SR: AA + Mike Wedge LH: AA + Tennesse n PB: AA + Rand y Cormican HB : AA + Joe Garris UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Picked by most as the favorite in thi s league , Coach Newt Loken will be ou t to make that prediction come true. Michigan will ve ry much mi ss the likes of it s eight departed seniors , but they do ha ve some fine young men coming up , and the spo ts sho uld be filled adequatel y. In FX NCAA champion Da ve Jacob s will be mi ssed, but Huntzicker a nd Black will be taking up the s lack. Side horse lost Wagner, but Newt feels that Gluck and Kaziny , plu s Saffier and Gura, will make this a so lid event. Rings: whenever you lose men like Kenney and Froeming, you're hurting, but in Frowick, Sale, Mackie and Rogers they hope to stay around 27 points here. Vaulting: Loss of Rodney (NCAA finalist s) will hurt but tru st others w ill fill in . P. Bars: again losing a great pelformer like Big Ten champion Dick Ri c ha rd s will affect that e vent, but Capt. Ra ppe r (NCAA champion) , along with Mackie , Plotkin a nd the AA men, should help. HB: Michigan fa ns will certainly miss the unique stylists, Mike Sasich a long with Fred Rodne y, since both of them a lways came through but realize that Ed Howard , Ted Marti , Murray Plotkin , Mackie a nd Scully will do a fine job. The AA event will have a stro ng one-two punch with Big T e n all-a round c hampion Rick McCu rd y and seco nd-place man Sid Jen se n. Also in th p ,\A will be Plotkin a nd Mackie. AA: Rick McCurdy , Sid Jen sen , Bill Mackie, Murray Plotkin + frosh Ray Gura-Cle velan d FX: AA + Huntzicke r, Black, Weibel and fro s h Bl ack- Illinoi s: boys from Michigan SH: AA + Gluck , Kaziny , Saffier, Gura SR: AA + Frowick , Rogers LH: AA + Hunt z icker, Rogers , J ackso n from Ca nada P8: AA + Ra pper, Vanek , Marti , Rogers from Canad a HB: AA + Howa rd , Marti , Scully UNIVERSITY OF IOWA Coach Mike Jacobson will be hard-pressed to come up with as stro ng a crew as last year's NCAA championship tea m. The loss of Bob Dick so n - all around , Keith McCanless (two-time NCAA champion on the SH) a nd Don H atch (three-time Big Ten SR champ) will probably show. Freshman Chuck Ci tron (SH) will be a contender thi s year, Rud y Ginez , AA , looks like a contender on the PB s, a nd D an Rep p will be a contender on SR. Coac h Jacobson 'predicts that Iowa will have to beat Michigan , Michigan State and Illinoi s
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for the co nfe rence title and will ha ve to de pe nd o n fre shmen for a lot of help. I njurie s could playa big role , he says, which might indi cate a lack of depth. Rosters : Jerry Bonney, C itron, Phil Farnam , Ri c h Feldkamp, Rudolpho Ginez , Ray Hardin , Wa llace Kann , Brad Larson , Ken Liehr, D ave Luna , Jame s McRlan , Roger Nei st, Mike Prector, Dan Ra pp , Rich Sauer, Rich Scorza, Dave Short , Dean Showalter, Barry Siotten , Dick Taffe a nd Jeff T ay lor.
Region Five
stay hea lth y , howe ver, the y could improve on last yea r's record. Strong e vent will be FX, a nd weakest e vent will probab ly be H B. Losses were Ben Blea a nd Eric Singer, both fine performers. Newcomers are Tom Casey, who had shoulder surgery last year but has recovered nicely and will be in FX. Also , fre shmen Mike H a rrison and Rand y Sherman should help the team in vaulting and looking for big things from Jim Lane on the side horse. AA: Pat Edwards , Gary Pomeranz, Ken McCaulay FX: AA + Dennis Berg, Tom Casey SH: AA + Jim Lane SR: AA + Randy Schumacher LH: AA + Mike H a rrison , Rand y Sherman PB: AA + D ave Forman H B: AA + Bruce Lonnecker
RegiOn Six
Region 5 - Iowa State Unjv., Kansas, Mis路 Nebraska, North . Dakota, Oklahoma.. South Dakota.
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Big Eight Confe re nce - Region 5 Co mpiled by D ave Wa rdell Written by J e rry Wright IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY Coach Ed Gagnier has almost the same tea m back that finished third in the 1969 NCAA nationals with the one big exception of Ward Meythaler, NCAA co-champ on the rings. New perso nne l include Jim Stephenson , freshman AA from EI Cajon , Calif. , and Siew Buck , FX and LH man from Ames , Io wa. Ed reports tha t hi s greate st asset will be depth beca use of his seven all-around men an d with fi ve conference champions returning it look out " Big Eight. " AA: D ave Butzma n, Payton Da vy, James Gilberto , Dennis Mazur, Brent Simmons, Richard Simmons and James Stephenson FX: AA + Doug Berry , Stew Buck , Robert Ito , Bob Miller, Jeff Robken SH: AA + Ru sse ll Hoffman , Doug Pe ak , Don Graves SR: AA + Barry Dickerson , Kim Orr, Tony Ri zzuto LH: AA + Mason Buck, Stew Buck PB: AA + Rex Gray , Jeff Le vin , Don Gra ves HB: AA + Ken Fontana UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA Coac h Francis Allen re ports th a t he has the best group of fres hmen he has ever seen at the U. of Nebraska and is looking forward to a n up-a nd-coming team. N ew personnel include Hoppy Ba tten , H Band AA ; Mark Albanes e, J ac k Bullington a nd J eff Johnso n. AA: Foster Batten , Steve Elsasser, Alex Gera rd , John Kocourek FX: AA + Jeff Johnson , Tony Manthay , Stu Pauley , Tom Riesing, Tim White SH: AA + La rry Everman , Vic McWilliams, Rick Yates SR: AA + Bullington , Albanese LH: AA + PB: AA + Denni s Moen , Stu Pa uley HB: AA + Ste ve Jones UNIVERSITY OF COLO R A DO Coach Lind y Baer regretfully admits that Co lorado does not ha ve a good deal of depth . I f the y
Region 6 - Arkansas, New Mexico, Texas.
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RegiOn Seven
Region 7 - Arizona. Colorado, Montana. Utah, Wyoming.
Region Seven Report By DON NORTON Dept. of English, Brigham Young U. The best news in the Rocky Mountain area is th e constantl y impro ving qualit y of gymnas tics a t both the collegiate a nd high sc hool le vels. Tea ms a nd indi vidu als from Region Seven are gaining fin e reputation s . U nfortunatel y I have not been able to find a high sc hool represe nt a ti ve from Montana and Arizona. Any vo luntee rs? Bob Fisher from Boulder is a nxiou s to re port Co lorado hig h school news. There is virtuall y no high school gy mnastics in W yomi ng a nd Utah.