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ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL REPORT: High Schoo l Gymnastics is growing by leaps and bounds, not just in number but in quality with more and more High Schools fielding except ional yo ung teams w ith emphas is on techniqu e and the All-Around perform er. In man y areas th e coac hes were so busy with th eir teams nobody had time or th oug ht to send in State repo rt s for this our Annual H.S. Edition ... Al l we ca n say to you that didn ' t make it this tim e is keep up the good work, we m iss yo ur report and hope you w ill be w ith us next yea r. Fo r those that did make it we are sure you w ill enjoy all the work GYMNAST Associate ed itor, Di ck Criley did in ed iting and putting all the repo rts in order (took many hours away from hi s surfing tim e in Hawa ii ), and the fin e job ou r new Art Directo r Rich Kenney did in putting it to press.

CAMPS AND CLINICS: In th e summer of '73 th e Gymnastic Camp and C linic programs also reached a new high in the number of ca mps and attendance. In thi s edition we have just brought yo u a brief look at the reports and photos that have crossed ou r desk. Th ere were many, many more and all across th e country starry eyed yo ung gymnas ts are looking forward to the coming comPJ~titive season with enthusiast ic anticipation because of the strides made in th ei I' own personal performan ce as a result of their attendance at a su mmer Gymn as ti c Camp or Clini c.

PHOTO CONTEST: As we w ere late in getting noti ce out for the announced GYMNAST USSR-USA Tour Photo Contest it did not give many photographers a chance to plan ahead and as a result we did not receive enough responses to warrant publishing a Photo Contest report on the Russian Tour .. . However, we are making plans to resume a Reader Photo Contest similar to those run some yea rs back in the MG w ith first, second and third pl ace awards along with honorable mention for runners up. Few Sports lend themselves to the Photo/ Artist as well as Gymnastics, so take off your lens cap, put on the telephoto (85mm & 135mm are great for isolating the gymnast on the apparatus away from th e background), don' t fo rget the film and start shooting. Full contest details with rul es and pri zes will be announced in the next edition .. . But don' t wai t, start shooting now as the early ent rants have a better percentage chance of winning. Thi s will be a regular feature of the GYMNAST with pri zes for each ed ition along with Specia l Annual pr izes for th e " Best of the Yea r" photo award.

COMING UP: With the O ctober edition of GYMNAST we wi ll be bringing yo u an indepth ph oto report of the recent World University Gam es in Moscow, Russi a featuring th e top co ll eg iate Gymnast2 of the Wo rld ... Th e November edit ion wil l contain our regu lar feature artic les, Reports, Inst ruction and Research along w ith highlites of our annual Santa Monica Gymfest, Arizona Big Surf Gym Meet, the first annual "Gymfest West" in Hawaii and a lot of ca tchi ng upon results and data that came to us late or we did not have spa ce for ear li er (Jr. Olympics, Sr. Olympics, late HS reports etc.) ... December wil co ntain first notes from the Annual Coaches Congress that will be held on Nov. 2, 3, and 4th in St. Louis ... And if all goes as now planned January wil l start off a whole new year for GYMNAST w ith the long sought , hoped for, mission imposs ibl e drea m of an ON TIME print ing and mailing schedule. (Thanks to our new Art Director Rich Kenney) .. . Have a Happy Hand sta nd.

TABLE OF CONTENTS Volume XV / Number 8-9/ August-September 1973

5 FROM THE PUBLISHER, Glenn Sundby

6 ON THE BEAM, Barbara Thatcher

8 VIEWPOINTS, Dick Criley

9 FILMREVIEW, Dick Criley

10 73 HIGH SCHOOL REPORT, Compiled by Di ck

Criley

20 CENTERFOLD, Ann Vexler

22 CAMPS AND CLINICS, Dr. Doug Bartz, Margi e

Combs, Je rry Fontana, Jim Royce, Mar13 it Treiber

26 INTERVIEW: Japanese High School Team, Frank

Endo

28 NEWS 'N NOTES, Renee Hendershott

30 THE NINTH MACCABIAH GAMES, Abie

Grossfeld

THE FRENCH TEAM vs. YANKEE CONFERENCE, Kitty Kjeldsen

31 INSTRUCTION: Vaulting Drills, Jim Turpin

38 CALENDAR, Renee He ndershott

Cover: Matt Levy, 1973 New York State Hi gh Schoo l

AII- Around Champion.

Publisher: G le nn Su ndby, Associate Editors: Di ck C ril ey and Re nee P. Hend e rsho tt , Research Editor: Dr. H.J . Bi es te rfeldt, Jr . Technical Contributor: Jac ki e Fi e , Art Director: Richard F. Ke n ney, Staff Writer: Ba rba ra Th atc he r, Contributors: Dr. Doug Ba rt z, M a rgi e Co mbs, Fra nk Endo, Je rr y Fontan a, Ab ie Grossfeld, Kitt y Kjeldsen, Jim Royce, Marg it Trei be r, Jim Turpin . Photographers: Jo hn G. Berto ty, La rr y Bil hartz, Walt Greenberg, Mark Pol lock a nd Ke it h Reyno ld s.

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Kim Chace "On The Beam" girl of the month and now also a "married lady" .

rJi'{ Gfhe GBEAM

Barbara Thatcher

Cheryl Diamond (McKeesport Turners).

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I' ve decided that Se ptember isn' t a parti cularl y good month fo r news. Th ere we re no majo r champio nship meets thi s mon th and mos t o f the ca mps and clini cs have been ove r for wee ks. But it is a good mo nth for lookin g ahead because for gymnasts and many coaches September marks th e beginning of school and co nseq uentl y the beg inning o f a new season.

* * * I'm no t makin g any predicti ons about

co ll eg iate tea ms thi s yea r (a t leas t not th is ea rl y) beca use several o f them have th e potential to take th e NCAA Champi o nship Team Titl e including 1973 NCAA University Division winner, Iowa State University. Coached by fo rmer Michigan (University of) gymn as t Ed Gagnier, th e team once aga in has very ca pabl e gymnasts filli ng th e all-aro und slots, Mark Graham, Doug Fitzjarrell, and Bob Roth . Graham and Fitzjarrell's wea kest event appea rs to be po mmel ho rse and ve ry co nvientl y th at is o ne o f Roth 's better events. So th e Cyclones co uld aga in be ri ght up th ere.

* * * Wa tch fo r th e Wolverines. Th ey could be up

among the top three too this yea r. Th e Wolverines are naturally fro m th e University of Michigan and coached b y Newt Loken. Conference: Bi g Ten, Goal: A noth er NCAA Tea m Titl e, Chances of Obtaining Goal: Good. Th e tea m ca me up w ith a cl ever idea o f having postca rd s made w ith pi ctu res of team members o n th e front. And also th e idea o f selling season tickets for gymnasti c meets. Nice way to promo te an interest in co ll eg iate gymn as ti cs in th e community.

* * * Ano th er co ntender could be Indiana State

University. Th ey fini shed third in las t yea r 's NCAA 's and no t o nl y appea r to be stro nger but bi gger too . Th e to tal number of all -around

photo by John G Berlo t)'

competitors on th e list was seven includ ing Rick Danley (a finalist o n hori zonta l bar in the 1973 NCAA's). Seve ral spec ialists w ill also be back thi s yea r to add po ints to the tea m to tals, no tabl y Ed Slezak (1973 NCAA Pommel Horse w inner), Kevin Murphy and Bill Carney.

* * * Haven't hea rd much about Penn State but I

did find o ut th at a Nittany Lion is a mo untain lio n and Penn State is loca ted in th e N ittany Va ll ey. Th e legend behind th e name is a littl e too long to include here but interestin g. In Cidently next year's (ac tu all y th is year's) NCAA's w ill be held at Penn State. So i f yo u would like to go consider startin g your ve ry own Pennies For Penn State Fund. Sh ould be a fantasti c meet.

* * * Wh o looks good on th e West Coas t? Well Cal Berkeley (University of California) fo r one. But th en Cal always looks good. Cal may lose a dual meet o nce in 'awhil e but th ey 're sure hard to bea t w hen the Pacific 8 (th eir conference) Championships ro ll around. But ano th er real challenger co uld be Stanford. Thi s is Steve Hug's las t coll ege season and Ted Marcy is a superb speciali st and wi th a few more co nsistentl y good per fo rm ers th ey could be to ugh.

* * * As fo r Southern Illinois University (SIU) and th e University of New Mexico (UNM), two tea ms I was impressed wi th las t season, it 's hard to say. Thi s is Gary Morava's las t yea r at SIU and Jim Ivicek's last yea r at UNM so those two perfo rm ers alon e sho uld be exceptionall y good. Both gain ed a littl e more competiti ve experi ence thi s summer by be ing on the World University Games tea m, and fo r th e las t two yea rs haved pl aced among th e top six in th e all-Mound at th e NCAA's.

* * * And since I menti oned SIU and UNM I might menti on th at an alumnus o f both, Hutch Dvorak is th e new head gymnasti cs coach at Houston Baptist College. In fact he is th e ve ry first gym nasti cs coach fo r th e Huskies, w ho in th eir iirst season o f competition p lan to co mpete in th e Mid-West, Rocky Mountain an d Odessa Opens, and hopefull y by next yea r in even bi gge r, hi gh leve l competiti on. Bes t o f luck .

Eno ugh of co li eges ...... (However I sure wo uld like mo re info rm ati on on wo men's co ll eg iate gymn as ti c p rog rams.)

* * * Kim Chace marri ed? That's w hat I hear f ro m Fl o rid a. Rumo r also has it th at Ludmilla Tourischeva w ill also be marri ed fairl y soon. This must be th e year fo r Olympians to get marri ed. An yway bes t w ishes fo r much happin ess.

* * * I got th e above in fo rmat io n fro m th e Fl o rida newsletter, w hich is one o f the seve ral newsletters we receive regularl y. If you 're interes ted in wh at 's happening in some o f th e oth er states here are th e addresses of a few newslett ers we receive:

Florida: Jack Miles, Edi to r P.O. Box 10373 Ft. Lauderd ale. Fl o rid a 33305 California: Cheryl Wagner, Editor P.O. Box 5141 Fres no, Califo rni a 93745

New Jersey: Norma Cannito, Publisher 100 Li on shead Drive-Ea st Wayne, ew Jersey 07470 Minnesota: Dan Cragg, Editor 3231 Regent Ave. N. M inneapo li s, Minnesota 55422

Texas: Brian Schenk, Editor 5100 Old Manor Rd. Austin , Texas 78723 If th ere are any more out th ere we 'd be more

th an happy to print th e addresses. Ju st send us J

co py.

* * * Well fo r all you Olga Korbut fans I now have the address of th e littl e Soviet superstar so get your statio nary, envelopes and stamps ready ca use here it is: Oljge Korbut, Grodninskii Pedagogi Cheskii Institute, Grodno, U.S.S.R. And that ma y be a tough one to type bu t it 's eve n harder to say.

* * * One lady I've been hearing alo t abou t lately

is Cheryl Diamond of th e McKeesport Turners. Penn sylva nia high schoo l champion and a freshman this yea r at Southwest Missouri State University, Cheryl also won the all-around titl e at th e National Turnfest held over the summer. Onl y this all -a round was a l ittle unusual. Not on ly did Cheryl compete o n gym nasti c apparatus but th e 50 ya rd d ash, the softba ll throw and th e standing broad jump were also included as part of the all-around . You might say th at Cheryl had to go to great lengths to w in this all-around titl e.

* * * In a previous co lumn menti o ned th at

wou ldn ' t it be nice if someday instea d of gymnast ics during half-time at basketball games there would be ba sketball during event rotations at meets. Well it 's happened. Dr. Eric Hughes wro te that during his team's (the University of Washington) tour of Japa n, New Zealand and A ust ralia in 1966 th ey sto pped in Intercargil, New Zealand to give an ex hibiti o n. About half way through th e ex hibiti on th ere was to be a brief intermi ss ion and much to th e team 's surprise w hen they left th e floo r, two of New Zea land 's lead ing basketball teams ca me out on the court and pla yed a short game. Ah if on ly Amer ica would follow New Zea land 's good exa mple.

* * * The GYMNAST caption qui z (April-May) has

been answered. Bryan Schmid, a senio r at Eastern Montana College is th e arti st who did the beautiful mural s for th e NCAA Championsh ips in Eugene, Oregon. His mura ls were rea lly impressive and the photographs of th em added a great deal to th e NCAA Report .

* * * Thinkin g about moving to Hawa ii ? Well a

women \ gymnast ic coach is urgent ly needed to take ove r es tabli shed classes in th at tropi cal parad ise. So if yo u 're interes ted co ntact Mrs. Dee Leatherman (808) 839-7509. And hurry.

* * *. Yes a sho rt co lumn I know but remember

that September isn ' t a ve ry newsy mo nth. And yes, I know that most of my co lu mn this time is devoted to men's gymnast ics. But I th ough t I 'd give you a look at th e teams before th e season sta rted and no t after like last year. And so eve ryone have a happy seaso n and let me know about it. (And pl ease somebody send me th e results of th e Mid-West Open this year) Th ank yo u.

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Can Steve Hug do it again this year?

will this be Jim Ivicek's and UNM's year to win? (Needed a picture and we have lots of Jim plus I liked this one.)

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11~"'llttilltS** BYDICKCRILEY

It happen s eve ry yea r. We make th e sa me pl eas to get th e hi gh school res ult s in for our late summer round-up. Thi s year, in June, Glenn Sundby as ked me to prepare a list of th e top hi gh school gymnasts on each event and in the all-around. Th e all-around, we might be ab le to work o ut , but the individua l event bit wa sn 't pract ical.

Why? First of all , we didn 't recei ve enough results.

Th e rest of th e country doesn't want to read abou t Indiana and Illin o is, an y more than th ey used to be enthusias tic about Southern California.

Second ly, too li ttl e information about indi vidual gymnasts. Somet imes there would be a newspaper clipping about th e top all­around man, but littl e o th er th an a school name for th e individual even t men .

Third . Scores across the coun try still are not comparab le. Granted, judging has improved tremendously since we first start ed preparing a high schoo l edition, but it still needs stand ardi zing. A lso , some states use both opt iona l and compu lso ry exe rcises, while o th ers use on ly opt ionals in th eir state meets. It is diffi cult to know w hether a 9.4 is just th at or a co mposite of a 4.0 and a 5.4. We 'd like to know more abo ut how th e sco res are arr ived at.

So, I' ll leave a compilation of th e top high schoo l gymnasts for th e future. It is often a matt er of histo ri cal record th at someone fin ished in the top three in his stat e, but co ll ege coaches do a lo t more recruiti ng than o n ou r report s alone. I d id hea r from one coll ege coach that he eage rl y sca ns our reports each yea r, hoping to learn w heth er a give n gymnast is a senior, junio r, sophomore or w hat. Perh aps we ca n carry thi s information in th e future if it is provided us, or i f th e meet w rit e-ups ca rry thi s info rmation.

Photographs are sti ll ou r big thin g. We still wa nt action pictures, preferabl y clea r and uncluttered by background di stra ction s. Richard Kenney our new man in th e layout roo m, hopes to crea te his own rin g of co ntacts about th e nat ion to report on th ese va ri ous result s and championships . I w ish him good luck.

One other comment which I think is pertinent ... As I we nt over each se t of incom in g result s, I was surpri sed at how many states ca rry trampo l in ing right up to th e State Champion ship leve l. In fact , th ere w ere more w ith trampolin e th an w ithout. Wh en th e NCAA is read y to recogni ze the sport agai n, th ere wi ll be trampo lini sts avai lab le.

I received an interes ting letter from Hal Frey, Regiona l Techni ca l Direc tor for th e W est under th e USGF M en's T echni ca l Committee. He offered th e thought th at th e Techni ca l Committ ee ought to be invo lved in th e selecti o n o f coaches and managers for teams tourin g overseas. He added, " I also feel th at th e wes t regio n is ove rlo()k ed in this area. If yo u ha ve any feelin gs along th ese lines, I suggest you let Mr. Cum iskey (U SGF Techni ca l Direc tor) and myself know or it wi ll be two more deca des before we have a w es t region coach going ove rseas ."

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1968 (O C) Jack Beckn er Calif. Coach, O lympi c Tea m 1968 (O C) Bill M eade III. Manager, Ol ympi c Team 1970 (?) Ed Gagni er Iowa Coach, World Uni ve rsity Games 1970 (?) Jerry Wright Calif. Manager, World Universit y Games 1970 (Com) Gene Wett stone Penna. Coach, World Games 1970 (Com) Bill Roetzheim III. Ass t. Coach, World Gam es 1971 (OC) Armando Vega La. Coach , Pan Am Games 1971 (OC) Dick Aro nso n Ma ss. Manager, Pan Am Gam es 1972 (OC) Abie Gross feld Conn. Coach, O lympic Team 1972 (OC) Eri c Hughes Wa sh. Manager, Ol ympic Team 1973 (USCSC) Ru sty Mitchell N. Mex. Coach, World Student Gam es 1973 (USCSC) Ji m Howa rd Wi se.

It seems to me that Hal was jumping the gun a li ttl e bit , but I dutifull y inqui red of Frank Cumiskey what was th e statu s on selec tion of men coaches. Frank rep lied that th e USGF had onl y been in vo lved in the se lec ti o n of coaches since their recognition by the FIG and that most coaching selecti o ns were made by o th er bodies. He gave me a list of coaches that he co uld reca ll who had trave led ove rseas, noting that in six years th e re had been no repea ts.

The above record shows the West contributed three, the East three, th e Mid-west two , and th e Mid-eas t six coaches. Th e

M anager, World Student Gam es

Ol ympic Cornminee (OC) named most of th e coaches, th e Na ti o nal Commiss ion (when th e AAU and the USG F were given equa l vo ice on th e matt er o [ o ur nationa l teams) named the last World Games off icials, and the United Stat es Co ll eg iate Sport s Council (U SCSC) , a w ing of th e NCAA, names th e off icial s for th e World Stud ent Games. The reco rd hardl y shows USGF di scr imination or a lack of wes t reg ion part icipati on. Ac tuall y, th e USGF w ill on ly have any rea l say -so in the naming of th e coach and manager for the Wor ld Games as th e others are either O lympic Committ ee o r USCSC acti viti es. ----------**

CHINESE GYMNASTICS (Translated for the GYMNAST from

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:fll 1\ rg by John Keng and Dick Criley)

Editor's Note: A far different ph ili sophy of gymn as ti cs is exp ressed by th e Chinese than we find in ot her gymn as ti cs cultures. In co mparison w ith th e tremendous dri ve of th e Japanese, th e relaxed dpproach of th e Ameri ca ns, and th e po li tica l cu lture of R.u ss ian training, the Chin ese seem to have adopted gymnasti cs as a sport for it s own sdke. Thi s art icl e represents a distill ation o f two articl es appea rin g in th e Dece mber, 1972 issue of a magazine on Chinese Sport Culture.

The Hu-Nan Girl s Provincial Gymnastic Team, Lik e most art icles, thi s o ne was prefaced by th e sayin gs of Chairman Mao. Two sloga ns we re of int eres t w hi ch urged strict training to meet stri ct requirements.

There was a new girls gymnastics team orga ni zed in the hometown of Chairman Mao. When the girls organi zed, th ey were taken to see hi s former house and to lea rn something about him. Th e object wa s to inspire th em and to help them to se t th eir goa ls. Th ey also trave led to va riou s pla ces in th eir va ll ey to learn some hi story and some thin g o f th ei r ancestors and pe rsonal hi story. Th is was con sidered an importa nt fir st step: to become educa ted in th ought , rat her than th e bod y.

rh e qua lity of training was emphasized over quantit y. Each girl was asked to exe rcise grea t di sc ipline to m as ter th e very basics. Even th e backward ro ll had to be done just ri gh t. When lea rnin g to va ult , th ey trained w ith th e horse at 120 cent imeters instead of 110 so th at th ey co uld ga in more height on th eir approach and thu s exce l on the vault it se lf.

Th e girls cred it ed th e th oughts of Chairmdn Mao w ith helping them to learn a somersau lt w ith 720° of rotation . Most of th em could perfo rm it w ith 360° of rotation , and with in d

short per iod they o ve rca me th e diffi culty of 720° .

Inured as th ese girls were to hard work , th ey strove to Ie;rrn eve rythin g that th eir teachers kn ew. It p;rid off wit h victory in th e top competitions.

National Gymnastics Competition, 1972, The sit e of th e 1972 Nat io nal Champ ionships of the Peoples Republi c of Chi na was in th e southwest part of China in th e autonomou s region o f the Jaun tribe. Among th e teams takin g part we re the Hi - Lun-Ch ing Girl 's Gymnasti cs Tea m, Shan-Hai Tea m, Hu-Nan Girl 's Tea m, Libera tion A rmy Team, An-Hui Team, Gi-L in Tea m, Chiang-S i Boy's Tea m, Lia-nee Team and Chia ng-Su Tea m.

"Wo rk Hard for Revo luti on " and " Gain th e Peak o f Gym nasti cs " are two sloga ns which Chin ese gymnasts keep ever in mind. Yet , in competiti o n, the competitors neve r seem to mi nd who wi ns, but th at he has done hi s bes t to reach new reco rd s of perfection. Thi s was th e commo n purpose of all parti cipants in th e Na tional Competitio"ns.

Throughout th e per iod of this national meet, gymnasts co uld be seen helping each other to lea rn and to perfec t th eir movements. For exa mpl e. a gi rl 's tea m from Hi -Lun -Chiang

Photo suhmitted by Mr. Wang Chia-tung

Prov ince in th e IH.>rtil edst ildd il1ddeljudte training space. Tea ms fro m two oth er provinces, Gi -Lin Tea m dnd Chiang-Su Tedm vo lunt eered th eir own trainin g sit es .

In ano th er exa mple, Ya ng M ing Ming o f Shan-Hai Team , th e to p all-around gymn ast , . was also tire less in ass istin g oth ers to lea rn hi s skill s. Thi s, d espit e havin g to compete during the sa me time.

It would seem rath er stran ge to a Western gymn ast , but these Chin ese gymn as ts wo uld rath er lea rn some n ew skill at th eir Na ti o nal Champio nships th an take a first place. Yo ung gymn asts lea rn from o lder gymnas ts th e pro per thou ght s and co rrect way to do a skill. Th e o lder gymnasts see th e training o f yo unger gymn asts as part o f th e ir respo nsib ility. Simil arl y, amo ng th e coaches, th e old er o nes pass alo ng their experi ence to th e yo unger men, w ho, in turn , show respect to th e ir se ni o rs. With all thi s exchange of info rm ation , it is a littl e wonder that th ey ca re no t w ho w in s first pl ace.

Th e avera ge age of th e co mpetitors is low, but th ey w ork hard and are not afraid of difficult y. M any of th em have alrea dy achieved a good reputation.

Th e girl s fro m th e Hu-Na n Province received especial no te. All o f th e six could do full tw istin g som ersa ults w hil e three could also do do uble tw ists: W ang Sun-Chun, 14, Tan Shan­Inn , 14, and Hu C haing-Hu an, 10. In the few sho rt yea rs that they have train ed , th ey have thrown away traditional small steps and achieved a great reput ati o n.

Thirt y-one yea r o ld Li a Jun-Tian, fro m th e Army, is an expert on th e rin gs. In the 1972 comp etiti o ns, he is supposed to have crea ted so m e new moves, ve ry diffi cult , w hi ch earn ed him th e to p marks o f th e co mpetiti o n.

A m ember 01 th e wo m en 's tea m fro m A n­Hui Prov ince took it upo n herse lf to lea rn a new

and ve ry uillicult move o n th e ba lan ce bea m . A ft er injuring six l inge rs, she fin all y learn ed how to do th e move. (U nfo rtun ate ly, we are no t to ld w hat thi s move was .)

As prev io usly m enti o ned, th e to p girl s team was th e tea m fro m Hu-Na n w ho have depart ed fro m traditi o nal training method s since th e Cultural Revoluti o n. Two o th er g irls team s Li a­Nee and Chiang-S u trained ve ry hard o n th e bas ics and showed a ve ry ni ce style. Whil e th e training sys tems we re no t th e sa m e, th eir achievements we re bo th very hi gh.

Th e Chinese journal no ted th at new reco rds were se t, but minimi zed thi s, say in g th at th ese simpl y mark ed a new beg inning po int fo r an o th er stage o f gymn as ti c growth.

Self- criti c ism is anoth er as pect o f Chinese culture. It was no ted th at bett er tran siti o n is needed betwee n strength and sw ing elements o n th e rin gs . Th e g ir l' s fl oo r exe rcise needed to develop bett er dance movem ents. Hard training to m eet stri ct requirem ents is th e sloga n by w hi ch Chin ese gymn asts must wo rk . By d o ing so, th ey ho pe to raise th e nati o nal standard s o f gymnast ics hi gher in a sho rt period o f time.

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' BASIC TUMBLING' by Don Tonry, Gymnastic Aides, Box 475, Northbridge, Mass. 12 min. B&W Sound. $60.00

REVIEW by Dick Criley

This film is d es igned fo r P.E. majo rs in P. E. co urses in gymnasti cs. Besides showin g sequ ences and prog ress io ns in bas ic tumblin g,

th e film demo nstrates how to o rga ni ze a large gro up fo r cl asses.

Th e fi lm o pens w ith several good tumblin g sequ ences in slow m o ti o n. Int erest is add ed by th e ca mera ang le - -ove rh ead--a nd tll e music. Th ese sho ts show w hat a tu mb ler might ho pe to achieve.

Th e film tri es to p icture si tu ati o ns in w hi ch a kn owledge o f tumblin g, or at leas t, how to fa ll , mi ght be use ful. W hil e th ese are o bvio usl y se t up and eli cit som e good laughs, th e idea th ere is that lea rnin g tum bling is good fo r you. Fro m here we are taken into wa rm-up drills, fl ex ibilit y exercises, and th e basic b ody positi o ns: tu ck, pik e, and Idyo u\.

Th e tum b ling moves are th e bas ic roll s, ca rt w heel, headsprin g, and fro nt handspring. Slow mo ti o n sequences all ow th e viewer to exa mine arm, hea d , and leg ac ti o ns. Af ter po rtray in g th e individual sk ill s, the film shows how th ese mi ght be put togeth er into simple sequences.

Thro ugho ut th e film an in fo rm ed narrato r gives a lo t of good hint s and in stru cti o ns. Un fo rtunate ly, at· tim es, th e music com es o ut a bit stro ng, butthat is m y o nl y cr iti cism. Th e film uses a rea l PE class so it is obvio us to th e viewer that a w ide range of abiliti es ca n be taught to tumbl e. Stud ent s can identi fy w ith th e stiff fell ow who has a ro ugh tim e w ith th e back brid ge o r th e p ike sea \. Th e fa ncier tumblin g is demo nstrated by m em bers o f th e Ya le Uni versity gy mn as ti cs tea m and by Don To nry, himself.

A good way to use thi s film would be to re­show it a cou p le o f times during th e semest er as stud ents move alo ng in th eir mas tery o f th e skill s. Repetiti on is a must if o ne is to pi ck up all th e visual and ve rba l ideas thi s film o ffers.

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1 ReOion One Region 1 - Connecticut, Maine, MClUQChu­setts, New Hampshire, Rhode Isi4nd. Ver­mont.

CONNECTICUT HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC REPORT

Fo r th e first tim e in Connecticut High School Gymnastic history two sepa rate championship meets were held.

Five tea ms were selected to compete in th e Team Championships, held at Darien High Schoo l on March 10. Tea ms we re selected according to their dual meet reco rds and average team sco re. The two top tea ms, Greenwich and Darien , bat tled for the top spot.

In what was one of th e tightest meets of the championship's history, Greenwich High School defeated Darien 100.85 to 99.15. Other team sco res we re; Waterford , 72.35; Hamden, 61.45; and East Lyme 53.95.

On M arch 17, the Individual Champion ships were held at Hamden High School. Over 60 boys qualified for the meet by hav ing averaged a pre-set standard sco re in three or more dual meets. Each competitor was required to perform both compulso ry and optional routines. Results: ' AA: Micky Vitti (D) 46.00- 37.80=83.80, Don Marsden (G) , W alt Dorrell (D), Mark Racca ro (H). FX: Don Marsden (G) 9.20-8.10=17.30, j oe Battino (D), Vin Anaya (W). HB: Bill Wales (G) 7.80-6.80=14.60, Micky Vitti (D), Marsden. PH: Doug Hannum (D) 8.05 -5 .55=13.60, Ed Skewes (W), Carl Badger (G). R: Greg Goldbarth (G) 8.95 -8.05=17.00, Vitti, Grant Evans (G). V: Bill LeFevre (G) 8.90-8.75=17.95, Mike Cerotte (W) , Andy Holmes (D) . PB: Walt Dorrell (D) 8.10-7.35=15.45, Vitti , Lincoln Walworth (D).

Winning Routines: FX; Don Marsden Greenwich - RO, ff, whipback, ff. , fu ll ; straight leg dive roll, kickback to sp lit , straight arm press w ith straddl ed legs; step down to back wa lkover to lunge; front handspring, front sa ito, headspring, Swedish fa ll , turn to sp lit ; forward ro ll , cradl e kip w. Yl twist ; cas t up to momentary straddle ."L", back ro ll ex tension , step down with turn to dive ca rtwheel, ff , to lunge; turn , RO, ff , back sa it o.

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HB: Bill Wales, Greenwich - Cast, back upri se, ba ck hip circle, drop kip. Cast back giant, giant , free hip to handstand, giant. Blind change, front giant, g ian t, pirouett e, bacK giant, blind change, front giant, piked reverse flyaway. R: Greg Goldbar(h,-Greenwich - Straight body, straight arm pull to inverted hang, dislocate, shoot to handstand, lower straight arms to " L" cro ss, pull through back lever, kip to " L", straight bo dy, bent arm, press to hand stand , lower straight arms to cross, disloca te, f ro nt uprise, layaway, double back sa ito. PH: Doug Hannum, Darien - Keh re in, li b., reverse scisso r, I.b., c ircle, circle, kehre o ut half ci rcle to front support. R.O., L.a. , trave rin L.B. , R.O. , forward scissor right , sc issor left , scissor right , hop down, turn and re-enter R.B. , L.B. , circle, circle, trave l down, circle, loop off. V: Bill leFevre, Greenwich - stoop vau lt , handspring. PB: Walt Dorell, Darien - Peach basket to straigh t arm support, " Ln

, doub le leg cut and catch, " L" , straight body, bent arm press handstand, drop cas t to upper arm support , ba ck upri se, double leg cut and catch , layaway, ba ck roll , push out to " Ln

, straight arm, straight leg press to handstand, pirouette, piked back saito dismount.

VERMONT STATE HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP REPORT

March 24, 1973 by Marilyn Sheldon

Green Mountain College Girls' Team Scores: Essex junction 88.90; South Burlington 83 .05, Burlington 72.55, Harwood Union 69.10, Woodstock Un ion 59.95, Brattleboro 57.85, Union-32 57.65, Lake Region Union 47.50, Otter Va ll ey 42.40. AA: Sandy Smith (Essex junction ) 28.45; janet Lyn ch (Bu rlin gton) 23.10; Peri Chi ckering (Union-32) 22.75. FE: Eve lyne Germai n (South Burlington) 8.3 . B: Evelyne Germai n (South Burlington ) 7.95 . UPB: Maureen Hennessey (Essex junction ) 8.2. V: Pam Rich ard s (Essex junction) 6.80. Boys' Team Scores : Northfield 77.96, Essex junction 70.22, South Burlington 67.93, Randolph Union 57.13, Brattleboro 53.94, Whitingh am 52.05. AA: Bri an Holt (Northfi eld ) 26.16; Mike Hoisington (Ra ndo lph) 22.95; Mike Tra cy (Whitingham) 21.6. lHV: Richard Maxham (Northfi eld) 7.8. PH: Rene Kirby (South Burlington) 5.35. SR: Brian Hol t (N) 5.75. HB: Bri an Holt (N) 3.95 . PB: Rene Kirby (SB) 4.3. FE: joe Dukette (Northfield) 5.35.

Greenwich High School, 1973 Connecticut State Champions, Front L to R: Tri-Captains Bill Enos, Greg Goldbarth, Bill LeFevre_ Second row: Gideon Fo'untain, Dave Wales, Bill Wales, Kent Bradford, Grant Evans, Don Marsden, Coach Dick Canfield, Third row: Ed Thulin, Brian McKenna, Bill Moore, Carl Badger, Marty Mclean, Bruce Clark_

Duncan MacKenzie - Maine All-Around Champion.

Maine High School Championships by James J. Connolly

President, Maine Gymnastic Coaches & Officials Association

Gymnasti cs in Ma ine continu es to improve ! Sco res are generall y higher. Routines are

more adva nced . More tea ms are capabl e o f hi gher leve l competiti on. I n most ways thin gs are looking up.

Gymnastics, as a sport, has received littl e more recognition, and spectato r interest is st il[ neg li gible, in spite of mark ed increase in th e numbers o f tal ented individual perform ers and good teams.

O xford Hill s, Biddefo rd and So uth Portland ranked highest in dual competition , w ith O xford Hill s c laiming th e league championship w ith a 7-0 reco rd .

In th e annual St ate meet sponsored by th e State o f M aine Departm ent of Hea [th , Ph ys ica l Edu ca tion and Recrea tion, South Portland w on six of seven indi v idual championships, including th e new event - th e All-Around.

MAINE STATE BOYS RESULTS All-Around Champion: Duncan M dckenzie (South Po rtl and) 34.25: V: 7.75, FE: 6. 20, PH: 4.40, HB: 4.70, PB: 5.50, SR: 5.70. 2nd place All Around: Tim Bernard (Rumford) 30.10: V: 8.00, FE: 5.20, PH: 2.95 , HB: 4.85, PB: 4.00, SR: 5.10.

V: Steve Stilphen (5 . Portland) tl.bO. FX: Dun ca n MackenZie (S. Portl and) 6. 20. PH: Stiphen 5.40 HB: Venson Simmons (Georges Val[ey) 5.10. PB: M ackenzie 5.50. SR: M acken zie 5.70.

:I RegiOn TIO Region 2 - Delaware, PennsylVtmia, New York, Nelli Tersev . MGryiand.

NEW YORK STATE INTERSECTIONAL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

March 9-10, 1973 Monroe Community College, Rochester, N.Y_

Dion Weissand, Meet Director

Sectional Standings: Sec. 3 - 104.81; Sect. 5 -90.83 ; Sect. 1 - 81 .07; Sect. 6 - 72. 51 ; Sect. 4 -65.86; Sect. 2 -54.93. AA: M att Levy (Fa ye ttev ill e Manilu s) 37.15; Paul Simon (Willi am sv i[l e South ) 36.70, Terry Genovese (Rampo) 34. 35 . FX: Simon 8.5, Levy 7.75, jack Bullock (Li verpool ) 7.6. PH: Pat Denero (Henninger) 8.70, Phil DeRose (H ) 7.95, Willi e Summerh ays (Ru sh-Henri etta) 7.30. HB: Chu ck Veni shel (RH ) 8.15, Todd Woh[berg (Yorktow n) 7. 35, joe

Vecchio (Cicero ) 7.2. PB: Huck Gabriel (W es t Gene, ee) 8.8, W. Sum merha ys (RH ) 7.5, Rick Sudda by (Ba ld w insvill e) 7.05 . V: Gary Lum[ey (Kenmo re Ea st) 8.65 , Ri ck Summerhays (R H) 8.60, Wah lberg 8.55. R: jo hn Be ll a (L) 8.1, Bob

, Burch (H) 7.9, Ted DeSa lvato re (G. A rcadia) 6.35 . Tu: Rudy A lfonso (Go rto n) 7.6, Todd Bea ney (RH ) 7.55, Russ jo nes (Van Renssa[ae r) 7.25 . Tr: Bri an Sheeha n (Rome) 6.55 , jack Clark (Sweet horne) 5. 1, John Rade[[ (RH ) 4.45.

Terry Genovese - 3rd All-Around, Winning Routines: Tu: Rudolfo Alfonso (Gorton): Front handsprin g, front f lip step o ut, RO, back handspring, back handsprin g, back with ful[ tw ist. Front saito step o ut, RO, back handspring, back la yo ut step o ut , V2 turn , RO, back handspring, ba ck saito. RO, back handspring, w hip back, back handspring, back handspring and arabi an. Tr: Brian Sheehan (Rome Free Academy): 2 Ji4 front , barani-ball o ut, 314 back, ful[ tw ist cody, full tw ist back, barani, ba ck, 1 314 f ro nt w ith V2 tw ist, cody, barani , back, double back. FX: Paul Simon (Williamsville South): Flip-f[op, jump jack-knife to front lying support , handspring front saito stepout, handspring headspring, Ru ss ian jump to split , push up to a straddle stand, straight-straight press, to handstand, VB pirouette, RO, ff, whip back, ff, layout ba ck saito, forward rol[ , ff, to front lying suppo rt. Two leg' circ les to stand, RO , V2 turn high di ve roll , cra dl e to handstand, step forward into sc issors, kick to scal e, Vl turn RO, ff, back sa ito w ith full tw ist. HB:Chuck Venishel (Rush-Henrietta):O[ ympic cast, jam disloca te, back uprise; free hip hand, back giant, blind change, rea r vault , hop kip, front giant, pirouett e, giant , double fl yaway. PB: Buck Gabriel (West Genesee) : Glide kip, inside cut ca tch, cast support , cut ca tch " L", stiff-stiff press, cas t ba ck upri se, and catch [ayback, front upri se, sw ing pirouette, stutz to upper arm , front uprise, front o ff. V:' Gary Lumley (Kenmore East): Handspring. PH: Pat DeNero (Henninger): Back moo re, travel down, double loop, reverse stock[i , bail ey, moore, doubl e Swiss, ba ck sc issors, two front sc issors, travel dow n, wa lk around , loop w ith hal f tw ist. SR: John Bella (Liverpool): Di sloca te, di sloca te, shoot handstand, giant to handstand, " L" cross, back kip to " L" , hollow back press to handstand , ba ck [eve r, di slocate, hi gh double, cut-off. • •

1973 GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL STATE MEET NESHAMINY, PENNSYlVANIA

Barbara Knothe

Th e indi vidual event scores are th e to tal of th e Co mpul so ry and Optional sco res. AA:Ch eryl Diamond (McKeesport) 71.20; Daw n Shrogren (Con estoga) 68.70; Lori Kunk a

(Be[[e Ve rno n) 67.68. UPB: Cheryl Diam o nd (M ) 18.20 ; Co l[et te Hi za[ (Hemp field ) 17.13 ; Lo ri Ku nka BV) 17.08. B: Regin a Ca rson (BV) 17.55; Cheryl Diamond (M ) 17.45; Denise Vale (Henderson) 17.35. FX: Cheryl Diamond (M) 17.65 ; Dawn Shrogren (C) 17.60; Co lle tte Bi za[ (Hempfield ) 16.85 . V: Pat Charmkh ae [ (Pl ymouth W hite Ma rsh) 18.10; Cheryl Diamond (M) 17.90; Dawn Shrog ren (C) 17.70.

:1 RegiOn Three Region J - Aiaoama, Wash . D. C, Florida. Georgia, Kentucky, Virgin;", West Virginia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina., Ten­nessee, So uth CaroliPUL

ALABAMA STATE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

May 4-5, 1973

Lee High School, Huntsville

Report by Kathy Kuhn, Meet Director

Th e second St at e Hi gh Sc hoo l Ch ampio nships fo r girls was spo nsored b y th e Al abama Hi gh School Ath[ eti c Association and included competition in two divisio ns-junio r high (grades 7, 8, 9) and se nio r high (grades 10, 11 , 12) . Th e USGF-DGWS interm ediate leve l compulsori es we re used fo r both divisions as wel[ as o ptional routin es in each of the four Olympic events. There was also opti o nal co mpetiti on for tumblin g and trampo line . Th e Nati o nal Federati o n of High Schoo ls Ru[ es were used to govern th e competiti ons.

Approx imate[y 90 gy mn as ts representing 15 junio r high schoo ls and 13 se nior high sc hoo ls took pa rt in th e two-day competitio n. Host team, Lee High School won their second strai ght State Ch ampionship in th e senior hi gh di vision w ith loca[ ri va l, Gri ssom High, a cl ose second. A nni ston Academy wa lked away w ith th e junior high di vision , a full 21 points ah ea d of second pl ace Grissom junior tea m.

The outstanding indiv idual perform er o f th e meet, however, w as Anita Th omas of Sylaca uga Hi gh School, w hose tea m placed third in bo th senior and junio r. di visions. A nita took first place medals in the a[[ around, free exe rcise, balance bea m, and va ulting with a second pla ce on th e bars, This also was a repea t perform ance, as she was all around champion in 1972.

Th e follow ihg res ults re fl ect totals o f compul sory and opti o nal sco res for team, al[ around , and th e fo ur O'lympic events. Tumb[ing and trampolin e sco res are for opti onal routines onl y and did not count in team scores . Senior Division Team: Lee (L) 159.10; Gri ssom (G) 155.65; Sylacauga (S) 151.60; Butl er (B) 144.25 ; Vestavia Hil[s (VH) 141 .30; johnson (J ) 86.45. AA: Anita Thomas (S) 59 .85 ; Patri cia Snodgrass (L) 56.90 ; Beverl y Brow n (G) 50.30. FX: Thom as 15.85; Libby Robinson (S) 15.20; Car p i Davis (VH) 14.70. BB: Thoma s 14.55; Sn odgrass 13.20; Beverl y Frierson (G) 13.00. UPB: Snodgrass 14.75; Tho mas 13.70; Brown 13.65. SHY: Thomas 15.75; Sandra Washington (L) 15.20 ; Snodgrass -14.40. TR: Nan cy Durham (Gad se n) 4.1 5; Debbi e Battl es (Etowa h) 3.55 ; joan Roberts (Gadse n) 2.5. TU: Deni se Bu rgess (Etowa h) 6.6; Pam Robin son (But[ er) 6.05; Teia Fordham (J ) 5.8. Junior Division Team: Anni ston Aca demy (AA) 156.65 ; Gri ssom (G) 135.00; Sylacau ga (S) 121.70; Whitesburg (W) 105.20; Champi o n (C) 78.45 ; Morga n County (MC) 59.85. AA: Toni Stapl es (AA ) 54.50 ; Amy Nash (Huffman) 54.10; Tamm y

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Lee High School Gymnastic Team, Alabama State High School Champions, L to R: Martie Gillespie, Mona Cannon, Becky Payne, Patricia Snodgrass, Sharon Tehan and Sandra Washington.

Moore (AA) 53.25 . FX: Nas h 15.10; Am y Arnts horse, parall el bars, and rings; whi le tea mmate (G) 14.55; Winni e jones (AA) 14.45. BB: Moore Sam Gi lmore, th e state's best bl ack gymnast, 13.75; Stap les 12.75; Nash 12.75. UPB: Staples ran away w ith horizontal bar honors. Miami 14.45 ; Moore 11 .90; j ones 11.85. SHY: Nash Springs ' Mike Rutkin won va ulting w ith a hi gh 14.50; Kell y Pody (5) 14.15; Marti Griff ith (G) Yamas hita. 14.05. TR: Michell e Cooper (Huntsv ille) 5.7; A ll th e coaches and fans ag reed that this Lynn McKenzie (D isque) 4.85; Terr y Naughton years ' m eet was the best run eve r and th at (Disque) 3.75. TU: Cooper 5.7; Charlene Ave ry gymnastics in Flor ida has grea tl y improved over (C hapman) 5.45 ; Emily Craven (Chapman) 4.8. th e pa st few yea rs.

• • Results: , , , Team: M iam i Central (MC) 128 .19; M iami Springs (MS) 122.13; Miami Killi an (MK) 109.66. AA: Kurt Thomas (MC) 47.75; jack Heacock (MK) 40.10, Sam Gi lmore (MC) 39.95. FX :

Kurt Thomas, Florida H.S. All-Around Champion.

GREATER MIAMI ATHLETIC CONFERENCE GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

NORTH MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH February 22-23, 1973

Report by Don Gutzler The 1972-73 Greater Miami Athletic

Conference Gymnastics Champio nships were held at North Miami Beach Sen ior High School. Through a seri es of qualifying meets, the top three school s in th e stat e met hea d-o n for th e team championships . Led by defending all­around champion Kurt Thom as, third yea r school Miami Central outdistanced th e strong Miami Sprin gs and defend ing champio n M iam i Killi an. Central, whose l ea m consists o f onl y all ­aro und men rather than specialists, claimed f ive of si x fir st p lace awards and first and third all -around hono rs.

During individual finals, Thomas, a junior, took first in all-aro und, free exercise, side

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Th o mas 7.80, Heacock 7.40, Mike Rutkin (MS) 7.35. PH: Th omas and Brian Nor iega (Hia lea h) 6.20 (tie); Gilmore 5.90. HB: Gi lmo re 8.60, Th omas 7.95, Kirt Derin ger (MS) 7.75 . PB: Th omas 8.05; David A rthur (Palmetto) 7.50; Heacock 7.40. V: M ike Rutkin (MS) 9.00, Deringer 8.85; Marc Tecosky (N.M iami Beach) 8.70. R: Thom as 7.35, Rutkin 7.00, Heacock 6.55. Winning Routines FX: Kurt Thomas: Ru ss ian front stepout, RO, ff, full tw ist, Vl turn to Swedi sh fall ; turn to straddl e stand, straight arm press; handsprin g, front somi e, handspring; pirouett e turn fo rward roll , tt to handstand ; RO, ff , Arabian; lapanese jump to support , double leg circles; RO, ff, back sa ito dismount. PH: Kurt Thomas: Doubl e leg, schwabenflanke, Swiss hop, kehre in , Ru ss ian Moore, tramlot , reve rse scisso rs, 2 front scisso rs, side li ft down, loop V1 turn. Brian Noriega: Drehfl anke, direct tramlot, tramlot , reverse scissors, 2 front sc isso rs, side l ift down, loop, loop with Y1 turn . HB: Sam Gilmore: Cas t to finn es temme, back upri se, fr ee hip to handstand, giant, direct change, giant, stoop to dislocate, eag le, eag le, hop out to giants, reach under to flank va ult , kip, giant, g iant , f lyaway dismount. PB: Kurt Thomas: G li de kip to reverse stradd le cut , cast, back upri ~e LO handstand immed iate pirouett e, back toss, stutz, cas t back upri se, straddl e cut , reve rse stutz, straddl e cut to " L", st raight arm press, reve rse pirou ette, back sa ito w ith Vl turn dismount. V: Mike Rutkin: Yamash it a. SR: Kurt Thomas: Di sloca te shoo t to handstand, lower through to back lever, kip to " L" , hollowback press to handstand, fall fo rward to back upri se, drop and d isloca te, dislocate, double ba ck sa ito dismount.

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KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS By Joseph Liedtke

Follow ing are th e res ults of the Kentucky State High Schoo l m ee t. W e have two Regional Quali fy ing meets f rom wh ich four teams and th e top eight individua ls in each event from each region compete. Th e girl s compete in DGWS-USGF Intermediate Compulsories and boys th e junior O lympic Compu lso ri es. Trampoline and tumbling are special events. Tea m sco re is fo und by adding th e top three sco res in each event, com po and opt ional. Boys: Team: Bryan Station (Lexi ngton) 301.45, Tat es Creek (Lex ington) 273.65, lroquor 's (Loui sv ille) 240.40. AA: Ri ck Adams (Thomas jefferson , Louis.) 105.5, Ray Pay ton (Durrett , Louis.) 101.5, Pat Bowles (St. Xavier, Loui s.) 91.8. PH: Rick Adams (Tj ) 19.05, Ray Payton (D) 16.3, james Sharp (BS) 15.6. PB: jam es Sharp (BS) 17.15, Ricky Adams (TJ) 16.95, Tyrone Bond (BS) 16.85. HB: Thoma s Dunn (BS) 16.55, Ra y Payton (D) 16.5, jam es Sharp (BS) 16.45. R: james Sharp (BS) 19.15, Ri ck Adams (TJ) 17.05, Sam Rutl edge (HS) 16.9. FX: Ro bert Brown (B5) '18.2, Dav id Gorham (B5) 17.95, Ray Payton (D) 17.25. V: Robert Brow n (BS) 19.8, Ri ck Adams (TJ) 19.05, Ray Payton (D) 18.4. Tu : Robert Brown (BS) 8.5, David Gorham (BS) 8.4, Terry johnso n (I) 6.5. Tr: Rex Littl e (BS), Tyro ne Bond (BS), Robert Brown (BS). Girls: Team: Moore High Schoo l (Loui sv il le) 190.55 coach Caro le Li edtke, Lafa yett e (Lexi ngton) 187.6, Tates Creek (Lexi ngton ) 187.1. AA: Lind a Ne lso n (M) 71.7, Tina Sutherland (TC) 66.0 . Rhonda Wild erson (Paris) 65.25. Bars: Linda Nelson (M) 18.05, janet Burckle (J effersontown) 17.5, Rhonda Wilk erson (P) 17.0. V: Linda Nelson (M) 17.95, Kath y Flan ary IL) 16.85, Kell y Ga lb raith (Bourbon) 16.45. Beam: Linda Ne lson (M) 17.80, Tina Sutherland (TC) 16.95, judy Steinlage (Seneca) 16.45. F: Linda Nelson (M) 17.9, Val eri e Buchanon (L) 17.15,Rhonda Wilk erson(P) 16.7. Tu: tie for fir st Kathy Flanary (L) and Sall y Wa lker (Seneca) 8,.35, Nora Geoghaga n (Sayre) 8.1. Tr: Sonja Compton (Doss) 5.75, Brenda Young (Doss) 5.1 , Debbi e Smith (But ler) and Darl ene Barker (South ern ) 5.3.

GEORGIA STATE HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC MEET

March 23-24, 1973 Tucker High School

Stan McCallar, Meet Director

Georgia swit ched to th e practice of awarding tea m po ints for places won in th e State meet. Thi s gave Lakes ide a sa fe margin o f v ictory, thanks to f irst places o n pa rall el bars, hori zontal bar and th e all-around, all cred ited to jeff Morrison, their all-around man . A very close race for second saw Briarcliff edge out Tu cker, th anks largely to two men among the top six finishers in th e all-around. Results: Team: Lakes ide (L) 56.0; Briarcliff (B) 44.5 ; Tucker (T) 43.5; Sequoyah (5) 38.5; jefferson (J) 21.5 ; Peachtree (P) 12.0; Woodward Academ y (W ) 8.0. AA: jeff M o rri son (L) 40.30; Bobby Sea le (5) 39.10; Eddie McCormick (B) 35. 20. FX: Sea le 16,20; Dwa in Griffith (T) 15.50; David Powell (P) 15.40. PH: Raymond Wh it f ie ld (J ) 12.85; Mark Keega n (T) 12.25; Morrison 11.00. R: Morri son 16.25; Sea le 15.00; Mark Ga lati (W) 14.85. V: Sea le 17.20; Pete A lexa nder (B) 16.50; Scott Chestnutt (St. Mountain) 16.35. PB: M o rri son 16.65; j erry Morrison (L) 16.40; Steve Cowan (Co lumbia) 15.30. HB: M ark Keegan (T) 14.55; Griffith 13.45; McCormick 11 .60. Tr: A lexa nder 15.40; Phi l Manson (B) 14.1 5; Dwight Standridge (J) 13.75.

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~lleIIion fIIr Reti0" <I - nlinois, Indiana, MichigtJrt. OltlO, MinMJota, Wiscontits, Iowa.

INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION STATE GYMNASTIC MEET

March 3, 1973 Warren Central H.S.

by Tom Hadley, President of Indiana High School Gymnastic Coaches Association

The seventh annual Indiana High School Athlet ic Assoc iatio n (I HSAA) State Gymnasti cs Meet was held Satu rday, March 3, 1973 at Warren Central H.S. Meet Directo r, Jack Gary, noted that th e 1,700 spectato rs was o ne o f th e largest turnouts in th e meet 's hi story. Participating schoo ls increased from 16 in 1972 to 21 fo r this yea r.

The high po int of the entire meet was a fl oor exe rcise routine turn ed in by Chris Dolson , a junior at Ben Dav is. Dolson 's sco re was th e highest of the meet, 8.8.

Co lumbu s Nort h won th e Champ ionship w ith 95 po ints. Jeffersonv ill e was second w ith 72, Pike w ith 46, and Concord and Anderson ti ed at 31.

John Hi nds, coac h at Columbus High, was cited by th e Nationa l Federation of High School Ath leti c Assoc iati ons for h is wo rk at th e national leve l in deve lop ing high schoo l gymnast ics.

Ken Stock ton , of Columbus North , was th e recipi ent of th e Mental Attitude Awa rd for hi s posit ive spirit during th e State Meet. Results: Team: Columbu s North (CN) 95; Jeffe rsonvill e (1 ) 72; Pike (P) 46 ; tie between Co ncord (C) and Anderson (A) 31. AA: Mauri ce Barrett (1) 37.45; Mike Gilpin (P) 36.65; John Underwood (Wa rren Central ) 36.1 0. Strip FX: Chris Dolson (Ben Davis) 8.8; Pat Euler (CN) 8.35; Pat Whisler (C) 7.7 . PH: Terry Ess ig (C) 7.95 ; Robert Coffy (1) 7.55; Garry Beas ley (CN) 7.4. R: Mark Schi ll er (1) 8.4; Larry Brown (CN) 8.25; Na th ani el Edge (CN) 7.7. V: Euler 8.65; Barrett 8.25; Ri chard Craig (P) 8.2. PB: Greg Hill (CN) 8.1; Dave Sm ithson (CN) 7.45; James Cartmel l (Crown Point) 6.9. HB: Randy Smith (A) 7.3; Gi lpin 7.1 5; Daniel Linder (C P) 6.9. Tr: Ken Stockton (CN) 8.5; Mark Foster (J ) 7.9; Ken Conner (Wabash) 7.45. Winning Routines: Strip FX : Chris Dolson (Ben Davis): I-RO, ff, double twist; II -Russ ian front step out, RO, ff to knees, ff off knees, spli ts, press handstand,

Mark Schiller, (Jeffersonville H.S.), I ndiana Ring Champion.

p irouette, step down ; III- Ru ss ian front step 1973 ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION out, front handspring, straight body fall to GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS prone position , reve rse turn out, back PROSPKT HS March 16 & 17 ex tension ro ll to handstand, step down; IV-RO, ff , full. PH: Terry Essig (Concord): Back moo re, circl e, Russ ian, tra ve l down, German, back stock Ii , ci rcle, baby swiss, co nsecuti ve regular leg sc issors, leg circle, reve rse sc issor, circle, trave l down, German, wa lkaround dismou nt . R: M ark Schiller (Jeffersonville): Elevate to handstand, regular g iant, back ro ll to L, p lanche, L cross, back kip, lower dow n to inl ocate, back upri se to handstand, cross, d islocate, di sloca te, double back. V: Pat . Euler (Columbus North): Fro nt handspring fro m the neck. PB: Greg Hill (Columbus North): Cast support , straddle cu t, L, straight-straight press to handstand, stutz, cast, straddle leg cut, swi ng handstand , peach , front uprise, sw ing handstand, ba ck off. HB: Randy Smith (Anderson): Hop change to undergr"ip, kip, ' y., giant, stall to f lank va ult, ki p w ith undergrip to immediate pirouette, giant , b lind change, giant, p iro uette, gra nt, full twisting flyawa y. Tr: Ken Stockton (Columbus North): Pike barani out f liffi s, back, full, double back, rud o lph, ba ck, double back, rud o lph, double twisting back, bara ni, back, rando lph .

Hinsda le Centra l won it s fourth stra ight championship, outdi stanCing Elk Grove 120 poi nts to 110. Th ese two tea ms were fo ll owed closely by Hersey, Ro llin g Meadows and i~ il es North. The Hinsda le Central Red Dev ils w ere paced by Steve Shephard o n Fl oo r Exe rc ise, Chuck Walt ers and Curt Rogers o n pommel horse, Jim Erwin on para ll el bars and Do ug Wood on r ings . The second p lace Elk Grove Grenad iers were lead by Scott Phillips (vo ted o utstandin g se n io r gy mn as t b y th e I.H .S.G.C.A.) o n p arall e l b ars, Bob Siemianowski on pommel horse, th e trampol ine trio of Steve To rgersf' n, Da ve Had ley and Dave Khoshaba and fin all y by Jack Henry on still r ings. Thi s meet was one of th e most exciting beca use th is yea r th ere we re three tea ms w ho could have taken the crown. Hinsdale Central, Elk Grove and Hersey all sco red in th e high 140's during the dual m eet season.

Second on ly to th e team championsh ip for exci tement was the batt le fo r all -around honors. Mike Godawa of Rolling Meadows put on a da zz ling di spl ay o n th e fi ve events ami ca me up w ith a sco re of 41 .20 pts. He also took a third on ho ri zontal ba r, a third on parall el bars and a third on still rin gs. By th e way, M ike is

Hinsdale Central High School, fourth consecutive year as Illinois State Championship team.

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o nl y a ju nio r. Very cl ose behind at 40 .75 pt s. was the freshman phenom enon from N il es W est, Bart Connors. Bart also wo n parall el ba rs and was seco nd o n horizo ntal ba r. Ro und ing o ut th e top three was Kell y Harmo n of W hea to n Cent ra l, also a j unior. Results: Team: Hinsda le Central (HC) 120.0, El k Gro ve (EG) 11 0. 0, Hersey (H) 97.), Ro lling Meadows (RM ) 93.5, Nil es N o rth (NN) 90.5, New Trier Ea st (NTE) 80.0, N il es W est (N W ) 69.0, Yo rk (Y) 67.5 , Evanston (E) 64. 0, Ho mewood Fl oss moor (HF) 51.5. AA: M ik e Goda wa (RM ) 41 .20, Bart Conno r (N W) 40.75, Kell y Harmo n (Whea to n Central) 38.45 . FX: Cu rt Austin (Y) 9.05, To m Gard ner (Conant) 8.80, Larry Patt is (NYW) 8. 70. PH: Bob Siemianows ki (EG) 9. 00, Ch uck Walters (HC) 8.90, Joh n Eberl e (Thornw ood ) 8.50. HB: Tom Pearso n (N TE) 8.85, Con ner 8. 70, ti e fo r thi rd among Eri c Eri ckson (E), M ike Krav it z (NN) , Kim Klockenga (Glenbard No rth ) and Goda wa all w ith 8.45 . PB: Connor 9.10, Jim Wa lker 8.90, ti e between Godawa and Bruce Beiersdorf (NTE) 8.65 . R: Steve Sossman (NN) 9.10, Doug Wood (HC) 9.00, Godawa 8.80. Tr: Dave Daniel (Y) 8.85, Ma rk Fo rd (G lenbrook South) 8.75, Scot t Barclay (O ak Park) 8.60.

• • MICHIGAN GIRLS STATE GYMNASTIC

CHAMPIONSHIPS East Lansing H.S.

Allan Rule, M eet Director

Taylor Kennedy repea ted as State Champs in th e second M ichiga n State Gymnasti cs Champ ion ships fo r girl s. A my Ba logh, a 17-year o ld senio r, led th e way by capturing th e vau lti ng and uneven ba r eve nts. The (ll ee t was close, however, as Tay lor Ke nnedy ed ged o ut Ea st Lansing by 0.42 po ints, 123.02 to 122.60. A lso co ntributing to Taylo r Kennedy's laurels was Sa ll y Ba ber, a senio r, w ho wo n th e trampo lin e event.

For Ea st Lansing, A nn Weave r ga rn ered th ree titl es: t umbling, free exe rci se, anu th e all­around. In second p lace in the all -a round was M ax ine Cecca to of Birmingham Gro ves .

Ma rta Scharrenl;>erg of Li vo nia-Clarencev i ll e took th e remain ing ti tle - beam .

O ver 200 gymnasts took part in th e meet, representing 35 schoo ls. Results: Team: Taylo r Kenned y (TK ) 123.02, East Lansing (EL) 122.60, W yom ing Rogers (W R) 107.59, Hill sda le (H) 92.21, Troy (T) 85.50, North Farmin gton (N F) 80. 36, Ludington (L) 79.37, Fruitpo rt (F) 77.38, A lpena (A) 71.86, Li vo nia­Clarencevill e (LC) 65 .62. AA: Ann Weave r (EL) 29.03 , Ma xine Ceccato (BG) , Amy Balogh (TK) 28.67. BB: Ma rtha Scharrenberg (LC) 6.95, Cat hy Ril ey (A) 6.80, Becky Freund (W R) 6.55. FX: W eave r 8.50, Ba log h 8.10, Rob in Ickes (TK) 7.77 . V: Balogh 8.87, Weaver 8.83, Marjo ri e Powers (H) 8.23. UPB: Ba logh 7.15, Marcia Pl ace (H) 7.00, Debbie Fri ed ri ch (G rand Rap ids, Ottawa Hill s) 6. 80. Tr: Sa lly Baber (TK) 7.50, Tied for second we re Debo rah O 'Ji bway (TK) and A li son Dommer (LC) 7.00. Tu : Weave r 8. 00, Cin d y Lindh out (W R) 7.30, O 'Jibway 7.20.

1973 NORTH FARMINGTON INVITATIONAL GYMNASTIC MEET

Th e seco nd North Farmin gto n Invitati o nal fo r event speciali sts pro ved o nce aga in to be one o f th e highli ghts of M ichigan High Schoo l gym nasti cs. Ten schoo ls we re in vit ed to se nd th eir best man in each event. Th e result was fo ur new in vitati onal reco rds, good spectato r turn o ut , and proof that M ichi ga n gymnasti cs is ga inin g no ti ceab ly in q ualit y.

Th e in vitatio nal was begun one year ago fro m fund s given in memo ry o f a former No rth Farmington gymnast and th e fo rmat was

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se lec ted to give spec tato rs the best possib le v iew o f h igh schoo l gymn as ti cs. The meet was then staged to cater to spectato r comfo rt and a fas t moving affai r.

I f you r sta te is looki ng for a sure fire way to im prove and promote gy mnastics - t ry an invitat ional! Here are some ideas fo r invit ati o nal fo rmat s that are being used in th e state of M ichi ga n and are co ntribut ing to th e growth and popu larit y of gym nas ti cs. Th e all aro und and bes t spec iali st in vitati onal and th e all star in vit ati o nal. A ll of th ese have give n a new li ft to our co mpe ti tive season and a chance to d isplay gymn as tics to th e pub li c in the bes t poss ib le way - w ith great routines. RESULTS Team: Taylo r Kennedy (TK) 52.7 5, A ll en Park (A P) 45 .00, Ann A rbo r Huro n (AAH) 43.45, Clarencevill e (C) 39.60, No rth Farmingto n (N F) 38.45, A nn Arbor Pi o nee r (AA P) 38.15, Har ri so n (H) 33 .30, Tay lor Center (TC) 32.95, Trenton (T) 31.65 , Fl at Rock (FR ) 31.30. FX: M ark O 'Valley (TK ) 8.4 , A rch ie Varady (A P) 7.75, Har ley Danner (AA H) 7.55. HB : Do ug Dom urat (A P) 8.0, Ji m M it chell (TK) 7.85, Dan ner 6.4. PH: Howard Diamond (CV) 6.6, Rock To linsk i (TK ) 5.7, Steve Se rmack (A P) 4.6. PB: Bob Ma li cke (TK) 8.0, Diamond 7.0, Mark Immonen (AAP) 6.35. R: Jim Mclaughlin (TK), Danner 7.3, Gary Str ickl and (TC) 6.3. Tr: Tim Hughes (TC) 7.8, Steve Rimar (TK ) 6.95, N ew t Lok en (AAP) 6. 05. Tu : Terry M ill es (TK) 8. 2, Danner 7.45, Ji m Patterson (N Fl 7.15.

Mark Immonen (Ann Arbor Pioneers).

MICHIGAN BOYS STATE GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

Hillsdale High

For th e tou rth st ra ight yea r, Tay lor Kenned y assert ed i ts gymnasti c p rowess to capture th e M ichi gan Sta te High Schoo l Gymnasti c Championshi ps. Coa ch Roger Bechto l 's charges rol led up 153.28 po int s, 25.13 mo re th an last year w hen th ey topped No rt h Fa rmin gton. Thi s yea r, A nn A rbo r Pi onee r was a d istant second w ith 121.46 and Ann A rbo r

Jim Mitchell (Taylor Kennedy H.S.) second on hig bar.

Huro n third w ith 114.56. Kenn edy gymn asts ciaimeu three titl es - fre(

exercrse, pa.rallel bars, tumblin g - w itl neighborin g Taylo r Center a fourth trampo line. Ann A rbo r Huro n had a doublE w inner in Howa rd Dann er, a junior, who won th e r in gs and all- aro und. Results: Team:Taylor Kenn edy (TK ) 153.28, Ann Arbor Pio nee r (AAP) 121.46, Ann Arbor Huron (A AH) 114.56, A ll en Park (A P) 113.74, North Farmington (NF) 104.82, Alpena (A) 99.77, Livoni a-Cl arencev ill e (LC) 97.74, Taylo r Cente r (TC). 97.22, Trento n (T) 96.39, Flat Rock (F R) 87.06, Farmin gton Harrison (F H) 86.85. AA: Harl ey Dann er (AA H) 35.30, Mark O 'M alley (TK ) 34. 65 , Steve Rimar (TK) 31.80. FX : O 'M alley 8.8, Terry M ill s (TK) 8.55, ti e between Jay Sho re (AAP) and A rchie Va rady (AP) 8.1. HB: Do ug Do murat (AP) 8.15, Jim M itchell (TK) 7.75, Gary Stasle (AP) 7.65. PH: Howa rd Diamond (LC) 5.9, Paul Hammond (AA P) 5.85, O 'M all ey 5:75. PB: Bob Malicki (TK) 8.45, O'Malley7.8, Rimar 7. 55. R: Danner 8.2, O 'Mall ey 7.15, Jim Mclaughlin (TK ) 7. 05. Tr: Tim Hughes (TC) 8.45, Ken Th ompson (LC) 7.45, Tim Connor (TK) 7.0. Tu: M ills 8.65, Danner 7.7, Jim Patterson (N F) 7.4.

• • OHIO HIGH SCHOOL STATE GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS REPORT 1973

Wayne High Schoo l lead by all-around w inner Dave Eby, w ho wo n three events , ca ptured th e Ohio State High School Gymnasti cs Championship held at the Uni versity of Dayto n Fi eldhouse February 23-24 befo re a crowd o f approx imately 3,000 people. Taking second behind champio n Wayne's 274 po ints was defending state champion Miamisburg w ith 205 points fo llowed by th e thi rd place tea m Franklin w ith 145.5 points.

Eby, a Wayne senio r, took all-around honors fo r the second co nsecutive yea r w ith a very fin e all-around sco re o f 50.30 followed by Yo ungstown Ursa line's se nio r, Mike Dubos, w ith a 44.05 score and in third place was M iamisburg's se nio r, John Good, with a 41 .25 sco re.

After th e Fr iday preli minar ies, o nl y the top seven gymnas ts adva nced to the Sa tu rd ay ni ght ind ividua l finals and co nclusion of th e team championshi p. Th e follo w ing is each event 's top three ind ividua l p ldcings, schoo ls, scores and th e w in ning routin e. Results: Team: W ay ne H.S. 274 pts., Miam isburg H .S . 205 pt s., Fran klin H .5. 145.5 pts. AA: Dave Eby (Way ne) 50.30, M ike Dubas (Youngstown Ursa li ne) 44.05, joh n Good (M iamisburg) 41. 25. LH: Dave Eby (Wayne) 8.8, john Good (M iamisburg) 8.7, M ike D ubos (Y. Ursa li ne) 8.675. FX: Dave Eby (Wayne) 8.575, Roland Biscoff (Wayne) 8.0, Ma rt y M ill er (Wayne) 7.35 . PH: Eld en Hoskins (Franklin ) 6.95, Dave Eby (W ayne) 6.675, A lan Barnett (M iam isburg) 6.25. HB: Den nis Moore (M iamisburg) 8.125 , Kevin Ireton (Fairmont West) 7.2, tie between Paul Lusk (Wayne) and Irvi n Kene rl y (Frank lin ) 6.9 . Tr: Ri ck Borth (Fairmount E.) 8.2, Matt Hi eb (Fa irmount W. ) 7.825, j eff Koni ch (C uya hoga Fall s) 7.675. PB: Dave Eby (Wayne) 8.7, M ike Dubos (Y . Ursa lin e) 7.825, Mike Hall (Miamisburg) 7.775. SR: Lowe ll Fran tz (Fairmou nt E.) 8.75, Mike Dubos (Y. Ursa line) 8.725, Da ve Eby (Wayne) 8.3. Winning Routines ; LH: Dave Eby (Wayne) 8.8: Yamashita (far end ). FX: Dave Eby (Wayne) 8.575 : RO, ff , double full , y, turn Swed ish fall step aro und . RO, ff , arab ian front , hea dspr ing Swedi sh fal l turn sp lits, p ress straight arm hands tand. RO, arabian di ve roll, chest roll , single leg circle, fro nt lunge, Y sca le, RO, ff, pik e back. PH: Elden Hoskins (Franklin) 6.95: German wa lk around, back stock li in , double moore hi gh li ft front sc isso rs pu ll out to reverse sc isso rs circle moore, back stockli o ut sw iss hop to loop of f. HB: Dennis Moore (Miamisburg) 8.125: Reve rse kip, Germa n " turn k ip, f ro nt g iant stoop in , 2 eag les hop out , immed iate front sta ld er, g ian t pirou ette back giant , back stalder back giant (2) , flyaway. Tr: Rick Borth (Fainnount E.) 8.2: y, in , ~, out -fliffus, rud olph, b ack so mie, double back , lull twis t, back somie, doubl e tw ist, back somie (2). fr ont one and three quarters rudolph out. PB: Dave Eby (Wayne) 8.7: Cast k ip to suppo rt . sw inging pirou ett e, stut z handstand, back toss handstand, cas t kip , back uprise straddle cu t L press handstand, stut z, layaway front upri se , front off. SR: Lowell Frantz (Fairmount E.) 8.75: Pull to cross, d isloca te shoo t handstand front gia nt lower to reverse kip "L ", ho ll ow back press handstand, lower to reverse kip to cro ss . di slocate doubl e back d ismount.

Wayne H.S. - Ohio High School Gymnastic

team Champions - Coach Jack Morgfield.

OHIO STATE GIRLS GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

April 7, 1973 New Dublin High School

This com petition was held on Saturday, Ap ril 7th at th e New Dubl in Hi gh School nea r Columbus. Th e top five women f rom each of th e di st ri ct meets in th e intermediate and advanced divisions competed this yea r inst ea d of havi ng all th ose w ho had scored above 5.0 as in th e past. Th e competiti on was very good on th e w hole w ith a number o f girl s showing good style and fu ll diff iculty.

Lori Haas o f Lakewood High took first pla ce all-around honors w ith a comp ulso ry plus opt ional tota l of 66.35 . jan ie Gabe l of Dublin Hi gh was second w ith 60.35. Dianne Menze r and Lo rraine M arik we re third and fourth w ith sco res of 57.48 and 56.20.

Th e intermediate girl s did not compete in th e all-around. Cindy Torfner of Badin spo rted a 15.90 on va ult. Suz i j ohnson of Wadsworth won th e unevens w ith 14.50; W end y Wertz of Hilliard ca ptured th e bea m event w ith 14.05 and Debbi e White of Worthington scored 15.05 on the floo r exe rci se event.

Among th e 20 judges were several we ll ­known indiv iduals: Erna Wa chte l, Carol yn Bowers, and Renee HefJde rshott.

Lori Haas, 1st place All-Around - Uhio.

Dave Eby, Wayne H.S. Ohio H.S. All-Around Champion.

Results: Advanced Division: AA: Lo ri Haas, j anie Gabel, Di anne M enzer. BB: Gabe l, Haas, Menzer. FX: Gabel, Mimi Rohr, Haas. V: Haas, Gabel, Debb ie Bahre. UPB; Haas, Mar ik , Menzer . Intermediate Division: V: Cindy Torfner (Badin ) 15.90, Laurie Schult z (Li berty) 15.75, jani ce jam es (Sandy Va ll ey) 15.35. UPB: Su zi jo hnso n (W ad swo rth ) 14 .50, judy Kl os term an (B) 12.40, Barb Boetz (Boardman) 10.55 . FX: Debbie White (Wo rthin gto n) 15.05, Diane Marik (Boa rdman) 14.45, Cindy Helterich (B) 14.35. BB: Wendy Wertz (Hilli ard ) 14.05, Cind y Hetterich 13.22, Mary Tut as (B) 12.95.

• • WISCONSIN STATE GYMNASTIC MEET

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS, 1973 Jane Wi sse

Marshall High Schoo l lead by jenn ifer Freidel (coached by M ichel Loom is) beat defendlllg champion Milwaukee Cust er to W ill th e WI AA 3rd annual State Gymn as ti c Meet. . Th e tournam ent se ri es invol ved 11 8 schools competin g at 10 secti ona l sites. Two gi rl s in each event Ihen advanced to state. There we re two leve ls of competitio n - DGWS inlermediate compulso ri es and o pti o nal ro ut ines. Team po ints were awa rd ed on a 10-8-6-4-2 basis for op tion als and 5-4-3 -2-1 for co mpulson es . Compl ete results fo ll ow : Team: Marshall 39; Milwaukee Custer 32; Green Bay Preble 27; Neena h 22; Hom estead 21. Opt. AA : Laura Dal api azza (MC) 29.13; Sa rah Brown (GBP); Laurie Murphy (N) . BB: jennifer Freidel (M) 7.33; Lauri e Murphy (N); Cindy Dall ap iazza (MC). FX: jennifer Freide l (M) 7. 87; Tina Su lli va n (H); Mary Klelllschmidt (M). V: Laura Dallapiazza (MC) 7.8; Gem Cornell (Kenosha Tremper); Laura Regner (Brown Deer). UPB: Sarah Brown (GB) 7.73; Debbi e Rathman (S D); Laura Dall ap lazza (MC). Compo AA: Becky Kick (M) 22.40; Vicki Irwi n (Cadott ); jane Anderson (BD). BB: Lynn Grassin (H) 6.33; Lori Grande (Racllle Ho rli ck); Sue Guerin (H). FX: Holl y Hughes (H) 7. 17; jen Gorke (Wausa u) ; jane Kil sdo nk (Raclll e Park ). V: j ody Mikloszewicz (M il w . Bay View) 6.1 87; Rita Lechleitner (Stan ley Boys); Sa ll y H yde (Man itowoc). UPB : judy Fuerstenberg (C) 7.10; Debra Dahl (C); Pau la Vandenheuvel (GBP) .

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Tim leFleur, Wisconsin H.S. Horizontal Bar Champion.

WISCONSIN STATE HIGH SCHOOL BOYS GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS March 10, 1973 Waukesha High School

Th e 1973 State Meet was for many reasons probabl y one of th e best eve r. Due to a change of rul es regarding tournament parti cipation that is more in line w ith national and intern ational practice (ra w sco res and real " team " compet ition ), more and better qualified judges, and many exce llent gymnasts, and a workin g coaches assoc iat ion, th e future looks good for better gymnastics in the sta te high schools.

The batt le for the all-around title was reall y between two boys, Bill N iederm eyer of Preble and Tim LeFl l;' ur (one of four gymnast brothers) of Greenfield. TwtJ powerful performances by Niedermeyer,in vau lting (9 .05) and parallel bars (8 .50) helped him w in th e all-around wit h a 7.67 average, compared to LeFl eur's 7.45 average. In th e finals Lef leur and N iederm eyer accou nted for fi ve first pl aces o f th e six events (that spea ks we ll for the AA). Team Scores: Green Bay Preble (G BP) 131.47; Homestead (H) 125.59; Greenfield (G) 123.55; Milwaukee Madison (MM) 121.25. AA: Bill Niedermeyer 7.67; Tim LeFleur 7.45; Pete Wittenberg (H) 6.69. V: Bill N iedermeyer 8.95; Bill Wright (M il. Jun ea u) 8.85; Tim LeFleur8.70. FX: Tim LeF leur 8.4; Gregg Kalkhoff (Mi l. Marshall) 8.2 ; Bill Nied ermeyer 7.95. PH: Mark Daniels (G) 7.25; John Mentz (MM) 7.0; Tim LeFleur 6.95. HB: Tim LeFleur 8.4; Bill N iede rmeyer 7.95; Mark Larsen (M il. Washington) 7.85. PB: Bill N iede rmeyer 8.4; Paul Cl emente (MW) 8.0; Ron Lessmill er (P) 7.05. SR: Tim LeFl eur 8.4; Ri ck Adams (MM) 8.05 ; Ra y Klein (Brook fi eld East) 7.95. Winning Routines : V: Bill Niedermeyer: Yamashita. FX: Tim LeFleur: Run, RO, ff, full tw ister; turn, RO, ff, back w ith a half twist (p iked), handspring, jump to handstand , snap down to splits, stradd le press to handstand, dow n to stand , turn, run , front handspring front somie, head kip out, step to handsta nd with reve rse pirouette, down to stand, run , RO, ft , full tw ister. PH: Mark Daniels: Starting at neck, jump to doubles, travel up th en down to croup, schwabenfl anke, travel up, two forward

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sc isso rs, o n reverse scisso rs, doubles, travel down, loops , schwabenf lan ke, walk-around to loops, schwabe nwende off. HB: Tim LeFleur: Starting w ith reve rse gr ip , stemme to handsta nd , giant , jam to two eag le giant s, hop o ut , giant , pirouette, come into ba r, under cast half turn , stradd le regrasp, kip, ca st, free hip to handstand, back giant , direct change, giant , pirouette, back giant, flyawa y with full twist. PB: Bill Niedermeyer: Cast support, swing to handstan d, pirouette, high stut z, drop cast w ith half turn , front upri se L, stradd le press to handstand, back toss, stutz, cast to upper arm hang, back upri se cu t-ca tch, layaway front upri se, sw ing pirouette, back off. SR: Tim LeFleur: High double di slocate, shoot to handstand, backwa rd giant, lower down to back kip to front lever, inl oca te, back uprise to L, hollow back press, fro m handsta nd, gian t to full twisting dismount.

• • MINNESOTA STATE GYMNASTICS MEET

Marc.h 16-17, 1973 by Dan Cragg, RobbiDsdale High School

Th e Minnesota State Gymnastics Meet was held at Williams Arena on th e Uni versity of Minnesota ca mpu s. Meet director was Fred Roethlisber.ger, coach at Minnesota. Through his leade rship and 'organization , thi s yea r's meet proved to be one of th e smooth es t run meets eve r.

Minnesota adopted the " ra w score " sys tem thi s yea r for th e state m eet, and for 6,000 spectators, it proved to be ve ry exc iting.

On Friday, March 16 at 7:30 p.m. th e first team championship sess ion began w ith a grea t amount of ant icipation and exc it ement as to w het her th e defending champion team from Armstrong High School co uld fight off th e challenges from sister school Cooper and a stron g team from Anoka.

Anoka bega n the night in phase o ne of sessio n one on the still rings showing th ey we re ready to do battle w ith th e crest by sco rin g 22.30, led by junio r Steve Schwandt 's 7.85. Anoka led after phase o ne w ith a sco re of 62.20 fo llowed by Moorhead with 44.75, St. Paul Johnso n w ith 43.55 and M inneapol is Henry w ith 35.75.

In the second phase, th e four teams had been ran ked in the top ten all yea r lo ng, led by number one ranked A rmst ron g. The o th er three tea ms we re Cooper, Alexander Ramsey and Fairmont.

Cooper ca me out f lyin g and completely dominated this sess ion w hil e th e Falcons from Armstrong appeared a littl e tight and nervous. Cooper's floor exerci se team of Bob Brown , Kev in Peppe and Randy DeBruyn sco red 8.2, 8.1 and 8.7 respecti ve ly, to ga rner 25.00 points. Armstrong had th e bye o n round one and had to watch as Cooper hit all four routin es o n the floor. Cooper then moved to th e pommel horse whe re they scored 20.05 points led by the eventual state champio n, Pat O 'Rourke w ith a 7.2. Meanwhile, A rm stro ng floundered throu gh floor exercise, but still managed a 23.35 due in large part to Greg John son's so lid 8.55 performance. Cooper fini shed out th e evening with two outstanding performances on th e still rings by juniors Tim Baa rd son and Dennis Ripi cz inski w ho both received 8.6 and helped th eir team score 22.85 bringing th eir team sco re to 67.90. Armstrong sco red 18.45 on the pommel ho rse and began show ing signs of se ttling down. Fini shing on one of their better events, th e still rings, the team scored a respectab le 22.95 behind Greg Johnson 's 8.4. A rmstrong 's team sco re for the evening was 64.75.

Greg Johnson, Armstrong H.S, - 1973 Minnesota State All-Around Champion.

Th e ot her two schoo ls in this session both sco red we ll in floor exe rcise. Fairmont was led by Jerry Norma l's 8.0 and ended th e night w ith a tea m sco re of 54.40. A lexa nder Ramsey got a 7.9 f ro m Pat Timmo ns o n floor exe rcise and ended w ith a tea m sco re of 53.50.

On Sa turd ay, Ma rch 17 at 1 :30 p.m. the second team session began w ith tea ms work ing in reve rse order from the previous night. Cooper, A rm strong, Ramsey and Fairmont were in th e first session. Cooper started w here it had left off the night before by scoring 24.4 on tumblin g wit h Randy DeBruyn sco rin g 8.B. A rmst ro ng, on the o th er hand , sta rted on th e parallel bars and aga in did not hit we ll. Greg Johnso n received an 8.15 w hich helped th e team to score 20.85 points. Things changed w hen th e gymnas ts from Armstrong wo rk ed th e ho ri zonta l bar and tumblin g w here th ey were ve ry consistent in sco rin g 23.15 and 24.4 respectively.

A t th e sa me time, Cooper began to lalter somewhat, scor ing 21.35 on th e trampoline and onl y 20. 55 o n th e horizontal bar. Going into the last even t, Cooper held a sli gh t .65 lead. Both sq uads we re finishing on events th ey had been successful o n all yea r. Cooper, on the paralle l bars, did not hit we ll and finished w ith an event score o f 21.3 to end th e day w ith a team sco re of 155.0 (7 .5 average score per man). Mea nw hile, th e team from Armstrong demonstrated an inspired performance on th e trampo line w ith Chuck Osborne 's 8.35, M ickey Johnson's 8.4 and Scott Erdmann 's 8.65 for an event sco re of 25.4 to bring th eir team sco re to 158.55 (7.55 · average per man) an d w hat proved to be th e team champ io nship to coac h Harlowe Beyer and hi s Falcons.

In pha se two of sess ion two, Anoka tri ed va liantl y to ca tch th e two leade rs w ith Jay Hogvik 's 8.45 o n trampolin e, Bri an Bennett 's 8.0 on the parallel bars, Tim Lege r's 8.35 and Steve Schwa ndt 's 8.1 in tumbling lea ding the way. But, it was to no ava il as Ano ka finished third in th e meet with an exce llent team sco re of 148.80.

Thi s marked th e fourth straight year the teams from Arm stron g and Cooper had fought it out fo r tea m laurels at th e sta te meet. Cooper wo n th e meet in 1970 and '71 w ith A rmstrong w inning in '72 and thi s year.

Th e all-around champio n was also

determined during the fi rst two sessions w ith senior Greg Johnson (A rmstrong) winn in g w ith a sco re of 36.20 for th e five Olympic events (M inneso ta does not have va ulting and does not cou nt trampo li ne or tumblin g toward th e all around). Johnson was closely fo llQwed by junior Paul Lid een (Brookl yn Center) who was also the stat e parallel bar champion, w ith an all­around sco re of 35.25. In third p lace was Ri ck Cossette (Robbi nsdale) w ho moved up three positions from th e first sess ion to finish w ith a sco re of 34 .5.

Saturday night at 7:30 th e indi vidua l finals were held w ith the top ten individuals on each piece qualifyi ng. Th e ca liber of Minnesota gymnastics ha s great ly improved over the pa st few yea rs as evidenced by th e high m arks needed to qualify for the va rious events in th e indiv idua l final s. With th e exception of th e pommel ho rse, a mid-seven sco re or higher was needed to qualify for the fin als.

Especiall y good qual i ty was seen in floor exe rci se, trampoline and tumbling with at leas t eight of th e co nt es tant s scor ing 8.0 or hi gher. Th e best singl e performance was done by Paul Zaka ri asen (SI. Louis Park) on the trampoline with a score of 9.0 in the pre li minaries and a 8.85 in the fina ls for a total of 17.85.

The gymnasts on the sti ll rings also showed excellent tech nique and routines. Greg Johnson (A rmstrong), the defending state champion on th e rings, used straight arm work, but had som e trouble with his full twisting dismount to sco re 8.5 and 8.4 for a total of 16.9 and third p lace. Tim Baardson (Cooper) scored 8.6 and 8.65 for second place. Teammate Dennis Ripiczinski (Cooper) using straight arm work scored 8.6 and 8f for a total of 17.3 and the state championship. Results: Team: Region 7 - Armstron~. (A) 158.55; Region 6 - Cooper (C) 155.50; Region 4 - Anoka (An) 148.80; Region 1 - Fairmont (F) 136.25; Region 3 - Alexander Ramsey (AR) 134.10; Region 2 - SI. Paul Johnson (SPJ) 110.60; Reg ion 8 - Moorhead (M) 106.20; Reg ion 5 - Minneapolis Henry (MH) 85.50. AA: Greg Johnson (A) 36.2; Paul Lideen (Brook lyn Central) 35.25; Rick Cassette (Robbinsdal e) 34.5 . FX: Randy DeBruyn (C) 17.15 ; Mark Hend ricks (New U lm) 16.95; Steve Schwandt (An) 16.60. PH: Pat O'Rourke (C) 14.05; Bill Birosh (C) 14.00; Bob Waldron (Austin) 13.55. R: Denni s Ripiczinski (C) 17.3; Tim Baardson (C) 17.25; Johnson 16.9. PB : Lideen 17.25; Johnson 16.5; Brian Bennett (An) 16.35. HB: John Fjellanger (Pipestone) 16.55; Greg La rso n (A) 16.4; Bill Abelson (Park Center) 16.0. Tr: Paul Zakar ia sen (St. Louis Park) 17.85 ; Johnson (Edina West) 17.10; Jeff Bi ea n (B loomington Kennedy) 17.05. Tu: DeBruyn 17.5; Mike Levieri (A) 16.9; Gary Stinson (B loomington Lincoln) 16.5. Winning Routines: FX: Randy DeBruyn (Cooper): RO, ff, full , ff , Swed ish fall , leg ci rcl e to reverse prone; back extension to split s, stiff-stiff press to handstand; RO, side flip, Swedish fall , turn to va ldez position; va ldez to handstand ; front somie walkout, handspring, front somi e, forward roll, front somie; turn , RO, ff, back, ff , back. PH: Pat O ' Rourke (Cooper): Czechkehre mount on end, circle, kehre in , c ircle, circle, Russ ian wende swi ng, circle, c ircl e, downhill travel to kehre in (tramlot), circle, single leg cut, front scisso rs (2) , single leg cut, reverse scissor, c ircl e, circ le, circ le, downhill travel, 5chwabenflanke dismount. R: Dennis Ripiczinski (Cooper): Straight pull through inverted position, dislocate, di slocate, st raight arm shoot to handstand, giant swi ng forward, straight body back roll to cross, pull through back leve r, straight body inlocate, rear uprise to L support, straight body press to handstand, J/4 giant, disloca te, doub le back di smount.

PB: Paul Lideen (Brooklyn Center): on the end of th e bars: Jump to g lide kip , straddle cut leg cut and catch to support, cast-catch, swing pirouette, stutz, cast catch , double leg cut to L support , stiff- stiff press, back sa ito to suppo rt , cast, gl ide kip, front som ie dismount. HB: John Fjellanger (Pipestone): Stem me, gia nt (f ront ), stoop to ea gles (2) , hop to front giant, stall to va ult, kip, front hip circle with grip change, J/4 giant , hop cha nge to direct free hip, pop, back giant, blind swi tch , front giant , p irouette, back g iant, undersw ing to forward sa ito in tucked position. Tr: Paul Zakariasen (St. Louis Park): Half-in , half -out ; double twist ; double twist ; back somie; fliffis out ; double twist; double back somie; rud o lph ; back som ie; l- J/4 front somie in pik e position , rudolph. Tu: Randy DeBruyn (Cooper): 1. RO, ff, full , ff , back, back. 2. Front somie walkout , RO, If, back somie w ith Yl twist walkout, handspring front somie. 3. RO, ff , back, ff, back , ff , back, back, back.

• • • 5 RegiOn Five

Region 5 - South Dc:a.ota. Kdnsas, Mis· 100r/, N.&,u ... North. D"o'" OUU'O'"4

KANSAS STATE HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS by Dick Swindler

Vice President Kansas Gymnastics Association

The Kansas State High School Act iv iti es Association held two state championships in gymnastics this year because of the increase in participation by schools. One was held for schools with enrollment above 1,500 and th e other for schools with enrol lment less than 1,500. Competition was excellent in both meets with Lawrence High School winning its 10th straight title and number 13 out of 14 years of competition. Their score of 133.71 (Usua l NCAA scoring plus all-around average) se t a new state record . The first winner of th e additional meet was Salina South scoring a fine 124.21. Following are the top three sco rers per event combining the two meet results as well as the routine thrown by th e number one gymnast li sted . LHV: Sean Williams (Lawrence) 17.40, John Stones (Tokeka Washburn Rural) 17.40, Ma rk Daniels (Lawrence) 17.15. FX: Terry Neustrum (Salina South) 16.90, Phil Gish (Shawnee Mission North) 16.45, Les Kerr (Lawrence) 16.35. PH: Hadley Warwick (Shawnee Mission East) 15.45, Kevin Reilly (Sa lina South) 14.90, Kurt Schaake (Lawrence) 12.25. HB: Dave Dowd y (Sa lina South) 16.10, Les Kerr (Lawrence) 15.40, Mark McCalmon (Shawnee Mission East) 15.40. PB: Jack Va lli s (Sa lina South) 16.35, Dave Crough (Salina South) 15.25, Dale Bahnmier (Lawrence) 15.20. SR: Tom Ludwick (Wich ita Southeast) 15.75, Bill Harris (Salina South) 14.95, Tom Hadsall (Shawnee Mission West) 14.65. AA: Les Kerr (Lawrence) 39.60, Mark McCalmon (Shawnee Mission East) 39.20, Tom Had sa ll (S haw nee M ission West) 38.30. Teams: Lawrence, 133.71; Sa li na South, 124.21 ; Shawnee Mi ss io n Ea st, 120.33; Shawnee Mission West , 119.23, Washburn Rural , 119.05; Olathe, 119.04. Winning Routines: LHV: Sean Williams: (Junior) Tsukahara - 8.70. FX: Terry Neustrum: (Sophmore) Two steps to full twisting dive roll , jump in place with y, turn, jump back to momentary handstand lowering to front support, flex hips to side splits. Straight arm press to handstand. Lower to stand facing diagonal, Three steps to RO, ff, fu ll twistin g

back somersa ult , back roll extensio n with YB turn loweri ng to stand facing side, two steps to tucked front som ersault , forward roll to erect stand , kick to mornentary handstand th en inloca te shoulde rs to back support, immedia te di sloca te through momentary handstand, step out with % turn , three steps to RO , ff, pik ed back dismount. - 8.55. PH: Hadley Warwick: (Se nior) Dreflanke immediate travel to end, schwabenflanke, ba ck stockli to sadd le, ci rc le, moore, circle, break on back, left leg ove r to forward sc issor right , forward sc isso r left, forward scisso r right , left leg over left pommel, right leg back ove r right pommel , reverse scisso r left , b reak back into ci rcles, circle, travel to end immediate wend e dismount. - 8.00. HB: Dave Dowdy: (Junior) Swing in ove r ~r i p , to undergrip fr ee kip to handstand , giant, roll hands one at a time to eag le grip , two eagles, hop to under grip, giant, pirouette , gia nt , cross to o ne hand in eagle grip, ono­va ult, swing in overg rip, kip to support, place toes on bar unde rsw in g and cast to front somersault. - 8.05. PB: Jack Vallis: (Sophmore) Glide k ip reverse straddle cut on end, cast catch cut L. Hollowback. Cast to underarm , backuprise straddle cut , back stu tz, la yilway, front upri se swing handstand. Back toss dismount. - 8.35. SR: Tom Ludwick : (Senior) Dislocate shoot handstand. Back giant. Lower to iron cross. Inlocate, backuprise to L-support. Hollowbck. Drop to backuprise, back roll to stradd le dismount. - 8.00.

• • NORTH DAKOTA STATE GIRL'S GYMNASTIC

CHAMPIONSHIP February 25-26, 1973

Seventeen teams co mpeted in the meet. The winners are as follows: Team: Fargo South High 171.65, Di ck inson High 160.25, Jamestown High 146.70. We have three divisions at out State Meet. Th e winners are as follows: Novice division: AA: Naida Lindsay (Fargo South) 26.15, V: Kar li n Jesperson (Dickinson) 5.65; BB : Karen Zimerman (jam estown) 6.0; UPB: Nancy Pollock (Fargo SoUlh).6.5. I+. Mary Moores (Jam estown) 5.0. Intermediate division: AA: Marcia Urban (Fargo South) 28.9; V: Barb Ziez ,(Fargo South) 7.05 ; BB: Marcia Urban (Fargo South) 6.9; UPB: Marcia ' Urban (Fargo South) 8:5; I+. Ann Rasmusson (Mi not) 7.83 . Advanced division: AA: Tra'I=Y Gunkleman (Fargo South) 33.15, Linda Basar~ba. (Dick inso n ) 32.25, Kathy Su lliva n (jamestown) 31.2; V: Tracy Gunk leman (Fargo South) 8.725; BB: Lind a Basaraba (Dick inso n) 7.95; UPB: Tracy Gunkleman (Fargo South) 8.65 ; FE: Lind a Basaraba (Dick in son) 8.65.

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t; RegiOn S~ Region 6 - ArJrcmsas, New Mexico, Texas.

TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

JOHN H. REAGAN HIGH SCHOOL, AUSTIN TEXAS

April 27-28, 1973 Brian Schenk meet director

Thirt y-seven high schaa ls were represented by 160 high schaal ath letes at th e seventh Te xas High Schaa l Gymnastics Champianshi ps held April 27 and 28 at Jahn H. Reagan High Schaal in Austin. L.D . Bell High Schaal af Hurst and Richland Hi gh Schaal af Fart Warth repea ted as state champia n teams, w ith Austin Reagan as bay's runner-up , and Amarilla Tascasa as g irl s runner-up.

State campu lsary exe rcises were judged in th e Friday afte rnaan sessian , and aptianals judged an Saturday marning, determining team tat als, all araund ran kings, and tap six individ ual s for th e finals. Fallawing the grand parade at th e apening af th e finals, the mare than 1,000 spectatars we re treated to. twa dauble backs an the flaar by the bays, flip­flaps an the beams, and sa ltas an the unevens by the g ir ls. State Gymnastic Caaches Assaciatian Pres ident Emil Milan af Hurst Bell was hanared far his se rvice to. the Assaciatian and Bill Crenshaw of Nissen Carparatian received a pl aq ue far Gearge Nissen 's cantr ibutian s to. th e develapment af hi gh schaal gymnastics in Texas.

Twa complete panels af wamen 's judges and twa camp lete pane ls af men 's judges, including 11 natian all y certified judges, were used, with a total af faur events ga ing on at ane time. Superiar judges included: Lauan ne Rogers, Tulsa, Oklahama; Allen Crane, Fart Worth; Dick Swindler, La w rence, Kansas; and Bob Manning, Lawrence, Kansas. Campulsary and aptianal sess ians lasted about five haurs each, with abautl45 competitors per event.

Fi ve regianal qualifying meets were held priar to th e State m eet at Eul ess, Callege Station , San Antania, EI Paso. and Abilene. Two tea ms, three all-arounds, and six indi vidual s per event thus qualified in each regian far hanors at the state meet. Team members nat qualifi ed far medals competed in the sta te meet far tea m paints anly. Girls Results: Team: North Garland 164.2; Amarillo Tascosa 162.15; Austin Reaga n 160.6; San Angelo Central 158.75. AA: Dawn Helms (NG) 62.3; Raberta Mann (Haustan Westbury) 59.9; Chris Cawan (R ichland) 59.35. B: Helms (NG) 22.25. V: Helms (NG) 24.95. UPB: Leslie Elstan (AT) 22.2. FX: Li sa Martin (NG) 24.5.

Boys Results: Team: L.D. Bell , Hurst 264.8; Jah n H. Reagan , Austin 250.9; Central High, San Ange la 249.65; Caaper Hi gh, Abil ene 232.5; Trinit y High, Euless 230.25; EI Paso. Isleta 162.85; Odessa High 149.6. AA: M ike Wilsan (NG) 96.65; Danavan Sparhawk (AC) 96.1 ; Dick Hancack (AR) 89 .8. FX: M ike Wilsan (NG) 26.4. PH: W ilsan 20 .0. HB: Wil san 24.45. V: Dick Hancock (AR) 26.3. PB: Donavan Sparhawk (AC) 24.7. R: Rick y Agui rre (SAC) 26.5.

• • • ., ReUion Seven

Region 7 - Arizona. Coloraao, Montana, Utah, Wyoming.

1973 ARIZONA HIGH SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Report by Steve Isham, Phoenix, Az.

Th e State meet was he ld in Prescatt , A ri zo na. The meet ran ve ry slaw ly because af judging prablems. But despite the judging and slaw ness a f the meet, th e gym nasts did autstandi ng jabs.

In the team campetitian, Caranada wan w ithaut much appasitian. Th e autstanding performances af Gary Adrig, Dan Stanley, and a perfarmer wham I wa s mast impressed w ith Frank Cardella , and th e coaching af Harvey Plant were the reasans for th e easy team w in by Caranada a f Scattsdale, Ariz.

Other fine perfarm ances were gi ven by Jeff Everett, Chuck Steigall , Jeff Lagan, and Rick Bl yth. All in all it was a gaod yea r far hi gh schaa l gymnastics in A ri zona. Results: Team: Caranada (C) 132.46; Tu csan (T) 118.82; Prescatt (P) 114.24. AA: Gary Adr ig (C) 7.35 avg; Dan Stanley (C) 6.63 avg; Dennis Ortiz (T) 6.41. FX: Fran k Cardella 8.65; Rich Shelda n (Pa lo Yerde) 8.3; Adrig 7.95. PH: Jeff Everett 8.05 ; Albert Kazal 6.7; Jeff Bleakney 6.55. R: Jeff Lagan 8.55; Rabert Patze 8.40; Stanley 8.25. TR: Ti e between Jim Nelson and Tim Rabbins ; ti e between Rick Lyfard and Rick Wa ldeck. PB: Ortiz 8.10; Jim Juvera 7.95; Cardella 7.70. HB: Rick Blyth 8.25; Adrig 8.05; Cardella 7.75.

•• AAA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS STATE

GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS May 4-5, 1973

Coronado High School, Scottsdale, Az.

Two divisianals are held a week befare the state meet-ane in Tucsa n, and ane in the Phaenix area. The top five in each even t, and th e tap five all ara unds in each div isian advance to. th e state m eet.

The team champianship is decided by the tatal of the sca res accu mulated by each team 's m embers who. have qualified. Th e w inning team this yea r had 2 gi rl s qua lify in all faur

1973 Texas High School Gymnastic Coaches .Association All State Team. L-R: Donovan Sparhawk, Abilene Cooper; Dick Hancock, Austin Reagan; Ricky Aquirre, Central High-San Angelo; Raul DeAnda, Central High­San Angelo; Mike Wilson, North Garland; Danny Morris, Hurst Bell; Caesar Garcia, Hurst Bell; Randy Hairston, Hurst Bell; Lisa Martin, North Garland; Roberta Mann, Houston Westbury; Chris Cowan, Richland High; Dawn Helms, North Garland; Leslie Elston, Amarillo Tascosa.

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events, and 1 girl qualified in twa events. Campulsory exercises were perfarmed an

the fir st even ing, and ,aptional scares we re added to. th ese the next day. Results: Team: Saguaro, Scattsdale 160.60; Rincan , Tucsan 11 5.60. AA: Jeanette Christensan (R incan ) 66.85 ; Rabin Maish (Sag uaro. ) 65.85; Karen Chri sten san (R inca n) 64.15. FX: Sa ll y Hayt (Saguaro) 16.70; Shell ey Bristaw (Caranada) ; tie-Jeannette Chr istensan, Kitty Ken ned y (Su nn yslope). BB: Karen Christensan 16.75; Jean nette Chri stensan; Kitt y Kennedy. SHY: Robin Ma ish 17.70; Pam Le Van (Saguara); Debby Caaper (Catalina). UPB: Jeannette Christen san 16.85; Rabin Maish; Karen Chri stensan.

• • COLORADO HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS STATE

GYMNASTICS MEET by Pat Druggan

Bear Creek High Schaal paced by juniars Ruth Dahnerand Ma rcia Cheseb ro. , dominated the Ca larada High Schaal Act ivit ies Assac iat ion Girls ' State Gymnastics m eet. Dahner and Chesebro placed first and secand respectivel y in th e advanced al l-around campet iti an . Raby Ragers af Baulder High Schaal led the interm ed iate all-araunders, fallawed by M ickey Shull af Bear Creek and Karen Perkins af Wassan.

Bear Creek qualified eight girls far the state meet and all eight managed to take hame medals. They captured a tatal af 19 places. Adams Cit y was secand in tatal places wit h fi ve. A tatal of 130 gymnasts representing 50 schoals taak part in th e meet. Results: Advanced All-Around: Ruth Dahner (Bear Creek) 66.70; . Marcia Chesebro (BC) 61.95; Grace Francel (Pu eb lo. Central) 61.90. BB : Dohner, Debbie Gahagan (Adams City), Linda Minihan (Air Academy). FX: Dahner, Chesebro., Francel. UPB: Dahner, Robbie Brawn (Ga lden), Jack ie Bartley (Wassan). V: Da hn er, Chesebro. , M inihan . Intermediate All-Around: Roby Ragers (Baulder) 59.70; Mickey Shull (BC) 57.55 ; Karen Perkin s (W) 57.55. BB: Ragers, Kathleen Haimes (BC) , Chri s Trowski (AC). FX: Ha imes, Claudette Thamas (BC)' Carol Hancock (Lakewoad). UPB: Kim Keelan (Ab raham Lincaln) , ,Bilrb MacKenzig . . (Fairview) , Missy Maare (L). V: Beth Burgesan (BC), Ja dy Dallas (Jeffersan), Jan Foresch (Ca ran ada).

•• 1973 MONTANA HIGH SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

In th e fifth annual Mantana State Gymnastics Champianships, the Billings West High Schaal girl s grabbed their faurth title by accumulating 165.5 paints, w hil e Kalispell finished seca nd w ith 152.5 points, and Billings Seniar High Schaal third w ith 148.65 paints.

Juli e Peden (B illings West) captured th e floar ex. titl e, w hil e the uneven bars, balance beam, and all-araund titles we nt to. Jan Madel (B illings West). Cathy Searight (G rea t Fall s) taak the va ulting han a rs.

In the men 's campet itian, Billings Seniar was first w ith 265.4 points, Kalispell pl aced second w ith 237.9 paints, and Missaula Hellga te was third wit h 215.65 paints.

Th e men 's indi vidual ha nars were as fallaws: AII-Araund - Bruce Hall (CM Russell) ; Va ulting - Daug Pet ersan (M issau la Sentinel); Parallel Bars - Pete Naudit t (Missau la Sentinel); Rings­Pat Neilsan (Ka li spe ll ); Side Harse - rim Dapp (Ka li spe ll ); Flaar Exercise - Bruce Cranstan (Billings Seniar); Ha ri zon tal Bar - Les Smith (B illings Seni a r).

Both compulsory and optional routines we re performed to refl ec t the all-around and team sco res, and the indiv idual finalists were scored on a basis of an ave rage of the C&O and the addition of a seco nd optional performance. The girls compulsory routines were the DGWS Intermediate leve l, w hile the USGF Group II routines were the men 's compulsories. Girls: Team: Billings West (BW) 165.5, Kalispell (K) 152.5, Billings Senior (BS) 148.65, Butte (B) 126.35, Great Falls (GF) 126.15, Charles M Ru sse ll (CMR) 106.1.AA: Jan Model (BW) 58.95, Debbi e Rose (CM R) 53.25, Cynde Sanders (CMR) 52.9, Cathy Searight (GF) 51 .3, Kari Neuman (K) 48.95, Misty Lehman (MS) 48.0. BB:Jan Model (BW) 15.15, Meridee Crowder (BW) 14.675, Te resa A xe (K) 13.7, Trici a Henderson (BW) 13.6, Maureen Wallace (A) 13.025. FX: Julie Peden (BW) 15.95, Jan Model (BW) 15.675, Jacquie Rom (BS) 15.2, Chris Schroeder (BW) 14.55, Anna Miller (GF) 14.35. UPB: Jan Model (BW) 15.975, Cathy Searight (GF) 15.025, Cynde Sanders (CMR) 14.875, Jan Rohrer (K) 14.55, Kari Neumann (K) 14.225. V: Cathy Searight (GF) 15.1 75, Jan Model (BW) 15.025, Patty Sidor (G F) 14.6, Cynde Sanders (CMR) 14.325, Carmin Marko (GF) 14.175. Boys: Team: Billings Sen ior (BS) 265.45, Kalispell (K) 237.90, Missoula Hellgate (M H) 198.25, Billings West (B W) 198.25, Missoula Sentinel (MS) 190.2. AA: Bruce Hall (CMR) 84.8, Merle Mauch (BS ) 83.8, Jeff Arestad (K) 80.5, Curt Nagashima (BW) 78.0, Pete Nauditt (MS) 74.75. V: Doug Peterso n (MS) 17.55, Boyd Burnett (BS) 17.225, Merle Mauch (BS) 17.125, Tim Cranston (BS) 16.875, Dan Neff (K) 16.4. PB: Pete Nauditt (MS) 14.1 , Bernie Lewis (BS) 13.925, Jeff Ares tad (K) 13.55, Curt Nagashima (BW) 13.4, Boyd Burnett (BS ) 13.275. R: Pat Neilson (K) 16.25, Jeff Arestad (K) 15.425, Tim Cranston (BS) 15.2, Lloyd Howell (K) 15.075, Bruce Hall (CMR) 13.075. PH: Tim Dopp (K) 14.925, Dave Stang (M H) 13.775, Bernie Lew is (BS) 13.225, Denni s Reehberg (BW) 12.9, Dave Larson (BW) 12.6. FX: Bruce Cranston (BS) 15.4, Curt Littl e (K) 15.275, Bruce Hall (CM R) 14.75, Curt Nagashima (BW) 14.45, Dan Neff (K) 14.45. HB: Les Smith (BS) 15.725, Merle Mauch (BS) 13.85, Bruce Hall (CM R) 13.75, John Moverly (GF) 13.7, Tim Ketterling (BS) 13.225.

The 1973 Montana State H.S. Gymnastics meet was held March 2-3, 1973 at Billin gs West High School , Billings Montana. Meet Director was Ja cq ue Spaulding .

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Bear Creek High School Girls Team - Colorado.

Billings West H.S. Girls Team - 1973 Montana Team Champions.

;~ ReDiOn EiDhl Region 8 - Alaska, California, Hcuvaii, Nev­ada, Idaho, Ore Jon, Wamington .

OREGON HIGH SCHOOL BOYS GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHip

March 2, 1973 South Eugene High School

by Dick Foxal

O ver 2,000 peop le packed into th e South Eugene Hi gh Sch oo l gym to w itness w hat proved to be one of the closest state gymn asti cs meets in Oregon 's hi sto ry. After the four district meets, a to tal of eight teams qualifi ed for th e sta te finals. Th e defending sta te champion, South Eugene lost it s district titl e to Churchill High School for th e first time in ten years but was back as district runn er-up to try and take its 10th sta te title in 11 yea rs. Other team qualifi ers we re : Parkrose, Dav id Douglas, Crant, Jackso n, McNary, anu Corva l!i s.

After the first two events were comple ted , th e top three ranked tea ms in th e sta te - South Eugene, Churchill , and Parkrose pulled away from th e rest of th e fi eld. Th e tea m titl e wasn' t deci ded until the last routin e in the last event ­th e Still Rings. A respectab le showing in the face of Churchill 's 1-2 finish in th e rings enab led South Eugene to h~n g o n to victo ry by 13/ 100 of a point (135 .87 to 135.74) uve r Churchill. Parkrose finished third in the co mpet iti o n w ith 128 .38.

Th ere were many outstanding indi vidual performances in th e meet. Churchill freshman, Jim Kelch , dominated th e competition by winning th e alr-arounu and three events outright, tying sophomore tea mmate Dou g Grava tt in another, and finishing second in th e meet 's othe r two events. Park rose senio r Bruce Nashif ca me in second in th e all-around and did an outstanding floor exercise routine in w inning tha t event. Springfield 's Bill Ledbetter won th e va ulting event. Mark Toya ma also turned in an exce ll ent performance w ith a third in th e all-around and second place finish in parall el bars and hori zontal bar. Results: Team: South Eugene (S E) 135.87; Churchill (Ch) 135.74; Parkrose (P) 128.38; David Dougl as (DD) 114.17; Grant (G) 107.77; Ja ckson (I ) 105.83;

H.S. Reports continued on Pg. 22

Billings Senior High School Boys Team - 1973 Monta~a Team Champions.

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Camps & Clinics

CARA V AN OF CAMPS This year Carava n o f Camps o nce again

t raveled throughou t the Southwes t regio n of the country providin g hundreds of chi ldren and even coaches w ith quality instructi o n f rom to p coaches and teachers.

Ru sty Mitchell , Wendy C luff, Dave Th o r, Tom Hein eike, Bob Ch ilders, Delene Darst, and Ca th y McG ratlin were just a few o f the staff members w ho joi ned th e Carava n w h ich set up ca mps in Sa nta Fe, New Mex ico, Roswe ll , NM and Ca nyo n, Texas.

One o f th e highli gh ts o f th e Sa nta Fe stop was th e " Elite" ca mp, crea ted to p rov ide ve ry adva nced gymnasts an oppo rtunit y to wo rk exclusive ly on "E lit e" ski lls. The low student-instructo r rati o (3 to 1) all owed mo re ind ividual atten t io n.

Tom Heineike and Cathy McGratlin, Caravan of Camps. Ph o to by l arry Bilharlz • • FLATHEAD GYMNASTICS CAMPS

Approximately 150 children from 10 stales were enro ll ed in th e .third annual Fl ath ead Gymnasti cs Ca mp held fro m August 19 to 26 nea r Flathead Lake in Weste rn Montana.

Stormy Eaton -- instructor, Caravan 01 Camps.

Th e ca mp also o ffe red a coaches wo rkshop on August 18th w ith instructi o n and lectu res by the sa me staff th at would handle the p rogram du ring the seven days of ca mp.

Enro llmen t fo r the ca mp was more th an do uble that o f prev io us yea rs.

Ca mp direc to r was Hal Halvo rson.

• • CAMP GYMNAST

A bea uti fu l se ttin g, an exce ll e nt student-teacher rati o, and ve ry fin e instru cto rs we re some of th e reasons for the success o f thi s yea r 's Camp Gymnast held nea r Lake Bi g Bear in Southern Cali fo rnia from June 25-July2.

Sponso red by GYMNAST magaL ine the camp wa s under th e direc ti o n o f fo rm er UCLA A ll Ameri ca n A I Luber and fea tured instru cti o n by Rodney C. Hill , o ne of th e 1972 women' s Ol ymp ic coaches. H is w ife Debbi e also att ended the ca mp and vol un teered her tim e to he lp w ith much of the fl oo r exercise and ba lance bea m inst ru cti o n.

Nex t yea r the o rga ni ze rs o f Ca mp Gymn ast ho pe to move th e ca mp back to Ca talina Island w ith ex pand ed fac iliti es and eve n mo re instructo rs. • •

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH A Clinic Report

by Dr. Douglas Bartz

University of Wyoming

The Unive rsity of Wyoming, Eas te rn M ontana State Co ll ege and th e Rocky Mountain Schoo l of Gymn as ti cs sponsored three gymn as ti cs c lini cs, a wee k-l o ng ca mp, and three exhibiti o ns du ring a bri ef two-week per iod in June. Afte r 100 hours o f gymnasti cs and some 1,600 mil es o f trave l cra mmed into 14 days, I fo r o ne was rea dy for a rest.

Th e nucleus o f o ur trave ling staff ro ll ed into Laramie on M ay 31 and found o ur fresh mo untain air cl ea n and in vigoratin g. It was n 't until th e cl ini c was underway th at th e effect o f Laram ie's eleva ti on was no ted. A t 7,200 fee t th e air is th in and oxygen debt is easy to obtai n.

Th e Cowboy State was ho no red to have at th eir second annual gy mnasti cs clini c M ark Davis, fo rm er SI U stud ent ; Ne il Schmidt , ass istant coach at th e Uni versity o f Iowa; Su e Sh aw, Eas tern Montana State Co ll ege women's coach, and seve ral oth er gymnasts fro m acro ss th e .co untry. A two-day clini c for boys and a three- day cli nic fo r girl s drew over 130 parti cipants f ro m Wyo min g, Nebraska, and Montana. Th e highli ght o f the clini c was a pu b li c ex hibiti on by th e clinic staff and stu den ts. Gymnasti cs is still in its in fa ncy in Wyomi ng. To see national ca liber ro utines was an eye-o pening expe ri ence fo r bo th spectato rs and aspiring yo ung gymnasts. Toping o ff th e show to th e d eli ght o f eve ryo ne was M ark 's co medy rin g ro utine and high bar d ismounts-­" Did yo u see that? He we nt around three tim es' " Personally, I was most impressed by th e

,ent husias m fo r learn ing shown by students and staff-gymn as ts working togeth er.

A ft er six days in Larami e, bags we re packed and sleeping bags ro ll ed for th e trip to M o ntana. In Billin gs we in vaded th e ho me of Jay and Sue Sh aw, two enthusias ti c yo ung coaches dedi ca ted to th e pro mo ti o n o f gymnasti cs at all levels. Th e q ua lit y o f perfo rmance shown by th e clini c pa rti c ipants in Billings indi ca tes th at loca l gymn as ts are being taught by instru cto rs w ho kn ow th eir bas ics and how to teach th em.

On th e second day at th e clini c several staff

Among th e 30 staf f members we re O lympian Linda M eth eny, Dick M ul vihill , o ne o f th e 1972 wo men's Ol ympic tea m coaches and Sadao Hamad a, head coac h at Stanfo rd Uni ve rsit y. Rod Hill, lecturing, at Camp Gymnast, Lake Big Bear, California.

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Rocky Mountain School of Gymnastics Camp, Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

members were treated to an excitin g lunch break. If yo u 've ever been to Bil li ngs, you 've seen the hi gh rock cl iffs that surround th e tow n. Well , we had lunch on top of those rocks and th en rappel led 80 feet down th e cliff face. Th e trip ba ck up th e cli ff was even m ore " fun " w hen we m et a rattl e snake. He th ough t th e path belonged to him, but was foo led w hen it rained rocks for at least fi ve minutes . A porcupine also chall enged our prese nce o n " hi s" rocks but soon gave up and we headed back to th e clini c, ju st a li ttle late.

I think it was in Billin gs that the staff p icked up i ts ni ck name. Ri ch Kenney (who jo ined us in Billin gs) and Mark we re talking about trave ling arou nd th e country, stay ing w ith va riou s people, living out o f knapsacks and putt ing on clini cs ju st like a bunch o f Gypsies, thu s ou r nickname - " Gym Gypsies" .

Soon th e " Gym Gyps ies " loaded up, thank ed th e Shaws fo r th eir hospitalit y and headed for Steamboat Sp ri ngs, Co lorado. In Stea mboat Sp rin gs, th e camp was held at the Sca ndinavia n Lodge located next to some of th e most bea uti ful ski slopes in Co lo rado. Th e camp was d irec ted by Vicki Rugh and jea n ne Lodwick. Frances A ll en, Un ive rsit y of Nebraska and Les ley Ogg, Denver School of Gym nas ti cs jo ined th e "Gym Gyps ies" to ro und out th e staff.

Th e week in Co lorado was enjoya ble fo r all despit e rain w hich hampered ou tdoor acti v it ies on th e last two da ys. W ith some quick modificatio ns of p lans, instru cti on went o n w ithout any loss of time. The greates t amou nt of modifi ca ti on came in th e ex hibiti o n. But w here th ere 's a gymn as t or two and an audience, the show w i ll go on. Tumb li ng an d floor exercise p redominated w ith a di spla y of aer ials, alternates, fal ls, double fa ll s and double back s.

Th e two week tour o f Wyomin g, Co lo rado, and Montana by th e " Gym Gypsies " ended w ith p lans for expa nd ing nex t yea rs ac ti viti es . We wou ld li ke to add a co uple more cl ini cs in the Rocky Mounta in area. Th ere 's no thin g like a " Rocky Mountain High " .... Try it and yo u ' ll agree. • •

7th ANNUAL SUMMER INSTITUTE OF WOMEN'S

GYMNASTICS Terre Haute, Indiana, July 17August 7, 1973

by Margit Treiber Ind iana Sta te U ni ve rsity held its seventh

ANNUAL SUMMER INSTITUTE OF WOMEN 'S GYM ASTICS in Ter re Haute, Indiana, from jul y 17 - August 7, 1973 . Thi s ISU Insti tute is held eve ry summer w ith a large attendance of wo men's coaches coming from man y states of th e USA. Th is year th ere were 52 partic ipants co ming from as far as Hawa ii to Connect icut.

The uniqueness of this wo rkshop li es in th e fact th at th e 72 hou rs of lec tures and demonstrat ions are co nducted by a se lec ted faculty of six o r seven people all known as th e nat ion 's outstand ing speciali sts. Many top ics are taught by two different lecturers giv ing a w ide ra nge of app roach to coaching.

Th e Institut e is always atten ded by teachers who are tak ing it for grad uate credit on th e Master 's leve l (t hree hours) and by coaches who are n ot seeki ng credit , only th e knowl ed ge o f th e spor t. Th e onl y prereq ui sit e is to be ove r 18 years old , as th e prog ram aims to teach coaches, teachers, and judges instead of improv in g on th e skill s of young gymnasts.

This year's facult y included: Mrs. Delene Darst - FIG judge & USGF

Chairman fo r judges training. Delene wo rk ed w ith th e three leve ls o f com pul so ri es fo r judging and coac hing.

Mrs. Margit Treiber - FIG judge and coach wo rked o n th e judging of optional routines and on th e o rga ni za ti on of m eets.

Miss Sarah Brumgart - Na ti ona l Modern Rh ythmi c Gymn as ti cs Champion of 1973 and dance specialist in troduced Modern Rh ythmi c Gymnasti cs compulso ri es and tau ght movement and compositi on for fl oo r exe rcise and beam.

Dr. Glenn Wilson - Gym Master Co. Ta ught th e progress ion fo r tw istin g.

Mr. Roger Counsil - ISU men 's coach. Tau ght th e " differences in tw istin g techniques and spotting. "

Mr. Tom Heineike - coach from W ichita , Kan sas gave much info rmation on adva nce tumblin g, ba r and va u Iti ng ma ki ng th e complex moves simple for all.

Mr. Fritz Reiter - Coach from Va n Nuys gave biomechani ca l ana lys is o n superior moves and many o ri ginal progress io ns o n how to coach and spot w ith th e strength of the wo me n for adva nced moves. Turn ed frustrat ion into fun!

Th e In stitut e was vo ted by th e peopl e in attendance as th e most outstanding wo rkshop of all tim e. Th e fee fo r a person from out of sta te was $105. Th e superb ho using w ith food cos ti ng on ly $34.70 per wee k.

Th e 1974 Institut e w ill be held at th e sa me tim e - approxima tely from mid -jul y to Augu st 7. Those w ho are interested in hav ing a most excitin g lea rning experi ence co nducted by mas ter teachers, onl y for adults, and to have a fun fi ll ed time w hil e at ISU, co ntac t: Marg it Treiber, Director of Institut e, 180, Women 's Ph ys ica l Educa ti o n Dept. , ISU.

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Indiana State University, 7th Annual Institute of Women's Gymnastics.

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Camp Tsukara

CAMP TSUKARA by Jerry Fontana

Now in it s third season, Camp Ts ukara has been enjoyin g i ts most successfu l summer ye t. The ca mp program run s w ith three sess ions of three weeks , two weeks and three weeks. Campers ma y select any sess ion o r combinati o ns du rin g th e eigh t week program. With a capacit y o f 130 boys and gir ls some sessio ns we re fi ll ed as ea rl y as Ap ril. The program emph asizes the all -a round events w ith special co nsiderati on toward s th e technical execution of indi vidual skil ls. Modern dormit o ry facil iti es, exce ll ent food and a complete ca mping prog ram add to th e popularit y of Ca mp Tsukara . GYI'nnas ti cs faciliti es includ e a gymn asiu m complete w ith an America n fl oo r exe rcise mat, a minimum of three pieces of apparatu s for each men's and women 's events p lus enough mats, cras h pad s and landing mats to compl etely cove r th e outdoor wo rkout area.

Jerry Fontana is the Ca mp D irector. A former Nationa l Champion from Iowa State Uni versity, Mr. Fontana is pre ~ent l y th e H ead Gymnast ics Coach at Evans ton High Schoo l, in Eva nston , Illinoi s. M ike Jacki , former A ll-Amer ica n from Iowa State is th e Assista nt Director. He is also the Educatio n Direc tor fo r Ameri ca n Ath leti c Equipment Divisio n! AMF Incorporated.

The key to Tsukara 's success has to be th e excell ent sta ff that is brought togethe r each summer. Listed below are some of th e people w ho have att ended Tsukara in the pas t. MEN Bren t Simmons - USA World Team Dave t3ut zman - USA Pan Amer ica n Ga mes Gary Morava - NCAA Chamn inn

. Camp Tsukara, East Troy, Wisconsin.

Jim Stephenson - Wo rl d Uni v. Games Team

Bob Dickson - A ll Amer ica n Ted Ma rcy - Na ti o nal Champ ion WOMEN Karen Smith - Na ti onal Champion Sandy Philips - Wo rld Uni ve rsit y Games Tea m Debb ie Halle - O lympic Tr ial Fin al ist Jill Johnson - 1973 USA vs China Na ncy Thi es - 1972 O lympics Co nnie Israe l - Ol ympic Tri al Finali st

Some of th e ot her peop le w ho have att ended are : Mark Graham, Iowa State Uni vers it y; Chuck Froeming, A ll Ame ri ca n; Ray DuPlessis, Universit y of New Mexico; Gin ger Temp le, Southern Illino is Un ive rsit y; Kim Cosner, South Eas tern Loui siana Uni ve rsit y; and Kat hy Stewa rt , M cKinley YMCA, Champaign, III.

• • CAMP OF CHAMPIONS by Jim Royce

Th e " Camp of Champions" , was loca ted in th e Sangre de Christo mountains just Northwes t of Las Vegas, New M ex ico. There were 70 gymnasts in attendance and an excell ent staff of wel l known grea t gymnasts such as; Dana Shell ey (Uni ve rsit y of New M ex ico), Gary A lexa nder (A ri zona State Uni vers ity), Jon A itk en (Uni versit y of New M ex ico), Da ve Chandl er (Un iversit y of New M ex ico), and myse lf of course f rom th e Uni ve rsit y of New Mex ico and past ass istant coach at Ar izona St ate Uni ve rsit y.

Th e wee k was fun fi ll ed w ith tal ent nights, dances, films an d as many as eight hours of wo rk-ou t and instru cti o n per day.

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OUTSTANDING FACILITIES ENJOYED AT

STONY BROOK GYMNASTICS CAMP

at iona l Gymnasti cs Centers, In c. not o nl y has one highl y success fu l summer Gymn asti cs Camp in Woodward , Penn sy lva nia, but it now has a second equall y success ful ca mp in Sto ny Brook , L.I. , ew York . Th e ba sic phi losophies and educa tional proced ures of th e two ca mps are the sa me but the fac iliti es are ve ry much d ifferent.

Stony Brook is a 77 ac re ca mpu s complete w ith a new athl eti c faci lit y comprised o f an in­door swimmi ng pool and two large gym nasiums. In addit io n there are four dormito ri es, a large din ill !; ha ll , tenn is courts, f ield house and ath letic fields, all of w hich prov ide a beau tiful se tt ing in w hich ca mp acti viti es continue undisturbed rain o r shine.

A we ll ba lanced prog ram o f gymn as ti cs and ex tra curri cular act ivit ies such as art s and cra ft s, wa ter sk iing, ph o tograp hy, trips to th e beach , mov ies and specia l events have made Ston y Brook an enjoya b le experience for al l the ·U.S. and fo reign gym nasts w ho have parti cipated.

Di rector Ga ry Se ibert and Ass istant Director D ick Basciano are ve ry p leased wit h th e ca mp 's success and att r ibute most of th e cred it to an outs tanding job by th e ent i re stafr.

All are looking forwa rd to nex t summer as Stony Brook Gymnast ics Camp becomes a trad iti o n.

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Stony Brook indoor facilities,

• • GYMNASTICS

COUNTRY STYLE

By Margie Combs

A ll Ph otos by: Mark Pollock and Walt Greenberg.

Woodward Gymna sti cs Camp is locat ed in th e hea rt of Pen nsy lvania , surrounded by th e farm lands of Penns Va ll ey. Originall y a farm itse lf , th e ca mp was designed and co nstru c ted

Mike Kasavana, Prog ram Direc tor

Ed Isabelle Camp D i rector

Mike Kasavana Program Director

Mike Kelley Instru c to r

in 1971, and became an ideal place fo r gymn asti cs. Now in it s third seaso n, th e ca mp 's wee kl y enro llmen t ha s rise n to 200 campers.

Th e teaching staff is composed of co ll eg iate coach es and performers fro m various part s of the co untry. CJmp directo r and fo un der, Ed Isabelle, is the ass ista nt coach of th e Penn Sta te men 's gym nas ti c team. The gym nast ic program is direc ted by Michael Kasava na, ass istant coac h of the '73 Wom en 's Co ll eg iate champion s, the U ni ve rsit y of Massachu se tt s tea m. Master staf f in stru cto rs includ e Toby Towson, profess ional d ancer, Ma rgie Combs, co-ca ptain of the Un iversit y of Massachusetts team, Steve Lerner, o ut standing trampolini st from California , Bob Koenig, former Penn State gymnas t and Ol ympian Ma rshall Ave ne l' , plu s man y mo re co ll eg iat e gymnasts. A spec ial add iti on to th e sta ff is Jim Leo, recentl y returnin g from a year 's study of Japanese gymn as ti cs at N ihon P.E. Coll ege .

Besides th e perman ent staf f, th e ca mpers receive cl ini cs and instru ction from seve ral visit o rs such as Tom Prou lx, Bill Mitche ll , A nne Vex ler , Bob Cargill , Jon Peasenelli , John Cu lbert son an d Bob Emery, all former gymna sti c co mpetitors.

Imperat ive to th e eff icien t organ izat ion and ope ration of th e ca mp are th e bu sin ess manage r, M il es Reese , from Penn Stat e, the wa terfro nt directo r, Sue Graham from Bowl ing

Margie Combs, Women 's Prog ram D irector

Green Un iversity in Ohio, and th e faci liti es director , Tom Wel sh, from Western M ichi gan Un ive rsit y.

Classes and w orkout s continue rain or shine du e to com pl ete in door and outdoo r workout areas. Other fac iliti es inclu de a ba ll et studio, Ol ympic size swim ming pool, fu ll y equipped photo lab , vo ll ey ball area , ca feteria and cant ee n, and a ca mp store stocked w ith gym nas tic clothing , posters, and magaz in es.

Th e ca mp's teaching ph il osoph y in vo lves an equal balance of ba sics and ad vanced sk ills. Th e stru ctured morning cla sses are devot ed to ba sic moves and progr ession s, w hil e th e open afternoo n cla sses are fo r prob lem so lving and learning new moves. Dail y clinics precede th e afte rn oon wo rk o ut s, covering such subjec ts as routin e con structio n, care and prevention of injuri es, and tapin g procedures. A lso avail abl e are courses in Red Cross life savin g and gymnast ic spotting techn iques for whi ch ce rtifi ca ti o n can be obta ined .

Th e emph asis of Woodward Camp 's entire program is g reate r body awareness and th e ph ys ica l con ditioning important to gymnast ics. Throu gh the combined assets of it s staff , fac ili ti es, and acti viti es, th e ca mp stri ves to provide th e surgi ng number of gymn as ts w ith a we ll ro unded education and enjoya bl e gymna stics exper ience.

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Jim Leo, Instructor

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INTERVIEW OF THE JAPANESE HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC TEAM DURING U.S. TOUR

by Frank Endo

Q. Welcome to America. Have anyone of you ------------------___________________ -' gymnasts ever been overseas for gymnastic exhibition or competition? A. No, none of us. Thi s is o ur fir st trip to America . Our d e legation chi e f, M r. Okamu ra, has bee n in 1he States several tim es. (See M.G. Jun e -Jul y '69) Q. How was the team selected? A. We we re chose n from o ur Na tion a l Hi g h Sc hoo l Championsh ips to re present diffe re nt a reas of Ja pa n. Q. From the information received from the Japan Gymnastic Association prior to your arrival, I noted that the No.1 or No.2 gymnasts are not in your group. Why were they excluded? A. Th ey Were se n iors that g radu ate d in mid ­Ma rc h . We are a ll 11th grad e rs but after we return to Ja pan we w ill be senio rs, anu we wi ll ha ve a no th e r yea r o f hig h schoo l co mpet itio n . Q. On your first day in the States, you visited Stanford University and saw Ted Marcy working .out on the side horse. What do you gymnasts think about his work? A. He's fanta sti c! He looks better tha n any Japa nese gymnast. Pomme l horse is o ur weak es t event. How ma ny m o re a re th e re like him? Q. There are many gymnasts specializing in one or more events. Ted Marcy is probably our No.1 side horse gymnast in the cOI,mtry. How many hours do you work out daily?

A. Three to lo ur ho u rs a ft e r schoo l. We a ll ge t hom e afte r ua rk . Q. You've been in America one day now. 'What is your opinion of this country? A. Yo ur freewa ys are wiu e. Your ca rs are big. Your ho m es, bu sin ess a nu shopp in g bu iluings are co lorfu l a nu bright. Se rvin gs of foou a t th e restaura nt s a re big . We ca n ' t ea t a ll of it!

Q. All of you gymnasts are wearing the same athletic running shoes and uniforms. Did the Japan Gymnastic Association supply them? A. No, each on e o f u s had to bu y o ur own unifGrm a nd wa rm-up suit fo r thi s trip. Q. Mr. Kubo, as vice-president of your National High School Association, how many gymnasts participate in your National Championships? A. Fo rt y nin e prefecture (state) tea ms w ith four gymnasts pe r team. Two additi o na l gymnasts from each pre fecture may parti c ipa te for a tota l of 294 gymnasts. Q. Do you have compulsories in the Nationals? A. Yes. All . tea ms must go thro ug h comp ulso ri es. It takes two da ys to comp le te th e comp ulso ries. Th e n only th e top 16 tea ms proceed into th e optiona ls. Altogether the co mpet iti o n takes three da ys. Q. Does each team provide their own transportation to the Nationals? A. Yes, each sc hool finan ces the team for transport ation , hote l and mea ls. Q. Does a high school gymnast ever participate in the All-Japan Senior National Championships? A. Yes, about ten go to the Sr. Nationals but they mu st qualify and must know th e Sr. compulso ri es. Th ey wi ll be on a tea m represe nting their prefecture. Q. Goto, after watching you during your first workout I noticed that you are very good on

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L-R: Nobuyuki Kajitani, Hitoshi Aoki, Shunichi Matsumoto, Kiyoshi Goto, Yoichi Tomita, SakichiTanaka - Team leader, Ryosuke Kubo - Coach, Hirofumi Okamura - Delegation chief.

the parallel bars and high bar. You are sure to do well in the next National High School Championships. When did you start gymnastics?

A. I started in junior hi g h schoo l a nd fir st competed at the age of 14. I was not good at th e tim e but I loved gy mna sti cs . In fac t, a ll five of us started in junior high schoo l. Now in hi g h school, I ha ve a good coach . I want to w in the All-Ja pan Hi gh School Championships thi s yea r. (C hico, Ca lif.) Q. Mr. Tanaka, what is your occupation? A. I am a gymnas ti cs in stru cto r a t Takasak i Indu strial Hi g h School a nd I also am a ce rtified natio nal judge. My tea m wo n th e Na ti o na l's la st seaso n. Q. Do you have a gymnastics program throughout the entire year or is it seasonal? A. I wo rk th e gy mna sts hard a ll yea r lo ng even thou gh o ur seaso n is from May to October. Summer vaca ti on is from mid-July to th e en d of Augu st, but we co mpe te during that time. Q. How many gymnasts do you have on your team? A. Thirteen. Th ey co nsist o f Team #A a nd Tea m#B. Onl y fi ve competito rs are o n each tea m. Tea m #A is my stronges t, but Tea m #B is used w he n I ca n still defeat a wea ke r opponent. Q. How many competitions do you have in a season? A. Approxi mate ly six to seven co mpet itions wh ich in cl ud e Sta te, Reg io nal , and All-Japan. We co mpe te as a tea m a nd ma ny tea ms compete at th e sa m e tim e. All six Ol ym pi c events are run Simult aneously. Q. How many high school teams are there in your Gumma Prefecture and in all of Japan? A. The re are a pproxima te ly 20 tea ms in Gumma a nd over 1,000 in Japa n. Q. During your second exhibition here at Chico State University, you had the opportunity to actually meet, workout, and perform with an American college team for the

first time. What are your feelings about it? A. We we re surpri sed to see over 3,200 spectators co me to see us on a rainy night. We have never performed in th e evenin g because all of our compet ition s a re he ld during th e d ay. The America n gymnasts are rea ll y fri e ndl y a nd kind . (Los Ange les)

Q. Tomita, you had your first taste of competition here and yet you won the all­around championship against the Southern California All-Stars. What is your opinion of the competition? A. The atmosphe re is wo nd e rful . In Japan we co mpete o nl y as a tea m and the fee lin g of co mp e tin g as an indi vidu a l is quite different. I cons id e r myse lf lu cky. American gym na sts are rea l fr ie ndl y eve n in d e feat , and I like th e ir spirit. You r specia li sts a re ve ry impress ive. After a n Ameri ca n gymna st di smounts I was surprised to see the ha nd shakin g and back slappi ng that goes on . I li ke tha t sp irit. Th at never happens in Japa n. Q. How do you rank in the All-Japan High School Meet and what are your favorite events? A. La st August I ra nk e d third in th e All-J apan Meet. My favorite events a re hi g h bar, sid e ho rse anu parallel bars. I sco re u 9.4, 9j, anu 9.35 respec ti ve ly. Q. Tomita, you are fairly tall for a Japanese gymnast. How tall are you? A. I am 5 ft. 8 inc hes ta ll. I was th e tall est gy mna st a t th e All-J apa n High Sc hoo l Mee t. Q. Are you on any diet of any sort? A. No, I am not. I' m not particul a r about wh at I ea t. I rea ll y like yo ur orange juice a nd ice c rea m . Q. How many meets do you compete in during a season? A. Within my own prefectu re (s ta te) I have fo ur meets. In auuiti on, o ur ·team co mpetes in th e Na ti ona l Phys ica l Meet a nd th e All-Japa n Hi g h Schoo l C ha mpi o nships. I und e rsta nd th at th e American gymnas ts have more meets. I fee l

thi s is good, and I too wou ld like more compet iti on. (In LJenve r, Ju st b eto re a meet) Q. Mr. Tanaka, you have accepted to challenge, in competition, specialists selected from 47 high schools throughout the Denver and Colorado Springs areas. Why? A. Since we have already competed w ith f ive of th e co ll eg iate all-around gymn as ts in South ern Ca lifornia, I fee l th at thi s w ill be an interestin g meet. It should be a good exper ience for both tea ms. Q. Don't you feel that it is an unfair meet? A. No, I don ' t think so. Th e Amer ica n gymnasts wa nt to know how well th ey can do agai nst us. (In Denver, after the meet ) Q. Now that the meet is over and that your team has beaten the Colorado gymnasts by over eight points, how do you feel? A. Even th ough we wo n, I am no t completely sat isfied. We had seve ral disappointing brea ks and must wo rk on th em. We did not w in th e side horse event , as our gymnasts must co ncentrate on all six events. Th e Ameri ca n speciali sts can concentrate entirely on one event. Q. Tomita, all five of you gymnasts were invited to live in seperate American homes for three days. How did you like it? A. It certa inly was a g reat opportun ity and I will never forget it. The hom es here are bi gger and bett er than the japa nese homes w ith man y lu xuri es . People here are easier to get alo ng with. Since we spea k ve ry littl e En gli sh, communicat ion was limited. But , we had a lot of fun. (Co lorado Sprin gs) Q. Matsumoto, you have just won the floor exercise, long horse and parallel bars events against the Colorado All-Star Team. Do you feel that you had a good evening? A. I didn ' t realize th at I d id so we ll. My teammates were tired and I was lucky to pu ll throu gh. Ph ys ica ll y, I am not we ll. I have a so re leg and wr ist. (Ceda r Rapid s, Iowa) Q. Mr. Okamura, during the tour you have seen many of our specialists and all-around gymnasts in the high schools and colleges. How can we improve and what is your opinion? A. In general , your gymnasts are good. We train our gymnasts to work harder. Amer ica n gymnasts do not make full use of th eir upper portion of their bod y during sw ing move ments. They must learn to extend more and use less strength. Our execut ion requirements fo r virtuosity are stiffer th an yours. For example, a giant swing on th e rings must be done w ith straight arms, and must not be spread outward on the swing. Arms must be straight and remain shoulder width to rece ive credit fo r virtuosity. Double sa ito must be in a piked position instead of tu cked, e'tc. The judges must keep up with th e latest techniques alo ng with th e gymnasts. Since japan is small, the off icials can get togeth er eas ie r.

Q. Do your gymnasts in the World and Olympic tryouts use the same Code of Points as published by the FIG? A. Yes, but our requirements are stiffer. In Competition I & III , two additional C moves must be executed in each to rece ive th e maximum 10 point sco re.

(C hicago) Q. Tomita, the largest crowd observing your performance was back in Chico. Do you have that kind of turnout in Japan? A. There are ve ry few spectators in our

prefectural mee ts even th ough 10 to 12 tea ms ma y be competing. Howeve r, we do get a good crowd in o ur Na tion al meets . Q. Aoki, you have been consistently good on the long horse with the Tsukahara vault (round­off w/ pike back). How long did it take you to learn it, and what is the highest score you have received for this vault? A. I lea rn ed thi s va u lt rea l fast and used it in competition two wee ks after trying it. Two months later at a Na tional meet I wo n w ith a sco re of 9.6. Q. Okamura, we have just concluded the U.S. tour here in Chicago. Your gymnasts have performed exceptionally well in eight cities throughout the States. Did you enjoy the trip? A. Yes. As the delega tion chief, I wa nt to thank yo u as our to ur guide, and th e USG F for the kind inv it ation ex tended to us. Th is tou r has brought a better and closer relat ionsh ip between th e two co untries. Our gymnasts have spent several days in A merican ho mes during the trip. Thi s has been a wo nderful experi ence w hich I'm sure th e gymnasts w ill never forget. Everyo ne at each stop we nt all out to make our stay enjoyab le. Many new friends have been made and I hope to see them aga in. Thank you.

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NATIONAL H IGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC COACHES ASSOCIATION

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It now only cos ts $3 .00 to belong to th e NHSGCA. Hurry b efo re infl ation forces us to raise our dues! Send check to: Ed Cutler South Eugene High School 400 E. 19th Avenue Eugene, Oregon 97401

National High School Gymnastic Coaches Association Meeting Held April 7, at the Eugene Hotel, Eugene, Oregon.

1. Meeting ca ll ed to order by Larry A ll en, Pres. , at 9:10. 2. Members present : Don A llin , Berkeley, Calif.; Dal e Meddock, Freedom , Pa.; Di ck Foxa ll , Eu gene, are.; Ed Cut ler, Eugene, are.; Fred Gaines, Elk Grove Vi ll age, III. ; Wa yne Selvia, W hee ling, III. ; Frank Wal sh, Dalton, III. ;

Frank Knuckl es, I ndianapo li s, In d. ; Paul Omi, La Grange, III. ; Mike Thompson, Conco rd , Calif.; Ed Klanecky , Au ro ra, Colo. ; Ron jackson , Auro ra, Co lo.; Erl Tribby, Portland, are. ; j ohn Hinds, Co lu mbu s, Ind. ; Tom Chapman, Ingles ide, III. ; Larry A ll en, Clovis, .M .. 3. Th e japanese H igh Schoo l tour was discussed. It was stated that th ere was to be a 50-50 split o f prof it s after expenses, w ith th e NHSGCA. Howeve r, this was no't stipul ate d in the contract w ith th e USGF. Some associations indi ca ted that th ey lost mo ney w hil e host ing th e japa nese. Thu s far , th e NHSGCA has not received any money from th e tour. 4. Larry A ll en reported th at th e on ly way to increase the operatin g budget was to increase the membership . Th ere are currentl y on ly 60 ac ti ve members in th e NHSGCA. S. A fter much di scuss ion , it was decided that th e object ives and fun ctions of the NHSGCA needed to be defined. Wayne se lvia sta ted that the associati o n se rved no fun ction. Considerab le di sc uss ion was devoteJ to thi S top ic, and it was reso lved that the m ain fun ctions an d purposes of the association are:

(a) Give the high school coaches a vo ice to th e UsGF through our vot in g powe r on th e UsGF co uncil.

(b) To choose an A ll-Ameri ca n High Schoo l Tea m. (See attached report ).

(c) To provide input thro ugh suggest ;ons relati ve to rul es to th e Na tional Federat ion of Hi gh Schoo l Ath let ics. 6. It was discussed th at th e dues o f $10.00 are too much fo r membership in the NHsGCA, sin ce tha t organ izat ion does not provide ve ry many se rvices. It was moved, seconded, and passed to lower th e dues to $3.00. Du es for 1973-74 w ill be $3. 00. 7. Ron jackson had a committee repo rt on th e high schoo l A ll-Amer ica n awa rd s. He surveyed sco res from seven states ove r a pe ri od of seve ral yea rs, and then es tab li shed qual ify ing standards for the A ll-Ameri ca n awa rd s. It was moved, seconded and passed to accep t hi s re co mm end atio n s and stand ard s for determining A ll-Am eri ca n award s. Ce rtifi ca tes are to be p rint ed and give n to each gymn ast w ho qualifi es. (See attached report fo r the standard s, and mo re info rmation ). 8. Nominati ons we re made and new off ice rs were elec ted for 1973-74. Th e new off ice rs are : jo hn Hinds - Pres iden t Co lumbus No rth High School Co lumbus, Indiana 47201 Ed Cutler - Sec. - Treasurer South Eu gene High Schoo l 400 E. 19th Ave. Eugene, are. 97405 Paul ami - Vice- President Lyo ns Tow nship Hi gh Schoo l 100 So. Brainard La Grange, III. 60525 Respect ive ly submitted, Ed Cut ler, Sec. - Treas.

ALL-AMERICAN AWARD

Th e Na tion al High School Gymnast ic Coaches Association has esta bli shed an Al l-Ameri can Award, based on ce rtain qualifyin g standards. 1. Method of qualifying: To qualify a gym nast for thi s awa rd, a coach must submit an average score, based on th e best 5 sco res fo r an optional routin e.

(a) A t leas t 2 of th e sco res must be from a tournament of at lea st 5 or more teams.

(b) An ave ra ge sco re must be used. (At least two judges) .

continued on Pg. 34

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Mrs. Renee P. Hendershott 17605 Fries Avenue

Lakewood, Ohio 44107

NEWS Renee ~endershott_ Women s •••••• _ 'N NOTES Co.ordinating_ ed,tor ___ _

JUDGING CORNER Renee Hendershott

USGF/ DGWS HAS NEW CRITERIA FOR THE RATING OF JUDGES OF WOMEN'S GYMNAST,ICS Effective june 1st, 1973 National Official 1. Min imum grade - th eo ret ica l exam in at ion: 90% 2. Minimum grade - practica l exa mination: 90% 3. Age 20 4. Durati o n - unti l December 1976 (thro ughou t th e O lympiad). Must judge three meets pe r year o r a tota l of six meets wit hin a two-year per iod to maintain status. 5. Recommended m inimum fees - $'10.00 per session, transportat ion , and $15.00 per d iem. 6. Qua li f ied to judge any competit ion in ANY GEOGRAPH ICAL AREA (N EW DGWSGU IDE IS IN ERROR) (Checked thi s out wit h Shirl ey Bryan .. . new purple guide says a na,tio nal judge can not judge " El i/e" level ! Wro ng!) Regional Official 1. Min imum grade - theoret ica l examination : 80% 2. Minimum grade - practica l examinati o n : 80% 3. Age 18 4. Duration - until December 1976 (througho ut th e Ol ympiad) Must judge three meets per year or a total of six meets w ithin a two-yea r per iod to maintain status. 5. Recommended minimum fees - $7.50 per sess io n and transportation . 6. Qualifi ed to judge any competiti on w ith th e excepti o n of the "E li te" d ivision in any geographica l area. State Official 1. Minimum grade - th eo retical examinati o n : 70% 2. Minimum grade - pract ica l examination: 70% 3. Age 18 4. D'urati o n - until D ecember 1976 (throughou t the Ol ympiad) Must judge three meets per yea r or a to tal of six mee ts w ithin a two yea r peri od to maintain sta tu s. 5. Recommended minimum fees - $7.50 per' session arid transpqrta tion . 6. Qualifi ed to judge any co m'pet iti on w ith th e except io n of the " Eli te " division in any geographica l area. Associate Official 1. M ini mum grade - theoretical examinati on :

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60% 2. Minimum grade - pra cti ca l exa min ation: 60% 3. Age 16 4. Durati o n - until December 1976 (throughout the Ol ymp iad) M ust judge three meets per yea r o r a tota l of six meets w ithin a two-year period to maintain statu s. 5. Qual if ied to judge an y sectional or local compet iti o n w ith th e exception of the " El ite" div isio n. Apprentice Official 1. Minimum grade - th eoretical examin at ion: 50% 2. Minimum grade - practi ca l exa mination : 50% 3. Age 16 4. Durat ion - unti l December 1976 (throughout th e O lympiad) Must judge three meets per yea r o r a to tal of six meets w ith in a two-yea r period to main tain status. 5. Qualified to ju dge any loca l competition wi th th e except ion of the " Elite" division.

The information was taken from th e new DGWS Gymnastics Guide (73 ' -75' ), now ava il abl e from th e AAHPE& R, 1201 16th St. N.W., Was hington, D .C. 20036 at a cost of $1.75 per copy. Th e fron t of the guide is all new and very worthw hil e having. If yo u have th e cla rifi ca ti ons to the compulsor ies there is nothin g new in th em that I ca n see. On e nice new feature is that each important part is underlin ed all through th e com pul so ries for eas ier stud ying ... and, of co urse, rem ember that names and addresses of contacts are always cha nging, so, eve n if yo u have the old purple guide, it would be worth your w hil e to o rd er a new one. Th e stock number is 243-25392 and thi s gu ide wi ll be good til May 1975.

•• About new rating criteria

" All persons already rated through th e USGF/ DGWS judge's ce rtifi ca tion system w ill maintain the ratings they have earned unt il the next O lympiad. " Jack ie U. Fi e - Chairman USGF-WTC.

" Persons already rated through th e old sys tem w ill not be re rated using the new cr iteria ; i.e. , a person who did not pass th e exa m for even a loca l rat ing before w ill not be reconsidered for one of th e new " Associate" or " Apprent ice" ratings. Th ey must retak e th e exam to be reconsidered. " Shirley Bryan, Chai rman USGF-WC

" All exa ms w ill now b e graded through a new ce ntral computer sys tem and results w ill be sent back much sooner." Shirl ey Bryan , Chai rman USGF-WC.

• • MINI JUDGING CLINIC

by Delene Darst

A. Turn s: Possi bl e faults 1. Fall ing out of turn to supporting hee l. 2. Com ing down to supporting heel before

completion of a turn . 3. Turning on f lat o f foo t. 4. Lack of control or placement during turn. There is a .2 penalty for commi ss ion of any

one of the above fau lts whil e executing a turn .. . on floor exercise or on beam .

If a gymnast co mes down to her 'heel during the turn and th en fall s to her nex t pos iti on wi th no contro l she w ill be deducted.2 for each fau lt (to tal of .4).

Sh e w ill be deducted .2 fo r each fa ult she commits during turns in her routine. Th ere is

no .5 limit. B. Concern ing th e penalty of a .2 for poor body waves: Thi s penalty is taken for every poorl y executed body wave in the routine. C · Bent arm s and bent legs : Are th ese co nsidered technica l er rors? Yes, but they also affect th e st retch of th e w ho le body, so th ese errors are also amplitudi na l. Th ey are rea lly o ne and the same.

Many tim es th e two ca tego ries o f technique and amplitude can be lumped togeth er in one 3 po int ca tego ry.

• • EXCERPTS FROM JUNE ISSUE OF FIG BULLETIN From minutes of Stuttgart Meeting, jan. 31 -

Feb. 3, 1973 Executive Committee of FIG

Beca use th e Olympiad is already so large, th e requ est to include Modern Rh yt hmic Gymnasti cs as an Olympic spo rt was not granted. It is even being co nsidered th at th e number of gymnasts per team be reduced (To be d iscussed fU'rther at th e O lympic Congress at Sophia thi s yea r).

Anot her question di scussed is w hether the alt ernate should be all owed to enter the competiti on once it has started .

The minimum age for fem ale gymnasts competin g internationally is to be kept at age 14.

Minutes of Meetings of Women's Technical Committee •.. Stutlgart jan 21 -20, Notes on the

20th Olympiad

Vaulting: The repu lsio n phase is still weak o r non -existent.

Beam: Too many ac robat ics. Th ese shou ld be rese rved for a floor exercise routine. A beam routine shou ld include a minimum of acrobatics linked w ith balance positio ns, turns, rh ythmic steps etc. Acroba tics are not on ly endangerin g our gymnasts but make th e routin es jerky and lack in g in ,cont inuit y.

Th e W. T.C. still wan ts th ere to be six gymnasts on each team even though it is being co nsidered that the number be red uced to fi ve. Th ey fee l that if it is reduced to five, all scores must be used.

M adame Nagy reques ts that the padded beam be tr ied by all Federation s who wi ll be competing in European Champ ionships in Lond o n.

Th ere wil l be some new vaults invo lving twist s.

Now it is necessary for a judge seek ing to

ea rn her " Brevet " to judge o nl y o ne intern atio nal meet sa ti sfac to ril y. FIVE AMERICAN WOMEN EARN BREVETS

CONGRATULA TlONS TO

Delene Darst Erna Wachtel Karen Patoile Sharon Pirkl

Gail Davis

ADDRESS CHANG E: M . Max Bangerter Secretaire general de la FIG Jaraweg 12 CH 3250 LYSS

VALID AS OF 1974 There are two types of series:

Simple ... when the repetition is of o ne element only.

Composite ... when th e elements w hi ch form one se ri es d iffer from each oth er. Floor Exercise

On ly th e composite se ri es of · elements belong ing to va riou s groups of differ ing stru cture wi ll have the va lu e of two superio r difficulti es.

If the elements belong to va riou s groups of the sa me stru cture, the se ri es w ill be acco rd ed the va lu e of a single superior difficulty .

Two to three ser ies of acrobat ic difficult ies are required in a f loo r exercise. Beam

There wi ll be a decrease of the durati o n of the optional exercise, 1 minute 15 seconus to 1 minute 35 seconus.

Th ere is some d isag reement as to how many acrobatic difficulti es sho uld be demanded .. undecided .

If th e gymnast does an acrobatic element in a se ri es, she ca nnot repea t this element as an ;so lated element or th ere w ill be penalty under composi ti o n.

If an element of medium o r superio r d if f icult y is repeated in a series, it mu st be co nsidered as one single superior uiffi c:ulty.

Each exercise should incl uue at least four medium and two superior difficulties; at all even ts, th e gymnast has th e possibi lit y of replac ing th e ave rage difficulti es by th e same number o f superior uifficulties.

Ea ch exe rcise may incluue on ly three se ri es (max imum). Each se ries may include acroba ti cs of superior or medium difficult y. In any case, the seri es w ill have the va lue of one single superi or diffi culty. A se ries of gymnast ic jumps wi ll also have th e va lue of a single superior difficulty.

Links or repeated littl e hops are not considered as se ri es.

Th e se ri es is not compulso ry for exe rcises on the bea m. Th e sommersa ult group w ill not be tolerateu except as a dismount.

" With 4 vo tes in fa vor and 3 aga inst, it is decided (resolved) that you must be creu iteu with 3 diffi culti es beyond th e mount anu the di smount, (to come into force in 1974). NOTE: Clarifi cat ion of these ueci sions anu other techni ca l material on page 45 anu 46 of the Jun e Bull etin wi ll occur at the meeting of th e Women 's Technical Committee at the Congress of Coaches in November 1973. Uneven Bars 1. No stops wil l be tolerated uuring the exerCise. 2. A dismount by take off from the feet w ill not be to lerated. Penalt y : 0.4 point. 3. Fro m a tucked or stanuing posi ti on on the low bar, a spring to a stretched inver teu support (handstan d) w ill be an element of M ed ium Diffi culty.

4. A spri ng in o ru er to pass from a tu ckeu pos iti on o r standing positi on from th e bar, lowerin g to a following element, w ill be considered as a supplementary sw ing. Penalty: 0.5 poinl. Vaulting

Th ere w ill be new va ult s compris ing turn s in th e new code .

Th e two o pti o nal va ult s must diffe r from each ot her.

During th e finals at least one o f th e two va ult s shall include a turn (as of '74)

Th e informat ion o n th e new va ults anu new method of judging va ulting has no t been made known ye t. It is expected to be publi shed eithe r in November o r befo re th e World Games in ea rl y 1974.

Th e USGF Technica l Committee wi ll meet in November and decide how and w hen th e new va ulting rul es w ill be appli ed in the United States.

Now if you do a back tuck som i on beam you w ill not onl y be give n credi t for diffi culty but yo u will be penalized as we ll.

• • USAIGC

REPORT FROM GRAHAM BARTLETT Vice President of United States

Association of Independent Gymnastic Clubs

Renee He ndershott and Graham Bartlett

Th ere are now 100 pa id members of th e Un ited States Assoc iatio n of Independent Gymnasti c Clubs (USA IGC), w ith about 300 requests for informa ti on over th e summer.

The co nstituti on is complete and has b een ratifi ed by th e m embership. Th e insurance program (thi s has been a to ugh o ne) is finall y shap ing up. Other things are brewing too .

We are in th e process of making a directory o f gymn asti c cl ubs wh ich w ill include: nam es, addresses, coaches phone numbers and informati o n o n th e girls and boys co mpet iti ve team s. Th e directories w ill go to all paid members o f th e USA IGC. (Editors Note: All of you people who complain that you have trouble finding competition for your teams ..• this sounds like a BIBLE for you to possess! Better join.)

Mr. Bartlett reports that the USAIGC will meet at th e USGF Congress and ~he new insurance w ill be ava ilab le th ere.

Many new members have been asking qu es ti ons such as:

Do you have exa mples of ex istin g gymn asti c programs; how th ey run th eir cl asses per wee k ... th e levels and tim es?

Th ey want to know how much tim e is spent on warm-ups, tumbling, vaulting, bars, beam, floor ex. .. time spent on working on compulso ri es and optional routin es.

Conference organizat ion, how to start your own faciliti es, money making, cost, insurance, etc.

Info rmati on of thi s type is being compileu for display at th e USGF Congress in November.

M r. Bartlett point s out that this organization isn ' t set up just to do things for people. It isn ' t a se rvice organization, but a SHARING o rgani za tion. Th e USAIGC is acting on ly as a central clearing house for idea exchanges. M embers share ideas and get new ones in return .

If yo u are an independent gymnastic c lub and wish to be a member of th e USAIGC send your $'10.00 to:

USA IGC To m Heineike 540 N. Hydra uli c Wi chita, Kansas 67214

• • HUMAN INTEREST

Thinking that he might be interes ted in gett ing involved in the Southfielu Association for Gymnastics (S.A.G.) program if he was still around, Jim Direnfe ld , president of S.A.G. (Mich.) se t out to locate J. Lattin , li steu in tne M ay, 1973 Y.M.C.A. Gymnastic Newsletter as th e 1938 M en's Nationa l A ll-Around Champion from Detro it.

Starting w ith the loca l telephone directories and keeping in mind that this man woulu had to ha ve survived through WWII and all the years since, Direnfeld thought he had gotten lucky when he located a Joseph Lattin , C.P.A. (Certif ied Public Accountant) , living right in Southfi eld , as the only J. Lattin in any of the area directori es. A qu ick phone ca ll ascertained that although he was the right age, Joseph was not a gymnast. However, because thei rs is an unusual fami ly name, he remembered th ere being a " Lattin " fam il y on the east side of Detroit during t he late 30's and early 40 's .

Back to the telephone directory, a second ca ll to Fred on th e east side - and a reversal of form :

Jack Lattin, the 1938 champion , is Fred 's co usin and yes, indeed, sti ll ali ve and w ell in Phoeni x, A ri zona, at the age of 58, he st ill works out dai lyon parall el bars in hi s ba ckyard so as to stay in shape FOR SKYDIVING!!!

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NINTH WORLD MACCABIAH GAMES REPORT

--- by Abie Grossfe ld, Coach ----

A United States co nti ngent o f 199 ath letes representin g approx imately 20 sports left fo r Israe l on Ju ly 5. In Israe l we wo rked out at Barbour Cent e·r, the si te of the competiti on, fo r th e fi ve days pr io r to th e co mpetit ion w hi ch began on Jul y 12. (Onl y opt iona l exercises we re required .)

Th e stag ing of the competitio n was we ll below th e standa rd of o th er intern ati o nal championships even th ou·gh it was far superior to my prev ious Macca bi ah ex peri ences. Th e main probl ems we re th at th e hall was too smal l to adequately set up six events at once and, therefo re, ample wa rm up time on some events was insufficient (fo rtun ately it was ve ry hot). A lso, th e sca ting capacity of 500 persons was far to small to accommoda te th e overfl ow crowd th at was on hand fo r each session .

A s for th e equipmen t, th e po mmel ho rse, parall el bars, horizo ntal bar and r ings we re hand made in Israel w hil e th e f loo r exe rcisE area was an o ld , uneven Reuther area . Th e Reuther boa rd was unpadded w itho ut an abras ive top ; however, th e South Af ri ca ns had th eir new styled pad ded boa rd (f irst used in M unich) shi pped to Israel w hich arr ived in time for th e f inals. (Thi s boa rd is more cu rved higher and co nsiderabl y sp ringier th an th ~ form er boa rd .)

Mr. Iva ncevic, Techni ca l Pres ident o f th e FIG, was on hand to co nduct a judg ing course pr io r to th e competit ion. A l l judges we re fro m Israe l since no o th er nati o n had any to offe r. Mr. Iva ncev ic acted as the meet referee and se rved as the superi o r judge fo r all events in th e finals. Ass ured ly, M r. Iva ncev ic's inf luence had much to do w ith th e generall y h igh standard of judging, and, I mi ght add that it was much better than I had ant icipa ted.

Ei ghteen male gymnasts representing six co untri es competed, th e United States, Israel, South A fri ca, West Germany, Italy and France .

Th e United St ates was represented by Ken Factor of Philadelphia and M ichiga n State Uni versity; Bruce Keeshin o f Skokie, Il l ino is and th e U ni versity o f Michi gan ; Lenny Kra vit z of Albu q uerque and the Unive rsity o f New M ex ico; Steve Posner of Ma nhasset, N .Y. and th e Uni ve rsity of Califo rni a; Bruce Waldman o f Sko kie and th e Uni versity of Iowa; and Mark Watman o f O ak Park, I llino is and Eastern Il li nois Un ive rsity.

Prior to th e competiti o n it was obvio us th at i t was go ing to be a cl ose contes t between th e United States and a much improved Israel i team w hich has been furth er enhanced b y Immigrating USSR gy mn as ts and coaches. As it was, th e USA emerged victor by 2.1 points.

Th e all -around proved to be a close contes t between the top three compet itors--Posner, Da nl Leder and Wald erman--w ith o nly .1 points seperating th em.

In add ition to w inning th e all-around and ty ing for first in f loo r exercise, Posner too k second on hor izontal bar and third in va u ltin g.

Danl Leder, a ve teran o f three M accabi ahs w ho fi rst competed in 1961 and won th e parall el bars in 1965, won three gold medals, on e sli ver and one bronze medal. Leder, w ho represented W est Germany and now li ves and coaches in Co logne, is actu all y an Israeli and fo rmerl y represented th em. Leder ti ed w ith

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Posner for fi rst in f loo r exe rcise. Both rece ived ident ica l scores in p reli minaries and fi nals. Gary Klass of Sou th Afri ca pe rfo nneu a ro undoff f l ip flop double back successfu ll y in both the prelims and finals. He also perfo rm ed a full tw istin g Ya mashita in va·ulting and a doub le piked flyaway off hori zontal ba r. Gary is only 17 yea rs o ld.

Leder p laced f irst o n parallel bars but was p ressed by Kravitz to an outstand ing pe rfo rmance. Lede r start ed w ith an exce l lent basket to handstand fo llowed by an unusuall y lo ng, we ll executed ro uti ne. Krav itz perfo rmed af ter Leder and went out to w in . As it was, he hit hi s best eve r- -an except ional perfo rmance- ­w hich ea rn ed him th e sil ver medal.

Th e o lder of two bro th ers, Michae l Moya l o f Israe l, tied fo r fir st w ith Leder o n pommel ho rse w ith a co nsistent perfo rm ance. Th e yo unger broth er, Y. Moya l, I th ink he is on ly fifteen, wo n va ulting w ith two so li d, fl ighty va ults.

Bruce Wa ldman d isp layed excep tional po l ish and contro l o n both the r ings and ho ri zo ntal ba r to leave no doubt w ho was th e champion on th ese events. Th e 9.6 give n fo r h is preli minary hori zontal bar perfo rmance was th e to p score o f the entire competiti on. On r ings Facto r and Lampro nty of Italy fini shed in a ti e fo r second.

In all, th e U nited States ga rn ered five out o f eight go ld, three silve r and two bron ze medals.

A fter competit ion, our tea m was in vited to exhibit at a ki bb utz, Kfa r Gi lad i, near th e no rth ern bo rder o f Israe l. Wh ile at th e kibbutz, we we re taken o n a to ur of th e Gali lee and th e Go lan Heights w here we saw fo rm er Syri an installati o ns and remnants of the six day war.

A special day was se t as ide fo r th e ath letes of all 27 parti cipati ng countri es to visit th e ancient city o f Jeru sa lem . Th ere we visited numerous bib li ca l sites including th e Wa il ing Wa l l and th e Dome of th e Rock an d gazed upo n the spo t w here Abraham was go ing to sac rifi ce hi s son Isaac and w here Mohammed ascended to heaven.

Spea king fo r th e members of o ur team, thi s was a tru ly thr ill ing expe rience fo r all o f us.

In closing, I would like to th ank Issie Wasse rman, o ur manager, w ho served us wel l and helped me on count less occasions, and a special th ank yo u to Courtn ey Shanken w ho grea t effo rt s made this ex per ience a rea lit y.

lHE 9th MACCA BI A GAM ES M EN'S RES ULTS

ALL-AROUND

1. Posne r, USA 2. Led e r, Ge rmany 3. Waldman, USA 4. Lamp ro nt y, Ita ly 5. Moya l M ., Israe l

Prelim Finals l ota l

Floo r Exe rcise 1. Posne r, S., USA 9.55 9.45 19.00 1. Leder D., Ge rm any 9.55 9.45 19.00 3. Klass G., S. Af ri ca 9.20 9.05 18.25 4. Nimrod B., Israel 9.10 9. 10 18.20 5. Wa ld ma n B., USA 9.25 8.90 18.15 6. Levi n M. , S. Afri ca 8.90 9.05 17.95

Side Horse 1. Moya l M ., Israel 9.05 8.70 17.75 1. Lede r D., Ge rmany 8.75 9.00 17.75 3. Kravit z L., USA 8.95 8.35 17.30 4. Lam pro nt y A. , Ita ly 8.95 8.30 17.25 5. Wa ldm an B. , USA 8.75 8.00 16.75 6. Posne r S., USA 8.45 8.05 16.50

Rings 1. Wa ld man B. , USA 9.45 9.40 18.85 2. Facto rk ., USA 9.25 9.40 18.65 2. Lamp ro nt y A. , Ita ly 9.25 9. 40 18.65 4. Pos ne r S. , USA 9.10 8.95 18.05

54.15 54.10 54.05 53.45 53.20

Avg

9.50 9.50 9.125 9.100 9.075 8.975

8.875 8.875 8.650 8.625 8.375 8.250

9.425 9.325 9.325 9.025

Ri ngs can' t. Pre lim. Fina ls 5. Wisch ni a J., Israel 8.80 8.60 6. Wot man M. , USA 8.90 8.30 Vault ing 1. Moyal Y., Israe l 9.20 9.15 2. Bar Lov, Israe l 9.30 8.975 3. Posne r S., USA 9.05 9.15 4. Lede r D. , German y 9. 10 8.625 5. Lampro nt y, Ital y 9.10 8.40 6. Moya l M. , Israe l 8.85 8.35

Pa ra lle l Ba rs 1. Leder D. , Ge rman y 9.30 9.55 2. Krav itz L. , USA 9.05 9.30 3. Lampronty, It aly 9.05 9.05 4. Wa ld man B., USA 8.80 8.65 5. Wischni a, Israel 8.75 8.00 6. Keesh in, USA 8.80 5.75

Horizontal Bar 1. Wa ld man, USA 9.60 9.50 2. Posne r, USA 9.45 9.30 3. Moya l M ., Israe l 9.20 9.25 4. Kravitz, USA 9.25 9.00 5. Wa tma n, USA 9.35 7.75 6. Moyal Y., Israel 9.00 7.60

• • • FRENCH TEAM

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l o tal 17.40 17.20

18.35 18.275 18.20 17.725 17.50 17.20

18.85 18.35 18.10 17.45 16.75 14.55

19.10 18.75 18.45 18.25 17.10 16.60

YANK EE CO NFERENCE

Avg.

8.700 8.600

9. 175 9.1375 9. 10 8.862 8.750 8.600

9.425 9. 175 9.05 8.725 8.375 7.275

9.55 9.375 9.225 9. 125 8.55 8.30

Re po rt o n Wo me n' s competitio n at the University of New Hampshire

- by Kitty Kjeldsen, Superio r Judge -

O n A pr il 25, 1973, th e French Na tio nal teams arr ived to th e " green lush hi ll co un try" of New Hampshire fo r th e las t co mpet iti on before ret urning to their ho meland . Bo th teams seemed ti red from th e hectic sched u le and d id not look fo rward to ano th er gymnasti cs meet. Bu t as soon as they entered the spacious and beaut ifull y deco rated gymn asium at th e University of New Hampshire, th e mood start ed to change. Meet director Lo u Datil io had gone all out to make this a memo rab le occas io n. It seemed that th e w ho le schoo l stood behind the undertaking and work ed hard in o rd er to make the regions fir st Intern ati o nal gymnast ic meet a huge success.

Th e gymn as ium was decorated w ith flags and f lowers, p rov ided by the Schoo l o f Appli ed SCience. Th e French Department provided IIlterpreters, Phys ica l Edu ca tio n maj o rs se rved as runn ers, f las hers and sco rers; loca l craftsmen provided silk screen ing and hand made pottery fo r gifts and awards, and the Un ive rsity concert band was at hand during both ni ghts for p leasa nt mu sica l interludes as we ll as music for marching and Na t io nal Anth ems of both co untr ies.

Since the co mpeti t io n was a part of the University's Go lden Jub ilee ce lebrat ion , many off iCI als and stud ents we re fo und in the audi ence, as wel l as peop le from all over New England. The French co uld not help but become in vo lved in th e swin g of th ings, and, acco rd ing to obse rve rs w ho had seen them in oth er m eets, put o n th e best perform ances of th eir tour.

Th e Uniteu States was represented by Ya nkee Conference gymn asts (Yankee Conference incluues all New En gland State Unive rsiti es), w hi ch in th e case o f women mea nt th e girl s tea m from th e Uni ve rsity of Massachusetts, recent w inners o f AI AW Na tiona l Champio nship Hono rs. Since th e French do not have co lleg iate competition for wo men, th eir team was co mposed of you ng (14-18) girl s fro m different p ri vate clubs.

On th e f irst even ing, th e girl s competed in vau lting and uneven paral lel bars. Smal ler and

Instruction:

VAULTING DRILLS by Jim Turpin

Head Coach Almaden Valley Gymnastics Club 1971 All American Vaulter

Photos by Keith Reynolds

BLOCKING WITH THE FEET ...•....... ~ ............. ~. Objectives:

1. To deve lop a light and quick I-]urd le. 2. To develop th e fee li ng of

acti o n-reaction that is ca used by block in g.

lighter French gi rl s ex hibiteu some exce ll ent performances anu overshauoweu the co ll eg iate champ ions i n both events. Th e Un iversity of Massachusetts, compet ing for th e f irst time under Internati onal rul es wh ich required six A Ii A rounu performers anu made no allowances for speciali sts, also lackeu in depth.

At th e end of the fir st da y, th e women's team score stoou at 89.35 - 83.95.

On th e seco nu uay, th e mature anu o ri gindl f loor exercise and balance beam prese ntations of the Yankee Conference gir ls threaten eu to turn the tab les, but a six point lead was too much to overcome. I n ad diti on, Margie Combs, one of the University's top performers, was injured on the uneven bars and had to drop out of the competiti o n. Without a back -up score, th e lack of uepth of th e American gi rl s became a deciding issue. The final sco re o f th e Women 's meet stood at France -1 74.65, Yankee Conference - 168.30.

Indi vidual A ll-Around honors, however, were captured by the Amer icans. Anne Vex ler, competin g aga inst th e French for th e seconu time, took th e seco nd pla ce ho nors, anu ta lented jea nnine Burger was finall y ab le to put it all together, coming out on the top.

In genera l, the meet was beautifully organized . Congratulations to Lou Dat ili o and all hi s helpe rs from the University of New Hampshire. judges were: Mauame Michelle Thi ebault , Sandra Thi elz, Lois Carson, Debbie Furlone and the author of this article.

Coaches for the Yankee Conference Wo men's Tea m were Virgin ia Eva ns anu Michael Kasava na. Results of th e meet: Vaulting: 1. Audin (F) 9.20, 2. Hermant (F) 9.15, 3. La vachery (F) 9.05, 4. (Tie) Burger (YC) and Latorre (F) 8.85, 6. Combs (YC) 8.80. Bars: 1. Audin (F) 9.25,2. (T ie) Burger (YC) and Giutato (F) 9.10,4. Hermant (F) 8.95, 5. Vexler (YC) 8.90, 6. (Ti e) Latorre (F) and Dauge (F) 8.60. Beam: 1. Vexler (YC) 9.00, 2. Hermant (F) 8.80, 3. Burger (YC) 8.75,4. Giuatato (F) 8.70, 5. Latorre (F) 8.30, 6. Armstrong (YC) 8.25. Floor: 1. Vex ler (YC) 9.15, 2. Lavachery (F) 9.10, 3. Burger (YC) 9.05, 4. Audin (F) 8.85,5 . H ermant (F) 8.75, 6. Dauge (F) 8.55. All-Around: 1. Burger (YC) 35.75,2. Vexler (YC) 35.70, 3. Hermant (F) 35.65, 4. Aud in (F) 35.50,5. GiloJatato (F) 34.55,6. Latorre (F) 33.90.

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Execution:

The perfo rm er starts by standing erect w ith his arms at hi s side and hi s feet togeth er. Th e performer now raises o n his toes and leans forward as in picture No.1 (Thi s acts as the forward mo mentum). Wh en he feels that he

ca n no lo nger I ema in standing, he takes a small step towa rds th e grou llu in front of him (Pi cture no. 2). Without stopp ing he should move both feet as low and fast as possible to th e mat in front o f him (Picture no. 3) . Upon making co ntact w ith both fee t th e perform er should ex tend upwards tightening all parts of his body, and pull his heels ba ckwards (Pi cture no. 4). Thi s ac ti on will ca use the performer to turn over.

** The upper body direc ts w here yo u w ill go Do not lean Forward! Try to jump st raight up.

** When an object is stif f o r so lid (l ike a ti ghtened body) and one end is moved (the feet forced ba ckwards) th e ot her end wi ll move in the opposite d irec ti on. If th e body is loose th en th e feet pulling backwa rd s w ill not cause th e bod y to turn ·over.

Watch for these Mistakes:

1. The feet not mov ing fast enough toward s th e ground in front (Thi s may result in an incorrect blocking) .

2. Not hitting th e grou nd in th e correct blocki ng position

3. Arms li ft ed too high (like a cheerl eade r). Lifting the arm s too high w ill cause an arch and a top reacti on that is opposi te 'a nd which co unters th e bottom reacti o n, thu s nu llifying the turning ove r action o f th e dr ill.

4. Legs bent too much during th e hurdle.

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DEVELOPING SHOULDER EXTENSION .................••......••.....•••. Objectiv es:

1. To develop the p roper timing and shoulder shrug that is required in upper bod y block ing.

2. To deve lop shou lder str ength.

Execution:

Whi le trave ling down a row of mats th e gym nast w ill hop back and forth f rom hands to feet.

Th e gymnas t starts by leaning forward (Pi ctu re no. 1) and then reach ing out so as to be in a stretched position complete ly' of f th e grou nd (Picture no. 2) .

just before th e gymnas t hit s the ground w ith his hands (Picture no. 3) he should start ex tending h is shou lders so th at they fini sh the ir ex tensio n just as he hits th e ground.

Th e gymnast pushes off th e ground in th e direction from which he just ca me (Picture no. 4) . As soon as hi s feet hit the gro und he sho uld repeat th e dri ll (Pi cture no. 5) so th at he does a ser ies of hops from feet to hands to feet to hands etc. whil e trave ling in a fo rward motion .

GET OFF THE HANDS AND FEET AS SOON AS PO SS IBLE.

Look for th ese Mistakes:

1. Being on th e hands too long. This w ill ca use th e shoulders to go ove r th e hands and th e gymnast w ill not be able to push backw·ards.

2. Not reaching out far enough. Aga in th e sho ulders will go too far forwa rd ca usin g th e gym nas t to co llapse .

3. Waiting to pu sh off the ground until co ntact w ith the ground is made.

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M cNa ry (M ) 105.62; Corva lli s (C) 102.16. AA : Jim Kelch (C) 48.55; Bruce Nashif (P) 44 .0; Ma rk Toya ma (S E) 43.60. V: Bi ll Ledbetter (Springfi eld ) 8.65; Jim Kelch (C) 8.625; Tim Ka ne (SE) 8.325. FX: Bruce Nashif (P) 8.675; Jim Kelch (C) 8.475; Bill Ledbett er (5) 8.200. PH: Jim Kelch (C) 7.025 ; Larry Oli ver (SE) 6.575; Tom Trocino (SE) 6.050. HB: Jim Kelch (C) 8.675; Ma rk Toya ma (SE) 8.250 ; Doug Gravatt (C) 7.90. PB: Jim Kelch (C) 8. 350; Ma rk Toya ma (SE) 7.650; Bruce Nashi f (P) 7.600. R: (Ti e) Jim Ke lch (C) and Doug Gravatt (C) 7.850 ; Bruce Nashi f (P) 7.525. Winning Routines: V: Bill Ledbetter (Springfield High School): Handsprin g. FX: Bruce Nashif (Parkrose High School): RO, back handspring, Pike Arabian, front handspring, fo rwa rd ro ll , back handspring walkout to straddl e stand, straddle press to handstand, pike down, front somersa ult, f ront handsprin g, Swedi sh fall , turn back ex tension to handstand, RO, back handspring, back somersault full tw ist. PH: Jim Kelch (Churchill High School) : Cas t into doubles on end, Kehre in , double, Moore, double, double, M oore, doubl e, fo rwa rd scisso rs, reve rse scisso rs, into double leg circle travel to Ol ympic off. HB: Jim Kelch (Churchill High School): Cas t forwa rd , swing ba ck to straddle cut and ca tch, kip , forwa rd hip circle to fo rwa rd giant, front stald er, front giant, pirouette, back giant, ba ck stald er, straddl e on and off, back giant , fl yaway . PB: Jim Kelch (Churchill High School): Cast suppo rt , sw ing piro uette, Stutz, cast , backuprise, straddl e cut and ca tch to " L", straight arm press handstand, pea~h basket, layawa y front upri se, fro nt o ff . R: Tie for first: Doug Gravatt (Churchill High School): Double disloca te, shoot handstand, reverse Kip to " L", hollow back press, lower to ba ck leve r, di sloca te to support straddl e di smount. jim Kelch (Churchill High School): Doubl e disloca te, shoot handstand , fall fo rwa rd inloca te, backupri se to " L", press handstand , fall fo rw ard backuprise, lowe r to back leve r, douhl e disloca te, fl yaway V2 tw ist di smount.

Jim Kelch, 1st on pommel horse, Oregon.

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OREGON GIRLS STATE GYMNASTIC REPORT by Marcie Pereia, The Dalles, Oregon

Th e Dall es High School girl s success full y up­ended champions David Douglas to w in th eir first state champio nship, 130.5 to DD 's 85 .0. In third was Sh eldon of Eu gene w ith 81.0; fo urth was Wil son of Portland w ith 61.5; South Eu gene was fifth wi th 60.0, and Jackson o f Portl and sixth w ith 57 .0.

Th e Dall es al so produced the All-A ro und champion, Ci ndy W acker, w ho was second in 1972. En route to the A ll-A round titl e, she captured fir st place on Uneven parall el Bars, Balance Bea m, and Va ult w ith a second in Floo r Exercise.

•• HAWAII STATE GYMNASTICS

CHAMPIONSHIPS March 23-24, 1973

University of Hawaii

Lorine Anderson, Women's Meet Director Brad Cooper, Men's Meet Director

This was the third State Champio nship sponso red by th e Hawa ii Gymn asti cs Association (HGA) as part o f th eir developmental prog ram. Th e div isions we re 8th grade and below, 9-1 2 grade, and a senio r ca tegory for all those out of hi gh schoo l. Th e USGF-DGWS intermediate compulso ri es we re used by th e girls, but the boys used H.G.A. compulsori es except for th e seniors w ho used the NCAA exerci ses. Th ere was no team competition.

Gymnasts representing three priva te schoo ls, on e publi c sc hool, two pri vate clubs, one YMCA, and th e U ni versity of Hawa ii and unattached military gy mn asts took part.

In the junior high girls competition, 8th grader Keri Baird of Pun ahou ca ptured f irsts o n all four events and th e all-aroun d w ith a total of 57.72. In the 9-1 2 d ivision, 9th grader Andrea Arthur ea rn ed firsts on fl oo r exe rcise, balance beam and va ulting w hil e ca pturing the AA titl e with a 61 .67 to tal. Her tea mmate from Pun ahou, M ary Beth W ong won th e uneven bars.

Th e male ent ry li st was th e longest in the short histo ry o f th e championships with 38 indi viduals in th e three ca tego ries. lo lani 8th grader, Jeff Chu ng sco red 60.70 in th e AA w hil e Kamehameha's Jay Kau ka edged out Pun ahou 's

Dalles High School Team, Oregon State Champions.

Pat Ga nno n 74.66 to 73 .85 fo r the 9-1 2 titl e. W ith onl y two AA entri es in th e se nio r di vision, th ere was hardl y a contest as Uni versity o f Hawai i freshman, Dave Ro th , sco red 70.70, easil y outdistancing defending se nior A A champ, Gene Ca rranza, who to taled 63.06.

One o f th e highli ght s for th e H awa ii Cfowd was th e presence of KHET (th e pu b li c television stati on) w ho taped th e routines during th e opti onal competiti o ns for rebroa dcas t. Th e show should prov ide an educa tional ex peri ence fo r th e competito rs who we re unawa re that their o ff-th e-fl oor antics are observabl e, not onl y to th e audience in th e gym but also to th e TV audience . (Perh aps if more gymnasts across the country were subjec ted to the sa me scrutini zing eye -- th ere wo uld be a lot more di sciplined condu ct. ) Results: Boys Jr. Div: AA: Jeff Chung (Iol ani ) 60.70, Darryl Wo ng (Kamehameha) 52.70, Jon A ll en (Koko kahi Gym Tea m) 51.16. PB: Chun g 11.85, A ll en 10.35, Wo ng 9.90. HB: Chung 9.50, Wong 9. 25, A ll en 9.10. V: All en 11.25, Ch ung 11.10, Reynolds Barney (Central YMCA) 9.85 . FX: A ll en 9.91 , Randy Ngum (K) 9.80, Dan M argulies (CY) 9.40. PH: Chung 8.8, Ngum 7.9, Won g 7.1. R: Chung 11.50, A ll en 10.55, Wong 10.45. Boys Sr. High: AA: Jay Kauka (K) 74 .66, Pat Ganno n (Pun ahou ) 73 .85 , Robin Uyeshi ro (I ) 71.48. PB: J. Kauka 13.70, Uyeshiro 13.55, Philip Swa in (K) 12.50. HB: Joseph Won (P) 13.65, Gannon 13.25, J. Kauka 13.00. V: Uyeshiro 13.35, Swa in 12.90, Gan non 12.85. FX: J. Kauka 12.16, Eri c Harada (P) 11.53 , Ganno n 11.40. PH : Ray Di eck en (P) 11.85, Dave M archette (KGT) 11.55, M ark Ya makawa (I) 11.05. R: Ganno n 14.45, Uyeshiro 13.90, J. Kauka 13.40. Senior: AA: Dave Roth (U H) 70.70, Gene Carranza (UH) 63.06. FX : Kell ey Phillips (UH) 17. 21 , Roth 15.50, Ca rranza 13.26 . PH: M ark Imhoff (U H) 12.65, D an Timm (unatt) 10.45, Ro th 10.35. R: Ca rl M edeio ros (K GT) 10.25, Jim Kaa napu (U H) 10.10, Ro th 9.95. V: Phillips 16.40, Roth 14.30, Ca rranza 14.25. PB: Carranza 10.75, Roth 10.65. HB: Roth 9.95, Phillips and Carranza 7.55. Results: Girls Jr. High: AA: Keri Baird (Pun aho u) 57.72, Gi gi Vivas (P) 43. 57, Barbara Vergagni (Koko kahi Gy m Tea m ) 31.95. UPB: Baird 13.99, Donna Ma h (P) 10.59, Bo nnie Won g (P) 10.36. FX: Baird 15.23, Wo ng 14.00, Vi vas 13.80. BB:

Baird 14. 23, Vivas 9.16, Kiki Ro ll es (P) 8.23. V: Ba ird 13.87, Vivas 12.28, Tyler Dacey (P) 10.57. Girls Sr. High: AA: Andrea Arthur (P) 61.67, Nanette Thomas (Kamehameha) 53.73, Ma ry Beth Wong (P) 45.22. UPB: Wong 16.1 9, A rthur 15.46, Thoma s 13.96. FX: Arthur 16.40, Thomas 16.32, Jackie Schnack (P) 14.97. BB: Arthur 13.43, Thomas 11.65, Cathy Laht i (KGT) 10.22. V: A rthur 16.38, Petra Lau (K) 16.32, Kay la Hopk ins (K) 14.23. Senior: UPB Cat hy Fa ss ler Hawai i School of Gymnastics) 8.96. BB: Fassle r 3.76. V: Fass ler 12.50.

• • 48TH ANNUAL LOS ANGELES CITY HIGH SCHOOL INDIVIDUAL GYMNASTIC

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Friday, May 25, 1973

Cal State College at Los Angeles

By Chris Takimoto

Fort y-fi ve of th e city's finest gymnasts were competi ng for individua l honors in th e 48th Annua l A ll-City High Schoo l Indiv idua l Gymnastic Championships. Th e city team championship was already decided three days ear li er on Tuesday, May 22, whe n Ve nice High School , coached by M r. George Rose, won their second co nsecuti ve Los Angefes City gymnastic titl e, edgi ng Monroe High School w ith an outstand ing score of 159.24 to 153.74.

Venice High also qualified th e most gymnasts for the indi vid ua l city meet. Ou t of th e 45 total compet ito rs, Ve ni ce placed nine men, whi le Monroe qualified six, Kennedy and Ca rson followed w ith a tota l of five competito rs ap iece.

The excell ent quality of this yea r's compet iti on became quite evident in the battle for top all around gymnast. Last year 's all around champion, Ronald Be ll (Venice), fought off Raul Roda s (Li nco ln) to retain hi s all-city al l arou nd titl e by 1.10 points. B~ II had an excel lent point total of 49 .50, an average of 8.25 per event, w hil e Rau l Rodas (Lin co ln ) totaled a score of 48.40 for second p lace. Doug Day (Monroe) ca me in there w ith a total of 46.9 points.

Be ll , who ho lds the top three all around sco res in the city, had an outstand ing evening placing first o n the horizontal bar, tying for f irst on the para ll el bars, taking second on free exercise, and fourt h on the rin gs. Other firs t place competi tors we re Alvaro M iranda (Lin co ln ) on the long horse, Raul Rodas (Lin co ln ) on free exe rcise, Harold Maghe (Ca rson) on the pommel horse, Rick lacov ino (Venice) on the parallel ba rs, and Charl es Martin Sherwood (Ven ice) on th e rin gs.

Venice High School clear ly dominated the city ind ividual championships taking fo ur first places ou t of th e seven possible, thu s, comp let ing the second leg of the Los Angeles City Gymnastic Tri p le Crown . The Triple Crown consists of three major ach ievements: wi nn ing the L.A. City team title, dominating the city individual meet and finall y w inning the L. A. City vs. CIF (Ca lifo rni a Interscho last ic Federation), Southern Sect ion meet. AA : Ronald Bell (V) 49.50; Raul Rodas (L) 48.40; Doug Day (M) 46.90. LH: A lvaro M iranda (L) 8.95; Glenn Jo nes (Washington) 8.75; Mike Washlake (K) 8.75. FX: Raul Rodas (L) 9.10; Rona ld Bell (V) 8.50; Steve Martin (Chatswort h) 8.30. PH: Harold Maghe (C) 8.65; Peter Gau lke (V) 8.60; Charl es Rodgers (C) 8.05. HB: Ronald Bell (V) 9.0 ; Robert Casey (U) 8.75; Dan Thordarson (M) 8.6. PB: Rick lacovino (V) 8.70; Ronald Bell (V) 8.70 ; Raul Rodas (L) 8.3 . R: Charles Martin Sherwood (V) 9.1; Jerry O 'Dell (Birmingham) 9.0; Dan Thordarson (M) 8.75.

EL CAMINO REAL HIGH SCHOOL WOODLAND HILLS, CALIFORNIA

EI Camino Real H igh Schoo l in Wood land Hill s, California , has many reasons to be proud of th ei r gi rl s gymnastic tea m. First , as a team effort, the gir ls have amassed many titl es and secondl y, many ind iv idual champio ns emerged for th e 1973 season.

Coached by M rs. Norma Fenwick , th e EI Camino Rea l team was und efea ted in all pract ice mee ts, all pre-season meets, all schedul ed season meets and earned th e fo ll owing ti tles:

1. West Val ley League Champ ions 2. Class 11 A ll Los Angeles City Champions 3. Southern Ca li fornia High Schoo l Team

Champ io ns Individual Champions .... EI Camino Real High School Individual titles and achievements to: 1. Lisa Rix, Age 15 1973 Sout hern Ca li forn ia Invit ati ona l Champ ion: 1st A ll -A round, 1st Ba lance Beam, 1st Free Exercise, 2nd Uneven Parallel Bars; 1973 Los Angeles City Class II Champ ion: 1st Floor Exe rcise, 1st Ba lance Beam, 3rd Uneven Para ll el Bars; 1973Califo rni a Sta te Class II Championshi ps: Compu lsory division , 5th Floor Exercise, 8th Ba lance Beam ; Optional division, 6th Balance Beam, 7th Fl oor Exerci se. Recipient of EI Camino Real High Schoo l number one all-arouml gymnast award. Recipient of Helms At hl et ic Founda ti on - citi zens sav ings awards for: Los Angeles City Class II Balance Beam Champ io n, Los Angeles City Class II Floor Exe rcise Champ io n. 2. Susan Graff, age 16.1 973 South ern Cal ifo rni a I nv itational Champ ion: 1st Uneven Parall el Ba rs, 2nd Tumblin g; 1973 Los Angeles City Championships, 1st Uneven Pa rall el Bars - Class II , 2nd Tumbling. Recipient-of EI Cam ino Real Hi gh School High Scorer Individua l event award , recipient of Helms Ath letic Foundation - Citizens Savi ngs Awa rd for: Los Ange les City Class II Uneven Parallel Ba rs Champ ion. 3. Laurie Wilkins, Age 16. 1973 Southern Ca li forn ia Invitational, 4th Va ulting, 4th Uneven Parallel Bars, 7th Floor Exerc ise; 1973 Los Ange les City Champ ionsh ips, 2nd Va ul ti ng, 3rd Floor Exe rcise; 1973 Ca lifornia State Champ io nships, Compu lso ry Di vision, 8t h Free Exercise. 4. Dori Baum, Age 17: Los Ange les City Champ ionships, 4th Balance Beam. 5. Desiree Stapler, Age 16: Los Angeles City Champ ionsh ips, 6th Balance Beam. Class III Individual Awards Dayna Gooch, Age 16: Los Angeles City Championships, 4th Vau lting. Crystal Mitchell, Age 17: Los Angeles City Championships, 4th Ba lance Beam.

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS

May 19, 1973

Th e Northern Cal iforn ia high schoo ls use the olympic events on ly and stress the all -a round. This past yea r all compet itors were requ ired to perform th e 15-17 age group Junior O lympic co mpulsories and thi s score was added to th eir opt iona l sco re to determ ine winners. There we re seve ral outstanding freshman entr ies in thi s yea rs meet f rom th e Santa Clara Gym nastics Clu b and th ey wi ll certa inl y raise the level of the meet in the yea rs to co me. Team: Sky line High School 306.80, Ygnacio Va ll ey High 304.18, Encina Hi gh School 278.12, Homestead High 277 .93. AA: Mat t Ho lm (H) 100.30, Greg Han se n (5) 95.20, Jeff Hansen (5) 91.65. FE : Stua rt Domier (F remont) 17.75, Kris Wright (5) 17.55, Matt Holm (H) 17.40. PH: Don Smith (Y) 17.20, Greg Hansen (5) 16.45, Matt Ho lm (H) 15.75, tie w ith Mark Lawson (Hill sda le) 15.75 . SR: Kr is Wright (5) 17.65, Tim

Jen kinso n (D) 16.85, Matt Holm (H) 16.65. V: Tim Delmar (Mt. Diablo ) 16.70, Todd Hutcheon, (Sa n Carlos) 16.60, Joh n Campbell (E) 16.45, tie wi th Matt Ho lm (H) 16.45. PB: Malt Ho lm (H) 17.60, Greg Han se n (5) 17. 15, Jeff Hansen (5) 16.20. HB: Gregg Low ry (Y) 16.65, Matt Holm (H) 16.45 , Greg Hansen (5) 15.65.

SECOND ANNUAL CIF SOUTHERN SECTION VS. l.A. CITY GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIP

MEET By Chris Takimoto

Th e second annual CIF Southern Section vs. L.A. City gymnast ic meet, this yea r's equiva lent to the Ca lif orni a state championship, was h eld Fr iday, June 1, at Ca l State Fullerton. In the team competi ti o n, Ven ice High School defea ted Lakewood High Schoo l by a sco re of 149.708 to 141.99 to successfu lly the the Southern Ca liforn ia gymnast ic Triple Crown . The sco res of th is meet, including the scores of th e indi vid ual competiti o n, were as fo llows : Team: Venice 149.708; Lakewood 141.99 Individual AA: Ronald Bell (V) 8.108; Jim Taylor (LBP) 7.52. LH: A lvaro M iranda (L) 8.75; G. Jones (W) 8.65; Bill Searles (Wes) 8.40. FX: Bill Searles (Wes) 8.65; Raul Rodas (L) 8.60; Rona ld Bell (V) 8.50. PH: Jim Mart in (LWD) 7.90; Charles Rodgers (C) 7.60; Brett Marchi (LBW) 7.05 . HB: Robert Casey (U) 8.75; Ronald Bell (V) 8.70; Bill Slover (S H) 8.5. PB: Rick lacovino (V) 8.45; Ronald Bell (V) 8.4; Bill Tombrello (Wes) 8.30. R: Cha rles Ma rtin Sherwood (V) 8.75; Dan Tho rdarson (M) 8.50; Elliot Schnee (LWD) 8.45.

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FINALS AND OPENS By Judy Wilson

Yreka High School bounced back after a fa ir season and won th e Northern Ca lifornia Finals for high schools for the · eighth co nsecuti ve year. Th ey also won the opens aga inst all outs ide compet iti on, such as junio r co ll eges, and those not present ly com pet ing o n any university o r co ll ege team. The finals and opens this year co nsisted of only th e six Olympic even ts.

We had many people req uest th at the ot her three events, rope climbing trampoline and tumbling be incl uded next year in both th e high schoo l and open event finals as trampoline and rope climb ing are crowd p leasi ng events.

The final score for the high schoo ls: Yreka 108.47, Eureka 105.48, and other schoo ls trai ling w ith 98 . In the open champio nship, Yreka 108.47, to al l other competito rs·l06.95. In the high ochool finals and opens, Joh n Hasemeyer captu red two fi rst p laces, in f loor exercise, with a score of 8.26, and vaulting w ith a sco re of 8.40 . Jim Lawson also captured two first places, the horizontal bar and rings but on ly by a tenth of a point. Hasemeyer and Lawson are both sen iors . Ron Thom, a juni or, from Yreka took the pommel ho rse title and Jim Va nce of Eureka was f irst on parallel bars.

Yreka's team was made up of on ly three seniors, one junior, w ith the rest being sophomores and freshmen , agai n Yre ka High School had the toughest sched ule on the West Coast, as th ey travel up and down the sta te for their competition . They meet the top teams that ca n be found for their sched ule.

About 75 boys try-out fo r the team and in a single dual meet Yreka w ill have 18 to 22 boys compet ing. Results of Northern California High School Finals: FX John Hasemeyer (Y), Max Schoell erman (Y), Jim Lawson (E). PH Ron Thom (Y), M ike McCabe (E), Tim Mu rphy (Y). V Hasemeyer (Y), Jerry Clark (Y), Norm Tucker. HB Lawson (EJ, Dan Hawk (E), Kiven Johnson (Y) . pPB Jim Vance (E), Ra ndy Ne lson (EJ, Hawk (E) . SR Lawson (E), Clark (YJ, Ne lson (E).

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2. Dave Ogla ska , Proviso West H.S. (Ill inois), Coach Clarence Jo hnson. 3. Geoff Ri ede r, A rlin gton H .S . (Illinois) , Coach Tom Chapman. 4. Curt Rigers, Hinsdale Centra l H.S. (Illinois) Coach Nei l Krupi cka. 5. Bob Siemianowski, Elk Grove H .S. (Illino is) , Coach Fred Ga ines. 6. Chuck W iggi ns, A urora Centra l H.S. (Colorado), Coach Ron Jack son. Horizontal Bar: 1. John A rends, Lyo ns Townsh ip H. S. (Illino is), Coach Paul Omi. -2. Tom Besong, Ambrid ge H.S. (Penn sy lva nia), Coach Dale M eddock. 3. Jim Kelch, Ch urchill H.S. (Oregon), Coach Dick Foxal. 4. M arc Messervey, A urora Cent ral H. S. (Colorado), Coach Ron Jackson . 5. Scott Ph il lips, Elk Grove H.S. (1Iiino is),Coach Fred Ga ines. Parallel Bars: 1. Tom Beso ng, A mbridge H.S. (Penn sylva ni a) , Coa ch Dale M eddock. 2. Bart Conner, N il es West H.S. (Illino is). 3. Mike DeWitt , Cherry Creek Senior H.S. (Co lorado). 4. Jim Kelch, Churchi ll H.S. (Oregon), Coach Di ck Foxa l. 5. Bob Mali cke, J.F. Kennedy H .S. (M ichi ga n) Coach Roger Bechtol. 6. Jim Walk er, Wh ea ton North H.S. (Illino is), Coach Dave Dona ldson . Still Rings: 1. Larry Besong, Ambridge H.S. (Penn sylva nia), Coach Da le M eddock. 2. Tom Besong, Ambridge H.S. (Penn sylva nia;, Coach Dale M eddock. 3. Jim Blush , W es tminster H. S. (Co lo rado), Coach Buzz C lark. 4. Todd Kuoni , Glenbard West H. S. (Illinois), Coach Blaise Blas ko. 5. Brian Sied lecki , Downers Grove North H .S. (Ill ino is), Coach Dan Swetman . 6. Dave Wood , Hinsda le Cen tral H.S. (Illino is), Coach Neil Krupicka . All-Around: 1. Tom Besong, A mbridge H.S. (Pennsylva nia ), Coach Da le M eddock. 2. Bart Conner, Ni les West H. S. (Illino is) 3. Jim Kelch, Churchill H.S. (Oregon) , Coach

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