hys ica l Th e New Orl ea ns Lee Circl e YMCA ini t iated entity mu st be " awa ke" as a w ho le u ni t. thi s tec hnique i n Dec ember 1974 for its girl s Resea rch has show n that it tak es hum an be in gs gy mn astic tea m . Ave rage vault ing sco res for a abo ut 3-4 ho urs to co mpl etely shake o ff a heavy hand spring vault we re 7.3. Vaultin g scores sleep. One of th e reasons th at mos t gymn as ti c record ed for th e sa me vault (h and sprin g) atthe train in g tak es pl ace in th e aft ern oo n or YMCA National Championships, April 1975 evenin g, bes id es sc hool sc hedul es, is th at we show ed an impro veme nt to a 8.4 average. have bee n up a lo ng ti me and are usu all y full y awa ke alth o ugh we m ay b e tir ed ! Th er e is a differe nce . I have kn ow n wo rl d class athl etes wh o are du e to co m pe te in th e ea rl y mo rnin g w ho have gott en up at4 or 5 A. M . to beg in th e w arm - up proce dure. You don 't have to w o rry abo ut thi s now but it is good prac ti ce to work o ut in th e m o rn i ng fro m tim e to tim e ju st fo r th e ex perien ce. Yo u w ill feel a rea l d ifference fro m aft ern oo n wo rkouts parti cu la rl y if you beg in sho rtl y aft er ge ttin g up! (Of co u rse, yo u also nee d tim e for a so und brea kfast to repl eni sh your fu el suppl y and tim e fo r thi s mea l to di ges t.) How d o we go abo ut thi s impo rt ant wa rmup ? Eve ry gy mn ast and coac h d eve lops her own se t o f exercises usua lI y including sit - ups, pu sh ups, stati c st re tches of the legs, back, arm s and all o th er .-ex trem iti es, d ance, bendin g and tw isting in va ri o us ways and so me running. so m etim es thi s wo rk is do ne alone, so metim es

with ano th er gy mnas t. M ost gy mna sts beg in by gettin g th e "e ngine" goin g first; th at is th ey jog aro und th e gy m a few tim es until th e hea rt is pum p in g more rap id ly. Jumpin g rop e is a super way o f gettin g thi ngs go in g as we ll as good ove rall conditi o ning. (M anY Euro pea n teams start th eir warm - u ps by hav ing a socce r o r kick ball ga m e.) Thi s is fo ll o wed by th e various stretchin g meth o d s referred to above. I w o n ' t go into th ese specifica ll y in thi s p ap er bu t w ill ell abo rate o n th em in a comin g issue. (M y own specia l se t of exe rcises uses gymn as t-assist meth od plu s th e ha nd y bi cyc le tire tub e fo r stati c wo rk .) Al o ng w ith th e need t o warm-up your bo dy it is im port ant to war m you rs elf up fro m a psyc ho log ica l po int o f view as w ell. As yo ur ph ys ical wa rm-up beg illS to tak e ho ld and you " fee l " b ett er yo ur ove rall attitud e improves. The bodY and mi nd wo rk toge th er. If yo u ap p roac h your ph Ys ica l wa rm-up as drud ge ry it will no t have th e sa m e payo ff attitudin all y as it w o uld if you recog ni zed and believed in the tr ue va lue o f th e relati vely bo rin g thirt y min ut es yo u we r e abo ut to spend st re tch ing. Lots of girl s wan t to get at th e " fun " , th at is, beg in to tumbl e immed iat elY o r star t to w o rk o n th e apparatu s. Th at 's o ne approac h, but I ca n ass ure you that it is not th e co rrect wa y to ge t be tt er at yo ur gy mn asti cs . If yo u are co mm itt ed to th e wa rm-up aft er a sh o rt time yo u w ill fee l yo ur bod y purri ng and th at pl easure and yo ur m en ta l gra t ifi ca ti o n ove r it are int errelated . If yo u load th e deck in yo ur favo r f ro m th e ve ry beg innin g by approac h ing each as p ect o f th e wor ko ut w ith a pos iti ve attitud e yo u will rea p the mos t benefit s fro m you r effort. Th e re are so me ver y specific thin gs yo u ca n d o to " t rain " yo ur min d fo r yo ur wo rk o ut. For exa mpl e, go in g over yo ur moves o r exe rcise in yo ur m ind (id eomati c trainin g) is a prov en me th o d o f help in g th e athl ete co nce ntrate o n th e task at hand . It is important to enj oy th.e feelin g of yo ur m i nd and body wo rkin g toge th er to ach ieve pe rf ection rat her th an beco me pre-occ upied w ith th e erro rs yo u are makin g. Lea rnin g ta kes tim e and p ati ence. Beg inners nee d to kn ow thi s earl y in th e ga me. Eve rYo ne has a bad day from tim e to tim e. It is th e kind o f day w here no thin g yo u try wo rk s and it is most fru stra tin g. V e r y ofte n th e sit uat io n de terio rates as yo u co ntinue and in a sho rt ti me th e tea rs begin to fl ow. With ex perience yo u w ill lea rn ho w to co nt ro l thi s but yo u shoul d r em ember th at emo ti o n is natural and hea lth Y p rov idin g it d oes no t bl ock yo ur abil ity to be rati o nal abo ut yo ur endeavo rs. A ca ref u l analysis o f th ese si tu ati o ns almost always revea ls so m e p redicto rs: th ey are usuall Y ev ident in the wa rm -up p eri o d. Th at is wh y it is so impo rt ant t o approac h thi s tim e w ith a cl ea r mind and so m e enthusias m . So m e gym nasts give into th e " bad d ay " p ro bl em , o th ers are mo ti va ted to stru ggle even harder. Some p eop le f uncti o n best wi th pressure w hich co mes fro m w ith i n or fro m w ith o ut in th e prese nce o f th e coac h o r pee rs and o nl y w ith time w ill yo u di scove r h ow yo u o perate bes t. A ll o w yo urse lf thi s lu xury o f se lfd iscove ry. GYMNAST July '7 5

1975 NATIONAL YMCA GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

McKinley Girls· Nat'!. "Y" Champs

NATIONAL YMCA CHAMPIONSHIPS Wright State Univ., Dayton, Ohio April 18-19, 1975 Woody Eggleston, Meet Director Report taken from the National YMCA Gymnastics Newsletter Women's Competition The over-all caliber of the ladies' work was excellent. We missed the exceptional work of some of the defending Champions but saw outstanding performances by new ones. Petite Miss Leslie Wallace turned in one expert performance after another with beautiful style, and won a very close first over young Margie Foster who had been in the lead at the end of the first day' s sessions. There were a total of 109 ladies competing, representing 26 Y's from 16 states. The ladies floor exercise was unusually good - excellent dance passes, fine tumbling, many original and expressive styles, etc. The use of the recorded and properly amplified accordion accompaniment by a number of the Hobart (111.) girls was very effective and dramatic. Numerous full twisting layout back sommies, back handspring series, front sommies, and similar good tumbling skills, executed with fine height and landings, were seen. Balance beam work was marked by a number of unsteady routines, but the work among the top 30, or so, contestants was excellent. Beautifully executed aerials, full and l V2 turns punctuated many routines which were also gracefully performed - and with good style. From an over-all viewpoint the ladies' competition was definitely of national caliber with numerous elite performances.

WOMEN'S Team 1. M cK inl ey, IL (Mc) 202.30 2. New Orlean s, LA (NO) 202.00 3. Montclair (M) 200.30 4. Hobart, IN (H) 199.35 5. Bethesda , MD (B) 196.05 6. Elkhart , IN (E) 195.80 Eastern Queens, NY (EQ) 194.92; Fitchburg (F) 194.67; North Sub., IL (NS) 194.65; Charlotte Cen., NC (CC) 194.30; Deca tur, GA (D) 194.15; Gloversville (G) 188.55; Green Bay, WI (GB) 186.20; Kettering , OH (K) 183.90; Glenn Bernie (GIB) 158.55; West Essex (WE) 123.10; Morristown (Mor) 122.95; Lakewood (L) 122.35; N. Canton, OH (NC) 116.75; El yria , OH (E) 112.85; West Sub. (WS) 112.35; Bartlesville (Bar) 69.80; Bristol (Bri) 67.05; Joilet (J) 61.70; Town North (TN) 55.40; Gamble Nippert (GN) 45.30.

All-Around Name TOTAL 1. Leslie Wallace (Bar) 69.80 2. Margie Foster (G) 69.75 3. Shirley Wong (B) 68.95 4. Peggy Mosher (NS) 68.00 5. Memmi McConaughey (D) 67.75 6. Pat Spisak (M) 67.55 6. Tracy Rinker (E) 67.55 8. Laucie Gillogly (Mc) 67.40 9. Rickee Farrell (H) 67.20 11. Susan Puckett (Bri) 67.05 12. Tanya Foltz (Mc) 67.00 Karen Prichett (Mc) 66.45; Lynn Mazzaferro (F) 66.45; Mary Sue Stupka (M) 66.20; Kathy Rice (E) 65.95; Robin Jara (M) 65.75; Linda Petrone (GIB) 65.60; Kimber Gasquez (CC) 65.60; Diane Laurensen (EQ) 65.45; Jennifer Britt (L) 65.20; Amy Thompson (B) 65.00; Penny Demarest (NO) 64.60; Laura Murin (H) 64.60; Doreen Mellina (EQ) 64.37; Julie Wolcott (GIB) 64.35; Cindy Brenan (NO) 64.30; Vicki Paul (WE) 64.05; Julie Johnson (GB) 64.00. Individual Events Uneven Parallel Bars: Margie Foster (G) 17.775; Leslie Wallace (Bar) 17.725; Peggy Mosher (NS) 17.600; Tracy Rinker (E) 17.200; Laurie Guidry (NO) 17.00; Lori James (NO) 16.875. Balance Beam: Tanya Foltz (Mc) 17.70; Rickee Farrell (H) 17.450; Leslie Wallace 17.425; Pat Spisak (M) 17.250; Shirley Wong (B) 17.050; Margie Foster 16.80. Vault: Amy Thompson (B) 17.90; Margie Foster 17.90; Tanya Foltz 17.625; Laucie Gillogly (Mc) 17.550; Pat

Spisak 17.525; Lori James 17.50; Dian e Laurensen (EQ) 17.50; Karen Pritchett (Mc) 17.450. Floor Exercise: Ri ckee Farrell 17.950; Les li e Wallace 17.325; Diane Lau rensen 17.325; Laucie GilloglY17.30; Memmi McCon aughey (D) 17.025; Karen Loewe n (D) 16.975. MEN Team 1. Reidsville, NC (R) 263.60 2. Central Queens NY (CQ) 253.45 3. New Orleans, LA (NO) 237.80 4. Easte rn Queen s, NY (EQ) 230.55 5. Cuyahoga Falls, OH (CF) 212.20 Bet hesda, MD (B) 173.35; Five Points (FP) 168.70; Warren, OH (W) 143.15; Dayton Central , OH (DC) 133.,0; Jersey City, NJ (JC) 108.25; Charlotte (C) 106.60; Elkhart , IN (E) 105.95; Elyria, OH (Ely) 83.15; Gamble Nippert (GN) 37.20; Family Branch (FB) 32.40; Kettering, OH (K) 27.70; Middletown, OH (M) 26.45; Youngstown, OH (Y) 18.60. All-Around Name TOTAL 1. Yusaku Hijioka (CF) 103.45 2. David Jacobs (CQ) 94.25 3. Ken Ourso (R) 92.60 4. James Guidry (NO ) 91.60 5. Ben Edkins (R) 91.05 6. Robert Boudreaux (R) 91.00 Bob Reckert (CQ) 83.10; Rene Tfefferle (NO) 77.35; ivan Merritt (C) 77.20; Andy Werner (EQ) 76.35; Tom Pace (EQ) 73.80; Kevin Rick (E) 73.10; Bo Finch (FP) 71.50; Joe Forster (CQ) 66.25; Mike Reed (NO) 65.05; Bob Wood (W) 64.55; Judah Lynn (B) 60.65; Gary Belenski (FP) 52.85; Dale Fortune (E) 46.25; Alan Belenski (FP) 44.35. Individual Events Parallel Bars: Yusaku Hijioka (CF) 17.80; Ben Edkins (R) 15.375; Robert Boudreaux (R) 14.950; Lou Guarini (JC) 14.850; Ken Ourso (R) 14.375; James Guidry (NO) 13.750. Horizontal Bar: Yusaku Hijioka 18.125; Ken Ourso (R) 16.625; Ben Edkins (R) 16.375; David Jacobs (CQ) 14.725; Tom Pace (EQ) 14.500; Peter Drake (EQ) 14.250. Vault: Yusaku Hijioka 17.975; James Tighe (CF) 17.300; Steve Martin (R) 17.100; David Jacobs 16.700; ivan Merritt (C) 16.20; Robert Boudreaux 15.60. Floor Exercise: Yusaku Hihioka 17.675; Scott Roth (FB) 17.325; Steve Martin 17.050; Ivan Merritt 16.875; Robert Boudreaux 16;725; James Tighe 16.375. Pommel Horse: Ben Edkins 16.125; Robert Boudreaux 15.575; Doug Mason (CF) 15.175; Yusaku Hijioka 14.525; Ken Ourso 13.225; James Guidry 11.675. Still Rings: Yusaku Hijioka 17.075; Ken Ourso 16.550; Tim Harbert (CF) 16.00; David Jacobs 15.525; James Guidry 15.475; Carmen Devito (JC) 15.400.

Men's Competition Competition in the men 's events was quite good, spiced by Yusaku Hijioka, of Cuyahoga Falls (Ohio), who won six gold medals, including the all around title . The Reidsville (No. Carolina) team , led by Ben Edkins who won first on the pommeled horse, won first place in the team competition by a comfortable margin - a fine looking team, too. There were 76 entrants representing 23 YMCA 's from 10 states. I n the men's floor exercise we saw excellent tumbling passes. Scott Roth , of Lincoln (Nebraska) displayed exceptional height and control in hi s double back sommies, layout backs with double twist, side flip, and a standing front - all beautifully executed and blended into an outstanding floor exercise routine. We were also nicely impressed by 15 Year-old Roger Graham , of EI Paso, Texas, who shows fine promise as a future all around gymnast. On rings we saw some nicely executed double back sammy dismounts - routines were generally good, but nothing outstanding.

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CANADIAN Report Montreal Gymnix Concordia Invitation '75 L.R. Waller Th e Seco nd Internati o nal Interclub " Con co rdia In vitatio n " was held Jun e 6 and 7, 1975 at th e Maisonneuv e Sports Centre, part of Montreals O lympi c Spo rt s co mplex. Th e eight y-o ne compet itors from fourteen U.S.A . and Ca nad ian cl ubs prese nted a high ca liber performa nce which thrill ed th e Montreal audi ence . Color and im ag inati o n gave th e final s meet spectator appea l right from th e march-in of athl etes with lettered club nam e bann ers and flag s to the fin al prese ntation of special awards. Betwee n event s demon strati ons of rh ythmi c gymn as ti cs add ed va ri e ty and th e Gymni x club members performed th ei r ve ry styli sh warm up to "Popcorn" w hic h is becoming a trade mark of th e club . Tri sh Reed , Den ve r Sc hool o f Gymna sti cs, Colorado, surpri sed th e audi ence with her spectac ular ro und-off back somersau lt va ult , first time it has been pe rfo rm ed by a gymn as t in Montrea l. W end Y H anasee of Ac ronauts School of Gy mna st ics, Michigan gave a mo st attra cti ve dance lik e p erf o rm ance in her floor exe rcise .

Spec ial award s of th e mee t were: Nisse n Troph y for yo unges t gymn as t and most promi ss in g p erfo rm er of th e meet w as awarded to Elfi e Sc hlega l of th e Toronto Eagles. The Gag non Sport Troph y awa rd ed to th e most ar ti sti c gym nas t of th e m ee t went to Kathia Ams ler from th e No rth Shore School of Gymna sti cs, Ma ssac hu se tt s. " Les Am is de L'Art" Bursary of $250 for th e best Canad ian Gy mn as t - Tri sh Reed, Denve r School of Gymn as ti cs, Co lo rado, U.S.A. Both yo ung and o ld e nj oye d th e clever antics of "G arbo th e Mag ician " and hi s partn ers who clowned before th e m ee t bega n and at th e rec eption w hic h fo ll owed, Expert s in mime th ea tre, juggling, balloon sc ulpture, mag ic and uni-cyc le ridin g th ey kep t ever yo ne in a goo d humor. Th e Gym ni x orgd ni zin g co mmitt ee direc ted by N ico le McD u f f, c lub found er and hea d coach co nducted a smo o th running display and mee t w ith nothing for go tten. Co nco rdia 7 5 was an eve ning of gy mn as ti cs th at w ill long be remembered by co mp etitors, parent s and friend s and mad e many new co nve rt s and support ers (or Mo ntrea l gy mnasti cs.

Trish Reed RESULTS Team: 1. Denver Sc hool of Gymnastics Colorado, USA 2. Gym ni x, M o ntrea l 3. North Shor e Schoo l of Gymna sti cs, Sa lem, M ass USA 4. Toronto Eag les 5. WinslOn ell es, Toronto 6. Immaculat e Co nce pti o n Centr e, Montreal 7. Acronaut s School of Gy mna sti cs, Mi chi ga n, USA 8. Mi ss issauga Gym Club, Ont ario 9. YMCA Sal tos Fit chburg-leo min ster, Massachu sett s 10, Marian Gymn astics Club, Saskatoon , Sas k. 11. New Hampshire Academy of Art isti c Gym na sti cs (N. H. A.A.G.'s) North Hampt o n, New Hampshire 12, Silhouett e Gymna sti c Cl ub, Vaud reuil , Quebec 13. Camb ridge Kips, Camb rid ge, Ontario 14, Dartmouth Titans, Dartmouth , Nova Scotia

164.05 160.90 154.40 151.75 146.80 143.30 '139.65 135.75 133.25 127.10 123.80 122.15 120.55 71.95

Individual Events: Vault: T. Reed (Denve r) 18.60; G. Thibeault (Gym ni x) 17.25; G. Dubres ne (Gy m ni x) 17.15; B, Jordan (Den ve r) 17.05; K. Amsler (North Shore) 17.00; l. Huot (Gym nix) 16.95. Balance Beam: T. Reed 17.65; T. Mayne (Gym ni x) 16.85; D. Moran (North Shore ) 16.50; K, Amsler 16.35; M,j. Ganier (G ymnix) 16.25; S, Fowler (Denve r) 16.20. Uneven Bim: G. Dubresn e 17.65; P. Archibalt (Michigan) 17.25; W. Halle (Sil houelles) 17.15; C. Moran 17.00; T. Mayne 16.95; D. Dovas (Denver) and W. Hana see (M ichigan ) 16.55. Floor Exercise: T. Reed 18.05; M. Ganier 17.75; B. jord an 17.65; K. Amsler and j. Glazier (No rth Shore) 17.45; C. M oran 17.40.

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MEET RESULTS NEW YORK INDEPENDEN T SC HOO L CHAMPIONSHIPS Th e Ind epe nden t Schoo ls ill th e City of New York holo eve ry year a GYmna sti cs Com p etition - thi s has b ee n a tradition fo r

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School 69.47· The Packer Collegiate In stitu te 58.39; 1 he' Ch. pin School 56.77; Th e N ightingale UJlllfo rd School 51.04; Th e l e nox ~c h ooI5 0.98; The Hewitt 5chooI49.02; Th e Fri e nd s ~e l1lill a ry 30.58; Th e Dalt o n Schoo l 16.50. Ind iv idu a l Res ults, AII·Around: Wendy Moss (The Spe nce Sch oo l) 26.63; A. Levi ne (Th e Riverd.ll c School) 23.98; H . Tilma n (packer Co ll egia te In st.) 23.25; Ginn y Seld e n (Th e Chapin School) 22.35. RHYTHMIC GYMNASTI CS HUNTER COLLEGE 1 he fo unh co mpet iti o n in Competiti ve

Rh ythmi c Gymn as ti cs was held at Hunte r Col lege of t he Ci ty U n iversit y of New Yo rk o n Ap ril 12, 1975 lo r indi vidua l co mpe ti to rs a nd on Apr il 19, 1975 fo r th e gro up exe rc ises. The indi vidual co mpe titors co mpe ted in th e compuiso r)' ro ut ines. class III. Juni o r Division Hoop Exercis e: Eliot Da vis (The C hapi n ~c ho o l ) ; Eli za be th Sc ha c hll e (Th e C hap in ~c hool ). Acrobat ic Exe rcise: Sakin J Jaffr ey (Th e Nig htinga le 13.lIn fo rd Sc hool) ; Daphn e Srini vassa n (Th e Nigh tin gale Bamfo rd School). Se ni o r Di vision All -Around, includ ing the Exerc ise with Jump Rope a nd wit h out Hand implement the ' Hoop Exercise and the Acrobatic Exe rcise: Eli z.lbe th Gimvay (The Chap in Sc hool ) : Eu ge ni c Ha ve m eye r (Th e C hapin Schoo l). Ex e rcise wi th Hoop and Exe rcise wilh Jump Rop e and without Ha nd implement: J. Eve ly n Tompkins (The Cha pin Sc hool). Acrobatic Exercise: 3. l a ure n M c Gill (Th e Nig h t inga le Bam ford School). Results of the Group Exerc ise Competition: Th e EstoniJn Rh ythmic G ymna sts; Th e C hap in Sc hool ; Th e Ba ru c h Col lege. WASHINGTON STATE REGIONAL CHAMPIONSH IPS Thi s Reg io n II is lik e th e o ther region s... 0 11 thp W;IY li p (asl! 1 he state and regional mee ts saw a larger numbe r of good gy mnasts th a n eve r before. For th e m os t pa rt , t he regio n is ve ry yo un g, w ith m os t clubs on ly in th e ir seco nd or third Ye M , bu t the co mp e titi o n is to ug h . The Al l Aro und w inn e rs of th e 12-14 di visioll o f o ur Reg io ll II Cham pi o nships also wa ll the All Around titl e a l the AAU Jr Nationals (Da nnJ Hop pe r, I atl Acade m y of Gym nast ics. Di c k Mulvih ill ). and the All Aro und fro m th e Reg ional c ha mpi o nships l S-over , look 3rd All Arou nd at t h e AAU Jr Na ti ona l M ee t (l3 obbi Haas. Pu gel Sou nd Gym l ea m , Joe a nd Terry Ro o ney c oach es). Tea m Resuhs : Pu ge t ~o ulld G ym Te am 201. 00; G ymn as tics Inc, 192.00j Acade m y of Ol)' mpi c G), m. 189.00. All Around : 10-11 : ROllni Ba rri os (Pu get ~ou nd Gy rn Team ); lillda Femli ng (Aca d emy 01 Ol ympic G Yll1lhl slics). 12-14: Kri s Fe mling (Aca d e nl)' o f Ol ympi c G ym nas ti cs); Lo ri ~ t allke (Pu get ~ou n d Gy m Tea m ); Trac i Br ya n (Pu ge t ~ound G ym 1 e a rn ). lS-over: Bobb i H aa~ (Puget So und Gy m Team ); Ann ie \A/al te rs (Gy mn.l stics Inc.); C ind Y Bo li e u (PlIge t ~o u lld Gym TC.IIll ). UPB: 10-11 R. 13.lr ri os. PSGT; l. Fe mlin g, AOG. 12-14: l. Sia nk e, I'sG T; K. Femling, AOG: V. Rotten. kG I. 1S-over: 13. Haa s, PSG T; A. W al""s. C I : TD Dahlquist . PSGT. BB : 10-11: R. HMrios, PSG T; l. Femling A O G. 12-14: G. Erwi n , PsCT; T. Br),a n , PSGT; V. Rott e n , G I. 1S-over : l. Fisc h e r, BEll; A. Wal ters. G I : C. Ho li c u . PSG T. V: 10-11: R. Harr io s, PSG T; l. Fe m li n g, A OG. 12-14 : T. Ur),,1I1, PsG T; K. Femlin g , V. Ro tt e n . G L 15-over: 13. Haa s, PSG T; K. Boabell. KG : C. 130 lie u, PSGT. FX: 10-11: R. l3arri os, PSGT ; l. Fe mlin g, AOG. 12-14: l. Uo li eu , I'SG T; l. Ok ada,G I; K. I- ern ling. AO G. IS-o ver B. Haa s, PSGT; C. 13 o lie u . PSGT; A. W .lll c r". G L REGION II CHAM PIONSHIPS Team Results: 1 ie: Ti g.mJ f\.v isters (Port la nd , Ore) 209.00 & Nat l Ac.llle m y of Arti stic Gym. ( ~u ge lle . Ore) 209.00j Puget So und Gy m 1 pa ll) (Tacorn.l, \<\I .I~hi ll g t o n ) 206.00. All Around res ults: 12-14: Danna Hoppe r ( .Itl Acadelllyof Artisl ic Gymnastics); Kath y l ischer (Nail Ac.ujenl)') ; Kalhy Yock (Tigard 1 wis le rs) . 15-over: 130bb i Haas (Pu get So und Gym l earn); We nd y Hal berg (Na il Acade m y); Su e Amm erm a n (N ail Acade m y). UPB: 12-14: K. Yoc k , TT; D . H o pp er , NAA G; K. Fe rnlil1 g, AOG. 1S-over: 13. Ha as, PsGl : J. 5ee lsm'" 1, C~G ; C. Bo li eu , PSGT.

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BB : 12-14: K. 'I ischer" AAG; K. Yock , TT ; D. Hopper , NAAG. 15-over: B. Haa s, PsG T; W. Ha lberg , NAAG: S. Amm e rman , NAAG. V: 12-14: D . Ho ppe r. NA AG ; M. Craw ford, TT : K. Femlin g, AOG. 15-over: B. Haa s, PSGT; C. Swa n , MAC ; J. Se ll small , CSG. FX: 12-14: K. Ti sc he r, NAAG; K. Femli ng, AOG: D . Hoppe r . AAG. 15- over: B. Haas, PSG T: S. Am m e rma n , AA G ; M. Les li e , TT. NEW JERSEY YMCA MEN'S GYMNASTICS CHAM PIONSHIPS June 7, 1975 by Th omas Pomer, Meet Dir ector The New Je rseY YMCA m e n 's gYm na stics c hampion ships h e ld at Ridgewood Hi g h School, Jun e 7t h , 1975. Th e Je rse)' C it y a nd Rid gewood YMCA's dominat e d th e m ee t with I ewark fie ld il lg a strong tum b lin g tea m . All aro un d sco res a re based on th e six o lYmpi c eve nt s. Tea m sco res includ e tumblin g. Thi s yea rs In eet was th e fi nes t to ual e. wit h m o re e nt ries, high e r leve l ro utin es, and a large c ro wd . Res ults FX: Rand )' Pend e rgast (Rid gewoo d Y) 7.65; John C e rf (Ridgewood Y) 6.60; Carman DeVil o (j erse), Cit )' Y) ·6.50. \Vinning Routine: Fro nt saito ste pout , rounuo ff flipflop ba c k ful l t w ist. Jump in place 10 ha lld st<llld , ro ll , va ld es, c hes t ro ll , hollow ba c k. YII pi vo t. roll. Ro undoff flip fl op back di ve Y~ twi st, b turn swedis h fa ll , split , press ha nd stand , Y~ reve rse pi vot ste p d ow n . Front hand spring ro und o ff fli p fl op ba c k pik ed sa ll o. PH: LUKe Th o rnt o n (Ridgewood Y) 5.65; Jo hn Cerf 5.55; lou G u a rini (Jersey Cit y) 5.20. Winning Routine: C ircl e , moore, trave l dow n, front in , back o ut , tra ve l uphill , sc issors , c ircl e t rave l sc hwabenwend e to d ismount. R: Ca rman De Vito 8.45 j luke Thornt o n 7.85; l ou G ua rini 6.85. Winning Ro utine: Di slocat e, sho o t ha nd slan d , gia nt Oll l, lower cross, ba c k lever, kip l , ho ll owba c k pr ess, g ia nt doubl e ba c k dis rn o uill . PB: l o u G uar ini 8.60; Jo hn Cerf 7.25; Do n Bau er (Ridgewood Y) 6.85. Winning Ro utine: Haske l g lid e, c ut ca tc h l , hd llowba c k, stre uli , ba ske t g lid e kip, stradd le c ut laya ..vay fr o llt u p ri se, sw in g ha nd , layo ut back saito dism o unt. V: Carman DeVi to 9.05; Randy Pend e rgas t 8.65j l uke Th o rnt o n 8.175. Winning Va ults: Handspring with !I! turn , Yamas hita . (two va ult s are ave ra ged) Tu : Jo hnn y Robe rt s (Newark Y) 8.90; Rand y Pe nd e rga st 8.10; W illi a m Robin so n (Newa rk Y) 7.75. Winning Routine: 1st rUIl: FrOllt sa it o, ha ndspri ng, fro nt sa it o, forward ro ll , fro nt sai to. forwa rd ro ll , front sa it o . 2 nd run : Fro nt sa it o stepou l, rou nd off flipflop ba c k Yo! twist Slcpout , ro undoff f lipflop, 2 sa llos, flipfl o p back full I\vis t. 3rt! run: Fro nt saito stepo ut , barani . flipflo p , 4 sa llos, fl ipflop sa ll o. H8: Ra nd y Pe nd e rgast 8.60j Don Ba ue r 8.05; luk e Thornt o ll 7.45. Winning Routin e: Hi g h start, backupr ise fr ee hip c ircl e, stall , c ha nge to mi x g rip, va ult ca tc h . hop c han ge kip , gia nt , pi vo t to cross hand gi.lllt pi vo t, b lind c hange, hop c han ge , gia nt , toe o n frOll1 sa lt a di smoullt. AA: luk e Th o rnton 41 .275; l o u Gua rini 40.525j Ra nd y Pe nde rgasl 40.300. 1975 N ew Je rsey Team Champion Ridgewood YMCA -144.700 pIs. Coa c h Tom Pome r NATIONAL AA U TRAMPOLINE AND TUMBLING MEE Niagara Falls, New Yo rk Apri l 18-20, 1975 M e n' s Tumbling: Kevi n McKee (To ledo) 35.45; Ed Goodman (Tol edo) 31.13; Mike McKee (To ledo) 30.41 . Women 's Tumbling: li sa Po dojil (Cl eve la nd ) 34.72; De ni se Te nn y (Buffa lo) 33.14; l or i Zieg ler (C leve land ) 28.82. M e n 's Syncro Tramp: Robb ie Bollinge r a nd Stua rt Ra nsom 4·1.6 j Mar k lan gen ec ke rt a nd Jim CarJedge 39.7j l a rry Pe nn a nd Mike Mos in g 38.6. Women's Syncro Tramp : Sh e ll Y Gra nt a nd Ju lie Jo hn so n 36.8; Di a n N isse n and Sa ra h Fru ec ht e 36.4; Ba rbara Penn Jnd Ba rbara Je nk in s 33.1. Men's Indi vidua l Tramp: Stua rt Ransom (Yongue 's) 77. 1; Ronni e Me rri ott (Roc kfo rd ) 86.0; Chr is ~il e rt se n (Yo ng ue's) 74.2. Wome n's In dh'dua l Tramp: She ll y G ra nt Ispringfi eld ) 71.7; Julie Jo hn so n (Ro c kford ) 71.0; Ann e Thompson (Memphi s) 70.0. Boys Mini-Tramp: Robbi e Bollinge r (Rockfo rd ) 25.4; Mike Mos in g l afaye tt e) 33.9; Ra), Rowe (Lafa)'elle) 23.4. G irls Mini-Tra mp: De ni se Sea l (Rockfo rd ) 24.0; Dian N isse n (Cedar Rapid s) 23.2j l Ynn Adams (Rockford) ami Mary Torre (Mentor ) 22.3.

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con't . from pg. 39 included Debbie Wilcox 's - a great Janz front, an incredible stomach whip to handstand on low bar and a mile-high toe on front for 9.5. Also Roxanne Pierce d id a super routine that in c lu ded a free-hip handstand mount and a toe circle (low bar) release full-twist catch high bar. I believe that no one but Rox has attempted this movement. Of course Roxanne has always been noted as an inn ovator o n this event. Several years ago she did a stalder handstand to handstand and remains the only person to do that in co.mpet iti on . From the co in cidence department comes thi s it em of interest - every bar performer who got through her rout in e w ithout falling off received a 9.0 or better. Jud ges - for this you have to take a test?! Next we wi ll be hearing from the SCREAM Dept.! Moving to the f in al event, free exe rcise proved most en joyable. Ha vin g at last realized that the judging att itud e was " if in doubt throw a 9.0, it 's bound to be close " most of us spectator types decided to kick back and enjoy the show and sa id the hell with score she ets. Again top honors went to the " Pride of Oklahoma" Kathy Howard. To the sounds of the Olympic theme Kathy leaped and tumbled at a frenetic pace to a fairly well deserved 9.6. The class award goes to Roxanne Pierce for an o ri gina ll y choreographed routine set to the mu sic o f Leona rd Bernstein 's West Side Story. Roxanne can sti ll capt ivate an audience w ith the outrageous that on ly she can pull off. Nancy Theis also turned in a beautiful performance that showcased her great dance elegance. A well deserved 9.4. With the last event in the books it was time to figure the all- around totals. Winning by nearly a point at 74.30 was Tammy Manvi ll e coached by one of the true gentlemen of gymnastics, George Krueger of Pheonix, Arizona. Second place at 73.65 went to 16 yea r o ld Denise Cheshire of Van Nuys, Cal ifornia, Fritz Reiter coach . A 37.00 point optiona l total brought Kathy Howard up to 3rd place with a 73 .25 total. Also equalling the 73.00 total was Trish Reed, coached by Rod Hill .

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Friday's finals session began promptly 10 minutes late wh ich was ju st as we ll actually. After w~ng an int olerab ly long time for my roommate Danny Speraw to finish with his hair dryer (I guess I shou ld admit I took even lo ng er with mine) we ended up missing our ride . After commandeering a Tijuana taxi we finally arrived as th e compet it ors were marching in . Vaulting From the " sense less" department - all va ulters were required to do 2 different vau lts. But rather than averaging the two scores, the best score was taken. Naturally every va ulter did their optional vault and a plain handspring. It wasn 't especially diff icult to pick th e winner of this eve nt. The only one with a real c hance to catch Kolleen Casey was Debbie Wilcox who afte r managing only 9.0 on her RO back (bad land in gs) pretty much handed Kolleen the event. I shou ld mention that the girls took the average of their compulsory and opt ional scores into the finals of each event (top 6 in eac h event reaching the finals). Th e final score was added to the e.0. average to determine the final placing. Kolleen as expected layed down ano th er near faultless hand spr in g full-twist for another 9.7 for a combined total of 19.075. A second place tie went to Tammy Manville w ho w ith a 9.3 on her Yamas hita "Y2 tied D en ise Cheshires 18.65 total who also scored 9.3 on a Y2 on V2 off.

Beam Again no surprises in the beam competit ion. Kyle , rising to the occasion close to her capabi liti es for a 9.6 for a winning total of 19.075. Also at 9.6 with some very difficult turnin g sequences and excellent use of ar m s was Tammy Manville. H er 18.825 total was good eno ugh for 2nd place. In 3rd place at 18.425 was Jr. USGF all- around champ ion Donna Payton. A beautiful back flip and front aerial coupled with so lid dance and turn sequences earned Donna a well deserved 3rd place. Bars Bar finals finally saw the right people in the right places. Winning the event at 9.55 for a 19.10 was Leslie Wolfsberger. H er routine again included a Rigby front, stomac h-whip full twist and reverse hecht Y2 twist drop kip. It was eas ily the finest routine in any event of the finals. In second place for the second time in the finals competition was a tough Denise Cheshire. H e r routine included a cast handstand pirouette, Rigby fron t and free hip to singl e bar hecht. Difficulty with he r dismount kept Denise from breaking 9.5. In third place was Kat hy H owa rd at 9.5, though her set is difficult including a stomac h whip front and cast handstand pirouette th e exec uti on is not th e re. The pirouette alone (she was nearly on the low bar prior to fin ishing her turn on the high bar) should have received a .3-.5 deduction and again the dismount is very qu est ionabl e. Floor In this event Kathy Howard deserved everyt hing she got - which was the event 's high score and first place. Super high tumbling and an overall great performance that reallYturned on the crowd. Second place went to Jea nie Beadle. A girl I hadn 't heard much about was quite a surprise turning in a very dYnamic polished exercise with excellent tumbling execution. The crowd favorite seemed to be third place finisher Nancy Theis. Giving her last performance o f a composition she has used for the past 4 years (her own composition I might add). Nancy really turned on to garner a 9.5. It is Nancy's ab ilit y to become totally in tun e with he r music and dance, her sense of rhythm and timing that really impresses an audience. A truly beautiful free-ex performer.

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The second moved forward, a handspring front And I must admit, the walkover out caused a small grunt! For she stuck in a handstand a second or two Before she leaned forward , and moved into With grace and elegance a dance element or two Then finished with a layout step-out, one-two. And now for the thing that we' re not suppos 'd to do To compare scores when a gymnast is through. Her place from the bottom at no more than four Demands our protests at such a low score! So please reconsider, re-evaluate-We feel that our claims are not just half-baked. We pray that our protesst 'ain't too late. P.S.- We know that as coaches , we're not a ll that great! Humbly submitted in the interest of Karen Polis: gymnast number 219 Love , Cathy Fogarty and Dick Zuber, MarVaTeens Since I was judging the event in question and felt the protest to be valid, here is my reply. Your protest was so well received We have decided to grant your plea! As haried judges we will admit That our score was misfit! Your gymnast was better than we first saw, Some girls since have had a " draw" . Cute as a button she twirled ' round the floor Your protest was honored - we changed the score! #219--5.9 raised to 6.75 Jean Weber, Maryland State Chairman USGF Pam Lacotta, Judge Before the meet was over, many coaches and judges had enjoyed the humor of Dick's protest. "Oh, that all protest could be so written, and so well received. " Keep up the good work for GYMNAST Magazine. We all enjoy it more with each issue, especially the center folds. Many of the articles are posted on the wall of our new club for all to enjoy. Jean Weber M a ryland State USGF Chairman Ed: Dear Readers .. . I keep telling you judges really are human.

Dear Editor, I would like to c ompliment you on the " Internation a l Report" and the " Champions All " articles in the June issue. The pictures and the inform a tion was excellent. Will Nadia Comaneci and their gymnastic team be touring the U.S. ? Ifso, when and where? Thank you A Nadia Comaneci & A GYMNAST fan Ed: We don 't know yet, but if they do you will be sure to hear about it in GYMNAST . AlA W CORRECTION

Dear Mr. Sundby: I realize that errors are often made in articles, however, I wish to point to a couple of major ones in the story on the AIAW Nationals. Two of the top ten all-around gymnasts were not on the list. They are Patti Fogleman of Grand View College and Karen Atkins of Long Beach State. They each scored 35.80 and tied for 8th. . If your magazine really wants to promote women 's gymnastics at the collegiate level, why did you only list the top 5 teams? Nine schools scored over 100 which is consider ed a good score. Your story on the NCAA covered all 8 teams that competed in team competition. Also , Southwest Mississippi was no surprise to anyone familiar with collegiate gymnastics as they placed 2nd in the 1974 AlA W Nationals. I hope that you appreciate the intent of this letter. Sincerely, Charles Jacobson Women 's GymnastiCS Coach Ed: Thank you for bringing to our attention the discrepencies in our AlA W report . (May 1975) Our results were taken from the official (?) AA and Team and Individual finals score sheets handed out at the competition, which contained on ly the top five team scores. Our reporter is knowledgeable but new on the collegiate scene ... sorry about the AA scores perhaps we missed a later tally sheet. THANKS COACH

Dear Mr. Sundby, The Nightingale Bamford School Gymnastics team is extremely fortunate to have a devoted and caring coach, Mary Molnar. With the help of her superb coaching, gymnastics is one of the most popular sports in our school and the team has become one of the best in Manhattan. Personally speaking, since Mary came to Nightingale, gymnastics took on a new meaning for us. No longer did we view it as a mere pastime, but we bega n to take it seriously. It proved to be very rewarding. The N. B. S . team will never be a ble to thank her enough for all the things she has done for us . Sincerely, Peggy Koch and Helen Miller New York City, New York VERY FUNNNY... VERY SORRY

Dear Mr. Sundby: I was reading the letters in the May issue. As I came to the cartoon I la ughed out loud. I thought it was very funny. As I reaA the next letter entitled ANGRY I was very surprised. Obviously Ms. Lindsey Lambert is a strong woman 's lib bel'. So strong that she c a n 't take a joke. I hope she reads this because if she does I want her to think of the statement " Male Chauvinist Pig. " If women call men by that title then I'm sure she should be able to realize that a man can draw a cartoon like that. I am very sorry that she doesn 't have a good sense of humor. Sincerely yours, Sara Low Providence, Rhode Island

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