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ANNUAL MG HS REPORT: Because High School State and City Championships cover a long season starting in December in some eastern areas and finishing as late as June in Los Angeles, we do have a difficult time getting complete reports for our annual HS edition. We seem to miss a few and gain a few every year and always end up with a few post annual reports in later editions. This will probably be the case again this year, so if we missed your state report, send it along and we will include it in a near future MG edition. We do enjoy doing this issue as it shows the tremendous growth and future potential of up and coming young All-Around gymnasts in America to carryon our sport to ever higher national and international standards.

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MISS HS GYMNAST: With this edition we have initiated a new feature for our annual HS Report a "Miss HS Gymnast." To get the ball rolling, your editors selected Stephanie Stromer (see page 6) as the first "Miss HS Gymnast" and after you look her over, we are sure you will second our choice for 1970. We plan to make this an annual award in the MG/ HS edition with national participation along with winner and several runner-up awards. Perhaps a girl from your area will be our "1971 Miss HS Gymnast. " Girls wi ll be judged on competitive ranking, academic achievement and of course, their ability to fill a leotard with style, ooo's & aaahhh's. So get out your cameras and write up the vital statistics. The voting polls will start accepting applicants in April 71 .

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TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME XII

AUGUST/SEPTEMBER

NUMBER 7

NOTES FROM THE EDITOR .......... .. ... Glenn Sundby MG/MLLE G... .... .. .. .. .... ...... ..... . .......

GUEST EDITORIAL .... ... .. ... .. ..... ... ... .... Hennecke CHALK TALK .... ... ... .... . .... ... . .... ..... .... .. ..... ....

CANADIAN REPORT .... .. ... .. ...... ..... ... ... Nooney ViEWPOINTS ... ..................... . .. ...... .. ....... Criley MG HIGH SCHOOL REPORT .... ..... .. .... ..... . ... ........

MG INTERViEW. ..... ........ .... ...... .. .... ..... ..... ......

SPOT INTERVIEWS ...... .... .............. Sakoda/ Criley A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A GYMNAST .. ............ Adams GYMNASTICS IN MONTANA .......... .. ........... .. Lux LETTERS ... ............ ..... .. . .. ... ...... .. ........

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Cover: Universi ty High School Gymnast s win the team trophy at the 45 th Los Angeles City High School Championships in a meet that was filled wi th excitement and specta tor enthusiasm as the ch eer路 leaders leaped and yelled right down to the wire as the lost man in the lost event was the deciding facto r in Unihi 's w in over last year's championship Mon roe HS team.

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WORLD GAMES: We are sorry to report that Top HS Gymnast Steve Hug (see interview page 23) has developed a back problem and was not able to attend the try-outs for the USA World Games Team. We will be reporting more news on the World Games tryouts, team photos and World Games history in the next MG edition.

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USGF/FIG: The USGF has been placed on the agenda as the proposed new official FIG member for the USA at the October 29th meeting of the FIG following the World Games in Ljubjlana, Yugoslavia. This is a very important vote and step forward for gymnastics in America. We would hope that all our friends in the FIG who have been following the tremendous growth of gymnastics in America through the USGF in the MG reports will take heed and vote affirmatively for this progressive step. A yes vote would enable the USGF to take a more active part internationally to bring more foreign team tours to the USA and reciprocate with increased USA team tours of the 路 world. We would also hope our readers around the world would contact their own FIG melllber to encourage him to vote yes on his USGF/FIG membership proposal. A YES VOTE FOR THE USGF IS A VOTE FOR BETTER GYMNASTICS IN AMERICA! 4

PUBLISHER-EDITOR GLENN SUNDBY

ASSOCIATE EDITORS-TECHNICAL DICK CRILEY, FEATURE KEN SAKODA, LAYOUT

ASSOCIATE EDITORS - Feature A. Bruce Frederick, Education; Dr. Jame. S. Basco, Research; Jerry Wright, Competition; Frank Bare.

USGF; John Nooney, Canada; Robert Hanscom, YMCA; Andrze; Gonera, European; Gerald George, Dan Millman & Don Ton;;', AA Instructional; Bill Roetzheim, Instructional.

THE MODERN GYMNAST magazine is publill1ed by Sundby Publ ications, .410 Broadway, Sonta Monico. Cal ifornia 90-401. Second Closs Postage paid at Sonto Monico, Calif. Published monthly except bi-monthly June, July. August, ond September. Price $6.00 per year, 60c a single copy.

Subscription correspondence. The MODEllN GYMNAST. P.O. Box 611 , Sonto Monico, California 90406. Copyright 1970@ all rights reservect"by SUNDBY PUBLICATIONS, 410 Broadway. Santo Monico, Colif. All photos and manuscripts submitted become the property of The MODERN GYMNAST unless a return request and sufficient postage ore included.

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Name : Steph an ie Stro mer Age : 16 Weight : 108 Height: 5'4" Vital Statistics: 38-25-35!

The M G staff (pu blishe r, ed itor, photographe r a nd art direc to r) have voted Ste ph a ni e S trome r as " M ISS HI G H SC H OOL G YM N AST " fo r 1970 (see editori a l for future " Miss H S Gy mnas t fo r '7 1" ).

S te ph anie , our MG Mademoi sell e fo r August/Se pte mbe r, is an up and co ming Southe rn HS Gy mn as t with internatio nal po te ntia l (had it not been fo r an ankle injury th at ke pt her fro m pelfor ming at her peak at the final USA World Ga mes Trials , Ste ph ani e should have made th is 1970 USA Inte rnati ona l tea m).

S te ph a nie has bee n a me mb e r o f the "SCAT S " (So. C a li f. Aero T ea m) fo r th e pas t th ree yea rs a nd acco rding to coac h Bud Ma rque tte , she is the o nl y girl he is aware of doing a double back wit h onl y a ha nd s pot.

Besid es Gy mnastic ta le nt , ph ys ica l c harm , drive and a mbi tion , S te pha nie is a n " A " student at Mili ken H igh Schoo l! (prett y good forju st 16).

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guest editorial: Let's Do Compulsories

by Bob Hennecke G ymn as tic C oach- Wisconsin State U. There is a growing concern for a nd emphas is of compulsory routines in N .C. A.A . college gymnas tic s. However, our gymnast s are not adequatel y prepa red for thi s competition . At present , there a re no High School or Pre-High School compul sories in use acros s the N ation .

If we expect our college athlete s to perform required e xercises (and we should) , we mu st begin to prepare them for thi s from the very start of their gymnast ic careers. If we wish to ra ise the level of competition in the United States, High School gymnasts mu st begin performing compulsories.

High School gy mnasts , ru shing to lea rn difficu lt pa rts. often omit valu able progres sion s and fund a mental s. Yet. certain bas ic s kill s con sistent ly rea ppea r in I nte rnation a l compulsory exerci ses. As both a coach a nd judge I find it ve ry di sheartening to see a highl y s killed gymnast " murder" a trick which he should ha ve lea rned six yea rs ago. Following is a li st of trick s which I think shou ld he a pa rt of e very Hi gh Schoo l gymn as t" s repertoire : Floor ex ercise - round-off. back handsprings , back somersau lt (alone and in sequence) , front headsprings, front di ve roll, front somersa ult , a nd vario us sca le s.

Side horse - va riou s leg cuts, scissors (both directions), circles (both directions) , tramlot s , a nd kerrs.

Rings -dislocate , inlocate , kip, back kip, rear upri se , front upri se , hand stand , and a back lever.

V aulting-Stoops and cartwheel vari ation s.

Parallel bars - front uprise , rear upri se va ri ation s, glide kip s, pirouettes , straddle cuts, underbar cast, and baskets.

Horizontal bar- various kips and kip ch a nge s, Y-I giant , free hipcircles , giants a nd basic giant changes.

ANew High School Program I n a n attempt to emphasize compu lsory rou tine s. I suggest the followin g sys tem for High School gymnastic programs. Freshmen and Sophomores pe rform only compulsory e xercises and compet e only in compulsory meets . Thi s will not onl y faci litate th e learning of bas ic technique s and s kill s but will also give better direction to the beginning gymnast s workout s.

A s Juniors and Seniors, gy mnasts cou ld begin optional work in addition to refining previou sly lea rned compulsory exercises.

A s a starting point , I suggest the fo ll owing sets of exercises: Freshmen F loor exerci se -(I to 2) Kick to hand sta nd , forw. roll, run front handspring , 2 steps to ca rtwhee l. Swedish fall , singl e leg circ les 'with !,{, turn a nd stand up : (2-3 ) 3 steps, dive roll , front heads pring, front sca le , step to corner and turn : (3-4) run to roundoff-high jump for fini sh.

Side horse - Begin on It. end (croup) - single leg travel. to center of horse , It. leg over, scissors rt. sCi ssors It. , doub le leg faint rt. , and ba by double rea r di s mount.

Rings - Raise s lowly to kipping pos ition , 'i nverted hang , swing to inlocate, intermedi a te swing to immedi ate di slocate and stradd le-off.

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SCHOOL COMPU~ÂŁS my.f Ones VARSITY Fl oo r exe rc ise - ( 1-2) Di ve to ha nd stand , roll .

3 ste ps. front hands prin g (wa lkout). ro und-off. bac k ha nd spring with Yz turn to wa lk o ut. ca rt whee l. Swedi sh fa ll , front s upport , straddl e c ut to rea r suppo rt , Yz turn to front support. press to hand stand (s t. leg, bent arms) . Y4 pirouett e It. , ro ll : (2 -3 ) 3 step s . front somersa ult. front headspring, scale (front) . turn to corn e r : (3-4 ) run round -off. back -ha nd spring , SOPHOMORES bac k so mmi e.

Free ex e rci se- Di ve to hand sta nd to immed. . Sid e horse - Begin o n cro up - 2 c irc le (c loc kroll , run , forw. hand spring (wa lko ut), fo rw. w ise). ke rr in to I c ircle. break - 11 . leg bac k . hand spring (walk o ut ), ca rtwheel, Swedish It. leg back , rt. forw ., sciss ors It. and rt. , It. fa ll , Yz turn to sit o n fl oo r, back ro ll to handfo rw .. rt. bac k, reve rse sc isso rs It. , sw in g rt . stand : (2 -3 ) 3 steps , di ve roll. fron t headspring, leg bac k in to circl es (3 ), downhill trave l, 2 sca le : (3-4) turn to co rn er, run a nd round-off c irc les , loop dismou nt. back ha nd spring.

Rings. - Bac k kip to " L," press (be nt arm , st.

Side horse - Beg in o n cro up-2 c ircles. break to leg) to hands tand , fa ll fro m h.s. to inlocate , rear si ngle leg trave l to cente r to imm edi ate re ve rse upri se , roll to bac k lever, di slocate, di s locate , sci ssors , It. leg back , n . over, scissors It. -rt. -It. , shoot through a hand sta nd , and stradd le-off fro m a support. double leg faint rt. , swin g It. leg back and from Va Ult -Stoop. the faint swing to 3 double leg circles (clockPa rall e l ba rs - (w ith boa rd on side) - Rea r vault wise) , double rear va ult di smount (nec k). mount , straddl e cut to " L," press (bent arm , Rings-Muscle-up to " L" (2 sec.) , roll forw., straddl e legs), piro uet te, lay-a-way to stre illi . swing to inlocate , back upri se , bac k roll to back cast. rea r upri se straddl e . lay-a-way to front lever, dislocate from leve r, di slocate , high upri se. swing handsta nd . turn to one ba r a na straddle-off. straddl e off.

V ault - Squat.

H o ri zo nta l bar - Swi ng a nd bac k ki p, di se ngage Paralle l bars - Jump to fro nt upri se, sw ing with Yz turn to re ve rse grip kip to reve rse giant s , hand sta nd (2 sec.). cas t to und e ra rm . rea r upri se to straddle cut (catch be nt a rm ). o n bac k piro uett e. I fro nt to c ross arm change. ho p ha nd s swing di sengage to glid e kip to " L" (2 sec .) , to rea r upri se a nd immedi ate fre e hip , fro nt giant , Y-I giant , hipcirc le, drop kip , squ at di spress ha ndstand (bent a rm straddl e leg) , sw ing and Hollander off. mo unt.

Horizonta l ba r- Kip , I giant , Y-I giant , cas t I am ce rt ain th at a compul sory progra m Yz turn , from mi xed grip cha nge on e hand to wo uld produ ce bett e r gy mn as ts (spec iali sts reverse grip a nd kip to reve rse grip giant, on and all -a ro un d pe rforme rs ). Coac hin g a gymsecond giant execut e rear up rise (hop ha nd s), nas t is lik e bu il di ng a house: yo u mu st fil's t hipcircle , drop kip , sole c irc le di smo unt. bui ld a stron g found ati o n.

Vault - Straddle .

Pa ra llel ba rs - Kip on end of bar, sw in g to straddle seat , press to sho ulde r bala nce (3 sec. ), roll forward , rea r upri se, swing. a nd di smount on back of swing (i.e. front va ult) .

Horizontal ba r- swing , kip . Y-I giant , hipcircle , underswing to rear upri se, hip circ le , underswing di s mount.

Measuring Cross Progress

New York State Y.M.C.A. Gymnastic Championships Report

Marvin John son . Gymnastics Coach Eas tern Mi chi gan Univers it y

Side Horse Champ, Eddie Sleyak Com muter News Photo

Gymnastics Receives Commuter Coverage The May 1970 issue of Commuter News , a public relation s blurb of the Burlington Northern railroad which is read by some 20 tho usand commuters , ca rri ed a story about Illinois State Side Horse C ha mp Ed Slezak. Th e article noted Ed 's ri se to fa me , including hi s feat of twice winning the SH title , and the many offe rs of scholarship s. Ed e nters I ndi a na State thi s fall.

Gy mn as ts a nd coac hes have made use of isometric exe rci ses in deve loping stre ngth for th e cross on still rings for a number of yea rs. We at Eastern have encounte red a number of proble ms w ith thi s method of tra ining for the cross.

It is difficult to eva lu ate prog ress which is an importa nt fac tor in motivating gymn as ts to use thi s method of tra ining. Th e coach a nd th e gy mnas t have difficult y eva luating how much force the gymnast is appl ying in hi s tra inin g. This is an ex treme ly importa nt factor after a n injury a nd a gy mnas t is slow ly rebuilding hi s cross.

We have overcome some of th ese probl e ms wit h the ai d of a bathroom sca le.

To use th e sca le to meas ure progress a nd workload in tra ining, th e rings a re lowered to a n a ppropriate leve l and th e gy mnast stand s o n the scale. By working th e cross in thi s position th e gy mnas t is a ble to deter mine th e a mount of force he is a ppl ying to th e rings indirectl y by how much of hi s weight is being supported on th e bathroom sca le. When the scale reads ze ro , he is holding th e cross.

I n training for strength wi th iso metrics , it is not necessary th a t each contraction be a n a ll o ut effort. By determ ining the max imum force , th e gymnast can a pply for two seco nds , he is ab le to determine ap prox imate ly what twothird s of his ma ximum load is for a six- o r 10seco nd co ntracti o n, which is necessa ry for th e exe rci se to have a positi ve tra ining effect. fect.

This tra ining gimmick is not th e a nswer to a ll our cross plans , but it is anothe r a pproac h we hav e found of va lu e in ou r tra ining progra m.

We hope M.G. readers will a lso find it difficult .

By Sid Lorber On May 17 , 1970 th e Ce ntra l Q ueens Y.M .CA. me n's gy mnastic tea m wo n it s third consecutive state c hamp ionship. The meet was he ld at the Eastern Queens Y .M.C A. The outsta nding competitor of th e meet was Davi d J acobs of the Centra l Queens Y. Besi des winning the a ll -aro und , J acobs won I st place in floor exe rci se , parall e l bars , high ba r, a nd ri ngs , as we ll as a seco nd place in long horse and tumbling. Other outstanding routines were p e rformed by Steven Posne r (Eas te rn Queens Y) on parallel bars, fl oor exercise, tumbling, a nd long horse: John Pes ha (We st Side Y ) on pa ra ll el ba rs ; Ma rc Doswe ll (Cent ral Queens Y ) on long horse ; Robert Olds (West Side Y) scored 8.60 on s ide horse. Special mention shou ld be made concerning the courage it took of Joseph Miller (Central Queens Y ) to co mpete in the a ll-around.

The fin a l scoring for th e men's tea ms were Ce ntral Qu ee ns Y . M. C . A. 97.70, Eastern Qu ee n s Y . M .C A . 39.00 , a nd West Sid e Y . M.C A. 36.35. Other Y 's th at had compet itors were Flush ing, Schnectady, a nd Gl e n Cove.

This was the first year the me n and wome n state cha mpion ships were run together. Wome n tea ms that co mpeted were th e C entral Queens Y , Schnectady Y , Eastern Y , and Kingston Y. Schnectad y won the champio ns hip ove r th e Ce ntra l Queens girl s by a score of 67.40 to 60.35.

CANADIAN

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by John Nooney 18 Lavington Dr. Weston, Ontario

HERE AND THERE

by John Nooney Thunder Bay Region Lake head U ni ve rs it y hosted the a rea cha mpi o nship s for all c lasses las t month : thi s unive rsit y is rea ll y he lpin g th e growth of gy mnasti cs. I wish other Ontario universiti es wou ld foll ow th e ir exa mpl e . Facilit ies are ve ry impo rtant , and naturally th e uni ve rsiti es a re now very we ll equipped.

"A History of Competitive Gymnastics in Canada " Has just been written by Miss Ree t Nurm-

ILLINOIS H.S. COACHES ASSOC. The Illinois Hi gh Sc hoo l Gymnastics Coaches Association ass ists the State Athletic Boa rd in regulating Illinois gymnas tic s and has worked to make Illinois one of the gymnastics stro ngho ld s in the N at ion.

The orga ni zation is governed by a threema n executive board a nd a stcering committee.

The officers a re e lected by the gene ral membe rship to th e office of sec-treas., a nd subsequently se rve as V.P. and Pres . co nsecuti ve ly. Me mbers pay dues a nd meet monthly .

Annu a l act iviti es of the I.H .S. G .C .A. are sponsors hip of th e Mid-West Open Gy mnas tics meet, holding judges' a nd coaches' clinics , sending members to nationa l a nd internationa l events and sponsorship of specia l events whenever availab le .

6th World Trampoline Championship Berne, Switzerland CLASS A - MEN

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A few thoughts on the High School Issue This is the 5th year I've assemb led the data on hi gh schoo l champio nships from aro und the na tion . I t see ms to me I ought to have learned something by now , if on ly not to sti ck my neck out to vo lunt eer to s ift through piles and piles of dilloed result s a nd rewrite 4-mont hold newspaper clippin gs.

Actually, this yea r was a vast improvement over past years. Most of the res ult s were already prellY we ll summarized. Man y more C hampionships sent in routines than in the past. It give s me pause to think tha t some of the firs t peop le I eve r wrote up in '66 have no w g radu a ted from college. What are some of th e ch a nges that have transpired ') Where do we go from here?

C ha nge No. One. Fewer write-ups a re coming through wit h the notation that so-a nd-so' s rou ti ne was of co ll egiate ca libe r. This is due to better judging, I am sure as we ll as a genera l improvement in th e level of co ll egiate gy mnastics.

There a re a lot fewer scores in the 9' s and thi s is as it should be, for now.

Change No. Two. The routines we receive show g reat emp has is on basic moves. We cannot te ll if th ey are being executed a ny better. but the reduced emphasis on t he " Big Trick" wo uld tend to suggest more time is being spent on lea rning the fundamentals.

C hange No . Three. Compu lsory routi nes are being used increasi ngly in new programs.

I need only cite Tom Lux 's report on development of gy mn ast ic s in Montana using co mpul sories as we ll as Ab ie Grossfe ld' s 1968 Con-

necticut report to support this note of c hange.

We in Hawai i hope to follow the same route to produce a few gy mn asts for nat iona l all e nti o n.

What we (a nd , ' I suspect o th e r states as weI!) need is a se t of good compu lso ri es graded for beginner. intermediate a nd advanced. I hope that the Nationa l Hi gh School Gy mn astic Coaches Association wi ll consider promoting this concept.

C hange a. Four. There are man y more a llaro und gymnasts coming ou t of the high schoo ls now. Thi s is an out-growth of the increasing numbe r of participants as we ll as th e increasing co ll egiate emphasis o n the a ll -aro und. There are still man y specialists, and I. for one , wi ll never condemn thi s. Iy V I EWpo int s on this subject have bee n ex pressed previously (Dec. '69) but I feel a boy shou ld be ab le to have fun and enjoy gy mnastics depending on hi s own goa ls as a spec ialist or a ll -around man .

Inc identally, I hope that the NCAA wi ll take note that the high sc hoo ls a re still turning o ut tram polini sts. Somebod y has to keep the spo rt a li ve unti l int ernational a llenti o n retu rn s the trampoline to co llege com petit ions.

What wi ll happe n in th e future ') Combin ed with so me w ishful think ing a nd the knowledge th a t progress may be slow but sure, I'll venture a few guesses.

I. There wi ll be more an d be tt er qualified coac hes. They w ill come from the ranks of former college competitors a nd w ill have a firmer id ea of the proper way to do a move.

2. Almost as a corollary to (I), there wi ll be more and beller judges. Nonethe less , judging wi ll recover some national leve l attent ion to brin g abo ut uniform standard s of assessment.

3. A national se ri es of hi gh sc hoo l compu lso ries wi ll be estab lished. These wi ll consist of fundame nt al move s and wi ll be developed to stimulate the beginner into want in g to learn more.

4. A sta ndard lengt h competition seaso n will be developed a nd it may even place gymna stic s with the fall sports to avoid competition wit h wrest ling, sw imming and some of the othe r non-income s ports which allract nonfoo tball types. As a coro ll ary , everyone wi ll ge t hi s State C hamp ions hip resu lts into th e MG in time for th em to be publ ished earlier in the year ra ther than just before fa ll practice gets under way.

5. Higher college adm itta nce sta nd a rd s will find many gymnasts ei ther buckling dow n to study wh il e in hig h schoo l or finding compe titi on in the Junior Colleges. More JC's will offer competitive gymnastics programs.

One thing I do not fore see is a N a tiona l Hi gh Schoo l C hamp ion sh ip. I n thi s , I di sagree with our Editor-in-chief who think s it wou ld be a great way to stimu late participation in gymna stics program s. I think the ve ry expense of such a meet will defeat it , let a lone the red tape wh ich eve ry state department of ed uca ti o n bui lds into its ath let ic program. There may , however, be an incre ase in intersta te meets , e ither between Sta te C hamps or State All-Star teams.

I ndi a na a nd Ill ino is have set the pace a nd I wou ld n't be su rpri sed in Washington a nd Oregon might not fo ll ow s uit and 'the various Northern Ca liforni a sc hool sys tem s and perhaps some of th e schoo ls in the Southwest.

A s pec ia l so mething must come to pass before high sc hoo l gymnastics wi ll advance to the level we wou ld lik e to see. The National Assoc iation of High School Gymnastic Coaches must h ave a broader bas e of s upport . The MODERN GYMNAST has offered its serv ice s in he lping th e comm unicati o ns prob lem , but two-way con tac t must be establ ished. We (the NA H SGC and the MG) mu st hear from YOU' Look for the s peci a l announcements e lsewhere in this issue to learn how yo u may offer yo ur support.

Regio n 1 - Connecticut, "Ma ine, Massa chusetts, New Hampsh ire, Rho de Island. Ver-

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CONNECTICUT HIGH SCHOOL STATE GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS Darien High School February 28 , 1970 - Report from Victor Ziniewicz In t he bri ef hi sto ry of Co nn ecti c ut gym nasti cs , D a ri en High Sc hoo l under th e direct io n of

coac h Isadore Balt ino· had never suffere d a defeat. T he stage was se t th en fo r a n upset a nd w he n G ree nwic h Hig h unde r coac h Bruce Full e r to pped D arien in the ir du a l mee t a nd aga in in th e Co unt y Cha mpi o nship s , it looked o min o us a t th e S tate leve l fo r D a rie n.

F o ll ow ing th e mo rn ing co mpulso ry compe ti ti o ns , however, D a ri e n had 19 fi nali sts to G ree nw ich 's 16. S ince th e team tit le wo uld be dec ided o n th e basis of t he to ta l sco res of th ose co mpe ting in the fin als, D a ri e n alread y had o ne ha nd on th e trop hy. Th ey made th e ir grab too soo n as th e G ree nwic h Ca rdina ls hi t the ir ro utin es w hil e D a rie n suffe red ma ny small brea ks. G reenw ic h e nded up tak ing eve ry first place but th e a ll-aro und (determin ed o n the bas is of the co mpul sory to ta ls o nl y( whi c h D arie n's R ic hard Wa rd captured fo llowed by G reenwic h Captain s J o hn Wa les a nd V icto r Z ie ni ewicz. O nl y fo ur tea ms pl ace d gy mn as ts in the fina ls.

RESULTS Team : Greenwich High (G), 87.15; Darien High (D), 78.7; Cana r d High (C), 26.5; East Lyme High (EL). 25.65 ; AA : Richa r d Ward (D), 49.65 ; John Wales (G), 47.25 ; Victor Zieniewicz (G), 46.8. FX : Ziniewicz, 16.05; Joe Lewandoski

(G). 14.85; Ward. 14.6; SH : Wales. 13.35; Charles Felder (D), 10.4 5; Ward , 9.6. HB : Ziniewicz, 13.75; John Pettit (EL), 12.9; Ward , 12.7. LH : tie between Wales and Le· wandoski, 16.25 ; Ward, 1485 ; Zleniewicz, 14.45. PB : Wa les, 14.6; Felder, 13.8; Lewandoski, 13.6. R: Zin iewicz, 14.25 ; Pettit, 1 3.65; John Br etschger (D), 1 3.6.

WINNING ROUTINES FX: Victor Ziniewicz (Greenwich) : RO. If. full . If to front leaning rest; snap to side split, pull to straddle split, press to handstand . forward ro ll. cradle. kip '12 twist. single leg circles to stand; front handspring, fr ont samie, prone fall , '12 turn to full twisting kip, back handspring to handstand, fall to cockroach , snap stand ; RO. ff, layout back.

SH : John Wale s (Greenwich): Moore mount, immediate side· lift downhill , circle to keh r e-ir.. cut, cut. scissor, scissor. reverse scissor. cut, cut, circles, side lift downhill . cir cles, loop, loop. '12 twist dismount.

R: Victor Ziniewicz (G): Shoot to handstand, lower to back roll , dislocate, high shoot through support, cast ou t in· locate, kip, '12 forward r oll , back uprise. L, press to handstand fallout to inlacate the front somie dismount.

LH : John Wale s and Joe Lewandoski (Greenwich): Hollander.

PB: John Wale s (G ): Peach basket to upper arm sup port, cast to back uprise, handstand. lower to drop kip to straddle cut, L, st raight body press to handstand, drop peach to upper arm support, cast to back uprise stradd le cut , layaway front uprise, pike f ron t somie dismount.

HB : Victor Ziniewicz (G): Kip, regular giants, free hip hand· stand 13,4 giants. kip, front hip circle, gr ip change, reverse grip giants, pirouette. regula r grip giants to layout flyaway.

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Connecticut State High School team Champions,

Greenwich H.S.

(photo by Wales)

ReRion 2 - Delaware, Penns ylvan ia, New Yo~k, New lerse v. Ma ryland.

PENNSYLVANIA INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS Neshaminy High School Meet Director: Mr. Harry Franks Report by Dale R. Meddock, Distr. Supervisor, Western Pa. Turners Thi s yea r' s mee t was expec ted to ho s t one of the highes t co nte sted batt les for the a llaro und titl e in the mee t ' s hi s tory a nd it turned out to be exac tl y th at, w ith three se nsa tiona l se niors (J a me s Ivice k a nd J a mes Krue s t of Roche s ter a nd Pa ul Blasko of W est Miffl in South) vying for the coveted title.

J a m es I vic ek, who se consistency as a n alla round gy mn as t throug hout the entire seaso n was incomparab le , was no t to be denied. Hi s 9.5 high-bar rout ine ha d to be cons id ered the outstanding rout in e of the entire mee t , but it was hi s equa ll y-as-great 9.1 p-bar routine w hi c h enabled him to take the AA lead from hi s tea mma te. J a me s Kruest , and in s ured him the s ta te title. I v ic e k s ho wed complete co ntrol a nd uniqu e st yle throug hout the w hol e mee t to comp il e a point tota l of 5 1.25. Kruest was just e ig ht-tenth s off th e pace w ith a n AA sco re of 50.45 b y vi rtu e of an equally fantastic di spl ay of a ll-aro und gy mna st ic s. Pa ul Blasko , w ho was a lso outstanding p laced third w ith a sco re of 49. 15. Pa ul' s be s t indi vidua l fini s hes were seco nd pl aces s ide horse a nd p-ba rs , third pl ace hi gh-bar.

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. a ro und titl e I vice k a nd Kru es t ca ptured every fi rs t place except th e side ho rse. Krues t wo n three even ts by successfu ll y defend ing hi s 1969 lo ng ho rse va ultin g title. a nd winning th e fl oo r ex. an d still rings: he also placed seco nd o n th e hi gh-bar. I vicek was first o n th e p-ba rs a nd hi gh- bar. sec o nd o n st ill rings a nd va ult. a nd third o n fl oo r ex.

Butl e r co nt inu ed th e ir su premacy o n the side ho rse as To m Ke rr , a se ni o r o utc lassed the fie ld with a fi ne 8. 15 ro utin e. A no th er o utsta nd in g ro utin e wort h y of me nti o n was E ri c Nesb itt 's fin e fl oor ex. whi c h earn ed him seco nd place ho no rs .

fall ; V4 turn to straddle stand and stiff·stiff press; forward roll with stra ight leg s to stand; two steps. tuck front somie. heodspring . sit back with stra ight leg s and kip with V2 twist to front support ; stoop up to stand . run. RO. ff. loyout back somie.

SH : Bill Murphy (Sect. 8): Double leg circle on end to loop. inverted stockli. circle. moore. circle. undercut right leg one complete circle. left leg bock and 1 back scissor. 3 front scissors. undercut circle. 2 double leg circles. travel down . loop. '12 twist dismount.

Trenton State College Report from John-Bird , President, NlH.S.G.C.A. I n a cl ose ba ttle wi th Bla in e Naveschuk of Eas t Brunswic k. Bill McC urd y of H e nry Hu dso n Region a l H .S. success full y defe nd ed hi s all -aro und titl e in th e N ew J e rsey S ta te Mee t.

Des pit e McC urd y's stro ng fini sh . Eas t Bruns· w ick wo n the Sta te Tea m C ha m pio nship . be sting Ce ntral Regio na l C ha mps H e nry Hud son a nd So uth Reg io na l C ha mp s C her ry Hill H .S .

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McCurdy wo n fir st o n rings and P-bars. and 2nd o n the high ba r. Onl y a junio r. he has a crack a t repeat ing hi s A A titl e nex t yea r. Gy mnas ti cs run in his fa mil y as three o th e r brothers a re gy mn as ts a nd o lde r brother Rick was He nry Hud so n' s State AA C ha mp fo r 2 yea rs before go ing to th e U nive rs it y of Mi c hi ga n.

TEAM :: No award given. AA : James Ivicek (Rochester) 51 .25 ; James Kruest (Rochester) 50.45; Paul Blasko West Mifflin So.) 49. 15. FX: Kruest 8.95 ; Eric Nesbitt Henderson) 8.875 ; Ivicek 8.75. SH : Tom Kerr (Butler) 8.15; Blasko 7.7 ; Bob Brooker (Kiski) 7.2. HB : Ivicek 9.5 ; Kruest 9.2 ; Jim Yah (Pennsbury) 85. LHV : Kruest 9.2; Ivicek 885 . Len Jenkins (Reading) 8.75. PB : Ivicek 9.1; Blasko 8.6 ; Chuck Ryan (Butler) 8.55. R: Kruest 8.825 ; Ivicek 8. 725 ; Blasko 8.15.

WI NN ING RO UTI NES , FX: Kruest: Roundoff. flipf lop. full twis t; ca rtwheel. side somi. forward roll. straddle leap. V4 turn to headspring to seat. roll bock over shoulder to chest stand. rollout to straddle stand . drop to split; straight arm press; front handspring front somi. dive roll handstand. V2 pirouette. roll aut to stand. roundoff. f lipflop. layout .

SH : Kerr: Moore on . travel down. loop. inverted stoeckli. ci rcle. moo re. break into scisso rs. fron t & rever se. t ravel down. loop hop dismount.

HB: Ivicek: High start to handstand. immediate stalder. giant. hecht vault. V2 turn to straight arm kip. giant. hop out to free·hip to handstand. 2 Czech giants. hop out to immediate cross arm giant. giant. hecht off.

LHV: Krue sl: Gian t piked ha ndspring from for end.

PB : Ivicek: Cast support straddle cut " L". straight press to ha ndstand . st reuli to handstand. lay back fron t uprise. swing pirouet te. cast . back upr ise. strad dle cu t. dip handstand. stutz. lay back f ront uprise. front off.

R: Kruest : Dislocate. shoot handsta nd. gia nt ha ndstand. lower to T·Cros s. pull to inver ted hand . inloca te. back uprise. " L". hollowback press. lower to dislocate. double backoff.

NEW YORK STATE P.H.S.A.A. INTERSECTIONAL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION NEW JERSEY STATE GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

RESULTS AA: Bill McCurdy (Hen ry Hud son). 50.25 ; Blaine Nave· sc hu k (East Brun swick). 47.8; Angie Robinson (HH ), 39.85. SH : Ma r k Hyatt (C HW). 8 05 ; Gene Gleason (Wall), Jock Sampson (E8). HB : Naveschuk. 8.7 ; McCurdy; Ma rty Strawn (C HW). PB: McCurdy. 8.8 ; Noveschuk; Don O' Connor (EB). LH : Naveschuk. 9.15 ; Robinson . McCurd y.

R: McCurdy. 9. 1; Fred Bauch (Middletown); Ken Sperl ing (Vi neland). TU : Rick Wagner (HH). 9.05 ; Steve Stein (Midd); Naveschuk.

WINNING ROUTIN ES SH : Mark Hyatt (Cherry Hill West): Circles on end. loop. side lift up hil l. ci rcles. double czechkeh re. ci rcles. scissors. ci rcles. tram lot down. ci rcles. loop. hop change. loop dis· mount.

Jock Avona (I sland Trees. N.Y.) First: AA & FX

HB : Blaine Naveschuk (East Brunswick) : Cast. back kip cut and ca tch. back kip cast. german giant. cas t kip. giant swi ng backward to stoop ci rcle to giant swing. cross ha nd change. forwa rd giants. full change to fowa rd gia nt s. V2 turn to backward gia nt s. full twist ing somie dis mount.

White Plains High School March 13, 14, 1970 N ew Y o rk ho ld s it s sta te c ha mpio nships without bringin g up sc ho last ic rivalrie s. A ll pa rtici pant s a t th e c ha m pio nships re prese nt the ir S ec ti o n. T he gy mn as ti ca ll y ac ti ve sec ti o ns a re 1,2,3, 4 , 5,6,8 , II. I n th e 197 0 C ha mpion ship s, a n o ut standing job wa s don e by th e represent a tives of Isla nd Trees H .S. (Sec t. 8) coached by Dic k Sc hn a rrs. ' 1ts all-aro un d ma n , J ac k Avo na too k the Sta te AA C ha mpi o nship w hil e Bill M urph y took th e S H C ha mpi o nshi p. Th eir e ffo rt s contribut ed to Secti o n 8's capture of th e 197 0 S ta te titl e.

RESULTS Team : Sect. 8. 52; Sect. 11 . 5 1; Sect. 3. 20.5; Sect. 2.

17.5; Sect. 1. 11 ; Sects. 4 & 5. 1. AA: Jack Avona (8).

4 1.55; John Juliano (11). 40.60; Den nis Thompson (11).

38.40. HB : Bob Cla rk (1 1). 8.0; Mike Willia ms (2). 7.15; Jay Di Fu lvia (3). 6.95. FX: Avona . 8.05; Thompson. 7.6; Alan Heller (1). 7.5. PB : Juliana. 8.0; John Cole (2). 7.45 ; Jim Harvey (11). 7.1. SH: Bi ll Murphy (8). 8.15 ; Greg Col· lins (3). 7.15; Bi ll Leigh (1 1). 7.05. R: Jeff Durl and (8).

7.7; Bill 8ardala ms (8). 7.5; Alan Singer (1 ). 7.40. LH: John Ve tte (8). 9.20; Thompson. 9. 10; Jeff Ponder (8).

8.95. TU: George Merrit (8). 7.5 ; Pau l Wid ner (1 1). 7.05; Steve Fil ipell i (8) 6.6 TR : Co nrad Mar kert (1). 8.55 ; Scott Handle r (1). 5.95 ; Mike Martyn (2).4.25. ROPE: Singer 3.6 sec.; Don Knehre (8). 4.0 sec.; Peter Devivo (8). 4.4 sec.

WINNING ROUTINES FX: Jack Avona (Sect. 8) : Round·off. ff. Back with fu ll twist. ff. straddle stand; double leg circles to split; swing leg around and back extension roll to stand; front som ie step·out. RO. tuck back som ie. turn. ca rt wheel. swedish

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PB : Bill McCurdy (Henry Hudson Regional ): Running iump to drop peach basket, glide kip, layaway to top kip, czechwende (moore) to L support, straight-straight press, handstand, back somie to catch to drop cast, bock uprise to cut and catch, layaway, forward uprise, handstand, bock somie dismount.

LH : Blaine Naveschuk (EB) : Yamashita.

R: Bill McCurdy (HH): Dislocate shoot handstand, lower to cross, cast inlocated, cost bock roll to backward lever, dislocate, high dislocate, shoot to L support, hallowback press to handstand, lower dislocate, full twist ing flyaway.

TU: Rick Wagner (HH): Front somie stepout, RO, ff, 1y, arabia n, fron t somie, roll frant samie. RO, ff, double bock.

RO, ff, double twisting somie.

RESULTS Team : Coral Pork (CP), 104.00; Carol City (CC), 89.80; Hialeah (H), 87.80; North Miami (NM), 84.20; Killion (K), 81.60; Norland (N), 77.45 ; Miami Springs (MS), 63.40; Cora l Gables (CG), 54.15; Palmetto, 8.85. AA: Bruce Griffin (CP), 30.4; Dale Hammon (K), 27.75 ; Dan McCarthy (NM), 27 .25 . PB : Gene Diaz (CC), 11.25; Steve Small (CP), 10.15; Mike Al ter (CG), 9.3. LH : Roland Fig uere do (CP), 17.20; Les Toth (NM), 16.30; David Roth (CC), 15.9. HB: Griffin, 12.30; Joe Gues (CP), 11.45; Richard Parker (CC), 11 .05. FX: Figueredo, 14.35; Small, 13.70; Robert Tilley (CP), 13.50. SH : Diaz, 11 .05 ; Da vid Sakolwski (H), 8.90; Jeff Schwitzer (CP), 8.70. R: Dole Hammon (K), 14.40; Tom McKinney (CP), 13.80; Diaz, 13.60.

Region 4 - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, OhIO, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa.

ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS Prospect High School March 13, 14, 1970, - Report by Tom Chapman Hin sdal e Ce nt ral m oved u p from it s second place fini sh of l ast yea r in c laiming the Illin ois Hi gh Sc h ool Gym nast ics Team C h ampionship before a stan d in g-roo m-onl y crowd. In do in g so. t h ey amassed 18 5 points to o utpoin t their neare st ri va l , H er sey High Sc h oo l , by 12 Y2 poi nt s and third place Evanston by 22 point s.

In Illin ois , th e team c hampio n ship is decided on th e bas i s of poi nt s awa rded for the top 20 p laces on eac h eve nt. Th e top 10 q ualifi er s upon completion of the prelim s adva nce to the final s to decide the eve nt c h ampio n s.

Th e a ll- ar o und compe titi on came to a c lose during th e prelim s wit h Gary Mor ava claiming t he crow n by comp iling a 7.96 ave rage in 5 eve nt s ( no vaulting). Other eve nt ch ampion s w ere Ed Siesa k of Hin sdale on S H (8 .80) , Bru ce Kees hin of Eva n ston on HB (8.70).

Ja y Ze m an of E va n ston on Tramp (8.50) , Bob John so n of H omewood on PB (8 .95 ), Benn y Ferna nd ez of Elk Grove o n Rings (8.95) , and Steve Von Ebe r s of Arling ton on FX (8.80).

RESULTS AA: Gory Morava (Hersey), avg. 7.96; Bob Roth (New

Region J - Alaoama, Wash. D. C, Florida, Georgia. Kentucky . Virginia. West Virginia, Louisiana, Mississippi, No rth Carolina, Ten nessee, South Carolina..

VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL STATE GYMNASTICS MEET RESULTS Team: Yorktown (Y), 119.9; Wakefield (W), 11 1.65; Kellam (K), 98.4; Washi ngton-Lee (WL), 96.6; Kempsvil le (KV) 96.5; Bayside (B), 80.95. AA: Lorry Jozwik (y), 35.35; Tim Wilson (W) 34.07; Ron Cheatham (Gea. Wythe), 33.20. FX, tie between John Marksteiner (Y) and Mike Smith (Y), 7.25; Filmore Pollard (W), 7. 15; Jozwik 6.85. SH: Kim Hickman (K) 4.75 ; George Melvin (Y) 4.4; Tom Kamm (Y), 4.25. R: Dave McKay (Kv), 6.75; Joe Porker (K), 6.55; Wi lson, 6.0. LH : Wilson, 9.05 ; Martin Ri ch (WL), 8.85; tie between Smith and Cheatham, 8.6. HB : 路Jozwik, 7.95 ; Rich Papuga (Y), 6.1 ; Ea rl Edwards (B), 6.0.

PB ; Ross Fulcher (Kv), 6.2; Wilson, 5.95; Dan Russel (WL), 5.5. TR: Smith, 6.45; John Fry (K), 6. 1; John Bu rgess

(W) 6.0.

GREATER MIAMI ATHLETIC CONFERENCE GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS Coral Park Senior High February 19, 20,1970 - Report by Don Holder, Meet Director For the third co n sec uti ve year , Cor al Par k wo n bo th team and all- aro und c hampionship s and la id c laim to 4 of the 7 indi vidu al c hampion s. Second pl ace Caro l C it y cap tured 2 of the remaining 3. Double w inners in c lu ded Caro l C it y ' s Ge ne Diaz o n PB and S H w hil e Co r al Park 's Roland F igue r edo took FX and

L H. Final pl ac ing was determined by totaling th e pre limin ar y and fin al scor es. T h e team c h am pio n shi p and AA were determin ed in th e prelim s.

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Illinois HS State AA Cha mpion s: 1. G. Horava, 2. B. Roth, 3. B. Kaeshin, 4. C. Wo lli n, 5. J Evans

Tner tast), avg. 1.6J ; tlruce Keeshln ltvanston), 1.)6.

FX : Steve Van Ebers (Arlington), 8.80 , Morava , 8.70, Bob Sa lstone (Ni les North), 8.50. SH: Ed Slezak (Hinsdale Cent ral), 8.80, Ted Marcy (Hin sdale Central), 8.65 , Woody Wilkes (Rich East), 8.35. HB: Bru ce Keeshin (Eva nston), 8.70, Morava, 8.60 , Gary Von Etten (Rich Cen tral), 8.45.

R: Benny Fernandez (E'k Grove), 8.95 , Craig Sjorgren (Hersey). 8.80 , Tim Kessen (Whea t on Central), 8.75. PB: Bob Johnson (Homewood-Flossmoor), 8.75 , Martin Myer s (Hinsdale Cen tral), 8.60 , Bill Ca rn ey (Yor k), 8.40. TR: Jay Zeman (Evanston), 8.50, Tim Raffen (York) and AI Weiner (N iles East), 8.40 WINNING ROUTINES: FX: Steve Von Ebers (A): RO, ff, Layout, ft, ful l; back ext ension roll to handstand, y" turn lower to Japanese splits ; show straddle spli' 路路 ~ift-stift press handstand, Y4 turn step down; hand s '" front, forward roll to straddle jump; hop to handsta nd and stoop to back extension roll with hop full pirouette; lower down; RO, bou nding ft, Y2 turn headspring ; valdez to handstand, Y4 turn and step down ; RO, ft, fu ll.

SH : Ed Slezak (HC): Back moore, circles, travel down, loop arou nd, uphill travel, scissors, reverse fla nks, travel down, walk around, loop wi th Y2 turn.

HB: Bruce Keeshin (E) : Stemme, st oop and dislocate, 2 eagle giants, hop change, reverse giants, stoop in and t akemota va ult, r ever se kip, germa n giant, disengage and kip change, 2 reverse gia nts, str addle hecht dismount.

R: Benny Fernadez (EG): Di sloca te straig ht arm shoot hand, stra ight arm regular giant, lower t o iron cross, lay back, bird-up L (Hold), hollowback press handstand, lower throug h straight body back roll to front lever. pullout to inverted hang, dislocate, double flyaway.

PB : Bob Johnson (HF): Cast support, cut-ca tch L (Hold), press handstand, stut z handstand, cast upper arms, double leg cu t and ca tch, layway f r ont uprise, swi ng pirouette t o handstand, back toss, stutz, layaway fr ont uprise, front oft.

TR: Jay Zeman (E): Pike baroni-out, double back, full, ru dolph back, Y2-in- Y2-out, barani out, double back, piked 1%, double cody.

INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION STATE GYMNASTICS MEET Warren Central High School Once aga in Jo hn Hind s ' Co lumbus team outdistanced th e field to take top honors in the 1970 Indi ana State Gymnastics Meet. Wh en Columbus in the person of their all-aro und man, Nick Woolls , was not tak ing the first pl aces, they we re busy gat hering up all the seco nd s , thirds and fourths. Wools eas il y topped teammate Greg Sellars in the all-around a nd Jeffersonv ille 's Ric k Cherry was a distant third _ The o nl y other com pet itors to earn th e gold were Co lumbu s ' Doug Dot y on the tra mpoline and Jimtown 's Jeff C lark who won the tumbling a nd free exe rci se competitions.

The routines of the second and third place finishers (the MG reproduces only top men) read like well composed and solid routines.

Woolls , on the other hand , shows a lot of promise for so me fortun ate coll ege coac h, as his routines show the virtues of strengt h , fl exiblity, a nd control.

RESULTS .

Team: Columbus (C), 167; Southport (S), 56; Jimtown (J), 45 ; Elkhart (E), 29 ; Crown Point (CP), 27 ; North Central (26), Hammond Clark, 21; Concord, 17; Jeffersonville, 13; Madison Height s, 10; Anderson, 8; Ben Davis, 7; Pike, 6; South Bend Adams, S; Wa rren Central , 3; Clarksville, 3; DeKalb, 3; Angola, 1, Heritage and Wabash.

AA: Nick Woolls (C), 851; Greg Sellars (C), 603; Rick Cherry (Jeffersonville), 539. FX: Jeft Clark (J), 83; John Crippen (C), 80; Nick Wooll s 78. SH: Wooll s, 89; Kevin Murphy (E), 80.5; Fred Harm s (C), 80. HB : Woolls, 88.5; Crippen, 76; Bill Cowden (S), 73.5. PB: Wooll s, 88; Ma rk Spu rgeon (C), 76; Sellars, 74. R: Woolls, 82; Steve Malutich (C), 81 ; Phil Lu nd (Hammond Clark), 80.5; TU: Clark, 82.5; Jim David (C), 72.5; Mike Tagg (CP), 71.5. TR : Doug Ooty (C), 86.5; John Shield s (Hammond Clark)' 83.5; Ma rk Northrop (C), 82.

WINNING ROUTINES FX : Jeff Clark (Jimtown)) Front somer sault, f ront hand-

Nick Woolls (Col umbu s, Indiana), First: AA, SH, R, PB & HB spri ng, forward rol l, straddle press, RO, ft, full twist, splits, stra ight-stra ight press, standing valdez, divi ng back handspri ng, cradle, kip with half twist, forward roll, walkout, pratt (?) fro m hand spri ng, sittl ing va ldez, back walkover, bac k wa lkover, walkout, arabian, stradd le, pancake, backward strai ght legged roll ; RO, FF, back.

SH : Nick Woolis (Columbus): Loop, uphill immediate downhill , loop, stockl i, circle, r ever se scissor, reverse scissor, front scisso r, fro nt scisso r, ci rcle, side lift down, loop, walk around, loop, high arch dismount.

HB: Nick Woolis (C) : Cast, immediat e kriskehre, rever se kip, german , straddle cu t, kip-cast, avergrip giant, cr oss change, undergrip gia nts, vaul t, kip-cas t, avergrip giant, full t w isting flyaway.

PB: Nick Woo lis (C) : Peach hand, stut z, cas t to upper arms, straddle cut L, stiff-stift press, back toss, stut z layaway, frant uprise, frant oft.

R: Nick Woolls (C): Japa nese inlocate, back uprise to handsta nd, reverse gia nt, stro ddle L, press, high reverse kip, lower to back lever, dislocate, dislocate, full twisting flyaway.

TU: Jeff Clark (Jimtown): RO, ft, full , ft, full. RO, ft, back, ft, back full. Tinsica tinga, tinsica t inga. Tinsica tinga, RO, ff, full.

TR: Doug Doty (Columbus) : Pike fliftis, double back, pike fliffis, rudolf. back double twist, double back, rudolf, back double twist. double back, 13/., back, double cody.

MINNESOTA STATE HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS Cooper High School - Report by Bill Murray, White Bear Lake HS, Forty-one sc hool s entered 18 5 gym nasts to compete in the preliminaries for the Minnesota State Gymnastics C hampion sh ips. The pre-mee t favorites were White Bear Lake , undefeated in a ll co mp et ition and Coo per, ranked number two and defeated only by White Bear Lake. Both teams won their regiona l championship s a nd we re ready for th e State meet with strong lineups.

White Bear took the early lead in the prelims wi th strong all-around showings. Bill Kerc hner, a White Bear gym nas t edged out teammate

Phil Nardecchi a to wi n the all- around. Barry Peterson of Coo per came in third. On th e basis of the AA pl aci ngs, White Bear led Coo per 18 to 10 with Richfie ld in third place wit h 5 points a nd Minneapolis North and Fridley ti ed at 4th w ith I Yz points eac h.

The fin als go t underway w ith a full hou se of 3,000 spectato rs plu s a cl osed circu it TV to the auditorium for a nothe r 400 persons. As the finals progressed , Coope r cha ll enged White Bear's lead with stro ng a nd co nsis tent routin es. Indeed , the meet took on the a ppearance of a dua l meet as mo st of the sco ring was done by th ese two teams. The Coo per gy mnasts won 6 of 7 even ts wi th only C hri s Olson from Alexander Ra msey to ea rn a gold. C hris repeated hi s winning performance o n the still rings from the year before.

The win was th e fir st for Cooper High a nd their coach Harlow Beye r, capping a very successful seaso n. The crowd was e nthu sias tic a nd th e competition keen . Both bode well for the growth of gymnas ti cs in Minnesota.

RESULTS Team : Cooper, 101.5; White Bear La ke, 79.5; Richfield, 25 ; Alexander Ramsey, 15; and Minneapolis North , 12.5. FX: Barry Peterso n (0. Phil Nardecchia (WBL), Jim Sack (R). SH: Jon Prokop (C), Bob Sionski (R), Jerry Swa nson (Robbinsdale). HB : Rick Moe (C), Bill Kerchner (WBL), Larr y Thom sen (C). PB: Lee Pederson (0. Kerchner, Mark Zac hman (C) R: Chris Olsen (AR), Andy Laugul (Osseo), Gary Berquist (C) TU : Peterson, Sack, Davi d Clusiau (Grand Rapids). TR : Jack Tardift (C) . Doug Hill (C), Nardecchia.

WINNING ROUTINES FX: Barry Peterson (Cooper) : RO, ft, arabian to swedish fall , singl e leg circle with % turn to prone position, hollowback press to hand stand (HOLD), forward roll, front som ie, front walkover to sea t, valdez wi th Y4 turn to sta nding posit ion, running front handspring, fron t sam ie, forward roll, front somie to headsp rin g; swedish fall with Y4 turn to split s, Y2 turn to japanese splits, forward r oll to sta nding valdez; RO, ff, full.

SH : Jon Prokop (Cooper) : From the saddl e: Moore mount, circle, stockli aut, ci r cle, stockli in, ci rcle: circle, moore, circle, forward scissor s (2), single leg circle to one rever se scissor, ci rcles, tram lot down, ci rcle, moore, ci rcle, moore, loop dismount.

HB: Rick Moe (Cooper): Power cas t, front giant, pirouette, back gia nt, r each under to va ult, r ever se kip, german

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giant. '12 t urn to kip, front giant. pirauette, back giant. h,ll <witch, back giant, pike flyaway.

P8: Lee Pedersen (Cooper): Peach basket to l support, hollowback press to handstand. back toss. cost, double leg cu t. loybock front uprise, swinging pirauette. cast to support. loybock front uprise to front overbo r dismount.

R: Chris Olsen (Alexander Ramsey): Rear up rise handstand, giant swing backward , bock hip circle, crass. reverse kip to l support, hollowback press to handstand, '12 giant swing to stra ddle off dismount.

TU : 8arry Peterson (Cooper): RO, ff, ff, full ff, full. Front walkover, frant somie. front walkover, front, forward roll, frant. RO , ff, ff, arabian walkout, RO, ff, full.

TR : Jack Tardiff (Cooper): Fliffis, double bock, bock, double back, back, full twist, full twist, bock, back I "4, double cody.

MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION STATE GYMNASTIC MEET. Hillsdale High School March 14, 1970

Taylor-Kennedy HS, Michigan St ate HS team champions

Hill sdale High hosted the 1970 State Gymnastics Meet with J a mes I nman ac ting as Meet Manager. There were 18 sc hools e ntered in the State Meet with 10 of these ea rning points.

Taylor-Kennedy Hi gh School , coac hed by Roge r Bechtold , se t a new state reco rd winning th e 8 even t championship with a score of 191. 5.

Taylor-Kennedy ' s Geo rge Ol so n won the alla round with 36.85 for th e six Olympic events.

Report by Tom Sitzman, President, Nebraska GymnastiCS Assoc.

RESULTS : Team: Taylor-Kennedy (lK), 191.5; l ivanio-Clarenceville (lC), 114.0; Farmington-North Farm ing ton (F), 98.5; Allen Pork (AP), 30.5; Ta ylor-Taylor Center (TTC), 29.5 ; Wyoming- Rogers (W R), 20.5; Ionia (I), 10; Alpena (A), 7; Grand Haven, I 5; Hillsdale, I AA: George Olson (lK).

36.85; Rick Re staino (lK), 35.15; William Waddell (lC), 30.35. FX: Olson . 7.6; Re staino 7.55; T Ortwine (F), 6.95.

SH : Tom Pau lson (lC), 7.35; F. Siemienski (lK), 6.0; E. Ewald (lK), 5.4. R: Michael Hill (F)' 7.05 ; Olson, 6.8 ; D. Ba logh (TK), 6.25 . LH : Ortwine, 8.12; Restaino. 8.0; Olson, 7.35. P8 : Waddell, 8.10; Restaino, 7.8; l. Katterman (F)' 7.30; H8 : Glenn Mi ll s (lK), 7.05 ; R. l ayshock (AP). 6.65; J. Trouteaud (lC), 58.5. TR : D. Pau'son (lC), 7.1; T. Witz (TK), 6.75 ; G. LaBonte (lK)' 6.40. TU: RestDlna, 6.8 ; R. Stru ck (lC)' 6.25: Ortwine, 6.20.

ReDion Five

Region 5 - Iowa S tate U'liv., Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North. Dak o ta, OklahomQ, Sou th Dakota.

NEBRASKA HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS Lincoln High School 18

Nebraska finished a 13 week fall gym nas tic seaso n wi th it s 30th annua l Sta te Meet. The meet was he ld in the Lin coln Hig h gym and the team championship for th e 10th straight year went to a Lincoln Schoo l.

The team title we nt to Lincoln Northeast coached by Bob He lfinger. Second place we nt to North Platt e , a nd third place we nt to Linco ln East. a sc hoo l just 3 yea rs o ld.

The individual event wi nn ers a re li sted below. The scores from the prelims and the finals we re added to determine the final standing.

There is no vau lting in the a ll -aro un d.

RESULTS AA : Gene Mackie (Omaha Creighton Prep), 3290; Ma rt y lowe (l incoln Northeast), 30.35; Robin Simmons (Beatrice), 29.85. FX: Jim Gumb (lincoln High). 15.80; Bruce Brown (North Platte), 14.60; Jorge Cervantes (Omaha South). 14.05. SH : Jim Daniels (lincoln Southeast) . 16.60; Bill Teichert (North Platte), 16.10; Chuck Wieser (Omaha Rummel), 14.95. H8 : Mackie, 16.35; Mike Schuman (lincol n Northeast), 14.35: Kevin Sevier (McCook), 14.35.

P8 : Jay Munnelly (Omaha Creighton Prep), 15.40: Marty lowe, 13.85; Chet Por ter (OCP) 13.80. R: lorry lacoco (l incoln High). 17.30; l owe, 16.20; Nick Alai (North Platte). 15.25. TR : Dean Straugh (l incoln Northeast), 15.30; Jim Dudgeon (Grand Island) and Ron Rasmussen (North Platte), 15.15. TU : Jorge Cervantes, 13.85; tie among larry West (lincoln NE), Bruce Brown, and larry Bond (lincoln Ea st), 13.65.

WINNING ALL-AROUND ROUTINES of Gene Mackie (Omaha Creighton Prep), FX: Dive roll . bock handspring to chest roll ; straddle roll , handstand, step down, RO, ff, fu ll twist; front handspring , front sam ie, head kip to stand; stiff-stiff press; '12 turn step out, ca rtwheel, back handspring , walk out, '12 turn, swedish fall roll to back, bock extension, wide arm handstand : walk out, RU, If. layout. 6.75.

SH : Kriskehre, reverse scisso rs, simple swiss to end. doubles into single leg kehre t o saddle, doubles, t ram lot, loop off. 5.55 H8 : Front stem me, bar vault, reverse kip to german giant, di sengage, kip, free kip, blind turn, reverse gia nt s, straddle circle to handstand (endo shoot or stalder), straddle hecht. 8.00.

R: Disclocote, swing to handstand, lower to l crass, swing legs back to bock _lever, pike body to kip to l support, hollowback press to handstand. back swing to dislocate, pike flyaway. 6.85.

P8 : run, jump to glide kip, double leg cut to l , sti ffstiff press, handstand, pivot forward , stututzkehre, upper arm swing, front upri se, double leg cuts upper arm swi ng , front uprise, moore, upper arm swing, front uprise, fronl off 5.75 One of the outstanding and unusual routines that failed to make the top three (FX) was a short, clean-looking routine which included a bock dive to handstand, front dive full twist (hips chest high) and a bock dive 1'12 twist roll (hip s above head) roll out.

Region 6 - Arkansas, New Mexico, Texas.

NEW MEXICO STATE HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS Santa Fe High School April 10, 11, 1970 - Reports from larry Allen (Goddard HS) and Bertha Medford (Santa Fe H.S.) Gy mn as tic s has been organized for only e ight yea rs in New Me xico. but its growth has suffered due to administrative pre-occupation with football and basketba ll. In some schoo ls , suc h as Lovington. the State C hampio n Boys team. gym na stics is ha ndl ed on a c lub basis.

Things are look ing up , however, and t he number of tea ms is grow ing. At pre se nt there are abo ut 10 boys' tea ms a nd 20 girl s' teams.

At the champ io nship level. there a re three reg ions with eac h send ing their top two teams plus the top four individuals in each event.

Preliminaries a nd finals are held in all except vaUlting , tum bling a nd trampoline eve nt s.

Fou r gy mnasts may be en tered by each team with a t leas t one as all-aro und , exce pt in tumbling a nd tra mpolin e w here three are en te red.

The best three scores count.

RESULTS - 80ys Team: Lovington (l), 115.2; Santo Fe (SF), 112.3; Ro swell (R). 107.05; Clovis (C), 102.15; Carlsbad (Cb), 78.05 ; Farmington (F), 67.1. AA : lenny Kravitz (H ighland), 35. 15; Alfred Trujillo (SF), 30.05; Jeff Hall (l )' 27.75. FX : Tie between Kravitz and Dave Chandler (St. Piu s), 7. 1; Jackie Slayton (Godda rd) 6.5. SH: Kravit z. 6.15 ; Chandler,

5.7; Dale Hood (CB) 5.35. R: Allred Chavez (e) 6.25 ; tie between Kravitz and Hood, 5.8 LH: Slayton, 7.05 ; Hall, 6.85 ; Ph il Holt (l), 6.75. PO : Kravitz, 6. 1; Slayton, 5.5; Alfred Trujillo, 5.05. HO: Kravitz, 6.65 ; Steve Speegle (L), 6.2; Don Chavez (R), 6.1. TU : Ken Church (C), 7.5 ; Slayton (Goddard), 6.65 ; Lar ry O'Meara (Roswell), 6.45. TR : O'Meara, 6.45 ; Charles Skipper (SF), 5.9; Mark McCaus· la nd (C b), 5.8.

RESULTS - Girls Team: Roswell (R), 87. 15; Ca rlsbad (C), 86.55 ; Sa nta Fe (SF), 73.10; Fa rmington (F), 66.65 ; Godda r d (G), 65 .50; Lovington (l), 27.80. AA: Pam Hulsey (C) , Sue Yarasheski (St. Pius X), Rissie Phillips (R). 00: Yarasheski, Hu lsey, Cynthia Harri s (F). UPO : Hulsey, Vickie Glass (R), Lana Snell (G). FX : Ya r asheski, Philliops, Hulsey. SHY : Yara· sheski, Martii Rome ro (Gallup), Li nda Bor rego (S F).

TU : Yara cheski, M ille Tanner (R), Snell. TR: Janet Neal (C) , Leslie Hei nsch (C) , Pat Con nell (Sandia).

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Bill ing West High School, Monta na Stat e HS team cham pions

Regio n 7 - Arizo na. Co lorado, Mon tana, Utah. Wy o ming.

MONTANA STATE HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC MEET Eastern Montana College March 6, 7,1970 In 3 sho rt years , gy mn ast ics has grown to a recogni zed a nd enthu siastically attended spo rt.

From a sta rt with o nl y abou t 100 gy mnas ts, pa rti ci pati o n grew to over 200. T he crowd for the 1970 fi na ls numbe red 3 ,000. (I n a re lated a rticle , To m Lu x, coac h at Billings We st H S tell s the success story of Mo nt ana gy mnastics,) C omp ulso ri es a re used in the prelimina ry co mpetit ions w ith th e top ten advancing to th e fi nals. Fo r teams, AA , a nd ind ividua ls , th e fina l sco re is based on the total of the compUl so ry a nd o pti ona l.

Regio n 8 - Alaska, Califo rnia, Hawaii, Nevada, Idah o, Ore.go n, Wathington.

RESULTS Team: Billings West (BW), 26 1.0 5; Billi ngs Senio r (BS), 221.9 5; Ka lispell (K), 20 1.95; Bozeman (B) 164.90; Missoula· Hellgate (MH), 16 1.25. AA: Bob Hayes (BW), 83.65 ; Ch ris Hamil ton (K), 74.50; Mike Meyer (BS), 73.85. FX: Rod Locke (BW), Ron Arms tro ng (K), Meyer.

SH : Cumm ings (K), Ma rk Haley (BW), Hayes. R: Max Veri· crusen (K), Bruce Benoit (BW), Tom Haider (BW). LH : Don Jackson (BW); Meyer, Hayes. PO : Hayes, Roc ky Sell· ec k (BW), John Locklin (B W) HO: Mike Roberts (BW), Mi ke Sa nderson (BW), Dan Smith (BW).

University of Washington May 22, 23, 1970 - Report by Dr. Eric Hughes, Meet Director.

WASHINGTON STATE HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

T he num be r of tea ms pa rti c ipa ting in th e S ta te of Was hington almos t doubled in 1970.

T he big increase was du e to new prog rams in the la rgest a nd th e third larges t c iti es in th e sta te , na mely Sea ttl e a nd T aco ma, T he cit y of _

Seattl e was es tabli shed as a region by it se lf a nd there we re four regional qua li fy ing meets in 1970 rath e r than three as in th e past. A to tal of 35 tea ms pa rti c ipa ted in th e regionals. S ix tea ms , nin e a ll -round men and 153 indi vidu a ls qua lifi ed for th e Sta te Meet.

T he pre limin a ry sess ion was he ld F riday to de termin e th e tea m a nd all ro und c ha mpion a nd to qu alify the eight top ind iv idu als int o Sa turd ay's fina ls. T he th ree deci mal pl aces in the tea m sco res wa rra nts ex pl a na tio n. In Was hingto n, each team e nte rs fo ur men in the a llaro und e ve nt s o ne of who m mu st be a n a ll a round pe rfo rmer. T o give more impo rt a nce to thi s ma n's effo rt s hi s all-aroun d sco re is dev ided by six and added to th e tea m sco re.

H e nce th e unu sua l dec ima l pl aces.

F ro m th e sta rt of th e meet it was appare nt th at it was a fi ve tea m race. Th e pre-meet favo rites were th e two region two teams, Ke nt a nd Wes t Breme rto n, N atha n H ale of Seattl e in its fir st year of varsit y competiti on (th ey had a stro ng intramura l progra m for several yea rs) was given a n out s ide cha nce. Ke nt had th e hi ghest. sco re in the fi rst and seco nd' event s a nd took th e lead wit h H a le close be hind , In th e thi rd event - noo r exercise , H ale moved into the lead with three o ut standing pe rfo rm ances a nd stayed a head throughout the mee t. It was c lose e nough, however , so th at th e outcome was in dou bt until th e las t eve nt. Kent held on to seco nd place until the las t eve nt - trampoline, N othing we nt right and th ey dro pped fro m seco nd to fift h, Coach Bob Juli n and th e N atha n H ale Raide rs are to be co mpliment ed, T he victory was du e to a team effo rt .

For th e first tim e , th e re was volume parti c ipati o n in the S tate of Was hington. A lthough the re were no trul y out standing gy mnasts in th e State th is year , w ith th e increase in volume. th e re is bound to be a growt h of qu alit y in th e near future.

The all-around progra m is e mph as ized in high sc hoo l gy mnas tics in th e S tate of Was hingto n. It can be see n by the res ult s th at all a round performers took a good s ha re of the places in th e in d ivi du al eve nt s.

RESULTS Team : Natha n Hale (NH) of Seattle, 147.383 ; West Br emert on (WB) of Bremert on, 143.766; Inglemoor (I) of Both· ell, 142. 508 ; Both ell (8) of Bothell, 142.0 66; Kent M er· idia n (KM) of Ken t, 140.40 8. AA: Dale Bu r son (NH), 39.50; St eve Scott (K), 37.25 ; Terry Hil l (B), 36. 10.

FX : Scott, 14.30; Bu rson, 14. 15; Reid Hargiss (N H), 13.75. SH : Steve Brouilette (Lake Wash ington), 14.80; Mark Smith (B), 11.90 ; Dave Jackson (NH), 11.65. HO : Burson, 13.60; Bill Uptain (B), 13. 10 ; Hill , 13.00. PO : Scot t, 13. 15; Mike Her scher (K), 12. 15; Eli DeBerry (I), 11 .95. LH : Jeff Evan s (I), 17.95; Ra lph Whitney (W B), 16.85 ; Gr eg Ski nner (Everett), 16.80; R: John Den ni s

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(S hocecrest), 13.90; Karl Koiyolo (NH ), 13.60 ; Jim Holt (Lincoln), 13.20. TU : Scott, 14. 15; Mike Coury (Bellevue), 13.85; Horgiss, 12.70. TR: Gory Clausen (WB), 13.75; Whitney, 12.95 ; Jay Hamilton (Cheha lis), 12.80.

OREGON STATE HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS University of Oregon March 13, 14, 1970 - Report by Mickey Chaplan Under th e direction of Oregon Gym nas tics Coac h, Dick Smith , the Universit y of Oregon hos ted th e 1970 boys and girls State Gymnastic C ha mpionships. In both tea m co mpetiti o ns.

South Eugene edged out David D ouglas High of Portl and . South Euge ne 's Mik e Hu dd lesto n topped Ron Ni sse n of David Doug las whil e Judy Shirk of South E uge ne outc lassed the field topping J ayne H a milton of David Douglas by almo st 3 points.

Many fine routines were turned in by the finalists , especiall y on women 's FX and un evens and the men 's vaUlting. With both sc hoo ls boasting young te ams, next year's champ ionships wi ll undoubtedl y be exc iting.

RESULTS - Boys Team : South Eugene, Da vid Doug las, Klamath Fa lls, North Salem , Albany, Benson. AA: Mike Hudd leston (SE), 39.15; Ron Nissen (DO), 38.40; John Lehman (NS), 35.70. FX: Nissen, 7.45 ; Huddleton, 7.35; Randy Burdich (Park), 7. 15. SH: Doug Ingha m (DO), 6.45; LeRoy Moore (SE), 6.3 5; Ma rk Veitch (KF), 5.75. HB : Huddleston, 6.725; Craig Brigham (SE)' 6.675 ; Nissen , 6.625. LH : John Ba l路 siger (KF), 8.90 ; Huddleston, 8.8 25; Nissen, 8.65. PB : Scott Blea k (KF). 7. 10; Huddles ton, 6.85 ; Joe Losacco (SE), 6.625; R: Greg Branson (SE), 7.075; Kevin Corneli s (Corvallis), 6.625; Paul Yea rou s (CG), 6.60.

WINNING ROUTINES FX: Ron Nissen (David Douglas): Flip-flop, layout full, bac k hand. pop support, fo rward ro ll, diomidov, stoop down; cartwheel , piked side somie, Swedis h fall, turn , split s, stiff press, stoop down ; front handspring , front somie walk out, RD. back samie, ff. layout.

SH: Doug Ingham (00) : Walk-around, doubles, kehre in, reverse scissors. forward scissor s. doubles. downhill travel , doubles, loop, half twist.

PB : Scott Bleak (Klamath Fall s): Ca st support, cut ca tch L, stiff-stiff press, hand stand , f ront pi r ouett e, stut z. drop ca st wi th half twist, fra nt uprise, swing hand stand, front pirouette, layway front upri se, fro nt off with V, twist.

R: Greg Bronson (South Eugene) : Dislocate, shoot handstand, lower to L crass. front lever, back roll to L support. hollowback pre ss . front cast, inlacate back lever, dislocate, full twist.

HB : Mike Huddle ston (SE) : Vault, r everse hip, germ an, ki p to gia nts, blind change, pirouette, flyaway.

LH : John Balsiger (KL): giant yamashita .

(See Mi le G for girls' results)

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INVITATIONAL GYMNASTICS MEET Diablo Valley College Host: Castelmont High School May 16, 1970 Meet Director: Edward "Sandy" Cutler RESULTS AA: Clark Joh nson (De Anza), 45.75 ; Robbie McClaren (De Anza), 45.55, Joe Hug hes (Homestead), 43.05. FX : M cClaren, 8.5; Hughes, 8.15; Johnso n, 8.05 . SH: Bob Penny (Mt. Diablo). 7.00; McClaren, 6.60 ; Bruce Fren zel (Hil lsdale), 6.30. HB: Hughes, 8.35; McClaren, 8.25 ; John son, 8.05. LH : John son, 7.9 ; Rand y Lydon (Son Mateo), 7.75; Carl Miller (College Park), 7.20. PB : John son, 8.6 ; McClaren, 8.4; Ton y Lopez (Skyline), 8.2; R: Garr et Har路 vey (Encino), 8.65 ; Mike Wilson (Encino), 8.55; Randy Wright (Skyline), 8.2 5.

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Washington State HS AA Champions: I . D. Burson, 2. S Scott, 3. T. Hill, 4. (name not available), 5. P. Hengendoht (nat shown), 6. D. Na kanishi.

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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FINALS Yreka High School March 7,1970 - Report by Ed Loudon, Coach, Yreka, H.S. The North ern Ca lifornia Final s was held March 7th at Yre ka H igh Sc hoo l. A lso a t the sa me tim e an ope n c lass meet wa s held for a nyo ne th at was not compe ting on a Un ive rsit y te am. Gym nas ts competing from Co ll ege of Red woods . Co ll ege of Sisk iyo us a nd others e nt ered the ope n mee t.

T he Yreka Hi gh Sc hool Gymnastic s tea m c losed out a highl y success ful seaso n by winning the meet for th e fifth stra ight yea r - Yreka sco red a tot al of 132 .53 points aga in st Eure ka

Alan M ilovich, firs!: AA, FX - tu. Northern Calif. finals

hi gh sc hoo ls 93.20 point s-a nd D e l Norte of C resce nt c it y finis hed third with 49.59. Th e meet had the regul a r nine eve nt s. The Yreka tea m season record stand s at 14-4 in the tou ghes t sc hedu le it has faced.

A la n Milo v ic h. of Yrek a won th e a ll -a ro und Troph y. scoring 26.2 1 points in four eve nt s.

Three ce rtifi e d North e rn Califo rni a judges from the Nort hern Ca lifo rni a Judges Assoc iation. in c luding Jerry Wright. Presid e nt of N C J A a nd Coac h o f S. F. State Co ll ege. judged th e eve nt s. I n thi s area of No rth e rn Ca li fornia. th e sc hools use a ll nine eve nt s.

Medals we re given to th e fir st fiv e places in eac h eve nt fo r th e high sc hoo ls a nd med a ls we re give n to the fir s t three pl aces in eac h eve nt in th e open meet. A tea m troph y wa s prese nt e d a long w ith th e a ll -aro und .

RESULTS FX: Alan Milavich (yreka), Bruce Meek (Y), M ike Adams (Y). SH : Bill Christ eson (Y), Tip Wilma rth (Y), Stewart Carnes (Y). HS : Tim Coon r od (Y), Chuck Kelly (Eureka), Jim Gallardo (Y). LH : Bruce Meek, Alan Milovich, Bill Prine (Y).

PS: Bill Chris teson, Moe Richard (Y), Tip Wi lmarth. R: Tim Coonrod, Moe Richard, Don Clark (Y). TU : Alan Milovich, Mike Adams, John Robinson (Y). TR: Jeff Holcomb (Del Norte), John Robinson, Alan Milovich. Rope: Tim Coonrod, Rob Sousa (E), Fo ran Reed (E).

LOS ANGELES CITY CHAMPIONSHIPS San Fernando Valley State College May 28 , 1970 A vengi ng last yea r's de fea t a t the hands of Monroe H. S. , U ni vers it y High toppe d th e Vikings to w in th e C it y c ha mpion ships 63 !h-56 !h.

Hig h point man fo r th e final s wa s Hecto r Neff of Taft w ith 13!h point s. Second pl ace we nt to Geo rge Le e of Dorsey w ho sco re d IO !h point s. Third went to I van Ru zic s of Pac ifi c Pa li sa de s (Pali ) wi th 9 !h point s.

RESULTS FX : Henderson (Monroe), 17.0 ; Poulson (To ft) and l ee (Dorsey), 16.5. SH: Ekstein (University), 16.5; Zimmerman (Monroe), 16.4; Vo ris (University), 16.3. HS : ti e between Ivan Ruzics and Erwin Ruzic x both of Pa li 16.8; Grovi t z (Univer si ty) 15.5. PS : Horowitz (Mon r oe), 17. 1; Neff (Toft), 16.8; I. Ruzics, 16.1. R: Sherwood (Venice), 16.8; Yoshimoto (University), 16.5; Cost ner (Venice), 16.4.

TU : Lee (Dorsey), 17.7; Romey (Dorsey), 17.5; Cosiam (Monroe) and Friel (Venice), 16.6 ROPE : Morgan (Monroe), 3.5 ; tie between Cohn (To ft) and Houben (Reseda), 3.6. LH: Porter (Fremont), 17.2; Clark (Vo n Nuys), 16.9; Neff, 16.5.

Los Angeles City Cha mpionships. Left - Morgan first Rope, ri ght - Ogner (Unihi).

sor s, to highs, tromlot, Ru ssian wa lk-a round. off.

HS : Steve Zamora (Baldwin Park): Cost, Y2 turn, jam to inverted s (2), dislocate to eagles (1), hop, hecht va ult, kip hop to bock gia nt s, cross change to Dna, bock giants, straddl e hecht dismount .

PB : Oan O'Neil (Westminster) : Cost, catch, swing to handstand, stut z t o handstand, underbar to L, bent arm press to hand stand, stut z, cost, straddle cut, loy bock, pront uprise, front off wi th Y2 turn.

R: Mark Lundy (South Hills): Stroight body pull to inverted hong, dislocate, gia nt dislocate, straight arm shoot to hands and, lower strai ght arm straigh t body to cro ss bock kip to L, hollowbock to handstand, lower stra ig ht arm, stra ight body to Olympic cross, turn bock, drop to inverted hong, double di slocate, double.

LH : Kurt Hartell (Millikan) ; Yamashita .

TU : Kurt Hartell iMillikan) : RO, ff, full , ff, full. Front, tront handspring, front, front handspring, front, front. Front step out, RO, If, arabian front stepout, RO, ff, full.

SAN GABRIEL INVITATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL MEET San Gabriel H.S. - Report by Fred E. Marquez, Meet Director The meet was a se ll-out a nd the C I F gy mnas ts s howed good season form . Millik a n High from Long Beac h was very s trong w ith Kurt H a rtell lead ing the way in FX , LH , a nd Tu .

Other o ut s ta nding performances were turn ed in

by S teve Zamora from Bald win Pa rk on H B, Mark Lundy from South Hill s a nd Jim Dare of Wil son both on rings , and Jim McFau l of We s tmin s te r on FX , LH , a nd T. Top-seeded S H ma n, John G reene of Sa n Gabriel suffe re d a break a nd placed 4th while C hri s Kli nge rman of Sou th H ill s ca me through to w in it.

RESULTS Team : Millikan of l ong Beach, Westminster. High Point man: Kurt Hartell (Mnlikan), Jim McFaul (Westminster).

FX; McFaul, Hartell , Kim Parrazo (lakewood). SH: Chris Kl ingerm an (So. Hills), tie between Chris Morchee (Wilson) and Jon Anderson (Anaheim). HS : Steve Zamora (Baldwin Por k) Rand y Daffron (Millikan), Bucky Johnston (Westmin ster). LH : Hartell, Randy . Leo venswor th (Lakewood), Leona rd Peete (Millikan) and McFaul tied for third. PS ; Don O'Nei l (Westminster), Joe Poplar (Wilson), An cl er son.

R: Mark Lundy (So. Hills), Jim Dare (Wi lson), Don Mu ssa u (Westminster). TU ; Hartell , AI Pietrok (Ana heim), Croig Wu rt z (Millikan).

KENTUCKY STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Steve Za moro, First HB Son Gabriel Invita ti onal WINNING ROUTINES FX: lim McFaul (Westminster): RO, ff, double twist, bock exten sion roll, step down; fron t hand spring, piked front, Japanese hand spring (?); pron e fall, kick turn to splits, sti ff-sti ff press to handstand; RO, ff, ara bian dive roll , r everse pirouette, roll out to straddl e to Japanese spiits; bock handspring from a si t, step down ; RO, ff, full.

SH : Chris Klingerman (South Hills): Moore, immediate tron lot, immediate wa lk-around, two highs, double bock in, one high, rear leg cut, two front scissors, one rear scis-

Meet host Bryan Station HS of Lexington captured six of nine first ploces to outpoint Iroquois HS 107-8 1 for th e 1 970 Kentucky State champions hips.

Donnie Watkins of Iroquois was the top scorer in All -Around with his teammate Mike Gregory placing second and Danny Blevins and Jeff Fuller of Bryan Station pla ci ng third and fourth .

Team Standings

1. Lexington Bryon Station 107; 2. Iroquois 8 1; 2.

Lexi ngton Totes Cr eek 7; 4. Lexington Lafa yett e 5.

Indi vi dual Winners

Free exercise - Gory Boston, Bryon Station; Parallel bars - Don Watkins, Iroquois; Rings - Donny Blevins, Bryon Station; Side horse- Phill Brown, Iroquois; Hori路 zon tal Bars - Blevins, Bryon Station; Tumbling - Johnson, Bryon Station; Trampoline - Johnson, Bryon Station; All -around - Watkins, Iroquois.

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By KEN SAKODA Ste\'e Hllg retllm ed to th e U.S.A . ./i"01l/ Japan lI'here he was go ing to high school to ca ll/pete in th e USC F- U SA Chall/p ionships and th e Pasadena N ational/llI路italional.

Steve, we'd like to ask you about your experiences in Japan, Was it what you expected?

I was n't really e x pecting a nything when I wen t th e re. I didn't think I could lea rn an y more gy mn ast ics working out where I was a round LA. There was s o much to offer in J a panese gy mn as tic s.

How did you arrange getting over there?

Were you an exchange student or what?

I' m regi stered in an America n sc hool that you pay tuition to go to. Sa kmoto found me a fam il y I could stay with a nd Kat su Ya ma na ka fou nd me a school I cou ld work out a t.

What do you think you're learning over there that you couldn't have gotten in the U,S.?

Bas ic swing, for one thing. T he re are so many basic things that are overlooked in this country and basic sw ing is one of th e m. They say do a stut z hi gh , but th ey don ' t say how to do it. You mu st go fast, but ho w yo u do it th ey don ' t say. So I'v e been lea rning how yo u do it.

In Hayasaki's interview in Sports IlIlI strated, he said something about a seniority

system in the gymnastics schools, Are you experiencing that sort of thing or are you away from it?

I am experiencing it. The upperc lass me n have priorit y over the lower c lass me n. Th ey' re so rt of like teachers a nd tell the underc lassmen what to do and help them. The unde rclass men s how respect for their teache rs. O ne guy was helpin g me out a lot th a t way , individu all y.

What impressed you the most about being over there? What is the biggest difference over there?

I think it was good being away from competition for a wh il e. You learn gy mnas tic s for gy mn as tics itself, rather than fo r a sco re a nd a judge. You work wit h so ma ny guys who know th e techniques, who wa nt to reac h their pot e ntial in gymnas ti cs.

What kind of schedule do you have- seven days a week?

I go whe n I want to , usually s ix days a week.

We ave rage a bout 3Yz hours a da y.

Are the workouts different over there?

Eve rybody works every even t every da y.

The y kee p doing one thing over a nd ove rrepetition - on an event , reall y trying th eir ha rdes t. When the y learn a trick , th ey won 't try it just o nce but they'll try it over and over until the y ' re a lmo st exhausted.

What college are you going to?

I f every thing goes the way I' m pl a nning ri ght no w, it 's Stanford. A t least th at's w hat I ' m looking toward s now.

Why Stanford?

Well , I see m to communicate we ll with Millma n. I like the a tmos phere and the campus the re ; I don ' t lik e cities , like LA. I wa nt to major in photo a nd films a nd th ey see m to ha ve a fairly good department that wo uldn 't be crowded the re.

You look as if you've lost some weight", I wa nt ed to lose a littl e, but I lost more than I wanted , I guess. About I 0 pound s, Their diet - it ' s not potatoes a nd bread a nd french frie s , it 's more ri ce , in ste ad of mea t. it ' s vegetable s and fish , a lot le ss calories. It 路s a lot he al thier food , I think , too.

In the time that you've been over there, what specifically have you improved on ?

Basic sw ing, other bas ic move s.

What have you seen over there that can be applied here?

A lot of peopl e over he re say that basics s hould be stre sse d, but they a ren't doing it.

It seems the y don ' t even know what basic mo ves should be stressed . The coaches are un awa re of a lot of wha t the basic move s are.

People were trying to teac h me how to swing on rings with a diffe re nt techniqu e than is correc t. The J a pa ne se sa id learn how to sw ing like thi s and you' ll be able to do straight a rm s shoot s real easy. I learned how to sw ing like th a t and now I ca n do it. Learning it the new way, I lost the move for a bout four month s.

The difference was , lik e in thi s co untry, I was told , put your ha nd s in front lik e a high bar giant , but in J a pan, you di slocate up a nd then pike in you r shou lders a nd c hes t and tighten on the way up. Sa me thin g for the shoulders on the way up , so it 's up a nd down rather than a round. You go a round a nd a round a nd you get swinging.

How many take part in gymnastics there?

Are there a lot who tryout for teams?

At the school I go to , there a re maybe 50 guys wo rki ng out , trying ou t for th e team , working seriou s ly on gym nas tics.

It must be very crowded.

The gym is open a ll da y a nd people come in at different tim es.

Is there one coach who stays there all the time?

The coaches come in and help sometimes .

But , like the fir st yea r fre shm en will organize workout a nd he lp each other a nd maybe they ' ll have a sop homore or junior teaching them .

The y all go all-a round a nd they' ll go on each event. More th a n li kely , th e a thl etes will organize them selves because there a re e nough people to do that.

What part does the coach play in all this?

Mostl y organi zation . When they have a team meet or intersquad , he ' ll say whet her they ' re going in the wrong or right direction. H e's' not there all the time. There 's no way he could individuall y in struct so man y gym nas ts.

Since here the feeling is that the coach should be around all the time, that would make quite a difference, wouldn't it?

Right. Wh ile so many people in th e gym know gymnastics ... by the time a guy is in th e fourth yea r. he knows it pretty well and can teac h it and the third year too. Mo st of the fre shm en there know gym nast ic s better than mo st coac hes in thi s co untry.

A fres hma n gy mnast in the school I work out a t th e re could probably teach me more gymnastics than most coac hes in thi s co untry.

H e's been tau ght by fourth yea r guys w ho know eve n more.

Are you talking about high school or college?

Co llege.

Do you have any contact with the high school level?

No.

How advanced are they when they come into college?

N o t all of them have a ll th e basics that we ll actually. Co mpa red with thi s country the y' re a lo t better but the y don 't a ll sta rt o ut lea rnin g eve rything pe rfec tl y. But th e ir basics a re a lot be tt e r. From the first yea r on th ey a re taught basics. The y won 't learn top routin es th e first yea r. The y don 't try to do so mething even with bad tec hnique.

What about your style-I've heard comments that there's a marked difference in your style; that it's more like the Japanese?

I fee l diffe re nt sw inging. You rele a rn everything. You try to learn ne w techniques. I was n't awa re th a t I was doing things as wro ng as I was. I still cou ld be doing things a lot better.

When you say wrong, what do you mean?

Well , ove r here w hen you ' ve lea rn ed a trick with yo ur legs together , the y go on to te a ch yo u the ne xt move. It 's so comp lex, it 's ha rd to de sc ribe ... Say like a peach. I nstead of dropping down a nd pulling re all y ha rd , droppi ng a nd rel ax in g on the bottom a nd pulling rea ll y fast a t one point. There 's one major point of effort , of push ing or pUlling.

Before you come back to this country, what do you expect to accomplish ?

I want to kee p pelfecting my compulso ries.

I wa nt to learn them to the ultimate. ot too ma ny c hanges in my optional s , but I' ll ch a nge a fe w things. I've tried to get rid of myoid way of doing things , but lea rning new technique s takes tim e. I' m still trying to maste r th e sw ing.

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IN'I'ER VIEWS Ken Sakoda & Dick Criley

The opinions reported belolll lIIere recorded at the 1970 NCAA Uni l'ersit)! Dil'ision Gy mnastics Championships in response to th e question, " What sugges tions do you hal'e for impro ving high school gymnastics?"

Dick Swetman (Penn State): I can onl y a nswe r fo r Illinois because that is w here I am from . I wou ld say that Illinois has ta ken a step in the right direction in inco rpora ting tumbling into their program. I believe long horse is in now , too. It wi ll probab ly work into floor exe rcise, but I know the reason th ey don ' t ha ve floor exercise now is becau se th ey don ' t have la rge enou gh areas , not e nou gh mat s a nd things like th a t. Th a t's kind of a mech a ni ca l thing.

I think gy mna stic s from where I' m from in Illinois see ms to have been producing good gy mna sts in th e past. I don 't know if I should make a plug he re or not. but we need more coaches like Mr. Roetzheim. who was m y hi gh sc hool coach. I ha ve to say tha t he is persona ll y intere sted in gy mnas ts: he is interested in them as perso ns rather th a n as a commodity to be shuffled a ro und. Thi s is so mu c h more im pOl路tant th a n a n y kind of fac iliti es o r programs.

Paul Mayer (RS Coach, Illinois) : First of a ll. we need bett e r coaches in gym nas tic s. The a reas which a re weak in gy mn astic s a re weak in the number of good coaches th ey have. Another thing which has helped in th e Illin ois area is the coaches assoc iation. Th e coaches are close. a nd th ey ge t together and try to help each each other. I was in A _ _ to do a c linic and all th ese coache s cared abo ut was beating eac h other. The attit ud e of th e coaches has to be ch a nge d in th e high school s.

Paul Tickenoff (NwLa): I think it would be impro ved if the y broad e ned the progra m. brought in better coac hes , a nd coached more to wa rd s th e all -around compe titor and sta rt ed with better bas ics. Before , it was a lways the footba ll coach in there teaching th e gymnasts all the difficult stunt s but no ba sics to help the gy mn ast in hi s future years. I think that it wo uld improv e by starting with bas ics a nd ge tting s tronge r hig h sc hool coac hes in there.

Bob Dickson (Assistant coach, Indiana State): Ri g ht n o~. I fee l there is too much empha sis on win ning. taking fre shmen a nd sop homore s in high schoo l who are not wel l-rounded ph ys ica lly a nd pu shing tricks. trick s . tricks at them instead of bui lding a good bac kground to work from lat e r on in high sc hoo l a nd in colege. I would ra th e r see a progra m with compu lso ries a nd not necessa ril y pu s h the alla round progra m more - I think it 's good to have spec iali s ts. As the ass ista nt coach at Indi ana State, I wou ld much ra ther take a kid that doe s mechanicall y good gia nt s , circl es. a nd swing work on rings a nd sco re s 8.0 on each event th a n I would a kid who can throw a ll so rts of trick s but who has bad mech a nic s and bad form. We have to stre ss form a nd basic mechan24

ics more. Th a t's th e on ly way we're go ing to ge t rea ll y top-notch gy mna sts .

Eric Courchesne (California): I haven ' t competed in high sc hoo l gymnastics although I have competed wit h hig h school gymnasts.

The way I see th e m trying to perform is strictl y tric ks. The y get their points by doing technique s. The y' re trying to do rout in es th at are co ll ege leve l in stead of starting out with the very basics on individual events. I'm a rings spec iali st so I know rings best. In high sc hool , the fir st thing a hig h sc hool gymnast tries to do is a c ross or a fro nt leve r or a planche. I n world compe tition. thi s just isn't going to make it.

Th e basic s a re good sw ing technique s and solid ha nd sta nds . A hi gh school gy mnas t isn't going to score as hi gh if he doe s a simple routine a nd trie s to work up gradually with basics: instead he trie s to pull hi s score up because hi s coac h is more concerned a bout winning than producing a technically correct gym nasti cs pe rforma nce.

Ray Lorenz (Coach, Chico State): I think we have to have more knowledgable PE teachers to beg in with so th a t they ' ll sta rt gymnastics a t a lower leve l in ph ys ical educa tion classes.

1 he kids will be exposed to it" a nd enjoy It at that leve l learni ng basic things a nd they' ll be a ble to progres s o n to high schoo l vars it y tea ms and right on up through the intern a tional leve l ... I think th ey' re (compu lso ries) almo st a mu st. This way , the kids w ill be fo rced to learn bas ic s a nd will stay away from learning ju st the big trick s: the double fl yaways a nd so forth .

Steve Cohen (Olympian): I think there should be a multi -l evel plan I) to increase th e level of coaching s kill throug h major regional c linics. a nd 2) for a more cohesive progra m across th e country so young fellows can see how other yo ung fellows are doing. Perhaps th e U SG F co uld se t up so me thing to do thi s. The big thing is to get good teaching a t the high sc hool le vel.

Bill Russo (Wisconsin) : I feel tha t the spectato r. es pecia ll y o n th e high sc hool level is ignorant of what is goi ng on. So I think there should be a big pu sh , pUblicity-wise , to educate the s pectator so he can appreciate the sport. I think the coac hing is coming up and gett ing better and better, bu t yo u still ha ve to educate the s pectator.

Dan Millman (Coach, Stanford): My feeling is we need compul so ry routines. Only through compul sory routines which a ll gy mnasts will do , will th ey develop an aest het ic philosoph"

towa rd s gymna stic s -to do th e same thing more beautifull y. r ve suggested in o ur Northern Ca lifornia Assoc ia tion th a t we have three leve ls of routines : a Level I compul so ry which would be ve ry easy for a ny beginning gym nast to do: a Le ve l II compulsory with ma ny basic moves , a nd a Le vel III whi c h wou ld be a n optional routin e. An y hig h school gymnast wou ld have to qualify by a cert a in score in Level I to go to Level II and qualify in Level II to finally do an optiona l routine . H e wou ld th e n have th e tool s to be creative, hav ing grown up with them in stead of gloss ing over them.

I'd add one thing to thi s: the best thing for a hi g h sc hool program is to begin a junior hi gh school program : we nee d a n age-g roup program such as in sw imming. We have to give the kid s a mixture - to keep them moti vated - of what th ey want a nd what the y need , a nd the two don 't always coi nc ide.

I think one mi stake that even the more expert gym na stic coaches in the United States are doing is mode lling a program after Japa n: yet the cu ltura l env ironm en t in J a pa n is different. The kid s have a different philosophical gro undwork and drive towards gy mnastics.

Th ey will go through a nd survive lea'rning the bas ic programs where our bo ys ju st don 't have the patience beca use the y have n' t grown up with thi s motivation towards gy mnast ic s.

They've grown up with a baseba ll-football philosophy a nd it 's difficult for them to adjust : th ey grow up just wan ting to do one eve nt a nd having " fun" at it.

Art Shurlock (Olympian Coach, UCLA): I thin g the main thing to improve the high sc hool gymnast ics program in the United States is to make it uniform, to have the high sc hool competitions the same as the univers it y compe tition s: change all the scoring system s so it 's uniform fro m the hi gh school level to the co llegia te leve l. High sc hool bas ketba ll a nd football have the sa me bas ic program as on the universit y level. I feel th a t if the uni versities a re going to stick with the compul sories, th e n the hi gh school s shou ld go with th e compulsories.

It should be exactl y the sa me. We need uniformit y across the country.

Coac hes teach th e moves differently , and we ha ve to sta rt teac hing the right technique s from junior high leve l on up . The coac he s have their own tec hniques a nd it is eviden t that the y a re no t uniform. By the time the gymnasts reach college, when doing the same move , they don't even look like th ey' re doing the sa me move. I n having compu lsories, it would be benefic ia l to correct techniqu e to have each move exp la in ed by some of the top coac hes in the co untry. Then e ve ryone would start off with the sa me idea .

ADay in the Life of a Gymnast

By Thomas Adams I could hear the sound of my alarm buzzing as I slowly emerged from a deep sleep. I drowsily got out of bed and turned off the alarm. I stood there a few seconds trying to gain an awareness of the new day, but then , noticing that it was still dark outside, I headed back to my warm bed to catch a few more minutes of sleep. Then, suddenly , like a hammer knocking me on the head , I realized that today was the first gymnastics meet of the season. I was immediately shaken from my early morning trance with the thoughts of the meet and began preparing myself for the day. A bus was taking our gymnastics team to Denver for the Colorado High School AAU Open Gymnastics Meet.

Teams from all parts of the state would be there competing for both individual and team honors. The thoughts of the day 's competition began to excite me and soon I had butterflies pounding in my stomach.

I got dressed quickly and hurried into the kitchen where my mother had fixed me a good breakfast and was packing sandwiches for my lunch. She could see that I was excited about the meet by the way I belted down my food.

While saying good-bye, I grabbed my lunch a nd a coat, hurried out the door and started driving away to the bus.

I soon found my self driving into the parking lot where we were to meet the bus. The place was deserted. There was neither bus nor fellow gymnast in sight. I glanced down at my watch and found th at I was twenty-five minutes early. So I parked the car and turned on the radio hoping to pass the time quickly. I began thinking about gymnastics and all that it had done for me throughout high school.

This being my senior year at Palmer hi gh , I had already started reminiscing about my hi gh school days. I could remember how I, as a sophomore, had been persuaded by Mr. Moulton to show up after school to work out with the gymnastics team. Mr. Moulton was th e coach for the gymnastics team at Palmer hi gh a nd was one of the sport's most dedicated followers. He had seen me in gym class and was impressed with my abilities on the trampoline.

That afternoon , I timidly entered the gym, finding Palmer's gymnastic team busily working out. Everyone on each event seemed to me to be excellent , as I saw many tricks being perfor med that I had nevwr before seen. I had thought that I was good on the trampoline unti l I saw the tricks that were being performed by a couple of seniors. I decided I couldn 't jump on the trampoline with them watching, so I looked a round for a familiar face. I was th ankful to see a good friend , Bruce . Ferguson, on th e side horse. I wen t over to speak with him , hoping to fi nd comfort in hi s compa ny. " Hi , Bruce," I said. " Hi , Tom," he replied. " Are you com ing out for the team?"

I answered affirmatively although I wasn 't su re that was the correct response.

"That's great," continued Bruce. " If you want to learn anything on the side ho rse just let me know."

I told him that I knew nothing about any part of gymnastics and that the side horse would be as good a place for me to start as any. I had never been on a side horse and had no idea of what to do. However, after that first day of workou t on th e side horse, I learned to enjoy it an d soon found myself spending long hours of practice on it.

In my junior year I co mpeted in all the meets as third man on the side horse. I worked hard all that year and the summer fo llowing and found myself push ing Bruce for th e number one spot on the horse. During our entire senior year , Bruce and I slaved over the horse , day after day. N eith er one of us could be cons idered Palmer's best side horseman; we both had developed quite good routi nes . So now it was time for us to put our skills to use. In a couple of hours, this year's competition would sta rt.

I was interrupted from my thought s by th e sound of a honk ing horn. A car-full of my teammates were arrivi ng looking as thou gh they had just crawled out of bed. We stood around in the cool March ai r di scuss ing our rout in es as the others arrived. Everyone was glad to see the bus dri ve up as we were all anx ious to begin our journe y . We a ll se tt le d do wn in ra nd om seats, some wishing to sleep, oth ers already nervous abou t the meet. My early morning butterflies had disappeared temporaril y and I was n't tense about the meet yet. However, I knew that I wouldn 't be ab le to sleep at a ll on th e bus. When we were fina lly moving toward our destination, it see med to me as ifit had been hours and hours since my day began.

The trip to Denver was s mooth and quiet, as we all were calm with anticipat ion. While the bus climbed the last hill , we could see Denver in the distance and I fe lt the butte rflies in my stomach reappear. This tim e I knew th at my stomach wouldn't settle until I was through for the day. Everyone else seemed to come ali ve also as our desti nation drew nearer.

We ran into some early morn ing Denver traffic and were delayed for a time. When the bus did finally pull up to the gy mnasium, I noti ced that we would have less than a half hour for warm- up exerci ses. As I walked through the gy m to the locker room , I saw about twelve gy mnasts standing around the side horse. T hey all looked nervou s, too , as it was obv ious that thi s was the first meet of the season.

I ru shed on to the lock er room , suited up as qu ickly as possible and retu rn ed to the gy m. I was able to throw a few tricks before preliminari es sta rted a nd fe lt particula rly strong. I sat down , running my rout ine through my mind while watching floor exercise. Our team had been picked second to throw rout ines on the side horse, which meant that I'd be 8th out of

some 120 participants. Time flew by quickly a nd before I realized it , I was chalking up a nd preparing to address the head judge.

I began my routine as I had done all yea r lo ng. Everything fell into place for me. I finished without any major faults and was gene rally pleased with my performance. As I was being co ngratulated by my teammates , I looked over at the head table for my score. It was a good score, but I was sure it wo uld be beate n. Bruce was in second place behind me which pleased Mr. Mo ulton , as our team 's side horse perfo rmance would boost our team score considerably.

I sat down to watch the rest of th e participants on the side horse. As each one a pproached th e horse, I was su re that he would beat my score.

T hey didn 't. My score had put me in first place on side horse after preliminaries. I think th a t I was the mos t sur pri sed per so n in the gym.

However, I also knew that the final s in the evening wou ld dete rmine the individual winner.

Preliminaries were fi ni shed shortly aft er I :00 PM. We waited anxious ly for the team results whi c h had been determined by the pre li minaries. T he announcem ent came proclaiming Palmer in seco nd place only two points behind t he winner. I was, on the one hand , di sappointed in tak ing second place by such a close margin , and o n the other hand , pleased w ith our hi gh sta nd ing.

After the anno un cement of th e team results, we left the gy m to rel ax and , later on, to get so mething to eat. The re were fi ve gy mnasts on our team, including myself, who would return to the floor tonight to compete for individual honor s in the fina ls . Once out s id e th e gy m , everyone was s urpri sed to see that it had begun to s now. We climbed back into the bus a nd went to a shopp ing mall where we could wander around. In the mea ntime, I ate the sandwiches my moth e r had sent with me. All afternoon I re laxed a nd had some fun with th e guys , but th e uppermost thing in my mind was the final s in the even ing. We all ate dinn er in a cafete ri a late th at afternoon. Most of the team were relaxed arid in good humor , but the fi ve of us who wer e co mp e ting that ni g ht were already nervo us.

After dinn er we ret urned to th e bus whi ch was to take us back to th e gy mnasiu m. Th e re was about four inches of snow on the grou nd now , for it had been snow in g steadil y since

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By Tom Lu x, Coach, locker room to change into our uniforms. The Billings West High Sc hool butterflies in my stomach made th eir presence known aga in. Tonight the pressure on the gy mnasts would be greate r because the final s of a meet is w here they best displ ay thei r ta lents.

Each gymnast will be pelforming on hi s eve nt with hundred s of eyes focused on him. The fee ling a gym nast has while performing is a tot a ll y uniqu e experience. One has to rel y complete ly on hi s own ab ilit y because there is no o'ne beside him to back him up.

I wa lked bac k int o the gym a nd began to warm up . I had plenty of time for warm-up which helped me to relax. I finished ea rl y a nd sa t down to watch the other seven side horsemen who would be compet ing for th e first, second a nd third place meta ls. They a ll were good, and I felt that if anyo ne of th em was to exec ut e a supe rior performance , he would c la im the go ld met a l. I had a slim adva nt age over th e m, how ever , becau se our prelimin a r y sco res would be averaged w ith our fina l scores. In thi s respect the first place standi ng that I enjoyed before fin a ls was great. But by no mea ns did it assu re me of a meta l.

As in the prel imina ri es , floor exe rcise was the first eve nt. The an ticipation for my prese ntation was dreadful. My time wou ld inevitab ly come, but wai ting for it was a most nerve-racking experience.

The time for me did come. I was the eighth I n three yea rs, gy mnas tic s in Montana has school , we be li eve. Jim Dutcher, our athletic gymn as t on th e side horse a nd beca use of thi s , come from a bas ketba ll ha lf- tim e diversion to 't director, hold s competitive meet s at the gradeI knew what I had to beat. Three othe rs, inmajor inte rschol as tic spo rt. We have had two school leve l, with compul sory routines; C harles cluding Bruce, ha d hit their routine s pe rfectly and I knew I wo uld have to .perform as good if state c ha mpion ship meets in three yea rs; parti- Rohrer heads up a junior high sc hed ul e on Satcipation has grow n from abo ut 100 gy mnasts urda y mornin gs in each of the four loca l not better to keep myself in first pl acc. I preto we ll over 200. The c rowd thi s year for our sc hoo ls. These progra ms , one can easi ly see, se nt ed my se lf to the head judge , rece ived an affinals numbered 3000. a re vital to the success of high school progra ms. firmative nod , and turn ed to face th e horse. I One of the qu estion s I a m freque ntl y as ked Judging has bee n a problem here , as it is in stood in front of the horse without touc hing it is, " Ho w did Montanans get th e spo rt unde r a ny new a rea. Jay Shaw has conducted a judgfor a few seco nd s while I went through my rouing course at the college and has a lso offered it way, to ac hieve such great success?" tine ment a ll y. I then grasped the pomme ls a nd Three years ago a gro up of admini strators by correspondence. We have a lso had a number stood up o n my toes . I wa ited for a few more a nd coaches got togeth e r and figured th a t an of spec ia l clinics and meetings. We feel we seconds in that position , trying to get so me so rt of "go-a head" signa l from my head. T he sign a l easy compu lsory exercise wou ld be attractive now have abo ut a doze n really good judges in fin all y came , a nd I jumped into my initia l tri ck , to beginning gymnasts , coaches, a nd judges. We the state, and many pros pective judges are exec uting it with ease. A ll my nervou sness a nd adopted the "g roup 3" exe rc ise from the USG F eager and exc ited about qualifying.

Eas te rn Montana C ollege is the only co ll ege butterflies we re go ne. My entire effort s we re Age Group Workb ook. Durin g the yea r , coa hces work ed toward op ti o na ls , but not for co mpet it or in the state right now. If we can co nce ntrat ed on my routi ne. A ll my exe rcis es kee p our best contenders in the state , EMC is seemed to be working for me. My form was competition. The ne xt spring West High hosted good , my strength endured, an d I comp leted the first Billings In vi ta tion Gymnastic Meet, like ly to be a top national contend er in years to my routin e without stopping. I finish ed , raised co mposed totall y of "group 3" exe rcises; e ight come.

The state meet thi s March at EMC was outmy hand s into the a ir, then turned, addressed boys ' a nd girls ' teams a ttended. For our first the judge and wa lked away feelin g ecstatic year, we co nsidered th at a big meet. A s hort sta nding: coaches were ab le to produce roua bout my performa nce. I knew then th at I had time later, West High hosted Ra pid C it y, So. tines of exce ll ent form and difficult y; spectacaptured first place. My score was a nnounced , Oak. , in an opt iona ls meet , to finish off the first tors found the meet most exc iting. Bob H ayes of Billings West Hi gh won all-around honors and it was even higher than I had ex pected. year.

The next year, our second year, we adopted w ith a sco re of 83.65 in comp ul so rie s a nd After the eve nt the awa rd s were prese nted. "group 2" compulsories as our basis: we en- optionals.

I n summary, a successful high school proThere I stood accepting the go ld met a l for side cOUl-aged optional mee ts for capable school s. horse with Bruce beside me with the silver. I Our state meet the second year consisted of gram is the re sult of severa l steps: cou ldn 't believe that it was happe ning to me. I "group 2" compulsories on Friday afternoon , I. C ooperation between admini strators a nd happil y took the award along with congratulaoptionals Friday even ing, and finals for the top high school coaches ; ass uming , of cou rse , some tion s from th e te a m. lOon Saturday afte rnoo n. The meet was highl y interested a nd capab le coaches in th e hi gh successfu l and very we ll attended. Much of the school s-a few, at least.

Th e mee t came to a close and we ret urn ed to 2. Rea li stic goa ls for beginning gy mn as tsth e bus. It was still snow ing but thi s time it felt cred it goes to Jay Shaw , gym nastic coach at good on my face. I sat in the rear of the bus , Eastern Mont ana Co ll ege, where the meet compu lso ri es of the right difficulty.

3. Co mpetitive meet s , at all age leve ls; and clutching my meta l. This was the first time I was held. West High won both boys ' an d girls ' co mpetition. espec ia ll y a state meet at the high schoo l noticed the two large blisters on my ha nd s. I hadn't had blisters a ll yea r, but the y didn ' t This year was a tremend ous s ucces s for gym- level. bot her me now. I've never been so surpri sed nastics in Montana. Nine of ten AA schools 4. Publicity: ex hibition s, promotion of meets , a nd ha ppy in my life. Little did I know when I now participate, a nd numerou s s maller school s. etc. go t o ut of bed thi s morning th a t I would be Billings, Missoula , Ka li s pell , Great Falls a nd 5. A progra m to produce quality judges. holding a meda l in my hand now. A ll the sac riH e lena eac h had a large invitational meet , beBeca use of the tremendous growth in just a fice s made over the past couple of years were sides their dua l a nd tri meets. At West High and few years , Mo nt ana is ready to divide the state Billings Sen ior Hi gh we he ld ten meet s during into regions or c lasses. Does anyone have some more th an compensated for in thi s one mee t. the season, a perfect numbe r, wejudged. Meets sugges ti ons or recommendations on how best A nd thi s was on ly the first meet of the year.

I qui e tl y cont emplated the day' s eve nt s as began in mid-December and ra n until the state to do this? th e bus delicately made it s way home a lon g the meet, in early March . snow y highway.

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