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Region 1 - Connecticut, "Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont.
REGION ONE M.LT. Coach Robert Lilly reports that he is looking forward to a good seaso n. Graduation losses included Mike De vo rkin and John Schaefer, but newcome rs show a good dea l of promise in the person of Nate Rudd and Pa ul Bayer. The team roster also includes Dick Hood , co-ca ptai n in the AA: Ken Gregor, co-captain and AA: Phil Milbe , AA: Tom Hafer, AA: Dave Beck , FX: Don Wan. HB . LH. and Coz Ishimoto. LH. Prospects are for s trong SR and PB , average FX and LH and weak SH and H B. YALE UNIVERSITY Coach Don Tonry indica tes that the Yale gymnastics tea m look s better than ever in s pite of losing two se niors, Bruce Bolnick (10th pl ace in the 1968 NCAA on the SHand in the Ivy League championships first 011 PB and SH in 1969) and Bruce Myers (No. I man for Yale in FX). Although Yale did not recruit a single gymnast, their freshmen squad consists of seve n members, one of which is Bob Rossback (Hinsdale , 111.) , who could be an all-time great on the side horse. Yale will have dual meet problems with s ix inexperienced performers and only one AA man but will ha ve more depth than ever before. Roster includes John Boly , Phil Frost, Jim Grillo, Pete Kenyon , Chris Khoury, John Malick , Da ve Miller, Rich Miller, Tom Mooney, Jim Ryo n, Mike Sherman , Brad Slnith and Steve Young. CORNELL UNIVERSITY Coach Bob Martin figures hi s team will be strong in SR. They lost no one and have added two strong freshmen , Tom Chesnut and Mike Lawitts: two juniors, Lynn Williams and Pete Ullman. " We will be hard to beat regardless of the league ," continues Coach Martin. Long horse tJgure s to be Cornell's second best event with the 1-2-3 punch of Allstadt , James and Wiggins. Weakest event will probabl y be FX after lo sing top man Mike Hammel , but Allstadt, Mark EIIyne and Wally Auser expect to rectify that before the season is o ve r. Cornell wo n the 1968 and 1969 I vy League championship and hopes to repat in 1970. They have scheduled some of the best teams in the East and with ad ded experience and hard work expect to be one of the best teams in the country. Newcomers include Chesnut, Re x James, good on SH and LH: Lawitts , second in N.Y. high school championships on rings: AI Jano s , good on PB : Rich Bower, Pete Suci , Steve Wight and Dave Granatstein. AA: Russ Wiggin , Lynn Williams FX: AA + Auser, Ellyne , Allstadt SH: AA + Swanson, Wi ght , James SR: AA + Lawitts , Chesnut. Ullman LH: AA + Auser, Allstadt,James PB: AA + Wilderoter, Auser, J anos HB: AA + Suci , Ullman , Allstadt SOUTHERN CONN. STATE COLLEGE So. Conn. has shown the strong coaching of Abie G rossfeld the past three years by being one of the. stro nge st teams on th e East Coas t, and prospects are that this year will be no excePtion. With Jim Amerine leading the team
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the ad dition of John Crosby and help from assis ta nt coach Dave Thor should make thi s the team to beat in the NCAA Co ll ege Division Nationals. Graduation losses were Fred Hatfi eld and Antone Cap it ao (AA a nd third in 1969 NCAA co ll ege division on SR) , however, th e new team members will more th a n make up the difference: John Crosby: AA , NAAU champion, second in va ulting a nd third in FX. Robert Lack man on PN and Tony Guarnieri on HB. AA: Amerine and Crosby FX: AA + T a mburri SH: AA + J a mes Yearwood , Shay (strongest eve nt) SR: AA + Ball LH:AA + ?? PB: AA + Shay , Lack man HB: AA + Guarnieri LOWELL TE C HNOLOGI CAL INSTIT UTE Coach Aronson reports that this sho uld be the best yea r in Lowell Tech 's hi story. With no losses through graduation and led by tri-captain s Wayne White, Walter Marcella and D a rrell Gallant , th e prospects are indeed bright. White has two strong events, Gallant wi ll compete in th e AA a nd finished consistently high last yea r on the H B, and Marcella is Tech 's No. I ring man. Th e outstanding so phomore is Mike Holmes , who competes on side horse , has full difficulty and needs only better form to start getting the higher sco re s. Tech use s freshmen , therefore , Frank Alden , Gary Berset, Jack Meagher, Clarence Poi sson will see plent y of action. AA: Nick Cicciu , Darrell Gallant , Wayne White FX: AA + Mark Brooks , Robert Brown , Tom LaCoste. Jack Meagher, D an Mitchell , Richardson SH: AA + Frank A lden , Henry Anderson , Mike Holmes SR: AA + Alden , Gary Berset, Earle Dinsmore , La Cos te , Marcella, Rich ard Weir LH: AA + Dinsmore, Bob Lawton, White PB: AA + Anderson , Richardson , White H B: AA + Marcella, Meagher, Richardson , . Weir, White , William Prince U.S. COAST GUARD ACADEMY Coac h Jeff Cardin a li reports that this is a building yeal: for th e Coast Guard after lo si ng two a ll-around men and their top side horse man. Newcomers Mike Kirby, John Molmrose and Paul Russe ll will comprise the building material. Team will be strong on side horse and weak on rings and in floor exercise. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS Mass appears to be headed for a stron g seaso n as de pth in every event should make them a threat to any team in the East. Success rests on the shoulders of the AA men , Joe Reed , Norm Vexler and Tony Vacca and the strong tea m effort of the specialists. Co ntenders for indi vidual honors should be Joe Goodwin , FX: Norm Vexler, SH: Joe Reed , R & HB: Tony Vacca , LH & HB ; Steve Cary , LH & PB , and Scott Stover, LH & H B. Graduation lo sses were Dick Del Gallo, Eastern rings champion , and George Seibert. Newcomers are Tony Vacca, AA , and Da ve Gene st, LH and PB. AA: Joe Reed , Norm Vexler, Tony Vacca, Doug Salisbury FX: AA + Goodwin , Kasava na , McCauley , Nelligan , Calabria, Genest SH: AA + Dean, Hastings , Jone s, Riley, Aubrey SR: AA + Jones , Myslicki , Peloguin , Aubrey , Genest , ÂŁearle LH: AA + Cary , Henry , Stover, Ca labri a , Genest , Searle
PB: AA + Goodwin , Ca ry. H enry, Peloguin. Genest, Searle H B: AA + Myslicki , Stover
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Region 2 ~ Delaware, Pennsylvan ia, New York, New Tersev. Maryland.
Region Two Re port By STEVEN CO HEN The artist s of Eastern gymnastics a re looking to paint a brightl y colored 1969- 70 season. A thumbnail sketc h of the teams who answered a questionnaire se nt out by M.G. is presented here to give gy mnastic followers an idea of what is happening this year in the East. COLLEGE DIVISION E. STROUDSBURG STATE CO LLEGE Coach Bruno Kraus It w ill be interesting to watch former international gymnast Bruno Kraus turn hi s efforts to coaching a relati ve ly young crew of gymnasts. The succe ss of state's endeavors will rest squarely on the shoulders of Bill Hladik , Gary Det we iler and Dan Barret , the team 's allaro und men. ITHA CA COLLEGE Coach Gordie Eggleston The white-clad men of Ithaca wi ll be rebounding from a hard-luck 1968-69 seaso n. Coach Eggleston will be going with a completel y new crop of talent that include allaround performers C raig Kolloff, Lee Multari , Norm Sosin an d speciali sts Ru ss Federman (PB , R), Roge r Scott (FX , LH) and Tom Bull ( R).
MONTCLAIR STATE CO LLEGE Coach Terry Orlick The 1968-69 season for Montclair pro ved quite successful with a record of 10 wins and two losse s. This year's team undoubtedly will be handica pped by lo sses of many old faces, but with th e bright new stars of D av id Green (AA) a nd Bill Balogh (AA), Coach Orlick's team will be big threat to all college di vision members. U.S. MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY Coac h A. L. Zielinski One of the Mariners' newall-around performers thi s year is named Bob Emery - however, no relation to last year' s Nissen Award winner from Penn State. Mr. Emery, needless to say , has a big pair of shoes to fill. Other top pelformers on Coach Zielinski 's tea m are Kevin Clavin (AA) and Mariners ' Winslow , Busch, Peake and Kristensen. EASTERN INTER COLLEG IATE LEAGUE U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY Coach Bill Savering Last yea r's fourth-ranked Middies will be looking for eve n smoother water this year. Depending heavil y on seniors Bob Marchy and captain Steve Klot z (bo th AA) , Coac h Save ring will have hi s work cut out for him. Michael Ash, another all-around performer, will he manning hi s battle station with a talented academy team. PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY Coach Gene Wettstone Always one of the great gy mnastic dynamos of the East , Penn State promises no le ss than an excellent team this yea r. The los ses of Mssrs. Emery , Litow, Kindon , Vexler and Bayuk would be enough to give a ny coach peptic ulcers but not Coach Wettstone. Returning ve ter-