With two events ru nn ing simu ltane ousl y, the entire Junio r Division was run o ff i n the morn ing. Pre-rim s o f the Senior Division were held in the afternoon wi th the Finals b e i n g impress ive ly staged Saturday evening. The Southern Ca liforn ia Acro Team (SCAT ) outcl assed a ll other t eam entries t o easily w in the Junior Di vis io n Champi onship Team Title. Th e Senio r T eam Championship was again won by the Flint Gymnastic Team-fo r the third y ear in a row. Report by Bud Marquette As head coach of the Lan g Beach SCATS (Sou thern Cal ifo rni a Acro Team ) it was decided that our girls as a u n it are now read y competit ion outside of the f or Western area of the U .S.A. Knowing that the y early Mid-West Opens attract a la rge number o f excellent gymnasts, Mrs. Ronald Sta r k, meet directo r of Rich Cen tral Hi gh School, was contacted and ou r ent ri es accepted. En tering four girls in b o th age divisions we tra ve led to Chicago with quite an apprehension as t o the outcome. Upon entering the g y mnasium on Sat . morning, Dee. 17th, we were very pleased to find all in readi ness and a nice friendl y feel ing o f welc ome in the air . Many o ld perso nal acquaintances we re renewed and new friend s made. Mrs . Stark , Mrs. Jackie Uphues and Bob Kriedler are t o be commended f or conduct ing what thi s w riter beli eves was one o f the bes t administered and most efficiently con ducted meets ever held f o r women. Utilizing the num be r system and working wit h 4 squads in each div ision , all f our events were conducted at the same time. Judgi ng in general was quite good and acting as Head Referee , Mrs. Jackie Uphues, kept the j udges on their toes. Was a little disappo inted in the crowd at th e fina ls Sat. ev ening. Again this perhaps was due t o the lack of loca l newspapers co ncern. We certainl y enjoy ed ourse lv es and h ope to be in vi ted back again next yea r. Mid-West Open All-Around Results All Around-Jr. Division : Cath y Rigby, SCATS, 107.3; Barbara Baue r , Eiche Turners, 105.6; Lisa Nelson, SCAT S, 102 .6 . Teo m: SCATS 35 .5; Eiche Turners 32.5; Flint 7.5. All Around-Sr. Division: Vera Gov aerts, Fli nt 111 . 1; T erry Spencer, Athenaeum Tur .. 107.3; Wendy Cluff, SCAT S, 106.5. Team : Flint 39.0; SCATS 28.0. Overall Team Totals: SCAT S 63.5; Flint 46.5; Ei che Turn . 32.5.
WESTERN OPEN Host: Jerry Wright December 17, 1966 I n spite o f an amazing p a id attendance o f som e 97 persons the 1966 Wes tern Open at San Francisco State Co llege provided many fine performan ces and s 0 m e equall y a m azing surpr ises. As in the post the prelims we re held earlier in the day w ith the t op 6 in each qual ifying for th e finals. Th e highli g hts of the prelims proved to be the AA perf orm a nce o f Sacramento State 's Steve Pleau winner of the Frank Hoiland Memorial All A rou nd tr oph y probably the first time in a long time anyon e other than a Co l gymnast ev er won an al l a rou n d tit le in N orth e rn California . Another surpri se o f t he pre I ims was the A ll Around performance of Ra y Goldba r , present ly the coach at Encino Hi gh Sc hoo l in Sacramen t o, as he fini shed 2nd in the AA. The spotl ight in the final s was shared by Bill Fujimo t o and Joe l T epp of Cal who scored 9.3 and 9.45 respe ctfull y on the side horse and Gary Vande rh off o f Encino Hig h who captured the still rin gs event. Oth er f ine perfo rmance s were recorded by Gary Diam ond o f Ca l and Doug Hil ls, San Jose State Freshman in the FX ; Da ve Niemand of Sacramento State, the meets onl y d oub le w in ner on t he HB and PB ; and Ja y Shaw of Was hington Sta te Unive r sity (under new coac h Rex Da v is) wi nner o f the long ho rse event.
AA: Steve Pleau , SSC 48.70; Ray Go ld ba r , Unatt. 46.35; Ga r y Dia mond, Cal. 46.05; Pete Grube r , SFVC 43.60; Dana Alexa nder , Ene. Hi. 43.00. FX : Diamond 9.05 ; Doug Hill s, SJ Fr. 9.0; Pleau 8.8. SH: Joe l T epp, Cal. 9.45; Bi ll Fuj imoto, Ca l. 9.3; Jay Sh aw, Wash . SI. 8.6. T: Chuck W illi ams, DVC. 8.4; AI Lansd o n, Nev. 8.3; Dennis Rowe, Cal-Fr . 8.25. HB : Dave Niemand , SSC 9.2; G. Diam ond 8.6; Pete Gru be r 7.95. LH: Jay Shaw 9.0 ; Pleau 8.8; Gruber 8.75; Umbarge r , Oeanza Hi gh 8.75. PB : Dave Niemand 9.05; Diamond 8.6; Gruber 8.4. SR: Vande rh o ff , Ene. Hi gh 9.0; Pl eau 8.8; H a rr ison, Seq . W. 8.75; Diamond 8.75. WASHINGTON INVITATIONAL Resu lts of Inl and Empire Invita t iona l Gymnastic meet held December 17, 1966 at Eastern Wash ington State College , Chene y, Washington . Boys High School Division : Highli ne High of Seatt le 161; Kennewick H igh o f Kennew ick, Wash. 143; Bothe ll Hi gh of Bothe ll , Wash. 136 . T otal of 9 teams competed with as man y as 75 total entered. AA: Marv. Hildebrandt of Hi gh l ine 46.50; Dan H o l tman, Hi g hline 42.40; Dean Hale , Highli ne 40.40. FX: Ma rv Hildebr andt 7 .7; Dan H o ltman 7.65 ; Jeff Bare , Ke nnew ick, 6.85. T: Da n Ho ltman 7.65; Steve Justiss, Hi gh li ne 7.25; Ma rv H ildebr andt 6.7. V: Chuck H ohner, Le wis & Clark o f Spo kane , 9.0; Wes Busch, Unattached, 8 .95; Dea n H a le 8.~. SH: Marv H ildeb ra ndt 7.55; John Phillips , Bothell 7.05; Bruce Denton , H ighline 6.95. HB: Marv Hildeb randt 7.65; Dean H ale 6.95; Wes Busch 6.25. T : Jeff Bare 7 .3; Dan H o ltman 6.9; Kirt Bare, K ennewick 6 .6. PB: Ma r v Hildeb ra ndt 7.65; Dan Ho ltman 7. 5; Gaylen Smith, Bothe ll , 7.05 . R: Marv Hil debr andt 7.6; T ony M or oni, Bothel l 6.5; Stan Cla y brook, Hi g h l ine 6.45. Colleg e Division: Husky Gym Clu b 173; Eastern Wash. State 156; Washington State U. 127. T otal o f 8 teams competing. AA: Ha yasa ki , Yoshi, H usky 52.5; Fl anso as, M ike, Husky 48.95; Flaathen, Eigil , H usky 47. 10. SH: Fl ansaas 7.9; Flaathen 7.45; Ca rr uth ers, Randy, Eastern 7.35. FX : Hayasaki 9.0; Carruthers 8.45; Brady , Mace, Eastern 8.4. T: Fonceca, Rick , Husk y 9.0; Brady and Ruckert, Pa t Husky (tie) 8.4 . HB: Hayasak i, 8.95; Fl amaas 8.0; Amos, Larr y, WSU 7.5. V : Finne , Gary, H usky 9.45; H ayasa ki 9.35; Carruthers 9. 1. PB : H ayasa ki 9. I; Finne, Ga ry, 8 . 1; Flansaas 7.8. R as PB: Hayas aki 8 .8; Fi nn e 8.75; Flanso as 8.6. EAST - WEST CHAMPIONSHIP WESTERN GYMNASTICS CLINIC TUCSON, ARIZONA Pressure f ill ed performance s by the ma le members o f the West team a l most pul led out a v ict or y over the East in spite o f wea k perf o rmances by t heir female counterparts in the 1966 Western Gymnastics Clini c Ea st -Wes t meet. Heading the performances by the West team was Rusty Mi tchell , the present coach at the Uni versity o f New Mexico who perfor med the most difficult routi ne this obse rv er has ever seen any gym n ast comp lete . Only a b reak in his fron t overbar t o support cost him a v icto ry ove r Kot sutosh i Kanzaki who narrow ly edged Ru sty 9.65 to 9.6. The o nl y female performance of note was turned in by Deana Lorentzen of the University of New Mexico as she almost sing le handedl y led th e East team t o victor y with w ins in the unevens and on the ba lance beam with good perf o rmances. Gary H os kins , defending NCAA champion on the SH , ea sily captured his specia lty w ith a conv incing win over Ja c k Ryan and Dave Doty as all had b r eaks but Gary was able t o continue without too much loss of dignity. Other highlights included th e fine HB performance by Ru st y Mitchell as he defeated Kanz ak i by a comfortable marg in ; a fine trampo line performance by Ni ck Spann of Arizona St ate Un;v. and a smoo th winning stil l rin g perfo rm ance by Del Strange wh o received 9.5 in spite of the f ac t
t hat hi s rou ti ne is at least one move sh or t. PB : Katsutoshi, Kanzaki, E. , 9.65; Rusty Mitche ll , W. 9.6; Francis Al len , E. 9.45. BB: Deana Lorentzen, E, 8.55; Bonnie Bennett , W, 7.95; Cindy Jett on , E, 6.8. HB : Rusty M itche ll , W , 9.55; Katsutosh i Kanzaki , E, 9.35 ; Geo rge Greenfield , W, 9.3. FX: Bob Fisher, E, 9.1; Jeff Bennett, W , 9.05 ; Jim Barber , E, 9.0. UPB : Deana Lo rentzen, E, 8.85; Faith Prem y, W, 7.85; Becky West fall , E, 7 .1 . SH: Gar y H oskins, W, 9.5; Dave Doty, W , and Jack Ry an, E, (ti e) 9. 15 . T: Nick Spann, W, 9.0; Julian Stova ll , W, 8.9; Danny McFar land, W, 8.85 . R: Del St range, E, 9.5 ; Pa t Arnold , W, 9.4; Ed Clarke, E, 9.3. Team Scores: East 200.05, West 198.0.
OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS Two nights after the East-West meet m any of t he Eas t -West stars sat in th e stands and wa t ched a fine show, they failed to qualify f o r , put on by those eager young gymnasts wh o had bea ten them in prelimi na r y competitions hel d between the two nights. Leading th e sh ow, h ow eve r , was sen sat ional Katsutosh i Kanzaki w h o qualified f or the finals in 4 even t s and captured the All Aro und, Kanzak i's H B a nd PB rou ti nes we r e the best routines ever witnessed in Tuc so n. ' Other hi g hli g hts of the meet included the extremel y cl ose FX battle between 6 good FX perf o rmer s and headed by Jeff Bennett of the U n ive r sity of A riz ona. The d ou b le back some rsau lt dism ount o n the PB by Francis Ai le" , full twisting back somersault d; ,mount on the PB by Dennis Su ll ivan, an excellent tr ampo li ne routine by Arizona freshman Ju l ian Stova l ( Univ. of Arizona gym na st s wo n 3 o f six events ) and a selfsat isfy ing st ill ri ngs rou tine by Ed Clark that amazed the audience and gratified Clark who hit fo r t he first time eve r in Tu cso n . AA : 1. K . Kanzaki. FX: Jeff Ben non, Ariz. 9.15; K. Kanz oki 9.075; Jim Barber, ISU 9.05 . SH: Dave Do t y, Ariz. 9.1; B la ise Blask o, U. N. Mex. 8.75; Jeff Bennon 8.675. SR: Ed Cl ark, N.E. La. 9.425; De l Strange, Co l. S.U. 9.375; Wes Wendli ng , Ariz. 9.025. T: Julian Stova ll , A riz . Fr. 9.1; Cliff Garthier , Den. U. 8.725 ; Nick Snapp, Co l. S.U. 8.65. PB : K . Ka nza k i, N .E. La. 9.375; Francis A ll en, Un. 9.15; Pat Edwards, Col. U. 9.125. HB : K. Kanzaki 9.15; D. Sul livan, NE . La . 8.7; Rich Lampright, Man k ato 8.55. LH : Tom Heinei ke 9.5; Bob Fishe r , U . Col. 9 .35; Steve Parr, PCC 9.25. THE SECOND ANNUAL UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE INVITATIONAL GYMNASTIC MEET by Robert Wason University of Louisville Coach The Second Annua l Uni v ersity of Louisville Inv itati onal w a s held on the U. of L. campus in Louisv ille , Kentucky, January 14, 1967 . More than three hundred gymnasts en tered in the six divisions, with over fort y teams from eight states represented , as well a s a large number of high schoo l and college g y mnasts competing unattached . Outstanding indiv idual s w ere present in each division such as Linda Methany of the '64 Oly mpic Team and recent World Games , and the Senior Girls Di v ision Champions, Southern Illino is Universit y. Unfortunatel y Miss Methany, who was co mpeting for the McKinley YMCA , pulled a back muscle in the worm-up s and was unable to continue in the competition. Outstanding in the Junior Girls was All Around winner, Co lleen Mul v ihill , daughter of McKinley Y & World Games assistant coach, Dick Mul vi hill. Juni or Boys All Around winner w as S. Boyd of Keywarden Gym Camp in At lanta , Georgia. In the High School Division , Albert Boykins of Lou isv ille , Kentuck y, captu red ev er y fir st place to w in the A ll Around title. In th e High School Girls Div ision, the All Around title went t o Linda Wagense ll er of Indiana polis . Ind. Miss Wagense ll er, a member o f the div ision winning Ben D?y is
High Schoo l team , won three first places on her wa y to the titl e. In the Sen ior Girls Div ision , Southern Ill inois University sco r ed a run- Qway. Donna Schaenzer of S.I.U. captured the All A r ound title and t ook three first places. The S. I.U. girls, coached by Herb Vogel, were given troub le on l y by Wolt Lienert 's Athenaeum Turner Team fr om Indianapol is , who finished second in the division. Lienert's team , led by Terr y Spencer, captured the first place hono r s in Fl oor Ex erc ise and Va ulti ng, but we re outnumbered in the Overa ll places by a strong 5.1. U. team. The Senio r Men's Division was led by W. Lessner of Terre Haute , Indiana I.S .U. The t op three in the Senio r All Around were ve ry close until the last event wher e Le ssner came o ut o n top. Fine performances were turned in b y Jimmy Lee . Peabody Co llege g r aduate student (form er Dav id Lipscomb Co llege gymnast) and Burt Tash of the Univers ity of Lo ui sville. 1967 FLINT SENIOR WOMEN'S INVITATIONAL GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS Saturday, February 11, 1967 Flint Northwestern High School Flint, Michigan Submitted by Jim McGraw Edited by Jackie Uphues MEET HIGHLIGHTS VAULTING : Competing in this event were the 1st, 2 nd , and 3rd place fini shers at the 1966 Nati ona l AAU Championships Gova erts , Schaenzer , and Gleason in that o rder. Kath y Gleason bea utifull y executed a near perfect Yamashita va ult in the evening finals recei v ing a 9.8 average. FLOOR-EX : Several different varieties and st y les were shown; some with tumb li ng dominating, o thers with a modern-jazz in fluence throughou t , and a f ew with a definite European st y le . But the "c lea n " and "smoot h " ro uti nes t ook the t o p hono rs regardless o f t he style used. UNEVEN BARS : The "o ld pros" performed their u su a l spec tacular ba r work that the y have developed ov er the years, but th er e we re a few new fac es in th e fi na l s. In pa r ticu lar Maddie We therell , fr om the host city performed a n icely exec uted rou t ine th at "swung", b ut still lacks the perfecti on and know- h ow that comes wit h "big meet" experi ence. BALANCE BEAM: Contestants we r e for the most part pretty shaky in the Pre- lims with seve ral breaks and falls ; onl y Vera Govaerts and Kath y Gleason turned in stead y routines . H owever, i n the finals Lind a Metheny performed ver y we ll , but could not ov erc o me the hand icap fr om the Prel ims. Joie D unham was leadi n g sist er Janis going into the Finals , b ut su ffered a bad b reak los ing 5th place a nd poss ibl y even 4 th. SUMMARY : Linda Metheny and Do nna Schaenze r were st i ll test in g injuries suffered during the World Games. Both showed tha t they are m uch improved , and should be at peak perfo rma nce by the AAU Nationals. A very enthu siastic audience helped to make the First Fli nt Sen ior Inv itational a great success . The ap preci a ti ve crowd was thrilled by the performances o f fi ve out o f the t op eight w omen g y m n a sts in the country and several " newcomers" showed their wo r th during the competition . Team Scores: 1. Southern Illino is University 35; 2. Fli nt, Michi gan 25%; 3 . Champaign, Illino is; 4 . I ndianapolis, In diana AA : Kath y Gleason, Buffalo, 37.23; Li nda Metheny, Champai Qn, 37.09 ; Ve ra Govaer ts, Flint , 36.62; Donna Schaenzer , S.I.U., 36.52 ; Terr y Spencer , In dianapo li s, .34.75; Debbie Bai ley, Ok lahoma, 34.67. SHV: Kath y Gleason 19.43; Linda Metheny 18 .9 6; Vera Govaerts 18.93. UB: Donna Schaenzer 18.96; Janis Dunham, S.I.U. , 18.66; Linda Metheny 18.59. BB : Vera Gavae rt s 18.92; Kath y Gleason 18 .73; Linda Metheny 18.50. FX: Linda Metheny 19.16; Vera Govaerts 18.80; Donna Schaenzer 18.73. 11