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September. October. 1979 • Vol. VIII, No.5

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Employment Opportunity Friendship Invitational - Jinan China Friendship Invitational - Jinan Chin an Pan-American Games Men's Final Trials Men's World Championship Team Japan Junior Invitational National Sports Festival World Championship Training Camp Mini Congress - Region VII World University Games Modem Rhythmic World Championships

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Applications accepted for Executive Director of the USGF Men's Report by Francis Allen Women's Report by Hal Halverson

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Women's Report by Karen Patoile

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Men's Report Men's Camp at Univ. Of Nebraska Report by Judy Crabtree Men's Report by John Pruitt Report by Norma Zabka

PRESIDENT, WlLUAM ROETZHElMj EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, FRANK L. BARE, VlCE·PRESIDENT FOR WOMEN, SUE AMMERMANjVlCE PRESIDENT FOR MEN, LES SASVARY MEMBERS: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education and Recreation· Amateur Athletic Union, American Sokol Organization . National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics · National Association of Women's Gymnastics Judges· National Gymnastics Judges Association· The American Tumers· The National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches . The National Association of High School Gymnastics Coaches · The National Collegiate Athletic Association · The National Junior College Athletic Asso- The National Federation of State High School Associations · U.S. Association of Independent Gymnastics Clubs · Young Men's Christian Association.

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Th e l lSGF CONGRESS h el d a t th e St. Louis Sheraton, was th e la rges t elTr for this a nnu a l mecting o f the gymnastics comn1llnitl·. Fo r th c banqu et o n Saturday eH' nin g som e 1,0:)6 indil'idual s atlelHJnl. For thc firsttill1c we a lso featurcd boo th s fo r equipment a nd product manufactu rers a nd it ap pea rs th e l lSGF Congress is destined to become a n a nnu a l co n H'nti on o f con sid era ble size in the yea rs to cOllle. It was l'icI\Td by most as a great succcss a nd th e I I SG F is g i vi n g ser ious thollgh t to maki ng thc first wcck-end in October the date for th c 1980 Congrcss a nd o n cc aga in a t th c St. Louis Sheraton. Th e l l';GF Boa rd of Direc to rs met in Tucso n , just two days a ft er th e Congress concl ud cd . Lots of busin ess condu ctcd a nd man y hours o f work o n rcvisin g the l lSGF Constitution , w hich \I·ill n o t be in fin a l fo rm for some Illonths to co me du c to co n sidera ble di sc uss ion o n voting stren g th a nd members hip . With g rowth comes con sidcrable ch ange. The meeting was quite unlikc the fift ce n years o f m eetings in yca rs past. El ect io ns saw NIl'. Ed Kn cpper ch ose n for the USCF Prcside ncy for 1980-8 1, Ed represc nting the Ind epc nd ent Clubs o f th e USA IGC , will aSS lllll C hi s office J a nlla ry I , 1980 . ;\ number o f new organizations h ave bce n included ~IS nlt'lll bns of th e ll SCr, The .-\ ssocia ti o n for Intnco ll egia tc .\thleti cs fo r WOlllen (.\1:\ W ), th e Na ti o n a l J e\l'ish Welfa re Board (NJ W B) a nd t he Na ti o nal Assoc iati o n of Collcgc Coaches (wo lllen ), N .\CCC- \\' . \' oli ng strengths are to be di sc ussed an d will be ass ig n ed later by th e Board which \I·i II n ow mcl'! twice-yea 1'1 y, o nce in th e Spri n g a nd o nce in thc Fa ll .

Elsewhere in this iss ue o f the l lSC F news, o n e ca n rcad that th e llSC F wi II rece i vt' app l ica ti o n s for th e posi ti o n o f Exec litiYe Director of th e U.S.C.F. ;\ s m a n y o f yo u will reca ll , fo r some t\l'() yea rs I h an' indi cated that Moscow , .\lI g li st 1980, wOlild Ill' m \' final timc as LD. o f th e USC F. Th e Board o f Direct ors, h as n ow taken steps to as k fo r a pplications and reSlIllles for the position. Ti lll c being so me\l'hat sh ort , res umes mll st Ill' in th e l l.S .C.F. Na tion a l Offi ce not latn tit a n January 30, 1980. ;\ppli ca nt s who sllbmit the required inforl1lation to the U SGF Officc 1)\ th a t date \I·ill be screen ed by the Board a t th e l1leeting se t' for Fcbrlla ry 2:)-26t h. Th e XXTH WORLD GYMN ;\STICS CH.-\MPIONSHIPS a n ' jllst aro und the corn CL Thc largest nUlllbn of teallls CHT entered in thi s largest o f gYl1l n as ti cs ('Ients pbccd th e ir n a l1l es in th c a rell a. The cOl1lpetiti o n will be fierce a nd inte rcst in g . In a few wec ks all the eqlli.pnll'nt . scor in g del' ices a nd the p odium a nd a l1lultitud e of othcr itellls \I·ill a rrilT in Fo rt Wo rth a nd the off icials begin to arr i\'(' in la te NO\'l'l1lber th cn th e tca llls a nd o n Dece llllw r 2nd will open \I'hat l1l a n y tholl g ht wOlild IH'HT be in the l l.S ..\ .. a world gl' lllnas ti cs ch a lll pionsh ips . It wi II be hard \I'o rk , lo n g dal's a nd a n e1Tort o n th e part o f hundreds o f \ o llintens. We h ope it \I·ill be th e bi gges t a nd best enT . Th e n ex t iss lle o f th e l lSGF NE WS \I·ill ca rr y the resu lts ~ lI1d hopeflill Y. p os itiH' res ult s for a ll nati o n s parti cipating. Don't l1liss itl

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Friendship Invitational, China Francis Allen We departed fro m Seattle on the 8th a nd arrived in Tokyo th a t eve ning. We missed our co nnec tion and had to spend the evening of the 8th in Tok yo . We depa rted the a fternoon of the 9th fOl Pek ing, China . We were a liLLi e concern ed beca use we missed our Chinese connection. We weren't rea l sure who was going to be there to greet us. U pon a rrival we found that our interpretor, NIr. Tsing, was there to mee t eve ry flight from the one we mi ssed to the second da y. We departed on the 9th to Jinan . We took a DC3 which was in its WOlSt flight condition . We arrived in Jinan a nd chec ked into our hotel which was very close to the competi tion arena. The hotel "vas qui te comfortab le, food was reasonabl y good , and we were within 3 minutes of the gymnasium. vVe had one da y's prepa ration for the gymnastics mee t on the I I th , working out on the competition floor. The equipm ent was basi ca ll y the same as in Peking, but a better quality. Perhaps it was newer.

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- Hu a n g Yubin -Jim H a rtlin g - Xu ZhongxlIan - L a rr y Gerard

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After the compulsory rounds we felt th e Americans were just a littl e bit underscored , but we were sure that their consistency in th e compu lsories was going to pa yoff later in the optionals. After th e compu lsories, Gerard and Hartung were in exce llent position on floor and pomm el horse , Hartung was in good position in rings , and Gerard on high bar. Some general observations of th e Chinese compulsories; floor exercise, th ey jumped high , th eir corners were a litt le rough. Pomm el horse, th ey are exce ll ent. They do th e dismount to th e handstand three out of six. On th e rings, three out o f six do both ba ck-up rises to a straight-arm ha ndstand. Long horse, the board was rea l bad so we co uld not get an overall view. Para llel bars , their straight arm peach baskets in warm-ups. High bar, Finnensteim to ha ndstand three out of six. Dismount don e very high in a nice arched sta ll ed-out posit ion. OPTIONAL I 2 3 4

Jim H a rtun g Hu a n g Yubin Xu Zh o ngx uan L a rr y Garard

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compulsory and 111.60 on optional. Very excellent performances under the living and traveling conditions. Finals on the 14th; Hartung first on floor , Gerard third . Hartung second on pommel horse, probab ly the biggest let down of the meet. We fe lt that Jim should have also won the pommel horse . Gerard was fifth. On the rings, Hartung was second , Gerard fourth. On the vau lting, Hartung's ankle was bothering him so we decided to take him out, Gerard was fifth . Parallel bars; Gerard fourth , Hartung fifth. High bar; Hartung second and Gerard third.

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Bo th men and women gymnasts were outstanding in their gymnastics competition and their warmth and friendliness towards the other competitors invo lved. On the 15th we were flown back to Peking, where that evening we had a workout with the nationa l Chinese team . The resu lt was an excellent exchange of ideas and an atmosphere of friend li ness and respect gained through competi tion in the gymnasium. The last three days in Peking we were taken around and shown the Chinese wall and some other historica l landmarks of Peking. I fe l t it was an exce ll ent professiona l ou ting for me as a gymnastics coach. I am looking forward to representing the United States in many more cu ltural exchanges simi lar to the China trip.

First round optionals on 8- 13, Hartung performed excellent on floor, scoring a 9.7 for the high score in the meet. Gerard and H artung performed exce ll ently throughout the optionals scoring 57.10 and 56.05 respective l y . Their consistency throughout the compulsories and optiona ls paid off with a 112.80 on

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Friendship Invitational, Women's I n Sea t t Ie \\T a ll cOIl\Trged for aLII' "C h in a Exper ien ce" , La rr y Gera rd , jim H a rtun g a nd Fra n cis All e n a ll fro m e bras ka, Sa nd y Wirth o f th e Parke tles in Penn sy lva ni a, Am y Mach a m er o f NAAG o ut o f Eu gen e, Oregon , Interna ti o na l Breve t judge j oa nn e Pasqua le and wo m a n 's coach Ha l H a lvorson o f th e Bi g Sk y Gy m our o f Grea t Fa ll s, Mo nta n a , Unfortun a tely two gy mn as ts, Pe ter Ko rm a nn o f So uth ern Co nn ec ti cut a nd j ea nine C reek o f Big Sky Gy m Monta na we re inj u red pri o r LO the tri p a n d were un a bl e to acco mpa n y th e gro up o n thi s very m em o rab le trip , It was T o kyo first SLOp a nd pl a ne a rra n gem e nts LO Pekin g h ad to be m ade (LO o ur surp ri se). Pek ing A nillnl T he trip began \\' ith o ur a rriva l in Peking ri g ht in the middle o f a very oppress ive h ea t wave, howeve r, a fter las t w inter m os t o f us didn ' t compl a in too mu ch, Chinese o ffi cia ls and inte rpre to rs m e t us a t the a irpo rt a nd a rra nged for tra nspo rta ti o n to Pekin g l ni ve rsity fo r o ur first ni g ht s lodg ing. We spent a co uple h o urs tha t evenin g workin g o ut a nd stre tching (a lso tryin g to ge t a dju sted to th e 12 ho ur tim e difference). T h e gym we wo rked o ut in see med ra th er poo rl y equiped a nd surpri sing ly we la ter lea rn ed th a t the 1 ni versity faciliti es served a bo ut h a lf o f th e to p ten C hin ese m en a nd wo me n gy mnas ts . T h e n ext m o rning we were ta ken to the summ er p a lace o f the fo rm er imperial rul ers o f China during th e C hin a Dyna sty whi ch reign ed from 1644 -1 9 11. It is full o f co un ya rd s a nd grea t hall s, A la rge la ke (we LOo k a boa t ride) as well as a to wer o f in ce nse for Buddha u p lo n g ivit y hill a re the m a in structures of th e pa lace . Th a t a ft ern oon we were fl ow n LO Ts in a n o r jina n loca ted a bo ut 300 mil es So uth eas t o f Pekin g o n the ba nk s o f o n e o f Chin a 's la rges t ri ve rs (Ye ll o w River). The C hin ese n a tion a l ch a mpi o n ships h ad been co ndu cted a t th e sa m e n ew spo rts facilit y ea rlier thi s sprin g. The center sea ted so m e 15,000 a nd as we were to find o ut was so ld o ut fo r a ll o f th e se pa ra te men 's a nd wo m e n 's compul sory a nd op ti o na l sess io ns as well as bo th fin a ls ses sio n s. Th e first e\'l'nin g we were trea ted to a welco min g ba nqu et with a six co urse m ea l invo h 'in g m a n y foods \\T had n e\Tr see n befo re (\Try int erest in g), to be sure but in gen era l th e g u ys a nd ga ls headed for o ur priva te suppli es o f pea n u t butter, h ea lth ba rs, dri ed fruit a nd ta n g a t the ea rli es t con\'eni en ce. T h ere were num ero us LOas ts a nd welco min g sp eeches by \'a ri o us fed era tio n p ersonnel as well as ex p la na ti o n s o f th e foods \\'C were ea tin g (or loo kin g a t). Each ta bl e h ad int erpreLOrs fo r such thin gs, exa mpl e: fi sh with pi geo n eggs; sp ec ia l jina n p a nca kes; fri ed ice crea m ; fa mou s jinan peanuts; a nd " bl ack" eggs, a ired in lim e! Fo ll o win g the dinner we wa lked to the cl o se-by h o tel thea tre to o bserve a Chin ese o p era. U nfortun a tel y o ur bio sch edul es were still adju stin g a nd o ur lack o f und ersta ndin g o f th e Jines m ade it to u g h keepin g our o ld 'eyes ' o p en, The three acts in vo lvin g acroba ts (RO Ara bi a n s, h a ndsprin gs, etc.), fi g hts betw een C hin ese fa iry ta le ch a racters, etc. Fo ll ow in g th e sh ow m os t everyon e was as leep in n o tim e! T h e n ex t m o rning " N BC" Span s wa nted some footage of the grou p to uri ng some of the J ina n a m actions so the group

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bu sed to th e " Bubbling Sprin gs " o ne o f jina n 's m a n y sprin gs as well as Ta nin g La ke wh ere we too k a n o th er boa t ride to o n e o f the centra l is la nds for a coffel' brea k. Jin a n (Tdina n ) is th e capita l city o f Sh a ntun g P rov in ce a nd h as a popula ti on o f a bo ut a milli o n a nd a ha lf peop le. Tha t a ft ernoo n m ore worko ut ! The n ext m o rnin g it was o ff to th e Fri endship Store, a sm a ll SLOre es p ecia ll y for LO urists, fill ed with item s ma de loca ll y a nd reaso n a bl y pri ced , All o f us pi cked up a number o f g ifts a nd thin gs. We shopped in so m e o f the loca l dep a rtment sto res a lso where crowds o f people ga thered a ro und to see th e Am eri ca n s! Quit e a n experI ence. T h e compe titi o n s LOo k up o ur time for th e nex t three days a lthou g h we h ad sh ort tri ps back to th e Fri end shi p SLOre, e tc. Atth e conclu sio n o f th e co mpe titi o ns we were in fo r som e m o re loca l to urin g. Th e Thousa nd Buddha Mo unta in Pa rk including th e 4ga te Pagota wa s o ne. Quite a dri ve throug h rura l China, terraced hillsides, e tc. (a bo ut a n h o ur 's dri ve fro m Jin a n ). Th e Pag o tas we re a ll tha t is lef t o f a Buddhi st Mon asta ry d es troyed by fl oods som e time ago. Th e wh o le a rea bein g a loca l shrin e. Th e T ho usa nd Buddha wa ll bein g just wh a t th e na m e impli es - ca rvin gs o f Buddhas o f va ri o us sizes a ll a long a stone cliff - we took lots of pictures as did th e Chinese Press o f us to uring with th e Chin ese Delega ti on lea ders. AilOther o f o ur tours was to th e J i n a n C hildren 's P a lace, a sp ecia l sch oo l for g ifted yo un gs ters fro m th ro u g h o ut jina n. Exampl es o f wh a t we sa w were: dem o nstra ti o ns by yo un gsters o f m a rsh a ll a rts, sw ord da n cers, sti ck co mba t ga m es, chora l present a ti o n s, dra m a tic presenta ti on s, mu sica l so los a nd gro up sel ecti o ns o f strin ged in strument s etc. , m ag ic acts, h a nd bal a n cin g a nd o ther types o f ba la n cin g , reen actm ent o f Chin ese fa iry ta il s (m a n y o f th ese ac to rs a nd mu sicia n s we re o nl y 8-9 yea rs o ld ). Th e, Presenta ti o n s fo r us were of ver y hi g h qu a lity a nd were extre mel y enterta inin g a nd interes tin g , T h ey eve n h ad us pl ay so m e pin g p o n g with th em (a nd a t leas t let u s hit th e ba ll ). T h e entire sch oo l lin ed the driveway as \\'e left wa vin g fl ags a nd wi shing u s well !

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Our la st evening in jinan we were again th e guests to a very large farewe ll banquet in our honor (a ll th e com petitors and coaches) with many of th e same foods and formaliti es - we took group pictures and exchanged flags between delega tion s as well as ga\路e various thank yo u speeches and I made some special presentations to various Chinese officials of some Charles M. Russell wesrern art reprints as special littl e th a nk yo u gifts from us p ersonall y. I might mention that we did go loaded with exchange items which were greatly appreciated - some of these included: gymnastic's T-shirts; stickers and pin s; National \tVildlife maps ; frisbees; USGF hats ; western picture reprints (cowboys and Indians); post cards; and International Gymnast magazines. At th e finals co mpe tition I traded a USA warm-up to th e Chinese tea m for a Chinese ,,路ar m-up for jeanine. They the press hand y for that also. VVe were intervi ewed rontinuall y th e entire trip and competition! The final morning we were bused out to the banks of the Yellow River for the pictures etc. and good look at it (lots of mud) . Also we went to th e m emo rial of those from jinan who died in th e 1948 war between Mao and Chaing Ki Check. Then it was off to Pe king (wh ere the rea l sight seeing bega n ). \tVe had better acco modations this tim e in downtown P eking just several blocks up from Mao's tomb a nd what we referred to as China 's Red Square. Th e n ex t morning we bused to th e Great Wall. China 's ancient architectural marvel that stretches across China for some 1200 miles and was built to repe l China's enemies such as the Mongol. The wall was started 400 years before Christ and man y small sections were connected to form the Grea t Wall during the Chin Dynasty 200 BC to 400 AD and finall y completel y completed in about 1500. We visit ed Pata Ling pass a retored section for tourists. It was impress ive to say the leas t, some 60 fee t high and 30 fee t wi d e stretching as far as the eye could see.

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Next th e Ming Tombs. Thirteen Ming emperors had tombs constructed (co mparabl e to Egypts Pyramids ) for th emselves at the foot of the mountains. We \路isited aile of the tombs (all have not been excavated). The underground stone structures are about 60 fee t dee p and covering some 2000 square ya rds. Many fun eral objects and treas ures have been un ea rthed and placed on displa y as national treas ures. The entra n ce to a ll of th e tombs is lined with doze ns of stone carved animals, "guarding the Sacred Way"! All in all a h eck of a lot of work by a lot of peasants! The last da y we went to th e " Forbidden City" or form erl y the Palace of the ruling Chinese emperors. This is located in Peking. These are the biggest and bes t preserved buildings of ancient China. The area covered is huge and is surrounded by a 150 foot wide mote and 30 foot high wall. Inside were ceremonial q uarlers and living quarters of the imperial rul ers and their servants. The construction of such a place involved dragging granite and marble slabs over one hundred miles by hand. Most all of th ese were carved for deco ration . The Dragon , of course, was the imperial symbol and can be seen adorning literally everything within the palace. These palaces were the cen ter of feudal rule in China since 1368 and were finally overlhrown in 1911. Hundreds of statues, carved walkw ays, huge brass pots , man y treas ures such as gold ea ting utens ils , etc. , and a wall of carved dragons are in the palace. Later in the da y we went to the Temple of Heaven or ce nter of pra yer for th e Emperors , where there was more ca rved statues a nd traditional Chinese architecture, etc. Seeing th ese definitely clashed with the poor peop le we sawall wea ring th e same shirts, etc. Made us all a littl e more appreciative of our own situations I'm sure. I'm sure we won ' t soon forget our " China Experience"! Gymnastics News/ September-Ocrober 1979

Pan - American Games Karen Patoile H av in g ta ken pa rt in p rev io u s Pa n- Ameri ca n Games, the las t minute d ec isio n o f the U nited Sta tes to pa rllClpa te; the eve n la ter co nfirma ti o n o f p la ne reserva tio n s, a nd virtua ll y no info rm a ti o n o n w h ere we were to stay o r how to ge t there, fo un d me leav in g Sea ttl e p repa red for a n ythin g. But, m y p recon ce ived ideas were no t to be th e case. After sp endin g the ni g ht in Full erto n w ith J oa nn e Pasq ua le a nd he r g rac io u s fa mil y, the two o f us fl ew th e nex t m o rnin g - J u ne 27th - di rectl y to Sa n J ua n , Puerto Rico, site o f the 8th Pa n Am eri ca n Ga m es. W h en we a rri ved in Sa n Jua n la tc r tha t evenin g, we were m e t by m embe rs o f the tra n spo rta ti o n co mmittee, w h o fo und o ur baggage; su rro unded u s w ith e ig ht o r m o re yo un g m en to he lp ca rry even o ur j ac ke ts; a nd p rov ided a p ri va te car th a t drove u s to th e H o tel G ra nd Ba hi a w hi ch prov ided o u r lodg in g for the d ura ti o n o f the Ga m es. T he ho te l is o n e o f th e o ld er buildin gs in Sa n Ju a n , but those o f us wh o h ad bee n in Ca li , o r Mex ico C ity a t the two p rev io u s Games th o u g ht it was a pa lace com pa red to w h a t we 'd had to endu re there. Tha nks to J acki e Fie w h o h ad a rrived in Sa n Jua n two days before u s, th e h o te l h ad u s a ll reg istered a nd it was ve ry easy for u s to ge t o ur p ro per I.D . tags, co mpl e te with n ylo n string. T hese beca m e a p erm a n ent p a rt o f o ur wa rdro be a nd as o ffi cia ls, a II O\\'ed us to go in to a lmost everythin g conn ec ted w ith the o th er compe titio n s. Few peop le a re awa re tha t th ere a re t wenty-fi \'e different sp o rts incl u ded in th e Pa n- Am eri ca n Ga m es a nd to most o f th e Centra l a nd So uth Am eri ca n co untri es these ga m es a re as im po rta nt to th eir a thl etes as th e Ol ym p ic Ga m es a re to o ur a thl e tes. Beca u se o f the Inte rn a ti o na l Ol ymp ic Co mmittee rulin g o n the nu mbers w h o may pa rti cipa te in a n 01 ym p ic Games, few o f these co unt ries a re a bl e to se nd m o re tha n a h a nd full o f co mpe tito rs to the Ol ymp ics, con seque ntl y the Pa n- Am s a re th e o n e pl ace they ca n com e in force w ith full delega ti o ns . An d th e peop le o f the sm a ll isla nd o f Puerto Ri co were w illi ng to p rove they coul d con d uct a qu a lity, we ll -orga nized ga m es, n o t o nl y in gymnas ti cs but eve ry venu e. Now to ge t back in th e sequ en ce o f events, Ern a Wa tch e l, the third m ember o f o ur U.S.A. delega ti o n o f judges, a rri ved the n ex t morning, Ju ne 28 th a nd was ass ig ned a roo m w ith a judge rep rese ntin g Braz il , w h o spoke exce ll ent En g li sh , a nd a thi rd lady, w h o sp o ke n o En g li sh . After Ern a rece ived h er I.D. ca rd, a ll three o f us we nt to ge t o ur unifo rm s. We had a ll co m e prep a red to wea r the traditio na l F.I. G. Navy jac ket a nd g rey skirt , beca u se we were the o nl y cou ntry tha t was no t info rm ed tha t the O rga nizin g co mmitttee wo ul d prov ide a top and we were to brin g bl ack pa nts to wea r with thi s top. W h en we a rri ved a t th e unifo rm d istributi o n roo m , we th o u g ht we would be a h ead o f the ru sh , as m a n y o ffi cia ls fo r o th er sp o rts h ad no t a rri ved ye t. We each we re g iven a be ige shirt in size m ed iu m, the sm a lles t they h ad . After trying them o n , we rea li zed they were very styli sh fo r m en a nd cut fo r m en . J oan n e' s a nd min e wo uld h ave bee n ri g ht in style in the mini-skirt era a nd Ern a's was definite ly still a m ax i.

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"Ve la ter lea rned th a t a ll th e size sm a ll s were g iven to m en , so m os t o f th e wo m en 's gy mn as tics o ffi cia ls loo ked ra th er co mi ca l in o ur " Rh a m a r o f th e Jun g le" o utfits! T h e a fternoon o f the 28 th we went to the U ni ve rsit y o f Puerto Ri co to a tten d a technica l de lega tes m ee tin g with J ack ie Fi e. There was n o busin ess condu cted. Everyo ne was just introdu ced a nd th e h ead judges fo r m en a nd wo m en were na m ed. '''' e were served a very ni ce lun ch before re turning to the h o te l, wh ere we m ee t th e three m en fro m th e U.S.A. w ho were ass ig ned to judge - Fred Orl o fs ky, J o hn Burkel, a n d Do n a n d G lo ri a Ne lso n . G lo ria ac ted as o ur o ffi cia l inter p re ter. She spea ks fl ue nt Spa ni sh , hav in g m oved to the U nited S ta tes fro m C uba as a yo ung g irl. H er effo rts were g rea tl y ap precia ted by u s a ll , but especia ll y by Fred a nd m yse lf w h o we re ass ig n ed as h ead judges a nd n eeded h er h elp w h en the Spa ni sh spea kin g me mber o f o u r pa ne ls coul d n o t un ders ta nd u s. Jun e 30th , th e judges' co urse fo r bo th me n a nd wom en was h e ld in the sm a ll er prac tice gym , in w h at mu st be

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considered very poor co nditions fo r such an important part o f th e competiti on. It was obv io us that there was a vast differen ce in knowl edgc a nd ex p eri ence of the women judges present. The pre-co mpe tition co urse cou ld have bee n an exce ll ent opportunity to unite the group had th e condition bee n better. It was very h ot; therc were on ly three g irls to demonstrate a nd the eq uipm ent th ey were as ked to use was a lm ost h a zard o u s. This was much different than the compe tition site, whi ch had a ll new Nissen equipm ent, set-up on small wooden p latforms. This building was th e on ly air-cond iti o ned site of the entire games a nd was not being used during the course . I fee l th ere would h ave bee n mu ch less frustration on th e pa rt o f the you nger, less ex p eri en ced judges - a few w h o were at th eir first International co mpetition - if we h ad been a ll owed to use th e compe tition site for th e course. This a lso would h ave so lved and addit io nal probl e m. Most o f th e judges h ad n eve r work ed with th e Om ega elec tronic scoring system a nd thi s was rea lized as th ey march ed out to judge th e first grou p of g irl s. Al though th e system is n ot difficult, it would h ave been one less wo rry to man y of th e judges, who already had to dea l w ith two different compu lsory routin es on three events and were to see a skill level ra nging from what we co uld cons ider C lass

III to th e Canadian Na ti o nal Champion , a nd three o f th e top Elite girls from the U.S.A.! The co mp e titi o n it se lf was conducted \T r y professiona ll y under th e wa tchful scrutiny o f Caro l Ann e Letheran , Canad ia n representitive to th e F.LC. and Meet Referee for th e Women's Pan -A m co mpetiti o n; Mr. Felix Ferna ndez from Spa in , wh o is a m e mber of the F.LC. Exec utive Committee and th e o ffi cial delega te for the PanAm compe titi on sent by the F.LG ; a nd Mr. Louis de Pa blo from Cuba, Pres ident of the Pan-Am eri ca n Gymnast ic Federati on. Just prior to the sta rt o f th e m en 's co mpetiti o n , whi ch was th e da y before th e ' '''omen bega n , th ere was con siderabl e di scuss io n , comin g particul a rl y from the Cuban delega tion , a bo ut th e eq uipm ent th a t was going to be used . Nissen was th e o ffi ca l prm'ider o f a ll the gymnastic apparatus, p lus th e suppli er of most n ecessa ry equipment for seven other venues. Th e co mpl a int con cern ed th e fl oor exercise mat and th e coi l boards. The Cubans felt these did not m ee t F.LG. regulations a nd sa id th ey had brought a nd o ffi cia l Re uther fl oor and boards with th em on the ship th a t transported th e entire delegation - ath le tes and o ffi cia ls - to Sa n Jua n. Of co urse th ey wou ld be more th a n w illin g to delivcr sa id equipment to- th e compe titi o n site. Mr. Geo rge issen ca tego ricall y stated that if thi s h a ppened, he wou Id deli vcr all his eq uipm ent back to Ccdar Rapids. We n eVLT sa w a n y o f the Reuther equipm ent ! But, later in the wee k, o ne of th e Cuban judges asked me if there would be a n eed for their offi~ia l Re uth er equ ipm en t in Fort Worth , a t th e World Champ ionships. I thanked her and firml y sa id NO! As I stated earli er, the co mpe tition sit e was la rge , a irco ndition ed a ren a, th a t had bee n ni cel y deco ra ted with fl owe rs. It seated 20,000 and was so ld o ut for a ll the gym a nsti c sessions . The a udien ce was a lways very ap prec iative of good perform a n ces , but did ca use a con siderabl e up roa r at th e m e n 's fin a l competition , \\'hen they felt th e Cuban men were over-scored and th e l J .S . a nd Canadian m en und ersco red ! As would be my lu ck, I drew Floor Exercise for bo th co mpulsory a nd optional s - the o nl y judge to repeat an eve nt. This e\Tnt is usua ll y one of my fan)rite , but wh en tw o vastly differe nt compu lso ry routines wcre a ll owed, things beca me very complicated ! Either th c Ce ntral Am eri ca n Games routine , o r o ur prese nt Elite routine co uld be p erformed ! An e ntire tea m had to usc th e sa me exe rcise. The differen ce in d iffi c ulty of the two routines is simi lar to our Cl ass II ro utin e a nd the Elite routin e. As the H ead Judge it a lso beca m e ap p a rent to m e that thc Centra l a nd South Amer ica n judges we re not awa rdin g th e Elite routi ne wi th any more va l ue for its difficl ty than th ey were th e o th er routin e. The same thing happen ed during th e op ti ona l compet iti on. Even though we were using st ri ctl y F.LG. rul es and nOI our ROV deductions , the F.LG. rul es do a ll ow for the award ing of ri sk for diffi cult sk ill s. This was very hard for several of the judges I had worki ng wi th m e to co mpreh end. They a lso were unawa re that th e F.LG . had officia ll y adopted a new a ll owab le ra nge fo r th e middl e two scores. This is n ow bein g ca ll ed the "S trasbo urg Ra nge" a nd is very s imil ar to th e ra nge we have been using for severa l yea rs now. Need less to say, these tw o a reas alone ca used severa l conferences which resulted in th e use of th e Base score three timeandjust my score twice.

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Pan - American Games - Can't T h e U.S.A . had three g ym n as ts th a t compe ted - H eidi Anderso n , J acki e Casse ll a , a n d J ean in e Cree k. T h e F. I. G. a ll ows o nl y th ree to com pe te unl ess th ere is a team, so Lin da Ka rdos h ad to sit ou t as a ltern a te, even th ough she did n o t fin d thi s o ut until th e ni g ht before the compe ti tion. A fu ll tea m is six, w it h fi\'e scores used . Floor Ex . was the on e e\'en t th a t o ur g irl s did n o t h ave to a lter durin g th e co m p lii sory co m pe titio n , from th t' ro utin es they we re used to p erformin g. T he o th er three eve nts had ch a n ges to accommoda te th e lesse r skill ed gy mnas ts. T h e va ult was a H a n dsp rin g . T he " p each ro ll " was elimin a ted from th e u n evt' n ba r ro utine a nd two d ism o unts were a ll owed. And the bea m rou tine h ad so ma n y ch anges fro m the elite ro utin e, it was h a rd to recogni ze from th e or ig in a l! All three o f th e g irl s did exce llent ro utin es w ith fl aw less acro ba ics, hi g h leap seri es a nd n o hops o n th e fu ll turn s. H oweve r, their scores do n o t refl ec t th e fin e ro utines they eac h di d . I fee l in pa rt thi s was du e to the facts tha t they were the fi rs t gro u p to pe rfo rm exce ll ent 1980 ro utin es an d th e judges di d n o t kn ow h ow hi gh they sh o ul d be scori ng a nd as u su a l judges from o utside th e l SA . a re a b it a fra id to sco re o ur g irl s hi g h , leas t th e res t o f the world sh o uld lea rn just wh a t o utsta ndin g work th ey a re do in g . As th e H ead judge , I co uld o nl y ca ll a co n fere n ce a fter H eidi 's ro utines, o th erw ise, th e middl e t\\'o scores were in ra n ge a nd as a "co untin g" H ead judge , m y score was th row n o ut .3 to .5 tenth s hi gh er tha n th e average. T h e Mex ica n s, Brazili a n s, C uba n s a nd Ca nad ia n s were th e o nl y o ther gro u ps to perfo rm th e 1980 compul sory ro utine. T h ose o f no te in add ition to the U.S .A. g irl s wou ld be Monica Goerman - Ca nada w ith a 9.35; Elfi Schl ege l - Ca n ada - 9.35; Elsa Chi vas - C uba - 9. 15; a nd Lilli a n Carrascosa - Braz il - 9. 00. T h e ra n ge o f scores for co m p ul sory Floor was 6. 15 to 9.4 0. T h e breakdo wn for the two di fferent ro utin es was; Cen tra l Am er ica n ro utin e 6. 15 to 9.05 a n d 1980 ro utine ws 8.35 to 9.4 0 During the o ptio n a l com pe titi o n we rea ll y did n o t see a n ythin g n ew p rese nted. T h e U .S.A . g irl s had th e bes t compos iti on a nd ri sk accordin g to th e sta nda rd s we h ave se t w ith th e RO V syste m . J acki e a nd H eidi bo th did do ubl e backs a nd do ubl e tw ists, w ith J ea nine do in g two dou bl e tw ists a nd h er seri es w ith 2 p iked fro nts. Monica Goerma nn was th e o nl y o ther gy mn as t th a t perfo rm ed u p to the hig h standards we h ave set. She did a d o uble back a nd dou bl e tw ists, w ith sli g ht la ndin g p ro bl em s o n bo th. Elfi mi ssed her do ubl e back a nd stumbl ed ou t o f h er do ubl e tw ist. Two C uba n s p erfo rmed do ubl e tw ists. Some o f th e ro utin es had n o thin g m ore th a n a tu ck back a nd seri es o f back h a n ds prin g or a fro nt aeri a l for th eir diffi culty. T he scores fo r o pti o na l ro ut ines o n F loor ra n ged fro m 8. 10 to 9.80. Th e o u tsta ndin g rou tin es were perfo rm ed by Jea nine C reek -- U.S.A w ith a 9.80; H eidi Anderson -U.S.A. - 9.7 0; Moni ca Goe nn a nn - Ca nada - 9.7 0 (bo th o f th ese g ir ls' averages we re the res ult o f a base sco re fo r H eidi a nd u sing o nl y m y score fo r Moni ca); a nd J ac ki e Casse ll a - l .S.A - 9.65 ( a lso th e res ult o f a base sco re). Durin g the F in a ls (Compe titi on III ), I was H ead Jud ge for Va ult. With the n ew F.I. G. r ul e th a t three judges mu st be w ithi n th e correc t ra n ge I a nti cipated h av ing a g rea t dea l o f boo k work . In add iti o n , the g irl s m us t do two different va ults. T hi s pa n el o f judges h ad n o pro bl em s.

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Pan - American Games - Can't T h e scores were a ll withi n range eve n w ith j ust on e tenth a ll owa bl e for mos t o f the scores. It was obvious th a t J ac ki e Casse ll a perform ed th e bes t two \ a ulLs, ha nd sp rin g fro nl (th ose of yo u ca lli ng thi s va ult a dou bl e fro nt , pl ease correc t yo ur term in o logy beca use we aCLU a ll y saw a C uba n m a n do a fro nt h a ndspr in g w ith 2 112 so ltos!) a nd layo u t Ts uk. And , wh en her two sco res of 9.80 a nd 9.90 we re ave raged a nd the n added to he r prev io us average, she ea rn ed th e Go ld Meda l, h a nds -dow n ! JoA nn e a n d Ern a h ave added co mm ents on the eve nts th ey j udged, bu t I would lik e to li st th e m eda ls wo n by the g irl s fro m th e U .S.A.; J ea nine Cree k - Sil ver in th e All- Aro und Go ld o n F loor Exe rcise J ack ie Casse ll a - Go ld o n Va ult Sil ve r o n Ba la n ce Beam H eidi Anderson - Sil ver o n Floo r Exercise In add iti o n to the compe titi o n s, we we re a ll a bl e to enj oy severa l o f th e o ther sports w h en o ur sch ed ul e d id n o t confli ct. And a bit o f th e Ca ri bbea n sun shine, but no t as much as we would h ave li ked , as it is a lso th e ra in y seaso n thi s tim e o f yea r. Ol d Sa n Jua n was very enj oya ble as was th e hosp ita lit y o f th e h os t cou ntry, who rea ll y p roved they co uld condu c t a qua lit y 8th Pa n- Am eri ca n Ga m es .

Compu lsory [fau lt - H andslJ ring USA a nd Ca n ada sh owed good techniq ue scores were 9. 05 - 9.30 - 9.60 USA . Ca n ada 's team sco red be tween 9. 0 to 9.45 Braz il a n d Cuba n girl s h ad speed a nd so me dyna mics. Brazil 's tea m scored betwee n 8.55 ato 9.25 (onl y 2 g irl s below 9. 00). Scores fo r C uba ra n ged fro m 9. 10 to 9.7 0 (l as t average LOa hi g h ). Pu erto Ri co, Venez u ela, R ep. Da m ., Peru , Co lo mbi a lac ked ti g htness o f body, repul sion a nd a fter fli ght neith er tea m reached 9. 0. Alth o Pu erto R ico 's hi g h score was 8.95 (average too low.). Ven ezuela 's 8.75, Colo mbi a 's two g irl s 8.85 , Rep. Da m. , three g irl s sa me Score o f 8.60 (Sa m e coac h n o do ubt. ) Optio ll al [I au Its: Brazil , T su k-Tu ck, T suk-Pike, sh owed h eig ht , good revo luti o n , bu t in contro ll edl a ndin g . Scores be tween 9.20 a nd 9.40. Ca nada: H a ndsprin g I 1/ 2 fro nt LUck, Ts uk Pik e, Ts uk-Layo ut. Scores be twee n 9.35 a nd 9.80. C uba: Ts uk-Tu ck, T suk-Pike, 1/ 2 o n 1/ 2 o ff. Low sco re 9.25 hi g h score 9.50. Co lo mbi a: Ya m as hitas 8.4 0 - 8.75. Per u : H a ndsp rin g- full , Ya m as hita 1/ 2 w ith scores ra n ged from 8.10 a nd 8.85. Puerto Ri co's tea m , Ya m ashitas, 1/ 2 o n 1/ 2 o ff , 1/ 4 o n 1/ 4 o ff scores ra n ged fro m 8.10 to 8.75. Rep . Da m. , T suk -Tu ck, Ya m as hita a nd Yamas hita 112 scorin g 8.30 -8.80-8.90. Ven ezuela: H a ndsp rin g -full , T suk-Tuck, Ya m ashita 1/ 2. Low score 8.1 5 hi g h score 9. 10. U .S.A: H a ndsprin g I 112 Fro nt-T uck 9.50, (ave rage ca m e o ut too low) . Ts uk-Pike 9.50, T suk-Layou t 9.7 0. Th e nex t Pa n- Am to be h eld in Ve n ezuela will sh ow h ow much improve me nt fo r the La tin countri es, I a m sure, for they a lready have since 1975.

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Moni ca Goermann Jeanine Creek Elfi Sc hlegel Sh erry Hawco Diana Carnegi Jackie Casello Ellen Stewart Elsa Chivas Carm en Alie Ori sel Martinez Tania Gonzalez May the Thomas Gabriela Apellaniz Heidi And erson Lillian Carrascosa Vicenta Cruzata Zulma Rodriguez Anet Rubido Silvi a Don Anjos Olga Brito

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38 .60 38 .00 37.65 37 .70 37.55 37.55 37 .25 37.00 37 .20 37.15 36 .60 36.70 36.75 37.00 36 .65 36 .30 36.45 36 .70 36 .55 36 .35

76 .30 75 .15 75.10 75.05 74.80 74.65 74 .35 74.30 73.80 73.75 73. 55 73.05 73 .00 73 .00 72 .85 72 .80 72.50 72.45 72 .35 71 .75

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37 .70 37 .15 37.45 37 .35 37 .25 37 .10 37 .10 37 .30 36.60 36.60 36 .95 36 .35 36 .25 36 .00 36.20 36.50 36.05 35.75 35.80 35.40

Men's Fmal Trials Fred Turoff,

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Men's 1979 World Championship Team Bart Conner

Kurt Thomas

Peter Vidmar

Jim Hartung

Larry Gerard

Tim La Fleur

Mike Wilson Fifteen of the top sixteen men in our country gathered at the spacious Moby Gym at Colorado State University to put on a superb show for the many fans who came to cheer and applaud in awe of the outstanding performances at the final tryouts forthe 1979 Men's Team to represent us at this year's World Championships/ December 2-9 in Fort Worth, Texas. The lone National Team member to miss the trials was Pete Kormann , who suffered a recurrence of a prior shoulder injury just before the trials. The competition was extremely well organized and run by host CSU coach Steve Johnson, assisted by CSU's women's coach Sheila Walker and the teams and regular gymnastics supporters of CSU. ABC-TV taped the compulsory session and ran a live telecas t of the optionals on Saturday afternoon, September 22, which attests to the popularity of our sport these days . This was the highest caliber co mpetition I can recall in our domestic program. Grea t strides were made by everyone since the U.S.G.F. nationals held this past May in Dayton, Ohio. This meet was so close that the standings of the competitors constantly changed as each round passed and, in the end, an outstanding team emerged with the eighth and ninth men m erely.2 and.4 behind. We will have a very strong team represent us at the World Championships, a team that has a legitimate shot at improving on our 4th place finish at the 1978 World Championships. The team m embers are: Bart Conner, Kurt Thomas, Larry Gerard, Jim Hartung, Tim LaFleur, Peter Vidmar, and Mike Wilson . It was very satisfying for the coaching staff (Roger Counsil, Mas Watanabe, and myself) to note many improvements in the compulsory exercises since Dayton . These were due, in part, to intensive compulsory work at the National Training Camp held at the University of Nebraska, June 25-July 6. Overall, the event that still shows some definite weakness is Rings, where we have trouble areas due to a general lack of strength in several key positions. On Floor Exercise, we have developed a consistent interpretation and execution of the exercise. Pommel Horse performers demonstrated higher dismounts and several high , free simple swiss movements . On Rings, dismounts were flighty, but we are still generally weak in kips, lowering to and holding front levers, and backward swing. Vaulting showed better flight and position characteristics. Parallel Bar mounts are generally high and precise, dismounts and cast supports are more flighty, but we are generally weak 16

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in peach baskets. A number of Horizontal Bar movements were elevated to higher leve ls of exec ution , such as mounting to a handstand , Finnish stem to a near handstand, and high er back uprises. Areas to work here are " wrong grip" forward giants to facilitate the mount and Finnish stem sequences , a nd dismounts w hich are usuall y rushed. After compul sories the score spread was 58.05 to 54.25. I can recall only 5 exercises with major breaks in the compulsories. The optionals session saw ex trem e difficulty th at has, in many cases, bee n mastered by the performers. Yet there were more missed exercises than I expected to see, some by the top performers. Bart Conner, Larry Gerard, Tim LaFleur, and Peter Vidmar had exce llent meets with no major errors . Kurt Thomas, Jim Hartung, a nd Mike Wilson each had few errors that will be corrected by Decem ber. This meet saw 13 of 15 m en use one or two double backs on FE, a nd of these, 4 were full twi stin g dou bles . Pommel Horse showed vcry intri cate comb ination work with seHTa l \'a ri a tion s of flair mo\'en1(' nts. Rings saw 9 of 13 men dismount with full twist in g doubles, 2 locked arm fonvard giants, but still we are not holding our strength positions long enough a nd in several cases in an in correc t position. Everyone did a somersaulting vault, with 5 m en twisting as well. On Parallel Bars, several side mounts were used , and 12 dismounted with double saltos. Five fl yaway 1/ 2 twist recatches were successfully performed on Horizonta l Bar, with 3 front saito catches as well. Nine men used full twisting doubl es, a nd 12 did at least 2 release- reca tch moves. In addition to th e exce ll en t organizational and promotional efforts of the host school and coaches, American and Sarneige equ ipment was supplied by the manufacturers. These compa ni es will provide the World Championships with eq uipment, and thus our gymnasts had a chance to compete on th a t equipment at this ea rl y date. The team will reunite in Fort Worth on November20th in final preparation for the World Championships. In additional, number 8-12 will be brought in on November 25th and they, along with the team alternate, will perform for th e pre-meet judges course. I have no doubt the judges will be buzzing with the impress ion that our second lin e of men will make them , which will set the tone for great accomplishments to come. It will certainly be an excit ing Dece mber!

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Jackie Cassello , Gigi Ambandos, a nd I left Los Angeles on August 22. We arrived in th e new Tokyo airport just after th e Canadians. We were roomed in a hotel complex that included a gymnastics school , bowling alley, swimming pool , Ice rink , a nd tenni s co urts. It was bea utiful , modern , and interes ting. At th e coaches ' m ee ting th e evening we a rri ved , th e J apa nese delega tion stressed the importance of the m ee t in the eyes of the FIG , and thus se t th e stage fo r a n exce ll ent competition. The meet procedures outlined, we and the Canadians found th e order very odd , w ith one group to be va ulting 45 minutes after the res t of the girls had co mpl eted th a t event. One group was made LO lea d off in three of th e four events. We chose an exce ll eI1l squad placem ent, not ha ving to go first a t all. The next day , we arrived a t the 1964 Ol ympi c site. As I had bee n in J apa n for this same m ee t two years ago with Stephanie Willim and Kari Lew is , I fo und fond memories and was to find th e same thrill a t hea ring th e na tional athem played as o ur flag was lifted for Ja cki e's gold medal vault, that I did for Stephanie's bar win in '77. Equipped with Japan ese Senoe mats , th e bars were stiff, wooden, round bars . The bea m , padded but hare!. The floor exercise mat was not spring o r reuther, but ethafoa m under ca rpeting mu ch lik e our indoor-outdoor ca rpeting. The boards .were the old U .S. reuth er style. All the equipment was adequate and sound. In vaulting, Gigi p erform ed a cl ea n piked tsukaha ra for a 9.3. A half on-full off scored a 9.2. For a layo ut tsuk , perform ed by a Hungarian , which was reall y a piked tsuk, the score was 9.65 Jackie nailed a layo uttsuk for a 9.7, to win th e event for th e day. Bars went well both for l .S . girls; Ja cki e rece ived 9.4 and Gigi 9.55. The audience loved Jacki e's routine, especia ll y her giant sequence. Gig i's routine was by far th e most original of th e m ee t. Beam proved our downfall. Jacki e hit co ld on every move , th en fell out of her las t tuck , scoring a 9.0. Gigi got off LO a wobbly start, but after making her layout combination, finish ed smoothl y for a 9.1. On floor exercise, Gigi did a cl ea n routine with much audience pa rti cipation , including 2 double fulls and an a rabian to a full. She got a 9.35, and tied a Czech girl who had a double full, two flip flops for her middl e pass , a nd a lternate tu cked fulls a t the end, all of which were don e sloppily. J acki e under-rota ted her doubl e back, touching th e floor with her hands , slightly injuring her ankle, so opted for a n ara bi a n to a tuck for her middl e pass for a n 8.95. Both girls were a pl eas ure LO watch a nd coach . They both make it LO finals on two events . Jack ie had first going into va ult, Gigi third on bars. In th e all-around, the girls were side-by-side with Gigi tied for 9th and Jackie in II tho The judging had been sporadic a t bes t, floor exercise was off as much as .4, bea m .6 in man y cases.

In fin a ls, th e va ults were high er and better. J ac kie's co mbin a tion of layo ut tsuk a nd ha ndsprin g -front won first over a Ruma nian with a full-twisting tsuk (rea ll y did a 1/ 4-3/ 4) and pike tsuk. On ba rs, there were an a bunda nce o f falls. The most common eleme nts were free hips , stalders, and Coman ec i dismounts. Gigi 's routine received a 9.45 , for second place. On bea m , the routines were cl ea n , but all countri es opted for sa fe, easy di smounts, exce pt Jacki e's tsuk off and Anica C hiss , a Rumanian , who used a double back. Almost exclusi ve use of back tumbling. In floor exercise, Gigi did a n elega nt jo b again. The Chinese gy mn as ts used orchestrations for th eir accompaniment. So, with a gold and a silver to our credit, th e l Steam marched proudl y out of th e Ol ympi c Stadium , read y for an exhibition in a small town nam ed Koga . The nex t da y was tiring, as there was a workout in th e morning, a nd ex hi bition in both th e afternoon a nd eve ning. EARLY the follo w ing morning, we trudged LO Nagoya , a trip which included 8 1/ 2 hours of traveling on bus , bull et train, bus again, stopped at th e Internationa l Yea r of the Child Exhibit, then had a workout in the evening. Whew! 1 agoya - th e si te o f th e 1988 0 Iym pics, i ncl uded a com petition for th e girls. Several had expe rienced inj uries ea rli er, but th e U .S. tea m was inta ct. The equipm ent here was not as good as in Tok yo . The floor exercise mat had separations and was plywood, a nd ve ry h ard. The bars were exce ll ent , very boun cy . Th e boards were ex tremely hard a nd dea ds. 'W hen the m ee t ended, J acki e was on the winners ' block in three out of th e four events , taking meda ls in floor exercise (6 th ), va ult,(6 th ) and bars (8 th ). In th e a ll-around here, Jacki e had moved up LO 7th pla ce, a nd Gigi was in 12th . Desp ite ad ve rse conditions , th e girls were solid, co nfident, cheerful and aggressive. The crowd and the gymnasts loved th e two littl e Am eri ca ns , and th ey we re th e life of the party after the mee t. The bus rides were fill ed with singing, each co untry singing in its own la ngu age , the internationa l songs. The Japanese are noted for their ex tremely elega n t hospi tality, and th ey proved it again. The delega tion leaders , tra nsl a LOrs , coaches a ll made us fee l at hom e and were at our beckon ca ll , if n eeded . The coaches had a treat in being in vited LO the Let's Sports Plaza, a tall building that houses a ll sports divisions. Kasamatsu 's gym was in it , as we ll asa bowling a lley, tha t we LOok ad va ntage of, sauna, tennis co urts , etc. Right in the middl e of Nagoya, this oasis of sport was very in teresting. As we fl ew home, I couldn't help being proud of the two girls. We had broken Ruma nian domination of the meet, by taking the vaulting gold, and a silver on th e ba rs was an exce ll ent showing as well. The Ameican flag had been flown over Tokyo. Th e opportunity for experience had been great for Gigi and Jacki e, and we would all like to thank the USG F, which made it possibl e for success.

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National Sports Festival Fred Turoff Wi th th e to p 13 se ni ors a nd to p 12 junio rsco m pe tin g in Spo n s Fes ti va l, it wasa fo regone conclu sio n th a t th e m ee t wo uld be spectac ul a r. Th e juni o rs h ad go ne th ro ug h th eir na ti o na l cham pi o nship a nd tra inin g ca mp just pri o r to th eir a rri va l in Co lo rado Springs. The seni o rs were u sin g thi s competi tio n as a provin g ground s for the new elements th ey wa nted to use in th e upco min g fin a l tri a ls for the 1979 Wo rld Cha mpi on ship team . The fa ns (may be 4,000 for th e tea m prelim s, a nd a pac ked hOll se of perh a ps 7, 000 for fin a ls ) were trea ted to a wide a lTay o f ri sky mo ves tha t, fo r the m os t pa n , were well perfo rmed. An o bvious boos t LO bo th seni o rs and junio rs was the o ppo rtunity to tra in toge ther fo r a few days p rior to the com pe ti o n . Everyo ne helped each o th er , a nd each gro up co uld see wh a t th e o ther was "d o in g . T he tra inin g was m o re stru ctured for the juniors ('*' ) in fo ur o f six worko uts w here they ro ta ted eve ntLO event in th eir tea m grou p in gs w hil e the seni ors were a ll owed to wo rk in a ll o f th e areas a t th eir ow n pace. Th e tea ms and coaches se lec ted were: Eas t - Larr y G erard , Peter Ko rm a nn , T im La fl eur, J eff Beaso m '*' , Denni s H ayden'*' , Jim Miku s'*', C h ris Ri ege l'*' , coach Fred Turo ff ; So uth - Ma tt Biespi el, Phil Cah oy, Ro n Ga lim o re, Mike "W il so n , Stu a rt Breitenstein '*', Ma rk Caso'*', coach Bo b H ess; Mid wes t - Bart Co nn er, Casey Ed wa rds, Jim Hartun g, Ri ck Atkin son'*' , Tim Dagge ll'*' , Da n H ayden '*', coach Wayne Yo un g; Wes t - To m Beach , Kurt Thomas, Pete Vidm a r, Ma tt Arno t'*' , R o b Ca mpbell '*', Roy P a ll a sso u '*', coac h M ak o to Sa k a m o to . Wo rld Ch ampio nship tea lTl coach Roge r Co nsil a nd Me n 's T echnica l Direc tor Mas Wa tana bl e were a lso present to help o ut a nd direc t the co mpetitio n. Tw o eve nts we re co ntes ted a t o ne tim e, w ith two tea ms per p iece durin g each round . At th e co mpl etio n o f the prelim s, th e Wes t tea m stood in front w ith a score o f 275.50. Foll ow in g th em were Mid wes t 274.20, Eas t 27 0.20, South 267 .70. In th e All Aro und co ntes t (no med a l awa rded fo r thi s) Kurt Tho mas edged Ba rt Co nn er 57 .85 to 57. 40, with Jim H a rtung just behind a t 57. 10. It was d ecided tha t no mo re th a n fi ve se nio rs co uld occupy th e eig ht fin a ls slo ts to gi ve th e junio rs pl enty o f ch a nces to show th eir prowess . In va ulting th e junio rs occ upi ed six o f ten positi o ns, o utdo in g the seni ors!! Iro ni ca ll y demon stra ting the ups a nd d ow ns o f competi o n , neith er Kurt Th o mas or Pete Ko rma nn , o ur two m ajor intern a ti o na l meda li sts in Fl oor Exercise, g ained a fin a ls spOt du e to mi sta kes in th eir prelim routines . On Fl oor Exercise Jim H a rtung powe red his way to first place mounting with a full in piked back o ut , a nd di smounting with a piked do uble. Second went to Bart Conner wh o used a tucked doubl e back in bo th mo unt a nd dismount pa sses. Tim La fl eur ga rnered third using a new routine with RO , ara bi a n step o ut, RO , ff, a ra bi a n o ne a nd three quarters for a mount, a doubl e for a second pass, and fl airing circl es in o ne of hi s tra nsi ti on s. Casey Edwards , Ron G a lim ore and Ma rk Caso perfo m ed full twisting doubles in the fin a ls . Ro n susta in ed a knee injury w hen , after a piked ha lf in ha lf o ut mo unt a nd h a ndspring front with ha lf tw ist, ff, full twistin g back, punch front , T ~lli o n a l

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[Ml] 速 [fU 9 &) [R1 速 ~ @ rrfi punch d ive to ha ndsta nd seco nd pass, he a ttempted a tu cked ha lf in ha lf o ut d ismo unt a nd mi ssed th e la ndin g bad ly. Ro n sh o uld be read y fo r th e ' '''orld Ga mes tri a ls w ith a good reha bilita ti o n progra m. Po mm el H orse sa w Kurt Th o mas a nd Bart Conner th row new, mo re diffi cult routines w ith Kurt provin g the victor. Kurt trave ll ed sw iftl y across the ho rse behind hi s back o n hi s mo unt , included a do ubl e czechkehre while fl a irin g hi s legs, a tw istin g scissor, a nd a direc t stockli. A direct reverse stockli to hi s di sm o unt. Bart mo unted w ith direc t stockli B di rect fro nt in reverse stockli , perfo rm ed a fro nt in czechkehre a nd fro nt o ut czechk ehre w ith o ut the pomm els, a nd a bea utiful scisso r w ith ha lf tw ist. Third pl ace went to T im La fl eur wh o mo unted w ith a diffi cult sequ ence: front o ut czechkehre w itho ut p om m els to a do ubl e qu a rter counter turn to direct stockli B a nd did a trave lin g fl a ir m ove ment. Phil Cah oy and Jim H a rtun g a lso had intrica te sequences but bo th mi ssed in the fin a ls. La rry G era rd led th e rin g men w ith so lid shoo ts, a Ma ltese throug h to L cross a nd a n exce ll ent full tw istin g do ubl e. Kurt pl aced second w ith a routin e show in g a pl a nche a nd hi g h full tw istin g do ubl e. Thi rd we nt to Ba rt who dem o n stra ted a H o nma to a pl anche and a layout in p iked back o ut di smo unt. Peter Korm ann perfo rmed a do ubl e layo ut with a fo rm brea k but susta in ed a sh o ulder injury th a t ca used him to scra tch hi s rema ining eve nt. Six o f the ten fin a li sts did full tw istin g do ubl es, includin g yo un g Denni s H ayden. Jim H a rtun g a ttempted a d o uble twi stin g do ubl e but mi ssed th e la nding . We are no t performing o ur streng th holds we ll ye t, a nd I felt the judges overl oo ked thi s po i nt. As ide from the twO rem a rk s I've made a bo u t judge ments I felt overa ll the o ffi cia ls did a good jo b. Mov in g to Va ultin g, where there were mo re junio rs tha n se ni o rs, Bart Co nner co p ped first pl ace performin g a layo ut Ts uka ha ra a nd a full tw isting Ts uka ha ra. Casey Edwa rd s ea rn ed seco nd w ith a hi gh ha ndsprin g fro nt tu cked and a tucked Cuervo . Jim H a rtun g went a ll o ut o n hi s seco nd va ult (a fter a good ha ndsprin g tucked front w ith ha lf tw ist) a nd a ttempted a ha ndsprin g tucked front w ith o ne a nd a ha lf twists, o nl y to to uch dow n o n the la ndin g and lose the va ultin g titl e. Pa ra ll el Ba rs saw Bart win aga in w ith a new routine fea tu rin g g lide to straddl e L on o ne bar, turn LO straddl ed L facin g leng th wise a lo ng th e ba r, a nd press to ha ndsta nd still o n o ne bar . H e int roduced a di a midov to hi s ro utin e, too. Kurt Thom as perform ed ru shed a fter a superb stoop in to V m o unt on one bar a nd fini shed second. Third went to Jim H a rtung w ith a piked front sa lta to sw ing pirou elle hig hli g htin g th e middl e o f hi s se t. Kurt , Pete Vidma r, and Da n H ayden performed tu cked front one a nd a qua rter sa ltos to upper a rm s in their se ts, H ayd en 's comin g o ut o f a g ia nt-to-cas t su p po rt from the end o f the bars to the middle. Mov in g to H o rizonta l Ba r a nd the compl etion of the fin a ls, Ba rt aga in ga ined victory w ith a well don e set tha t lacked a li llie risk I felt. Kurt was second a nd perfo rmed twO new elements, a fl yaway ha lf tw ist to regrasp a nd <\ tripl e sa ito di smo unt (mi ssed the la nding). Phil Cah oy a nd Peter Vidmar tied fo r third . Bo th men used fro nt sa ito

reca tches from ru ss ian g ia nts. Phil 's was very hi g h a nd pi ked , P ete's was s traddl e a nd a littl e sca ry but he made it bo th days. To m Beach a lso perfo rmed a fl yaway w ith ha lf twist reca tch in hi s se t. La rry Gera rd d oes sta lder ho p ha lf turn , sta lder hop full turn. T im Dagge tt perfo rm ed a n exce ll ent u nders win g s toop in , stradd le cut ca tch , imm edia te sta lder , a nd Jim Miku s d id a fin e sta lder, ho p cha nge, endoshoo t. Fi ve men used full tw istin g d o ubl es. So me o th er moves o f no te perfo rm ed in the prelim s by no n-fin a li sts includ e o n Fl oor Ex ercise - C hri s Ri ege l: o ne and a ha lf tw istin g back, pun ch handsp rin g, full tw istin g di ve ; front handspring, punch ha nd sprin g, front one a nd a qu arter sa Ito; Tim Dagge tt 's a ra bi an o ne a nd a qu arter to p ron e positi o n ; Kurt 's o ne a nd a ha lf twi stin g a rab ia n one a nd three qua rters; and I ca n ' t remember a n yone who didn ' t do a do uble back. T im La fl eur di smo unted Rin gs with a do ubl e front ha lf tw ist o ut. O n Pa ra ll el Ba rs To m Beach introduced a bac k upri se ha lf turn to reverse stra ddl e cut, whi ch looks lik e a hecht ha lf turn regrasp in straddl e pos iti on o n Hi g h Ba r. And spea kin go f Hi gh Ba r, Ro n G a lim ore does a T a kemo to to d o ubl e und ergrip , Ma tt Biespi el did a fl ya way ha lf tw ist reca tch , a nd Tim La fl eur did a tucked front sa Ito reca tch. ' ''' e had a littl e time in betwee n competi tio n s for so me recrea ti o n. Out hos ts took us to a nea rb y co unrty club wh ere, in betwee n ra in sho wers, we had a fin e se t o f vo ll ey ba ll ga mes, some swimmin g, and relax in g. T he Air Force Aca dem y is a love ly site for thi s m ee t w ith its breathta kin g scenery a nd ni ce do rmito ries. T h e coaching sta ff o f the AFA, th e Ol ympi c Co mmittee, the o rgan izers o f NS F II a ll sh o uld be co mm ended fo r th eir work, a nd bo th AM F a nd Coca Co la a re to be th a nked fo r th eir su p po rt o f the fes ti val.

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James Hartung Bart Conner Tim LaFleur Casey Edwards Ron Galimore Mark Caso Tim Daggett Roy Palassou

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Prelim Finals 9.50 9.65 9.55 9.50 9.50 9.40 9.50 9.1 0 9.35 9.10

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Eleve n o f o ur to p sixtee n gy mn as ts ca m e LOgether w ith th e 1979 Wo rld Ch a mpio n shi p coachin g staff - R oger Co un sil , F red Turo fC a nd Mas Wa ta n a be - a t th e U ni versity o f Ne bras ka thi s summ er . T h e res ult \\'as a hi g hl y fruitful eleven d ays o f tra inin g a nd deve lopm ent o f tea m fee lin g. T he p a rticipa tin g gy mn as ts were: T o m Beach , Ma ll Biesp ie l, Phil Ca h oy, Casey Edw a rds, R o n Ga limo re, L a rr y G era rd , Jim H a nun g, P ete Ko rm a nn , T im La fl eur, Kurt T ho m as, a nd P eter Vidmar. Bo th Ba rt Co nner a nd Mike Wil so n mi ssed the ca mpdu e to injuries, a nd P a m Am T eam m em be rs Ca rl Al1lo ni o lli , J eff L a fl eur, a nd Da n Mu enz were away a t tha t competiti o n. H os t coach Fra n c is A ll e n did everythin g poss ible to h elp o ut in th e ca m p, includin g lending u s two a u to m ob iles fo r shulliing betwee n o ur ho u sin g site a n d th e gy m for gen era l recrea tio n use, a nd prov idin g a la undry service fo r worko ut clo thes. T h e Ne bras ka gy m is we ll eq ui p ped includin g a sprin g fl oor a nd pits, so we were a bl e LO expl o it these tra inin g dev ices full y. T h e coaches a rri ved o n e day befo re the a thl etes LO pl a n spec ifi cs a nd com e up w ith di stin ct g uidelin es for co m p ul sory p erfo rm a nce . I fee l this w as o n e o f the impo rt a l1l accomplishm ents o f th e ca mp. All n a ti o n a l tea m members and coach es n o w h ave con sistel1l interpreta tio ns of the compul sori es. T hi s way our na tio na l tea m m e mbers w ill prese nt a unifo rm pic ture a t a n y com pe llt IOn they a re in . T h ese " Guidelines fo r Co m p ul sory Perfo rm a n ce for th e 1979 Na tio n a l T ea m " were sent to a ll m embers o f the NACGC a nd severa l o ffi c ia ls o f the G J A fo r th eir info rm a ti o n a nd p oss i bl e u se a lso. T h e a thl e tes a rri ved Jun e 26 a nd were a ble to tra in th a t d ay a t w h a tever il1lensit y they w ish ed . H o u sin g was p rov id ed a t the Kell o g g Center o n the U ni versity's ca mpu s fo r ten o f the eleven gym n as ts. Newl ywed L a rry G era rd was p ermilled to rem a in with his w ife in their a p a rtm ent but had to fo ll o w o ur tra ining timeta bl e. T ra inin g was h e ld in three day cycl es. Prio r to each sess io n a n indi vidu a l 15 minute warm-up was fo ll owed by a 15 minute g roup warm-up a nd tumblin g sessio n led by a different team m ember each time. Two d ays were h a rd d ays w ith a m o rning two h o ur com p ul sory sess io n , a nd a n a ftern oo n three hour o ptio na l sess io n . Three events were worked in each sess io n , w ith (e.g.), the first three in the m o rning a nd th e seco nd three in th e a ftern oon. T he m o rnin g compul sory sess io n s were clinic sessio n s, w ith

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each coach stay ing a t o n e even t through three g ro up ro ta ti o n s (the a thl e tes were di vided inLO three g roups whi ch were ch a n ged each three days fo r com p ul sori es o nl y. Fo r o ptio nal s n o gro upin g was d o n e). Aft ern oon 路 were un stru clUred exce pt th a t different events fro m the m o rning had to be wo rked . C oach es drifted in the a ftern oon . T h e third day o f each cycle was free in th a t a ll events co uld be utilized by the gy mn as ts a nd the coach es ro ta ted free ly as we ll. On the first o f th ese lig ht days a co mpul sory sess io n was h eld w h ere th e coach es w ent over th e compul sory g uide lin es tha t we h a d decided o n so th a t everyo n e understood h o w we wanted th e exerc ises perfo rmed. Th ere was a trem endo us fee ling o f workin g LOge th er a t thi s ca mp . Th e a thl etes res po nd ed to o ur su gges ti o n s very we ll a nd I co uld see a coh es ive n ess deve lo p in th e g ro up. Printed sch edul es a nd info rma ti o n sheets were g iven o ut o ft en so th a t everyo n e knew w h a t was p la nn ed a nd ex pected . I felt con sta ntl y en erg ized by the gy mn as ts as th ey tri ed n ew m oves, fix ed p ro bl em s, sta nda rdized the ir compul sory interpre ta tio n s, a nd so ug ht every p oss ibl e hint we co uld give th em. Outside o t o ur tra ining acti viti es we saw severa l m ovies as a g roup , a tte nded dinn er as g ues ts at two co untry clubs th a nk s to th e efforts o f h os t Fra n cis A llen , and h a d severa l eve nin gs o f gy m film s fea turing both c urrent a nd p as t work . On Jul y 4, we eve n h ad o ur ow n fireworks sh ow. Th e pa rti c ipa nt s were each as ked to w rite a critique o f th e ca mp . U nfo rtun a te ly o nl y fi ve of th e e leven did so, but th ose rece ived by m e a ll were enthus iasti c. Severa l o f the comm ents were: prefer a ftern oo n a nd eve ning sess io n s to m o rning a nd a ft ernoo n sess io n s; the tea m beca m e a cl oser knit g roup of athle tes; Coach All en w as a n excellent hos t; co mpul so r y qu a lit y w as r a ise d a nd co n s is te nt interpreta tion was deve lo ped; th e fac ility a ll owed new skill s to be tri ed eas il y; p er die m fo r m ea ls ra ther th a n h av in g to eat a t th e ho te l res ta ura nt wo uld h ave been beller sin ce service was very slow there; com p ul sory sequ en ces mi g ht h ave been stressed m o re th a n indi vidu a l pa rts; wo rkin g toge ther was g rea t m o ti va tio n ; each a thl ete he lped hi s fe ll o w gy mn as ts; coaches sh owed grea t el1lh u sias m . It was a pl eas ure fo r m e to be in vo lved in su ch a produ cti ve camp . My enthu sias m fo r o ur co ntinu ed progress intern a ti o n a ll y h as in creased see lll g the m o ti va tion a nd accompli shm ents o f our gy mn as ts.

Region VIII Hosts Mini-Congress Judy Crabtree In june of thi s summer the South did it aga in ! Region VIII held th eir second a nnua l Mini- Co ng resscoo rdin a ted by judy C ra btree and Carol e Sacks . Bea utiful Key Biscayne se t a tropi ca l isla nd atmosph ere a t th e Roya l Biscay ne H o tel as coach es a nd judges fro m 20 sta tes a nd 2 na tion s ga thered to sha re th eir g ymnasti cs experience a nd knowledge for the benefit o f th e man y yo ung g irl s in the sport. Starting o n Thursda y, Va nni e Edwards from Belcher, Loui sian a ope ned Mini-Con gress with a n Elite clini c fo r th e gymn as ts and th eir coac hes. Th e gym nasts had a sem in ar in th e mornin g cove rin g th e Elite compu lsori es and informa tio n a bo ut th e Elite progra m. After lun ch , Carol e Liedtke, the FIG ra ted judge fro m Lo ui sv ill e, Kentu cky ta ug ht a da nce class for the gy ma nsts who were la te eva lua ted by the Elite National judges from Reg io n VII I o n compul sory ro utines. Parti cipa ti o n in th e Elite clinic by th e gy mnas ts as well as th e coaches was enco uraged to help the developm ent o f a stronger Elite program in th e South . The fo ll ow in g three days were a multitude of lea rning sessions as clinicians fl ew to Miami to o ffer th eir serv ices. Bill Sands from Chicago, lec tured impress ively no t o nl y o n hi s technica l knowl edge o f th e sport but exhibited hi s understa ndin g of h mv much mo re is in vo lved in tra inin g. Sessions o n psychology, methodo logy, a nd ph ys io logy were ta ug ht by Bill to expand the kn ow led ge base o f th e coaches . Through world trave l and stud y, Gary Goodson from Toronto o ffered hi s experti se to the Mini-Congress as h e g li stened in th e Florida su nshine. H e brought Ru ss ia n a nd Roma nian as we ll as Canad ian sys tem w ith him giving th e Mini-Congress a n intern a ti o na l fl avor. Another international hi g hlight was Sy lvi a Canzacu , the fo rmer Nationa l Ro m ani a n coach wh o offe red a founta in of kn ow ledge to coaches a nd judges pa rticul a rl y in the areas of dance a nd co mposition . It was Sylvia's first exposure to a n America n clinic the size o f Mini-Congress a nd she was quite a success a nd co ntributi on to th e convention. judging kn ow ledge was expell ed upo n by Caro le Li edtke as she lectured a nd a nswered judg ing quest ions fro m bo th coaches and judges. She, a lon g w ith Miami's ow n Bruce Dav is, prese nted the Age Gro up compulsori es, a nd Bruce gave the judges new in sig ht as he gave backg ro und o n the men 's judg in g system a nd the gymnasts ' dedica tion . Coachin g a nd judging sess ions were o nl y a portion o f the program offered a t Mini-Congress. Profess io na l organizations \overe well represented there. Ed Knep per of the Independent Club Association from Delawa re a nd Betty Sroufe, from Fairfi eld , Ohio a nd treas urer o f the NAWGj were present to offer their assista ncea nd expl a in their programs. Ed was quite coopera ti ve in a nswerin g ques tion s a bo ut th e new US GF athl eti c registra tio n a nd insura n ce prog ram . The m embership a t Mini-Congress ga ined a lo t o f first ha nd knowledge by his presence. For

th e con venience o f th e pa rti cipa nts, ho th th e judges certifi ca tion exa mi na ti o n a nd the sa fety certifi ca ti o n were o ffered. Ba rry Nease, the acco mp li shed pi a ni st from Penn sy lva ni a, consu lted with indi vid ua l coaches requ es ting hi s serv ices about o rigina l fl oor m usic in an effo rt to upgrade th a t person a l to uch for th e Regio n VIII gy mn as t. Dr. C ha rl es Virg in , doc tor o f the Miami Do lp hin s a nd o th er profess io n a l sports tea m s, a nd Dr. Pea rl , a no th er renow n spo rts doc to r, lect ured on sports medi cin e, trea tm ent, a nd th erapy of gym nas ti cs injuries. T hi s was quite a n experi ence for the coac hes as bo th these men have qu a lifi ca ti o ns surpassed by few spo rts doctors . Organizationa l meetin gs o f th e state a nd regiona l NAWG j and USG F memberships were held a fter th eir boa rd mee tings whi ch proved to be most productive since a grea t percentage o f th e SC' s a nd SjD 's were present. Mini-Congress was a perfect op portunity fo r th ese orga niza tio n s to ex pound u po n new ideas, o bj ec tive a nd goa ls a nd o ffer their members a chance to vo ice th eir op ini on s and sugges ti o n s. All was n o t wo rk in Key Bi scay ne. Without th e press ure fro m co mpetiti o n so o ften fou nd w hen coaches a nd judges ga ther , fri endl y informal socia l ga th erin gs we re fo und as profess iona l fro m a ll ove r the so u theas t go t acqu a inted a nd soa ked sun rays a nd ocea n sa lt. Th ere was a cockta il pa rt y o n Thursday night during registra ti on where coac hes a nd judges introduced them se lves . Perri H a levy , a g uitari st a nd sin ge r from Key Wes t, offered enterta inm ent in th e hospita lity suite o n Frida y ni ght to th e pl eas ure o f th e crowd. But, Sa turd ay ni g ht was the socia l hi g hh g ht with a fl a ir o f the Mi a mi culture. Ang ie Sa lbi a sta rted the eve ning with the demo nstra tors ac tin g as models in a fas hi o n show d urin g th e cockta il ho ur. T he se tting a t poo lside with th e bea utiful Atl a nti c ocea n in th e backgro und was a perfec t prelude to the Cu ba n buffet. Five leo tard co m pa nies prov ided gy mn as ti cs wea r for the g irl s as th ey dan ced a nd mode led to th e li ve Lati n musi c in th e bac kground . The ban qu et was quite a success with roas ted sucklin g pig, a nd o th er La tin foods, the breaking o f a pinata, a nd dancin g to the fi ve pi ece Cuban band . It was a p'erfec t evenin g for a ll to enj oy themse lves a nd relax from gy mnas ti cs fo r the evenin g. Mini-Co ng ress is a concept fo unded in Florida for Regio n VIII , des ig ned in qua li ty a nd m agnitude to benef it the gymnastics enthu sias t from th e beginning to th e elite leve l. It has becom e a n a nnual eve nt ope n to an y a nd a ll , held the third week -end in june with benefit s ga lo re. There is no t o n e face t o f th e sport in the reg io n th a t has no t ben efitted from Mini-Co ng ress a nd it g ives the grass roots peopl e the opportunity to lea rn from first ha nd experi ence. Man y th a nks to a ll the parti cipants whether th ey be coaches, gy mansts, judges, ho tel staff, paren ts, c1ini ca ns , adminstrators, o rga nizers, demon strato rs, or representati ves. It is their parti cipa ti o n th a t has made the l SG F Region VIII Mini-Congress the mos t su ccess ful eve nt o f its kind in th e co untry. G ym nast ics News September-Octo ber 1979 29

1979 World University Games In O ctobe r of 1978, I was co ntac ted by Mr. Dave Row la nd s of the TJ CAA rega rdin g m y ava il ab ility to serve as ass ista nt coach / ma nager for th e 1979 \"!orl d U ni versity Ga m es. Origina ll y Mr. J o hn Draghi o f Lo ng Beach Communit y Co ll ege had bee n appo inted to thi s pos iti o n but h ad had to withdraw beca use of th e ti me fra me in w hi ch the " l ni versida 79" was schedul ed to ta ke pl ace. Mr. Row la nd s as ked me to check o n m y ava il a bility, from Aug ust 15 to Se ptember 10, 1979,a ndto submit to hi s o ffi ce such biogra phi ca l informa ti o n as would be required fo r co nsidera ti o n by the USCSC's Men 's Gymn as ti c Co m m ittee. In a sho rt time I rece ived tenta ti ve a p prova l fro m the ew Me xi co Juni o r Co llege Board to a ttend the ga mes sho uld I be a ppo inted to the pos itio n . I fo rwa rded m y bi ographi ca l da ta to Mr. Row la nd s a nd was to ld I wo uld be no tifi ed rega rdin g m y sta tus in mid- Ma rch o r ear ly Ap ril. I rece ived "offi cia l" word fro m G len Dav ies, Exec uti ve Direc tor o f the USCS l in ea rl y Ap ril , sho rtl y a fter the US CSC's Men 's G ymn as ti cs Co mmittee mee tin g in midMa rch . I would be th e ass ista nt coach a nd ma nager fo r the men 's tea m. Mr. Ken All en was th e head coach. J o hn Scheer would be the judge . In ad diti o n it was recomm ended th a t Mr. George Beckstead be a ppointed a second judge fo r m en from the l nited Sta tes. T hi s recom menda tio n was no t app roved. It was decid ed by th e m en 's ga mcs co mmittee tha t the men 's USG F Cha m p io n shi p wo uld be used as a p relimin ary tea m se lec ti o n . I was fortuna te to be ab le to a ttend th e l SG F Cha mpi o nships the weekend of May 10 th ro ug h 12, 1979. At this cha mpio nship I was a bl e to visit a t some leng th with Ken rega rding m y res po nsibiliti es . He a nd o th ers th a t I sp o ke with , p rov ided me with some in sig ht as to wha t to expec t as well as some gu idel ines as to wha t I could be d o in g in preparti o n for o ur gy mn as ti cs tea m tra inin g a nd co mpetin g . It was a t thi s time th a t I was made awa re of the necess it y o f so li citing in o rder to provide equipm ent fo r o ur men ' t tea m and sta fr. On thi s sa me weekend I was pri vil eged to sit in o n a mee tin g of the Foreig n Rela ti o ns Com mittee with the top men U.S. G ymn a sts. The gy mn as ts were info rmed a t thi s mee ting rega rdin g th e World U ni ve rsit y Ga mes. It was a nnounced tha t 5 g ymn as ts, o ne to be a n a l tern a te, wo uld compri se thi s tea m a nd tha t se lec ti o n was based on fin a l ra nking in the US GF Cha mpi o nships: If a n yon e elec ted no t to be o n thi s tea m , rep lacements wo uld be contacted in th e order tha t th ey fini shed. Ken a nd I rea lized th ere wo uld be num ero u s summer ac ti viti es in vo lving m a n y of o ur top gy mn as ts, a lso with sch ool sta rting in th e fa ll a nd the fin a l tria ls fo r the XX World Cha mpi o nships being scheduled o nl y 2 weeks a fter the World Uni versity ga mes th a t ma n y of o ur to p a thletes ma y elec t to no t participa te. With thi s in mind we dec ided to postpo n e our trainin g ca mp to th e la tes t da te poss ible to permit as much fl ex ibility for every gy mn as t in o rd er to fi eld the bes t possibl e tea m . The sa me day I bega n to co ll ect the addresses a nd teleph o ne numbers o f the to p II gymnasts.

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l pon returning fro m the l SG F Champ io n shi ps, I proceeded with so li citin g loca ll y a nd to ma il n u mero us form s to po tentia l tea m members. I continued with these types o f things with occas io na l a nd th en frequ ent di sc ussio n s with Ken as th e sUll1mer bega n to wind dow n . I ca n ass ure yo u tha t Ken 's p ri o r ex perience an d read y enco urage ment benefited li1 e g rea tl y. By mid-Aug ust Ken had firm co mmittm ents from Ca rl An to nio lli , Ma tt Bies peil , Casey Ed wa rds, Larry Gera rd , a nd Da n Me un z. H owever, Da n Me un z had to dro p o ut in li eu of academi c co nsidera ti on s. With o ur tra inin g ca mp se t fo r Oshk os h , Wisconsin beginnin g Aug ust 26, there was n o t suffi cient tim e to rep lace him. On Monday, Aug ust 27, wc had o ur fir st offi cia l mee tin g a t 8:30 a .m . Ken condu cted the m ee tin g and set the ton e fo r th e work o uts to fo ll ow. We bo th felt the purposes of the cam p to be ( I) to a ll ow us th e opportunit y to become better acq ua inted with the tea m members, (2) to p rov ide them w i th spo tting if needed , (3) to o ffer a n y o th er coachin g a ssists as mi g ht be requ es ted , (4) to provide additi o nal eva lu a ti o n in o rder to determine o ur com pe titi ve lin e-u p. Our worko u ts ca ll ed fo r op ti o na l li g ht work o uts in the mo rnings a nd heav ier worko uts in th e a ftern oon sess io n s. Th e worko uts were p urpose ly un stru ctured exce pt fo r Tu esday and T hursday a ftern oon sess io n s. Th ese sess ion s were used to a pprox ima te a com pe titi ve situa ti o n . During the initia l mee tin g we d istributed wa rm-ups, shoes, competiti ve gea r, g rips a nd to il et articles. T he tea m se lec ted La rry Gera rd as ca pta in . Th en we we nt to th e gy m for o ur first wo rk o ut. The worko ut o n Monday a fternoo n was fa irl y good. Eve ryone worked every eve n t with full sets bein g do ne on so me appa ra tu s. After thi s worko ut th ere was so me sm a ll concern rega rdin g the co nd the a thl etes. The first day of tra inin g ended with the tea m members a nd coaches a ttendin g a bra twurst roas t with the Tita n boos ter club . On Tuesday mo rning , tea m pictures we re ta ken fo ll owed by a li g h t workout. In th e a ftern oon sess io n each gymnas t perfo rmed th eir com pe titi ve ro utines in the no rma l o lym p ic o rder. Th e genera l leve l o f perfo rma nce was ro ug h , perhaps due to tiredn ess a nd th e fac t th a t thi s was th e fo urth worko ut sess io n in two days . T he tea m a rri ved a t 12:45 p .m . o n Friday a nd a ft er coll ec tin g baggage, went imm edi a te ly to the Spo rts Vill age. Our first work o ut was schedul ed fo r 5: 00 p .m . on tha t eve nin g. We enco untered onl y min o r d iffi culti es rega rd in g th e lack of ID 's fo r La rry G era rd a nd Carl Antoni o lli . (Bo th rece i ved thei r creden tial s ea rl y Saturday mo rning.) Th e Ru sia n tea m was in o ur tra ining rotati o n a nd was very im press ive. On Sa turday mo rning Ken a nd I attended th e judges sess io n s. Initiall y there were o nl y 14 foreig n judges a nd 16 Mexi ca n judges. T he ava il a bl e judges were assig ned eve nts a nd then as ked to judge a number o f ro utin es perfo rmed by th e a lternates o f va riou s tea ms. The judg ing in th e cl ini c was very erra ti c with spreads of up to 3 full points o n some exercises. Mr. Sa nd o r l vari a nn o unced a spec ia l judg in g sess io n for the Mex ica n

judges to be follow ed by a n o th er session for a ll judges prior LO competition. Ken ap proached Mr. Uva ri a bout th e possibility of himse lf judg ing or permitting some additiona l interna tional judge from th e l nited States to judge. This would give us addition a l judging support a nd would h elp to alleviate in smal l m eas ure the prob lem presented by th e Mexican judges. Perm iss ion was granted LO Mr. Uva ri a nd G len Da vies of the USCSC a lso gave permission to bring another judge from th e U ni ted States. Mr. Les Sasnary was conta cted and very wil lin g ly ca me. Our Saturday and Sunday eve ning workouts were scheduled at 7:00 p.m., th e same time that we would compete on Monday eve ning. I be lieve th e workouts went ve ry well and everything looked good for our tea m competition. We were to start on paralle l ba rs and were in the third and final rotation a long with th e Russians. The stage was set for rece iving good scores if we perform ed well. We got off to a shaky start on the parall el bars with everyone rushing things somewhat. "Ve were sti ll shaky on horizonta l bar with on ly Gerard hitting rea ll y we ll here. (H e was underscored at 9.3) We felt good about scoring 27+ on this eve nt. We seemed to sell ie down in floor with Edward' s hitting very we ll. Pommells again caused some problems but we ma naged 27 points eve n. Rings were perform ed fairl y we ll w ith Gerard ha ving some minor difficu lties. Our final event was va ulting and we finish ed with our bes t effort of th e evening with a 28.5 point effort.

We finish ed in 6th place in th e team standings. II is possib le we could have finish ed in fifth place had we perform ed beller. Howeve r, the Russian s, Japan ese, Rum a nians and Hungarians we re a ll very strong and it wo uld ha ve been very unlikely that we could have reached th em. It is a fa ct that some co untri es fi elded tea ms comprised of their bes t individuals . Indi vidual ly Casey Edwards advanced LO th e finals in floor exe rcise and va ulting and was the 2nd a lternate in para ll el bars. Larry Gerard was the first a lternate in floor exercise. In th e individual finals Casey Edwards finish ed in the number 4 slot in floor exe rcise and tied for fifth in va ulting . H e certainly deserved his floor ranking and co uld very well have finish ed in the top 3 in va ulting had he not drawn first up in tha t event. SUMMARY From m y personal standpoint I beli eve this gymnastics experi ence to ha ve bee n LOta ll y worthwhile. The only nega ti ve aspect of this experi ence wou ld be the in co n veni ence of securing a second judge after a second judge had been recommended wel l in advance of the competition. I am grateful that as th e need beca me apparent we rece ived full support in securing Mr. Les Sasvary as an additional judge. As assistant coach / manager of the men 's tea m I can only say it was trul y a growing experience for m e. I felt I accompl ished m y job res pec tabl y but I co uld not have don e it as well without the guidance and assistance from Ken Al len. I am very proud of th e tea m we fi elded , of th eir performan ce in th e gym and as ambassadors for the ' Unit ed States .

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Modern Rhymthic World Championships

u.s. Team Improves Greatly Norma Zabka First, I would like LO say tha t the U.S. Group T ea m entry performed beyond our expectat io n s. It was the very first time th a t th e U .S. entered a Group in the World Championships. While they we re a t th eir tra inin g ca mp a nd , in looking forwan.l LO our first appea ra n ce in such co mpe titio n , I reca ll quietl y telling Barbara Parch er, coach , th at if th e team co uld possibly fini sh a t th e top of th e bottom third , we cou ld cons ider that a great success. Upon arr iva l in London , we fou nd th a t 22 co untri es were competing in this eve nt and upo n comple ti o n of th e compe titi o n , the l l.S. Group T ea m placed 14th ! That put our tea m one position abolle wha t I th o ught we co uld realisti ca ll y expect for ou r first attemp t. Now, bac k LO the view from my sca t as a judge of the gro up competition. Each co untr y was permitted tw o judges if th ey had e ntri es in both th e individual and th e gro up co mpetition. One judge would serve on th e indi vidua l judg in g panel a nd th e other would judge th e group. I represented our cou ntry o n th e group panel of judges. In group competition, each performance is judged by two sets of judges. In both the first and second rounds of co mpetition, one panel (4 + I sup. judge) judges " compos iti o n " and one panel (4 + I sup . judge) judges "execution. " Therefore , th e maximum score fo r a group routine is 20 pts. in th e first roun d a nd 20 pts. in th e second round. Pane ls we re chosen by lo ts. It was fortunate for m e LO be on the "execution " panel as this , I believe, is fa r eas ier LO judge a nd since thi s was my first time judgi ng 111 th e Wor ld Championships, I was pleased. In th e Final s, both panels judge exec uti o n o nl y. Scores for th e first two rounds a re divided by tw o . This possi ble 20 pts. is added to th e possible 20 pts . for exec uti o n in th e Finals. This means th a t th e finalists' placement is stro ng ly influen ced by th ei r exec uti o n ..-\ s I look back a t th e scores a nd the p lace men t o f the fi na Iists, I feel that the resu lts did not suffici entl y rewa rd the compositi o n . There were far grea ter differences in the ch o reog ra ph y a nd difficult y th a n in th e execu ti o n of th e finali sts, but the scores did not reflect thi s. Let us just take th e LOp five finalists , for exa mple. They were th e l SSR, Czechoslovakia, Bulgar ia, j apa n, a nd Korea . In my opini o n , Chezechoslovakia , j apa n , and Ko rea had mu ch more interes ting, diffi c ult , and o rigin a l choreog raph y than th e USS R. Sin ce th e exec ution level of a ll of the LOp fi ve were pretty mu ch the same , th e judging system fa vo red th e U SS R des pi te differences in diffi c ult y. At this tim e, I do n o t feel I am able to reco mmend a sa tisfac tory so luti on , but I do know that th e FIG Modern Rh yt hmi c Gymnastics Tec hni ca l C:omm. sho uld no t be entirely sa ti sfied . On th e point o f cho reograp h y, I felt th e japa nese had th e mos t electric ro utine o f al l, th e Czechoslovak routine was o nce aga in th e most crea tive, th e USS R, surprisingly had a very sLOck routi ne - exce ll entl y performed, but no t as interes ting as o th ers, a nd th e Ko rea n s, unbeli eva bl y, performed as if each individual was from th e sa m e mold . The Bulgarian routine was interest i in that it was choreograp hed to beau tifull y cover up fl aws in exec ution. The camouflage worked like thi s. For about eight m eas ures of music eve ryo ne was bus y doing something else in a very fa st tem po and in a scaltered formation a nd th en , for a bo ut fo ur meas ures, everyone qui ckl y came LOgether a nd worked in beautifu l unison. As a judge, I found that this type of ch o reog ra ph y made it diffi cult LO ca tc h exec ution e rro rs. It occ urred LO me th a t thi s technique would be perfect fora co untry like o urs where it is very difficult to h ave eve ryo ne perform in perfect uni so n due to limited time LO p rac ti ce LOgether a nd where ou r lack o f depth in numbers o f qualified performers , compared to o th er co untries , makes it difficult to find similar bod y types th a t move in th e very same style.

32 Gymnastics News/ September-October 1979

Our l .S . cho reograph y was do ne by Maria Bak os, head cho reograph er and ass isted by Candace Feinberg a nd No ra Veyelle. Al o ng with o ur mu sica l accom pani st a nd a rra nge r, Shiela Simpson , th ese people all worked hard LO prepare this number during th e summer of 1978. In 1979, it was Barbara Parc he r, who was g iven the coachin g task of work in g primarily o n th e e xecuti o n of thi s number. I feel comple tel y satisfied th at o ur personn el selection was perfen for th e task . Our music a nd choreograph y were very good for o ur tea m. It was li ve ly and chee rful a nd th e gi rl s obvio usly disp layed joy performing thi s rou tin e . Some peop le have remark ed th a t, perhaps, th e rout i ne needed to be mo re diffi cult. However, we must re me mber th at th e ch o reog rap h y sho uld fit th e performers. Atthis point in o ur deve lopment , I fee ltha llhis routine was as difficult as il could be for th e enlire lea m lO do we ll. For lhose who saw th e firsl performance o f lhi s number al th e Four Contine nts Compelilion in th e fall , know lhal obvio usl y th e lea m had lO work ve ry ha rd when il came LO h oops lhalgoa-fl yin ' and hoops lhal go a -ro llin '. Anyway , lhey did work hard a nd improved lre mend ous ly. They worked in far beller uniso n a nd looked so much lrimmer physically. I do no t know th e exaC l poundage lost, bUl I would g uess lha l th e six g irl s plus th e alternate los l a bou t 100 Ibs. o r more whil e at th e fi ve-wee k lra ining ca mp. Our tea m did not make th e Finals a nd so lhey perfo rm ed th eir routine twi ce . In th e firSl ro und , th e score for composition was 8.65 ( 15lh place) and for exec uti o n, it was 8. 15 ( 12lh place). In round 1wo, th ey wne in a fou r-wa y lie for 14th pl ace wi th a score of 8.8 for compos ili o n a nd in 16th pl ace fo r exec ution wilh 8. 15. Our ove ra ll score pUl o ur Group in 14lh place. As for my critique of judg ing during this C ha mpi ons hips is con cern ed , I sensed a lack o f con victio n a nd braveness o n the part of judges whose cou ntries do not usuall y make il to lhe fina ls. In addition, lhere was no approp riale leadership from superi or judges a nd referee when it was indeed needed. Especia ll y, when Mde. Gotta , FIG MRG Chairma n, a t a n ea rl y mee ting indi ca ted that a representative of th e Intern a ti o na l Olympic Committee would be prese nl a t thi s meet LO repo rt o n th e suitabil it y of MRG in the O lympic Games. We were lo ld th at we should try to do our very best work wilh lhis in mind . The audience protes t ove r th e scores in th e Fina ls were juslified a nd co uld have bee n avo ided by mo re objectivilY on th e part of judges and beller leadership from th e T echnica l Commiltee. Even up unlil thi s wriling, I ca nn Ol undersland how, in lhe Finals , when I awa rded th e j apanese a 9.8 a nd th e j apa nese judge, I believe, scored itthe sa m e 9.8 - how th e score co uld be 9.6 fo r execu tion. I did no t ge l th e scores for th e judges from Ita ly a nd Bulgar ia , but th e score would have to be OUl of line LO come LO a n average of 9.6. I hope LO be a ble to ch eck lhis. Neverth eless, bac k to Modern Rh ythmi c Gymnastics in th e Ol ympi c Games, th e a udi ence protest certainl y did no t h elp our ca use. Interes ling ly e no ug h , whil e we were al th e Gala Closing Ba nquel, Yuri Tilov , FIG Pres idenl , very triumpha ntl y a nnoun ced lO a ll th a l th e Intern a ti o na l Ol ympic representa live sa id , " lha l MRG was th e lype o f sport that should be part of th e Olympic Games!" The a udi ence app la uded wild ly a nd I am sure th at most co untries left London secure in th e opinion th a t MRG would now be part o f th e Olympic Ga mes progra m . However, in carefull y li stening to th e wo rds, " type of sport that shou ld be part o f th e Ol ymp ic Games," is no commitment. A furth er check with th e represe nta ti ve eli cited a " no way " nega ti ve respo nse. I mu st repea t th a t th e poor performance on th e p a rt o f some judges did not h elp our ca u se a lo ng. We will have to work a lilli e harder.

Boy's Junior Olympic National Championships Intermediate Results Intermediate A"-Around Name

Chris Riegel Dennis Hayden Dan Hayden Stewart Butler Russel Lacey Greg Teets Dan McCann Lee White Jeff Baum Wes Suter Mike Rice Joe Accordino Dave Feeney Steve Bradley Charles Lakes Zeke Crowley Brian Ginsberg Wendall Wetzel Tom Strong Jon Omori

Compulsory

Optional

Total

55.90 55.25 55.40 52.75 51.95 51 .00 49.95 51.80 51 .65 50.25 51.40 48 .85 50 .90 50.65 49 .20 49 .30 47 .95 50 .35 47 .35 48.70

53.15 51 .80 51.45 46.40 44.45 44.45 44.95 42.60 42 .55 43.25 41 .40 41 .60 39.10 38 .80 39.95 38.65 39 .20 36.80 39.40 38.05

109.05 107.05 106.85 99 .15 96.40 95.45 94.90 94.40 94.20 93.50 92.80 90.45 90 .00 89.45 89.15 87 .95 87.15 87.15 86.75 86 .75

Place

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Intermediate Rings Name

Dan Hayden Chris Riegel Dennis Hayden Stewart Butler Mike Rice Jon Omori Jeff Baum Brian Ginsberg Greg Sanders Mark Ulmer Wes Suter Dan McCann Russel Lacey Greg Teets Len Lucarello

Intermediate Floor Exercise Name Chris Riegel Dan Hayden Dennis Hayden Lee White Wes Suter Ru:,:.el Lacey Stewart Butler Neil Palmer Charles Lakes Greg Teets Joe Accordino Mark Ulmer Glen Aser Mike Rice Phil Stern

Compulsory 9.70 9.55 9.45 8.80 8.65 8.80 8.75 9.00 8.55 8.50 8.40 8 .15 8.25 8.75 8.85

Optional 9.50 9.15 8.90 9.00 8.95 8.75 8.45 8.10 8.50 8.45 8.30 8.40 8.25 7.75 7.60

Total 19.20 18.70 18.35 17.80 17 .60 17 .55 17.20 17.10 17.05 16.95 16.70 16.55 16.50 16.50 16.45

Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13T 13T 15

Place

Compulsory

Optional

Total

Place

9.55 9.55 9.05 9.45 9.20 8.95 8.90 8.90 8.90 9.30 9.30 9.20 9.35 9.05 8.90

8.75 8.30 8.55 7.55 7.10 7.20 7.20 7.15 7.05 6.65 6.55 6.55 6.40 6.65 6.65

18.30 17.85 17.60 17 .00 16.30 16.15 16.10 16.05 15.95 15 .95 15.85 15.75 15.75 15.70 15.55

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9T 9T 11 12T 12T 14 15

Intermediate Para"el Bars Name

Chris Riegel Dan Hayden Dennis Hayden Stewart Butler Greg Teets Russel Lacey Lee White Jeff Baum Mike Rice Dan McCann Dave Feeney Kevin Grieve Tom Strong Wenda II Wetzell Scott Price Zeke Crowley

Compulsory

Optional

Total

Place

9.25 9.20 9.25 8.75 9.00 7.75 8.20 8.45 8.60 8.60 8.10 7.80 7.35 7.75 8.10 8.15

9.05 9.05 8.60 7.55 7.10 7.35 6.85 6.55 6.35 6.10 6.50 6.40 6.65 6.15 5.60 5.55

18.30 18.25 17.85 16.30 16.10 15.10 15.05 15.00 14.95 14.70 14.60 14.20 14.00 13.90 13.70 13.70

1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15T 15T

Intermediate Pommel Horse Name

Dennis Hayden Chris Riegel Stewart Butler Steve Bradley Dan Hayden Joe Accordino Dan McCann Wes Suter Russel Lacey Pat Parker Jeff Baum Greg Teets Lee White Brian Ginsberg Bart Urban Wenda II Wetzel Neil Palmer Mike Rice Scott Price Sean Kenna

Compulsory

Optional

Total

8.90 8.85 8.95 8.75 9.30 8.60 8.25 8.80 9.00 8.65 9.00 8.30 8.40 8.15 8.30 8.30 7.90 8.60 8.65 8.50

8.10 7.65 7.15 6.85 6.30 6.95 7.00 6.10 5.60 5.90 5.50 6.20 5.50 5.75 4.75 4.75 4.90 4.15 4.10 4.05

17.00 16.50 16.10 15.60 15.60 15.55 15.25 14.90 14.60 14.55 14.50 14.50 13.90 13.90 13.05 13.05 12.80 12.75 12.75 12.55

1 2 3 4T 4T 6 7 8 9 10 11T 11T 13T 13t 15t 15T 17 18T 18T 20

Intermediate High Bar Name

Chris Riegel Dennis Hayden Dan Hayden Dan McCann Zeke Crowley Stewart Butler Jon Omori Charles Lakes Greg Teets Tom Strong Russel Lacey Mike Rice Jeff Baum Lee White Dave Feeney路

Compulsory

Optional

Total

Place

9.55 9.30 8.95 9.00 9.00 8.55 9.10 8.70 8.90 8.15 8.95 8.35 8.60 8.85 9.10

9.20 8.90 9.20 8.50 8.20 8.45 7.85 8.15, 7.40 8.15 7.25 7.65 7.25 6.90 6.35

18.75 18.20 18.15 17 .50 17.20 17.00 16.95 16.85 16.30 16.30 16.20 16.00 15.85 15.75 15.45

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9T 9T 11 12 13 14 15

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Advanced Results Advanced All-Around Na m e Jim M ikus Roy Pa lasso u Steve Mari n o Mark Caso Tim Dagge tt Robbi e Campbell Joe y Ra y Mike S ims Stu Bre itens tin e Mike Bowers Matt Arnot J eff Beaso m SCOll W ilbanks Mi tch Gay lord Just y Reed

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54. 05 52.65 53 .00 54.70 53 .35 5 1.80 50 .60 52 . 15 5 1.90 49.35 50.25 50.95 52. 10 5 1.10 48 .70

110.45 109.50 108.85 108.80 107.35 107.05 105.90 105. 00 104.90 104.50 104.50 104.40 104.25 103.7 0 103.20

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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 li T liT 13 14 15T 15T

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Place

Advanced Floor Exercise Na me Mark Caso Ro y Pa lassou Tim Dagge ll Robb ie Campbell Ji m Mikus M ike Bowers Mall Baker Mat t Arnot Steve Mar in o Brell Fi nch Stu Briete.n sti ne J eff Beaso m M itch Gay lord Chris Caso J oey Berry Rand y W icks trom Na m e J oey Ra y Ji m Mikus Mike Sims Ro y Palassou Steve Marino J eff Beaso m T im Dagge tt Robbi e Campbell C hri s Caso K.C. Wh illaker Mark Caso Mike Bowers Jim Griego Greg Mal tb y Mall Arnot Na m e Mark Caso Steve Ma rin o Robbi e Campbell Mitch Gay lo rd Jim Mikus Brian Bal ey

Compo

Opt.

9.70 9.55 9.80 9.30 9.70 9.1 5 9.55 9.20 9.45 9.20 9.1 5 9. 15 9.1 0 9 .00 9.40 8.75 9. 15 8.90 8.80 9.20 9.05 8.90 8.75 9.20 9.00 8.90 8.75 9. 10 8.90 8.85 8.90 8.85 Advanced Pommel Horse Compo

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9.30 9.00 9.40 8.80 9 .1 0 8.30 9.40 8.35 9.20 8.'15 9.00 8.50 8.95 8.40 9.30 7.75 9.00 7.95 8.60 8.30 8.55 8.25 9.30 7.45 8.75 7.95 8.05 8.55 7.80 8.75 Advanced Rings

18.30 18.20 17.90 1775 17.65 17.50 17.35 17.05 16.95 16.90 16.80 16.75 16.70 16.60 16 . 5.~

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15

Compo

Opt.

Total

Place

9.60 9.40 9.35 9.30 9.'10 9.05

9.30 8.75 8.60 8.50 8.25 8.40

18.90 18. 15 17.95 17.80 17.65 17.45

2 3 4 5 6

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9.35 9.55 9.30 9.55 9.1 0 9.70 9.25 9.40 9.20 9.40 8.75 9.70 9.05 9.40 9.25 9.1 5 9.05 9.35 9. 10 9.20 8.95 9.30 9.05 9.20 9.05 9. 10 8.90 9.25 9.45 8.65 Ad va n ced Parall el Bars

17.40 17.35 17.35 17.35 17.30 17.25 17.20 17.20 17. 15

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Place

8T 8T 8T II

18.90 18.85 18.80 18.65 18.60 18.45 18.45 18.40 18.40 18.30 18.25 18.25 18.1 5 18.1 5 18.1 0

4 5 6T 6T 8T 8T 10 li T li T 13T 13T 15

Opt.

Total

Place

9.55 9.25 9.70 9.05 9. 15 9.00 9.50 8.45 9.30 8.65 9.45 8.45 8.85 9.00 9.30 8.55 8.90 8.95 9. 10 8.70 8.75 8.70 8.95 8.35 8.65 8.65 9.65 7.60 9.25 7.95 9. 15 8.05 Advanced High Bar

18.80 18.75 18.1 5 17.95 17.95 17.90 17.85 17.85 17.85 17.80 17.45 17.30 17.30 17.25 17.20 17.20

12T 12T 14 15T 15T Place

Compo

Opt.

Total

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9.40 9.35 9. 10 8.80 8.90 9.35 9.05 9. 15 8.95 8.95 8.85 8.50 8.70 8.40 8.60

19.1 5 18.75 18.65 18.45 18.30 18. 10 18.00 17.90 17.85 17.80 17.75 17.75 17.75 17.70 17.65

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