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editor: NCAA REPORT: Because a virus bug floating around South路 ern California zeroed in on your editor at NCAA champion ship time, we were unable to make the trip to Temple University. However, we were more than adequately represented by our two hard-working associates, Dick Criley (who flew all the way from Hawaii to help out), and our art director (photographer, poet, promotional consultant, etc.), Ken Sakoda, who played hooky from art school for a few days to make sure we got the iob done.

While in Philadelphia, Dick and Ken enlisted the services of Steve Cohen to do some of the technical reporting, Ray Lorenze to help with the photography and Bill Coco, the congenial host ond meet director as a wal king information center. Between cameras, tape recorders , pad pencil and assi stants, we feel they came up with a real special championship edition for you.

We know gymnastic ioy and ir. spiration are in store for you as you work your way through this special report filled with photos, results, interviews and winning routines along with personal data of interest on most of the top competitors in this year's competition. Once again a special note of thanks to Dick, Ken, Ray, Bill and all who had a part in making this annual special edition ... and to you the readers who continually help make the MG possible by your support and enthusia sm.

NEXT EOITION: USGF champion ships, NAIA nationals, along with all the regular MG news, instruction features and iudging notes, plus MG and " POT," our rebuttal with comments and help from MG readers around the world.

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THE MODERN GYMNAST MAGAZINE

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Official Publication of the United States Gymnastic Federation

TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME XII MAY NUMBER 5 NOTES FROM THE EDITOR .. ......... .. .... Glenn Sundby 4 THE MG NCAA REPORT VIEWPOINTS ......... Dick Criley 6 PETER DI FURIO : IN PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE .. .. ...... .. .. .... .... .. ............ Joseph L Massimo 7 NCAA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP .. ......... Dick Criley 7 TECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS .............. .. Steve Cohen 10 SPOT INTERViEWS ................ Sakoda & Criley 13 ALL-AROUND CHAMPiONSHiP.. ...... ......... .. ... 15 FREE EXERCISE ....... ... ... ... ... .. ..... .. .. ... ..... 16 SIDE HORSE ....... .............. .. ...... ....... .. .. 18 STILL RINGS .. .. .. .. ..... .. .... ...... .... ....... . .. . 20 LONG HORSE .. .. ....... ... .... .. .... .... ..... ... ... 22 PARALLEL BARS ...... ..... ............... . ..... ..... 24 HORIZONTAL BARS ... ...... ... .... ........ ..... .... 26 TRAMPOLINE ....... .. .. ..... ... ..... .............. .. . 28 MG GYM CALENDAR .... ............. . ....... . .. ...... .... 30

DR. E. A. EKLUND PUBLISHER-EDITOR GLENN SUNDBY

ASSOCIATE EDITORS-TECHNICAL DICK CRILEY, FEATURE KEN SAKODA, LAYOUT Our belated condolences to Dr. Eklund 's wife, Ruth , and members of hi s famil y. Dr. Eklund pas sed away on March 7, 19 70. For the pa st 20 years Dr. Eklund was the national secretary of the American Turners and editor of th e " AMERICAN TURNER TOPICS." A quiet hard w orker in gymna st ics, we will all mis s him (a ch eck from Dr. Eklund wa s the first reco rded sub sc ript ion to th e Modern Gym na st maga zine when we started in 195 6. )

ASSOCIATE EDITORS - Feature A. Bruce Frederick, Education; Dr. James S. Bosco, Research; Jerry Wright, Competition; Frank Bare.

USGF; John Nooney, Canada; Robert Hanscom, YMCA ; Andrzei Gonera , European; Gera.ld George, Dan Millman & Don Tonry, AA Instructwnal; Bill Roetzheim, Instructional.

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THE MG NCAA REPORT Photos by Roy Lorenz, Dick Criley and Ken Sokodo

VIEWpoints

by Dick Crilev Some years back when Carl Patterson bid to host the NCAA 's at Temple Universit y, he promised a new gymnasium and facilities for the visiting teams. Unfortunately , Carl did not live to see the realization of his dream, but Bill Coco and the Temple Athletic Department were as fine a set of hosts as we've had the Bill , Gavin White, AI Shrier, Dave Leonard, Neil Cohen, Fred Turoff, Jay Geier and the scorekeepers from the Mannettes for their assistance and cooperation.

Visiting gymnasts , coaches, and judges were all especially pleased with the transportation provisions from the Ben Franklin Hotel in downtown Philadelphia out to Temple 's new McGonigle Hall. This was another courtesy of the Temple Athletic Department.

Another upbeat note was the presence of WFI L-TV who taped the entire night of individual finals . Unfortunately only local viewers got to see it as the NCAA again decided not to contract with a major television network for national coverage.

The decision to hold the NCAA Trampoline Championships concurrently with the gymnastic championships was a wise one. It provided the trampolinists with spectators and an air of competitiveness which might not otherwise existed. Hopefully the sport will receive its full due in future championships and the format will be tightened up a bit.

Speaking of tightening things up, something has got to be done about those coaches' dinners and meetings. Even the older coaches were getting rest less as the dinner meeting approached midnight. A bit of relief was furnished by " Gymnastic Flashbacks" which was premiered for the annual dinner. Seems to me a lot of the proceedings (nominations, ballots, etc.) could have been carried out by mail with only the resu lts requiring announcement. Announcement of other awards could be made in the program and the awards given out before one of the championships.

The Temple hosts made another suggestion worthy of consideration: Hold the last conference or regional meets 2 weeks before Nationals. This would I} proyide more time to get the results in for the pro'g ram to be printed, 2} allow a recovery period for competing gymnasts and teams , and 3} ease the pressures on the host institution. I don't suppose anything quite so reasonable will ever be considered by the various autonomous conferences and the NCAA ...

A couple of gymnasts solved a problem in a rather unique, albeit expensive, way. They bought wigs to cover their shoulder-length hair.

While some scoffed at the solution, it did enab le them to compete without risking the verba l condemnation of the gymnastics establishment (let alone their coach) or the unspoken deductions of the judges.

On another note , it was of interest to observe that specialists can perform compulsories and still qualify for medals as there were 17 allaround performances and 19 specialist performances seeded into the finals , a lmost the same as last year when only AA men did compulsories.

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The MG stoff and we are sure everyone that was involved with this yeor's NCAA championships would like to commend Coach Bill Coco for the excellent organization and hondling of the meet.

1970 NACGC HONOR COACH'S AWARD, Charles A. Pease of Petalumo, Colif. He is post 70 and still teoching and coo ching gymnastics (Sonoma State College). Hos been a coach and promoter of gym路 nastic since 1916 (UC-Berkeley, 1921-1962) and is considered by mony to be the father of gymnostics on the West Coost.

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HELMS HALL OF FAME AWARD RECIPIENTS, Fronk Woolcott (Springfield), president of the Notional Association of College Gymnastic Cooches, presents Helms Holl of Fame Awards to Mrs. Carl Patterson (for her late husbond), George Szypula, Hal Frey, Bruno Johnke and John Van Aalen (not pictured).

Judges for NCAA championships, Bock row, Jerry Todd, Sid Drain, Jerry Wright, Chris Weber, Fronk Cummiskey, Bob Manning. Front row, Gordon Matthews, Dick Aronson, Rich Riccardi, Bill Ratzheim, Bob Hall, Duane Hoecherl.

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1970 NCAA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

by Dick Criley

Pete Difurio accepts the coveted Nissen Award with Coach Coco as it was presented by Mr. George Ni ssen personally.

Peter DiFurio: In the Pursuit of Excellence

by J ose ph L. Mass imo Ph .D .

Psyc hologist U .S. N ational Coaching Staff In a day and age where herois m is considered rathe r "corny " and our ge neral attitude towards acts of persona l courage and fo rtitude is so mewhat blase' , it may be wise to pa use from time to time and reflect on such behaviors in order to renew our faith in the human experience and in our young people.

One s u c h perfor ma nce occurred at th e N .C.A .A . Gymnastic C hampionships in Philade lph ia on April 2, 3, and 4th. The young man in volved is not well known to the author except by na me ; Pete DiFurio, Age ; 20, Hometown; Phil adelphia, Year ; Senior a nd school , Temple Univ ers ity . However, observing this gymnast on two occasions, the Eastern Intercollegiate Gymnastic League C hampion ships and N ationa ls provides a mple evidence to single him out as one very rea l exa mple of the power of will and determination of heroic proportio ns.

Pete 's gy mnastic performance bespeaks of hi s co mpetence in thi s chosen area. At th e Easterns he was a standout capturing the All Around title after executing 17 complete exercises without a majo r bre ak . At the N .C.A.A.s he aga in presented 17 routines without a se rious fault and a lso rece ived gy mnastic s' highest national award - the Ni sse n Troph y for qu a lity gymnastics and overall sportsmanship.

Bes ide thi s fine performance of body hi s performance of spirit is the real focus of thi s art icle. Sometime ago Pet e DiFurio susta ined a serious knee injury requiring surgica l intervention. Since the n he has carefully guarded hi s leg while acce lerating his training progra m. His coach , Bill Coco, had indicated that he worried eac h time Pete was working out that he might re-injure himself. Bill was a familiar sight at the competitions providing extraordinaril y fine spotting for thi s boy in order to reduce the number of la ndings the leg would have to endure. During competitions, howe ver, Pete was

on his own a nd sure ly these we re difficult moment s. At the Easterns in Syracuse, New York , on hi s Hori zo nt al Bar dismount , Pete landed and collapsed in agony as hi s leg rebelled . Thi s happened at the conclusion of the preliminaries but that evening he returned for the finals and fini shed the compe titio n although obvious ly in ph ysical pa in. The gymnast ic performance is difficult when one is physically so und but the added strain of me nta l concern about if and when an aggravated condition might collapse makes it a formidable task indeedl At the nat ionals aft er two days of grueling competition a nd again on the high bar, Pete's great effort came to an end. As he landed hi s dismount he fell to the floor , thi s time with hi s good leg injured. The additional burden placed on thi s leg for months , in order to favor the other, had finally ta ken it s toll. Pete was carried off the floor but returned after a short period to receive hi s and his team's award s as the number three University squad in the U.S .A. H e was sti ll being ass isted by hi s teammates whose affection for him has a lways been apparent. Earlier that afternoon your author had bri efl y talked to Pete a nd noticed that hi s ha nds had several deep and obviously very sore cuts which no doubt hindered him even more. Hi s only comment about these was a curt di smi ssal of their importa nce - " they ma ke it a little hard to hold on."

On Saturday evening the N .C.A .A . individual finals were held. Pe te had qualified on several events but Temple's iron man could not complete hi s final competition as a collegian.

He dressed and received hi s rewards climaxed by the Ni ssen Trophy and a sta nding ovation from a sell-out hou se.

Later, after the concl usion of the competition , he proudl y di splayed this beautiful troph y with a beaming s mile o n hi s face. It was then that your author decided to write thi s brief and genuine tribute to an outstanding athlete who demonstrates the quality of courage , phys ical pe rsistence, and mental endurance of a true champion. All of us who witnessed thi s effort could not help but feel a sense of pride for Pete Di F urio who humbly pursued and achieved excellence.

In the preliminary competitions , Iowa State, as expected , jumped off to an ea rl y lead tot aling 81.40 for the first three events , largely o n th e strength of fine side horse performances

by Doug Peak a nd Russ Hoffman . Thanks to th e la rge number of competitors, th e race for second a nd third was rather obscured until after the fir st three events when it was di scovered tha t Southern Illinois (80.25) had edged into seco nd place, tha nk s la rgely to so me outstanding ringwork by C ha rles Ropiquet.

Templ e (79.70) was third as a result of cons iste nt tea mwo rk but only 0 .6 ahead of fourth pl ace Michigan (79.1 0). Michiga n was hurt on the side horse by so me weak performance s.

N ew Mexico (78 .95) might have been able to c ha llenge th e leaders as they we re but 0 . 15 behind Mich igan a nd 0.75 behind Temple, but a lac k of depth on the rings forced them to acce pt a 25.8 , which did not boost the m a long as they had hoped.

Michiga n coac h Newt Loken must have waxed eloquent prior to the evening event s as hi s tea m averaged 9.12 per ma n on the las t three ev路e nt s . Iowa State ran into problems on the parallel bars with only Dennis Mazur put ting a n intact routine together. N o nethe less, Iowa State had logged enough securit y with th e ir 9.05 per ma n average through the first 5 events to clinch the No. I spot at the conclusion of the preliminaries. Co ming down to the wire , Temple finished competitions first with a 160.00 total. Michigan needed a 26.45 go ing into the high bar to slip by Temple and did it with 9.15-9.20-9.30 (McCurdy , M arti & Howard) performances on the high bar.

Suddenly , e veryone wondered , what happe ned to Southern Illinois ? Despite 9.2 and 9.4 performances from Bert Schmitt and Mark Dav is, SI U logged only 26.00 on the high bar, just 0 .2 short of the 160.05 they needed for a third pl ace.

The entries for Saturday's finals were Iowa State ( 161.60), Michiga n ( 161 .25) a nd Temple ( 160.00).

Before the team competitions , Ca liforni a was given a higher seeding, and indeed, individuals such as Greenfield, Mori sak i and Courchesne performed to deserve it , but somehow Ca l just did not put on a performance as a team, perhaps because of being " up " for the AA WU conference meet just the weekend before.

Filling in for Coach Hal Frey (off on a sabbatic and working on hi s PhD) were Don Nel son a nd M. W atanabe both of whom did a credible job.

The N ew Mexico team reflected Coach Ru sty Mitchell's spirit and presented themse lves well. Stormy Eaton a nd fres hmen Seymore Rifkind and Dave Repp were partic ul arly outstanding. The floor exercise tea m showed a lot of imagination and good tumbling, thank s agai n to Ru sty, but a lack of depth forced the m to field only 3 men on rings and the long horse.

An unexpected break on high bar by Bob M anna , defending champ on that event, not on ly ruined hi s chances of repeating but a lso dropped the tea m total to 25.35, which did not help things any.

The Air Force Academy tea m made their debu t unde r the revised NCAA format under the ex perienced eye of Major Carl Schwenzfeier. Co nside ring the demanding schedules of th e academie s , the routines of cadets a nd midshipmen see m to be developed under less than superior conditions , and one must give credit to the fine routines turned in by th e likes of cadets Solana, Ritter, and Tracey.

Louisiana State University. a neophyte in gymnastics, showed the potential coach Ger7

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Coach Loken (Michigan)

Coach Gagnier (Iowa State)

Coach Coco (Temple)

What's it like to coach a team through a full competitive season, reach the NCAA championsh ips, to finally make the team finals as one of the top three teams in the nation and then to put it allan

the line as you vie for the "big prize," the NCAA team championship? Coaches Newt Loken (U. of Mich), Ed Gagnier (Iowa State) and Bill Coco (Temple U.) were the men re sponsible for thi s year's

exciting team playoffs and the men who bore the concentration of its pressures and joys.

TEAM CHAMP l:ONSH l:P

Number 1 , University of Mich igan

Number 2, Iowa State University

Number 3, Temple Un iversity

TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS

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27.00 27.30 26.95

26.85 26.25 25.20

26.90 26.80 26.75 26.05 26.70 26.05 26.50 23.80

27.50 25.70 26.60 26.65 26.45 23.70 20.05 17.3 5

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27. 10 27.45 26.95

27.50 28.10 27.45

27.85 27.45 26.70

27.85 27.50 26.65

164.15 164.05 159.90

27.00 26.60 26.35 27.55 25.80 26. 15 24.70 23.90

27.30 27.10 27.10 26.45 26.40 27.40 26.55 24.30

25.90 27.40 26.85 27. 15 25.95 25.65 21.50 21.45

27.00 27.65 26.35 26.00 25.35 27.40 23.55 2 1.05

161.60 161.25 160.00 159.85 156.65 156.35 142.85 131 .85

Finals Michigan Iowa State Temple Prel im inaries Iowa State Michigan Temple Southern Ill inois New Mexico California Air Force Loui siana State

aid George ha s to work with. but the gymnas ts were unu sed to the press ure s of a national meet a nd large crowds. As might be expected . th ey turned in better pelformances where coach George 's gui dance on swi ng ing move s could be used.

Saturday afternoon. a crowd of ne a rly 4500 gat hered to watch hometown favorite Temple do battle with the giants from the mid-west.

The meet ran s moothl y and lasted just a little over two hours. Temp le opened with a series of rap id-fire FX routeine s whi le Michigan started on s ide horse wit h a conservative plan: H IT! Michigan jumped off to an early lead with strong si de horse pelformances by Gura and Kazi ny to make up for Friday 's low tot a l. but Iowa State made up the difference on rings with a 27.45 from the sco re s of B. Simmons, D . Mazur, a nd D . Butzman to edge ahead by 8 1. 00 to SO.95 at halftime .

Temple suffered breaks on side horse to drop them 0.6 behind their Friday halfway total.

Iowa State 's lon g horse team stuck every landing to tota l 28. 1 (9.3-9 .3-9 .5 from S. Buck, D . Butzman. and B. Simmons) giv in g them a comfortab le 0.55 lead despi te a 27 .5 effort from the Michigan vaulters.

Whi le Iowa State was compili ng a 26.65 on the high bar, Michigan' s Plotk in . J ensen a nd Rappe r came through with a 27.S5 on th e pbars. It still looked like Iowa State's day a s the y led 136.6 to 136.3. ISU hit on the para ll e l bars with a 27.45 to give them a 164.05 a nd Michigan needed a 27 .S to win. As the las t tea m to compete on the high bar, Michigan se nt up Ted Marti who scored a 9.25 . S id Jen se n man aged only an S.9 and the ten sion hei ghtened .

Rick McCurd y had hit a 9.15 in the prelims a nd pull ed out a 9.20. The press ure was on Ed Howa rd as the las t man up: a 9.3 (his p.re lim sco re) would tie it up , and a 9.35 would win.

Only four peo ple in the gym were oblivious to the tens ion , and the y were the judges who awarded a 9.4 to a very smooth routine executed under a great dea l of pressure. Michigan won it by 164. 15 to 164.05 , their second N CAA C ha mpion ship. The tension cou ld have been matched o nly by that at Tucson when Ca li fornia snatched it out over S I U with ste rlin g performances on the hi gh bar by their last men up.

Temple fully demon strated the pot en ti a l forec as t two yea rs ago by Jerry Wright at Tucson but were doomed to a great disappointment w hen Pete DiFurio re-injured hi s knee when di s mounting from the high bar. A lthough the y were out of the running for the championship, the team put on a determined effort to make their 160.0 prelim tota l and missed it by only O. I. Pete reappeared in uni form for th e eve ning, but was unable to compete. H is honors included leading hi s team to their most succe ssful seaso n, seco nd place in the all -a round , and recipient of the Geol'ge Nissen A ward.

Ed Ganier's Iowa State team which notched third in 1969 with a tea m composed large ly of sophomores and which as a junior team was edged out by 0.1 in 1970 has a strong incentive to make it as No. I in 197 1 at the home of the defending champions-t he University of Michiga n. Don 't mi ss it!

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Technical Analysis of the NCAA Gymnastic Championships

By Steve Cohen Philadelphia , long known as the cit y of brotherl y love , played ho st thi s year as the c it y of fratern a l rivalry to America 's fine st collegiate gymnasts. Approximately 160 athletes , representing 37 schools, gathered at Templ e University 's McGonigle Hall Gymnasium to vie for the individual a nd team honors. It is the purpose of this report to look statistically a nd sty li stically at the facts , figures and pe rformances of this three-day event in a n effort to distill the most important feature s of the meet.

An a na lys is of the judging, competition and general aspects of meet admini stration will be integrated and di scussed under three se pa rate headings: the compulsory set , the optiona l set and the individu al fin als.

THE C OMPULSORY SET The compulsory or set exerci ses were held on the first day of the competition during a single session. The conspicuous abse nce of decorum ,路 s pectators and top-calibre compul sory routines in general was a di sappointing tri ad of circums ta nces. However, th ere was still a ne w dimen s ion of dra ma provided by the 106 specialists battling for pos itions along with th e 23 all-around entrants.

Th e floor exercises were definitely subpar in every instance. The tumbling of Tom Proul x, gracefulness of Y oshi Hayasa ki a nd steadiness of Pa ul Tickenoff we re not to be seen co mbined into a ny si ngle performance.

Unlike the more martial composition of free calisthenics in the pas t , this exercise has a n inherent rhythmical quality that approaches the character of women 's floor work . The ultimate downfa ll of each gymnast was undoubtedl y the poor styli stic interpretation. The judging on this event was exce llent and refl ected the deficiency of proper execution of the various pa rts of thi s rout ine. Not one of the 41 gymnas ts scored higher th a n 8.85: 83% of the competitors were below 8.5 , a nd 49 % we re un ab le to obtain a score of 8.0 (see T abl e I for a stati stical analysis of compulsories) .

The particulars of floor exerc ise wh ich require the most attention are: ( I) A ge neral e mphasi s on rhythm , harmon y and expression of each pa rt throughout the routine ; (2) correct execution of the dive cartwheel on the second pass: (3) more grace and fre edo m on the circular turn s of the third pass and especial ly in the circular arm motion of the straddle stand (preceding the press , and (5) increased virtuosity of the tour jete'.

The si de horse competition was a relative improvement over the floor compulsory but left much to be desired. Although th e routine itself is hardly a difficult set technic all y, it prese nted obstacles to both a ll-a round me n and speci a lists . The constricted , low-to-the-horse type of execution was inv aria bl y demon strated by every a ll-a round gy mna st.

The qua lity of fl are takes on a special s ignificance in thi s exercise because of its simp le design. Ca utiousne ss and flare a re not mutuall y exclusive entities, and it mu st be remembered that a co nservative a pproa ch to compulso ry grade' It took the audacity of a s pecia li st to inject so me freedom into thi s se t, namel y Bill Rus so , whose performance was an exemplary

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three events running s imultaneous ly, the raucou s overtures from the bench of a performin g teammate often se rved as a great di straction a nd , in certai"" cases, a great di saster to competitors up on the other eve nt s.

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piece of horse ma nship. Ru sso worked well on a ll part s with the ex ception of the reverse sc issors. Jim Yearwood was rea lly th e only man to do correct scisso rs in both direction s.

Side horse, a lways fe are d as th e " great eliminator" a mongst the a ll -arou nd men , did not fail to li ve up to its title in this meet. Fifty-seven per ce nt of th e a ll-aro unde rs turned in sub- 7.0 pelformanccs , cffectively remov ing them from any opportunity to strik e go ld in thi s NCAA. Less th an 10% of all 43 entrant s on si de horse broke 9. 0: 72% were below 8.5 , and 43 % fa iled to sco re 8.0.

The particulars of the side horse which require the most attention are : ( I) Emphasis on freedom a nd height of execution of a ll part s: (2) e levation of sc isso rs, forward a nd es peci a lly reverse with more of a n a ttempt to show exten sion , and (3) e le vat ion of loop with ha lftwist di smount.

The paradigm of an inte rn ationa l grade compulso ry set was finally de monst rated on the still rings. Y oshi Hayasak i turned in the mo st perfec t exerci se for any eve nt of the day. He ca rried each part to its max imum by paying strict attention to the use of st ra ight arm techniques throughout th e exercise (see below).

H ayasa ki 's score of 9.45 was much too low.

C ha rles Ropiequet and D ave Seal we re headed in th e right direction but could not compare with the overpowering competence of H ayasak i. This event proved to be the seco nd weakest of the day for th e all-aro und performers , with 48 % scoring below 8.0. Onl y three men out of the 40 entered in st ill rings managed a 9.0 or better: 63 % were below 8.5, and 43 % dipped under the 8.0 mark.

The particulars of thi s routine which require se riou s a ttention are: ( I) Use of the stra ight arm tec hnique in do ing inloca tes , shoot to handsta nd , back upri se a nd sca le to back leve r : (2) e le vatio n of inl oc ates (i.e., eve n with rings): (3) back upri se should " ri se" to a 4 5" angle , a nd (4) pike front so mersa ult di s mount mu st be at leas t as high as the rings.

The compul sory long horse vault , as this obse rver sees it, is a cartwheel with a one-ha lf twi st. It mo st ce rt a inl y is not a tin sica over the long horse : ye t it was ju st thi s mi s inte rpretation of the va ult by co mpetitors an d judges th at tipped the sca les unfa irl y in favor of many an incorrectly executed jump. Em pl oy ing the tinsica vault increases the ease of att aining good postfli ght a nd added te nth s to jumps which were incorrectly done . I t is in li ght of what I feel is either a poor description of th e compulsory vault by th e offici als or a n erroneo us int erpretation by th e competitors th at I sha ll e lect to defe r individual criticism of the long-horse vau lt ers .

Nin ety-fi ve per cent of th e all-around men fell between 8.0 a nd 9.0 on thi s eve nt. Thirty-nine men were e ntered in th e vau lting, a nd a pa ltry 7.5 % ma naged to bre ak 9.0: 44% were unable to score 8.5. but on ly thre e me n sco red less th a n 8.0.

Th e pa rticul a rs of thi s eve nt which require att e ntion are : ' ( I) Correc t execution of a cart-

wheel half twi st a nd NOT a tin s ica, and (2) emphasis on both pre- and post-fli ght parts.

The parallel bars brought to the fore a number of good routines and pointed to a n abso lute improve ment over a ll of th e other compulsories.

A whopping 43 % of the all-aro und men brok e the 9.0 barrier, and 45 % of the tot a l entry li st did the same. Onl y 36% of the pe rformers fail ed to score 8.5, and a ll but 24% did better th an 8.0. In the upper ec helo ns , th e numbers do not really convey th e who le story . H ayasak i, Bre nt S immons, Hide Umeshita and Ron Ra pper scored 9.4 or better. It is this observer's opinion that Mr. Hayasak i in realit y completed the finest of these exercises . Rapper, who edged H ayasaki by one- te nth , did a great job but lacked th e fiery precision of hi s rival. Once again, the freedom manifes ted in Yos hi 's work was not approac hed by other gy mnast s who turn ed up equ a l or better scores.

The particul ars of thi s routine that require atte ntion a re: ( I) Extension a nd e levat ion of the reve rs e stut z; (2) care to avoid swinging th e holl ow- back press , a nd (3) execution of the forward so mersa ult di smou nt without th e a id of th e pa rall e l bar whil e in fli ght.

Th e hori zontal bar was not quite so bountiful with the hi gh scores obtained on the para llel bars. Th ere were a great ma ny heart brea king performances by competent men, including Bob Manna a nd Juan Sanchez , who were both pre-meet favorites. Only Yoshi H ayasa ki of th e 34 contestants was ab le to mu ster a 9.0, and eve n he demon strated ma ny weaknesses .

Seventy-six per cent of a ll entrants scored below 8.5 , and 44 % rema in ed under 8.0.

The pa rticulars of this routine that require specia l atte ntion a re: (I) The kip with overhand grip to immedia te reve rse pirouette should be completed above 45 degrees , ifnot in a handsta nd: (2) gy mnas ts should wo rk on keepin g form during the stoop into the back kip: (3) a decisi ve cast after th e forward roll to ha nd change should be de mon strated , a nd: (4) th e di s mount should be above the bar a nd in a layou t pos iti o n.

The compulsory sess ion was th e longest one of the entire three days. It was three hours a nd TABLE I AN ANALYSIS OF THE COMPULSORY COMPETITION

9.0-10 FX SH SR LH PB HB

41 43 40 39 33 34

20(46.8) 18(43 .2) 17(425) 3(7.5) 8(24.2) 15(44.1)

21(51 .2) 21(47.4) 20(50.0) 33 (85 .1) 10(30.4) 18(53.0)

00(.)

4(9.4) 3(7.5) 3(7.4) 15(45.4) 1(2.9)

* These figu res represent the number of competitors scoring within the stated range and the percentage of the total that thi s fi gu re represents in parenthesis.

A FEW CANDID SHOTS

50 minutes of effici e ntly run gy mnas tics. In gene ra l, the calibre of jUdging was very good .

However, an unpl easant not e of int erest o n compulsory progress in America sin ce the 1968 Olympics is th e fac t that Hid e U mes h ita, in seco nd place with a 52 .6 total , wo uld not have pl aced sixth in our tea m tri als two years ago .

American gymnasts perenni all y face gre at weaknesses in th e compulsory set exercises , and thi s lengthy analysis was ex press ly written to point out ma ny of the things th at ca n be do ne to correct thi s situation. The on ly tru e way to att ack these exercises is with a passion to execute each part a t its maxi mum and not just to complete a routine! 1970 is a year of the world c ha mpi o nships and another opportunity for the U.S. to prove itself o n the inte rnat io nal sce ne. ... Will we ever stop permitting hi story to repeat it se lf?

THE OPTIONAL SET The opt io nal phase of the 1970 N CAA meet was di vid ed into two exciting sess ions. This round of scores proved to be th e direct anti thesis of the prev ious day 's record. The 36 athl etes who gain ed th e fin a ls had an overall optional average of 9.25 (see event ph oto summari es) attes ting to the fact th at our gy mn astic strength st ill lies in these rout ines. The a llaro und champ was crowned at the close of th e day , and three of the tea ms entered in the competitio n advanced to their finals.

Th e floor exe rci se reached a leve l of di fficulty th at is probably unsurpassed by a ny previous NCAA competition. Th e re were few gym nas ts in thi s event that failed to ac hi eve the three-tenth s accorded by th e judges for ri sk , origin a lit y and virtuosit y. Five men used a double back so mersault in their set, at least nine dou ble twi sting so me rsaults were used, and a hos t of men did full tw ist ing forward di ves a nd I Y2 tw istin g backward di ves. Over 50% of th e

contesta nt s scored 9.0 or be tte r led by Tom Proulx of Colorado State . Proul x , who had been in fifth pl ace following th e compul sories, moved into first position on the basis of hi s phenomena l tumbling a nd precise floor work (see optional routines of all go ld medalists under finals).

I n the topsy-turvey wo rld of th e si de horse, John Ru sso w ho had led th e pack after the compulso ry sessio n, dropped to fifth place after a snapped suspender caused him to lose hi s bal ance during hi s final e nd sequence. Ru ss Hoffman moved into the lead with a very difficult optional ro utine but could not quite match the a mplitude and freedom of Rus so 's work. Overall , the side horse optional routines were a vast impro ve me nt over the di saster of th e preceding day. C lose to thirt y per cent of the horse men scored a 9.0 or hi gher.

The still ring co mpeti tion see med to re-emphasize th e trend in thi s nat ionsls to use increasingly difficu lt co mbin ation s. C ha rles Ropiequ et turned in th e hi ghest score of the day at 9.6 and the highest sco re of the meet.

Hi s routine a ugmented th e muscular element and e legantl y co mbin ed so lid , swi nging composition to round out a well-executed set.

H ayasa ki , at 9.2 , was unable to come up with the strength parts intrinsic to a winning routine but ma intai ned a high e nou gh prelimina ry total to pl ace him in second. D ave Seal mo ved into third place on the basis of a flawless routine that sco red 9.5. Seal's exerc ise see med to lack the imagination and aggressive style of Ropi equet but was so lidl y pelformed. Forty per cent of the sti ll ring work earned scores in the nines.

The top twenty-five long horse vaulters were above 8. I and c lose to 50% of these were in the nin e-p lu s ra nge. The stati stics would lead one to beli eve th at a herd .of ga-

zell es were leapi ng over the lo ng horse at thi s meet , but that was hardl y th e case. I n rea lit y, the leve l of j umping was below standard w ith a lmos t 85% of a ll men using the SAME V A U L T (i.e. the Yamashita). The notable excepti on to the rule was Doug Boger, whose full twis ting front hand spring from th e far e nd earn ed him first place in the eve nt for the second stra ight day . U nfortuna te ly, one creati ve optional vault out of so me thirt y- nin e co ntesta nt s makes the competition a frightful bore.

In th e future , e ith e r originality mu st become a sin e qua non fo r a ll top gymnasts or the value of this even t as part of the co llegiate repertoire mu st be re-evaluated ! It is my personal belief that wit h a little inge nuit y , A merican vau lt e rs can effect th e former.

This was th e yea r of the prec ision pelformance o n the parallel bars. Ron Ra pper sco red 9.45 to once again show the pro wess th at earned him the crown last yea r. Hi s letterperfect stut z to a ha ndsta nd , solid one arm ha ndsta nd a nd back some rsau lt ha lf twist di smount could be lik ened to the fine mo veme nt s of a Swiss watch. Neve rthele ss , Yoshi ' Hayasak i also perfor med an equall y difficult set a nd hi s peac h basket to hand sta nd mount, high straddle cut to a n L a nd front so mersa ult ha lf twist dismount could be like ned to the ge ntl e move me nt s of a top grade J apa nese Olympian' H ayasaki rece iv ed a 9.35. A n overall commen t about th e composition of bars' work was the lack of origin al combinations in con trast to prev ious nati ona l championships. It can not be rei terated too often tha t the approac h of using minimal requirements , o r what is known as the "stock routine ," is a defeat in g attitude -gy mn asts beware.

On the horizontal bar, H ayasak i rou nd ed o ut hi s a ll aro und tota l w ith a 9.45 to capt ure both th e individu a l lead a nd the a ll eve nt 11

wreath . The top six scores of the optional set were all above 9.35 . Dave Gilchrist completed a fiery 9.5 exercise to gain access to the finals in fourth position and George Greenfie ld , Tom Lindner and Pete Difurio sco red 9.40. DiFurio incurred an untimel y injury on his dismount from the high bar and was forced to sc ratch from both of the events he had qu a lified in for the finals .

The all around scores did not have to be tabul ated to determine Hayasaki 's supremacy in the event. His 108.25, averaging 9.03 per event , was better than two points above hi s closest competitor. Pete Di Furio turned in a marve lou s s howing in the seco nd day's sessions to move ahead of Hud e Umeshita.

DiFurio's optiona l sco res were only two te nths behind Hayasaki and demonstrated a bright new poss ibility for the World Games team. U meshita dropped to third on the bas is of another poor side horse score (7.95) and a rather sloppy optional set in general. George Greenfield and Paul Tickenoff battled it out to a deadlock in fourth position with rather poor finishes of 103.70. I t is interest in g to note that two of the top four all around men wi ll be returning next year: Y oshi Hayasak i and H ide Umeshita!

THE FINALS The gold meda l routine s are li sted below a long with some of the other top exe rci ses of th e final's competition.

FREE EXER C ISE-TOM PROULX (Sr.) SCORE 9.50 (First) Mounting from the corner, Round-off, flipflop, doub le back so mers a ult. Leap to front support : ri ght leg forward to sp lit : straight a rm. stradd le press to hand sta nd (hold): forward roll , immedi ate back hand spring to corner: facing side, running front so mersa ult, headspring step out forward to reverse pirouette step down , back walk-over to corner: facing diagon a l, round-off, flip-flop , hi gh Arabian back so mersault: fall to front su pport , turn to seat: Valdez step down into corner: facing diagon a l. round-off, two flip-flops , full twisting back so mersault dismount.

SIDE HORSE - RUSS HOFFMAN (Soph.)

SCORE 9.30 (First-tie) Standing between pommel s : Jump into back moore immediate tromlet out to end: one circle , reverse tromlet to center: one circle, Ru ss ian moore: two circles , break into one back scissors, cut into three forward scissors: cut into two circles , reverse tromlet down to end: walk around on end to two loops , immediat e loop di s mount.

JOHN RUSSO (Sr.) SCORE 9.50 (First-tie) Standing forward a nd facing end: jump into circ le, loop immediate walk aro und to immediate double rear into center: one c ircle , trave l down to immediate back moore to immediate travel into center: two circles, single leg straddle-hop into cut for one re ve rse sc issors: cut into three forward sc isso rs: c ut into one circle , double rear out to end, one circle, loop to hop around to immediate two loops , immediate loop di s mount.

STI LL RINGS - DAVE SEAL (Soph.)

SCORE 9 .50 (First) H a nging position with false grip: pull to in verted hang (hesitation), kip to planche (hold): drop down to s hoot handstand (bent arms): forward giant (using bent arm s hoot) to handsta nd (hold): drop backwards , reverse giant (bent arms) to handstand (ho ld ): lower to L cross (hold): drop out to back kip to L position (ho ld ): bent arm hollow-back press to handsta nd (hold): drop forward to double bac k fl yaway dismount.

STILL RINGS -C HARLES ROPIEQUET (Jr.) SCORE 9.25 (Seco nd) H anging pos ition with free grip : pull upward to immediate di slocate, straight arm shoot to 12

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Rapper

Hayasoki

han dsta nd: forward gia nt (using stra igh t arms) to handstand (hold): lower through to German di s locate to front lever (hold): s low kip to forward roll, kip' to L (hold) ; straight a rm bent

body press to hand sta nd (hold): lower to iron c ross (ho ld) : drop out to dislocate to double flyaway dismount ':' ", Ropi equet overturned di s mount.

LONG HORSE VAUL P - DO UG BOGER (Jr.?) SCORE (9.40:9.20 (First) F irst Vault - Yamashita from the far e nd (i.e., piked front hand spring) Second Vault - Full twi sting front hand sp ring from the fa r end. '" All six vaulters in the finals use d a Yamas hit a from far end as one of their vaults.

PARALLEL BARS- RON RAPPER (Sr.) SCORE 9.50 (First).

From a stand under the ba rs usi ng an ins ide grip: cast support , straddle cut catch to L (hold): hollow-back press to hand sta nd (hold): swinging stut z to hand stand (hesitation) , back so mersa ult catch to immediate stut z (45°) lay-away to front uprise , immediate moore to drop cast to upper arm, sw inging stradd le catch , sw ing to handstand (hold): one a rm ha nd sta nd (hold) to immediate pirouette, swinging back somersa ult with one-half twi st dismount (using bar on descent) .

YOSH I HAY ASAKI (Jr.) SCORE 9.55 (Second) From a stand under the bars using an in side grip: Peach basket to handst a nd (hesitation), front pirouette ; swinging stut z (85°), drop peach through handstand position, la y-away to front upri se, swing to reverse pirouette, lay-away to Strehli (through hand stand), drop through to cast to upper arm, sw in gi ng straddle catch to L (hold): straight a rm, straddle press to hand stand (hold): lay-away to front upri se, high front somersau lt with onehalf twi sting dismount (wit hout aide of bar).

HORIZONTAL BAR-YOSHI HAYASAKI (Jr.) SCORE 9.45 (First) Jump to an undergrip beat swing: cast to ha nd sta nd , immediate reverse Staldder; threequ arters giant to SlOOp , seat circle, shoot to inverted or L giants (2); dislocate to threequarters eagle giant , immediate hop pirouette to overgrip forward giant, front Staldder, threequart e rs forward giant to Endo hop to undergrip; three-quarters giant to reach under into mixed grip to vault catch; back kip to one German giant , stoop out to overhand kip into hop forward pirouette to overhand grip ; one forward giant , cross pirouette to one reverse giant , high full twi sting hecht dismount.

The 1970 NCAA Gymnast ic C hampionship meet was an exc iting event to witness.

Kudos a re in order to Bill Coco and the Temple University Staff for running the competition so well and for producing the third-place team , second-place a ll-a round winner and bringing the Ni sse n Award to Philadelphia. Every N ational Collegiate Meet burgeons into being in the short span of three days a nd leaves scores of pages of statistics and stories in its wake. This analysis was designed to present the more sali ent features of the weekend but there were , however, a host of mi sce lla neous phenomena that should be mentioned once before the embers of their memories are extinguished forever. Mark Davi s of SI U di smounted from the horizontal bar with a full twi sting (on first so mersault) double flyaway to score 9.4 for the team .. .Two freshmen gained the NCAA finals for the first time in history (i.e. John Crosby and Marshall Avener) .. .. Yoshi Hayasak i won more medals than any other pelformer in this meet with two gold, one silver and one bronze medal ... Iowa State University placed more men in the finals than a ny other school (five) ... Five of the seven gold meda lists thi s year will be returning in 1971 and two of them will be arou nd in 1972 . .. Ron Rapper became a two time gold meda l winner in parallel bars which hasn 't been done since 1959 (when Armando Vego won the gold meda l for the third time') .. . And last, but not least, rumor has it that Newt Loken pelformed a continuous soft shoe routine on the entire plane trip back to Ann Arbor, Michiga n'

C. RopiequieL The highest sco re of the meet, 9.6 Rings!

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IN'I'ER VIEWS

Eric Courchesne (California: First of all,

At the 1970 NCAA Championships a considerable amollnt of disclission \Vas taking place about th e role of foreign gymnasts in a college progra m. We sought opinions on this topic from a number of coaches & gymnasts.

they (the foreign gymnasts) probably lose out.

I n Japan, they probably stand a better chance of becoming good gymnasts than in the United States. Another aspect is that once you begin trying to limit importing gymnasts, I think you'll be hurting the sport of gymnastics. If you are importing gymnasts, say from Japan , who are showing · good technique, maybe eventually this kind of gymnastics will get through the he ads of judge~ and coaches. Perhaps we begin rea lly seeing what gymnastics is like outside of our country.

Millman

Courchesne

Ken 5akoda & Dick Criley

Shurlock

Dan Millman (Stanford Gymnastics Coach): As a coach, it is a lways frustrating whenever anybody is brought in from another country where they've grown up through a tremendous progra m a nd are one step ahead of our gymnasts to begin with. However, I'm completely in favor of anything we can do to be exposed to better gymnastics. My boys will simply have to meet the challenge. I don ' t mind at a ll when these boys , like Yoshi Hayasaki , are always willing to help someone out.

Art Shurlock (UCLA Gymnastics Coach): I don 't think there 's anything wrong with getting foreign athletes to come to the United States. It 's an unfortunate situation when it breeds ill-feeling, like when a ll the gymnasts are at one or two particular sc hools. I know myself, I wouldn't mind hav ing a top foreign athlete on my team. I know other coaches feel bothered when a sc hool has several top foreign athletes. I feel that we can learn from the top foreign athletes. I feel that Hayasaki was very helpful at the N CAA's to United States gymnastics by hi s performances. Gymnasts here could learn a lot from the way he performed his routines.

Dickson

Bob Dickson (Asst. Coach, Indiana State): I think it's good. The only way you are going to get better is to compete against someone who is better than you. There's no better way of learning than to watch the best in the world.

I would ra ther get beat by someone who is much better than I am than I would win against hamburgers. Mr. Matsuda is at Indiana State and I've learned much from him in the week that he has been here even though he can't speak English too well. He can still coach tremendously, say, by just pushing a shoulder-he 's shown us a few techniques that I' ve never seen before that worked very well.

Paul Mayer (H.S. Coach, IlL): Sometimes you hate to see them winning all the championships, all the American Championships , but on the other hand , I believe the influence of fellows like Hayasaki and Matsuda has really helped our gymnastics. I think you can see it in our styles. Our styles have changed on rings ; our ringmen a re international ringmen , even our s pecialists swing more. You don 't see the st rength you saw before but you see the tremendous dismounts - you can't give that away. Their influence has helped a great deal.

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Ray Lorenz (Chico State Coach): I think it e nh ances our programs th at they have a great dea l to offer us . We sho uldn 't be afra id of them as we have a great deal to ga in from th e m. If they beat us , then that 's just too bad.

Cohen

Steve Cohen (Olympian): I disagree e ntirely. This is the National Co ll eg iate Athletic Association C hamp ion ship s and it doesn't specify race , c reed , color or nationality. They say th at it degrades American gy mn as ti cs. I think it is quite th e co ntrar y; it uplifts A meri ca n gymnas tic s because it gives American gymnas tic s a focus on w hi ch to set it s s ight s. Without th ese gy mnasts, H ayasak i and U mes hita , doing correct techniqu es on the compulsories , we wo uldn 't have a nything to se t our sigh ts on.

There we re ve ry few compulsories don e with proper technique in thi s meet. I mean, look at Hayasak i. H e shamed everyone in the compulsories. H e we nt up on the rings a nd did things to the maximum. H e we nt up on the side horse, the p-ba rs, the hi gh bar a nd did things tec hnica ll y co rrect. Thi s is the mo st impo rta nt thing a nd this is why fore ign gymnas ts a re helpful to us for th ei r technical knowledge.

I think if a team can affo rd coaches a nd gy mnasts both th a t it will aid in th e exchange of ideas. I disagree with the point of vie w that says foreign gy mnasts sho uld be excluded.

Paul Tickenoff (NwLa): I think it will he lp the all-around ma n. I' ve heard a lot of comment s that they (fo reig n gy mnasts) shouldn 't be here (at the NCAA 's) , but I think they wi ll help bring gym nas tics up to a higher leve l.

I think they' re very important.

Bill Russo (Wisc): I rea ll y don ' t feel qua lified to answe r yo ur question. But with respect to the a ll-aro und , th ey ' re ahead in lot s of ways and I think it 's done a lot for gy mnas tic s in the U nited States. As a spec ia li st, though , it 's rea ll y hard fo r me to give a good opinion.

Tim Wright (Mich.): It 's not onl y the Japanese, but a lso others; like Michigan has imported a num ber of Ca nadi ans , so the y'd be foreign too. Rea ll y. I don 't see too mu ch wro ng wit h it : it doesn 't really bot he r me. It should he lp A meri cans to learn even more , get even better.

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ND C IONsa IP 1. Hayasaki

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FX

SH

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HB

TOTAL

9.45 8.15 9.40 8.45 52.10 Yashi Hayasaki C 8.8 8.8 (Wash) 0 9.10 8.40 9.20 9.15 9.35 9.45 54.65 108.25 Pete DiFurio C 8.15 8.70 8.95 7.60 9.10 8.55 5125 (Temple) 0 9.05 8.85 9.00 9.15 9.00 9.40 54.45 105.70 Hide Umeshita C 8.70 8.05 8.50 9.00 9.40 8.45 52.10 (Wash) 0 8.85 7.95 8.60 9.00 9.20 9.05 52.65 104.75 Paul Tickenoff C 8.85 8.25 8.15 8.85 8.45 8.20 50.75 (Nw louisiana) 0 9.25 8.20 8.85 9.30 8.90 8.45 52.95 103.70 George Greenfield C 8.45 8.05 7.80 8.80 8.40 8.80 50.30 (Ca liforn ia) 0 9.00 8.65 8.40 9.20 8.75 9.40 53.40 103.70 Brent Simmons C 8.25 6.35 8.30 8.10 9.40 8.4 48 .80 (Iowa State) 0 8.90 8.70 9.05 9. 15 7.75 9.25 52.80 101.60 Rick McCurdy (Mich) 101.50; Rich Scorza (Iowa) 101 .50 ; John Elias (Nw louisiana) 100.3 5; Tom Lindner (SIU) 100.30; Dove Butzman (lSU) 99.70; Marshall Avener (PS U) 99 .50; Jim Amerine (So. Conn.) 98.10; Ron Clemmer (Temple) 97.95 ; Dove Repp (UNM) 96.90; John Hughes (BYU) 95.75 ; Ken Snow (Kansas St) 95.40; Steve Hoit (Air Force) 81 .25 ; Eric Nickerson (Air Force) 77.50; Kean Day (Louisiana State) 72.80; Ken Ourso (louisiana State) 71 .05.

6. Simmons

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Total C&O Av Final FLOOR EXERCISE 9.075 9.50 18.575 Tam Proulx Col. St. 8.900 9.40 18.300 Stormy Eatofl UNM 8.825 9.25 18.075 Ray Jauch Ind. St. 8.900 9.10 18.000 John Crosby So. Conn 8.875 9.10 17.975 Rick Simmons ISU 9,050 8.80 17.850 Paul Tickenoff NwLa Prel iminary C&O Averages G. Greenfield (Cal) 8.775 ; D. Ritter (UCLA) 8.70; L. Moreno (Cal. St. L.A.) 8.70 ; K. Snow (Kansas St) 8.675; D. Boger (Ariz) 8.60 ; P. DiFurio (Temple) 8.60; R. Solana (AFA) 8.575 ; B. Simmons (lSU) 8.575 ; M. Morisaki (Cal) 8.50; H. Sardina (S IU) 8.475; R. Lund (Temple) 8.475 ; B. Ritter (AFA) 8.475; K. Day (LSU) 8.425; F. Henderson (Ind. St) 8.325; L. Meek (Pitt) 8.275; R. Blesi (Minn) 7.825 ; D. Buel (memph is 5t) 7.55; C. Dana (LSU) 7.30; R. Raudabaugh (LSU) 6.75

TOM PROULX : 22, Sr., Colorado State U. Coach Steve Johnson. Major P.E. High School : Denver, Colorado. Coach Art White.

Routine : Round-off, fli p-flop, double back sammie, leap to frant support, right leg forward to split, stra ight arm straddle press to handstand, forward roll, immediate back handspring, running front sammie, headspring step out forward to reverse pirouette step down, bock wa lk-over, roundoff, fl ip-flop, high arabian back sammie, fall to front support, turn to seat, Valdez step down, round-off, two flip flops, fu ll twisting back sammie dismount.

STORMY EATON : 20, Jr., Univ. of New Mexico. Coach Rusty Mitchell . Major P.E. High School: Scottsda le High, Scott sdale, Arizona. Coach Bill Roberts and Norm Whitham.

Routine: Round-off, flip flop, double full bock ext roll hop pirouette step down, tront handspring stepout roundoff step out full twisting back stepout back walkover splits.

Stiff-stiff press pike down_ Two front handsprings pirouette flip flop, flip flop toe touch 3,4 back immediate straddle splits, Valdez step dawn, roundoff flip flop, flip flop full.

2. Eaton

RAY JAUCH : 20, Jr., Indiana State Univ. Coach Roger Counsil.

Major Electronics. High School: Wil lowbrook, Lombard, III. Coach Ifflan and Lesch.

Routine : Front, roundoff, double full, turn, Swedis h fall, Valdez. Hand spring, front, handspring, front leaning rest, turnsplits, stiff stiff press, roundoff, arabian dive roll, flip flop, step out, back walk aver to fron t leaning re st, roundoff, flip flop, flip flap, full.

JOHN CROSBY: (Personal data and routine not received by press time.)

4. Crosby

RICK SIMMONS : 19, Sophomore, Iowa State. Coach Ed Gagnier. Major P.E. Hi gh School: New Trier West, Wilmette, III. Coach Joe Giallombardo.

Routine : Roundoff, flip flap, back, flip flop, full, turn fall to prone, cut catch turn stoop up, handspring front. handspring fall, turn to splitz, duck through to stiff stiff press, roll, back handspring, stoop down, round-off flip flop, flip flop arabian flip, handspring, fall turn, Valdez, stoop down, front, roundoff, flip flop, flip flop, full.

PAUL TlCKENOFF : 21, Jr., Northwestern State College (Louisiana) . Coach Armondo Vega High School: Bell High, Los Angeles, Calif. Coach Carl Palos.

Routine: Front step out, handspring, dive roll, full twi st, stradd le jump front : chestdown bounce straddle stance, stradd le stiff stiff press; pirouette stepdown; run round off, flip flop bock full twist; back extension roll hop V4 pirouette step down fu ll turn to stand; handspring, front, headspring chestdown; V4 turn to 3,4 moore around to bock support, bock extension roll step down; run roundoll, back handspring, back layout, punch front.

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SIDE HORSE Total C&O Av Final SIDE HORSE 9.225 9.30 18.525 Russ Hoffman ISU 9.025 9.50 18.525 John Russo Wisc.

9.025 9.30 18.325 Jim Yearwood So. Con n.

9.025 9.05 18.075 Ron Alden 5I U 8.975 8.05 17.025 Ooug Peak ISU 9.150 7.75 16.900 Darryl Mi ller BYU Preliminary C&O Average Joy Long (Temple) 8.90; T. Neville (Ind St.) 8.90 ; D. Uyeda (UCLA) 8.85 ; R. Shubert (Ka nsas) 8.825; M. Hopkins (U NM) 8.775 ; D. Jones (Utah) 8.525 ; K. Erh ard (Ind. 51.) 8.50; J. Elias (NwLo) 8.35 ; K. Bronner (USC) 8.275; K. Liehr (Iowa) 8.225 ; B. Kolb (UCSB) 8.20; R. Nuener (CSC LB) 7.925 ; B. Mackey (Navy) 7.925 ; M. Avener (PSU) 7.65 ; E. Cou rchesne (Col) 7.425 ; J. Amerine (So. Conn) 7.125 ; B. Fretz (AFA) 6.725 ; D. Olszewski (Memphi s St) 6.0; B. Jennings (LSU) 4.80.

JOHN RUSSO (Per sonal data not received by press ti me) Routine : Ju mp into circle, loop immediate walk aroun d to immediate double rear into center, one ci rcl e, travel down to immediate bock moore to immediate travel into center, two circles, si ngle leg straddle- hop into cut for one reverse scissors, cut into three forwa rd scissors, cut into one circle, double rea r out to end, one circle, loop to hop around to im mediate two loops, immediate loop dismount.

RUSSELL HOFFMAN : 21, Sophomore, Iowa State Univ. Coach Ed Gagnier, Major Architecture, High School: Hinsdale, III. Coach M r. Can io.

Routine: Bock Moore tra vel down, bock tram let up, Russian Moore, Bailie, ci rcle, 1 rev., scissor, 3 forward scissor s, circle, tra vel down, walk around, loop half twist.

JAMES YEARWOOD: 22, Sr., So. Conn. State College Coach Abe Grassfield , Major Enolish. High School: 8rooklyn Technical, Queens, New York. Coach Mr. Prestop;no.

Routine: Uphill back Moore, immediate side lift, Bailie V2 circle khe re out immed. loop uphill side lift immed. downhill side lift V2 circle khere in, break into 3 re verse scisso rs, one forward scissor, circle, side lift down loop immed. hop loop with V2 turn.

RONALD ALDEN: 20, Jr , So. III. Univ. Coach Bill Meade.

Major Pre. Dentistry. High School: Waukega n Townsh ip, Waukega n, III. Coach 8ill Ballester.

Routine: Reverse Moore, trom ;et up, fla nk, % 80ilie f ront out, loop, stockli-in, Russian, hop into scissors, 3 fronts and 1 bock, fl ank, dorsa l down, hop, flair, ... STI CKI 4. Alden

DOUG PEAK (Persona l data and rou tine not received by press time.)

DARRYL MillER (Persona l data and routine not received by press time.)

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STILL RINGS Total STIll RINGS C&O Av Final 9.50 18. 70 9.20 David Sea l Ind. St. 18.60 9.25 9.35 Charles Ropiequet 51U 9.325 9.20 18.525 Yoshi Hayasaki Wash 9.025 8.80 17.825 Scott Whittaker Ariz.

8.925 8.75 17.675 Steve Rochell Stan.

8.975 8.975 Pete DiFu ri o Temple Preliminary C&O Average s D. Butzman (lS U) 8.85 ; C. Earle (India na) 8.825; F. Benesh (S IU) 8.825; C. Shei bler (Spg fld) 8.725; V Nicholetti (Denver) 8.55; W. Wilson (BYU) 8.525; K. Ga rdner (Ka nsas St.) 8.50; G. Stalter (Syrac use) 8.45; K. Snow (Ka nsas SI.) 8.425; 8. Tracey (AFA) 8.40; S. Bresler (PS U) 8.375; S. Bo rges (LSU) 8.375; J. Ame rine (So. Con n) 8.30; s.

Rif kind (U NM) 8.225; D. Ell is (Spgfld) 8. 15; J. Chose (AFA) 7.975; C. Dunca n (Memphis 51.) 7.625 ; K. Ourso (LS U) 7.475.

DAVIO SEAl: 19, Sophomore, Indiana State Un iv. Coach Roger Counsil. Major Busi ness. High School: Columbus Sr. Hig h, Col umbus, Indiana. Coach John Hind s.

Routine : Kip, planche, Jj., st raight gia nt, st raight arm reg ular giant, reverse giant, lower to " L" cross, layaway, bock kip "L," hol low-bock press to handstand, 'l4 giant, do uble bock.

CHARLES ROPIEUUET: 20, Jr., So. III. Univ. Coach Bi ll Meade.

Major Spa nish. High School : Hig hland Pork High, High land Po r k, III. Routine : Dislocate straig ht arm shoot, st raig ht arm giant, german to fron t lever, pike forwa rd roll, kip " L," stiff-sti ff to handstand, power down cross, dislocate, double fl yaway.

YOSHI HAYASAKI: 23, Jr., Univ. of Washi ngton. Coach Eric Hughes. Major P.E. High School : Issaqua h, Wash ingt on.

Coach Charles Denny (home town - Osaka, Japa n).

Routine: Rise to inverted hong, giant inlocate, stroight arm backrise to handstand, straig ht arm bock giant, lowe r to cross, pu ll through bock lever to inverted hong , kip to "L," stra ight body press to handstand, slow stra ight arm lower through planche position to bock lever, disloca te, giant disloca te, full twisting flyaway.

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SCOTT WHITTAKER : 21, Jr., Univ. of Arizona. Coach Glenn Wi lson. Major Psychology. High School : Homestead, Mequon, Wisc. Coach John Graha m.

Routine : Snap cross, cross pullou t, stra ight body forwa rd roll, hollow bock press to handstand, front gia nt, bock giant, lower down, backroll to "L" sit, press to maltese, 'l4 giant to double bock flyaway.

STEVE ROCHEll (Persona l data and routine not received by press time.)

PETE DlFURIO : 22, Sr., Temple University. Coach Bill Coco.

Ma jor Psychology. Hi gh School : Bartrom Hi gh, Ph iladelphia, Po. Coach John Gelonti.

Routine : Pu ll to inverted hong, kip to maltese, layaway shoot handsta nd, layaway to front uprise " I" stiff-stiff to handstand, lower to cross, layaway two hig h dislocates an d a full twist flyaway dismou nt.

5. Rochell

6. DiFu rio

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LONG HORSE C&O Av Final Total LONG HORSE VAULT 9.175 9.30 18.475 Doug Boger Arizona 8.925 9.35 18.275 Mason Buck ISU 9.075 9.025 18.100 Marshall Avener PS U John Crosby 50. Con n.

8.900 9. 15 18.050 Bob Bosse Ind. St. 9.025 9.00 18.025 Paul Tickenaff NwLa 9.075 8.675 17.750 Preliminary C&O Averages J. Turpin (San Jose SI) 8.875; B. Moses (Cal) 8.875; D. Bowles (Call 8.825; T. Proulx (Col. St.) 8.825; N. Syracopou los (CSCLB) 8.825; L. Kolsrud (Wash) 8.775; D. Butzman (lSU) 8.775; D. Wunderl ich (Ind. St.) 8.75; D. Shelley (UN M) 8.725; R. Clemmer (Te mple) 8.725; R. Scorza (Iowa) 8.725; H. Sardina (S IU) 8.65; B. Simmons (ISU) 8.625; G. McCol lom (CSCLB) 8.60; J. Corrigan (P5 U) 8.60; K. Day (LSU) 8.45; E. Paul (Mankato SI) 8.30; R. Raudabaug h (LSU) 8.075 ; C. Dana (LSU) 8.075.

DOUG BOGER : 21, Sr., Un iv. of Arizona. Coach Glenn Wi lson.

Major P. E. High School: A. Lincoln, Denve r, Colorado. Coach J. Hartman.

Routine : Yamashita from neck I, Yamashi ta with full twist from neck.

MASON BUCK : 20, Junior, Iowa State Uni v. Coach Ed Gagnier. Major Eng li sh and Speech. High School: Ames High, Ames, Iowa.

Routine : Yamashita (piked handspring) from neck and Yamashita with \'2 twist.

MARSHALL AVERER : 19, Freshman, Penn State Univ. Coach Gene Wettstone. Major Business. High School : Island Trees High, Levittown, New York. Coach Richard Schnaars.

Routine : Piked handspring and piked handspring with Y2 twist.

JOHN CROSBY (Personal data and routines not recei ved at press time, but John also did a Yamas hita and a Yamas hita with a ha lf twist.)

BOB BOSSE: 22, Sr., Indiana State Univ. Coach Roger Counsil. Major Math and PE. High School: North Miami High, Miami, Florida. Coach Ch ick Cicio.

Routine : For end Yamashita and handspring Y2 twist.

PAUL TlCKENOFF (See FX event for personal data.)

Routine: Yamashita and plain handspring.

4. Crosby

5. Bosse

6. Tickenoff

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C&O Av Final Total PARALLEL BARS Ron Rapper Mich 9.475 9.50 18.975 Yoshi Hayasaki Wash 9.375 9.55 18.925 Dennis Mazur ISU 9.225 9.30 18.525 9.20 18.500 Hide Umeshita Wash 9.30 9.125 9.00 18.125 Larry Jordan W. Mich 9.125 7.5 Tom Lindner SIU 16.625 Preliminary C&O Averages: R. Clemmer (Temple) 9.10; D. Butzman (lSU) 9.10; S. Rifkind (UNM) 9.075 ; P DiFurio (Temple) 9.05 ; J. Ellos (NwLa) 9.00; J. Charzuk (UNM) 8.95 ; M. Eller (Ind. SI.) 8.875; P. Tickenoff (NwLa) 8.675 ; B. Simmons (ISU) 8.575 ; M. Avener (PSU) 8.45 ; M. Morisaki (Cal) 8.325 ;路 S. Luna (Utah) 7.775; E. Nickerson (AFA) 7.725 ; B. Jennings (LSU) 7.6 25; D. Buel (Memphis 5t) 7.2 5; K. Day (L5U) 6.35 .

RON RAPPER: 21 , Sr. Univ. of Michigan. Coach Newt Loken, Major P.E. High School: Niles North, Skokie, III. Routine: Cast support, straddle-cut " L," hollow-back press, stutz hand, back-hand, stutz hand, lay-away front uprise, moore, cast, back uprise straddle cut, handstand, one-arm handstand, pirouette, back off with Y2 twist.

YOSHI HAYASAKI (see ring event for personal data) , Routine: Peach to handstand with immediate forward pirouette, stutz (almost handstand), basket (almost handstand), layaway to front uprise, swinging reverse pirouette to handstand, steuli to handstand (nat held), cast, backrise to back stutz, straddle cut to "L," straight arm pike body press to handstand, stutz layaway to front uprise, front off with Y2 twist.

OENNIS MAZUR: 20, Soph., Iowa State Univ. Coach Ed Gagnier. Major P.E. High School: Main Township East, Niles, III. Coach Tam Gardner.

Routine: Peach handstand, layaway, front uprise, stutz, cast support, swing to handstand, back sommie-stutz, cast, back uprise, cut catch, "L," hollow-back press to handstand, back-off dismount.

HIDE UMESHITA: 23 , Junior, Univ. of Washington. Coach Eric Hughes. Major P.E. High School: Issaquah, Washington.

Coach Charlie Denny (home town Kumamoto, Japan).

Routine: .Run to glide kip on the end of bars, backward straddle cut to support, cast catch swing handstand with immediate forward pirouette, Diomedov, layaway, front uprise swing to handstand, forward pirouette, cast, straddle cut to "L," straight body press, stuiz handstand, stutz layaway to front uprise, front off with a Y2 twist.

LARRY JOROAN: 20, Junior, Western Michigan University.

Coach Fred Orlofsky. Major P.E. High School: Warren Area High, Warren, Po. Coach Dale Meddock.

Routine: Cast catch, swing handstand, regular pirouette, stutz handstand, back toss, drop cast, back uprise, straddle cut "L," straight arm-straight leg press, one-arm handstand, stutz layaway, front uprise, front off V2 twist.

TOM LINDNER: 19, Soph, Southern III. Univ. Coach Bill Meade.

Major Math. High School: Brown Deer, Milwaukee, Wisc.

Routine: Peach hand (maybe), stutz hand (maybe), back toss, cast, back uprise, straddle cut "L," stiff stiff, stutz layaway, swing pirouette, drop peach layaway, front uprise, front off with Y2 twist.

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ONTAL BAR C&O Av Final Total HORIZONTAL BARS 9.225 9.45 18.675 Yoshi Hoyosoki Wash 9.05 9.35 18.400 Rich Scorzo Iowa John Aitken UNM 8.875 9.35 18.225 8.925 9.20 18.125 Dove Gilchrist Ind. St. 8.95 18.050 9.10 George Greenfield Calif.

8.975 8.975 Pete DiFurio Temple Preliminary C&0 Averages P. Farnum (Iowa) 8.85; B. Simmons (lSU) 8.825; H. Umeshito (Wash) 8.75; M. Davis (SIU) 8.725 ; R. Clemmer (Temple) 8.65 ; T. Marti (Mich) 8.65 ; J. Amerine (So. Conn) 8.55 ; J. Elias (NwLa) 8.45; G. Corley (Kansas St.) 8.425 ; J. Sanchez (SFVSC) 8.40 ; M. Avener (PSU) 8.40; T. Proulx (Col St) 8.225 ; K. Snow (Kansas St) 8.15; B. Manna (UNM) 8.15; R. Oakeshott (AFA) 7.90; M. Caling (CSCLB) 7.725 ; T. Lindner (S IU) 8.725 ; A. Larson (LSU) 6.25 ; K. Day (LSU) 5.925; K Thompson (Col St) 5.675.

YOSHI HAYASAKI (See Ring event for personal data.)

Routine: Cast to handstand, immediate drop to reverse grip Stalder, stoop into shoot to inlocote giants, dislocate to eag le giant s, hop out with immediate half turn to regular giant, Stalder, giant and hop to reverse grip half giant. stall reach under to vault regrasp, back kip, german giant, disengage, kip to handstand with immediate hop with half turn to regular giant, cross arm change to reverse grip giant, full twist hecht dismount.

RICH SCORZA (Routine and personal data not received by press time.)

JOHN AITKEN: 19, Freshman, Univ. of New Mexico. Coach Rusty Mitchell. Major Pscychology. High School : Palo Verde High, Tucson, Ari zona. Coach Bob Lons.

Routine : High start, immediate sta lder, reach under turn flank vault, Kip, stoop in dislocate eagles, hop out, pirouette, stalder, full twist flyaway.

DAVID GILCHRIST: 21 , Sr., Indiana State Univ. Coach Roger Counsil. Major P.E. High School : Wheaton Central. Wheaton , III. Coach Jerome Jacquin.

Routine : Jam cast, invert, invert, '% eag le, hop pirouette, immediate blind change, Voronin, half turn straight body kip. Stalder, hecht.

PETE DIFURIO (See Ring event for persona l data.)

Routine : Cast full turn catch, bock kip, double german, stoop out. half giant, stoop on and off (fe_et on bar!. half giant, blind change, half giant. reach under and vault catch, kip hop to front giant. early pirouette, stoop on front somi off.

GEORGE GREENFIELD: 21, Sr., Univ. of Calif. (Berkeley). Coach Don Nelson. Major Indu strial Engineering. High School : John Muir, Pasadena, Calif. Coach Ben Steel head.

Routine: Olympic cast half turn to immediate hop, immediate stalder, stoop in inlocates, dislocate, hop out reach under to vault catch, back kip, double german, cos t out half, kip to giants to hecht dismount.

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WX..'I Trampoline routines, NCAA Finals

George Huntzicker (Michigan): Triple bock, boroni out Iliffis, double bock, lull, hall-in hail-out, lull, boroni out Iliffis, double back, baroni out fliffis, lull in 1%, double cody Stormy Eaton (New Mexico): Triple back, Iliffis, double back, lull, lull-in lull-out, pike fliffis, pike double back, double twisting lull, lull in 1%, double cody.

Ron Quimby (Indiana State): Rudi-aut, double back, lull, back, hall-in hail-out, double back, baroni out, lull, double lull, lull, 1 %, double cody.

Tim Wright (Michigan): Pike boroni out fliffis, double back, tuck barani out Iliffis, lull, hall-in hall-out, double lull, lull, baroni out Iliffis, lull, 1%, double cody.

Chris Keane (Michigan): Hall-in hail-out, barani out fliffis , double back, lull, lull, borani out Iliffis, double full, rudolph, lull, 13j." double cody.

Gary Smith (Sw. louisiana State): Rudi-out, double bock, Iliffis, lull, hall-in hall-out, Iliffis, double back, fliffis, lull, 2% Iront, rudi off back.

Temple University April 2-3 , 1970

by Dick Criley

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2. Eaton

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Attention all ye fans and practitioners of the honorable sport of trampolining. The art and mastery of this woven beast is alive and well at such diverse centers as Arizona, Colorado, Indiana State, Mankato State, Michigan , New Mexico, North Carolina, Plattsburgh State , Southern Connecticut, Southwestern Louisiana State and Springfield. Entries from all these schools found their way to the second NCAA Trampoline Championships held at McGonigle Hall , Temple University.

The Championships were not without their problems, sandwiched in as they were with the NCAA Gymnastic Championships, but the gymnastics show certainly helped to attract and maintain a crowd. It is not certain whether the format used to run the preliminaries and finals was entirely satisfactory, but the mere fact that the sport has survived previous purge attempts indicates that it will survive the format question as well.

The preliminaries , which were wedged in after Thursday 's compulsory competitions in gymnastics , found 18 trampolinists prepared to perform two routines , the better score of which was to count towards a place in the finals. The preliminaries were used as the basis for the team title which was again captured by the University of Michigan, with the University of New Mexico as runner-up and Southwestern Louisiana State in third position.

The finals were held afte r the afternoon session for the first three gymnastics events _ I n a man-to-man face-off, the judges were required only to name the winner of the pair while the loser dropped to the consolation bracket. Topseeded on the basis of his preliminary score was Michigan 's George Huntzicker, followed by Stormy Eaton of New Mexico. The system, which found many ties in the preliminaries, was a little easier on the judges who scored each routine as if a numerical value were required instead of a choice between first man or second man.

It became evident as the eliminations proceeded that Eaton was out to beat Huntzicker.

Stormy through the same routine each time, hitting his triple back 36 times running while

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Huntzicker varied his routinc as did Ron Quimby. The 30 elimination matches were exciting although tiring to the competitors and judges as well and as Eaton returned from the losers bracket to face H untzicker again a ll specta.tors wondered whether the judges would again split and award the top spot to Hunt zicker or whether 'the spunky Eaton would pull off a n upset and throw the match into a runoff. The judges unanimously decided that Eaton merited the choice over Huntzicker a nd the two were set for another face-off.

Winning the toss of the coin, Huntzicker elected to go last and the pressure was on Stormy. The exertion of a difficult routine being performed so many times clearly showed , but Eaton made his way through the triple back mount , full-in full-out and pike fliffis all the way to the full-in l:y,j pike when he ran out of enough steam to pull a double cody and had to settle for a single. With the pressure off, Huntzicker eased smoothly through his fifth routine to emerge the 1970 NCAA Trampoline Champion.

University of Michigan Coach , Newt Loken, indicated that he had already asked the N CAA to hold the 1971 Trampoline Championships at the University of Michigan in conjunction with the 1971 university division gymnastic championships. Don ' t throwaway your trampoline beds sports fans , we ' ll be back ne xt year.

The only question remaining i ~ whether trampoline will su rvive the annual\ questionnaire seeking its abo lition. 'T would be a shame to abandon it now with Europe coming up so strong and Japan and Russia picking up interest.

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