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10 Trampoline and Tumbling Pan American Championships The USA won a total of 32 medals at the Trampoline & Tumbling Pan American Championships in Daytona Beach. The three-day championship had gymnasts competing in senior, junior and age-group level divisions. The USA elite athletes won a total of 11 medals, including six gold, while the age group athletes took home a total of 21 medals.

14 USA Team and Raisman Win gold in Italy USA GYMNASTICS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chair: Peter Vidmar Vice-Chair: Paul Parilla Secretary: Gary Anderson Treasurer: Morris Jim National Membership - Women: Tom Koll National Membership - Women: Steve Rybacki National Membership - Men: Yoichi Tomita National Membership - Men: Russ Fystrom National Membership - Rhythmic: Brooke Bushnell-Toohey National Membership - Trampoline & Tumbling: George Drew National Membership - Acrobatic Gymnastics: Dr. Jay Binder Advisory Council: Mike Burns Advisory Council: Ron Ferris Advisory Council: Mike Lorenzen Athlete Director - Women: Kim Zmeskal Athlete Director - Men: John Roethlisberger Athlete Director - Rhythmic: Jessica Howard Athlete Director - Trampoline & Tumbling: Karl Heger Athlete Director - Acrobatic Gymanstics: Michael Rodrigues Public Sector: Bitsy Kelley Public Sector: Frank Marshall Public Sector: Jim Morris Public Sector: Mary Lou Retton

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Alexandra Raisman won the senior all-around title at the 2010 City of Jesolo Trophy competition in Jesolo, Italy, and the U.S. women won the senior team title.

Kyla Ross won the all-around silver medal for the juniors.

20 Wolverines Win Fourth Team Title at NCAA Championships The University of Michigan won its fourth NCAA men’s team title and first since 1999 at the 2010 NCAA Gymnastics Championships held at the United States Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. The Wolverines’ Chris Cameron, a member of the U.S. senior national team, won the all-around title.

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22 UCLA Bruins Win Sixth Title at NCAA Championships The University of California-Los Angeles won its sixth NCAA women’s team title at the 2010 NCAA Gymnastics Championships held on the University of Florida campus in Gainesville. Susan Jackson won Louisiana State University’s first NCAA all-around title.

30 Golden Gluckstein Brothers The Gluckstein brothers, Steven and Jeffrey, won the junior and senior individual trampoline titles at the Trampoline and Tumbling Pan American Championships. We spoke to both Steven and Jeffrey about training and competing together and their goals for the future.

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_di_Z[ KI7 ]ocdWij_Yi Well, the season is in full swing. Recently, we had a wonderful weekend in Worcester, Massachusetts where USA Gymnastics hosted the Tyson American Cup and the first-ever Nastia Liukin Supergirl Cup. Congratulations are in order to Rebecca Bross and Alexandra Raisman for finishing first and second for the U.S. and Maxim Devyatovsky of Russia for winning the men’s title. Jonathan Horton and Chris Brooks were closely behind in second and third. We are surely to see more outstanding gymnasccess in your gymnastics.

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Logan Dooley and Steven Gluckstein won gold in synchro trampoline

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he 2010 Trampoline & Tumbling Pan American Championships took place at the Daytona Beach (Fla.) Ocean Center, March 25-27. The three-day championships had gymnasts competing in senior, junior and age-group level divisions. The USA elite athletes won a total of 11 medals, including six gold, while the agegroup athletes took home a total of 21 medals.

More than 260 gymnasts from six North and South American countries were vying for continental titles.

In addition to the United States, the other countries participating in the Pan American Championships were Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico.

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Steven Gluckstein of Atlantic Highlands, N.J., won a total of three gold medals – individual trampoline, synchronized trampoline and trampoline team. For the synchro gold, he teamed with Logan Dooley of Lake Forest, Calif., and for the trampoline team title, they were joined by Michael Devine of Winnebago, Ill. and Neil Gulati of Irvine, Calif.

Nani Vercruyssen of Honolulu captured the women’s individual trampoline title, and Austin White of Irvine, Calif., claimed the title in men’s double minitrampoline.

Dooley picked up a third medal, the silver in men’s trampoline. Vercruyssen teamed with Hayley Butcher

Nani Vercruyssen won gold in trampoline

of St. John, Ind., to earn the women’s synchronized trampoline bronze medal. Sarah Gandy of Paris, Texas, claimed the women’s double-mini silver.

Jeffrey Gluckstein of Atlantic Highlands, N.J., and K.J. Heger of Rockford, Ill., finished one-two in the junior men’s trampoline finals. The USA’s Angela Foster of Victoria, Texas, finished third in the junior women’s trampoline competition.

U.S. age-group athletes won a total of 21 medals over the three-day event. Samuel Chicchia of Colorado Springs, Colo./ArtSports, won the gold medal in men’s 13-14 tumbling. Clare Johnson of Waxahachie, Texas/Trevino’s Gymnastics, won the women’s 13-14 double mini-trampoline, and Nicole Ahsinger of San Diego/Bounce California, won the women’s 11-12 trampoline and the women’s 11-12 double mini title. Other gold medalists were: Mackenzie Kulka of Tulsa, Okla./Oklahoma Extreme Tumbling, women’s 15-16 tumbling; Mary Rossi of Plano, Texas/Eagle’s Wings, women’s 15-16 double mini; Mackenzee Martin and Alyssa Smith, both from Lubbock, Texas/Air Extreme, women’s 11-12 synchronized trampoline; Henry Baer of Town and Country, Mo./St. Louis Elite, and Nick Piontek of Warrensburg, Mo./Kansas City Trampoline Club, men’s 15-16 synchronized trampoline; and Justin Hackett of Colorado Springs, Colo./Great Lakes Griffins, men’s 17+ double mini.

Casey Skinner of Livonia, Mich./AGT Flip City earned the silver medal in 13-14 women’s tumbling. Chiacchia added the 13-14 individual trampoline and 13-14 double mini silver medals to his tumbling gold. Brittney Bernard of Bixby,

Hayley Butcher and Nani Vercruyssen won silver in syncho trampoline

Austin White won gold in double mini

Steven Gluckstein of Atlantic Highlands, N.J., won a total of three gold medals – individual trampoline, synchronized trampoline and trampoline team.

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The bronze medalists were: Martin, women’s 11-12 trampoline; John Langford of Montclair, Va./Novaks, men’s 15-16 trampoline; Hannah Nowak of Terre Haute, Ind./Tumbling Express, women’s 13-14 tumbling; Kaylah Whaley of Premier Athletics Knoxville (Tenn.), women’s 17+ tumbling; Ryan Roberts of Ramona, Calif./Bounce California, men’s 17+ trampoline; Shea Silhan of Morton, Texas, and Caanon Gibbons of Seminole, Texas/ Acrospirits, women’s 11-12 synchro; and Ronald (Jake) Jacobson of Rocklin, Calif./ American Powerhouse, and Chiacchia, men’s 13-14 synchro.

The FIG verified that Jeffrey Gluckstein’s performance at the Trampoline and Tumbling Pan American Championships secured a spot for the USA in the Youth Olympic Games, which will take place Aug. 14-26 in Singapore.

The U.S. athlete that will compete at the Youth Olympic Games will be selected at a competition May 27-30 at a site TBD.

Nani Vercruyssen wins women’s trampoline title

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Steven Gluckstein and Logan Dooley went 1-2 in men’s trampoline

The men’s trampoline team won the title

USA TEAM AND RAISMAN

WIN GOLD IN ITALY

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ifteen-year-old Alexandra Raisman of Brestyan’s Gymnastics, won the senior all-around title at the 2010 City of Jesolo Trophy competition in Jesolo, Italy, March 28. In addition, the U.S. women won the senior team title with a score of 228.450. The USA defeated Russia who finished second with a score of 225.900 and Italy was third with a 220.300.

Raisman outscored Russia’s Ksenia Semenova, 57.650 to 56.900, in the all-around. Italy’s Vanessa Ferrari, who was the 2006 world allaround champion, was third at 56.800. Morgan Smith of Brandy Johnson Global Gymnastics, was fourth at 56.300. Also competing in the all-around were Amanda Jetter of Cincinnati Gymnastics, 55.450, sixth; Mackenzie Caquatto of Legacy Elite Gymnastics 55.250, seventh; and Kytra Hunter of Hill’s Gymnastics, 54.700, ninth. Cassie Whitcomb of Cincinnati Gymnastics, competed on bars (14.200) and floor (13.650).

In the junior competition, Kyla Ross of Gym Max won the all-around silver medal with a 56.700, finishing behind Russia’s Anastasia Grishina. Ross’ individual event scores were: 15.100, vault (the event’s highest score); 13.900, bars; 13.450, beam; and 14.250, floor. Sabrina Vega of Dynamic Gymnastics, was seventh with a score of 55.150.

In addition to the USA, other countries competing were Great Britain, Italy and Russia in both the junior and senior competition, with Japan participating only in the junior division.

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SENIOR ALL-AROUND (TOP 10) 1. Ali Raisman 2. Ksenia Semenova 3. Vanessa Ferrari 4. Morgan Smith 5. Ekaterina Kurbatova 6. Amanda Jetter 7. Mackenzie Caquatto 8. Elisabetta Preziosa 9. Kytra Hunter 10. Paola Galante

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JUNIOR ALL-AROUND (TOP 10) 1. Anastasia Grishina 2. Kyla Ross 3. Erica Fasana 3 Andrea Foti 5. Anastasia Sidorova 6.Yoshino Taniguchi 7. Sabrina Vega 8. Asuka Teramoto 9. Masha Peseka 10. Carlotta Ferlito

RUS USA ITA ITA RUS JPN USA JPN RUS ITA

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We talked to each of the gymnasts about their experience on the trip.

Alexandra Raisman What was the best part of your trip to Italy?

The best part of my trip to Italy was winning team and all-around titles. It was really an amazing feeling and it’s something I will never forget. It was so much fun getting to know my teammates and we all had so much fun together.

What was your best event and why?

My best event was vault because I got my highest score in competition ever (15.150). I had the highest score in the meet and I won a Murano vase.

Who did you room with?

I roomed with Morgan Smith.

AMANDA JETTER

MORGAN SMITH

Amanda Jetter What was the best part of your trip to Italy?

The best part of the trip was the experience of Italy, traveling with team USA, and of course winning the gold medal for the team.

How long were you gone?

We were at the ranch for five days -- Thursday to Sunday -- then we worked out Monday morning then left for Italy and were gone a week – so a total of 12 days.

Who did you room with?

I roomed with Cassie Whitcomb.

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Kyla Ross What was the best part of your trip to Italy?

The best part of my trip was doing well at the meet and when we went to Venice to go sightseeing.

What adjustments did you have traveling and competing in Italy?

We had to get used to the time change which, for me, was an eight hour difference. As for competing, we had to get adjusted to the Gymnova equipment but we were able to get a head start since we practiced on it while we were at camp.

Who did you room with?

Sabrina Vega

Mackenzie Caquatto What was the best part of your trip to Italy?

The best part of the Italy trip was standing on the first place podium after the competition when we won the team award. To know that all the hard work that we put in as a team paid off and that we did the best we could to represent our country!

What was your best event and why?

My highest scoring event was vault but my best event that day was beam, I did one of the best routines Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever done.

Who did you room with?

I roomed with Kytra Hunter! ( Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be Gators teammates next year.)

SABRINA VEGA

MACKENZIE CAQUATTO

Cassandra Whitcomb What was the best part of your trip to Italy?

The best part was being with the team. This was my first team trip. We bonded so much and the atmosphere was incredible.

Did you get to sightsee while in Italy? If so, what did you get to see/do?

We took a boat to Islands in Venice. We went to the glass blowing factory then we went shopping on another island.

Who did you room with?

I roomed with my teammate Amanda Jetter.

Kytra Hunter What was it like to win the team gold medal?

Winning the team gold medal was such an honor for team USA. I felt proud to be a member of the team and winning gold was a reward for our hard work.

How did you deal with schoolwork while you were on your trip?

I only missed the week of school when I was at camp. I had to e-mail my test and classwork, due to final grade deadline. My spring break was the week after, where I spent some of it in Italy.

Who did you room with?

Mackenzie Caquatto

KYTRA HUNTER

Morgan Smith What was the best part of your trip to Italy?

I think the best part of my trip was cheering for each of my teammates during the whole trip and being able to go see Venice and shop with them!

What was your best event and why?

My best event was beam because I was a lot more confident and I got my highest score ever (in elite scoring)!

Who did you room with?

I roomed with Alexandra Raisman.

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he University of Michigan won its fourth NCAA men’s team title and first since 1999, posting a team score of 360.500 at the 2010 NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Championships held at the United States Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., April 15-17. The Wolverines’ Chris Cameron, a member of the U.S. senior national team, won the allaround title.

Michigan edged defending national champion Stanford University, 360.500 to 359.800 to take the team crown. The University of Oklahoma placed third (357.050).

Michigan scored the top mark on high bar (58.650) and Stanford and Oklahoma tied for the top honors on floor exercise (61.650). Ohio State recorded the top score on rings at 59.900. Stanford posted the highest mark on parallel bars at 59.700.

Oklahoma earned the top team scores on vault (64.200) and pommel horse (58.250).

The evening’s competition was hindered by an equipment malfunction when one of the still rings broke during University of Illinois’ Tyler Williamson’s routine in the third rotation. Equipment officials took nearly 40 minutes to replace the apparatus.

In the all-around, Cameron posted a career best score of 90.500 to finish ahead of 2009 all-around champion Steven Legendre of Oklahoma (88.950). His Michigan teammate Mel Anton Santander (88.900) took third.

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Golder said, “I’m as happy as anyone can possibly be. The meet went as planned. It wasn’t error-free but it was close and the guys handled adversity very well. Chris’ (Cameron) winning the all-around was no surprise to me. He’s been on a great streak for more than a year now. And, Mel Anton Santander finished third all-around and was phenomenal.”

During event finals, Legendre won his third consecutive floor exercise title with a 16.100, edging Stanford’s Eddie Penev by one tenth of a point (16.000). Chad Wiest of the University of Illinois finished in third place with 15.725.

On pommel horse, Oklahoma’s Alex Naddour won his first event title with a 15.425. University of California-Berkeley’s Glen Ishino scored 15.150 to take second.

Steven Spencer of Ohio State University finished in third with a 15.125.

OSU’s Brandon Wynn finished on top on still rings, scoring a 15.900. Only 25-hundredths of a point separated second-place-finisher Williamson (15.150) and Tim Gentry of Stanford (15.125).

Penev won the vault title with (16.450).

Jake Dalton of Oklahoma finished second (16.100), just ahead of Stanford’s Josh Dixon (16.050).

The parallel bar title went to Stanford’s Ryan Lieberman (15.100), who beat Santander by five-hundredths of a point (15.050). Oklahoma’s Corey English finished in third (14.900).

The Wolverines swept the high bar

Chris Cameron 2010 Men’s NCAA National Championships U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. TEAM RESULTS 1. University of Michigan 360.500 2. Stanford University 359.800 3. University of Oklahoma 357.050 4. University of Illinois 354.900 5. University of California-Berkeley 354.700 6. Ohio State University 347.350

event with Ryan McCarthy winning the title with a 14.750, followed by his teammates Ian Makowske with a 14.625 and Santander with a 14.475 for second and third. Also tying for third on high bar was University of Illinoisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Andrew Stover, with a score of 14.475.

ALL-AROUND FINALS 1. Chris Cameron 2. Steven Legendre 3. Mel Anton Santander 4. Bryan del Castillo 5. Glen Ishino 6. Tyler Mizoguchi 7. Alex Naddour 8. Jake Dalton 9. Aaron Fortunato 10. Thomas Kelley

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VAULT 1. Eddie Penev 2. Jake Dalton 3. Josh Dixon 4. Tim Gentry 4. Philip Onorato 6. Kent Caldwell 6. Christian Monteclaro 8. Steven Legendre

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POMMEL HORSE 1. Alex Naddour 2. Glen Ishino 3. Steven Spencer 4. Luke Stannard 5. Corey English 6. John Martin 7. Mike Jiang 8. Jeremy Adams

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PARALLEL BARS 1. Ryan Lieberman 2. Mel Anton Santander 3. Corey English 4. Nicholas Noone 5. Thomas Kelley 6. Jim Kerry 7. Ryan McCarthy 7. Chris Cameron

Stanford Univ. of Mich.

Univ. of Okla.

Stanford Univ. of Mich.

UC Berkeley Univ. of Mich.

Univ. of Mich.

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STILL RINGS 1. Brandon Wyn 2. Tyler Williamson 3. Tim Gentry 4. Chris Cameron 5. Nicholas Noone 6. Anthony Ingrelli 7. Phillip Goldberg 8. Anthony Sacramento

Ohio State Univ.

Univ. of Ill. Stanford Univ. of Mich.

Stanford Univ. of Neb. Univ. of Mich.

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15.900 15.150 15.125 15.100 15.050 14.975 14.875 14.850

HORIZONTAL BAR 1. Ryan McCarthy 2. Ian Makowske 3. Mel Anton Santander 3. Andrew Stover 5. Alex Buscaglia 6. Noam Shaham 7. Abhinav Ramani 8. Josh Dixon

Univ. of Mich.

Univ. of Mich.

Univ. of Mich.

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going to have fun and that’s how we’ve been the whole season. We were in our own Bruin bubble and we brought that Bruin bubble to Florida. It’s what we trained and what we prepared for. We just had fun out there.”

UCLA scored the top marks on vault (49.475), beam (49.375) and floor (49.550). Alabama recorded the highest bars total, without anchor Ashley Priess, at 49.425.

In the final rotation, five squads eclipsed the 197.000 mark for the first time in NCAA team finals history.

The NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championships began with a 12-team field and 19 individual athletes that advanced from six NCAA Regional Championships. The top three teams from each semifinal advanced to the Super Six team finals.

In the all-around, which was determined during team preliminary competition, Susan Jackson won Louisiana State University’s first NCAA all-around title when she earned the day’s highest total mark of 39.625. Casey Jo Magee of the University of Arkansas was second in the all-around at 39.550.

Stanford’s Carly Janiga was third at 39.525.

The Bruins captured two more event finals with Vanessa Zamarripa winning vault (9.925) and Brittani McCullough winning floor (9.9375). The bars title went to Janiga (9.9375) and the beam title went to Jackson (9.9625).

Photo by Chris Parent-LSU

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he University of CaliforniaLos Angeles won its sixth NCAA women’s team title at the 2010 NCAA Gymnastics Championships held on the University of Florida campus in Gainesville, April 23.

Coach Val Kondos-Field was asked to comment on her team’s win and she said, “I know as coaches we all like to say how great our teams are, but I can’t remember in my 29 years at UCLA having a team that ‘bought in’ from day one. They bought into every little thing that we asked them to do, including taking ownership of your team.” She added,” The team sacrificed but sacrifice wasn’t a negative word, it was a positive word. We knew, regardless of where we finished, if we did it right and did it with integrity, we would have no regrets.”

UCLA, who earned the highest team semifinal score, posted 197.725 to win the national team title. The University of Oklahoma wrapped up its first appearance in the Super Six by finishing in second place, edging out the University of Alabama, 197.250 to 197.225. Stanford University was fourth (197.100), meet-host University of Florida finished fifth (197.000), and ninetime national champion University of Utah finished sixth at 196.225.

“Looking back on the whole thing, it’s so exciting,” said Li, who posted three 9.9 scores. “We talked as a team today and we decided we were just

Susan Jackson NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championships TEAM RESULTS 1. University of California - LA 2. University of Oklahoma 3. University of Alabama 4. University of Stanford 5. University of Florida 6. University of Utah

197.725 197.250 197.225 197.100 197.000 196.225

Photo by Arkansas Media Relations

Casey Jo Magee

UNEVEN BARS 1 Carly Janiga 2 Summer Hubbard 2 Hollie Vise 4 Susan Jackson 5 Maranda Smith 5 Casey Jo Magee 7 Anna Li 8 Amanda Castillo 8 Kassi Price

ALL-AROUND FINALS 1. Susan Jackson 2. Casey Jo Magee 3. Carly Janiga 4. Geralen Stack-Eaton 5. Brandi Personett 6. Sharaya Musser 7. Daria Bijak 7. Vanessa Zamarripa 7. Kylee Botterman 10. Marissa King

Stanford LSU Oklahoma LSU Florida Arkansas UCLA Florida Alabama

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BALANCE BEAM 1 Susan Jackson 2 Carly Janiga 2 Courtney McCool 4 Casey Jo Magee 5 Kyndal Robarts 6 Geralen Stack-Eaton 7 Jamie Deetscreek 7 Brandi Personett 9 Kelsey Knutson 10 Ashley Priess

LSU Stanford Georgia Arkansas Utah Alabama Utah Penn State Michigan Alabama

9.9625 9.8875 9.8875 9.8750 9.8625 9.8500 9.8375 9.8375 9.7000 8.8250

FLOOR EXERCISE 1 Brittani McCullough UCLA 9.9375 2 Hollie Vise Oklahoma 9.9000 2 Sarah Shire Missouri 9.9000 2 Brandi Personett Penn State 9.9000 5 Marissa King Florida 9.8875 5 Morgan Dennis Alabama 9.8875 7 Annie DiLuzio Utah 9.8750 7 Vanessa Zamarripa UCLA 9.8750 7 Natalie Beilstein Michigan 9.8750 10 Ashanée Dickerson Florida 9.8500 10 Jaime Pisani Arkansas 9.8500 12 Casey Jo Magee Arkansas 9.8125 13 Makayla Stambaugh Oregon St. 9.7375

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EVENT FINALS VAULT 1 Vanessa Zamarripa UCLA 9.9250 2 Susan Jackson LSU 9.8938 3 Mandi Rodriguez Oregon St. 9.8438 4 Marissa King Florida 9.8250 5 Sarah Shire Missouri 9.8188 6 Ashanée Dickerson Florida 9.8000 7 Kylee Botterman Michigan 9.7938 8 Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs UCLA 9.7813 9 Ashley Lee LSU 9.7625 9 Blair Ryland Stanford 9.7625 9 Mary Atkinson Arizona St. 9.7625 12 Jaime Pisani Arkansas 9.7188 12 Brittnee Martinez Michigan 9.7188 14 Anna Li UCLA 9.6688 15 Geralen Stack-Eaton Alabama 9.6625 Ill.-Champaign 9.5063 16 Allison Buckley 17 Sharaya Musser Penn State 9.4813 18 Lora Evenstad Nebraska 8.7563

Brittani McCullough

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he Trampoline & Tumbling Program hosted the JumpStart National Team Camp on March 11-14 in Huntsville, Ala., at The Matrix. The team consists of athletes ages 7-12 who were named to the team after their February National Testing in Oklahoma.

USA Gymnastics would like to thank those who helped with the testing: Bev Lloyd, Crissy LaFollette, Chauncy Haydon, Shaun Kempton, Susan Jacobson, Toni Mortillaro, and Mary Swafford, who served as testers; Jeremy Waldridge, who wrote the scoring program; Mitchell and Priscilla Godi and their staff, who hosted the testing in their gym, T3/SSB Kids.

BOY’S TRAMPOLINE Autry Scott ArtSports Hoefer Dominic Buckeye Gymnastics Ji Anthony Interactive Kight Ryan ArtSports McCarronDominic ArtSports Newton Daniel Santa Barbara Pace Ethan T3 Padilla Ruben Four Stars Parenti Kyle American Powerhouse Wagner Carson Legacy T&T

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Thanks to National Coaching Staff members Shaun Kempton, Sergio Galvez and Joy Umenhofer who served as clinicians at the JumpStart National Team Camp. Also, thanks to Jeffrey Brown, a member of the tumbling senior national team, who helped with the camp.

Trampoline and Tumbling Director Ann Sims said, “This year’s testing was a great success. We have a number of talented athletes and the future looks very bright!”

JumpStart is the talent identification program, used to identify future elite athletes at a young age and provide education for their coaches as they prepare for the eventual move to the highest level.

GIRL’S TUMBLING Bagunu Gabi Dave’s Gymnastics Boyd Cidney Xtreme Elite Brownstein Ella Gym Marika Denney Zoei Central Coast Harrison Juliana World Elite Hockaday Drew T3 Jones Carrington T3 Milne Jordan Dave’s Gymnastics Molnar Brooke Central Coast Oh Alyssa American Powerhouse Ory Natalie FlippenBounce Reichelt Sophia Scottsdale Gymnastics Roby Kylee World Elite Schultz Gretchen Elmwood Schultz Kaitlin Waller’s GymJam Silhan Shea Acrospirits Stevens Jessica ArtSports Thevenot Rachel Elmwood Townsend Carly World Elite Vigil Lexi Acrospirits Willey Elizabeth Central Coast

GIRL’S TRAMPOLINE Bagunu Gabi Dave’s Gymnastics Boyd Cidney Xtreme Elite Brownstein Ella Gym Marika Delmarsh Ila Santa Barbara D’Eramo Allyson Interactive Dierckman Kennedy World Elite Hall Camille Top Flight Harrison Juliana World Elite Jenkins Hannah Acrospirits Kiesau Rachel Xtreme Elite Milne Jordan Dave’s Gymnastics Murray Kara Santa Barbara Oh Alyssa American Powerhouse Robson Emma Xtreme Elite Roby Kylee World Elite Rochleau Emma Summit Gymnastics Schultz Gretchen Elmwood Stevens Jessica ArtSports Thevenot Rachel Elmwood Townsend Carly World Elite Vigil Lexi Acrospirits

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2010 National Gymnastics Day y and Tyson Fitness Challenge

Check out the photos of the top three winners with the 2010 Tyson American Cup champion, Rebecca Bross!

Pictured with Bross, L to R: Abby Villenauve, Mary Kate Cacchione and Emma Timblin.

Attention Gymnasts!

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s your club participating in the Tyson Fitness Challenge? Is your club participating in the online giving program? Encourage your club to get involved and be eligible to win great prizes for your gym. YOU can also win great prizes including a trip to the Tyson American Cup if you are one of the top three fundraisers for the Children’s Miracle Network.

The Tyson Fitness Challenge has two goals: helping today’s kids become more physically active through fun activities and raising money to help kids who are fighting illness at Children’s Miracle Network hospitals around the country. One-hundred percent of the money raised during the Tyson Fitness Challenge goes to the Children’s Miracle Network hospital in each gym club’s local community.

Raising money for Children’s Miracle Network benefits children of all ages nationwide and is a great way to end your summer schedule and/or kick start your fall season!

Clubs can approach raising funds to benefit Children’s Miracle Network in two ways: voluntary participation in fundraising activities in conjunction with hosting the Tyson Fitness Challenge or hosting a Tyson Fitness Challenge as part of its celebration of National Gymnastics Day. Clubs that choose to hold the Tyson Fitness Challenge in conjunction with National Gymnastics Day may feature the more traditional gymnastics elements of cartwheels and back flips, along with fitness activities. For example, participants pledge to do up to 100 skills or elements (push-ups, handstands, pull-ups, walking a certain distance, etc.) in a specified period of time. In addition to helping children in your area, participation in the fundraising component of the Tyson Fitness Challenge also qualifies the gym and individual participants for great prizes sponsored by Tyson Foods and AAI. When is National Gymnastics Day? The official National Gymnastics Day is Saturday, Sept.

18, 2010. To accommodate local schedules and provide everyone with the opportunity to participate, clubs are welcome to hold their Tyson Fitness Challenge activities on or before National Gymnastics Day.

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Ways to raise money for Children’s Miracle Network UÊ Children enrolled in the Tyson Fitness Challenge ask for flat donations before the end of the eight-session Tyson Fitness Challenge for completion of skills on National Gymnastics Day. UÊ Children enrolled in the Tyson Fitness Challenge can sign up to do fitness skills on National Gymnastics Day and solicit pledges for the amount of skills they complete.

UÊ Participants can execute the traditional cartwheela-thon or flip-a-thon as part of the Tyson Fitness Challenge on National Gymnastics Day and seek either flat donations or pledges based on the number of skills completed.

Online giving Children’s Miracle Network has developed a simple online giving program that provides an easy way for you and your club members to collect and track donations.

This cuts down on the paperwork for club coordinators and allows children to raise money using familiar technology.

Participants can e-mail friends and family throughout the world and ask for donations through a secure web site.

Visit www.usagymvchildrensmiraclenetwork.org to create a club account. Remember your members cannot fundraise online if your club doesn’t have an account!

Children can personalize their pages by uploading their favorite picture. Your members can also raise money without participating in online giving.

What is Children’s Miracle Network?

Children’s Miracle Network is an international, nonprofit organization that raises funds for more than 170 children’s hospitals. Countless individuals, 90 organizations and 400 media partners unite with Children’s Miracle Network hospitals to help sick and injured kids in local communities. Donations to Children’s Miracle Network create miracles by funding medical care, research and education that saves and improves the lives of 17 million children each year. The funds raised benefit the CMN hospital in that area or community. To learn more go to www.ChildrensMiracleNetwork.org.

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he Gluckstein brothers, Steven and Jeffrey, won the junior and senior individual trampoline titles at the 2010 Trampoline and Tumbling Pan American Championships in Daytona Beach, Fla. Steven, who will be 20 years old on June 24, won the senior title while Jeffrey, who turned 17 on February 25, won the junior title. Both gymnasts train at Head Over Heels Gymnastics in Atlantic Highlands, N.J., and are coached by Tatiana Kovaleva.

Loretta Gluckstein, the boys’ mother, started them in gymnastics when they were young. The boys loved trampoline the most so they pursued that direction in the sport. Steven is the 2009 U.S. Trampoline Champion, winner of the 2009 Frivolten Cup and 2010 Pan American Champion. Jeffrey is the 2008 and 2010 Pan American Champion and the 2008 and 2009 U.S. Trampoline Champion in the junior division.

Regarding his win at the Pan Ams, Steven said, “Winning gold medals was a great victory and a great opening to this year’s international season! Nothing says your hard work pays off like a gold medal.” Jeffrey said, “To win the Pan Ams was an amazing experience. It’s great when you train hard and it pays off!”

We asked each of the brothers what it is like to train and compete with one another. Steven said, “Training and competing with my brother is excellent, but it also has its cons. It is great in the fact that you have not only a teammate but also a family member always with you,

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and both being competitive people, we use that to our advantage. We always try to one-up the other. I think the hardest part of training together is watching Jeffrey have a rough training or bad competition. It’s ok when it’s yourself because you feel you can deal with it, but not having control over it isn’t fun.”

Jeffrey said, “It’s good that we compete against each other. We push each other to the top of our game. We butt heads here and there, but what can you say, we’re brothers.”

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And, how will the brothers deal with the situation when they are both competing at the senior level in the fall? Steven said, “I am excited to compete with Jeffrey at the senior elite level. I think it will push us to be better than the other, which will help us both. I always wish for him to do his very best, and myself a little better. I think silver looks good on him! Ha ha.”

Jeffrey said, “It’ll be different for sure. I remember competing against him when we were still juniors and thinking, ‘Wow, he’s really good.’ Now it’s time for both of us to step up to the plate and take on the competition.”

When asked if it is scary jumping on the trampoline as high as they do, Steven said, “It is the exact opposite of scary. You don’t realize how high you actually are because your mind is focusing on everything except how scary it is.

You have no time to think about how high you are.”

Jeffrey explains how you learn difficult skills for the first time. “I tend to break down the skill by doing lead up

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drills, with my coach Tatiana Kovaleva guiding me through each phase of the skill. Once that is complete, I move the skill into a pit. From there I put it together on the trampoline, itself, with someone holding the mat.”

Steven is a full-time student at Brookdale Community College, just finishing up his second year. He plans to transfer to Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Business School in the fall. Jeffrey is finishing his junior year in high school and plans to attend Brookdale Community College after graduation.

Look for the Gluckstein brothers to keep winning medals. Steven’s long-term goal is to medal at a World Championships and Olympic Games! Jeffrey’s goals are to take the spot and win the Youth Olympic Games this summer and to compete in the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games.

Let’s hope all of their goals come true!

EVENT RESULTS Jazzy Kerber

Polina Kozitskiy Photos by Tom Theobald

The 2010 elite spring season was successful for USA rhythmic gymnastics

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azzy Kerber of Highland Park, Ill., took second in the junior all-around with a score of 90.800 at the Opal Cup in Calais, France, March 23. Kerber won four medals â&#x20AC;&#x201C; she also finished second in hoop and ball, third in rope, and fourth in clubs.

JoAnna Arnold of Northville, Mich., who trains with Kerber at North Shore Rhythmic Gymnastics Center, also competed in the Opal Cup and finished fifth in the senior all-around competition.

Rebecca Sereda of Staten Island, N.Y., and Julie Zetlin of Bethesda, Md., competed at the Rhythmic Gymnastics Deriugina Cup Grand Prix in Kiev, Ukraine, March 18-20. Sereda, who trains at Isadora, finished ninth in the allaround junior competition, and Zetlin, who trains at Rhythmflex, was 14th in the senior allaround in the Deriugina Cup. At the 2010 Baltic Hoop in Riga, Latvia, held March 18-20, Anastasia Torba of Orinda, Calif., and Allegro Rhythmic, finished seventh in the all-around and competed in event finals for ball (seventh), rope (seventh) and ribbon (eighth).

Sereda, the 2009 U.S. rope champion and Jr. Pan American all-around champion, competed in the maximum two events at the

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Rebecca Sereda

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junior tournament held in conjunction with the Portimao Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup in Portugal, March 12-14. She advanced to the event finals in rope and finished seventh. In addition to Sereda, the other U.S. gymnasts were Megan Kincaid of Los Angeles, Calif. (junior), Torba (World Cup), and Zetlin (World Cup).

Polina Kozitskiy of Fountainville, Pa., and Kerber finished in the top 10 of the junior all-around at the 2010 Pearls of St. Petersburg World Cup Junior Tournament in Russia on April 3. Kozitskiy took seventh in the all-around and qualified for hoop, ball, and club individual event finals. Kerber took ninth and qualified for individual event finals in hoop and ball.

Kozitskiy, who trains at Philadelphia Rhythmic Academy, finished sixth on ball and seventh in hoop and clubs. Kerber finished eighth in the hoop and ball individual event finals.

Shelby Kisiel of Houston and North Shore Rhythmic Gymnastics Center, and Joanna Arnold of Northville, Mich. and North Shore Rhythmic Gymnastics Center, finished 20 and 24 in the senior all-around, respectively.

2010 USA Gymnastics Men’s Collegiate Championships - United States Air Force Academy VARSITY DIVISION Team 1. U.S. Air Force Academy, 342.25 2. College of William & Mary, 335.15 3. Springfield College, 329.35

Photo by Johnny Wilson

All-Around 1. Derek Gygax, College of William & Mary, 85.45 1. Nash Mills, U.S. Air Force Academy, 85.45 3. Ty Evans, Springfield College, 83.65 Collegiate Club Division Team 1. Arizona State University, 326.20 2. University of Washington, 295.80 3. College at Brockport, 289.55 All-Around 1. Riley Barclay, Arizona State University, 80.35 2. Stewart MacDonald, Arizona State University, 77.95 3. Brett Lazarus, MIT, 77.50 INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (combined) Floor exercise 1. Dylan Parrott, U.S. Naval Academy, 14.750 2. Derek Gygax, College of William & Mary, 14.000 3. Andy Hunter, College of William & Mary, 13.950 Pommel horse 1. Derek Gygax, College of William & Mary, 14.400 2. James Okamoto, U.S. Air Force Academy, 14.350 3. Ian Lassonde, U.S. Naval Academy, 13.950 Still rings 1. Steve Deutsch, College of William & Mary, 14.150 2. Dan Klimkowski, U.S. Air Force Academy, 14.050 3. Derek Gygax, College of William & Mary, 13.900

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spring blizzard in Colorado Springs, Colo., did not faze the competition at the 2010 USA Gymnastics Men’s Collegiate Championships, held at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.

In the varsity division, the U.S. Air Force Academy outscored defending champions William & Mary, 342.25 to 335.15. Springfield College was third with a score of 329.35.

The College of William & Mary’s Derek Gygax, who was the defending varsity all-around champion, shared the top honors with Air Force Academy’s Nash Mills, both posting an 85.45 total. Springfield College’s Ty Evans, who was second in 2009, rounded out this year’s top three at 83.65.

In the Collegiate Club Division, Arizona State captured the team title for the fourth straight year and 13th time overall since first competing in the event in 1987. ASU posted a 326.20, with the University of Washington

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Vault 1. Deven Menefee, U.S. Air Force Academy, 15.950 2. Josh Bradley, Arizona State University, 15.500 3. Ty Evans, Springfield College, 15.450 Parallel bars 1. Nash Mills, U.S. Air Force Academy, 14.500 2. Ty Evans, Springfield College, 14.300 3. Derek Gygax, College of William & Mary, 14.200

and College at Brockport coming in second and third, respectively.

Horizontal bar 1. Dylan Parrott, U.S. Naval Academy, 14.300 ASU also took 2. Vince Smurro, College of William & Mary, 13.750 the top two spots 3. Ty Evans, Springfield College, 13.500 in the all-around.

Riley Barclay captured the allaround crown with 80.35. Teammate Stewart MacDonald earned 77.95 for second. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Brett Lazarus was third at 77.50.

During event finals, Dylan Parrott of the U.S. Naval Academy won the floor and high bar titles. Gygax took the top honors on pommel horse. The still rings title went to Steve Deutsch of the College of William & Mary. Deven Menefee of the U.S. Air Force Academy won the vault crown. Mills earned the top score on the parallel bars.

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2010 USA Gymnastics Women’s Collegiate National Championships - Texas Woman’s University TEAM FINALS 1. University of Bridgeport, 193.975 2. Texas Woman’s University, 193.600 3. Cornell University, 192.525 4. Rutgers University, 190.700

University of Bridgeport

photo by Rocky Phillips

Lorraine Galow

Rashonda Cannie Teenie Beck

ALL-AROUND 1 Rashonda Cannie 2 Teenie Beck 2 Lorraine Galow

Bridgeport

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EVENT FINALS VAULT 1. Emily Santoro 1. Kristin Edwards 3. Amy Winczura

Cornell TWU TWU

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TWU W&M

BARS 1. Rashonda Cannie 2. Kaysha Heck 3. Maddie Pearsall 3. Gabriella Sanguineti 3. Erica Gerlach

Cornell Cornell Rutgers

9.775 9.650 9.625 9.625 9.625

BEAM 1. Brittany Johnson 2. Anissa Madrid 3. Monica Mesalles 3. Emily Repko

TWU Seattle Pacific Bridgeport Bridgeport

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FLOOR 1. Monica Mesalles 2. Kristin Edwards 3. Nina Oteri 3. Amy Winczura

Bridgeport TWU Temple TWU

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fter sharing the title in 2009, the University of Bridgeport won the 2010 USA Gymnastics Women’s Collegiate Championships team title outright on April 17. The event was held on the campus of Texas Woman’s University in Denton.

Bridgeport captured the team championship with a 193.975, edging host Texas Woman’s University, which finished second with a 193.600.

Cornell University placed third with a 192.525.

Rutgers University finished fourth with 190.700.

TWU sophomore Rashonda Cannie captured her second straight all-around title with a score of 38.725, earning scores of 9.675 on vault, 9.775 on bars, 9.600 on beam, and 9.675 on floor. William & Mary’s Teenie Beck and Lorraine Galow of Bridgeport tied for second in the all-around with a score of 38.700.

Three gymnasts from Texas Woman’s University, Cannie, Kristin Edwards and Brittany Johnson, won event titles. Cannie and Johnson won the bars and beam titles, respectively. Edwards tied Cornell University’s Emily Santoro for the vault title, and

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the University of Bridgeport’s Monica Mesalles won the floor title.

With scores of 9.763, Edwards and Santoro tied for first place on vault. TWU’s Amy Winczura took third with 9.738. Cannie won bars with a 9.775.

Kaysha Heck of Seattle Pacific finished in second with 9.650. In a three-way tie for third, Maddie Pearsall of Cornell, Gabriella Sanquineti of Cornell, and Erica Gerlach of Rutgers all scored 9.625.

TWU’s Johnson took the beam title with a 9.800. Anissa Madrid of Seattle Pacific University finished second with a 9.750. Bridgeport’s Mesalles and Emily Repko tied for third with scores of 9.725.

Mesalles edged Edwards by a half a tenth to win the floor title 9.850 to 9.800. TWU’s Winczura tied for third with Temple’s Nina Oteri at 9.750.

The winners of the postseason awards were: Rutgers’ Laura Sevarino, Outstanding Senior Athlete of the Year; TWU’s Edwards, Mari-Rae Soper Spirit Award; Cornell’s Melanie Dilliplane, Assistant Coach of the Year; and Bridgeport’s Byron Knox, Ken Anderson Head Coach of the Year Award.

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EVENT SCHEDULE

2010 MAY 4-9 Men’s JO National Championships 6-9 Women’s JO National Championships 7-9 Volkov Cup (AG) 9 National Invitational Tournament 22-24 World Championship Training Camp (AG) JUNE 3-6 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Team Trials 4-6 National Elite Qualifier (W) 5-6 Region 3 Congress 11-13 National Elite Qualifier (W) 18-20 Region 8 Congress 23-25 National Elite Qualifer (AG) 24-27 U.S. Elite Challenge (TT) 23-27 Chicago Cup/Rhythmic JO Nationals 25-27 Region 4 Congress 25-27 Region 7 Congress 27-July2 Trampoline and Tumbling JO Nationals JULY 2-4 National Elite Qualifier (W) 9-11 Acro Gymnastics World Age Group Competition 10 U.S. Men’s Qualifier (M) 16-18 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships 17 Rhythmic National Qualifier 23-25 National Elite Qualifer (AG) 23-25 CoverGirl Classic (W) 25-28 Acro JO National Championships AUGUST 10-14 Visa Championships 11 Annual Business Conference 12-14 National Congress and Trade Show 14-26 Youth Olympic Games (M,W,R,TR) 20-22 Region 1 Congress

Knoxville, TN Dallas, TX St. Petersburg, Russia Dallas, TX Huntsville, TX Huntsville, TX Tempe, AZ Vail, CO Deerfield Beach, FL Atlanta, GA Kissimmee, FL Virginia Beach, VA Chicago, IL Coralville, IA Baltimore, MD Virginia Beach, VA Houston, TX Wroclaw, Poland Colorado Springs, CO Wroclaw, Poland TBD Kissimmee, FL Chicago, IL Kissimmee, FL Hartford, CT Hartford, CT Hartford, CT Singapore Santa Clara, CA

SEPTEMBER 1-5 Senior Pan Am Championships (M/W) 10-12 Region 5 Congress 18 National Gymnastics Day 17-19 Region 2 Congress 19-26 Rhythmic World Championships TBD Senior Pan Am Championships (R) OCTOBER 1-3 TOPs National Testing (W) 17-24 World Artistic Championships (M/W) NOVEMBER Future Stars Championships/Coaches Workshop (M) 4-7 11-13 Trampoline World Championships (TT) 17-19 International Age Group Championships (TT) DECEMBER 1-5 TOPs Camp (W) 5-9 TOPs B Camp

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GYM UPDATE

JASON WHITFIELD INVITATIONAL

MEGA RAFFLE 2010

The 19th annual Jason Whitfield Invitational was held in Ann Arbor, Mich. This year’s recipients were Chris Brooks, Jake Bateman, Tim McNeill and Wasef Burbar and they received $3,000 each. Jim and Cathy Whitfield were pleased that Jake (L) and Wasef were able to accept their awards in person during the scholarship ceremony at the Invitational. The Whitfield Foundation was established after the death of Jason who died in a motorcycle accident in 1991 while pursuing his own gymnastics dreams. Thus far, the Whitfield Foundation has awarded a total of $168,500 to 63 male gymnasts from across the country.

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LUKE STANNARD WINS 2010 NISSEN-EMERY AWARD University of Illinois senior gymnast Luke Stannard, 2009 Visa Championships pommel horse champion, won the 2010 Nissen-Emery Award, which is given annually to the NCAAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s outstanding senior male collegiate gymnast. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s absolutely incredible,â&#x20AC;? Stannard said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I never made this an explicit goal of mine, but to bring this back not only for myself, but for the team is just incredible. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great to be recognized and to be able to have something I can physically hold that embodies all the work Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve put into the program.â&#x20AC;?

Established in 1966, the Nissen-Emery Award is considered

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the Heisman trophy of menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gymnastics. The Nissen-Emery Award is named in honor of George Nissen, a three-time NCAA Champion and inventor of the trampoline, for his contributions to the sport, and for Dr. Bob Emery, the 1969 recipient of the award and its endower. Nissen recently passed away on April 7, 2010, at the age of 96.

Illinois also swept Central Region Coach of the Year honors for the second straight year, as associate head coach Justin Spring took home Coach of the Year and Ivan Ivankov earned his second consecutive Assistant Coach of the Year accolade.

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HORTON WINS TWO BRONZE MEDALS AT PARIS WORLD CUP 2008 Olympic horizontal bar silvermedalist Jonathan Horton of Houston won two bronze medals at the World Cup event held in Bercy, France, April 11.

In the still rings, Horton tied with Japanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kohei Uchimura with 15.325 points but ended up with the bronze medal due to the tie breaker, which was based on execution scores. Samir Ait Said of France won the title with his 15.525.

In the horizontal bar finals, Hortonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 15.525 put him behind Uchimuraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 15.700 and Franceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Yann Cucheratâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 15.600.

Danell Leyva of Miami also competed in the World Cup; his best finish was 10th in the floor exercise.

The remaining menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s champions were: floor exercise â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Diego Hypolito, Brazil; pommel horse â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Cyril Tommasone, France; vault â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Isaac Botella Perez, Spain; and parallel bars â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Alexander Tsarevich, Belarus.

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A TRIBUTE TO GEORGE NISSEN, INVENTOR OF MODERN TRAMPOLINE George Nissen, recognized as the inventor of the modern trampoline, died April 7 at the age of 96 in San Diego, Calif., from complications from pneumonia.

Nissen also helped grow worldwide interest in trampoline through his equipment, exhibitions and travels.

His dream of having trampoline in the Olympic Games became a reality at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. â&#x20AC;&#x153;George Nissen was a true sports pioneer,â&#x20AC;? said Steve Penny, president of USA Gymnastics. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was loved and respected for his many accomplishments and contributions. His vision, innovations and passion sowed the seeds for trampolineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worldwide popularity today. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.â&#x20AC;?

To read the full story on George Nissen, go to http://bit.ly/9sTPIn

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Caroline, 9, is a Level 5 gymnast at Wright’s Gymnastics Academy in Greenwood. Caroline has been doing gymnastics since she was 2 years old along with her two sisters, Olivia and Anna. Caroline’s favorite events are beam and floor.

She is coached by Terri Oswalt, Pam Thompson, and Jocelyn Craft.

Jordan, 11, is a Level 8 rhythmic gymnast. She trains at Isadora Rhythmics and is coached by Nataliya Kiriyenko. Jordan is a former State and Regional champion. She has been a member of the Future Stars National Team for the past three years.

W Kimmy Chang Plano, Texas Kimmy, from WOGA, is the 2009 North State Champion for Level 5-Jr C. She earned a 9.525 on vault, 9.850 on bars, 9.525 on beam, 9.725 on floor, and 38.625 in the all-around. Kimmy is coached by Livia and Chip.

Circle, Montana Twin Sisters Jena and Samantha, age 7, tied for first all-around with a score of 36.85 at the 2010 Level 4 Julie lie Ziegler Gymnastics Meet in Bismarck, ND. The twins are coached by DeeAnn and John hn Urton at Eastern Montana Gymnastics.

S Kevin Lee Glassboro, New Jersey Kevin, 7, is a Level 4 gymnast at Atlantic Coast Gymnastics. Competing in his first meet, Kevin placed first on rings and pommel horse, third on vault and parallel bars, and second in the all-around at the 13th Annual Starstruck Invitational in Atlantic City.

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At the 2010 New Jersey State Championships, Noelle took first on bars, beam and floor, second on vault and first allaround with a score of 37.55.

Noelle trains at Cherry Hill Gymnastics Academy and is coached by Johna Spencer and Debbie Mulvihill.

W Cody Schultz Phoenix, Arizona Cody, 7, trains at Phoenix Gymnastics and Dance Academy. He’s coached by Mark Nowak and has just started competing in Level 4. In his first competition, he e scored a 14.1 on vault and placed seventh all- around.

Coach Mark trains the boys with such positive motivation.

W Guzzy’s Gymnastics Lake Charles, Louisiana Guzzy’s Gymnastics Boy’s Team attended the 2009 McDonald’s Invitational at New Heights Gym in New Iberia, La., on Dec. 6, 2009.

The team placed first in Level 4 competition. L to R: Coach Tracey Dearman, Breydon Conner, John Lavergne, J’Kalo Bass, Cutter Babineaux and Cade Pryor.

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