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NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP REPORT: We lost a little ground on our catch-up schedule, but when you look through this issue, we hope our report of this exciting 1971 cham­pionships will thrill and further stimulate your interest in gymnastics.

We have always thought it an honor to qualify for the NCAA nationals, and our past MG reports have reflected this respect by listing not just the top six placings in each event but names and scores for all qualifiers. With this year's report we have gone one step more and have included a photo of every individual in every event (well , almost). To do this your editor with camera and program in hand spent the better part of the first two days tracking down (without disturbing, we hope) gymnasts for head shots. If that at the time seemed a bit difficult, it turned out to be simple, com­pared to going through proof sheets, programs, notes and resu Its to relate people, placings and pictures for publishing. For those we might have missed (or mis­placed, let us hear from you), we are sorry, but to all of you, thanks for your part in a great championship. With many of the problems of a first effort out of the way, we hope to see and photograph many of you again next year for an even more extensive individual (and team) photo report of the '72 championships.

* * * HIGH SCHOOL REPORT: Our annual MG HS State and Re­gional Championship report will be coming up soon, so be sure to rush your state HS championship results to us. Also all high school gymnastic coaches who have not yet joined the NHSGCA (shame, shame), don 't wait any longer . ... JOIN UP NOW!

* * * SUMMER CAMPING PROGRAMS: The gymnastic summer camp program is growing very fast allover America, and we hope most gymnasts get to attend one or more of these fine training programs ... but one word of cau­tion, most college gymnasts are allowed to be cabin counselors for younger boys in return for camp ex­penses (food, lodging, registration), however, your name or photo in a camp ad or brochure could jeopardize your Olympic eligibility. If in doubt, check with the USGF director, Frank L. Bare, P.O. Box 4699, Tucson, Ariz.85717.

* * NEWS FLASH! JOHN CROSBY WINS GOLD MEDAL IN RUSSIA: Competiting with the U.S.A. team against 13 other countries represented by teams or individuals at Riga, Latvia, Russia, on April 23-26, 1971, John Crosby (U.S.A.) won a Gold Medal in floor exercise tying for fi rst place with Nakayama of Japan and Barko of U .S.S. R. In the same competition Cathy Rigby (U.S.A.) won a Gold Medal on the balance beam, Bronze (3rd) all­around and Bronze vaulting. More details in the next MG. 4

TABLE OF CONTENTS

VOLUME XIII / NUMBER 5 / MAY 1971

4 NOTES ' FROM THE EDITOR, Glenn Sundby

6 VIEWPOINT, Dick Criley

7 THE MG 1971 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP REPORT, Dick Criley

10 CHARLIE AND THE DOUBLE Dr. Joseph L. Massimo

11 SOME COMMENTS ON THE JUDGING Jerry Wright

11 AWARDS

12 TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

13 ALL AROUND CHAMPIONSHIP ~

14 FLOOR EXERCISE

16 SIDE HORSE

18 RINGS

20 LONG HORSE

22 PARALLEL BARS

24 HORIZONTAL BAR

30 MG CALENDAR, Summer Camps & Clinics

Cover: Featured on this issue is Yoshi Hayasaki, two time winner of the NCAA All Around cham­pionship (1970 & 1971). Yoshi is graduating this year from the University of Washington and hopes to find a coaching position somewhere in the states -- any takers?

PUBLISHER-EDITOR: Glenn Sundby ASSOCIATE EDITORS, STAFF: Kenneth Sakoda, Dick Criley

ASSOCIATE EDITORS, FEATURE: A Bruce Frederick, Education; Dr. James S. Bosco, Research; Jerry Wright, Competition; Frank Bare, USGF; John Nooney, Canada; Andrzej Gonera, European; Gerald George, Dan Millman, Don Tonry, AA Instructional; Bill Roetzheim, In­structional.

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VIEWpoints by Dick Criley

As usual, he have lots of odds and ends from the NCAA's.

The first item, however, is an express ion of thanks to Newt Loken for his hospitality and thorough arrangements as host of these Championships. And, as Newt him­se lf would be first to admit, it couldn't have ben done w ith out the cooperat ion of his ath letic director and a hard-working staff. To all, the Modern Gymnast extends congratu lat ions for a fine job of hosting the 1971 NCAA Gymnast ic Championships.

The physical setup was one for the gym­nast with duplicate equipment right on the floor and avai lab le all through the meet. In add iti on, Michigan provided some 150 cases of Coca-Cola and 3 crates of oranges for the gymnasts and their coaches. An­other helpful note was the scoring setup which permitted the flash ing of the com­petitor's number simultaneously w ith his sco re. This was a help to the spectators q.nd photographers.

Michigan did its part in announcing that the NCAA prohib its the filming of the Championships. However, many coaches and gymnasts pol itely ignored the ban, and one group was observed busily video­taping the proceedings which may not violate th e letter but certainly the intent of the NCAA. Th e question comes up eve ry yea r as to why th e ban is necessary. Maybe, someday, someone w ill give more than an exp lanation but a justification as wel l.

If the NCAA wants to go into the mov ie business, they ought to produce a set of fi lms showing th e interpretation of the compu lsory exercises they want the vari­ous reg ions of the country to fol low. A f i rst-c lass· film would include slow motion sequences, v iews from different ang,ies,

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and sound track narrative explaining the key parts and cautions.

How about SIU's maroon-striped warm­up shirts. They reminded one of football jerseys from another era, but nqnetheless, lent a strong team identif ication. (With shirts li ke that, they had to st ick together!)

Quotab le: Ed Gagnier during Rul es Com­mittee di scussion with Coaches Associa­tion: " Sometimes you people are more confusing that you are helpful. "

Why is it that the younger coaches have to be so obviously (and noisily bored dur­ing the NACGC meetings w hen o lder coaches are being honored? After all, the sport would ' t be where it is without their hard work and sacrif ices.

During the long horse compulsories, judges' conferences consumed a lot of time. Nearly 15 minutes was spent on Iowa State's vau lters alone. Even the trampo line moves faster than that.

The number of different schools repre­sented (47) shows that gymnasts are find­ing more and more col leges and univer­sities wh ich offer competitive programs. The opportunities for recognition and the chance to trave l to a National Champion­ship is certain ly broader now than any tim e since open entry into the NCAA Championsh ips was changed to a more region al basis with qualifying meets.

Indiana State qua li f ied 9 gymnasts into Nationa ls, but though they've hit the 160's and cou ld have been among the 6 best teams, they have to compete a g a in s t Southern Illinois for a team slot in the Midwest division . Howeve r, such situations ex ist in Conference Championships too.

There are individuals too, who have to compete in the shadow of a stronger all­around man. Penn State's Capta in, Tom

Dunn who finally earned co-champ ionship on the Parallel bars with Brent Simmons, had been in the shadow of such al l-around gymnasts as Bob Emery, Dick Swetman, and Marsha ll Avener through his who le career.

Southern Illinois overcame a great shock and handicap in making it to Nationa ls after an auto accident injured severa l team members and ki ll ed one man this winter. It is a cred it to thei r team and team spi rit that they were able to put the e f for t together.

Not all the show was visible on the gymnastic f l oor during the prescribed championsh ip period . Such fashion plates as Dan Mil lman (in a mod, brown jump suit designed by his wife) and College Division Coach of the Year Dick Wo lfe of Cal State Fullerton were among the stylishly dressed coaches in attendance.

I dropped in during the workout times to see what the " retired" gymnasts were up to. Some were testing themselves on the compu lsor ies (Dan Millman, N e i I Schmidt, Jim Cu lhane); others such as Toby Towson and Mark Davis were busy being innovative. Mark did a neat little sole circle, step around with V2 turn, so le circ le and also threw several triple f lya­ways . Toby was work ing out some se­quences which showed tremendous cre­ativity : tumbling passes such as front handsp ring, high barani with step out; barani , back with walkout; a high layout w ith scissor wa lkout; a stradd le front to front handspring; and interesting transi­tions including a stag position var iation of his stradd le ' L' support. Both he and Mark performed comedy routines on the i r spec ialti es .

TheMG 1971 NCAA Championship Report. The University of Michigan Aprill,2,3,/Crisler arena

by Dick Cril ey Associate Editor

In a new variation of co ll egiate gymnas­t ics competition , the Univers ity Division Championships utilized compu lsory exer­cises for everyone. However, the new for­mat did no t all ow enough time for run­ning all the competito rs through in a si ngle session; yet this is w hat was done. In a 6'12 -hour marathon 30 all-around men, approximately 30 event qua li fiers and add itional competitors f rom 10 teams went through their paces on each apparatus.

Five of the teams had sco red over 160 points this season and a battle roya l was forecast. Such rumors did not, however, give much weight to the relati ve ly short amount of tim e w hich the gym nasts had fo r learning and preparing the compul­so ries other than side horse and f loor exerc ise., COMPUlSORIES

The floor exe rcise, side horse, and ri ngs were run simu ltaneou sly. With a three ring circus such as this it was rea ll y difficult to note more than a few things about each event and th an ks are offered to var­ious people fo r their observations: j on Culbertson, Harry Ne lson, Bob stoLit, john Draghi, and j ack Beckner.

Side Horse as usual gave more trouble to the teams than th e specialists or well­conditi oned all-around men . The usual faults we re encountered ranging from low scissors to poor sw ing but the on ly part which semed to occas ion much difficu lty was the moore, Y2 ci rc le, keh re out w hich led to some sitt ing on the horse. As we ll ' as many gymnasts performed the compul­so ry, one fe lt that they might have been underscored. Th e judges, on the other hand, fe lt tha t, fo r a compu lsory w hich had been around as long as thi s one, the ' executi on could have been better. Favored Iowa State led by a nose on this event.

On floor exercise, New Mexico 0 u t ­performed all comers. The exerc ise ca ll ed for far smoother pe~formances than many gymnasts came up w ith . Thus, many of the deductions came for the lack of rhythm, harmony and expression. Many gymnasts took more than the perm itted 2-3 steps before the arched dive ro ll . Th e back ro ll extension' and 14 turn were often rushed with little effort made to show a hand­stand posit ion. It was obeserved that the cartwhee l, diving back handspr ing, arab ian dive roll is a difficult sequence to do properly from a stand . Th e arabian dive roll frequently led to ·crooked ro ll-outs and

off-ba lance st radd le jum ps. Th e japanese jump w hi ch fo ll owed the stradd le jump was occas iona ll y performed w ithout much rearwards l ift and few gymnasts even so much as showed a handstand position be­fore loweri ng to the chest ro ll-out. Th e full turn sequences had many interesting va ri­ations, some of wh ich did not lend much stabi lity to the side sca le. It appeared that many gymnasts do not know what a body wave is as there we re many grotesq ue conto rti ons wh ich started with angu lar bent knees. The handspring wa lkout, hand­sp ring was a rea l cha.ll enge for the gym­nast lacking either spri ng or flexibil ity. Few ballet teachers would have recognized the tour jete either.

Th e rings event proved to be the down­fall of more than one gymnast as Cal, Iowa State and Mich igan lost sl ight mar­gi ns of advantage he r e . Criticism was leve led at the compul so ry because of its composition; e.g., the back uprise after the front lever is difficult to show off properly. Other prob lem spots included ho lding a high straddle ' l ,' holding the front leve r, and, of course, a good high inlocate to the fo rwa rd straddle somie dismount. Th e judges we re also concerned about gym­nasts shooting too high on the back kip to the support.

The long horse event proved to be the delaying event of the compu lsories . Many judges' Gonferences were called to discuss technicaliti es of the hecht vault. Spec ifi ­ca ll y they were concerned with the ang le of approach and w hether the body was too bent to credit the vault. Explosiveness was lack ing in many of the vaults. How­ever, as one gymnast observed, " It's a good thing each vau lt and vaulter is given full conside rat ion. " Penn State's vaulters pu ll ed up a bit on the field with the ir perfo rm ance in this event.

The parallel bar compulso ry had some o fthe "o ldtimers" shak ing their heads in d isbe lief. Such easy tricks, they seemed to feel, and look how everyone is strugg ling. Individ uall y the moves we re easy enough but problems were encountered in the back rise, Y2 turn fo llowed by straddle cut forward to ' L' and in th e peach to g li de kip which nearly tore some gymnasts from the bars. In this latter seq uence, the key is to keep the elbows in closer to the side during the drop to the g lide. In some quarters it was felt that the judges started out too high and were left no p lace to go

but up. This event was one of the few where scores in the 9's were awa rd ed for the compu lso ry exe rcise.

The horizontal bar compulso ry cou ld best be described as challengi ng-espe­cially the dismount, a backward free hip stradd le hecht. ,Al th ough only a 'B' dis­mount w hen we ll done, this dismount showed -that many gymnasts had not mas­tered proper technique to reach even th at extension .. Still another move in which poor technique was demonstrated was the seat circle fo llowed by dislocate. Iowa State moved so l idly into third place with a 26.65.

Buried among all of th e team competi­to rs and event qual ifiers were the all­around men . Th ere were a handfu l of ex­perienced " name" competitors, including Yoshi Hayasaki, Brent Simmons, Tom Lind ­ner, Paul Tickenoff, and George Green­field. A few more darkhorses with good scores after the compulsories we re Mar­shall Avener, Dave Butzman, and john Crosby. However, there was no one who could rea ll y chall enge Hayasak i who had a 53.55 total after the compu lsories. Next in line we re Iowa State's Brent Simmons with 52.30 and s lU 's Tom Lindner w ith 52 .05 . Top indi vidua ls in the compu lsories included, FX : Stormy Eaton (UNM); sH: Ken Li ehr (Iowa); R: Charl es Rop iquet (sIU) ; LH: Pat Mahoney (s FVsC); PB: Yosh i Hayasak i (Wash ); and HB: jon A it­ken (UNM). OPTIONAlS

Going in to Friday's opt ionals, s lU was in the lead with 155.55, Penn State second with 154.85 and Iowa State third at 153.65. With onl y a slight, chance of break ing into th ird were Cal ifo rn ia, 151.55 ; New Mex ico, 150.75; and Michigan 150.45 .

Penn State got off to a good start on the side horse, although s lU with the help of Ron A ld en and Dave Oliphant was ulti ­mately the team w inner. We asked j on Culbertson, head judge for the side horse, what hel pfu I crit ic isms. he might have. He noted that at least one trick, the bailie, was be ing overworked, even w ith d ifferent ways of getti ng into it. More origina l pend­uiar o r leg work is needed since many of the routines were rather stock. j on sug­gested more variat ion m ight be in trod uced through the scisso rs.

O n the rings, on ly the dismounts occa­sioned much exc itement-when a gymnast missed one. Th ere were lots of doub le fly-

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aways and fu ll twisters. Thi s is a reflection . on a Code of Points which makes it diffi­cult to get proper cred it for other types of dismounts. Two leading contenders for the rings title, Charles Ropiqu et and Dave Seal (I ndiana State) suffered deductions on their landing. Iowa State led off on this event with a 27.00 team effo rt.

On the floor exercise, stron g tumbling characterized many of th e exercises. Par­ticularly impressive (27.95) was the New Mexico team spa rked by Stormy Eaton (double back, double full , and everyth ing else! ) and Dana Shelley (arabian 13/4 , double twister, fine style). SIU and .Mich­igan both had strong team efforts (27.00 and .27.70 respect ively) thanks to fellows like Tom Lindner and Gary Morava (S IU) and Ward Black, Ray Gura and Rick Mc­Curdy of Michigan. Iowa State's fast, pow­erful tumbling attracted a lot of attention . A distinct contrast was the Penn State team with more studied effo rt to vary th e pace and utilize strength and balance as well as tumbling. Billy Mitchell showed off a solid straddle planche, press to hand­stand as well as high, light tumbling. Mar­shall Avener included a high double twister, straight body press from prone position and double leg circles.

There were a number of individuals on both floor exercise and side horse who turned in notable performances. Okla­homa's Mike Caldwell and Otis Lovin ; In ­diana' s Fred Henderson and Ray Jauch ; Lowell Meek of Pitt (high layout to split); Ron Clemmer of Temple (mount : standing back, punch front), Paul Hunt of Illinois (cartwheel full twisting side), Paul Ticken­off of NWLa (front handspring, full twist­ing dive roll and a back-front for dis­mount); and, of course, John Crosby (Southern Connecticut) with his high double back somie for a mount.

All three of the Big Ten's side horse qualifiers and two of the Big Eight's qual­ified into the National Finals. These were Ken Bar of Illinois, Ken Liehr of Iowa, Dick Kaziny of Michigan, Russ Hoffman of Iowa State and Dick Schubert of Kansas. Th e sixth man was from the same area: Ed Slezak of Indiana State with no other parts of the country gaining entry to the side horse finals.

Iowa State vaulted ahead in the stand­ings with a 27.75. For the most part, the vaults used were Yamashita'S, Yamashitas with 1/2 twist, h!lndsprings, and hand­springs with Y2 twist. Handsprings seemed to show off superior height and flight. Full twisting handsprings were displayed by gymnasts from New Mexico, Michigan, and Iowa State. A couple round-off backs were displayed (Avener). Many gymnasts were satisfied with their first vault and took no second ; thus the event moved along faster than d id the compulsories.

The parallel bars were primarily stock although a few individuals (Butzman, Av­ener, Zamora) threw diamidovs; strength moves such as planches and straight body presses from a few individuals (Hruban, Mitchell, Avener) ; but only one or two over-the-side moves were thrown. The dis­mounts were primarily front-offs and

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1971 Nissen Award winner: Brent Simmons, Iowa State.

front-offs with Y2 twist. A double back somie off was used by Massachusetts' Dave Genest and a beautiful full twister by SIU' s Don Locke.

Th e horizontal bar bu i It nicely to a cI i­max with fine end-of-the-meet perform­ances by UNM's Jon Aitken (who main­tai ned his compulsory lead of 9.5 with a 9.5 optional) and SIU's Tom Lindner who brought the house down with a 9.6 exe r­cise. Double flyaways and hechts predom­inated for dismounts with full twisting fly­awaY5 a close third. A bit of variety was added by cast-fronts (Ourso, LSU; Ticken­off, NWLa), double twisters (Scully, Mich.) and full twisting hechts (Hayasaki, Green­field).

After the optional exercises only 1.05 separated the top three teams: Iowa State 317.85, Southern Illinois 317.35 and Penn State 316.80. Halving the scores reduced the margins of difference to 0.25 going into the Team Championships on Saturday. New Mexico had climbed to 4th place on the strength of a fine set of optional exercises. All-AROUND

The all-around was won for the second year by Washington 's Yoshi Hayasaki with 107.90. It was a battle for second between Brent Simmons and Marshall Avener with Tom Lindner breathing down their backs . Simmons, on the strength of 9.4 and 9.55 parallel bar and high bar scores edged out Avener 106.95 to 106.35. Lindner's low score on the side horse hurt him despite 9.35 and 9.6 on the high bar compulsory and optional, and he finished 4th with 105.15. TEAM FINALS

Each of the top three teams was led by a high-placing all - round man : Iowa State

by Brent Simmons, Southern Illinois by Tom Lindner, and Penn State by Marshall Avener. All teams had undergone two days of tiring competition and were being asked to be " up" again. The compulsory / optional average was to be averaged with the optional total from the finals to deter­mine the winner. Iowa State, with previous NCAA placings of 3rd in 1969 and 2nd in 1970 was conceded a sl ight edge.

Frank Benesh (S IU) and Jim Kruest (PS U) led off for their teams on the side horse and floor exercise respectively. It was a bad start for SIU with major breaks for Oliphant, Lindner and Alden and a team total of 24.85, 2.20 below their Friday total on that event. Penn State came through with solid routines but it became appar­ent that the judges were no longer as gen­erous as on the preceding day, and Penn State recorded a 26.25, off 1.60 from Fri­day. Iowa State also got off to a bad start on the side horse as no man reached a 9.0 average and they logged a 24.5 for the event. Meanwhile SIU was rebounding on the floor exercise as Clark, Lindner, and Morava put some strong tumbling to­gether with good strength and balance combinations to come up with a 26.45 total. While Penn State got off to a good start on side horse and suffered no breaks, their exercises lacked the ROV and f lash needed to sell them to the judges, and they netted but 25 .25. Iowa State was re­ceiving no gifts from the judges on floor exercises but their routines were spon­taneous in feeling and gained them a 27.05.

At this point it was ISU 51.55, PSU 51.50, and SIU 51 .30.

The pace picked up again as the teams moved to the long horse and rings. It was

here that the fie ld started to separate as SIU and ISU hit for 27.45 and 26.65 re­spectively on th e rings behind the per­formances of Rop iquet and Lindner (SIU) and Butzman and Simmons (ISU) Pen n State' s ringmen still gave them an edge over ISU with a 27.10 total th anks to strong routines by Mi tchel l and Avener.

Th e vaulting saw a predom inance of Yamash ita's and handsprings with V2 twist. Stewart Buck of ISU threw a ful l ' twisti ng handspring for 8.95 and Avener sco red an 8.8 for h is round-off, back. Since it was a championshi p, NCAA ru les dictated that th e performer's two vaults be averaged and the three high ave rages totaled for th e event. The vaulting strength Iowa State has demonstrated for the past two years was aga in a factor in their 27.05 score on this event. Penn State p icked up a littl e on SI U 25.55 to 24.475 but at the conclu­sion of 4 events, it was evident that the drama of years past was not to be repeated.

Iowa State led by over a poi nt with 105.25 to SIU's 102.225 and Pen n State's 105.15.

Strong events for all teams were com­ing up. Penn State had accumulated 27.90 and 27.55 on the pa rall e l ba r compu lsories and opt ionals and was look ing to make up the difference w ith room to spare ove r SIU . Iowa State had dominated th e high bar w ith 26.65 and 27.80 in their earl ier appea ran ces and would be tough to catch.

Iowa State hi t we l l on the high bar w ith a 27.35 f rom 9.0, 9.05, and 9.3 from Butz­man, Stepehenson, and Simmons. 51U edged Penn State 26.65 to 26.60 thanks to a magnificent 9.45 routine performed by Tom Lindner. Iowa State pou red on a 27.55 in the parallel bars, w hil e 51U ove r-

took Penn State 27.1 to 27.00. Tom Lind ­ner and Don Locke were SIU's h'eroes w hile Marshall Avener and Tom Dunn had to make up for shaky performances from their first three men. Dunn's 9.4 was the high sco re of the event.

Th e final totals we re announced incor­rectly g iving Penn State second place. Unfortunately after the awards had been presented, errors were detected and cor­rected scores showed

Iowa State Southern III i no is Penn State

TOTAL 319.075 316.650 316.150

AVERAGE 159.5375 158.325 158.075

Penn State's team was gracious in defeat and cooperated in exchanging awards with SIU. Both teams are likely to appear at the NCAA's in 1972 as both Avener and Lind­ner return with many of their teammates. Iowa State wi ll host the NCAA's on April 6-8 at A mes, Iowa. INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Thi s year 21 out of 38 performances in the fina ls were by all-around gymnasts w ith nearly al l paral lel ba r and high ba r fina l ists from the al l-around ranks, but none of the side horse f inalists . For the individual f ina ls, Crisler A rena had over 9200 spectators for one of the largest, if not the largest crowds ever to watch an NCAA Gymnastic Champ ionsh ip. Taken w ith th e 7800 w ho viewed th e team cham­pionship, the day's total was just over 17,000 spectators.

In the champ ionships, the fi nal score was averaged with the average of the com­pul so ry and optiona l routines scores. Thus, fina l differences were minimized and the fina l averages measured in differences of hundredths instead of tenths.

Strong tumblin g hi gh li ghted the f loor

exerc ise performances w ith double back somersau lts from Crosby and Eaton, double twisters from nearly everyone, a 13/4 arab ian from Shell ey, a coup le of fu ll twisting dive ro ll s, and a lot of imag in a­tion on transition comb inations.

Everyone who made the- side horse fina ls fu ll y deserved to be there . O n the o th er hand, the judges who ded ucted for the extra loop on a 3-loops and off dis­mOl,lnt beca use of repetition might have been a li ttle over-zea lous. Highlights of this event wi ll be found in the event sum­maries, but it may suffice to note that less than 0.2 sepa rated the first p lace finis h from the 5th place.

Defending NCAA Ring Champion Dave Sea l (Indiana State) suffered a sma ll break on hi s double pike dismount in prelimin­ary competiti on and entered the fina ls in th ird place. Ti ed for first were Charl es Rop iquet of SIU and Ben Fernandez of In ­diana. Th e o.utcome, however, clearly showed Ropiquet had what it took as he hit a double flyaway for a 9.6 ave rage. Th is was the only event in wh ich all f inali sts sco red 9.0 o r above.

Long horse vaul t w inner Pat Mahoney of San Fernando Va lley State Col lege hit is full tw isti ng handspri ng and a giant piked handspring for 9.2 and 9.3 to lead a ll competitors in the fi nals. Jim Turp in of San Jose State Col lege threw his double and a giant piked handspri ng for 9.2 and 9.25 to nab second . Th e rema ining vault­ers used relative ly stock vaults although Brent Simmons hit his land ings so lidl y enough to edge in to th ird place.

Thanks to a large number of ties, there were 8 fi nali sts in th e parallel bar event. Wi th a 9.425 average going into the f inals, Brent Simmons was a so l id favorite w ith teammate Dave Butzman just 0.05 away in second. Down in 5th place and tied with 3 other gymnasts, Tom Du nn did not ap­pear to have much of a chance. Both Sim­mons and Butzman scored 9.3 's and Dunn a 9.45 to tie with Simmons for the cha m­p ionshi p w ith Butzman just 0.025 behind in the fi nal averages. Paul Tickenoff threw in a l ittle-used reverse swinging p irouette to a one-arm handstand, but d idn ' t hold it long enough and wi th other deductions failed to place.

Throwi ng hi s 21st rout ine of the Cham­p ionships, Brent Simmons sco red a 9.65 on a high bar routine which included a sequence of 3 germ an giants. He took first p lace and was fo l lowed by Jon Aitken of New Mexico. New Mexico' s Jon Aitken, tall and thin, reminded one of Bob Manna, a previous NCAA HB Champ fro m New Mexico. A itken 's 9.50 average from the preliminary competitions kept h im in 2nd place despite a 9.4 in the fi nals. Close be­hind was Tom Lindner with 9.55. Tom 's style was pa rti cul ar ly impressive, especia ll y his extension and de layed sweep ing reach on a p irouette.

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Charlie and the Double by Dr. Joseph L. Massimo National Coaching Staff

Returning on my plane to Boston after attending the N.C.A.A. chamiponships at the University of Michigan, (gymnast ic' s version of the " greatest show on earth") I was thinking over the excellence of the three-day competition and the many im­pressive effo rts of our nation 's best.

As always at the national championships there were many outstanding perform­ances. This meet was no exception. Choos­ing one to focus on was difficult indeed - there was the great team struggle be­tween Penn. St., Southern Illinois, and Iowa St. with the Iowa squad capturing the title to revenge a loss in 1970 to the Univ. of Michigan, this time made even sweeter because the victory occured in Ann Arbor; the consistent work of the All-Around men (Hayasaki , Simmons, Lindner, Avener, Butz­man, Tickenoff, Greenfield, Crosby et. al.) performing 18 exerc ises in a grind ing con­test of endurance and proficiency; Brent Simmons' well deserved accla im as he won the Nissen Award; the indi vidual efforts ; the sensational tumbling, routine compos i­tion and dismounts as we ll as many others .

As we move further into our national program designed to develop the A.A . performer (a direction we must go) it be-

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comes easy to ignore the lonely pursuits and triumphs of the dwindling specia lists. One such individua l is Charl ie Ropiequet of S.I.U. Charlie was a so called " walk in " gymnist who had not been formally intro­duced to the Still Fings or other events until he arrived at Southern. Something clicked between this young man and his event and he began to concentrate his long hours of hard work on the rings with an eye to capturing a title. His physical and psychological persistence began to pay of as Charlie moved up the ranks as one of the U.S:'s powerful ringm en.

Th e big day arrived at Temple Univer­sity during the NCAAs of 1970. Victory was in sight but the go ld medal was not des­tined for Charlie. Completing a beautiful routine he overturned his double saito dismount and lost the title to Dave Seal. Once again at Ann Arbor Charlie was in the finals, meeting Seal and other ringmen in a repeat effort for the national title. He was now a senior and this was his final chance. During the pre lims the double was not executed well but Charlie had still been able to qualify for the Saturday

·final s. Performing during the team contest on Saturday afte rnoon Charlie landed a good one for SIU and scored a 9.5! He was encouraged-perhaps now he would go into the individual finals ready to put out his best performance. That night, dur­ing the warm-up for finals, his old nemesis returned-he first underturned the double and then ove rspun it. Charlie Ropiequet looked worried as he paced the floor wait­ing to be called to compete. The men proceding him posted good scores and the contestant (Fe rnand ez) immediately up be­fore Charlie was in second place after

prelims and following a fine performance as g iven by the Univ. of Indiana freshman really increased the pressure. Finally th e moment arrived. All eyes turned to the ring even'!. Your author had been standing righ behind the bench where competing SIU athletes were preparing for competi­tion. As Charlie was lifted up to the rings to begin his routine a teammate turned to the SIU coach Bill Meade saying, "well here it is, this is it. " Charlie moved through his well constructed exercise with near perfection and as he approached the dis­mount I could sense the tension present in the SIU and other gy·mnasts. (Perhaps even steel-nerved Mr. Meade felt a twinge of apprehension!) The arena was si lent as Charlie threw for the double. As he landed the dismount I remember him looking down at the mat for a brief moment. The silence was quickly broken as he stood solidly and received a great ovation and a score of 9.6, the best of his career. When Charlie returned joyously to the sidelines he said, "when I landed and saw my feet I thought my God, I can't believe it. " So Charlie Ropiequet was the 1971 National Champion on the Still Rings. This was an accomplishment he and surely his parents who were present at the meet, must have been proud of as a climax to a college experi ence.

Only he can know the psychological significance of this personal achievement in terms of his sense of self-esteem and mastery. There is little doubt that the struggle and victory had a special meaning for this young man . One thing, however, the 9000 spectators at Crisler Arena all knew that Charles Ropiequet had done the job.

Some Comments on the Judging

Awards:

Tom Maloney, Helms Hall of Fame. by Jerry Wright Newt Loken, Helms Hall of Fame.

The following is personal opinion and the writer does not represent the M .G. nor any group (such as the National Gymnastics Judges Assoc.).

In this writers opinion the judging at the NCAA championships was about 99% ac­curate and fair. It appeared, from the grand sands, that in about 1 % of the cases a group of judges would appear to be too severe on a particular individual , a particu­lar vault or a particular team and at times a group of judges appeared to be some­what lenient in the same fashion. Scores for the Iowa State U. team appeared to be too high in the optional prelims at 9.1, 9.1, 9.35, 9.3. The scorers for so'me L.S .U. men in FX seemed high in spite of their great difficulty. At the same. time the scores for Dana Shelley of New Mexico in the FX finals seemed quite low. The judg­ing, however, on the whole was excellent, Rene J. Kern, NACGC Honor Coaches Award . especially keeping the All Around compe­tition honest as Hayasaki fell below his usual best and allowed Brent Simmons, Marshall Avener and Tom Lindner to make a real battle out of the event.

The judging highlight of the meet, which really brought out how difficult it is to be accurate judging from the grandstands; was probably the finals routine of Ken Liehr on the SH. Everyone, except the 5 judges on the floor, felt Ken deserved a 9.4 or 9.5 but only received 9.2. As it turned out only the 5 judges on the floor deducted .2 for Ken having a sequence that too closely resembled the compulsory (I believe the sequence was double leg circle, tramlot, double leg circle) which means that depending on how one inter­prets the sequence he had 3 or 4 parts in a row that were the same as the compul­sory and it was agreed before the meet that 3 moves in a row would be a .2 de-duction if it involved a B part. NACGC Award , Frank Wolcott. NACGC Award, Frank Bare.

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26.65 153.65 158.925 27.80 164.20 25.05 155.55 158.675 27.15 161 .80 24.80 154.85 158.400 27.00 161.95 26.20 150.75 157.200 28.00 163.65 24.85 150.45 156.675 27.35 162.90 25.35 151.55 156.375 27.75 161 .20 23.20 140.75 148.050 25.55 155.35 11.05 114.40 130.425 24.65 146.55 10.85 73.80 72.900 16.40 72.00

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ALL AROUND FX SH RI LH PB HB Total Total Yoshi Hayasaki, Washington C 8.35 8.75 8.55 9.10 9.65 9.15 53.55

o 9.20 8.90 9.15 9.05 8.90 9.15 54.35 107.90 Brent Simmons, Iowa State C 9.00 8.25 7.60 8.70 ,9.45 9.30 52.30

o 9.10 8.55 8.80 9 .25 9.40 9.55 54.65 106.95 Marshall Avener, Penn State C 8.70 8 .65 8.00 8.60 9.50 8.35 51.80

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o 8.80 8.05 8.70 '9.00 9.45 9.20 53.20 103.50 Paul Tickenoff (N .W. La. St.) 103.00; John Crosby (S. Conn.) 102.20; Jim Ivicek (New Mexico) 99.35; Rick McCurdy (Michigan) 98.85; Minoru Morisaki (California) 97.60; John Hughes (Brig . Young) 97.10; Bruce McGartlin (N.S. La St.) 96.10 ; Ray Gura (Michigan) 94.95 ; Dave Repp (New Mexico) 94.40 ; Ron Clemmer (Temple) 93.65 ; Carl Walin (Iowa) 92.45; James Kruest (Penn. St.) 90.55 ; Steve Hoit (Air Force) 88.95 ; Bill Ritter (Air Force) 82.60 ; Ken Ourso (LSU) 78.75 ; Steve Stein (LSU) 66.25 ; Rod Richards (Denver) 50.85.

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Final FLOOR EXERCISE Team Score Stormy Eaton New Mexico 9.4250 John Crosby S. Conn. 9.2625 Paul Hunt Illinois 9.1625 Dana Shelley New Mexi co 9.1500 Minoru Morisaki California 9.0625 Paul Tickenoff N.W. La. St. 9.0500 Preliminary C&O average total: Ward Black (Mich.) 18:30 ; Fred Henderson (Ind. St.) 18.25; Odess Lovin (Okla.) 18.20; Mike Caldwell (Okla.) 18.20; Gary Morava (So. 111.) 18.15; Brent Simmons (Iowa St.) 18.10; Marshall Avener .(penn St.) 18.10; Ray Jauch (Ind. St.) 18.05; Lowel Meek (Pitt.) 18.00; Ron Clemer (Temple) 17.85; Hide Umeshita (Wash.) 17.75 ; Lou Moreno (Cal St. LA) 17.70; George Greenfield (CaL) 17.65; Bill Ritter (Air Force) 17.50 ... Qualifiers not among top 20 : Dave Buel (Memphis); Bryan Scott (Ariz. St.); Ed Datti (Springfield); Ken Brown (Denver); Cliff Miyoshi (San Diego St.) ; Jeff Rock (Minn.); Laleb Dana (LSU); Jim Turpin (San Jose); Steve Stein (LSU); Bruce McGartlin (NW La.); Rod Richards (Denver).

STORMY EATON: Univers ity of New Mex ico. Coach Rusty Mitchell. Weight: 14 5. Height: 5' 6" . Events Qualified: Free Exerc ise. Hometown: Scottsdale, Arizona . High School: Scottsdale. John Crosby Coach Bill Roberts & Norm an Witham . Routine: Free Ex: Round off flipflop double ba ck, back extension roll , hop pirouette, handspring walk· out, round off step out full t wisting back st ep· out, back wa lkover splits, stiff·stiff press, t w o foot front handspring, hop pirouette, flipflop , flipflop , toe·touch straddle dow n, va ldez, round off flipflop, double twist. JOHN CROSBY: Southern Connecticut State Co l· lege. Coach Abe Grossfield . Weight: 125. Height: 5' 4". Events Qualified: Free Exercise. Hometown: Farmingdale, New York . High School: Farmingda le . Coach Abe Grossfield. Routine: Free EX: Round off flipflop double back saito, y, turn, fall straddle cut, lift leg to stand, three step front saito stepout , round off side salt (straddle), Swedish fall t o straddle stand, stiff arm press, lower down, t wo steps, round off back dive 112 t wist, jump 112 turn back hand· spring to front leaning rest, shoot thru to split, stand to lunge, turn , four steps, round off flip· flop double t w ist. (and he finally stuck it) PAUL HUNT: Routine: Ro und off flipflop back flip flipflop full twist into splits, press out to inverted planche, arch to feet, to cart whee l, side somersault with a full t w ist, I;' turn to back walkover in scissor to handstand , straddle down, straddle up, o ne leg dow n to momentary scale, run to front flip front handspring, turn, straddle backward roll, to knee flex, back through knee, back walkover, to pike stand, to round off flipflop full twist. DANA B. SHELLEY: University of New Mexico. Coach Rusty Mitchell & Hutch Duorak. Weight: 147. Height: 5' 7". Events Qualified: Free Exer· cise . Hometown: Denver, Colorado. High School: Ranum . Coach Lou Baretta. Routine: Free Ex: Round off arabian 1%, jump to pushup turn· Paul Hunt over valdez, handstand, stepdown, round off double full, drop to split, press stepdow n, front flip, front fl ip y, arabian dive roll, headspring kick out, inward pirouette handstand, stoop down, round off full . MINORU MORISAKI: University of California Berkeley. Coach Hal Frey. Weight: 140. Height: 5' 6" . Events Qualified: Free Exercise. Home­town: Beppu, Japan . High School: Midori. Rou­tine: Free Ex: Round off flipflop full, back hand, pike handspring front somersault, side somer· sault , round off flipflop full . PAUL TICKENOFF: Northwestern State Univer· sity Louisiana. Coach Armondo Vega . Weight: 135. Height: 5' 7" . Events Qualified: Free Exe r· cise, Parallels. Hometown: Huntington Bea ch, California. High School: Bell High School. Coach Carl Palas. Routine: Free Ex: Front step out, handspring, dive roll , full twist, straddle jump front; che5tdown bounce straddle stance, straddle stiff stiff press; pirouette stepdown; run round·off, flip flop back full twist; back ex· tension roll hop I;' pirouette step down full Paul Tickenoff turn t o st and; handspring , front, headspring chestdown; I;' turn t o % moore around to back support, back extension rol l step dow n; run roundoff, back handspring, back layout, punc h

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Final SIDE HORSE Team Score Russ Hoffman Iowa St. 9.3250 Ed Slezak Ind. St. 9.2375 Ken Barr Illinois 9.1 500 Ken Liehr Iowa 9.1375 Dick Kaziny Michigan 9.1375 D. Schubert Kansas 8.4625 Preliminary C&O average total: Dave Oli­phant (So. 111.) 17.95; John Worthington (Navy) 17.80; Daryl Miller (Brig. Young) 17.50; Marshall Avener (Penn. St.) 17.40; Dennis Jones (Utah) 17.30 ; Fred Cardenas (New Mex.) 17.05 ; Ken Bronner (USC) 16.75 ; Chuck Sanders (Wash.) 16.60; Rick Neuner (Cal SI. LB) 16.45; John Crosby (So. Conn.) 16.10; John Regan (Calif.) 16.05; Tony DeStaphano (Syracuse) 15.95 ; Russ Wiggins (Cornell) 15.35; Ron Brown (Springfie ld) 14.35 .. . Qualifiers not among top 20: Larry Evermann (Neb.); Clyde Ash­ley (LSU); Brian Kolb (UCSB); Dick Ols­zeski (Memphis); Chris Porter (Air Force) ; Doug Atkins (III. St.); Tim Carlton (UCSB) ; Ken Ourso (LSU); Bob Mayers (Memphis).

RUSSELL HOFFMAN: Iowa State. Coach Ed Gog· nie. Weight: 150. Height: 6'. ~Events Qualifi ed: Side Horse. Hometown: Hinsda le, I l linois . Rou­tine: Side Horse : Back moore downhi ll , back tramlet uphill , Russian moore, hop, c ircle, one reverse scissors , three f orwa rd sc isso rs , circ le, 3;' bail ie downhill, back loop, loop, loop, 1/2 Ed Slezak t wist.

ED SLEZAK: Indiana Stat e Un iversit y. Coach Roger Counsil. Weight: 150. Events Qualified: Side Ho rse. Hometown: Hi nsdale, Illinois. High School: Hinsda le Central. Coach Tony Canino. Routine: Side Horse: Back moo re uphill, bailie, si de trave l, loop, uphill moore, Kehre in , one reverse scissor, three forward scissors, st ock li ­out hop, loop, loop, 'h t wist.

KEN BARR: Routine: Side Horse: Predom inantl y clockwise w ith NO c irc les as such ( i .e., a ll im· mediate tricks). Approach-Both hands on pom­mels, single pommel Russian moore, s ide travel t o end m o unt (as no one has used this, it sho uld be known as t he "Barr Mount"), Shelt zer up (back moore side trave l up), Russian moore, pommel loop, stockl i out, back loop (bli nd loop), blind tramlot up, Kris Kehre into th ree front scissors, (originat ed by Barr or at least no know ledge of it has been done before) , one reverse sc issors, side trave l down, wa lk around, loop w ith 112 t wist.

KEN LIEHR: Iowa Un iversity . Coach Mr. Schmitt. Events Qualified: S ide Horse. Weight: 140 Ibs . Height: 5' 10". Hometown: Riverdale, Ill ino is. High School : Thorton Tow nship High School. Coach Dick Foerch. Routi ne: Side Horse: Circle back moore up hi ll travel, front·in imm ediat e moore, circ le moore , 3.4 bailie wa lk-around , stockli in, ci rc le, breakout, front·front, reverse scissor, two legcut s, three fo rward scissors, leg· cut, circle back tromlet, hop loop, loop, 1/2 twist.

RICHARD KAZINY: Universit y of Mich igan. Coach Newt Loken. Events Qualified: Sid e Horse. Weight: 150 Ibs . Height: 5' 10" . Hometown: Glenv iew, Illino is. High School : Glenbrook South. Coach Tony Ga labrese. Routine: Side Horse: Bac k moore immed iat e russ ia n , side t rave l, back moore uphill, bailie, back moore downhill , keh re in , break, one reverse scissor, three front scissors, s ide travel loop, hop loop, loop, 1/2 t w ist.

RICHARD J. SCHUBERT: Kansas Unive rsi t y. Coach Robert Lockwood. Events Qualified: Side Horse. Weight: 135 Ibs. Height: 5' 10". Home­town: Lawrence, Kansas . High School: La w ren ce High School. Coach Robert Manning. Routine: Side Horse: Walk·around, loop, back stockli- t o middle, c ircle, back moore immediat e side t rave l to end, front·in immediate back stockli t o end , back st ock li t o midd le, c ircle , cut out in front, reverse scissor, leg cut, front sc issors,

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Final RINGS Team Score Charles Ropiequet So. III. 9.6000 Ben Fernandez Indiana 9.3500 Dave Seal Ind. St. 9.1375 Barney Peters California 9.0250 Yoshi Hayasaki Washington 8.9250 George Stalter Syracuse 8.9250 Preliminary C&O average total: Bob Ma­horney (Ind. St.) 17.65; Charles Earle (Ind.) 17.60; Mike Sale (Mich.) 17.60; Bill Mit­chell (Penn. St.) 17.45; Dave Repp (New Mex.) 17.00 ; John Hughes (Brig. Young) 17.00; Bob Tracey (Air Force) 17.00; Vince Nicoletti (Denver) 16.80; Dave Butzman (Iowa St.) 16.75; Keith Furst (East 111.) 16.75; Glenn Williams (Penn St.) 16.65; Joe Chase (Air Force) 16.65; Brent Sim­mons (Iowa St.) 16.40; Steve Borges (LSU) 16.35 ... Qualifiers not among top 20: Joe Kinkel (Ne Mex.) ; John Crosby (S. Conn.); Steve Rochell (Stanford); Kirk Gardner (Kansas); Ed Sparacino (San Jose); George Duncan (Memphis); Marty Olsen (LSU); Joe Sweeney (San Jose); Tom Gardner (Calif.)

CHARLES ROPEIQUET: Southern Illinois Univer· sity. Coach Bill Meade. Weight: 120. Height: 5' 3". Events Qualified: Rings. Hometown: High· land Park, Illinois . High School: Highland Park. Coach: None. Routine: Rings: Dislocate straight arm shoot, straight arm giant, giant to "L" cross, lower cross, thru to back lever, kip "L", stiff-stiff press, lower to back lever, dislocate, double back.

BENNY FERNANDEZ: Indiana University. Coach Jim Brown. Events Qualified: Rings. Weight: 128 Ibs. Height: 5' 4'12". Hometown: Elk Grove, Illi ­nois. High School: Elk Grove High S.chool. Coach Fred Gaines. Routine: Rings : Straight body pull, dislocate, straight arm shoot, straight arm giant, reverse fallout to planche, straight arm bird to " L", hollowback press, lower down w ith straight arms, back roll to front lever, pullout, dislocate, double

DAVE SEAL: Indiana State University. Coach Roger Counsil. Events Qualified: Rings . Weight: 138 Ibs. Height: 5' 7". Hometown: Columbus, Indiana. High School: Columbus Senior High School. Coach Mr. John Hinds. Routine: Rings: Pull to straight body hang, kip to planche (hold), % straight arm giant for,,!ard, forward straight arm giant, reverse giant, lower to " L" cross (hold) , reverse kip to "L" support (hold), hollowback press to handstand, pike double somersault from handstand.

BARNEY PETERS: University of California Berke­ley. Coach Hal Frey. Events Qualified: Rings. Weight: 150. Height: 5' 7". Hometown: Somer­ville, Massachusetts. High School: Somerville High School. Routine: Rings: Inlocate backrise, straight arm giant, straight arm lower " L" cross, roll to back lever, kip " L", hollowback, lower front lever, dislocate, double flyaway.

YOSHI HAYASAKI: University of Washington. Coach Eric Hughes. Weight: 125. Height: 5' 4". Events Qualified: Parallel Bars, High Bar. Home­town: Osaka, Japan. High School: Issaguh High School. Coach Charlie Denny. Rings : Inverted hang, in locate giant, back uprise handstand, giant drop handstand, cross, kip, "L" support, press handstand, straight arm down to back lever, dislocate, full t w ist .

GEORGE STALTER: Syracuse. Coach Paul Ro­meo. Weight: 140. Height: 5' 7 " . Events Quali­fied: Rings. Hometown: Michigan Lakes, New Jersey. High School : Valley Forge High School. Coach Stan Wilkes. Routine: Rings: Dislocate, dislocate, shoot handstand , lower to back lever, pull cross, back kip "L", arch press handstand, fallover, back uprise, cast dislocate, full.

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Final LONG HORSE Team Score Pat Mahoney S. F. Valley 9.2250 Jim Turpin San Jose 9.1625 Brent Simmons Iowa St. 9.1000 Jim Kruest Penn St. 9.0250 Jim Ivicek New Mexico 8.9750 Tim Haller Indiana 8.9125 Preliminary C&O average total: Mark Hop­kins (New Mex.) 17.80; Dan Wunderlich (Ind. St.) 17.80; Marshall Avener (Penn. St.) 17.75; Rich Gaylor (Wash.) 17.65; John Crosby (S. Conn.) 17.60; Mike Greene (Penn. St.) 17.60; Hide Umeshita (Wash.) 17.75 ; Barry Siotten (Iowa) 17.55; Lou Moreno (Cal St. LB) 17.50; Steve Hoit (Air Force) 17.45; Tom Lindner (So. 111.) 17.20; Brad Moses (Calif.) 17.05; Dan Ryan (Ariz. St.) 16.60; Steve Stein (LSU) 16.30 ... Qualifiers not among top 20: Bruce Boult (UICC); Randy Raudabaugh (LSU); Dave Butzman (Iowa St.); Jim Gilberto (Iowa St.); Joe Sweeney (San Jose); Paul Blasko (Ind. St.); Rod Richards (Denver); Ron Webb (Okla.); Ken Ourso (LSU); Dave Huson (Ind. St.); Mike Meyer (Denver).

PAT MAHONEY: San Fernand o Valley State. Coach Jack Medina. Weight: 155. Height: 5' 4 ". Events Qualified: Long Horse. Hometown: Re· seda, California. High School: Cleveland . Coach Ernie Contraras. Routine: Long Horse: Full t w isting handspring, Yamashita-far end .

JIM TURPIN: San Jose State. Coach Dr. Clair Jennett. Events Qualified: Long Horse. Home­town: San Mateo. California . High School: San Mateo High Schoo l. Coach Art Andrews. Rou­tine: Long Horse: Handspring w ith 'h, Yama· shita .

BRENT SIMMONS: 21, Sr., Iowa State Univer· Jim Turpin sity. Coach Ed Gagnier. Major Physical Educa-tion. Events Qualified: Long Horse, Parallels, and High Bar. Hometown: Columbus, Indiana. High School: Columbus Senior High . Coach John Hinds. Routines: Vault-Yamashita, Yama· shita 'Iz t w ist.

JIM KRUEST: Penn State University. Coach Gene Wettstone. Weight: 136. Height: 5' 7". Events Qualified: Long Horse. Hometown: Freedom, Pennsylvania. High School: Rochester. Coach Dale Meddock. Routine: Long Horse: handspring II. t wist, Yamashita (near end).

JIM IVICEK: Events Qualified: Long Horse, Par· allel Bars. Routines: Long Horse: Handspring, Giant Pike handspring.

TOM HALLER: Indiana University. Coach Jim Brow n. Weight: 160. Height: 5' 8 ". Events Qual­ified: Long Horse. Hometown: Syracuse, New York. High School: Liverpool High School. Coach Bill Luttenger. Routine: LOfIg Horse: Yamashita~far end, Handspring liz twist.

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PARALLEL BARS Brent Simmons Tom Dunn Dave Butzman Yoshi Hayasaki Ph il Rockwell Jim Ivicek Marshall Avener Paul Tickenoff

Team 10waSt. Penn State Iowa State Washington California New Mexico Penn State N.W. La. St.

Final Score 9.3625 9.3625 9.3375 9.2875 9.2625 9 .. 2125 9.2000 9.1 125

Preliminary C&O average total: Don Locke (So. 111.) 18.40 ; Lee Wayman (Col. St.) 18.35; Gene Kal in (111.) 18.30; Breck Cun­ningham (Air Force) 18.30; John Crosby (So. Conn.) 18.30; Bruce McGartlin (NW La. St.) 18.30; Dave Genest (Mass.) 18.20 ; George Greenfield (Calif.) 18.05; Rod Rich­ards (Denver) 18.05; Murray Plotkin (Mich.) 17.65; Steve Zamora (Col. St.) 17.15; Steve Duke (So. 111.) .. . Qualifiers not among top 20 : Clyde Ashley (LSU); Mickey Uram (Mich. St.) ; Richard Brousseau (LSU); Den­nis Mazur (Iowa St.); Joe Sweeney (San Jose) ; Jeff Miller (Memphis).

BRENT SIMMONS: -Cast support straddle cut t o "L", stra ight arm straddle press stutz ha ndsta nd , cast 'h turn, front uprise, swing pirouette, stutz handstand, layaway f ront up· rise, front off. THOMAS LAWSON DUNN JR. : Penn State Uni · ve rs ity. Coach Gene Wettstone. Weight: 128. Height: 5' 6'/2'" Events Qualified: Parallel Bars. Hometown: A r l ingto n Heights, Illin ois. High School: A r lington and North Central. Coach: Tom Wa lthouse and Jo hn Em ery. Routine : Par­a llel Bars: Peach handstand, stutz handstand, drop peach, cast to under a rm , back uprise straddle cut "L" hold, ho llowback press hand ­stand, stutz handstand, layaway front uprise, swi ng pirouette, layout back off.

DAVE BUTZMAN: Iowa State Un iversit y. Coach Ed Gagnier. Weight: 135. Height: 5' 8 ". Events Qualified: Parallel Bars & Hig h Bar. Hometown: Barrington, Illinois. High School: Ba rrington. Coach And y Kostick. Routines: Para lle l Bars: Cast support, straddle out, " L", stra ight a rm press handstand, Diamidov, stutz hand, cast, uprise stradd le cut, sw ing hand, stutz hand, lay away ·front. uprise, front somi half twist.

YOSHI HAYASAKI: Peach basket immed iate piro uette, stutz,

peach, front uprise, reverse piro uette , straigh ly, cast , st radd le cut, "L" support, stiff-stiff press, stutz layaway, front uprise, front somi with full t w ist. PHIL ROCKWELL: University of California Berke­ley. Coach Hal Frey. Events Qualified: Parallel Bars. Routine : Para llel Ba rs: Peach layaway, front uprise, hop pirouette to handstand, cast to upper arm, back uprise 'h turn , forward roll back uprise, straddle cut " L" , straight arm press to han dstand , stutz handst and, layaway f ront upr ise, front off with '/2 twist .

JIM IVICEK: Paralle ls : Cast support, swing p irouette, strouli, stutz handstand, cast back up ri~e, cut catch " L", stiff-stiff press, stutz, front up rise, front with 'h t wist. MARSHALL AVENER: Penn State Un iversity. Coach Gene Wettstone. Weight: 128. Height: 5' 6". Events Qualified: Parallel Bars. Home­town: Levittown, New York. High School: Is­land Trees. Coach Richard Schnaars. Routine: Parallel Bars: Peach lay away, uprise, swing pirouette, Diam idov, cast upperarms, back up­r ise cut to "L", hollowback, stutz hand lay away, uprise, swing pirouette. stutz, back off . PAUL TICKENOFF: Paralle l Bars: Cast cat ch straddle . cut " L", straddle stiff stiff press, stutz layaway, front r ise, hop pirouette to glide kip, swing t o hand­stand stradd le on one bar to one arm hand­stand, pirouette-in , cast backrise straddle out, layaway, front-in, front off with '12.

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Final HORIZONTAL BAR Team Score Brent Simmons Iowa State 9.5375 J. Aitken New Mexico 9.4500 Tom Lindner S. Illinois 9.4000 George Greenfield Californ ia 9.2875 Dave Butzman Iowa State 9.0625 Yoshi Hayasaki Washington 8.9750 Preliminary C&O average total: Rick Dan­ley (Ind. St.) 18.20; Dick Dalton (Ariz. St.) 17.65 ; Marshall Avener (Penn St.) 17.60; Del Smith (So. 111.) 17.50; Jim Stephenson (Iowa St.) 17.15; Ed Howard (Mich .) 17.10; Rick McCurdy (Mich.) 16.95; Nino Nardec­chia (Air Force) 16.90; Dan Pillasch (Army) 16.80; Jim Kruest (Penn . State) 16.55; Jim Paquette (Air Force) 16.40; Minoru Mori­saki (Calif.) 16.25; Joe Sweeney (San Jose) 15.95 ; John Crosby (So. Conn.) 15.25 ... Qualifiers not among top 20: Jim Ivicek (New Mex.) ; Rod Richards (Den- · ver) ; Rich Martin (Springfield); Jeff Wiles (Springfield) ; Doug Peters (Georgia); Bill Barnwell (San Jose); Ken Ourso (LSU); Caleb Dana (LSU).

BRENT SIMMONS: - Stem, hecht va ult, reverse k ip triple german, disengage liz t w ist kip c hange grip, stalder, pirouette, toe·on·off, bl ind cha nge, immediate hecht with full twist.

JON AITKEN: University of New Mexico. Coach Rusty Mitchell. . Events Qualified: High Bar. Weight: 140 . Height: 5' 8" . Hometown: Tucson, A r izona . High School: Palo Verde High. Coach Bob Lans . Routine : Hig h Bar: High st art imme· diate stalder, reach under vault, kip, st oop, in · verted eag le, hop, pirouette , back stalder, g iant, double fl yaway.

TOM LINDNER: 20, Jr., Southern Illino is Univer· sity. Event Qualified: High Ba r. Major Math or Chemistry. Coach Mr. Meade. Hometown: Mil · waukee, Wisconsin. High School : Brown Deer High Schoo l. Coach Ray Lorenz. Previous Gym· nastic Awards and Honors: State AA, Wor ld Games Team. Comments: It's Fun. Routines: H igh Bar: Straight a rm stem , stoop t o invert s , hop t o f ront gian t , stalder, st all·reach under vau lt, st oop, straddle cut, ki p change, pirouette , stalder, giant, double bac k.

DAVE BUTZMAN: High Bar: Stem, giant, stoop, dislocate, eagle , hop out. giant, reach over vault , reverse kip , german kip c hange, giant, pi ro uette, giant, double flyaway.

YOSHI HAYASAKI: High Bar: Reverse grip stem, immediat e sta lder, pirouette , stalder w ith immedi ate hop c hange, hop change to vault, ba ck kip, German, kip, hop pirouette, c ross change, Hecht w ith full twist.

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