team will be Yoshi Hayasaki, a sophomore and already nationally known. Coach Hughes believes, " .. we can win the NCAA this year IF Yoshi fully recovers" (from an injury received early this season). Strong support for Hayasaki is assured in the forms of Brent Rule, Bob Baumann, Peterson, and Eadie. "Washington", says the coach, "is about six deep in the all around events." Some of the more outstanding stunts thrown are: Full twisting hecht on the high bar (Hayasaki), Diamidov (Peters), full and one and a half· twisting dive rolls (Peterson), and Eadie works on the side horse with his hands between the pommels! It will be in teresting to watch Washington develop this year.
f:l ve in the NCAA Championships in one or more events, the list is still lengthy. Free Exercise: Sid Freudenstein; Side Horse: Joel Tepp, Bill Fujimoto; Rings: sophomore Jeff Marcus (who presses crosses for breakfast) and Eric Co~chesne (straight arm giants both ways); Trampoline: Dennis Rowe; Long Horse: Freudenstein and Tom Bruce; Parallels: Freudenstein; Horizontal Bar: Freudenstein. Gary Diamond will also be impressive this year. The author declines to comment on his own performance this year. U .C .L.A. is bursting at the seams with talent this year. One of the most impressive things that could be said about this team is, "··· the U.C.L.A. Gymnastic team should be riui te improved over last season." To quote past Olympian, coach Art Shurlock. Last year 1 s team was powerful; this year 1 s team has top performers Kana ti Allen, Sandy Bassist, LarryBassist, RichardMuff, Steve Lerner, Chris Castner, Don Arthur, Mickey Chaplan, and Ken Sakoda ... all important names in gymnastics. Art Shurlock won 1 t have depth worries in many events. Some impressive U .C .L.A. stunts that will be seen this year: Handspring to front with full twist (L. Bassist), cross change to full twisting double undergrip to immediate hecht with half twist regrasp (K. Allen), and shoot to mal tese (Chaplan). As Art puts it, "We are looking forward to a very competitive and lively season."
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Ron Barak, coach at the University of Southern California, declines to make any lofty predictions. But with Makoto Sakamoto on his team he doesn 1 t need to go around predicting too much. Mako to is bound to be a standout in the NCAA meet this year o If he is backed up by hard working team-mates, U.S.C. will be an exciting team to watch this year. The University of Washington, coached by Dr. Eric Hughes, should be a power-house this yearo Coach Hughes just finished hosting the "Kobe-Seattle Goodwill Gymnastics Meet." Obviously, when some excellent Japanese gymnasts come to Seattle to compete, the Washington team will be exposed to some fine gymnastics. If coach Hughes is up to his enthusiastic pace (and he probably is), a great deal of finesse will rub off on his team, traditionally strong. The mainstay of the Washington
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