U.S.A.'s Top 25 This, our 2nd listing for men and the 1st for women, is in the ranked order of ability as rated by our magazine staff. This will be a regular feature of the U.S. Gymnast. You will notice that Ste'{e Cohen, Penn St., is not listed this month. Steve has had a leg operation and his return to active gymnastics at this time is in doubt.
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PLEASE KEEP US INFORMED OF UP TO DATE COMPETITION AND SCORES OF THE ALL AROUND GYMNAST! THIS WILL HELP US MAKE OUR LISTINGS MORE ACCURATE.
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Buf. Turn. Oklahoma Ohio Cent. Col. So. Ill. Vadas G.C. So. Ill. So. Ill. Oklahoma Owego, NY Cent. Col.
5. Kathy Gleason 6. Debbie Bailey 7. Marie Walther 8. Karen Lively 9. JoAnne Hashimoto 10.Karen Galloway 11.Mary Toth 12.Sue Rogers 13.Kathy Carroll 14.Sally Espe 15.Mary Ann Woolner
137.300 134.632 134.533 134.333 131.201 129.551 129.068 128.899 126.099 117.468
Ka thy was not at the Pan Am Trials due to injury. Kathy scored 70.003 for a 4th place in the AAU National Champs.
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U. S. Team Picked
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NAME
MOST RECENT SCORE 1. Makoto Sakamoto u.s.c. 109.8 AAU 2. Richard Lloyd NW La. 108.0 Pan Am 3. Kanati Allen U.C.L.A. 107.25 AAU 4. Dave Thor Mich.St. 107.85 Pan Am 5. F. Roethlisberger Mil.Tur. 107.65 Pan Am 6. Mark Cohn Phila. 106.90 Pan Am 7. Bob" Emery Penn St. 104.50 Pan Am 8. Arno Lascari Wisc. 104.25 Pan Am 9. Bob Dickson Iowa 107.25 USGF 10.Rick Tucker 106.85 USGF S .I.U. 11.Sid Freudenstein Calif. 105 .70 AAU 12.Neil Schmitt 103.88 USGF Iowa N. y. 13.Jim Amerine 104.20 Pan Am 14.Fred Dennis 106.05 USGF S .I.U. 15.Bob Lynn LA Turn. 103.40 Pan Am 16 .Jim Culhane So.Con. 105.05 AAU 17.Paul Mayer 102.10 USGF S .I.U. 18.Abie Grossfeld S.Conn . 102.45 Pan Afn . 19.Richard Swetman Penn St. 99.90 Pan Am 20.Richard Grigsby San Fern. 99.85 Pan Am 21.Joe Fedorchek Mich St. 99.80 Pan Am 22 .Gary Di-am.and Calif. 97.55 Pan Am 23.Rich Scorza Iowa no recent scores II 24.Greg Weiss Unatt II 25.Joe Litow Penn St. WOMEN - LIST NAME
1. Linda Metheny
2. Joyce Tanac 3. Carolyn Hacker 4. Donna Schaenzer
Seat. Y. So. Conn. So. Ill.
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Name 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Richard Lloyd Dave Thor F. Roethlisberger Mark Cohn Bob Emery Arno Lascari
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NW La. Mich.St. Mil. Turn. Phila. Penn St. Wisc. Unatt.
108.00 107.85 107.65 106.90 104.50 104.25
COACH - Fred Martinez
Name
147.098 145.401 142.901 138.866
Affil.
Joyce Tanac Carolyn Hacker Donna Schaenzer Debbie Bailey Marie Walther
Seat. Y. So. Conn. So. Illinois Oklahoma Ohio
COACH - Muriel Grossfeld
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1. Linda Metheny
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147.098 145.401 142.901 138.866 137 .300 134. 632
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