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JUNIOR PAN AMERICAN GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS .. . ........... . ... . . .. ... .... .. .. ... . 1 7 USA gymnasts won tl1e team gold medals in men's, women's and rhythmic gymnastics. Zach Roberts, Paul Hamm, and Brett McClure swept the all-arOlmd wIllie Morgal1 White and Ktistin Thome earned second al1d third. In the rhythmic competition, Jessica Howal'd took first and Danielle Lord took third. In addition to the team and all-arOlmd success, tl1e USA gymnasts also earned 20 individual event titles in men's, women's and rhythmic gymnastics.
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iUnerican gymnasts won nine meClaIS;-iliCludffig five golcI;a t 1998 Goodwill Games competing against the best gyrrmasts in the world. Dominique Moceanu won the all-arOlmd title making her the first American gymnast to accomplish this feat. Blaine Wilson earned third in the all-arotmd behind the first and second place finishers at the 1997 World Championships, Ivan Ivankov and Aleksei Bondarenko. Other American gold medalists include Vanessa Atler, Kristen Maloney and Chris LaMorte.
PACIFIC ALLIANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS .... . ... .... . ..... ................... 1 3 Kristen Maloney won the all-arOlmd and led her team to the gold medal at the Pacific Alliance Championships held in Winnipeg, Canada. Vanessa Atler grabbed two gold medals on vault and floor. The USA's top athlete Blaine Wilson was hampered by i.njmy and had to withdraw from one event dming the team competition, yet the USA men's team still eal'ned the bronze medal.
. . ... . .... . . . . . ........ 22 Blaine Wilson earned his third national allarOlmd title for the men at the 1998 Jolm Hal1cock U.S. Gymnastics Cl1ampionships in Indianapolis, Ind. Wilson is the first gymnast to accomplish this "thl"ee-peat" since Wodd Champion Kmt Thomas in 1976-78. Kristen Maloney's strong perfom1al1ces in all fom events, both in preliminal"ies and finals, won her the Women's All-Al"Olmd title. In the Jtmior National Championships, Morgan White eal"11ed the women's title al1d the two jtuuor men's titles went to Raj Bhavsar in tlw 18 age group al'la Paul Hamm in the-14--1Ei- - -
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MEET THE NATIONAL TEAM .... 25 Read about the top 20 women and top 14 men who made tl1e USA Senior National Team at the Jolm Hancock U.S. Gyrrmastics Championslups. You'll learn a few details about each one including how old tl1ey are, where they live, and where tl1ey train!
USA GYMNASTICS CONGRESS . ........ . ... . ........ . ...... . . ... .. . 36 The 1998 USA Gymnastics Congress was held in Indianapolis, Ind., in conjtmction with tl1e Jolm Hancock U.S. Gymnastics Champion-slups. The Exlubition Hall was bigger and better tl1an ever and there were more than 150 sessions occmring tlu'oughout tl1e three-day event. The Hall of Fame and Ceremony of Honors Awards were also presented.
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USA Gymnastics Board 01 Directors Chair: Sa nd y Knapp; President: Robert V. Colarossi; President Emeritus : Mike Donahu e; Constituent Members: Amateur Athletic Union: M ik e Stanne r ; American Sokol Organ ization: Jerry Milan; American Turners: Betty Heppner; College Gymnastics Association-M: Roy Johnson; National Association of COllegiate Gymnastics Coaches for Women: Ga il Davis; National Association for Girls and Women in Sport: Mari lyn Strawbridge; National Association of Women's Gymnastics Judges: Yvonne Hodge; National Collegiate Athletic Association: Chris Voelz, Tom Dunn; National Federation of State High School Associations: Susan True; National Gymnastics Judges Association: John Scheer; National High School Gymnastics Coaches Association: John Brinkworth; U.S. Associa tion of Independent Gym Clubs: Lance Crowley; U.S. Elite Coaches Association for Men's Gymnastics: Mark Williams; U.S . Elite Coaches Association for Women's Gymnastics: Cary Anderson, Roe Kreutzer; U.S. Men's Gymnastics Coaches Association: Marc Yancey; U.s. Rhy t hmic Gymnastics Coaches Associa tion: Suzie DiTullio; Young Men's Christian Association of the USA: Ri ck Dod so n ;
USA Gymnastics National Membership Directors: Men's: Ray Cura, jim Holt; Rhythmic: Tamara Dasso Alia Svirsky; Women's: Li nda Chencinski, David Holcomb; Athlete Directors: Tanya Service Chaplin, chair; Clu-is Walle r, vice chair; Kri s te n Kenoye r Woodla nd , sec; Miche ll e Du sse rre- Farrell, USOC athlete representa ti ve; Wend y Hilliard, Va nessa Vande r Plu y m , Pe te r l
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USA Gymnastics Executive Committee Chair: Sand y Knapp; Special Advisor to the Chairman of the Board: Roe Kreutzer; President: Robert V. Colarossi; Secretary: Mike Milidollis; Vice Cha ir Men : Tim Daggett; Vice Chair Rhythmic: Candace Feinberg; Vice Chair Women: Joan Moore Gnat; FIG Executive Committee: Jay Ashmore; FIG Men's Technical Committee: Ceorge Bec kstead; FIG Rhy thmic Technical Committee: Andrea Schmid-Shapiro; FIG Women's Technical Committee: Jackie Fie; At Large Members: Jim Hartlmg, Susan True; Athlete Directors: Tanya Service Chaplin, Wendy Hilliard, Peter Vid mar; USOC Athlete Representative: Michelle Dusserre-Farrell; President Emeritus: Mike Donahue. Unless expressly identified to the contrary, all articles,
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he USA National Team gYI1masts have enjoyed tremendous success in competitions during the last two months, beginning with the stellar performances at the Senior Pacific Alliance, Junior Pan American Gyrrmastics Championships and, of course, the nine medals eamed at the Goodwill Games, competing against the best in the world! The summer gymnastics events concluded with the John Hancock U.s. GYI1mastics Championships, where Kristen Maloney became the National Champion for women, the first Parkettes gyrrmast to win the title since JeruUfer Sey in 1986. Blaine Wilson earned his third national all-arotmd title for the men, the first gymnast to accomplish this "tlu'ee-peat" since World Champion Kurt Thomas in 1976-78. The Junior National Championships competition was equally exciting, with Morgan White eaming the women's title and the two junior men's titles going to Raj Bhavsar in the 16-18 age group and Zach Roberts wim1ing tl1e 14-15 age group title. Other highlights of the National Championships include the successful comeback of 1991 World Champion Kin Zmeskal to earn a spot on tl1e 1998-99 USA National team. Zmeskal, 22, retired from gyrrmastics after earning tl1e team bronze medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona and last competed in a National Championships six years ago. It was great to see 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist Dominique Moceanu back in action, winning tl1e all-arolll1d gold medal at the Goodwill Games and taking third allarotmd at Championships. Also, Brent Klaus scored tl1e first 10.00 in event finals at a USA Gyrrmastics National Championships using a handspring double front salto on vault. And to prove it was no
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fluke, Klaus nailed the vault again during all-arolll1d finals to score a 9.925. Eighteen-yea r-old Jason Gatson made a tremendous comeback to earn second all-arotmd to his teammate Wilson at the National Championships. Jay Thornton eamed tlurd all-arow1d to make it a U.S. Olympic Trair1ing Center sweep ir1 the allarolll1d competition. Vanessa Arler shuu1ed the crowd with her new first tumbling pass on floor, double layout, immediate punch front, double stag jump, to win the floor title. After fallir1g off bars twice during the preliminary competition at the National Championships, Atler scored a 9.80 on bars durir1g fir1als to move from sixth allarow1d to second, challengir1g Maloney for the gold medal ir1 the all-arow1d. Congratulations to all tl1e gYI1masts on their success durir1g the past two months! During the President's Assembly at the USA Gymnastics Na tional Congress I spoke of my goals for USA Gymnastics as the new president. My goals are tlu'eefold: to win medals, increase visibility and growthe sport! It looks like things are right on target and in order to contirme our level of performance, we must work together, united in our purpose and efforts to meet our goals. I challenge each and every one of you to strive for your personal best, whether you're an athlete, coach, judge, administrator or parent. We must move forward as tl1e guardians of our sport to strive and improve. All great endeavors begin with indiv idual effort. Together we can achieve greatness, and with it take USA GYllmastics to new and exciting levels of achievement!
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at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in New York, winning nine medals in all-five gold, two silver and two bronze.
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Dominique Moceanu beca me the first non-Russian woman to win a Goodwill Games all-around gold medal. "I've always dreamed of this moment," said Moceanu, who wiped away tears as the Star Spangled Banner played in her honor. "I was always hoping this would happen somed ay. I'm coming back after a really rough time. After what I've been through, this means so much more." 1996 Olympic Gold Meda list Mocea nu led t he sta r-studd ed f ield fro m her very fi rst event, bars, to ta lly a score of 38.662, easi ly outdistancing Roma nians Maria Olaru and Simona Am anar, who placed second and third, respective ly. Mocea nu gave tremen dous pra ise to her coach of t he last seven months, Lum inita Miscenco. "She has helped me so much with everyth ing," Moceanu said, "with my outlook on life and outlook on everyth ing in general. She put me back on track, and I couldn 't have done this witho ut her."
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dreamed of this moment, said Moceanu, who "I've al rs as the Star Spangled Banner played in her wiped a ays hoping this would happen someday.. I'm honor.. "I r a really rough time .. After what I've been coming back rough, this m so much more .. " It
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Sierra Sapunar, the other USA entrant, battled back after hyperextending both of her knees during a warm-up vau lt before the competition to place fifth with a score of 37.587. During event finals, Vanessa Atler grabbed the gold medals on vault and floor to join an elite group of women's gymnasts who have won two golds in a single Goodwill Games. "This is a good confidence builder for the Sydney Olympic Games and the upcoming John Hancock U . S. Championships," said Atler. While vault was the site of the USA's best result of the evening, it also was the backdrop of the most sobering moment of the Games. China's Sang Lan was injured during warm-ups. She was transported to an area hospital, where examination indicated a fracture and dislocation in her vertebrae. Sang, 17, from Ningbo, China, won the Chinese national championship in vault last year. Elise Ray placed second on bars to reigning world champion Svetlana Khorkina, scoring 9.70. In a return to international amateur gymnastics, Olympic Gold Medalist Dominique Dawes placed fifth on bars after she was added as a last-minute substitution. Kristen Maloney earned the gold medal on beam. "It's really nervewracking (being last up in the rotation), especially when everyone hit so well in the beginning," she said. "I just tried to stay calm and focused and tried not to worry about what the others did." On the men's side, battling a strong field and a sore shoulder, Blaine Wilson held on despite bobbles in his last two events to claim the bronze medal in the all-around. The gold medal went to reigning world champion Ivan Ivankov of Belarus. "It feels pretty good to come in here and compete against all of these great athletes and do as well as I did today," said Wilson. Ivankov, denied a chance at Olympic gold when his Achilles tendon snapped on the eve of the 1996 Olympic Games, took top honors with a score of 57.50. Russia's Aleksei Bondarenko earned the silver with a 56.70, just ahead of Wilson's 56.575. Wilson's bronze matches the best USA finish in the men's all-around, recorded by Lance Ringnald at the 1990 Goodwill Games. The other USA competitor, Sean Townsend, finished ninth with a 54.325. Jay Thornton trailed only Nemov on floor to take home a silver medal while Yewki Tomita took the bronze medal in pommel horse. Chris LaMorte, who was competing in his first international competition since the 1996 World Championships, won the still rings with a score of
9.70. "I haven 't had a meet that family and friends could come to in a long time," said LaMorte. "Being second up and still having six more competitors to go, some of them pretty highly ranked ring men, I just didn't know if my score would hold up." Kazakstan's Sergei Fedorchenko took first on vault with a 9.65. Chris Young finished sixth on vault and high bar with scores of 9.45 and 9.025, respectively. China's Huang Xu scored his country's first gold of these Games by winning parallel bars with a score of 9.725. Trent Wells was fourth with a 9.60. Ivankov swung to a score of 9.725 on high bar, well ahead of Aleksei Nemov's 9.650 for second. In rhythmic competition, Russia's Alina Kabayeva scored a 39.781 in the all-around to topple reigning world champion Yelena Vitrichenko of Ukraine, who finished with a score of 39.657. The bronze all-around went to Yevgeniya Pavlina of Belarus. The USA's Kate Jeffress was eighth with a 38.782. Kabayeva continued her dominance winning three of four individual events during finals, including hoop, clubs and ribbon. Vitrichenko of the Ukraine won the gold medal in rope with a 9.908 score. Kabayeva took the silver medal in the rope event with a score of 9.900. With the five medals, Kabayeva is the most decorated athlete of the 1998 Goodwill Games. She missed a sweep of all five golds in rhythmic by a mere .008.
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WOMEN Jeanette Amolin Vanessa Atler Jamie Dantzscher Dominique Dawes Kristen Maloney Dominique Moceanu Elise Ray Sierra Sapunar
Hunting ton Bch., Calif. Canyon Country, Calif. Palmdale, Calif. Silver Spring, Md. Pen Argyl, Pa. Hollywood, Fla. Col umbia. Md. Sebastopol, Calif.
SCATS/Huntington Beach, Calif. Gl iders/Covina, Calif. Gliders/Covina, Calif. Hill's Gym./Gaithersburg, Md. Parkette's /Allentown, Pa. Moceanu Gym., Houston Hill's Gym./Gaither;burg. Md. Cincinnati Gym./Cincinnati, Ohio
Don Peters Steve & Belh Rybacki Steve & Beth Rybacki Kelli Hill Bill &. Donna Strauss. Jack Ca rter luminita Miscenco Kelli Hill Mary lee Tracy, Steve Elliot
FLOOR EXERCISE 1. Vanessa Atler 2. Simona Amanar 3. Corina Ungureanu 4. Meng Fei 5. Yelena Produnova 6. Olga Teslenko 7. Svetlana Khorkina 8. Zeena Mclaughlin
USA ROM ROM CHN RUS UKR RUS AUS
9.775 9.725 9.650 9.525 9.250 9.075 8.975 8.900
MEN ALL-AROUND FINALS 1. Ivan Ivankov 2. Aleksei Bondarenko 3. Blaine Wilson 4. Roman Zozolya 5. Lu Yufu 6. Naoya Tsukahara 7. Aleksei Nemov 8. Huang Xu 9. Sean Townsend 10. Eric Lopez Rios 11. Yoshiaki Hatakeda Sergei Fedorchenko
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WOMEN 1. Dominique Moceanu USA 2. Maria Olaru ROM 3. Simona Amanar ROM 4. Meng Fei CHN 5. Sierra Sapunar USA 6. Olga Teslenko UKR 7. Svetlana Khorkina RUS 8. Zeena McLaughlin AUS 8. Ling Jie CHN 10. Yelena Produnova RUS 11. Alena Polozkova BLR
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EVENT FINALS
FLOOR EXERCISE 1. Aleksei Nemov 2. Jay Thornton 3. Aleksei Bondarenko 4. Sergei Fedorchenko 5. Aleksandr Shostak 6. Lu Yufu 7. Roman Zozulya 8. Sean Townsend
RUS USA RUS KAZ BLR CHN UKR USA
9.725 9.550 9.525 9.375 9.250 9.000 8.925 8.450
POMMEL HORSE 1. Nikolai Kryukov 2. Aleksei Bondarenko 3. Yewki Tomita 4. Xu Huang 4. Yoshiaki Hatakeda 6. Yufu Lu 7. Vasile Cioana 8. Szilveszter Csollany
RUS RUS USA CHN JPN CHN ROM HUN
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USA RUS ROM ROM HUN RUS BLR
9.662 9.600 9.587 9.575 9.562 9.537 9.437
UNEVEN BARS 1. Svetlana Khorkina 2. Elise Ra y 3. Simona Amanar 4. Corina Ungureanu 5. Dominique Da wes 6. Olga Teslenko 7. Ling Jie 8. Meng Fei
RUS USA ROM ROM USA UKR CHN CHN
9.825 9.700 9.600 9.575 9.400 9.200 8.925 8.600
STILL RINGS 1. Chris LaMorte 2. Ivan Ivankov 2. Aleksei Bondarenko 4. Blaine Wilson 5. Szilveszter Csollany 6. Huang Xu 7. Roman Zozulya 8. Dimosthensis Tambakos
9.775 9.725 9.700 9.675 9.650 9.600 9.250 8.800
VAULT 1. Sergei Fedorchenko 2. Nikolai Kryukov 3. Eric Lopez Rios 4. Vasile Cioana 5. Aleksei Nemov 6. Chris Young 7. Lu Yufu 8. Sean Townsend
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VAULT 1. Vanessa Atler 2. Yelena Dolgopolova 3. Simona Amanar 4. Maria Olaru 5. Adrienn Varga 6, Anna Kovaleva 7. Alena Polozkova
= BALANCE BEAM ; 1. Kristen Maloney USA ~ 2. Olga Teslenko UKR Gi 3. Corina Ungureanu ROM ill 4. Zeena McLaughlin AUS ~ 5. Yevgenia Ku znetsova RUS ~ 6. Simona Amanar ROM ~ 7. Ling Jie CHN ~ 8. Anna Kovaleva RUS
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Barry Weiner
Chris laMorte
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Sachem Gym./South Selauke, NY
Ken friedheim
Jamie Natahe Jay Thornton
Wilmington, Del.
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Augusta,Ga.
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Miles Avery Ron Brant, \!italy Mannitcl1
Yewki Tomita
Tucson,Ariz.
Gymnastics World{rucson, Ariz.
Sean Townsend
Dallas, Texas
Gym Masters/Houston, Texas
Yoichi Tomita Kevin Mazeika, Brian Babcock
Tren t Wells
Keizer, Ore.
UC-Berkeley/Berkeley. Calif.
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Blaine Wilson ChriS Young
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Ron Brant, Vitaly Marinilch Ron Brant, Vitaly Marinilch
PARALLEL BARS 1. Xu Huang 2. Iva n Iva nkov 3. Aleksei Bondarenko 4. Trent Wells 5. Naoya Tsukahara 6. Maxim Al yoshin 7. Lu Yufu 8. Sea n Townsend HIGH BAR 1. Ivan Ivankov 2. Aleksei Nemov 3. Sergei Fedorchenko 4. Lu Yufu 5. Yoshiaki Hatakeda 6. Chris Young 7. Aleksei Bondarenko 8. Jani Tanskanen
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MIXED PAIRS COMPETITION 1. China 1 39.000 (Ling Jie & Huang Xu) 2. Russia 1 38.725 (Svetlana Khorkina & Aleksei Nemov) 38.700 3. Russia 2 (Anna Kovalyova & Aleksei Bondarenko) 4. Ukraine 38.400 (Olga Teslenko & Roman Zozulya) 5. Australia/Cuba 38.350 (Zeena McLaughlin & Eric Lopez Rios) 6. Belarus 38.025 (Alena Polozkova & Aleksandr Shostak) 7. Russia 3 37.925 (Yevgeniya Kuznetsova & Nikolai Kryukov) 8. China 2 36.875 (Meng Fei & Lu Yufu)
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CHAMPIONSH I P$ The 1998 Pacific Alliance Championships in Winnipeg, Canada, was "MY GOAL held as a test event for the 1999 Pan American Championships. WAS TO DO On the women's side, Kristen Maloney shrugged off concerns about a TH E BEST stress fracture in her right tibia and won the all-around gold medal as she led the u.s. women's squad to the team gold. Maloney's score of 38.337 I COULD outdistanced Australian national champion Zeena McLaughlin, who took FOR TH E the silver with a 37. 967. Joining Maloney on the medal stand for the USA was Sierra Sapunar, who earned the bronze medal with a 37.775. TEAM." Vanessa Atler claimed fifth with a 37.025. -MALONEY "My gool was to do the best I could for the team," said Maloney. "The stress fracture was a concern, but I've been watering down my routines in practice to take it easy on the leg. It's nice to win the allaround, but the team gold means more to me. That was our gool coming into the meet, and we earned it as a team." The USA women's team was led by head coach Donna Strauss and assistant coach Steve Rybacki. Strauss said, '1his team has tremendous strength of personality, which was a key to our success. They were able to come together, shut out all distractions and do the best they could for the USA" The USA team total of 113.987 was nearly two points ahead of Australia, which posted a 112.036. China was third at 111 .499. The Americans had the highest team score in each of the four events, and Elise Ray matched China's Huang Mandan for the highest score of the evening; both posted a 9.80 on bars. The U.S. gymnasts added three more medals in event finals . Atler earned two gold medals on vault and floor. She was joined on the medal podium by teammates Ray, who took a silver on bars, and Maloney tied ~or bronze on beam. Kendall Beck showed great promise, but injured her knee- - ---:::::-c~~:;'t: during practice and was unable to compete allaround . She was able to contribute to the team score on vault. The U.S.'s top athlete, Blaine Wilson , was hampered by injury and had to withdraw from one event during the team competition. The strong U.S. men's team was still able to earn the bronze medal in the team competition with a score of 163.350. China claimed the gold medal with a team score of 167.100. Australia, behind the performance of allaround gold medalist Andrei Kravtsov, was second with 163.575. Due to Wilson ' s injury, two-time Olympian John Roethlisberger was the only USA gymnast eligible to compete in the all-around event. Roethlisberger placed seventh with a score of 52 .850. The all-around gold went to Kravtsov with a 55 .300. China claimed the silver and bronze as Xing Aowei scored 55 .000 and teammate Lu Bin had a 54.625. During event finals, Yewki Tomita, one of the youngest competitors in the event, tied for the bronze medal in pommel horse with a score of 9 .40.
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Kelli Hill, owner and head coach of Hill's Gymnastics in Gaithersburg, Md., has incorporated a snack break info her gymnasts' pradices. Kelli has coached 1992 and 1996 Olympic Gald Medalist Dominique Dowes, Goodwill Games Silver Medalist Elise Ray, as well as numerous other national team members. We spoke with Kelli regarding the logis' tics of snack breaks and here's what she had to say.
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When you l'lm out of energy for yom m.ind and body, you become tired and unmotiva ted. This will happen after hvo to hvo-and-a-half hams of practice because yom glycogen stores become depleted. Pretty soon the insh'uctions yom coach is giving you do not make much sense. All you can think about is making it to the end of practice. This is also the same time when most injmies occm! A small snack eaten after two and a half hams will help you refuel yom muscles and brain to finish yom practices motivated and strong! This will also help reduce yom risk of injmy dming the • last portion of practice. Plan a convenient snack that is high in carbohydrates. Cereals, breads, crackers, fruits and vegetables are all high in carbohydrates and are digested much easier than protein and fat dming exercise. Look for items easy to throw into yom gym bag, that will not make a mess or spoil and are easy to eat. Try a different one each day for better taste and nutrient appeal. See the list of Energy • Boosters for some ideas. Offer a snack to yom coach as well. He or she probably could use a little pick-meup about the sam e time you do! Be aware of yom attitude and energy levels after you 've had yom snack lmtil the end of practice. You'll notice an improvement the first day. You may also need a sn ack prior to starting practice if it begins more than hvo hams from yom last meal. For example, IWlch is eaten at 11:30 a.m . and practice starts at 3:00 p.m. A snack will help top off yom energy reserves so that you can perform at yom peak potential. Try a h alf sandwich and a glass of milk, a fruit sma athie, a bean bmrito, or even a baked potato topped with grated cheese and salsa. It's a good idea to include a little protein with this snack so yom blood sugar levels last longer.
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WOMEN I. USA 110.497 2. Brazil 109.048 3. Argentino 108.385 4. Venezuela 107.124 5. Canada 106.885 6. Chile 94.861 7. Calambia 94.148 8. Mexico 93.885 9. Puerto Rico 89.473 10. Guatemala 89.023 11. Bermuda 86.699 12. Uruguay 85.148 13. EI Salvador 78.197 USA Team included: Monique (hong, lanoe (ox, Kristin rhome, MOlgan While
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Jennie Thomeson Krislen SIU&~ Kim Zmes~al
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9.300 9.525 8.525 9.375 9.400 8.850 8.350 8.200 8.600
9.650 8.875 9.300 9.400 8.900 9.450 9.550 9.425 8.575
9.600 9.050 9.000 8.325 8.500 8.850 8.775 9.275 9.075
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More than 120 gymnasts from 14 states competed in the National High School Gymnastics Championshi ps in Albany, New York. Texas was the men's state champion and New York won the women's title! Below are the top eight gymnasts in the a ll -a round .
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James Hayes Derek Hartmann Darren Lewis Earnesl Nelson Ouslin Jakub Graham (01 hey TIm Miles Smll Lewis
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JUNIOR DIVISION CLUB
1. Margan While 2. Angelo 8eom 3. Krislol Uzeloc 4. Ashley Miles 5. Jockie Uguyan 6. Rochel Tidd 7. Tasha Schwikerl 8. 8rillony Thome 9. Monique Chong 10. Breosho Pruill 11. Slephanie Carler 12. Marie Fiardholm 13. Annabelh Eberle 14. Jennifer Orlando 15. Mandy Delgado 16. Chelsea Kroll 17. Michelle Emmons 18. Mylon Dodd 19. Kolie Heenan 20. Chelseo 0110 21. Tobilho Vim 22. Ashlee 8radley 23. Alison Cook 24. Krislen Riffanochl 25. Audro Froim 26. Whilney Ferguson 27. Dona Pierce Photos (from left to right): 28. Ashley Miller Jennie Thompson, Angela Beam, Morgan 29. Jessico Pell White, and Kristen Stucky 30. Ashley Poslell 31. Kinsie Hughes RESULTS continued on page 29 32. Ashley Kupels
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9.525 9.350 9.425 8.975 9.000 8.850 9.200 8.525 8.700 8.600 8.400 8.650 8.750 8.900 8.975 8.850 8.750 8.950 8.650 8.100 8.600 8.600 8.300 8.850 9.325 8.200 7.750 7.250 8.125 8.825 8.750 8.725
9.325 9.175 9.325 9.000 8.775 9.050 8.950 9.150 9.000 9.100 8.500 9.375 8.500 8.725 8.475 8.300 8.225 7.900 8.375 8.000 8.375 9.050 8.600 7.225 8.550 7.350 8.675 8.025 7.050 0.000 1.000 0.000
36.887 36.662 36.462 36.225 35.700 35.637 35.275 34.962 34.875 34.862 34.812 34.675 34.450 34.325 34.250 34.012 33.987 33.937 33.737 33.700 33.687 33.550 33.412 33.187 33.075 32.925 32.725 32.200 31.937 25.612 18.275 17.525
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45.700 43.875 45.900 43.525
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Brillony Talberl Laura Mikesa Glyn Sweels Courlney Kupels Ashley Kelly Rochel Colon KortnyWilliamson MelislO Boconegra Dana Filelli lisa Marzan Slephonie Edney Chrisline Ghani·Wilkinson Tiffany Berry Cosondro Tressler Brynne Kennedy Nichole Williams Courlney Schmid Sadie Hansen
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8.925 8.800 8.500 8.250 8.800 8.025 8.650 8.675 8.350 8.050 8.400 8.600 8.550 9.100 7.950 7.650 8.175 7.650
9.775 9.350 9.475 9.550 8.200 9.150 8.725 8.775 8.750 9.375 8.500 8.400 8.800 7.825 8.625 8.850 8.675 6.900
8.925 9.475 9.175 8.750 8.950 9.050 8.450 8.350 9.000 7.750 8.600 8.750 7.650 8.825 8.600 7.750 6.950 8.075
36.837 36.775 35.912 35.275 35.150 35. 125 34.812 34.775 34.687 34.550 34.387 34.062 34.025 33.950 33.875 32.437 31.950 31.437
INDIVIDUAL ALL-AROUND, SENIORS Soroh Gel Tiffany Byrd Soroh Leis Sarah DiPasquale Cheryl Polo«o JorminYeh Colie Chrislensen Alisso Cooper
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8.875 9.025 8.675 8.000 8.500 8.775 9.175 8.075
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Blaine Wilson, 24, won his third national all-around title at the 1998 John Hancock u.s. Gymnastics Championships in Indianapolis, Ind., the first three-peat since Kurt Thomas accomplished the feat in 1976-78. "I'm glad I won three in a row," said Wilson, who also won the Athlete and Sportsman of the Year award "It matters, but now I'm looking more towards a team medal in China at the 1999 World Championships and in Sydney at the 2000 Olympic Games." Wilson, who also won the parallel bars gold medal, was surrounded by teammates on the medal platform. Jason Galson, 18, and Jay Thomton, 23, eamed second and third all-around, making it a U.S. Olympic Training Center sweep. USOTC Coach Ron Brant said, "It's definitely a great step forward, but my guys are not complacent. They know there's a lot of talent coming up and they have to work hard to maintain their pasition and to help the men's team earn a medal. We have a lot of work to do." Gatson's second place fin ish is a tremendous comeback story. After having some back problems after the 1997 World Championships, Gatson was diagnosed with a stress fracture and a chronic back problem that doctors said could have come from birth. He was put on a strengthening program. While dealing with his back problem, Gatson decided to take care of a minor shoulder problem at the same time. He underwent shoulder surgery on bath shoulders in January 1998. "I feel a lot better this year," said Gatson. "I was out for about six months and got a lot stronger." Galson was also the only double gold medalist during event finals winning both Roor and high bar with scores of 9.70 and 9.40, respectively. When asked about the USOTC sweep in the all-around competition, Thornton said, 'We feel like a college team . We all pull for each other. It's a great training environment." Kevin Mazeika of the Texas Sports Ranch was voted Coach of the Year by his peers. Mazeika's gymnasts Sean Townsend and Mike Dutka fin ished fourth and sixth in the all-around. Michael Evans and Todd Thornton, who made the Junior National Teams, are also coached by Mazeika. "I was extremely pleased with my gymnasts," said Mazeika. "They all came through big and did a great job. I certainly couldn't have goHen coach of the year without those guys. It was quite an honor to get the award!" Another highlight of the competition was Brent Klaus' front handspring double front vault that earned the first perfect 10.00 in a USA Gymnastics National Championships competition during event finals. Needless to say, Klaus won the vaulting event! "I was very surprised about my 10 on the vault," said Klaus. "I' m obviously pleased. I was nervous going into the competition and I' m excited about my vault." Klaus proved the vault was no Ruke when he nailed it for a second time during all-around finals and scored 9.925, just shy of a perfect score.
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WINNING STR[AK By Luan Pes:r:ek
Kristen Maloney continued her string of victories, winning the all-around tide by nearly a full point at the John Hancock U.S. Gymnastics Championships at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, August 19-22. Maloney is the first Parkettes' gymnast to win the tide since Jennifer Sey in 1986. "I'm speechless/' said the 17-year-old champion from Pen Argyl, Pa. "It's really exciting./I
Maloney has climbed the gymnastics ladder of success. In 1995 she took 26th all-around at Championships; in 1996 she was 14th; in 1997 she was fourth; and in 1998 she won the title, along with the help of her cooches, Bill and Donna Strauss and Jack Carter. This senior in high school also won the Athlete of the Year award for the second consecutive year and her teammates voted her Sportswoman of the Year as well. Since 1997 Maloner has led every U.S. team and individua competition with the highest scores. Her contributions this year included American Cup, International Team Championshirs, Senior Pacific Alliance and Goodwil Games. Vanessa A~er, 16, is from Canyon Country, Calif. and trains at Gliders with her coaches Steve and Beth Rybacki . Atler, the defending national champion, had difficulties on bars during preliminaries and landed in sixth aher Thursday's competition . However, she came back strong in finals, scoring a 9.80 on bars and climbed to second all-around . "I was disappointed with Thursday's competition," said Atler. "I fell twice from bars and that's not how I train . I was glad I came back strong during finals ." A~er also displayed her new Roor routine complete with a double layout, punch front, double stag jump for her first pass and a clean triple full as the dismount. A~er scored a 9.85 during finals to win the Roor title! Olympic Gold Medalist Dominique Moceanu fought through a sore knee to finish third all-around and win bath vault and beam during event finals . "I'm happy with being in the top three," said Moceanu. "It was just amazing being able to compete. It was a test to see how tough I was." Sixteen-year-old Moceanu, who has grown from 4'5" to 5'0" since the 1996 Games, displayed a new maturity during the competition. She showed a new Roor routine and a new coach, Luminita Miscenco from Romania. "I've worked hard the last six months," said Moceanu. "Peaple don't know how much I've put into it. I've improved a lot of things. I'm doing drills I never did before in my life." Another great comeback story is 17-year-old Jennie Thompson. Thompson, who along with Moceanu made the Junior National Team at
age 10, took fourth all-around in the competition . Thompson trains at Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy with coach Mary Lee Tracy. "Overall I think I did pretty well," said Thompson. "I hit eight for eight routines, although Iwas a liffle shaky on beam. I'm happy where IBnished." A newcomer to the senior level, Elise Ray from Hill's Gymnastics in Gaithersburg, Md ., finished fihh all-around and won bars with a score of 9.825. Sixteen-year-old Ray, from Columbia, Md., fin ished fourth allaround at the 1997 Junior National Champ-ionships. A highlight to this year's Championships was watching 22 -yea r old Kim Zmeskal make her successful comeback to the sport. Zmeskal, who was the first American to win the W 0 rid Championships ti~e, finished 11 th al l-around and secured a spot on the Senior Women's National Team. "I had a six year break since my last Championships," said Zmeskal. "I'm enjoying gymnastics more. I applaud all these girls for doing amazing gymnastics. Competing tonight makes me excited. I loved being out there."
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The junior men's competition was held on Wednesday afternoon. Arry junior whose score was in the lop 36 all-around, among the juniors ana seniors, were eligible 10 enler the ~nals, held on Friday evening. Nine junior men quali~ed 10 enler the all-around ~nals. According 10 the rules of the competition, the junior leam would not be named until afler the ~nals competition. lach Roberts from Mission Valley YMCA and coached by Steve Butcher won the 14-15 age group division and Raj Bhavsar from Cy'press Gymnastics won the 16-18 age group. Bhavsar, coached by Bill Fosler, was last year's 14-15 year old champion. Bhavsar was asked 10 comment on being a two-time junior national champion. He said, ''That was my plan coming in. I had doubts at one point in the competition but things storied to fall back inlo place. It feels great." Besides Bhavsar, the other Junior Nationalleam members in the 1618 division are KriSlopher Zimmerman, Buffalo Grove; Michael Ashe, Atlanto School; Michael Evans, Texas Sports Ranch; Adam Berkenbile, Gold Cup; Daniel Furney, Alamo Gymnastics; Josh landis, Bart Conner; and Shannon Carrion, Gym Force. In addition 10 Roberts the other Junior Nationalleam members in the 14-15 division include Paul Hamm, Swiss Turners; Todd Thornlon, Texas Sports Ranch; Morgan Hamm, Swiss Turners; Jock Stevens, Bart Conner; Randy Monahan, Brunner's Gymnastics; and Jamey Houle, Tim Daggett's.
Morgan While from Cincinnati Gymnastics earned the all-around tide far the junior women in a close race with Ashley Postell from Capitol Gymnastics in Virgina. In fact, Postell was the leader afler the preliminary ~petition scoring 37.462 10 While'S 37.362. However, Wliile come back strong in ~nals, scoring a 9.60 on bars, 10 clinch the tirle-74.4621o Postell's 74.349. Fifleen-year-old While said, "I can't believe it. I'm so exciled. It has been my goal all year. I thought I lost it afler vault but I'm glad I won." Twelve-year-old Poslell said, "I was proud of myself. Even though I got second, I'm still happy. I came in 10 the meet prepared and I just wanted to make the National Team." White is coached by Mary Lee Tracy and Poslell is coached by Tatiana Perskaia. Parkel1es' Krislol Uzelac, 12, look third all-around with a score of 73.337. Uzelac was the lop all-around 9Y!1'nast during the ~nals competition, but afler combining preliminary and ~nals scores She ranked third. Rounding out the Junior National Team includes: Monique Change, Capital Va.; Angela Beam, Bart Conner; Janae Cox, Southern Indiana Gymnastics; Michelle Emmons, Cypress; Brittany Thorne, Cyp~; Breasha Pruilt, Cypress; Katie Heenan, Capitol Va.; Annabeth Eberle, Storz; Jennifer Orlando, Karon's; Stephanie Carter, Ricochet; Jackie Nguyen, West Valley; Tasha Schwikert, Gym Cats; Ashlee Bradley, Cincinnati; Audra Fraim, Dynamo; Marie Fjordholm, Cincinnati; Katie Hardman, Cypress; and MY'an Dodd, CascOde Elile.
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Twenty women and 14 men qualified to the USA Senior National Team at the 1998 John Hancock U.S. Gymnastics Championships in Indianapolis, Ind. These gymnasts will represent the United States in national and international competitions during 1998 and 1999. The average age of the Women's Senior National Team gymnasts is 16.5, while the average age of the men is 22 .2. A total of 16 states are represented by the members of the USA Senior Men 's and Women's National Team . Six list Texas as their home state whi le five members have ties to California . There are three each gymnasts from Connecticut, Ohio, and Virginia; two from Illinois, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin; and one each from Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Oregon and Oklahoma . Below are a few facts on each of these outstanding gymnasts including where they live and train, how old they are, where they go to school and what they like to do in their spare time.
HOMETOWN: AIguta, Ga. RESIDENCE: Colorado SpriIgs, Colo. BIRTH DATE: Sept. 9, 1974; AGE: 24 â&#x20AC;˘ Sept. 9 auB: u.s. 0IpIpk . . . . c.r. COAOI: R...... , VIIaIy MIriitdI SOIOOL: GrIIIIIIt.. _ 1IIIIv. of Iowa BEGAN GYMNASnCS: 1912 '" I)
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BRITIANY SMITU HOMETOWN: Houston, Texas RESIDENCE: Fairfield, Ohio BIRTH DATE: Oct. 30, 1983 AGE: 15 on Oct. 30 CLUB: Cincimati Gymnastks COACHES: Mary Lee Tracy & Steve EIo" SCHOOL: Fakfield If.. School BEGAN GYMNASTICS: 1987 (age 4) FAVORITEEVENT: Beam HOBBIES: Drawing, swiIuniIg, going to movies with friends
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POMMEL HORSE 1. John Roethlisberger U. Minn. 9.575 2. Bloine Wilson USOTC 9.525 3. Stephen McCoin UCLA 9.400 4. Guord Young BYU 9.375 5. Jomie Notolie Ohio State 9.150 6. Sonjuan Jones Gym Force 9.1 00 STILL RINGS 1. Jeff Johnson U. Wash. 9.650 2. Bloine Wilson USOf( 9.550 3. John Roethlisberger U. Minn. 9.400 4. Cortney Bromwell BYU 9.250 5. Joy Thornton USOTC 9.150 6. Seon Townsend Texas Sports 9.050
VT
UB
BB
FX
AA
1. Moloney, Kristen Parkettes
9.387 9.487
9.650 9.725
9.725 9.750
9.400 9.625
38.162 38.587 711.749
2. Atler, Vonesso Gliders
9.525 9.637
8.225 9.800
9.375 9.625
9.850 9.725
36.975 38.787 75.7112
3. Moceonu, Dominique 9.537 Moceanu 9.450
8.675 8.975
9.800 9.550
9.425 9.750
37.437 37.725 75.1112
4. Thompson, Jennie Cincinnati
9.437 9.475
9.625 9.700
9.075 9.100
9.200 9.225
37.337 37.500 74.837
5. Roy, Elise Hill's
8.937 9.075
9.825 9.850
9.100 9.150
9.275 9.450
37.137 37.525 74.11112
6. Antolin, Jeonette SCAT's
9.062 9.125
9.675 9.675
9.150 9.425
9.025 9.350
SENIOR MEN'S ALL-AROUND FINALS NAME / CLUB
FX
PH
SR
VT
PB
HB
1. Wilson, Bloine 8.700 9.525 9.550 9.350 9.550 9.000 USOTC 9.100 9.550 9.900 9.100 9.800 9.300
AA
55.675 56.750
112.425 2. Gotson, Joson 9.700 8.500 8.700 9.700 9.050 9.400 USOTC 9.125 8.050 8.900 9.850 9.350 9.300
3. Thornton, Joy 9.350 8.800 _-"=-'.LC.=-_-'..:.:~ USOTC 9.350 9.350 VAULT 1. Brent Kious International 10.00 4. Townsend, Sean 8.700 8.050 ;;-2.-J""os.:::on':::G""ot::::so"-n--'="---Texas Sports 9.450 8.000 USOTC 9.700 3. ~Joj~ornton 9.650 5. McCoin, Stephen 8.875 -;-4.--'J::='im":F"-oo7--.:.2:c:..UClA 9.300 dy UCLA 9.525 5. Bloine Wilson 6. Dutko, Mike 8.900 USOTC 9.350 Texas Sports 9.275 5. Michoel Morgon Ohio State 9.350 5. Derek Leiter 7. Wells, Trent 8.900 _ U,,-."'Ne""b._ _---"9..:.:35~0 Berkeley 8.825
55.050 54.575 109.1125
9.150 9.650 9.100 9.250 7.600 9.500 8.700 7.950
55.300 52.450 107.750
9.050 9.300 9.250 9.125 9.000 9.450 9.300 8.800
53.475 54.000 107.475
9.400 8.400 9.150 8.600 9.050 9.400 8.250 9.200 8.750 8.850
53.475 53.750 107.225
8.875 8.150 9.150 8.7 50 8.700 8.850 7.900 9.100 7.950 9.050 8.875 7.350 8.950 9.000 8.300 9.200 7.950 8.900 9.500 8.850
52.525 52.125 104.1150 51.375 53.225
PARALLEL BARS 1. Blaine Wilson 8. Young, Chris USOTC 9.550 USOTC
HORIZONTAL BAR 1. Jason Gotson US-'c0T;-'-C--;-_----'9-'..4"-00'- 12. Foody, Jim 2. Jim Foody UCLA UCLA 9.300 3. Joy Thornton ::--cU:c:.S7'0T-'c(...,,---_---"9.=25~0 13. Moron, Michoel 3. Michoel Moron Temple Temple 9.250 5. Seon Townsend Texas Sports 9.125 14. Kruse, Dovid -=-5.--cI:':':=M""lo!:":y"'--':':":":=-USOTC zY Top Flight 9.125
7. Rice, Jeona Hill's
9.087 9.175
9.200 9.325
9.425 9.250
9.150 8.600
36.862 36.350 73.212
8. Beckermon, Alysso Cincinnati
8.812 8.625
9.750 9.150
9.200 9.075
9.250 9.325
37.012 36.175 73.187
9. Dontzscher, Jomie Gliders
9.262 9.312
8.975 9.350
8.325 8.950
9.600 9.400
36.162 37.012 73.174
10. Fritzinger, Cory Excalibur
9.125 9.075
8.125 8.975
9.025 9.000
35.675 36.525
ll.Zmeskol. Kim Cincinnati
9.312 9.437
8.575 8.700
9.400 8.550
9.000 8.925
12. Dooley, Erinn Hill's
9.075 9.087
8.075 8.800
9.250 9.450
9.300 8.800
35.700 36.137 71.837
13. Stephens, Morline Cypress
9.062 9.350
8.650 8.625
8.525 8.375
9.200 9.375
35.437 35.725 71.1112
71.899
8.825 8.950
8.800 9.025
9.325 9.150
8.100 8.700
35.050 35.825 70.875
15. Rutherford, 8reonne 9.000 NEGX 8.950
8.350 9.250
8.875 8.875
8.550 8.925
34.775 36.000 70.775
16. Lemley, Sheehon Parkettes
9.400 9.450
8.650 8.450
B.675 B.725
35.325 35.150 70.475
8.600 8.525 9.025 9.000
9.500 9.325
B.500 8.000
8.375 8.725
35.400 35.050 70.450
18. Homm, Betsy Salta
8.725 8.562
9.175 8.400
B.850 8.950
8.625 8.850
35.375 34.762 70.137
51.250 51.625 102.875
19. Mcforlond, Kotie Excalibur
8.975 8.987
8.700 8.800
8.225 B.l00
8.825 8.625
34.725 34.512 119.237
50.550 52.200 102.750
20. Carow, Jennifer Salta
USA
8.750 8.725
9.000 9.100
B.OOO B.125
8.350 8.800
VAULT 1. Dominique Moceonu Moceanu 9.537 2. Vonesso Atler Gliders
9.525
3. Jennie Thompson Cincinnati
9.437
4. Kristen Maloney Parkettes
9.387
5. Kim Zmeskol Cincinnati
9.312
6. Jomie Dontmher Gliders
9.262
UNEVEN BARS 1. Elise Roy Hill's
9.825
2. Alysso Beckermon Cincinnati 9.7 50 3. Jeonette Antolin SCAT's
9.675
4. Kristen Moloney Parkettes
9.650
5. Jennie Thompson Cincinnati
9.625
6. Chelso Byrd River City
9.500
36.28Z_ _ 35.612 BALANCE BEAM
17. Byrd, Chelso River City
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8.050 8.300 8.250 8.450 8.450 9.050 9.000 8.825 8.100 8.825 8.150 9.300
9.400 9.475
72.200
14. Smith, Brittony Cincinnati
9.100 7.750 8.900 8.350 7.900 9.250 8.375 8.450 9.050 8.550 7.900 9.300
36.912 37.575 74.487
SENIOR WOMEN'S EVENT FINALS
34.100 34.750 118.850
1. Dominique Moceonu Moceanu 9.800
2. Kristen Moloney Porkettes
9.725
3. Jeono Rice Hill's
9.425
4. Kim Zmeskol Cincinnati
9.400
5. Vonesso Atler Gliders
9.375
6. Brittony Smith Cincinnati
9.325
FLOOR EXERCISE 1. Vonessa Atler Gliders
9.850
2. Jomie Dontzscher Gliders
9.600
3. Dominique Moceonu Moceanu 9.425 4. Kristen Moloney Parkettes
9.400
5. Erinn Dooley Hill's
9.300
6. Elise Roy Hill's
9.275
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JUNIOR MEN'S EVENT FINALS PARALLEL BARS
1998 JOHN HANCOCK U.S. GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
FLOOR EXERCISE
AUGUST 19-22 • INDIANAPOLIS. IND_ JUNIOR WOMEN'S EVENT FINALS
JUNIOR WOMEN'S ALL·AROUND FINALS
2. Kris limmermon Buffalo Grove 8.400
2. Morgon Homm SlViss Turners 8.900
2. Shonnon Corrion Gym Force 8.400
2. Poul Hamm Swiss Turners
2. Roj Bhovsor (ypress 2. Poul Hamm Swiss Turners
8.300 8.300
HORIZONTAL BAR I. Todd Thornton
VAULT
VT
UB
BB
FX
AA
I. White, Morgon Cincinnati
8.962 8.725
9.525 9.600
9.425 9.375
9.450 9.400
37.362 37.100 74.462
2. Paste Ii, Ashley (apital·Va.
9.137 9.187
9.525 9.350
9.500 9.375
9.300 8.975
37.462 36.887 74.349
3. Uzelac, Kristol Parkel/es
8.925 8.687
9.475 9.325
9.225 9.750
8.600 9.350
36.225 37.112 73.337
3. Josh landis Bart (onner
4. Chong, Monique (apital· Va.
9.037 9.212
9.500 9.475
8.200 8.675
9.300 9.300
36.037 36.662 72.699
JUNIOR MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM
5. Beom, Angelo Bart (onner
9.325 9.350
8.050 8.875
9.175 8.775
9.100 9.450
35.650 36.450 72.100
6. Cox, Janoe 50. Indiana
8.925 8.837
9.250 9.300
8.950 8.500
9.075 9.225
7. Emmons, Michelie (ypress
8.650 8.837
8.800 9.150
9.400 9.125
8. Thome, Brittany (ypress
8.400 8.787
9.325 9.175
9. Pruitt, Breasha (ypress
8.975 9.062
2. Monique Chong _C""ap""ita:;;.,/..:,:Va::.. ._~9.~30..:..0_ 10. Heenan, Kotie 2. Ashley Posteli (opital·Va. (apital·Va. 9.300
8.962 9.012
VAULT
Bart (anner 2. Jackie Nguyen West Valley
9.325 9.162
3. Ashley Posteli ---,C:.:!ap:::ita::../',::Va'-.._ ---" 9.,::13::... 7_ UNEVEN BARS
I. Ashley Posteli (apital·Va.
9.525
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Cincinnali
9.525
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(apital·Va.
9.500
2. Morgon White Cincinnati
9.425
3. Michelie Emmons (ypress 9.400
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9.4 50
Il.Eberle, Annobeth Storz 12. Orlondo, Jennifer Karan's
8.962 8.925 8.662 8.712
POMMEL HORSE
9.275
2. Doniel Furney Alamo
9.000
9.125
2. Michoel Evons Texas Sports
9.000
9.025
2. Sterling Richords USA Gym. 9.000
I. Michoel Ashe
Atlanta 2. Roj Bhovsor (ypress
I. lachory Roberts Mission Valley 9.200
Texas Sports 2. Shonnon Corrion Gym Force 2. Matt Abboud Randall 2. Michoel Evons Texas Sports 2. Poul Homm SlViss Turners
8.600 8.500
8.500 8.500 8.500
CLASS I ELITE JUNIORS 16·18 NAME/ CLUB
FX
PH
SR
VT
PB
HB
AA
50.775 50.650 101.425
36.200 35.862 72.062
2. Kristopher limmermon 8.250 8.300 8.400 8.950 8.300 8.350 Buffalo Grove 8.325 8.600 8.700 8.700 7.900 8.600
50.550 50.825 101.375
8.825 8.900
35.675 36.012
3. Michoel Ashe Atlanta School
7.500 9.275 8.200 8.850 8.250 7.600 8.450 9.300 8.150 8.550 7.750 8.500
8.250 9.225
9.100 9.175
71.687 35.075 36.362 71.437
49.675 50.700 100.375
4. Michoel Evans Texas Sports
8.050 8.250 7.850 9.000 8.050 8.500 8.300 8.000 7.850 9.050 8.250 8.700
49.700 50.150 99.850
9.400 9.325
8.600 7.350
9.000 8.975
35.975 34.712 70.687
5. Adom Berkenbile Gold (up
8.850 8.600 7.450 8.900 8.150 8.050 7.750 7.750 7500 8.650 7.900 8.400
50.000 47.950 97.950
8.950 8.375
9.000 9.475
8.100 8.575
35.012 35.437 70.449
6. Doniel Furney Alamo Gym.
8.650 8.600 6.950 9.000 7.850 8.350
49.400
7. Josh landis Bart (onner
8.400 9.025 6.750 8.700 8.100 8.300
8. Shonnon Corrion Gym Forre
8.600 7.225 8.400 8.400 8.100 8.500
FLOOR EXERCISE I. Morgon White
8.900
8.000 9.125 8.500 8.650 8.300 8.200 8.500 8.750 8.200 8.600 8.450 8.150
I. Ashley Posteli
USA
2. Brondon Berkenbile Gold (up 8.900
NAME/CLUB
I. Angelo Beom
30
I. lochory Roberts Mission Valley 8.450
STILL RINGS
8.725 8.400 8.800 8.325
8.050 9.125 8.050 8.950
8.300 8.875 8.750 8.725
34.037 35.325 69.362 34.262 34.712 68.974
13. Corter, Stephanie Ricochet
8.875 8.925
9.150 9.250
8.500 7.700
8.225 8.325
34.750 34.200 68.950
14. Nguyen, Jockie West Valley
9.162 8.450
8.000 8.250
8.825 8.500
8.650 8.625
15. S,hwikert, Tasho Gym (ats
8.762 8.862
8.675 8.975
8.975 8.250
16. Bradley, Ashlee Cincinnati
8.550 8.600
9.025 9.100
17. Froim, Audro Dynamo
8.587 8.475
17. Fiordholm, Morie Cincinnati
I. Roj Bhovsor
(ypress
49.400 49.275 49.275 49.225 49.225
CLASS II ELITE JUNIORS 14·1 5 NAME/CLUB
FX
PH
SR
VT
PB
HB
AA
I. loch Roberts Mission Valley YM(A
8.500 8.300 7.400 9.200 8.450 8.350 9.000 7.800 7.750 9.500 8.800 8.300
34.637 33.825 68.462
50.200 51.150 101.350
2. Poul Homm SlViss Turners
8.900 8.175 7.950 8.850 8.300 8.500 8.450 8.725 8.150 9.000 8.050 7.500
7.750 8.125
34.162 34.212 68.374
50.675 49.875 100.550
3. Todd Thornton Texas Sports
8.650 8.200 7.950 8.850 7.700 8.600 8.325 7.750 7.800 8.975 7.900 8.625
8.600 8.050
7.975 8.400
34.150 34.150 68.300
49.950 49.375 99.325
4. Morgon Homm SlViss Turners
8.900 8.550 7.750 8.750 7.600 8.250 9.125 8.250 7.500 9.000 6350 8.250
7.825 9.050
8.600 8.525
8.475 8.625
33.487 34.675 68.162
49.800 48.475 98.275
5. Jock Stevens Bart (anner
9.200 6.750 7.050 8.900 7700 8.350
47.950
8.412 8.875
8.425 9.025
7.300 8.750
7.950 9.425
32.087 36.075 68.162
6. Rondy Monohon Brunner's Gym.
8.250 7.400 7.500 8.750 7.450 8.400
19. Hordmon, Kotie (ypress
8.512 8.550
7.550 9.000
8.750 9.250
7.800 8.600
32.612 35.400 68.012
7. Jomey Houle Tim Daggel/'s
8.500 6.600 7.300 8.550 8.100 8.350
20. Dodd, Mylon (asrode
8.825 9.012
7.775 8.475
7.700 9.025
8.575 8.525
32.875 35.037 67.912
G ~ M N A S T , C S S E PTE M B E R / 0 C T 0 B E R
I 9 9 8
47.950 47.750 47.750 47.400 47.400 Note: AII·Around rankings lVere based on preliminary and final all·around competition. Some
Junior Nationalleam members did nol qualify for Ihe combined iunior/senior all·around finals and, Iherefore, have only one score.
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JULY 11-12 • MONTEUILLE. NEW JERSEY COMBINED ALL.AROUND STANDINGS CHILDREN NAME
I. Mikeska, Lauro 2. Willioms, Nicole
CLUB
COMB.
Infinile Ace
72.512 69.B37
CLUB
COMB.
JUNIORS NAME
I. Marzon, Usa Exper-TIIe 2. Kelly, Ashley Tulsa World 3. Ghani-Wilkinson, (hrisline (opilol-Vo. 4. Berry, TIffany Browns·Melro s. Tolberl, Brillony World Olympi( 6. Sw"ls, Glyn Hills 7. Bomnegro, Melissa (opilol-T"os B. Williamson, Korlny Berk's 9. Edney, Slephonie Ocean Tumblers 10. Kupels, (ourlney Hills II. Kennedy, Brynne NEGX 12. Schmid, (ourlney Dallas 13. Tressler, (ossondro Morvol"n 14. Riley, Ro(hel World Olympi(
72. 960 72.609 71.200 71.196 711B4 711 54 69.B50 69.090 69.074 69.030 67.050 66.390 63.690 3B.BBO
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CLUB
TOTAL
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GREGORY HOGAN FARMINGTON HILLS, MICHIGAN
AMARA DEFILIPPO
Gregory, 7, was a Closs VII gymnast at Conrad's Gymnastics Academy during the 1997-98 sea· son. At the State Championships he placed first all-around and won five of six events. Gregory also took first place all-around in all six of his other competitions during the year. Gregory tokes Toe Kwon Do, ploys soccer and is on accomplished student. He looks forward to competing as a Closs VI next year.
GARDENA, CALIFORNIA Amara, 10, has been in gymnastics for one·and·a·half years. She took second place on vault and third place on beam at the State Championships held in long Beach, California on March 28, 1998. With a 35.075 score in the allaround, she took sixth place and qualified for Regionals. Amara is coached by Sorin and Elena Ghimbasanu at Sunny Artistic Gymnastics Academy in Gardena, California. She's looking forward to next season as a level 9.
JEENIE JO SHANK FT. BELVOIR, VIRGINIA Jeenie Jo, 10, is a level 8 gymnast. At the level 8 Virginia State Meet, Jennie took first all·araund with a score of 37.45, and first on beam and floor. Jeenie and her teammates placed first in the team competition. At the Region VII meet, Jeenie took first all·around with a 35.95 in her age group and her team ploced first in the team competition. She's coached by Tatiana Perskaia, Galina Meliakina and Victor Vetrov at Capitol Gymnastics in 8urke, Va. Jeenie will advance to the 1O/ Elite group.
CORIANNE DOROUGH FREDERICK, MARYLAND Corianne, 9, brought home the gold in her first year of competition as the 1998 level 4 State Floor Champion. She placed second all·around, third on beom, fourth on bars and fiNh on vault. She took port in the TOP's testing for her second time this post summer. Corianne is currently a level 5 at Frederick Gymnastics Training Center and is coached by Roz Rieland, Judy Houck and Kirk Morris.
STACIE & STEPHANIE WHITTEN WATERVILLE, MAINE Stacie (leN) is 6 years old and competed at level 5 in the YMCA program in Waterville, Me. She placed third, fourth and fiNh in almost all of her competitions, competing against 8and 9 year olds. Stephanie, 7, is in level 7 at Andy Volley in Auburn. She qual· ified for level 8 but has to wait until she's 8 years old to compete in that level. In her state meet, she took third on vault and bars, fourth on floor and fiNh on beam.
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KAYLA STARK ROANOKE, VIRGINIA
Koyla, 6, is a gymnast at Roanoke Gymnastics Academy. She's coached by Nikki Sweeney and Barboro Jirka. This post season as a level 4, she placed second in her first meet for the 6·8 year olds. The Virginia State Championships, only her third competition, she won the all-around by placing first in floor exercise, balance beam, vault and second on the uneven bars. Kayla loves to pretend to coach her three brothers, Kristofer, Gavin and Grayson.
ANTHONY LMAY JR. AUSTI N, TEXAS Anthony, 11 , trains at Copital Gymnastics. Anthony placed ninth all·around at the USA Gymnastics Notional Future Stars meet in Colorodo Springs at the Olympic Training Center. As a result, Anthony is a member of the 10·12 year old Notional Future Stars Team. This post season as a Closs IV, Anthony placed first all·around at the Texos State Championships. He also won the gold medol on high bar and vault. Anthony is on Ahonor student and trains 15·20 hours a week with his cooches Brandy Wood and Morc Yancey.
BRITTANY GILDON QUARTZ HILL, CALIFORNIA
JESSE KillEN-ABELSON COLLEGEVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
BriHany, 9, is a level Bgym· nast at Genesis Gymnastics in lancaster, Calif. She trains 18 a week and is coached by Robin Ness, Diano Sliwoski and Greg and Cole"e Hogan. She competed in a level 7 Notional Gymnastics Competition in lakeland, Florido, where she tied for first on bars with a 9.5 and took third on floor with a 9.35. She also qualified fourth in the allaround with a 36.475 for finals.
In his first full year of competition as a Closs VI, Jesse, 10, placed fourth all-around in the State Championships with a 54.25. In the Region VII Championships, he was sixth in rings scoring a 9.0. His most successful competition was at the KMC Invitationol where he won first all·around, took first on parallel bars, horse and rings and second on high bar and floor. Jesse trains at the John Panco" Gymnastics Troining Center in Malvern, Po., where he's coached by Doug lubking.
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GYMNASflCS INSTRuaOR: Motivated, enthusiastic, per· sonable Gymnastics Coaches wonted ot Dagge" Gymnastics, Agawam, MA. level4·Bite in a state-of·the· art facility: 16,000 sq. H. Beem and Roor Choreography a plus. Pay commensurrne with experience. Benefits. Grern opportunity to work with O~mpic Champion Tim Dagge". Call now (413)7864686 or fox resume to (413)786·04 51. Immediate positions for Summer Camp. WOMEN'S GYMNASflC COACH. Full time opening for experienced coach with strong spo"ing skills, sofety cer· tificotion and PDP I accreditation. Developmental through Levell 0 cooching 30 Hrs/ wk with administrative duties, Salary Negotiable, Benefits: Insurance & Vacotion. For more information contact The Gymnastics Training Center of Rochester, 1813 Northfield Dr., Rochester Hills, MI, 48309 (248)852·7950.
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INSTRualONAL OIREaOR.lmmediate full time opening for experienced person with background in prel{hool and recreational gymnastic programs, sofety certificotion and PDP 1 accred~ation. Must have organizational & leadership skills 30 Hrs/wk with administrotive duties, Solary Negotiable, Benefits: Insurance & Vacotion. For more information contact The Gymnastic Training Center of Rochester, 1813 Northfield Drive, Rochester Hills, MI 48309 (248)852·7950. PROFESSIONAL GYMNASTICS COACH NEEDED FULL or PART·TlME. We seek a motivated, positive, energetic comh with good organizational skills. Must have exper~ ence in cooching BOYS' COMPETITIVE teams and pre· teams, be available to temh recreational beginner
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