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TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME XIII

NOTES FROM THE EDITOR:

NUMBER 5

MAY 1971

NOTES ' FROM THE EDITOR, Glenn Sundby

VIEWPOINT, Dick Criley

THE MG 1971 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP REPORT, Dick Criley

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP REPORT: We lost a little ground on our catch-up schedule, but when you look through this issue, we hope our report of this exciting 1971 championships will thrill and further stimulate your interest in gymnastics. We have always thought it an honor to qualify for the NCAA nationals, and our past MG reports have refl ected this respect by li sting not just the top six placings in each event but names and scores for all qualifiers. With this year's report we have gone one step more and have included a photo of every individual in every event (we ll , almost). To do this your editor with camera and program in hand spent the better part of the first two days tracking down (without disturbing, we hope) gymnasts for head shots. If that at the time seemed a bit difficult, it turned out to be simple, compared to going through proof sheets, programs, notes and resu Its to relate people, placings and pictures for publishin g. For those we might have missed (or misplaced, let us hear from you), we are sorry, but to all of you, thanks for your part in a great championship. With many of the problems of a first effort out of the way, we hope to see and photograph many of you again next year for an even more extensive individual (and team) photo report of the '72 championships.

HIGH SCHOOL REPORT: Our annual MG HS State and Regional Championship report will be coming up soon, so be sure to rush your state HS championship results to us. Also all high school gymnastic coaches who have not yet joined the NHSGCA (s hame, shame), don 't wait any longer . ... JOIN UP NOW!

SUMMER CAMPING PROGRAMS: The gymnastic summer camp program is growing very fast allover Am er ica, and we hope most gymnasts get to attend one or more of these fine training programs ... but one word of caution , most college gymnasts are allowed to be cabin counselors for younger boys in return for camp expenses (food, lodging, registration ), however, your name or photo in a camp ad or brochure could jeopardize your Olympic eligibility. If in doubt, check with th e USGF director, Frank L. Bare, P.O. Box 4699, Tucson , Ariz.85717.

NEWS FLASH! JOHN CROSBY WINS GOLD MEDAL IN RUSSIA: Competiting with the U.S.A. team against 13 other countries represented by teams or individuals at Riga , Latvia, Russia, on April 23-26, 1971, John Crosby (U.S.A.) won a Gold Medal in floor exercise tying for fi rst place with Nakayama of Japan and Barko of U .S.S. R. In the sa me competition Cathy Rigby (U.S.A.) won a Gold Medal on the balance beam, Bronze (3rd) allaround and Bronze vaulting. More details in the next MG . 4

CHARLIE AND THE DOUBLE Dr. Joseph L. Massimo

SOME COMMENTS ON THE JUDGING Jerry Wright

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MG CALENDAR, Summer Camps & Clinics

Cover: Featured on this issue is Yoshi Hayasaki, two time winner of the NCAA All Around championship (1970 & 1971). Yoshi is graduating this year from the University of Washington and hopes to find a coaching position somewhere in the states - - any takers? PUBLISHER-EDITOR: Glenn Sundby ASSOCIATE EDITORS, STAFF: Kenneth Sakoda, Dick Criley ASSOCIATE EDITORS, FEATURE: A Bruce Frederick, Education; Dr. James S. Bosco , Research; Jerry Wright, Competition; Frank Bare , USGF; John Nooney, Canada; Andrzej Gonera , European; Gerald George, Dan Millman , Don Tonry, AA Instructional; Bill Roetzheim , Instructional. THE MODERN GYMNAST magazine is published by Sundby Publications, 410 Broadway. Santa MOl)ica, Californ ia 90401. Second Class Postage pa id at Santa Monica, Cali( Published month ly except bi路monthly Ju ne, J uly, August and September. Price $6.00 pe r year, 60c a sing le co py. Subscription corPespondence, The MODERN GYMNAST, P.O. Box 6 11 , Santa Monica, California 90406. Co py righ t 197 1漏 all rights reserved by SUNDBY PUB LI CATIONS, 4'10 Broodway, Santa Monica, Calif. Al l photos and manuscripts submitted become the prope rty of The MODERN GYMNAST unless a re tu rn request and suffi cient postage are included.

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VIEWpoints by Dick Criley As usual, he have lots of odds and ends from the NCAA's. The first item, however, is an express io n of thanks to Newt Loken for his hospitality and thorough arrangements as host of these Championships. And, as Newt himse lf would be first to admit, it couldn't have ben done w ith out the cooperat ion of his ath letic director and a hard-working staff. To all, the Modern Gymnast extends congratu lations for a fine job of hosting the 1971 NCAA Gymnast ic Championships. The physical setup was one for the gymnast with duplicate equipment right on the floor and avai lab le all through the meet. In add iti on, Michigan provided some 150 cases of Coca-Cola and 3 crates of oranges for the gymnasts and their coaches. Another helpful note was the scoring setup which permitted the flash ing of the competitor's number simultaneously w ith his sco re. This was a help to the spectators q.nd photographers. Michigan did its part in announcing that the NCAA prohib its the filming of the Championships. However, many coaches and gymnasts pol itely ignored the ban, and one group was observed busily videotaping the proceedings which ma y not violate th e letter but certainly the intent of the NCAA. Th e question comes up eve ry yea r as to why th e ban is necessary. Maybe, so m eday, so meone w ill give more than an exp lanation but a justification as wel l. If the NCAA wants to go into the mov ie business, they ought to produce a set of fi lm s showing th e interpretation of the compu lsory exercises they want the various reg ions of the country to fol low. A f i rst-c lass路 film would include slow motion sequences, views from different ang,ies,

and sound track narrative explaining the key parts and cautions. How about SIU's maroon-striped warmup shirts. They reminded one of football jerseys from another era, but nqnetheless, lent a strong team identification. (With shirts li ke that, they had to st ick together!) Quotab le: Ed Gagnier during Rul es Committee di scussion with Coaches Association: " Sometimes you people are more confusing that you are helpful. " Why is it that the yo unger coaches have to be so obviously (a nd noisily bored during the NACGC meetings w hen o lder coaches are being honored? After all, the sport would ' t be where it is without their hard work and sacrifices. During the long horse compulsories, judges' conferences consumed a lot of time. Nearly 15 minutes was spent on Iowa State's vau lters alone. Even the trampo lin e move s faster than that. The number of different schools represented (47) shows that gymnasts are finding more and more col leges and universities wh ich offer competitive programs . The opportunities for recognition and the chance to trave l to a Nation al Championship is certain ly broader now than any tim e since open entry into the NCAA Championsh i ps was changed to a more region al basis with qualifying meets. Indiana State qua li f ied 9 gymnasts into Nationa ls, but though they've hit the 160's and cou ld have been among the 6 best teams, they have to compete a g a in s t Southern Illinois for a team slot in the Midwest division . Howeve r, such situations ex ist in Conference Championships too. There are individuals too, who have to compete in the shadow of a stronger allaround man. Penn State's Capta in, Tom

Dunn who finally earned co-champ ionship on the Parallel bars with Brent Simmons, had been in the shadow of such al l-around gymnasts as Bob Emery, Dick Swetman, and Marsha ll Avener through his who le career. Southern Illinois overcame a great shock and handicap in making it to Nationa ls after an auto accident injured severa l team members and ki ll ed one man this winter. It is a cred it to thei r team and team spi rit that they were able to put the e f for t together. Not all the show was visible on the gymnastic f l oor during the prescribed championsh ip period . Such fashion plates as Dan Mil lm an (in a mod, brown jump suit designed by his wife) and College Division Coach of the Year Dick Wo lfe of Cal State Fullerton were among the stylishly dressed coaches in attendance. I dropped in during the workout times to see what the " retired" gymnasts were up to. Some were testing themselves on the compu lsor ies (Dan Millman , N e i I Schmidt, Jim Cu lh ane); others such as Toby Towson and Mark Davis were busy being innovative . Mark did a neat little sole circle, step around with V2 turn, so le circ le and also threw several triple f lyaways . Toby was work in g out some sequences which showed tremendous creativity : tumbling passes such as front handsp ring, high barani with step out; barani , back with walkout; a high layout w ith scissor wa l kout; a stradd le front to front handspring; and interesting transitions including a stag position var iation of his stradd le ' L' support. Both he and Mark performed comedy routines on the i r spec ialti es .

TheMG 1971 NCAA Championship Report. The University of Michigan Aprill,2,3,/Crisler arena by Di ck Cril ey Associate Editor In a new variation of co ll egiate gymn as - off-ba lance st radd le jum ps. Th e japanese t ics compe tition , the Univers ity Di vision jump w hi ch fo ll owed t he stradd le jump Champion ships utilized co m pu lsory exer- was occas iona ll y performed w ith out much cises for everyone. Howeve r, the new for- rearwards lift and few gymnasts even so m at did no t all ow eno ugh time for run- much as showed a handsta nd position bening all the co mpetito rs thro ugh in a fore loweri ng to the chest ro ll-o ut. Th e f ull si ng le session; yet this is w hat was done. turn sequences had many interesting va riIn a 6'12 -hour maratho n 30 all-aro und ations, some of wh ich did not lend mu ch m en, approximately 30 eve nt qua li fiers and stabi lity to t he side sca le. It appeared that add itional competitors f rom 10 teams we nt m any gymnasts do not know what a body through their paces on each appa ratus. wave is as there we re many grotesq ue conto rti o ns wh ich started with angu lar Five of the teams had sco red over 160 points this season and a battle roya l was bent knees. The handspring wa lkout, handsp rin g was a rea l cha.ll enge for the gymforecast. Such rumors did not, however, nast lacking eith er spri ng or flexibil ity. Few give much weight to the relati ve ly short ballet teachers wo uld have recog ni zed t he amount of tim e w hich the gym nasts had tour jete either. fo r learning and preparing the compulTh e rings event proved to be the downso ries other than side horse and f loor exerc ise., fall of more than one gymnast as Cal, Iowa State and Mich igan lost sl ight marCOMPUlSORIES The floor exe rcise, side horse, and ri ngs gi ns of adva ntage he r e . Criticism was were run simu ltaneou sly. With a three ring leve led at the comp ul so ry because of its circus such as this it was rea ll y difficult co mposition ; e.g., t he back uprise after the to note more than a few things abo ut front lever is difficult t o show off properly. each event and th an ks are offered to var- Other prob lem spots in cluded ho ldin g a ious people fo r t heir observations: j on hi gh straddle ' l ,' ho lding the front leve r, Culbertson, Harry Ne lson, Bob sto Lit, john and , of co urse, a good hi gh inlocate to the fo rwa rd straddl e somie dismount. Th e Draghi, and j ack Beckner. Side Horse as usual gave more trouble jud ges we re also co ncerned about gymto the teams than th e specialists or w e ll- nasts shooting too high o n the back kip co nditi oned all-arou nd men . The usual to the support. The long horse event proved to be the faults we re enco untered rangin g from low scissors to poor sw in g b ut the on ly part delaying event of the compu lsories . Ma ny which semed to occas ion mu ch difficu lty judges' Gonfe rences were called to discuss was the moore, Y2 ci rc le, keh re o ut w hi ch tec hnicaliti es of the hecht va ult. Spec ifi led to so m e sitt ing o n the horse. As we ll ' ca ll y they were co ncerned wit h the ang le as many gymnasts performed the co mpul- of approach and w hether the body was so ry, one fe lt that they might have been too bent to credit the va ult. Explosiveness underscored. Th e jud ges, o n t he other was lack in g in many of the vaults. Howhand, fe lt tha t, fo r a compu lsory w hi ch ever, as one gymnast observed, " It's a had been aro un d as long as t hi s one, the ' good thing each vau lt and va ulter is give n exec uti o n co uld have been better. Favored full co nside rat io n. " Penn State's va ulters Iowa State led by a nose on this event. pu ll ed up a bit on the field wit h the ir On floor exercise, New Mexico 0 u t - perfo rm ance in this event. Th e parallel bar comp ul so ry had some performed all co m ers. The exerc ise ca ll ed for far smoother pe~formances than many o fthe "o ldtimers" shak in g their heads in gymnasts came up w ith . Thus, many of t he d isbe li ef. Such easy tricks, they seemed to deductions ca m e for the lack of rh yt hm , feel, and look how eve ryone is strugg lin g. harm ony and expression. Many gymnasts Indi vid uall y the moves we re easy enou gh took more tha n the perm itted 2-3 steps b ut problems were encountered in the before the arched dive ro ll . Th e back ro ll back rise, Y2 turn fo llowed by straddle cut extensio n' and 14 turn were ofte n rushed forward to ' L' and in th e peach to g li de wit h littl e effort mad e to show a hand- kip whic h nearly tore some gymnasts from sta nd position. It was obese rved that the the bars. In this latter seq uence, the key cartw hee l, diving back hand spr in g, arab ian is to keep the elbows in closer to the sid e dive roll is a difficult sequence to do during the drop to the g lid e. In so m e properly from a stand . Th e arabian dive quarters it was felt that the jud ges started o ut too high and were left no p lace to go roll frequently led to 路crooked ro ll-outs and

but up. This event was o ne of t he few where scores in the 9' s were awa rd ed for the compu lso ry exe rcise. Th e horizontal bar comp ulso ry cou ld best be described as chall engi ng-espec iall y the di smo unt, a backward free hip stradd le hecht. ,Al th o ugh o nl y a 'B' di smount w hen we ll done, this dismount showed -that man y gymn asts had not mastered proper technique to reach eve n th at extension.. Still another m ove in which poor technique was demon strated was th e seat circle fo ll owed by dislocate. Iowa State m oved so lidly into third place with a 26.65. Buried among all of th e team competito rs and event qual ifiers we re the allaround men . Th ere were a hand fu l of experienced " nam e" competitors, includin g Yoshi Hayasak i, Brent Simmons, Tom Lind ner, Paul Tickenoff, and George Greenfield. A few more darkhorses with good scores after t he co mpul sories we re Marshall Avener, Dave Butzma n, and john Crosby. Howeve r, there was no one who co uld rea ll y chall enge Hayasak i who had a 53.55 total after the co m pu lsories. Next in lin e we re Iowa State's Brent Simmon s wit h 52.30 an d s lU ' s Tom Lindn er w ith 52 .05 . Top indi vidua ls in the compu lsories included , FX : Stormy Eaton (UNM); sH: Ken Li ehr (Iowa); R: Charl es Rop iqu et (sIU) ; LH: Pat Ma ho ney (s FVsC); PB: Yosh i Hayasak i (Wash ); and HB: jon A itken (UNM). OPTIONAlS Going in to Friday 's opt ionals, s lU was in the lead wit h 155.55, Penn State second with 154.85 and Iowa State third at 153.65. With o nl y a sli ght, chance of break in g into th ird were Cal ifo rn ia, 151.55 ; New Mex i co , 150.75; and Michigan 150.45 . Penn State got off to a good start o n the side horse, alth o ugh s lU with the help of Ron A ld en and Dave Oliphant was ulti mately the team w inn er. We asked j on Culbertson , head judge for the side horse, what hel pfu I crit ic ism s. he mi ght have. He noted that at least o ne trick , the bailie, was be in g overworked, even w ith d ifferent ways of getti ng into it. More origina l pendui ar o r leg work is needed since many of the routines were rather stock. j on suggested m ore variat io n m ight be in trod uced throug h the scisso rs. O n the rings, on ly the dismounts occasioned much exc itement-when a gymnast missed one. Th ere were lots of doub le fly-

aways and fu ll twisters. Thi s is a reflection . on a Code of Points which makes it difficult to get prop e r cred it for other types of dismounts. Two leading contend ers for the ring s title, Charles Ropiqu et and Dave Seal (I ndiana State) suffered d eductions o n their landing. Iowa State led off on this eve nt with a 27 .00 team effo rt. On the floor exercise, stron g tumbling characterized many of th e exercises. Particularly impressive (27.95 ) was the New Mexico team spa rked by Stormy Eaton (do uble back, double full , and everyth in g else! ) and Dana Shelley (arabian 13/4 , double twister, fine style). SIU and .Michigan both had strong team efforts (27. 00 and .27.70 respect ively) thanks to fellows like Tom Lindner and Gary Morava (S IU) and Ward Black, Ray Gura and Rick McCurdy of Michigan. Iowa State' s fast, powerful tumbling attracted a lot of attention . A distinct contrast was the Penn State team with more studied effo rt to vary th e pace and utilize strength and balance as well as tumblin g. Billy Mitchell showed off a solid straddle planche, press to handstand as well as high, light tumbling. Marshall Avener included a high double twister, straight body press from prone position and double leg circles. 1971 Nissen Award winner: Brent Simmons, Iowa State. There were a number of individuals on both floor exercise and side horse who turned in notable performances. Oklahoma's Mike Caldwell and Otis Lovin ; In by Brent Simmons, Southern Illinois by front-offs with Y2 twist. A d o ubl e back diana' s Fred Henderson and Ray Jauch ; Tom Lindner, and Penn State by Marshall somie off was used by Massachusetts' Lowell Meek of Pitt (high layout to split); Avener. All teams had undergone two days Dave Genest and a beautiful full twister Ron Clemm er of Temple (mount : standing of tiring competition and were being by SIU' s Don Locke. back, punch front), Paul Hunt of Illinois asked to be " up" again. The compulsory / Th e horizontal bar bu i It nicely to a cI i(cartwheel full twisting side), Paul Ticken optional average was to be averaged with max with fine end-of-the-meet performoff of NWLa (front handspring, f ull twistthe optional total from the finals to deterances by UNM's Jon Aitken (who maining dive roll and a back-front for dismine the winner. Iowa State, with previous tai ned his compulsory lead of 9.5 with a mount); and, of course, John Crosby NCAA placings of 3rd in 1969 and 2nd in 9.5 optional) and SIU's Tom Lindner who (So uthern Connecticut) with his high 1970 was conceded a sl ight edge. brought the house down with a 9.6 exe rdouble back somie for a mount. Frank Benesh (S IU) and Jim Kruest (PS U) cise. Double flyaways and hechts predomAll three of the Big Ten 's side horse led off for their teams on the side horse inated for dismounts with full twisting flyqualifiers and two of the Big Eight' s qualand floor exercise respectively. It was a awaY5 a close third. A bit of variety was ified into the National Finals. These were bad start for SIU with major breaks for added by cast-fronts (Ourso, LSU; TickenKen Bar of Illinois, Ken Liehr of Iowa, Dick Oliphant, Lindner and Alden and a team off, NWLa), double twisters (Scully, Mich.) Kaziny of Michigan, Russ Hoffman of Iowa total of 24.85, 2.20 below their Friday total and full twisting hechts (Hayasaki, GreenState and Dick Schubert of Kansas. Th e on that event. Penn State came through field). si xth man was from the same area: Ed with solid routines but it became apparAfter the optional exercises only 1.05 Slezak of Indiana State with no other parts ent that the judges were no lon ger as gensepa rated the top three team s: Iowa State of the country gaining entry to the side erous as on the preceding day, and Penn 317.85, Southern Illinois 317.35 and Penn horse finals. State recorded a 26.25, off 1.60 from FriState 316.80. Halving the scores reduced Iowa State vaulted ahead in the standday. Iowa State also got off to a bad start the margins of difference to 0.25 going ings with a 27.75. For the most part, the on the side horse as no man reached a into the Team Championships on Saturday. vaults used were Yamashita'S, Yamashitas 9.0 average and th ey logged a 24 .5 for New Mexico had climbed to 4th place on with 1/2 twist, h!lndsprings, and handthe event. Meanwhile SIU was rebounding the strength of a fine set of optional springs with Y2 twist. Handsprings seemed on the floor exercise as Clark, Lindner, exercises. to show off superior height and flight. Full and Morava put some strong tumbling toAll-AROUND twisting handsprings were displayed by The all-around was won for the second gether with good strength and balance gymnasts from New Mexico, Michigan, and year by Washington 's Yoshi Hayasaki with combinations to come up with a 26.45 Iowa State. A couple round-off backs were 107.90. It was a battle for second between total. While Penn State got off to a good displayed (Avener). Many gymnasts were Brent Simmons and Marshall Avener with start on side horse and suffered no breaks, satisfied with their first vault and took no Tom Lindner breathing down their backs . their exercises lacked the ROV and flash second ; thus the event moved along faster Simmons, on the strength of 9.4 and 9.55 needed to sell them to the judges, and than d id the compulsories. parallel bar and high bar scores edged out they netted but 25 .25. Iowa State was reThe parallel bars were primarily stock Avener 106.95 to 106.35. Lindner's low ceiving no gifts from the judges on floor although a few individuals (Butzman, Avscore on the side horse hurt him despite exercises but their routines were spo nener, Zamora) threw diamidovs ; strength 9.35 and 9.6 on the high bar compulsory taneous in feeling and gained them a moves such as planches and straight body and optional, and he finished 4th with 27.05. pres ses from a few individuals (Hruban, At this point it was ISU 51.55, PSU 105.15. TEAM FINALS Mitchell, Avener) ; but only one or two 51.50, and SIU 51 .30. over-the-side moves were thrown . The di sEach of the top three teams was led by The pace picked up again as the teams mounts were primarily front-offs and a high-placing all - round man : Iowa State moved to the long horse and rings. It was

here that the fie ld started to separate as SIU and ISU hit for 27.45 and 26.65 respectively on th e rings behind the performances of Rop iqu et and Lindn er (SIU) and Butzman and Simmons (ISU) Pen n State' s ringmen still gave them an edge over ISU with a 27.10 total th anks to strong routines by Mi tchel l and Avener. Th e va ulting saw a predom in ance of Yamash ita's and handsprings wit h V2 twist. Stewart Buck of ISU threw a ful l ' twisti ng handspring for 8.95 and Ave ner sco red an 8.8 for h is round-off, back. Since it was a champi o nshi p, NCAA ru les dictated that th e performer's two vaults be averaged and the three hi gh ave rages totaled for th e event. The va ultin g stre ngth Iowa State has demonstrated for the past two years was aga in a factor in their 27.05 score on this eve nt. Penn State p icked up a littl e on SI U 25.55 to 24.475 but at the co nclu sion of 4 events, it was evid ent that the drama of years past was not to be repeated. Iowa State led by over a poi nt wit h 105.25 to SIU's 102.225 and Pen n State' s 105.15. Strong events for all teams were comin g up. Penn State had acc umul ated 27.90 and 27 .55 on the pa rall e l ba r compu lsories and opt ion als and was look ing to make up t he difference w ith room to spare ove r SIU . Iowa State had d o minated th e hi gh bar w ith 26.65 and 27.80 in their earl ier appea ran ces and wo uld be tough to catc h. Iowa State hi t we ll o n the hig h bar w ith a 27.35 f rom 9.0, 9.05, and 9.3 from Butzman, Stepehenson, and Simmons. 51U edged Penn State 26.65 to 26.60 thanks to a magnificent 9.45 routine performed by To m Lindn er. Iowa State pou red o n a 27.55 in the parallel bars, w hil e 51U ove r-

took Penn State 27.1 to 27.00. Tom Lind ner and D on Locke were SIU's h'eroes w hil e Marshall Avener and Tom Dunn had to make up for shaky performances from their first three men. Dunn's 9.4 was the hi gh sco re of the event. Th e final totals we re announced incorrectly g iving Penn State second place. Unfortunately after the awards had been p resented, errors were detected and corrected scores showed AVERAGE TOTA L 319.075 Iowa State 159.5375 So uth ern III i no is 316.650 158.325 316 .150 Pe nn State 158.075 Pe nn State' s team was g racious in defeat and cooperated in exchanging awa rds with SIU . Both teams are likely to appear at the NCAA's in 1972 as both Avener and Lin dner return wit h man y of their teammates. Iowa State wi ll host the NCAA's on April 6-8 at A m es, Iowa. INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Thi s year 21 out of 38 performances in the fina ls were by all-aro un d gymnasts w ith nearly all parallel ba r and hig h ba r fina lists from t he al l-around ranks, but none of the side horse f inalists . For the in dividual f ina ls, Crisler A rena had over 9200 specta to rs for one of the larges t, if not the largest c rowds ever to watc h an NCAA Gymnastic Champ ionsh ip. Taken w it h th e 78 00 w ho viewed th e team championship, the day' s total was just over 17,000 spectators. In the champ ionships, the fi nal score was averaged with the average of the co m p ul so ry and optiona l ro utin es scores. Thu s, fina l differences were minimized and the fina l averages measured in differences of hundred ths in stead of tenths. Strong tumblin g hi gh li ghted the f loor

exerc ise performances w ith double back somersau lts from Crosby and Eato n , do uble twisters from nearly everyone, a 13/4 arab ian from Shell ey, a coup le of fu ll twisting dive ro ll s, and a lot of im ag in ation on transitio n comb inations . Everyone who made the- sid e horse fina ls fu ll y deserved to be there . O n the o th er hand, the jud ges who ded ucted for the extra loop on a 3-loops and off dismOl,lnt beca use of repetition might have been a li ttle over-zea lous. Highlights of this event wi ll be found in the eve nt summaries, but it m ay suffice to note that less than 0.2 sepa rated the first p lace finis h from t he 5th place. Defending NCAA Ring Champio n Dave Sea l (Indiana State) suffered a sma ll break on hi s doubl e pike dismount in preliminary compet iti on and entered the fina ls in th ird place. Ti ed for first were Charl es Rop iq uet of SIU and Ben Fernandez of In diana. Th e o.utcome, however, clearly showed Ropiquet had what it took as he hit a double flyaway for a 9.6 ave rage. Th is was the o nl y eve nt in wh ich all f in ali sts sco red 9.0 o r above. Long horse va ul t w inn er Pat Mahoney of Sa n Fernando Va ll ey State Col lege hit is full tw isti ng handspri ng and a gia nt piked handspring for 9.2 and 9.3 to lea d a ll co mpetitors in the fi nals. Jim Turp in of San Jose State Col lege threw his double and a giant piked hand spri ng for 9.2 and 9.25 to nab second . Th e rema inin g vaulters used relative ly stock vaults although Brent Simmo ns hit his land ings so lidl y enou gh to edge in to th ird place. Thanks to a large number of ties, there were 8 fi nali sts in th e parall el bar event. Wi th a 9.425 average going into the final s, Brent Simm o ns was a so lid favorite w ith teammate Dave Butz m an just 0.05 away in second . Down in 5th pla ce and tied wit h 3 other gymn asts, Tom Du nn did not appear to have much of a chance. Both Simm ons and Butzman scored 9.3 ' s and Dunn a 9.45 to tie with Simm o ns for the cha m p ionshi p w ith Butzman ju st 0.025 behind in the fi nal averages. Paul Tic ke noff threw in a l ittle-us ed reverse swin g in g p iro uette to a one -arm handsta nd , but d idn ' t hold it long enough and wi th other deductions failed to place. Throwi ng hi s 21s t ro ut in e of the Cha mp io nships, Brent Simmo ns sco red a 9.65 on a high bar routine which in cluded a seque nce of 3 ge rm an giants. He took first p lace and was fo llowed by Jo n Aitken of New Mexico. New Mexico' s Jon Aitke n, tall and thin, reminded one of Bob Manna, a previous NCAA HB Champ fro m New Mexico. A itken ' s 9.50 average from the preliminary co m petitions kept h im in 2nd place despite a 9.4 in the fi nals. Close behind was Tom Lindn er with 9.55. To m 's style was pa rti cul arly impressive, especia ll y his exte nsion and de layed sweep in g reach o n a p iro uette.

Charlie and the Double by Dr. Joseph L. Massimo National Coaching Staff Returning on my plane to Boston after attending the N.C.A.A. chamiponships at the University of Michigan , (gymnast ic' s version of the " greatest show on earth") I was thinking over the excellence of the three-day competition and the many impressive effo rts of o ur nation ' s best. As always at the national championships there were many outstanding performances. This meet was no exception. Choosing one to focus on was difficult indeed - there was the great team struggle between Penn. St., Southern Illinois, and Iowa St. with the Iowa squad capturing the title to revenge a loss in 1970 to the Univ. of Michigan, this time m ade even sweeter because the victory occured in Ann Arbor; the consistent work of the All-Around men (Hayasaki , Simmons, Lindner, Avener, Butzman, Tickenoff, Greenfield, Crosby et. al.) performing 18 exerc ises in a grind ing contest of endurance and proficiency; Brent Simmons' well deserved accla im as he won the Nissen Award; the indi vidual efforts ; the sensational tumbling, routine compos ition and dismounts as we ll as many others . As we move further into our national program designed to develop the A.A . performer (a direction we must go) it be-

comes easy to ignore the lonely pursuits and triumphs of the dwindling specia lists. One such individua l is Charl ie Ropiequet of S.I.U. Charlie was a so called " walk in " gymnist who had not been formally introduced to the Still Fings or other eve nts until he arrived at Southern. Something clicked between this young man and his event and he began to concentrate his long hours of hard work on the rings with an eye to capturing a title. His physical and psychological persistence began to pay of as Charlie moved up the ranks as one of the U.S :'s powerful ringm en. Th e big day arrived at Temple University during the NCAAs of 1970. Victory was in sight but the go ld medal was not destined for Charlie. Completing a beautiful routine he overturned his double saito dismount and lost the title to Dave Seal. Once again at Ann Arbor Charlie was in the finals, meeting Seal and other ringmen in a repeat effort for the national title. He was now a senior and this was his final chance. During the pre lims the double was not executed well but Charlie had still been able to qualify for the Saturday 路final s. Performing during the team contest on Saturday afte rnoon Charlie land ed a good one for SIU and scored a 9.5! He was enco uraged-pe rhap s now he would go into the individual finals ready to put out his best performance. That night, during the warm-up for finals, his old nemesis returned-he first underturned the double and then ove rspun it. Charlie Ropiequet looked worried as he paced the floor waiting to be called to compete. The men proceding him posted good scores and the contestant (Fe rnand ez) immediately up before Charlie was in second place after

prelims and following a fine performance as g iven by the Univ. of Indiana freshman really increased the pressure. Finally th e moment arrived . All eyes turned to the ring even'!. Your author had been standing righ behind the bench where competing SIU athletes were preparing for competition. As Charlie was lifted up to the rings to begin his routine a teammate turned to the SIU coach Bill Meade saying, "we ll here it is, this is it. " Charlie moved through his well constructed exercise with near perfection and as he approached the dismount I could sense the tension present in the SIU and other gy路mnasts. (Perhaps even steel-nerved Mr. Meade felt a twinge of apprehension!) The arena was si lent as Charlie threw for the double. As he landed the dismount I remember him looking down at the mat for a brief moment. The silence was quickly broken as he stood solidly and received a great ovation and a score of 9.6, the best of his career. When Charlie returned joyously to the sidelines he said, "when I landed and saw my feet I thought my God, I can't believe it. " So Charlie Ropiequet was the 1971 National Champion on the Still Rings. This was an accomplishment he and surely his parents who were present at the meet, must have been proud of as a climax to a college expe ri ence. Only he can know the psychological significance of this personal achievement in terms of his sense of self-esteem and mastery. There is little doubt that the struggle and victory had a special meaning for this young man . One thing, however, the 9000 spectators at Crisler Arena all knew that Charles Ropiequet had done the job .

Some Comments on the Judging

Tom Maloney, Helms Hall of Fame. Newt Loken, Helms Hall of Fame.

by Jerry Wright The following is personal opinion and the writer does not represent the M .G. nor any group (such as the National Gymnastics Judges Assoc.). In this writers opinion the judging at the NCAA championships was about 99 % accurate and fair. It appeared, from the grand sands, that in about 1 % of the cases a group of judges would appear to be too severe on a particular individual , a particular vault or a particular team and at times a group of judges appeared to be somewhat lenient in the same fashion. Scores for the Iowa State U. team appeared to be too high in the optional prelims at 9.1, 9.1, 9.35, 9.3. The scorers for so'm e L.S .U. men in FX seemed high in spite of their great difficulty. At the same. time the scores for Dana Shelley of New Mexico in the FX finals seemed quite low. The judging, however, on the whole was excellent, especially keeping the All Around competition honest as Hayasaki fell below his usual best and allowed Brent Simmons, Marshall Avener and Tom Lindner to make a real battle out of the event. The judging highlight of the meet, which really brought out how difficult it is to be accurate judging from the grandstands; was probably the finals routine of Ken Liehr on the SH. Everyone, except the 5 judges on the floor, felt Ken deserved a 9.4 or 9.5 but only received 9.2. As it turned out only the 5 judges on the floor deducted .2 for Ken having a sequence that too closely resembled the compulsory (I believe the sequence was double leg circle, tramlot, double leg circle) which means that depending on how one interprets the sequence he had 3 or 4 parts in a row that were the same as the compulsory and it was agreed before the meet that 3 moves in a row would be a .2 deduction if it involved a B part.

Awards:

Rene J. Kern, NACGC Honor Coaches Award .

NACGC Award , Frank Wolcott.

NACGC Award, Frank Bare.

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first team

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25.80 27.75 26.35 27.00 26.05 27.85 27.20 27.95 26.20 27.70 26.70 27.10 24.25 26.55 22.90 25.35 14.60 7.80

25.80 25.85 26 .20 27.05 25.40 25.80 21.25 25.80 25.40 26.65 23.35 24.55 19.10 22.90 16.00 20.40 4.05 4.05

22.70 27.00 25.60 26.95 24.30 26.60 24.15 26.70 22.60 26.80 23.55 26.60 23.05 26.85 18.10 24.95 12.30 16.45

25.35 27.35 27.75 28.05 25.85 26.50 26.45 27.20 26.40 27.90 27.15 27.55 25.45 26.50 27.70 27.50 25.05 26.35 27.60 26.80 25.90 26.70 27.10 28.1 0 25.75 25.40 26.45 27.05 24.20 22.15 26.00 25.20 25.35 6.65 18.25 9.05

26.65 153.65 27.80 164.20 25.05 155.55 27.15 161 .80 24.80 154.85 27.00 161.95 26.20 150.75 28.00 163.65 24.85 150.45 27.35 162.90 25.35 151.55 27.75 161 .20 23.20 140.75 25.55 155.35 11.05 114.40 24.65 146.55 10.85 73.80 16.40 72.00

158.925 158.675 158.400 157.200 156.675 156.375 148.050 130.425 72.900

Yoshi Hayasaki , Washington

Brent Simmons, Iowa State

Marshall Avener, Penn State

Tom Lindner, So. III.

Dave Butzman , Iowa State

George Greenfield, California

AA Champions

Photos by Pizzcoli and Berg .

Grand FX SH RI LH PB HB Total Total C 8.35 8.75 8.55 9.10 9.65 9.15 53.55 o 9.20 8.90 9.15 9.05 8.90 9.15 54.35 107.90 Brent Simmons, Iowa State C 9.00 8.25 7.60 8.70 ,9 .45 9.30 52.30 o 9.10 8.55 8.80 9 .25 9.40 9.55 54.65 106.95 Marshall Avener, Penn State C 8.70 8 .65 8.00 8.60 9.50 8.35 51.80 o 9.40 8.75 8.80 9.15 9.20 9.25 54.55 106.35 Tom Lindner, So . III. C 9.00 8.45 8 .10 8.60 8.95 8.95 52.05 o 9.20 7.30 9.05 8.609 .35 9.60 53.10 105.15 Dave Butzman, Iowa State C 8.35 7.90 7.60 8.05 9.45 9.15 50.50 o 9.10 .7.45 -9 .15 9.20 9.30 9.20 53.40 103.90 George Gree nfield , California C 8 .85 7.30 7.90 8.50 8.60 9.15 50.30 o 8.80 8.05 8.70 '9.00 9.45 9.20 53.20 103.50 Paul Tickenoff (N .W. La. St.) 103.00; John Crosby (S. Conn.) 102.20; Jim Ivicek (New Mexico) 99.35; Rick McCurdy (Michigan) 98.85; Minoru Morisaki (California) 97.60; John Hughes (Brig . Young) 97.10; Bruce McGartlin (N .S. La St.) 96.10 ; Ray Gura (Michigan) 94.95 ; Dave Repp (New Mexico) 94.40 ; Ron Clemmer (Temple) 93.65 ; Carl Walin (Iowa) 92.45; James Kruest (Penn. St.) 90.55 ; Steve Hoit (Air Force) 88.95 ; Bill Ritter (Air Force) 82.60 ; Ken Ourso (LSU) 78.75 ; Steve Stein (LSU) 66.25 ; Rod Richards (Denver) 50.85.

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Final FLOOR EXERCISE Team Score 9.4250 Stormy Eaton New Mexico John Crosby S. Conn . 9.2625 Paul Hunt Illinois 9.1625 New Mexi co 9.1500 Dana Shelley Minoru Morisaki California 9.0625 N.W. La . St. 9.0500 Paul Tickenoff Preliminary C&O average total: Ward Black (Mich .) 18 :30 ; Fred Henderson (Ind. St.) 18.25; Odess Lovin (Okla.) 18.20; Mike Caldwell (Okla.) 18.20 ; Gary Morava (So. 111.) 18.15; Brent Simmons (Iowa St.) 18.10; Marshall Avener .(penn St.) 18.10 ; Ray Jauch (Ind. St.) 18.05 ; Lowel Meek (Pitt.) 18.00; Ron Clemer (Temple) 17.85; Hide Umeshita (Wash.) 17.75 ; Lou Moreno (Cal St. LA) 17.70; George Greenfield (CaL) 17.65; Bill Ritter (Air Force) 17.50 . . . Qualifiers not among top 20 : Dave Buel (Memphis); Bryan Scott (Ariz. St.); Ed Datti (Springfield); Ken Brown (Denver); Cliff Miyoshi (San Diego St.) ; Jeff Rock (Minn.); Laleb Dana (LSU); Jim Turpin (San Jose); Steve Stein (LSU); Bruce McGartlin (NW La.); Rod Richards (Denver). STORMY EATON: Univers ity of New Mex ico. Coach Rusty Mitchell. Weight: 14 5. Height: 5' 6 " . Events Qualified: Free Exerc ise . Hometown: Scottsdale, Arizona . High School: Scottsdale. Coach Bill Roberts & Norm an Witham . Routine: Free Ex: Round off flipflop double ba c k, back extension roll , h op pirouette, handspring walk· out, round off step out full t wisting back st ep· out, back wa lkover splits, stiff·stiff press, t w o foot front handspring, hop pirouette, flipflop , flipflop , toe·touch straddle dow n, va ld ez, r ound off flipflop, double twist. JOHN CROSBY : Southern Connecticut State Co l· lege. Coach Abe Grossfield . Weight: 12 5. Height: 5' 4 ". Events Qualified: Free Exercise. Hometown: Farmingdale , New York . High School: Farmingda le . Coach Abe Grossfield. Routine: Free EX: Round off flipflop double back saito, y, turn, fall straddle cut, lift leg to stand, three step front saito stepout , round off side salt (stra ddle), Swedish fall t o straddle stand, stiff arm press, lowe r down, t wo steps , round off back dive 112 t wis t, jump 112 turn back hand· spring to front leaning rest, shoot thru to split, stand to lunge , turn , four steps, round off flip· flop double t w ist. (and he finally stuck it) PAUL HUNT: Routine: Ro und off flipflop back flip flipflop full twist into splits, press out to inverted planche, arch to feet, to cart whee l, side somersault with a full t w ist, I;' turn to back walkover in scissor to handstand , straddle down, straddle up, o ne leg dow n to momentary scale, run to front flip front handsp ring, turn, straddle backward roll, to knee fle x, back through knee, back walkover, to pike stand, to round off flipflop full twist. DANA B. SHELLEY: University of New Me xico . Coach Rusty Mitchell & Hutch Duorak . Weight: 147. Height: 5' 7". Events Qualified: Free Exer· cise . Hometown: Denver, Colorado . High School: Ranum . Coach Lou Baretta. Routine: Free Ex : Round off arabian 1%, jump to pushup turn· over valdez, handstand, stepdown, round off double full, drop to split, press stepdow n, front flip, front fl ip y, arabian dive roll, headspring kick out, inward pirouette handstand, stoop down, round off full . MINORU MORISAKI: University of California Berkeley. Coach Hal Frey. Weight: 140. Height: 5' 6 " . Events Qualified: Free Exercise. Hometown: Beppu , Japan . High School: Midori. Routine: Free Ex: Round off flipflop full, back hand , pike handspring front somersault, side somer· sault , round off flipflop full . PAUL TICKENOFF: Northwestern State Univer· sity Louisi ana. Coach Armondo Vega . Weight: 135. Height: 5' 7 " . Events Qualified: Free Exe r· cise, Parallels. Hometown: Huntington Bea c h , California. High School: Bell High School. Coach Carl Pala s. Routine: Free Ex: Front step out, handspring, dive roll , full twist, straddle jump front ; che5tdown bounce straddle stance, straddle s tiff stiff press; pirouette stepdown; run round·off, flip flop back full twist; back ex· tension roll hop I;' pirouette step down full turn t o st and; handspring , front, headspring chestdown; I;' turn t o % moore around to back support, back extension rol l step dow n; run roundoff, back handspring, back layo ut, pun c h

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Minoru Morisaki

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Paul Hunt

Paul Tickenoff

Dana Shelley

Brown

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Atkins

Ourso

Mayers

Carlton

Kolb

Final SIDE HORSE Team Score Iowa St. 9.3250 Russ Hoffman Ed Slezak Ind. St. 9.2375 Ken Barr Illi nois 9.1 500 Ken Li ehr Iowa 9.1375 Di ck Kaziny Michigan 9.1375 Kansas 8.4625 D. Schubert Preliminary C&O average total: Dave Oliphant (So. 111.) 17.95; John Worthington (Navy) 17.80 ; Daryl Miller (Brig. Young) 17.50; Marshall Avener (Penn. St.) 17.40 ; Dennis Jones (Utah) 17.30 ; Fred Cardenas (New Mex.) 17.05 ; Ken Bronner (USC) 16.75 ; Chuc k Sanders (Wash.) 16.60 ; Rick Neuner (Cal SI. LB) 16.45; John Crosby (So . Conn.) 16.10; John Regan (Calif.) 16.05 ; Tony DeStaphan o (Syracuse) 15.95 ; Russ Wiggins (Cornell) 15.35; Ron Brown (Spring fie ld) 14.35 .. . Qualifiers not among top 20 : Larry Evermann (Neb.); Clyde Ashley (LSU); Brian Kolb (UCSB); Dick Olszeski (Memphis); Chris Porter (Air Force) ; Doug Atkins (III. St.); Tim Carlton (UCSB) ; Ken Ourso (LSU); Bob Mayers (Memphis). RUSSELL HOFFMAN: Iowa State . Coach Ed Gog· nie. Weight: 150. Height: 6'. ~Events Qualifi ed: Sid e H orse. Hometown : Hinsd a le, Il lin ois . Rou tine: Side H orse : Back moore downhi ll , ba ck tramlet uphill , Russian moore, hop , c ircle, one reverse scissors , three f o r wa rd sc isso rs , circ le, 3;' bail ie downhill, b ack loop, loop, loop, 1/2 t wis t.

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ED SLEZAK: India na Stat e Un iversit y. Coach Roger Counsil. Weight: 150. Events Qualified: Side H o rse. Hometown: Hi nsdale, Illinois. High School: Hinsda le Central. Coach Tony Canino. Routine: Sid e H orse : Back moo r e uphill, bailie, si de trave l, loop, uphill moore, Ke hre in , one reverse scissor, three forward scissors, st ock li o ut h op, loop , loop, 'h t wis t. KEN BARR: Routine: Side Horse : Predom inantl y clockwise w ith NO c irc les as such ( i.e., a ll im· mediate tricks). Approach-Both h ands o n pom mels, single pommel Russian moore, s ide travel t o end m o unt (as no one h as used thi s, it sho uld be known as t he "Barr Mount"), Shelt zer up (back moore side tr ave l up), Russian moore, pommel loo p , sto ckl i out, ba ck loo p (bli nd loop), blind tramlot up, Kris Kehre into th ree front scissors, (originat ed by B arr or at least no kno w l edge of it has b een done before) , one reverse sc issors, side trave l down, wa lk aro u nd, loop w ith 112 t wist. KEN LIEHR: Iowa Un ivers ity . Coach Mr. Schmitt. Events Qualified : S id e Ho rse. Weight: 140 Ibs . Height: 5' 10". Hometown: Riverdale , Ill ino is. High School : T horton To w nship High School. Coach Dick Foerch. Routi ne: Side Horse: Circle back moore up hi ll travel, front·in imm edia t e

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Di ck Kaz iny

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RICHARD KAZINY: U niversit y of Mich igan. Coach Newt Loken. Events Qualified : Sid e Horse . Weight: 150 Ibs . Height: 5' 10 " . Hometown: Glen v iew, Illin o is. High School : Gle nbrook So uth. Coach Tony Ga l abrese. Routine: Side H o r se : Bac k moore immed i at e russ ia n , side t rave l, back moore uphill, bailie, back moore downhill , keh re in , break, one reverse scissor, three fron t scissors, s id e travel loop, hop loop, loop, 1/2 t w ist. RICHARD J. SCHUBERT: Kansas Unive rsi t y. Coach Robert Lockwood. Events Qualified: Side H orse. Weight: 135 Ibs. Height: 5' 10". Hometown: Law r ence, Kansas . High School: La w ren ce High Sch ool. Coach Robert Manning. Routine: Sid e H orse: Walk·around, loop, back stoc kli- t o middle, c ircle, back moore im mediat e side t rave l to end, front·in immediate back stockli t o e nd , ba ck s t ock li t o mid d le, c ircle , c ut o ut in front, reverse scissor, leg c ut, front sc issors, pick up c irc les in frant , front o ut, loops, halt turn off .

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Final RINGS Team Score 9.6000 Charles Ropiequet So . III. Ben Fernandez Indiana 9.3500 Dave Seal Ind. St. 9.1375 Barney Peters California 9.0250 Yoshi Hayasaki Washington 8.9250 George Stalter Syracuse 8.9250 Preliminary C&O average total: Bob Mahorney (Ind. St.) 17.65; Charles Earle (Ind.) 17.60; Mike Sale (Mich .) 17.60; Bill Mitchell (Penn. St.) 17.45; Dave Repp (New Mex.) 17.00 ; John Hughes (Brig. Young) 17.00 ; Bob Tracey (Air Force) 17.00; Vince Nicoletti (Denver) 16.80; Dave Butzman (Iowa St.) 16.75; Keith Furst (East 111.) 16.75; Glenn Williams (Penn St.) 16.65; Joe Chase (Air Force) 16.65; Brent Simmons (Iowa St.) 16.40; Steve Borges (LSU) 16.35 . . . Qualifiers not among top 20: Joe Kinkel (Ne Mex.) ; John Crosby (S. Conn.); Steve Rochell (Stanford); Kirk Gardner (Kansas); Ed Sparacino (San Jose); George Duncan (Memphis); Marty Olsen (LSU); Joe Sweeney (San Jose); Tom Gardner (Calif.) CHARLES ROPEIQUET: Southern Illinois Univer路 sity. Coach Bill Meade . Weight: 120. Height: 5' 3". Events Qualified: Rings. Hometown: High 路 land Park, Illinois . High School: Highland Park . Coach: None. Routine: Rings: Dislocate straight arm shoot, straight arm giant, giant to "L" cross, lower cross, thru to back lever, kip "L", stiff-stiff press, lower to back lever, dislocate, double back. BENNY FERNANDEZ: Indiana University. Coach Jim Brown. Events Qualified: Rings. Weight: 128 Ibs. Height: 5' 4'12". Hometown: Elk Grove, Illi nois . High School: Elk Grove High S.c hool. Coach Fred Gaines. Routine: Rings : Straight body pull, dislocate, straight arm shoot, straight arm giant, reverse fallout to planche, straight arm bird to " L", hollowback press, lower down w ith straight arms, back roll to front lever, pullout, dislocate, double DAVE SEAL: Indiana State University. Coach Roger Counsil. Events Qualified: Rings . Weight: 138 Ibs. Height: 5' 7". Hometown: Columbus, Indiana. High School: Columbus Senior High School. Coach Mr. John Hinds . Routine: Rings: Pull to straight body hang, kip to planche (hold), % straight arm giant for,,!ard, forward straight arm giant, reverse giant, lower to " L" cross ( hold) , reverse kip to "L" support (hold), hollowback press to handstand, pike double somersault from handstand.

Dave Seal BARNEY PETERS: University of California Berkeley. Coach Hal Frey . Events Qualified: Rings. Weight: 150. Height: 5' 7". Hometown: Somerville, Massachusetts. High School: Somerville High School. Routine: Rings: Inlocate backrise, straight arm giant, straight arm lower " L" cross, roll to back lever, kip " L", hollowback, lower front lever, dislocate, double flyaway. YOSHI HAYASAKI: University of Washington. Coach Eric Hughes. Weight: 125. Height: 5' 4". Events Qualified: Parallel Bars, High Bar. Hometown: Osaka, Japan. High School: Issaguh High School. Coach Charlie Denny. Rings : Inverted hang, in locate giant, back uprise handstand, giant drop handstand, cross, kip, "L" support, press handstand, straight arm down to back lever, dislocate, full t w ist . GEORGE STALTER: Syracuse. Coach Paul Romeo. Weight: 140. Height: 5' 7 " . Events Qualified: Rings. Hometown: Michigan Lakes, New Jersey . High School : Valley Forge High School. Coach Stan Wilkes. Routine: Rings: Dislocate, dislocate, shoot handstand , lowe r to back lever, pull cross, back kip "L", arch press handstand, fallover, back uprise, cast dislocate, full.

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Final LONG HORSE Team Score S. F. Valley 9.2250 Pat Mahoney Jim Turpin San Jose 9.1625 Iowa St. 9.1000 Brent Simmons Jim Kruest Penn St. 9.0250 New Mexico 8.9750 Jim Ivicek Tim Haller Indiana 8.9125 Preliminary C&O average total: Mark Hopkins (New Mex.) 17.80; Dan Wunderlich (Ind. St.) 17.80; Marshall Avener (Penn. St.) 17.75; Rich Gaylor (Wash.) 17.65; John Crosby (S. Conn.) 17.60; Mike Greene (Penn. St.) 17.60; Hide Umeshita (Wash.) 17.75 ; Barry Siotten (Iowa) 17.55; Lou Moreno (Cal St. LB) 17.50 ; Steve Hoit (Air Force) 17.45; Tom Lindner (So. 111.) 17.20 ; Brad Moses (Calif.) 17.05 ; Dan Ryan (Ariz. St.) 16.60 ; Steve Stein (LSU) 16.30 . . . Qualifiers not among top 20: Bruce Boult (UICC); Randy Raudabaugh (LSU); Dave Butzman (Iowa St.); Jim Gilberto (Iowa St.); Joe Sweeney (San Jose); Paul Blasko (Ind . St.); Rod Richards (Denver); Ron Webb (Okla.); Ken Ourso (LSU); Dave Huson (Ind . St.); Mike Meyer (Denver). PAT MAHONEY: San Fe rnand o Valley State. Coach Jack Medina. Weight: 155. Height: 5' 4 ". Events Qualified: Long Horse. Hometown: Re· seda, California. High School: Cleveland . Coach Ernie Contraras. Routine: Long Horse: Full t w isting handspring, Yamashita-far end . JIM TURPIN: San Jose State. Coach Dr. Clair Jennett. Events Qualified: Long Horse. Hometown: San Mateo. California . High School: San Mateo High Schoo l. Coach Art Andrews. Routine: Long Horse: Handspring w ith 'h, Yama· shita . BRENT SIMMONS: 21, Sr., Iowa State Univer· sity. Coach Ed Gagnier. Major Physical Education. Events Qualified: Long H orse, Parallels, and High Bar. Hometown: Columbus , Indiana. High School: Columbus Senior High . Coach John Hinds. Routines: Vault-Yamashita, Yama· shita 'Iz t w ist.

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JIM KRUEST: Penn State University. Coach Gene Wettstone. Weight: 136. Height: 5' 7 ". Events Qualified: Long Horse . Hometown: Freedom, Pennsylvania. High School: Rochester. Coach Dale Meddock. Routine: Long Horse : handspring II . t wis t, Yamashita (near end). JIM IVICEK: Events Qualified: Long Horse, Par· allel Bars. Routines: Long Horse: H andspring, Giant Pike handspring. TOM HALLER: Indiana University. Coach Jim Brow n. Weight: 160. Height: 5' 8 ". Events Qualified: Long Horse . Hometown: Syracuse , New York. High School: Liverpool High School. Coach Bill Luttenger. Routine: LOfIg Horse: Yamashita~far end, Handspring liz twist.

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Final Score PARALLEL BARS Team 9.3625 10waSt. Brent Simmons 9.3625 Penn State Tom Dunn 9.3375 Iowa State Dave Butzman 9.2875 Washington Yoshi Hayasaki 9.2625 California Ph il Rockwell 9.. 2125 New Mexico Jim Ivicek 9.2000 Penn State Marshall Avener 9.1 125 N.W. La. St. Paul Tic ke noff Preliminary C&O average total: Don Locke (So. 111.) 18.40 ; Lee Wayman (Col. St.) 18.35; Gene Kal in (111.) 18.30 ; Breck Cunningham (Air Force) 18.30; John Crosby (So. Conn.) 18.30; Bruce McGartlin (NW La. St.) 18.30; Dave Genest (Mass.) 18.20 ; George Greenfield (Calif.) 18.05; Rod Richards (Denver) 18.05; Murray Plotkin (Mich.) 17.65; Steve Zamora (Col. St.) 17.15; Steve Duke (So. 111.) .. . Qualifiers not among top 20 : Clyde Ashley (LSU); Mickey Uram (Mich. St.) ; Richard Brousseau (LSU); Dennis Mazur (Iowa St.); Joe Sweeney (San Jose) ; Jeff Miller (Memphis).

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BRENT SIMMONS: -Cast support straddle c ut t o "L", stra ight arm straddle press stutz ha n dsta nd , cast 'h turn, front uprise, swing pirouette, stutz handstand, layaway f ront up路 rise, front off. THOMAS LAWSON DUNN JR. : Penn State Uni 路 ve rs ity. Coach Gene Wettst o n e. Weight: 128. Height: 5' 6'/2'" Events Qualified: Parallel Bars . Hometown: A r lingto n H eights, Illin o is. High School: A r lington and North Central. Coach: Tom W a lth o use and Jo hn Em ery. Routine : Para ll el Bars: Pea ch handstand, st utz handstand, drop peac h, cast to under a rm , back up rise strad dle c ut "L" hold, ho llowback press h a nd stand, stutz handstand, layaway front upris e, swi ng pirouette, layo ut back off.

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DAVE BUTZMAN: Iowa State Un iversit y. Coach Ed Gagnier. Weight: 135 . Height: 5' 8 ". Events Qualified: Parallel Bars & Hig h Bar. Hometown: Barri ngton, Illinois. High School: Ba rrington. Coach And y Kostick. Routines: Para ll e l Bars: Cast support, stra ddl e out, " L", stra ight a rm press handstand, Diamidov, stutz hand, cast, uprise stradd le c ut, sw ing hand, st utz hand, l ay away 路fro nt. uprise, front somi half twist. YOSHI HAYASAKI: Peach basket immed iate piro u ette, st utz, peach, front uprise, reverse piro uette , str a igh ly, cast , st radd le c ut, "L" support, stiff-stiff press, stutz laya way, front uprise, front somi with full t w ist. PHIL ROCKWELL: University of California Berkeley. Coach Hal Frey. Events Qualified: Parallel Bars. Routine : Para llel Ba rs: Peach layaway, front uprise, hop pirou ette to handstand, cast to upper arm, back uprise 'h turn , forward roll back uprise, straddle cut " L" , str aight arm press to han dstand , st utz h andst and, layaway f ro nt up r ise, front off with '/2 twist . JIM IVICEK: Paralle ls : Cast support, swing p irouette, strouli, stutz handstand, cast ba ck up ri~e, cut catc h " L", stiff-stiff press, stutz, front up rise, fron t with 'h t wist. MARSHALL AVENER: Penn State Un iversity. Coach Gene Wettstone . Weight: 128. Height: 5' 6". Events Qualified: Parallel Bars . Hometown: Levittown , New York. High School: Island Trees. Coach Richard Schnaars . Routine: Parallel Bars: Peach lay away, uprise, swing pirouette, Diam id ov, cast upperarms , back upr ise cut to "L" , hollowback, stutz hand lay away, uprise, swing pirouette. stutz, back off . PAUL TICKENOFF: Paralle l Bars: Cast ca t ch straddl e . c ut " L", straddle stiff stiff press, stutz layaway, front rise, hop pirouette to glide kip, swing t o handstand stradd le on one bar to one arm handstand, pirouette-in , cas t backrise straddle out, layaway, front-in, front off with '12.

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Final HORIZONTAL BAR Team Score Brent Simmons Iowa State 9.5375 J. Aitken New Mexico 9.4500 Tom Lindn er S. Illinois 9.4000 George Greenfield Californ ia 9.2875 Dave Butzman Iowa State 9.0625 Washington 8.9750 Yoshi Hayasaki Preliminary C&O average total: Rick Danley (Ind . St.) 18.20; Dick Dalton (Ariz. St.) 17.65 ; Marshall Avener (Penn St.) 17.60; Del Smith (So. 111.) 17.50; Jim Stephenson (Iowa St.) 17.15 ; Ed Howard (Mich .) 17.10; Rick McCurdy (Mich.) 16.95 ; Nino Nardecchia (Air Force) 16.90; Dan Pillasch (Army) 16.80; Jim Kruest (Penn . State) 16.55; Jim Paquette (Air Force) 16.40; Minoru Morisaki (Calif.) 16.25; Joe Sweeney (San Jose) 15.95 ; John Crosby (So . Conn.) 15.25 . . . Qualifiers not among top 20: Jim Ivicek (New Mex.) ; Rod Richards (Den- · ver) ; Rich Martin (Springfield); Jeff Wiles (Springfield) ; Doug Peters (Georgia); Bill Barnwell (San Jose); Ken Ourso (LSU); Caleb Dana (LSU). BRENT SIMMONS: - Stem, hecht va ult, reverse k ip triple german, disengage liz t w ist kip c hange grip, stalder, pirouette , toe·on·off, bl ind cha nge , immediate hecht with full twist. JON AITKEN: Unive rsity of New Me xico. Coach Rusty Mitchell. . Events Qualified : High Bar. Weight: 140 . Height: 5' 8 " . Hometown: Tu cson, A rizona . High School: Palo Verd e High. Coach Bob Lans . Routine : Hig h Bar: High st art imme· diate stalde r, re ach under vault, kip, st oop , in · verted eag le, hop, pirouette , b ack stalder, g iant, doubl e fl yaway. TOM LINDNER: 20, Jr., Southern Illin o is Univer· sity. Event Qualified: High Ba r. Major M ath or Chemistry. Coach Mr. Meade. Hometown: Mil · waukee, Wisconsin. High School : Brown Deer H igh Schoo l. Coach Ray Lorenz. Previous Gym· nastic Awards and Honors: State AA, Wor ld Games Team. Comments: It's Fun . Routines: H igh Bar: Straight a rm stem , stoop t o invert s , hop t o f ro nt gian t , stalder, st all·reach und er vau lt, st oo p, straddle cut, ki p change, pirouette , stalde r, giant, double bac k. DAVE BUTZMAN: High Bar: Stem, giant, stoop, dislocate, eagle , hop out. giant, re ac h over vault , reverse kip , ger man kip c hange, giant, pi ro uett e, giant , double fl yaway . YOSHI HAYASAKI: High Bar: Reverse grip stem, imm ediat e sta ld er, pirouette , stalder w ith immedi ate hop c han ge , hop change to vault, ba ck kip, German, kip, hop piro uette, c ross change, Hecht w ith full twist.

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4th. For reservations and further informati on write : Soko l Woodlands Mai l Road Barryville, N.Y. 12719. ' , SUMMER GYMNASTIC WORKSHOP: This sixth annual workshop will be held at South Dakota State, July 5-9. Contact: Peter Torino , Depl. of HPER, South Dakota State, Brookings , South Dakota 57006. CAROLINA GYMNASTIC CAMP: Held at the U~ivers i ty of North Carolin a, July 1924 .. Wn~e: Fred Sanders, Depl. of Athletics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514. CALIFORNIA PHYSICAL EDUCATION WORKSHOP FOR WOMEN IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS: Held at California State Polytechnic Colleg e August 1-13. Contact : Mary Coyle, 351 Fairview Avenue, Arcadia California 91006 . ' CALIFORNIA WORKSHOP FOR P.E. AND ATHLETIC COACHING (men): August 2-13, 1971 . Contact : Workshop Committee Cali forni a State Polytechnic College , Sa~ Luis Obispo, California 93401 . CAMP SEARS: Held August 2-14 in Pullman, Michigan. Contact : Sid Dra in, 3000 Falcon Court, Rolling Meadows Illinois 60008. ' 5th ANNUAL INSTITUTE IN GYMNASTICS: Held at Indiana State Univers ity Terre Haute Indiana, August 9-20, 1971 . Contact: (men) Roger Counsil , Gymnastic Coach Ind!ana State University, Terre Haute: IndIana. (women) Mrs. Grete Treiber, Women's Coach , Indiana State University Terre Haute, Indiana. ' NATIONAL SUMMER GYMNASTIC CLINIC: This is the 14th annual clinic , held at Michigan State University, August 8-13. This camp also includes the Official U.S.G.F. National Certification Judges courses (men & women) will be concurrently conducted . For information contact : George Szypula , Clinic Director, National Summer Gymnastics Clinic , Michigan State University, East Lansing , Michigan 48823. MDGWS TEACHER'S WORKSHOP: Held August 15-22 at Carleton College. Involves all girls sports including gymnastics. Contact: Pat Lamb, Carleton College Carleton Minnesota 55057. ' BOYS GYMNASTIC SCHOOL: Held in the northern woods of Michigan August 22-28. Con~act : Marv Johns'o n , Wolverine Gymnastic School , Wolverine, Michigan 49799. CENTRAL ATLANTIC AREA GYMNASTIC CAMP: Held at Camp Letts at Edgewater Maryland, August 22-29. Contact: Ver~ Elder, 1736 G Street NW., Wash ington D.C. 20006. ' SUMMER GYMNASTICS CAMP: Held at Camp Arrowhead , SI. Paul Minnesota, June 20-26. Contact: Arrowhead Gymnastic Summer Camp, 10704 27th Street So. Burnsville, Minnesota 55378. ' CARAVAN OF CHAMPS: Outstanding program for boys and girls. July 4-9: South Planes Jr. College , Levelland, Texas. July 18023: College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe New Mexi co . For additional information 'w rite: Larry Bilhartz, P.O. Box 1206, Andrews, Texas 79714 West Penn Gymnastic Clinic: Camping for ~oys and girls , twelve years and older. For Information write : Steve Banjak 248 New Castle . Slipperv Rock. PA. 1605'7 . NATIONAL SUMMER PALAESTRUM CAMP: A complete gymnastic program featuring instruction from such staff members as Bill Roetzheim , Don Tonry, Paul Z ie rt, Dave Webster, Bob Harris, Murray Plotkin , Richard DelGalio and many others. For further information write: National Summer Palaestrum, 7901 Van Gogh Ct. Potomac Md. " 20854.

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