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
John Crosby
Minoru Morisaki
Photo by W. E. Berg.
Paul Hunt
Paul Tickenoff
Dana Shelley
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