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Ye ar aft e r yea r , we publi s h Ihe res ult , of th e s ta te hi g h sc h oo l c hampi on s hips a hout th e co unlr y a nd yea r a ft e r year, the li s t g rows . Thi s year. th e .\1 G brok e w ith its pa s t tra diti on of li s tin g onl y nam es a nd n o scores. Thi s wa s no t ,0 mu c h becau "e th e scores m ea n s o mu ch more . but it is b eca use w e fee l that th e onl y way the "co rin g "ys te m c a n bf' d irected towa rd a m o r e unifo rm pa tt ern is by g ivin g e xam pl es good a nd bad . Th e point , i" no t, howeve r. that Wf' fer l on e syste m is so ri g ht a nd anot he r so w r(l n ~, but th e re ad pr !-' cannin g th ese sco r es wi ll be co nfu se d a s to what sys te m ( ~ , wa~ f we re ) br in g u sed. J5 a sco r e a 9 .2 o r i" it a to tal o f two scor es o r an ave rage o f t wo sco r es. We h a d to s ift throu g h m a n y, man y r e am s of res ult s s h ee ts to pu ll o ut the to p three n a me" . Onl y ,\I ai n e a nd P enn sy lva nia c am e at al l clo"e to fo ll ow in g th e fo rmat we ha vr "u ggps tin g fo r s ubmittin g mee t r es ult s to I h (' '\IG. Of all th e S ta te c h a mpi on "hips. th e Illi · noi s III Pt' 1 St't' Ill S th e Ill ()~ t or.!!anizf'd. Perha ps thi s is beca u;;e th ey s(' nt 'out co mplde r uutin es. :-:cores, a w ril e -up, a nd photfl!". \Ve wo uld lik e to ack n ow lN b :e too, th ose s tat es w hi c h ton k th e tim e to ga th e r ill(' win nin g rout in es toge th e r ; Ihi s form s th e o nl y re a l ba s is fo r co mp a ri son o f gy mn a s ts ac ross Ih e co untr y. P e rhap s a s tim e pa ".l's .. o th e r s tate c h a mpi on s hips wi ll r ecognize Ihat thi s n ut only improves th e ir "n a ti onal s ta ndin g" hut a ls o se r ves a s a va luabl e teaching a nd coachi n l-( ai d. New York. Indi a n a . IIlin u is. and P c nn ~y l va ni a se n t in th e ir winning roulin es a n d we ca u g ht the top ro uim's of th e rnutin es o f th e L A. C it y winn e rs o n a port a hl e tape reco rd e r. I Thi s is a n ot" IV ," so und in hop,'s thai oth e rs w ill adopt il in Ih e fulu n ' .1 Th e Con nec ti c ut S tat e champi· on s hips h ave t's tabli s he d co mpu lso ry l'x(" rc ises. Their s tat e winnt'fs won Ilt'ca use tlw), cn uld do both co mpul sor y and optional " . Thi s, w e feel is a h ea lthy tre nd.
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Wh il e on the s ubj ect o f hi g h school gy m · nas ti c", w e fe e l it a ppropriate to c it e tilt' r eco rd o f i\[r. P a ul ram , re ti ... ,cI now from ac ti ve ftYl1lna sti c:-; coac hin :.r at Butler Hi ~h
School in P e nn sy lva nia. Durin g 12 Y"a" of co mp e tili on , hi s tea m s won 108 , tra i:.dll clu a l m ee ts, a nd three o f tlw four , tak c h ampion s hip s h e ld to date. Whih· no w ,nil o f gy mna s ti cs a s a coach , l\'lr. U r a m co ntin es his ac ti ve inte rest as an offi e ia l. 1-1,. h a s a lso se n ' ed a s a Vice-Presid ent in th e National Ass ociation of High School G ym ·
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