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Dear Gymnastics Fans, Welcome to the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials – Gymnastics. It’s an incredibly exciting time with the 2012 Olympic Games in London just a few short weeks away! The top gymnasts in the United States have gathered for this competition to vie for berths on the U.S. Olympic Team – a life-long dream and life-changing honor. Over the four days of competition, fans will see the results of the tremendous dedication and sacrifice made by our athletes and coaches, culminating with the announcement of the athletes who will represent Team USA at the Olympics! We welcome our entire gymnastics family, who will be on hand to witness this spectacular event, along with the USA Gymnastics National Congress and Trade Show taking place at the San Jose Convention Center. San Jose provides a rich heritage for the sport of gymnastics, having hosted the 2007 Visa Championships, it is the perfect city to showcase the most important domestic gymnastics event that only comes around once every four years, the U.S. Olympic Trials. USA Gymnastics is proud to make following the U.S. Olympic Trials easier than ever, with schedules and general information including start lists, live scoring and more at www.SanJose2012.com. In addition, fans can enjoy enhanced coverage of the event on Facebook with stunning photo galleries from every session, increased video coverage on YouTube, and join in the conversation with fans from around the world on Twitter, using the official hashtag of the event: #SanJose2012. On behalf of USA Gymnastics, we would like to thank our local partners, including the HP Pavilion, the San Jose Sports Authority, the San Jose Convention & Visitors Bureau and San Jose Hotels Inc. for their invaluable support of this event. In addition, we appreciate the overwhelming support from the local gymnastics community and local clubs to participated in the ticket sales program and all of our volunteers, who have donated their time to make this an event a memorable one. We applaud the performances of all the athletes and wish them the very best of luck. Enjoy the competition and go Team USA!
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he 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials – Gymnastics is USA Gymnastics’ crown-jewel and is taking place in a city steeped in early California history and alive with cutting-edge California vision — a city with a world-renowned quality of life, a marvelous ethnic diversity and a beautiful climate with 300 sunny days a year. San Jose yesterday was the Valley of Heart’s Delight — an agricultural wonder of orchards and produce fields and ranches. San Jose today is the world’s technological innovation center, the capital of Silicon Valley and home to 6,600 technology companies employing more than 254,000 people. Vestiges of those earlier days are still nestled in most of the neighborhoods that make up the largest city in Northern California and 10th largest city in the country. In the past 60 years, San Jose grew exponentially with Silicon Valley’s hightech success, from less than 100,000 residents in 1950 to more than 1 million today. Wildlife, mountains, and rugged rural landscapes, the Napa Valley or Pacific coast beaches just a short, scenic drive away.
A Diverse Community
Founded in 1777, San Jose is California’s first incorporated city and its original state capital. The city is proud of the cultural and ethnic diversity of its population and the rich cultural identity of its
many neighborhoods. San Jose has the largest share of population born in another country (34%) of any U.S. city and ranked first in the nation in new immigrants — 10% of residents have arrived in U.S. since 2000. San Jose’s cultural offerings include the Cinequest Film Festival, a nationally important annual showcase for independent films; Mexican Heritage Plaza, which houses two art galleries; and a downtown nightlife scene dominated by stage, dance and musical productions at the Center for the Performing Arts and San Jose Repertory Theatre. The city’s contributions to the modern world are on display at The Tech Museum of Innovation with its IMAX domed theater downtown. Nearby are the San Jose Museum of Art, the Children’s Discovery Museum and the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles. San Jose’s early years as a center of California’s agricultural wealth are preserved in the 14-acre History Park.
San Jose Loves Sports
San Jose is enthusiastic for its sports and sporting events. HP Pavilion has been at the center of the city’s sports scene since it opened in 1993. San Jose’s athletic history is on display on HP Pavilion’s main concourse where the bronze plaques of 81 San Jose Sports Hall of Fame athletes, coaches and other significant contributors to local sports
line the walls. San Jose is also proud of its long list of Olympic champions. Many members of the Hall of Fame are local Olympians including Amy Chow, a member of the “Magnificent 7” at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics — the first U.S. women’s gymnastics team to win the Olympic team gold medal. Any visit to the San Jose area will bring you in contact with our Olympic sports heritage. • Across Autumn Street from HP Pavilion, you will see monuments recognizing San Jose’s figure skating heritage and local Olympic champions including Peggy Fleming and Kristi Yamaguchi. • Walk the campus of San Jose State University and visit the statue of John Carlos and Tommie Smith, medal-winning sprinters in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, whose civil rights protest impacted the world. • The tracks at San Jose State and San Jose City College have been training grounds for many Olympic champions including 1976 decathlon gold medalist, Bruce Jenner. • The pools at the Santa Clara Swim Center and Stanford University have turned out multi-medal Olympians including Mark Spitz, Donna de Varona and Jenny Thompson. As one of the premier arenas in the country, HP Pavilion is also home to the NHL’s San Jose Sharks, the city’s wildly popular major
sports franchise. It has been the venue for the NHL All-Star Game, the NCAA Women’s Final Four, the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championships three times in the past eight years (and again in 2013) and the U.S. Figure Skating Championships twice — most recently in January of 2012. San Jose’s history as a host of Olympic sports competitions — such as the U.S. Olympic Trials and Visa Championships — is more recent but no less distinguished. With the creation of the San Jose Sports Authority in 1991, the city has been a frequent site of important national and international competitions ranging from track and field to ice hockey, soccer and taekwondo. The first events attracted by the Sports Authority were the 1991 U.S. and World Championships in race walking, an Olympic track and field discipline. Since then, the San Jose-area has hosted the 1994 Men’s World Cup and 1999 Women’s World Cup soccer matches, the 2003 Titan Games with international competition in eight different Olympic sports, the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Judo, Taekwondo, Rhythmic Gymnastics and Trampoline, the 2007 Visa Championships, the Amgen Tour of California (2006-2012) and the 2012 U.S. Figure Skating Championships – to name a only a few. This is the first time the U.S. Olympic Trials – Gymnastics have been held in San Jose — welcome to our beautiful city in northern California!
Whether you want to steal away for a couple of hours or tack on a little vacay after the Trials, San Jose offers many opportunities to play. Located smack in the middle of the San Francisco and Monterey Bay areas, San Jose is the perfect starting point for a little California dreamin’. We offer world-famous attractions, such as the smashingly spooky Winchester Mystery House, to hidden gems like the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum & Planetarium, featuring the largest collection of Egyptian artifacts in the western U.S. Since our downtown is one of safest and most compact in the nation, these streets were made for walkin’, with dozens of eateries, museums, performing arts, galleries and nightclubs within a short stroll.
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If you’ve only got two hours to spare or before your flight, your best bet is to stay in or near downtown San Jose. If you’re traveling with children, or you’ve still got your child-like wonder, check out The Tech Museum of Innovation, featuring rare and exclusive traveling exhibits, as well as hands-on activities, such as experiencing space in a jetpack simulator, shaking in an earthquake, being a VJ, racing “green” cars, playing the role of a genetic scientist and designing microchips. Younger kids will love the Children’s Discovery Museum, ranked by Child Magazine as one of the top ten children’s museums in the nation. This center for creative play and expression features interactive galleries such as the Art Loft, Bubbalonga (world of bubbles), Kids Garden, Wonder Cabinet and children’s theater performances. Art lovers should check out the San Jose Museum of Art, with 1,400 works of 20th-century American paintings, sculpture, and photographs. A short drive or taxi ride from downtown is the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum & Planetarium, featuring the largest collections of Ancient Egyptian antiquities in the Western U.S. and authentically designed gardens. If you prefer fabric art, you’ll love the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, featuring over 550 textiles, including historic and contemporary quilts, contemporary woven textile art forms and wearable art. Those who prefer the art of the written word will enjoy the San Jose State University’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, the largest all-new library west of the Mississippi, which boasts a collection of roughly 1.9 million items as well as delightful public art installations awaiting your discovery on every floor.
Performing Arts
Downtown San Jose is laid out like a cultural campus, with various museums, galleries and performing arts venues within walking distance of HP Pavilion, the convention center and hotels. The Center for the Performing Arts offers renowned shows by Broadway San Jose and Ballet San Jose. The revamped San Jose Civic electrifies downtown with headline concerts, and the historic California Theater offers access to Symphony Silicon Valley and Opera San Jose. The San Jose Repertory Theater lets cultural users plug into variety of classic and contemporary plays. Latin culture lovers must see the Mexican Heritage Plaza, a 200,000 square-foot cultural center with state of the art theatrical venues, a Smithsonian-affiliate gallery space and luscious thematic gardens that serve as a regional resource for cultural programming and education. Built in association with the City of San José and the San José Redevelopment Agency, it is one of the largest Latino cultural centers in the nation.
Thrills and Chills
You can’t visit San Jose without visiting the house that Sarah built. The Winchester Mystery House is seriously spooky, with bizarre architectural features such as stairways to nowhere and windows opening onto walls. It’s said that the Winchester rifle heiress was haunted by the spirits of many rifle victims, so she hired workers for decades, making them construct oddities onto the house in order to confuse them and keep them at bay. If you prefer thrills over chills, check out Great America in neighboring Santa Clara. Just a few miles from downtown San Jose, this 100-acre theme park packs heart-pounding rides, speeding roller coasters, stage shows, and Boomerang Bay, an Australian-themed water park. Those you prefer more low key thrills, take the kids or your beau to the Happy Hollow Park & Zoo in beautiful Kelly Park. The Zoo recently reopened after a $72 million green renovation of the 12 acres of existing ride areas and zoo exhibits, as well as adding 4 additional acres to the facility which includes several new animal exhibits, education center, gift shop, restaurant and pedestrian bridge.
Shopper’s Paradise
If shopping is your bag, San Jose offers everything from outlets to luxury boutiques — so do as much or little damage to your plastic as you like. If you want to see San Jose’s glitterati — the Digerati — in their natural habitat, head to Santana Row — our answer to Rodeo Drive. Here you can find everything from high-end boutiques such as Gucci to trendy al fresco eateries and wine bars. If you’re hunting for bargains, check out Gilroy Premium Outlets, just 30 miles south of downtown. Here you’ll find impressive savings at 145 outlet stores from Ann Taylor and Banana Republic to Gap Outlet, Hugo Boss and Tommy Hilfiger. You can also find great deals at the San Jose Flea Market, the largest outdoor flea market in the nation. This city-size market offers more than 8 miles of colorful alleys and treasure-laden corridors to explore, with more than 2,000 sellers. You’ll find an enormous variety of collectibles, arts, crafts, comic books, belt buckles, jewelry, fashions and more.
Earthly Pleasures
Nature buffs don’t have to look far in San Jose for places to be a wild child. The Guadalupe River Trail is a beautiful 11-mile pedestrian and bicycle path near downtown that runs along the banks of the Guadalupe River. Or check out the Japanese Friendship Garden in Kelly Park. Horticultural Heaven is located just northwest of downtown at The San Jose Heritage Rose Garden, offering 5.5 acres of rolling green hills filled with blooming roses. If roses are a passion, there’s no better place to indulge, with more than 4,000 eye-popping rose shrubs and 189 varieties creating a colorful mosaic. Coyote Creek Trail’s 18 miles of attractive land with lovely waterway views begs for jogging and biking.
For more information on staying and playing in San Jose, visit www.SanJose.org.
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above: 2011 World Championships Team
Danell Leyva
of Homestead, Fla. Team Hilton HHonors - Universal Gymnastics
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very four years gymnastics becomes front and center in the public eye leading up to the coveted Olympic Games competition. The sport and its athletes appear on television, in the newspapers, in national magazines, on social media, and just about everywhere we turn. 2012 is no different. Our gymnasts leading up to the 2012 Games have had more exposure than ever before. It’s an exciting time for USA Gymnastics and we are all looking forward to the 2012 Olympic Games in London, July 27-August 12. Here’s a fan guide with details on past success, who to watch and what to expect as we lead up to the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
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Jordyn Wieber
of DeWitt, Mich. Gedderts’ Twistars USA
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McKayla Maroney
of Long Beach, Calif. All Olympia
Alexandra Raisman
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Gabby Douglas of Virginia Beach, Va. Chow’s Gymnastics
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he USA women are strong and powerful with a great deal of depth. Since the 2008 Olympic Games, the U.S. women have continued to demonstrate their prowess on the international stage. The U.S. women won five medals at each of the 2009, 2010 and 2011 World Championships. At the 2008 Olympic Games, a strong team of six gymnasts earned the team silver medal plus seven individual event and all-around medals. Nastia Liukin led the team and won the all-around title, plus three individual event medals — one silver and three bronze. Shawn Johnson took second in the all-around and won the gold on balance beam and a silver medal on floor exercise. The team also included Alicia Sacramone, Samantha Peszek, Chellsie Memmel and Bridget Sloan. The current combination of veterans and up-and-coming gymnasts puts the USA in position to be highly competitive at the 2012 Olympic Games. For this quad, women’s routines now include eight skills rather than the 10. Based on the results at the 2011 World Championships, the U.S. women appear poised to continue atop the world rankings. At the 2011 World Championships, the USA won the team gold, besting Russia and China. Jordyn Wieber won the World all-around title and a bronze medal on beam. McKayla Maroney won the gold medal on vault, and Aly Raisman claimed the bronze medal on floor. Also on the team were Gabby Douglas, Sabrina Vega, Alicia Sacramone and Anna Li, alternate. 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials – Gymnastics
Alicia Sacramone
of Winchester, Mass. Brestyan’s American Gymnastics
At the 2010 World Championships, the USA narrowly missed the team gold by just 0.201 points. Rebecca Bross won her second career World all-around medal when she finished third and went on to win the silver on the balance beam and bronze for the uneven bars. Sacramone capped her return to gymnastics by winning the vault gold medal, bringing her career World medal total to nine (which increased to 10 after the 2011 World title). Also on the 2010 World team were Raisman, Mattie Larson, Mackenzie Caquatto, Sloan, and Chelsea Davis, alternate. At the 2009 World Championships, Sloan won the World all-around title, with teammate Bross finishing a close second. Kayla Williams won the vault title, a first for the U.S., and Ivana Hong and Bross earned bronze medals for the balance beam and bars, respectively. The USA also sent a strong team to Guadalajara, Mexico, for the 2011 Pan American Games, bringing home another team gold. Bridgette Caquatto won the all-around and the uneven bars title, while Johnson brought home the uneven bars silver medal in her first major international competition since her comeback. Brandie Jay earned the vault gold medal, and Jessie DeZiel made her international debut qualifying to floor exercise finals where she took sixth. Also on the team were Sloan and Grace McLaughlin.
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At the AT&T American Cup, Wieber earned her second consecutive American Cup title and her third overall. Raisman finished a strong second. Douglas, who was competing as a replacement athlete and her scores did not count, had a great performance as well and turned many heads. At the Kellogg’s Pacific Rim Championships, a strong USA team made up of three seniors and three juniors won the team title. Wieber once again powered through the competition winning the all-around title, while first year senior Kyla Ross finished second overall. Douglas won the uneven bars title, while Ross took the balance beam top honors and Wieber the floor exercise gold. The juniors also had a great showing with Katelyn Ohashi winning the junior all-around title and Lexie Priessman in second. Amelia Hundley finished third but her score did not count due to the two per country rule.
The U.S. women then competed in Italy in the City of Jesolo Trophy competition. The USA Team won the title, and Ross won her first international senior title. Raisman finished second, and Sarah Finnegan was third. Maroney showed her domination on vault by winning the title, while Elizabeth Price was second and Ross third. Ross also won the bars and beam titles. Brenna Dowell finished second on bars and Raisman was third. Raisman was also second on floor exercise with Finnegan in third.
U.S. women’s success. Since switching to the semi-centralized system in 2001, the U.S. women have been very successful in major international competitions. In 2011, the women won the team and allaround titles, plus three individual event medals including one gold and two bronze. In 2010, the women won the team silver, plus the all-around bronze medal, and one gold, silver and bronze in the individual events. At the 2009 World Championships, the U.S. women won five medals — two gold, one silver and two bronze, including the gold and silver all-around medals.
Kyla Ross
of Aliso Viejo, Calif. Gym Max
Sabrina Vega
of Carmel, N.Y. Dynamic Gymnastics
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Here are a few historical facts to give some perspective • From 2000-11, the U.S. women have won 60 Olympic and world medals, and the USA is the only country to win a team medal in every World and Olympic competition during that time. Russia was second at 35, followed by China at 34 and Romania at 31. • From 2000-08, the U.S. women have won 15 total medals at the Olympics to Romania’s 13 and 11 for both Russia and China. • The World Championships medal tally for 2001-11 is: USA, 45; Russia, 24; China, 23; and Romania,18 • In 2008, the U.S. women won eight Olympic medals (two gold, five silver and one bronze), and they have earned a medal in seven consecutive Games (1984-2008). They also have won team medals in six of the last seven Olympics: gold, 1996; silver, 1984, 2004 and 2008; and bronze, 1992 and 2000.
Carly Patterson
Nastia Liukin of Parker, Texas WOGA
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2011 Pan American Games Team
Kennedy Baker
of Flower Mound, Texas Texas Dreams Gymnastics
Sarah Finnegan
of St. Louis, Mo. Great American Gymnastics Express
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Brenna Dowell
of Odessa, Mo. Great American Gymnastics Express
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Elizabeth Price of Coopersburg, Pa. Parkettes
Rebecca Bross of Plano, Texas WOGA
Team since 2001. This includes both national and international training camps, team selection camps and events, national qualifiers, international events, developmental camps and educational events, including high performance coaching seminars and international judges’ certification events. The athletes and coaches travel to the training center several times each year for training camps and competitions. This has helped to foster team unity and success for the women’s program.
Women’s Pipeline The USA Gymnastics National Team Training Center at the Karolyi Ranch in Huntsville, Texas, serves as the official training site for women’s gymnastics. The facility has been granted the title U.S. Olympic Training Site. The Karolyi Ranch includes housing for 300 athletes, coaches and administrators; three training gyms, two artistic and one multi-discipline (rhythmic, trampoline/tumbling, acro); a dance studio; dining and recreational areas; medical and rehab facilities; and office space. The training gym for rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline and tumbling, and acrobatic gymnastics was added in 2010. The Ranch has hosted all of the elite training activities for the U.S. Women’s National
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Picking the team. For the first time since 2000, the members of the men’s and women’s teams for the 2012 Olympic Games will be announced at the U.S. Olympic Trials – Gymnastics, pending approval of the U.S. Olympic Committee. Selecting the team will not be an easy task — both the men and women have a large pool of contenders for just five spots on each team. For the women, there are a number of veterans coming back attempting to make another Olympic Team. There are also the younger gymnasts who did well in 2011 at the World Championships and Pan American Games and first year seniors vying for a place on the team. It will be interesting to watch and see who makes this team.
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Danell Leyva
of Homestead, Fla. Team Hilton HHonors - Universal Gymnastics
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Jonathan Horton of Houston, Texas Team Hilton HHonors – Cypress Gymnastics
John Orozco
of Bronx, N.Y. Team Hilton HHonors – U.S. Olympic Training Center
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he U.S. men have continued to build momentum from their team bronze-medal finish at the 2008 Olympic Games when they made U.S. history by winning back-to-back Olympic team medals. In 2011, the U.S. men won the team bronze medal at the World Championships, the first World team medal for the USA since 2003. The U.S. men have earned a medal in five of the last seven Olympic Games — 1984, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008. Individually, Jonathan Horton won the silver medal on horizontal bar at the 2008 Olympic Games. In addition, Paul Hamm won the Olympic all-around title in 2004 as well as the silver medal on horizontal bar. Since 2008, the U.S. men have continued to make positive progress internationally. At the 2011 Worlds, the U.S. men barely missed the silver team medal. Danell Leyva won the parallel bars gold medal, the USA’s first World title for the event since 2001. John Orozco finished fifth in the all-around at his first Worlds. In addition to Leyva, four men advanced to the event finals: Steven Legendre and Jacob Dalton, floor exercise; Horton, still rings; and Orozco, horizontal bar. Alexander Naddour was also a part of Team USA as well as Chris Brooks, alternate.
Steven Legendre
of Port Jefferson, N.Y. Team Hilton HHonors – University of Oklahoma
A week later, Team USA earned the team bronze medal at the 2011 Pan American Games. Individually, Brandon Wynn and Paul Ruggeri won gold medals on the still rings and high bar, respectively. Ruggeri added a silver medal on the parallel bars, while C.J. Maestas earned the bronze medal on rings. Other members of the team were Donothan Bailey, Tyler Mizoguchi and Sho Nakamori. At the 2010 World Championships, the U.S. men barely missed the team medal podium by finishing fourth. Horton won the all-around bronze medal, the USA’s first men’s allaround medal since 2003. Other members of the team were Chris Cameron, Wynn, Leyva, Brooks, Legendre, and Ruggeri, alternate. Legendre made floor finals finishing eighth, and Leyva and Brooks made horizontal bar finals finishing fifth and sixth, respectively.
Alexander Naddour of Gilbert, Ariz. Team Hilton HHonors – USA Youth Fitness Center
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Chris Brooks
of Houston, Texas Team Hilton HHonors – Cypress Gymnastics
The U.S. men have competed both nationally and internationally in 2012 with great results. The year began with the Winter Cup where Orozco grabbed the all-around title followed by Legendre and Wynn. 2008 U.S. all-around champion David Sender made his debut back to competition finishing an impressive sixth in the all-around. At the Visa International Gymnastics Olympic Test Event, Alex Buscaglia of Cary, Ill./Team Hilton HHonors – Stanford University, and Legendre participated. Legendre won the silver medal on vault. At the AT&T American Cup, Leyva won the all-around title and Orozco finished fifth. Brooks, who was a replacement athlete and his scores did not count, showed he was competition ready as well. At the Kellogg’s Pacific Rim Championships, a strong USA team made up of three seniors and three juniors won the team title. Brooks won the all-around followed by Sam Mikulak. Dalton won floor exercise and Brooks won still rings and horizontal bar. Mikulak also won silver medals on vault and horizontal bar and a bronze on pommel horse and parallel bars. Brooks won a silver on pommel horse. The juniors, Akash Modi, Marvin Kimble and Sean Melton, also had a good showing winning nine all-around and individual event medals Dalton went on to win the NCAA Championships all-around title followed by Mikulak and Maestas in a tie for second.
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Jake Dalton
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Brandon Wynn of Voorhees, N.J. Team Hilton HHonors – Ohio State University
At the Cottbus Cup, Ruggeri won a silver medal and Orozco the bronze on horizontal bar. Jesse Silverstein took sixth on still rings. At the China Cup, Legendre tied for first on floor exercise and won the silver medal on vault. Leyva finished fourth on horizontal bar. Naddour just missed advancing to the pommel horse finals placing fifth.
Men’s pipeline The route to elite men’s gymnastics has three basic routes: private gym clubs; men’s collegiate gymnastics; and the resident athlete program at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. Because of the demands of men’s gymnastics, many of the top men are either in or alumni of collegiate gymnastics. The three-way
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partnership has successfully provided a deep, talented pool of athletes. In addition, Team Hilton HHonors provides additional funding for some of the USA’s top male gymnasts (who are not protecting NCAA eligibility) to help defray their living and training expenses. The men have regularly scheduled training camps that take place at the U.S. Olympic Training Center and foster team unity. Kevin Mazeika is the men’s national team coordinator and directs the training camps, along with the personal coaches. After each training camp the guys and their personal coaches leave and go back to their home gym or schools to train. Coming together is a great way to build camaraderie and show everyone where he is at among the other competitors. 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials – Gymnastics
Sam Mikulak
of Newport Coast, Calif. University of Michigan
C.J. Maestas of Corrales, N.M. University of Illinois
David Sender
of Arlington Heights, Ill. Team Hilton HHonors – University of Illinois
Picking the team For the first time since 2000, the members of the men’s and women’s teams for the 2012 Olympic Games will be announced at the U.S. Olympic Trials – Gymnastics, pending approval of the U.S. Olympic Committee. The men have a large group of contenders to make the five-man Olympic Team including Horton, two-time Olympic medalist and 2010 World all-around bronze medalist; all six members of the 2011 World Team that won the bronze medal (Dalton, Horton, Legendre, Leyva, Naddour, Orozco); and 2011 Pan Am Games gold medalists Ruggeri and Wynn, just to name a few. The Visa Championships and Olympic Trials will be two exciting events and will determine who will make the 2012 Olympic Team. Selecting the team will not be an easy task – both the men and women have a large pool of contenders for just five spots on each team. 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials – Gymnastics
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Sarah
of Flower Mound, Texas, Texas Dreams Gymnastics Birthdate: 5/10/1996 Coach: Chris and Kim Burdette
of St. Louis, Mo., Great American Gymnastics Express Birthdate: 11/14/1996 Coach: Al Fong and Armine Barutyan Fong
BAKER
Rebecca
Anna
of Plano, Texas, WOGA Birthdate: 7/11/1993 Coach: Valeri Liukin
of Aurora, Ill./Legacy Elite Gymnastics Birthdate: 9/4/1988 Coach: Jiani Wu and Yuejiu Li
BROSS
LI
Gabby
Nastia
of Virginia Beach, Va., Chow’s Gymnastics and Dance Institute Birthdate: 12/31/1995 Coach: Liang Qiao
of Parker, Texas, WOGA Birthdate: 10/30/1989 Coach: Valeri Liukin
DOUGLAS
LIUKIN
Brenna
McKayla
of Odessa, Mo., Great American Gymnastics Express Birthdate: 3/4/1996 Coach: Al Fong and Armine Barutyan Fong
of Long Beach, Calif., All Olympia Gymnastics Center Birthdate: 12/9/1995 Coach: Arthur Akopyan and Galina Marinova
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Bridget
of Coopersburg, Pa., Parkettes National Gymnastics Center Birthdate 5/28/1996 Coach: Bill and Donna Strauss
of Pittsboro, Ind., Sharp’s Gymnastics Birthdate: 6/23/1992 Coach: Marvin Sharp
PRICE
SLOAN
Aly
Sabrina
of Needham, Mass., Brestyan’s American Gymnastics Birthdate: 5/25/1994 Coach: Mihai Brestyan
of Carmel, NY, Dynamic Gymnastics Birthdate: 5/24/1995 Coach: Sorin Cepoi and Teodora Ungureanu-Cepoi
RAISMAN
VEGA
Kyla
Jordyn
of Aliso Viejo, Calif., Gym-Max Gymnastics Birthdate: 10/24/1996 Coach: Jenny Zhang and Howie Liang
of DeWitt, Mich., Gedderts’ Twistars USA Date of Birth: 7/12/1995 Coach: John and Kathryn Geddert
ROSS
WIEBER
Alicia
SACRAMONE
of Winchester, Mass., Brestyan’s American Gymnastics Birthdate: 12/3/1987 Coach: Mihai Brestyan
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MEN'S ROSTER
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Jonathan
of Houston, Team Hilton HHonors (Cypress Gymnastics) Date of Birth: 12/19/1986 Coach: Tom Meadows
of Houston, Team Hilton HHonors (Cypress Gymnastics) Date of Birth: 12/31/1985 Coach: Tom Meadows
BROOKS
Alex
Glen
of Cary, Ill., Team Hilton HHonors (Stanford University) Date of Birth: 5/24/1989 Coach: Brett McClure
of Santa Ana, Calif., University of California – Berkeley Date of Birth: 5/19/1990 Coach: Tim McNeill
BUSCAGLIA
ISHINO
Jake
Steven
of Reno, N.V., University of Oklahoma Date of Birth: 8/19/1991 Coach: Mark Williams
of Port Jefferson, N.Y., Team Hilton HHonors (University of Oklahoma) Date of Birth: 5/5/1989 Coach: Mark Williams
DALTON
LEGENDRE
Josh
Danell
of San Jose, Calif., U.S. Olympic Training Center Date of Birth: 11/23/1989 Coach: Vitaly Marinitch
of Miami, Team Hilton HHonors (Universal Gymnastics) Date of Birth: 10/30/1991 Coach: Yin Alvarez
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Paul
of Corrales, N.M., University of Illinois Date of Birth: 5/26/1992 Coach: Justin Spring
of Manlius, N.Y., University of Illinois Date of Birth: 11/12/1988 Coach: Justin Spring
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RUGGERI
Sam
David
of Ann Arbor, Mich., University of Michigan Date of Birth: 10/13/1992 Coach: Kurt Golder
of Arlington Heights, Ill., Team Hilton HHonors (University of Illinois) Date of Birth: 8/27/1985 Coach: Justin Spring
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Brandon
of Gilbert, Ariz., Team Hilton HHonors (USA Youth Fitness) Date of Birth: 3/4/1991 Coach: Mark Williams
of Voorhees, N.J., Team Hilton HHonors (Ohio State University) Date of Birth: 11/4/1988 Coach: Rustam Sharipov
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OROZCO
of the Bronx, N.Y., Team Hilton HHonors (U.S. Olympic Training Center) Date of Birth: 12/30/1992 Coach: Vitaly Marinitch
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Steven Gluckstein
of Highlands, N.J. ETA Photo © FIG
Savannah Vinsant
of Newton, Texas Trampoline and Tumbling Express Photo © Diane Bidermann
Jeffrey Gluckstein
Contenders & the Rankings
of Highlands, N.J. ETA
After the first two selection events here are the top five athletes and their point totals:
Photo © Champion Images
Men: 1. Steven Gluckstein, 46 2. Jeffrey Gluckstein, 40 3. Logan Dooley, 34 4. Michael Devine, 25 5. Neil Gulati, 14
Women: 1. Savannah Vinsant, 46 2. Dakota Earnest, 37 3. Shanelle Landry, 25 4. Alicia Powder, 16 5. Alaina Williams, 14
Trampoline at the Olympics For just the second time, the United States has qualified for Dakota Earnest both men’s and women’s trampoof Plains, Texas line at the Olympic Games. The USA Acrospirits has enjoyed international success since 2008, the first time the country had both a man and woman competing in trampoline at the Games. The U.S. has done well at World Cup and international invitational competitions during the last three years. In addition to qualifying both a man and a woman in individual trampoline in 2008, the USA also qualified a woman for both the 2000 and 2004 Olympics. Individual trampoline was added to the Olympic Games in 2000.
Scoring Trampoline is scored two ways, for difficulty and aesthetics, and beginning in 2011, trampoline added “time of flight” to its elite scoring. Five aesthetic judges give a score up to 10.00, and the high and low scores are dropped, with the middle three scores added. Each skill has a difficulty rating, and the total value of all the skills in a routine are added to the scores by the aesthetic judges. Time of flight is determined by a combination of laser beams mounted on the trampoline frame that records each time the athlete breaks the beam while sinking into the bed. When the athlete returns to the air above the bed, the attached timing device records the time spent airborne. That number, given in seconds, is added to the aesthetic and difficulty scores for a final, total score.
Selection In order to qualify the one trampoline athlete for men and one athlete for women to the Olympic Games, athletes earn points based on their finishes at three selection events. Two of the three selection events have already taken place: the U.S. Elite Challenge, March 30-April 1, and the Stars and Stripes Cup, May 11-13.
The final selection event, which is weighted more heavily than the first two selection events, will be held in San Jose, June 26-27. To receive Olympic Selection Points at any of the three selection events, gymnasts must perform 20 skills in the preliminaries, and men must have a 14.8 degree of difficulty and women must have a 12.8 degree of difficulty in the optional routine in both prelims and finals. The final selection event will serve as the tie-breaker if two athletes have the same number of points at the conclusion of the process.
The top three ranked contenders after the first two selection events Steven Gluckstein, Atlantic Highlands, N.J. Gluckstein is a three-time U.S. trampoline champion (2007, 200910). He won the trampoline title at the 2012 Elite Challenge and the Stars and Stripes event, the first two of three Olympic Trials. He competed at both the 2011 World Championships and the Pan American Games. Gluckstein’s younger brother Jeffrey is also an Olympic hopeful. He is attending Rutgers, where he is studying business management. He trains at ETA. Jeffrey Gluckstein, Atlantic Highlands, N.J. Gluckstein won the U.S. title in 2011 after taking top honors at the U.S. Elite Challenge. He was second at the 2012 Elite Challenge and Stars and Stripes competition. In 2011, he also won the trampoline title at the 2012 Flower Cup and was fourth at the Pan American Games. He competed at the 2011 World Championships and the 2009 World Age Group Competition. He just completed his first year in community college. He trains at ETA. Logan Dooley, Lake Forest, Calif. Dooley won the USA’s first-ever World Cup gold medal in trampoline in 2009. In 2012, Dooley placed third at the first two of three Olympic Trials and competed in the Visa International competition, the test event for the Olympics in London. In 2010, Dooley won the trampoline title at the U.S. Elite Challenge and Pan American Cup, as well as finished second at the Visa Championships. He has
Logan Dooley
of Lake Forest, Calif. World Elite Gymnastics Photo © FIG
Shanelle Landry of Lafayette, La. ETA
Photo © Champion Images
competed at the 2009, 2010 and 2011 World Championships and was the alternate for the 2008 Olympics. He’s pursuing a degree in Early Childhood Education. He trains at World Elite Gymnastics. Savannah Vinsant, Newton, Texas. Vinsant is the 2011 U.S. trampoline champion, and her performance at the 2011 World Championships secured the U.S. women’s berth to the Olympic Games. In 2012, she won the trampoline title at the Elite Challenge and the Stars and Stripes event. In 2011, she finished in the top eight at three major international events and won the title at the Flower Cup. Vinsant is studying nursing at Southern Louisiana Community College; trains at Trampoline and Tumbling Express. Dakota Earnest, Plains, Texas. Earnest won the trampoline silver medal at the 2011 Pan American Games, following up on her silver earned at the U.S. Elite Championships. She also placed second at the 2012 U.S. Elite Challenge and was third at the Stars and Stripes event. Internationally, she was a member of the U.S. Team that finished fourth at the 2011 World Championships. Earnest competed on the U.S. Team at the 2010 and 2011 World Championships. She just graduated from high school and plans to attend college in the fall. She trains at Acrospirits. Shanelle Landry, Lafayette, La. Shanelle took second on trampoline at the 2012 Stars and Stripes competition and was seventh at the Elite Challenge. She took sixth on trampoline at the 2011 U.S. Elite Championships and second in 2010. She competed in a World Cup event in Portugal in 2010. She trains at ETA.
Zetlin in the Games for Rhythmic Gymnastics For the first time since 2004, the United States will compete in the individual rhythmic gymnastics competition at the Olympic Games. Julie Zetlin of Bethesda, Md., qualified as the continental representative for the Americas based on her performance at the 2011 World Championships. In 2012, Zetlin won the all-around, ribbon and ball gold medals at the 2012 Kellogg’s Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships. In 2011, she won the gold medal in the all-around, ball and ribbon at the 2011 Pan American Games, along with a silver medal in the hoop. Earlier in the year, she won the all-around, hoop and ribbon titles at the 2011 Rhythmic Challenge. At the 2011 World Cup in Montreal, Que., she was sixth in the all-around and ribbon, as well as eighth in both ball and clubs. In 2010, Zetlin cemented her spot as the USA’s top rhythmic gymnast when she won the all-around, hoop, ball and ribbon titles, as well as the rope silver medal, at the 2010 Visa Championships. She dominated at the 2010 Pan American Championships, winning the all-around, rope and ball gold medals and the bronze for ribbon. She also was an all-around finalist at the Rhythmic World Championships. Born June 30, 1990, in Bethesda, Md., Zetlin trains at Capital Rhythmics.
Julie Zetlin
Photo © Diane Bidermann
of Bethesda, Md. Capital Rhythmics
USA Gymnastics Championship Schedule
JUNE 26 Rhythmic gymnastics all-around preliminaries and individual event finals 9:00 a.m. – Juniors • 3:00 p.m. – Seniors 7:00 p.m. – Men’s and Women’s trampoline preliminaries JUNE 27 10:45 a.m. – Men’s and women’s synchronized trampoline prelims and finals 12:00 p.m. – Rhythmic gymnastics all around finals 7:00 p.m. – Men’s and women’s trampoline finals
2012 USA Gymnastics Championships for Rhythmic Gymnastics and Trampoline The 2012 USA Gymnastics Championships for rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline will take place in conjunction with the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials – Gymnastics in San Jose, Calif., at the San Jose Convention Center on June 26-27. Rhythmic gymnastics will have competition for both junior and senior levels to determine the U.S. champions in the all-around and individual events (ball, ribbon, clubs and hoop), as well as the junior and senior national teams. Julie Zetlin of Bethesda, Md./Capital Rhythmics, who will represent the United States in rhythmic gymnastics at the 2012 Olympic Games, is expected to attend. For trampoline, the competition will feature men’s and women’s senior elite trampoline and synchronized trampoline. In addition to determining the U.S. champions for those events, the competition is the third of three events where athletes earn points based on their performances toward selection for the 2012 Olympic Team in trampoline. Only two of the three competitions count toward the final ranking, dropping the lowest points. The other two events are the U.S. Elite Challenge, March 30-April 1; and the Stars and Stripes Cup, May 11-13. The man and woman who will represent the USA in trampoline in London, pending approval by the U.S. Olympic Committee, will be announced at the conclusion of the event.
TRAMPOLINE ROSTER WOMEN
MEN
First Hayley Dakota Audrey Shanelle Erica Deana Alicia Nani Savannah Alaina Alyssa
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ISA
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ING
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