(Chico) 6.1., Rand Webster (Chico) 6.1. SH: Wiggins 5.5, Umi 4.5, Vered 3.8. HIl: Steve Ryoewicz (Santa Clara) 5.6, Omi 5.1, Bill Gerould (Santa Claro) 4.8. PB: Starns 7.1, Wiggins 5.45, Gerould 5.35. R: Wiggins 7.55, Omi 7.55, Starns 7.05. FIRST USA TRAMPOLINE TRIALS FOR 5TH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN SOUTH AFRICA December 28, 1967, was an important date for USA Trampolinists as it was on this date tn at the first of two trials were held to select a team from the States to compete in the 5th World Championships in South Africa in 1968. On hand t o compete were Wayne Miller 1966 World Champion, David Jacobs 1967 World Champion, and Jim Yongue member of the 1967 USA team . For the women, Judy Wills, winner of first 4 Wor ld
Meets, was on hand but withour her team mate Nancy Smith who has retired from comperiTlon. In addition to these world Champions, there were 17 of the best Jumpers in the United States. At the end of the preliminaries, the 1967 World Champion led with a score of 28.10 With Miller and Yongue tied for 2nd ploce
with a score of 28.00 each. In tne finals Jim Yongue showed both Miller and Jacobs he had a strong desire to compete for the U.S. by posting a score of 9.75 and doing a routine with a difficulty rating of 9.3 for a tota I avera II score of 47.05 . Wayne Miller was not able to match Yongue 's score but had a higher difficult y rating of 9.5 and received a score of 9.65 from the judges. This gave Miller a total score of 47.15 and the championship. David Jacobs was unable to match either Miller or Yongue and finished 3rd with a total score of 46.50. World Champion Judy Wills continued her winning ways with a total score of 44 . 15 for a routine with 8.2 difficulty. A real battle developed for second place between Vicki Bol inger and Judi Ford as they were tied for second place after the preliminaries with scores of 24.85 each. Ford finished her routine on her knees and dropped to 3rd place while Bolinger moved up to 2nd. Bol inger posted a total score of 41.25 while Ford had 40.05. . The second trials will be held in April 1968 at the University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafa yette, LOUISiana. The average posit ion o f th competitors from both trials shall determine the USA team members. If there is a tie for the position then the total scores of both trails will determine the win-
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The US plans to send 3 men and 3 women competitors, 2 coaches and I judge to ~outh Africa. The coaches and judge selected December 27, 1967, and are as follows: Men's Coach: Jeff Hennessy, trampoline coach U. Southwest La.; Women's Coach: Milton Davis, Memphis, Tenn.; Judge: Loyd Huval, gymnastic coach, LSU. MIDWEST OPEN GYMNASTIC MEET FOR WOMEN January 27th, 1968 Deerfield High School, Deerfield, III. Report by Betty Meyer Olympic Compulsories-Seniors Only AA: Barbara Bauer, Eiche Turners (ET) 32.966; Joanne deVarona, Fresno Gymnastics Club (FGC) 32.331; Joan Kidder (FGC) 31.098; Linda Hamby (FGC) 30.833; Paulette Martin (FGC) 27.799; Barbara Fleming (FGC) 26.298. FX: Joan ne deVarona 8.466, Linda Hamby 8.133, (Tie) Paulette Martin and Barbara Bauer 7.90. BB: (Tie) Barbara Bauer and Linda Hamby 8.600, Joanne deVarona 8.566. SHV: Joan Kidder 7.966 Barbara Bauer 7.766, Joanne deVarona 7.733. UPB: Barbara Bauer 8.700, Joon Kidder 7.633, Paulette Martin 7.533.
Senior Division Optionals FX : Barbaro Bauer 8.8, Linda Hamby 8.7, Moddie Wetherell, Flint Gymnastic Clu b (Flint) 8.466. UPB: Maddie Wetherell 9.133,
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Iroquois High School in Loui sv ille on February 3, 1968 . This meet, the first of its kind in Kentuck y, featured three divisions f o r boys and girls-the junior division for boys and girls 9th grade or below. The high school di v ision which operated under an NFHSAA sa nct ion , and the senior open division f or men and women. Medals and ribbons were awarded to the first six places in each event and trophi es were given to individual champions in the All-Around event. Team trophies went to the top three teams in each division. Team winners were as follows: Junior girls: McKinley Y (Springfield, 111.), Jeffersonv ille Rec., Homilton Y. High School girls : Ben Dovis of Indianapolis, Iroquois High School, Pleasure Ridge of Lou . Senior Women: Clarksville (Ind.) Gym Club, No other teams qualified for team awards. Junior boys: Columbus Gv m Club (Ohio) St. Matthews Y (Louisville), Louisville Turners. High School boys: Pleasure Ridge, Iroquois High School, La Rue Co. (Kentucky). Senior Men : University of Louisvi lle, Columbus (Ohio) Gym Club, Louisvi lle YMCA. All-Around championships were won by Kathy Stewart of McKinley Y, Terry Worthington of St. Matthews Y, Linda Wagonseller of Ben Dav is , Larry Larrimore of Pleasure Ridge, Cathy Appleseed of Clarksville, and Gary Hutch inso n of Columbus Gym Club. The meet , of course, ran on a crowded schedule but ended on time after a day pocked full of oction . The largest field in any one event was high school girls fl oor exercise which had 0 total of 68 entries. Plans are already underway for the 1969 meet and wrinkles that showed up in the 1968 formot will hopefull y be ironed out. Linda Graff and George J efferson, Iroquoi s gymnastics coaches, were meet managers.
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