(Continued from page 37) five-man team, including three 011around men . There wi ll be compulsories. T he th ree top scores will count toward team totals. T op performa nces of the year included Dennis Ramsey on the side horse; Austin Thatcher, long h orse. BYU plans a summer clinic for groups of grade school children; junior and sen ior high school boys will be encouraged to work out individuall y .
Arizona No reports. W yoming No reports;
apparently
there
is
no gymnastics acti vi ty . Reactions to the NCAA Champi-
onships schedule were return
to
the
previous
unanimous: meet
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mat, with individual competiti on the last evening. Fortunately, thi s year's team f inals were ve ry exciting; what if scores hadn' t been close? We owe to the public the
best individual performances as a climax of the meet.
FINAL USA TRAMPOLINE TRIAL La faye t te, L oui sana The U .S.A. Tramp o line Team membe rs ore for the men : David Jacobs, Uni versity of Michigan ; Jim Yongue, Unive r sity of South western Louisiana; and Donald
Wa ters, Universit y o f Southwestern Louisiana.
Th e
women
ore
Judy
Wills, Southern Illinois University; Vicki Bo linger, Springfield, Illinois; and Judy Johnson , Centenary Col lege o f Louisiana. David Jacobs was able to overcome a lead of .55 po int s by Jim Yongue as a resu lt of the fir st trials in Sarasota, Flo r ida. · Jacobs total score was 94.50 to 94.35 for Yongue
with
Don
Wate rs
moving
up from 5th to 3rd place by overcoming Dennis Harlan 87.70 t o 86.85. Judy Wills con tinued her winning ways by pos t ing a total sco re of 88. 10 fo r both tria ls and a fir st p lace. Vicki Bolinger hung on to second p lace by Judi Ford sl ipping to 4th and Judy Johnson moved up to 3rd. Officials of the team are Jeff Hennessy, men's coach; Milton Davis of Memphis, Tenn essee, women's coach, and Loyd Huval of New Or leans, Louisiana , as U.S.A. judge . The ten t ative schedule f o r the U.S.A. T rampo line T eam is as follows: November 23, Depa r t f or Ho Iland; Nov. 24, travel t o a city in • Germany; Nov. 25, Exhib it ion; Nov. 26, Free day· Nov . 27, Dual meet 'with Germany; Nov. 28, Tra ve l to H o ll and; Nov. 29-30, Wor ld Championsh ips; Dec. 1, Leave for U.S .A.
CALIFORNIA STATE JR. COLLEGE •• CHAMPIONSHIPS The Second Annua l State Junior Co l lege Gymnast ic Championsh ips were held at San Bernardino Valley College an May 11, 1968. Pasadena was the winner again, as expected, by a margin of sixt y points . The competiti on for second place in the team standing was very close throughout the meet , with four teams in contention. Long Beach finall y took th e honors, largely by their efforts in th e rings event where they earned 16 points. Individual honors went to Pasadena's Tom Proulx who earned T om P roulx, 1st AA. a total of 51.5 points and scored an average of 8 .6 in his four 011around events. The second high Plaques were given f or I st and 2nd point performer was Martin Caling for the 1st and 2nd for the men's of East Los Angeles with 33 points , and women 's ' teams. Medals were while Santa Monica 's Don Ferre awarded f o r indi v idual places in earned 31 points for third. each event, while r ibbons were T he meet was tru ly a state given for 4th t hroug h 8th. championship inasmuch as N orth Despite the fact that the meet ern California was ably reprewas held rather late in the seasented by Diablo Valley and son, there was a good turn-out Sacramento Co lleges . with many college gymnasts comResults peting unattached . The meet reAA : T om Proulx, PCC 34.325; ce ived a dua l sanction from the Max Magdaleno, ELA 34.275; MarUSGF and the AAU. tin Caling, ELA 34.05; Paul Ga llesMen' s Res ults p ie, PCC 33 .90; Juan Sanchez, T eam : Cleveland Swiss Turners SMCC 33.B5. Tr: Doug Boger, PCC (Sw iss) 135.75, ·Columbus Gym9 .0, Tom Proulx 8.85; Kent Umnastic Club (CGC) 124 .95, Dayt on barger, Diablo 8.4; Mike Segal i, YMCA (Dayt) 83 .00. AA : Bruce Diablo 8.35; AI Johnson, PCC 8.1. T rott (Unatt) 52.05, David Arnold LH : K. Umbarger 9.05; T. Proulx (Unatt) 48.00, Reed Klein (Swiss ) 8.87; Mark Wasserman, Val ley 47.75 . FX : Klein 8 .25, Trott 8 .2 0, 8.87; Pat Mahoney, Pierce 8.85 · Pete Clute (Unatt) 7.55. SH : Larr y Steve Urrutia, Trade Te ch. 8.57. Wiese (Unatt) B.95, Trott 8.50, FX : M. Ca l ing 9.05; Don Ferre , J im Seman (Unatt) 7.05. R : Trott SMCC 9.00; Leon M ims, Harbor 8.60, Arno ld 8.30, Gary Hut chin9.00; Loui e Moreno, ELA 8.95; D. son (CGC) 8.00. LH : T rott 9.30 , Boger 8.9; T . Proulx 8.9. SH : John Mike Sexton (Unatt) 8.95, Arnold Nelson, PCC 9.0; Dan Uyeda, LB 8.90. PB : Arnold 8.65 , Trott 8.50, 8.6; Steve Duhaine, Fullerton 8 .35; Klein 8.20. HB : Trott 8.95, Arno ld Darryl Miller, LB 8.25; Ken Polin8 .20, Klein 7.95 . Tu : Sexton 8.10, ski, Pierce 7.7. HB : Dell Smith, Joe Latella (CGC) 7.4, John Sositko Pierce 8.95; M. Caling .8 .65; Steve (Unatt) 6.6 . T r: Sexton 8.90, Wi lLangdon, PCC 8.65; Mark Peacock, li am Capp (Unatt) 8.85, Latella PCC 8.65; Mark Davis, LAV 8.65. 7.90. (Note: The team standings PB : Gary Albita, L B B.6: Bob were decided most ly by gymnasts Bai ley L B 8.3; D. Ferr e 8.2; T. plac ing lower t ha n third.) Prou lx 8.15; M . Ca ling 8.05. R: P. Wom e n's Res ults Gillespie 9 . 15; Richard Schwartz, T eam : Flint Olympians (F LT ) LB 8.75; Ra leigh W il son, Pierce 96.95, Marilyn Dennis (MD) 65.00, 8 .6; Dennis Kinsey, L B 8.55; EuMichigan State U (MSU) 56.15. gene Bailey, Harbor 8.55. Tu : D. AA : Dianne Grayson (F L T) 31.70, Boger 9.0; P. Mahoney 8.9; D. Cindy Ha ll (FLT ) 31.65, Cherrie Ferre 8.75; John Johnsey, L B 8.7; Ashley (MD) 31.55. FX : Hall 8.30 , L. Mims 8.7. Grayson 8. 15, Patti McDonald (F L T ) Team Sco re s: Pasadena 127, 7.75. BB : Rean ne Mille r (MSU) 8.3, Long Beach 67, East Los Ange les Ashley 8. 1, Maddie Wetherel l (F L T ) 60, Pierce 56, Santa Monica 51, 7 .9, 'UPB : Grayson 8.85, Ashley 8.0 , Diab lo Valley 44 .5, L.A. Va lley Ha ll 7 .6, SHV : Hall 9.3, Barb 39.5, Harbor 23, Fullerton 9, Goodie (F LT) 8.6, Grayson 8.3. Tu : Trade Tech 6 , Sacramento 1. High Cherry A lmy (Unatt) 7.4, Hall and Po int Scores: Tom Prou lx, PCC Miller 6.75. T r: Susan Grigsby 51.5, Martin Caling, ELA 33, Don (Unatt) 5.45, Karen McDaniel Ferre, SMCC 31, Doug Boger, PCC (Unatt) 4 . 10, G wen Sa rsf ie ld 2 6, Ken Umbarger, Dia b lo Valley (Unatt) 3.75 . 24 . (Ed itor's N ote: T hi s was one o f t he few reports rec eived by us FI RST ANNUAL which fo ll owed our required f orCOLUMBUS INVI TATIONAL mat f or submission of results.) East Side Branc h YMCA Columbus, Oh io SEVENTH TOUR N AMENT May 4th, 1968 OF CHAMPIONS By Gory Hutchinson , Dire ctor Cal State Los Ang el es Columbus Gymnastic Club May 17, 1968 Thi s first annual meet was sponM eet Director: Gordon Maddu x sored by the Columbus Gymnastic A su r p ri si ng ly sma ll , but enC lub, and was t h e b iggest project thus iastic crowd turned out f or t he ever undertaken by us. We rece i ved Jast great invitati ona l meet of fine cooperation from the Ea st southern Ca l ifornia's gymnastic Side and Central YMCA's. yea r , t he T ournament of ChamThe meet ran ve ry smoo thl y , pions. thanks to Meet Director , Jerry Perform ing w ith hi s usua l flair Baker of Ohio State and the techand height, although omitting his n ica l advice of OSU Coach Jim doub le back m ount, Tom Prou lx Sweeney. captured the FX event. Experience This was a Sen io r Open meet f o r counted as Ca l State's Don Warmen 15 and over and gi r ls 14 and ren, o pening w ith a handspring , over. The women's division drew front , handspring down the side, a la rger fi e ld than expected.
1968 BRUIN GYMNASTIC CLASSIC UCLA - May 11 , 1968
FINAL U .S.A . TRAMPOLINE TRIALS La f aye tt e, Lou is iana - Apr il 27, 1968 Fi rst Trial s 46.50 47.05 42.85 43.60 18.90
Req. 9 .55 9.65 9.30 9.05 8.85
lst Opt. 9.50 9.40 9.50 8.55 8.70
9.60 9.10 8.60 8.70 7.50
Total 28.65 28.15 27.40 26.30 25.05
2nd Opt. 9.75 9.65 9 .25 8.05 9.00
D.O. 9 .60 9.50 8 .20 8.30 7.70
Total 48.00 47.30 44 .85 43.25 4 1.75
Total Both Trials 94.50 94.35 87.70 86.85 60 .65
44 . 15 41.25 39.95 40.05 34.95 36.25
9.40 8.95 8.75 9.35 8.85 0 .00
9.35 8.60 8.55 4.85 8.60 8 .30
8.00 7.70 7.80 4.50 6.70 6.80
26.75 25.25 25. 10 18 .70 24. 15 15.10
9.00 8.80 8.55 9.00 7. 10 7.30
8.20 7 .70 7 .70 7.20 6.20 6 .20
43.95 41.75 41.35 34.90 37.45 28 .60
88. 10 83.00 81.30 74.95 72.40 64.85
Nom e
MEN : Dav id Jacobs Jim Yongue Don Water s Dennis Harlan Hugh Curfman W OMEN : Judy Wills Vicki Bolinger Judy Johnson Judi Ford Troy Kauffman Sue Rogers
D. O.
edged newcomer Marty Caling of East L .A. College for second place. Cali ng displayed a fine sense of style and lightness and will be heard fr om in the future. San D iego State near ly made a sweep of the side h orse medals as longlegged Gene Spindler, working high and extended, notched an easy win. Teammate Lar ry Buss managed second place. College Division Champ Bob Medina and fo r mer NCAA Champ Gary Hoskins both su ffe r ed breaks just prior to their dismounts to drop them fr om contenti on a lthough Gary rem ounted to throw an exce llent 1 V2 tw isting dismount for a score of 8.45. San Fernando Valle y's Chuck Wa lden, showing good st rength moves (planche, cross) f or a l arge gymnast, tied UC LA 's diminutive Mickey Chaplan f o r the ring s title. T o his already strong routine (see NCAA r epor t, May MG) Chap lan added a n inver ted cross (a l itt le sh or t , timewise), drop to immediate iron cross. Former BYU standout , Dick Nicholas, in good shape despite (or because of ?) the US Army, earned third with a strong routine. NCAA C a I leg e Div ision LH Champ Ric h Grigsby notched another v icto ry over Proulx and NCAA Un ive rsity Division Champ Bruce Coulter on Long Horse. The parallel bars tro ub led everyo ne, but Air Force officer Terry Higgins showed a bit of his o ld Academy st y le in earn ing the first place trophy . Notabl e on thi s event, however, was PCe's Paul Gillespie who mounted with double leg circles on t he end t o an immediate st ra ight-body p lanche. H i g gin s r ea lly shone on his best even t , the high ba r , by tieing Grigsby fo r the tap spot. Stretched out and continuous, H igg ins spun through hiS complex rout ine which included a wel l-done hech t vau lt , to his final hecht b ut lost several tenths f or bent knees in the dismount. Adding to his Co ll ege Di v isi on Champ.ionship routine, Gr igsby also pu t In a hecht vaul t and a ha lf twisting % giant cov er-up when he nearl y missed his dismount, a cast, f ront , which he did carry aut with good he ight and ro t ation. Although finishing down in the lists, Ca l lng showed some fin e style and f reedom of movement in his routi ne wh ich included both stalders. FX: T om Prou lx 9.25, Dan Warren 8.95, Marty Ca l ing 8.90. SH : Gene Spind ler 9.35, Lar ry Buss 8.95, Bill Hoove r 8 .9. R: Mickey Chap Ian and Chuck Walden 9.15 . Dick Nicholas 8.9. Tr: Prou lx and Dan McFar land 8.8, Doug Boger 8.6. LH : Gri gsby 9.2, Prou lx 9.0 , Bruce Coulte r 8.8. PB : Terry Hi gg ins 9.05, Gr igsby and Pau l Gillespie 8.75. HB : H iggins and Gr igsby 9.25, Prou lx 9.05 .
By M ick ey Choplon I had forgotten, after this year's NCAA competition, that gymnast ics is a sport that is capable of being enjoyed by both gymnasts and specators . I was quite over joy ed that the Bru in Classic re stored my memory to its former sharpness. Th e competition did not have same of the big names that we re present in other competitions, but the fa ct that a maximum of seven men competed on each event, as we ll as t he lack of time wasted between performances (thanks t o (Con ti nued on pag e 46) 4 1