MEET RESULTS Team Titles: Women - Ontario 153.00, Quebec 149.40, B.C. 147.55. Men - Quebec 239.50, On · tario 226.05; B.C. 205.50. All Around : Women - Wendy Nicholson, Ontario 32.20; Janice Campbell, Ontario 31.50; Dagny Hill , B.C. 31.20. Men - Jean Gagnon , Quebec 51.35; Bruce Medd, Ontario 50.20; Tim Sedgewick, Sask. 49.75 . Final Standings - Women Uneven Bars: 1. Martin, Teresa B.C. 16.50; 1. Nicholson, Wendy Ont. 16.50; 3. Hill, Dagny B.C. 15.85. Free Floor: 1. Miller, Charlene B.C. 17.10; 2. Nicholson , Wendy Ont. 16.70; 3. Tsukamoto, Sharon Ont. 16.60. Vault: 1. DeSutter, Georgianna Alta . 17.00 ; 2. Martin, Teresa B.C. 16.45; 3. Charron , Carole Quebec 16.00. Balance Beam: 1. Nicholson, Wendy Ont. 16.50; 2. Tsukamoto, Sharon Ont. 16.45; 3. Burroughs, Anne Quebec 16.40. Final Standings - Men Still Rings: 1. Blanchette, Robert Alta. 17.35; 2. Gagnon , Jean Que. 17.05 ; 3. Bigras, Richard Que. 16.40. Floor Exercise: 1. Gagnon, Jean Que. 17.40; 2. Vincent, Conrad Que. 17.30; 3. Delasalle, Phillip B.C . 16.85. Side Horse: l. Medd, Bruce Ont. 16.45; 2. Hunter, David Ont. 15.90 ; 3. Vincent, Conrad Que. 15.30. Parallel Bars: l. Leclerc, Pierre Que. 16.45; 2. Sedgewick, Tim Sask. 16.10; 3. Gagnon , Jean Que. 15.80. High Bar: l. Medd, Bruce Ont. 17.30; 2. Koocher, Bill Ont. 15.95; 2. Bigras, Richard Que. 15.95. Vault: l. Sedgewick, Tim Sask. 17.975 ; 2. Leclerc, Pierre Que. 17.95; 3. Vincent, Conrad Que. 17.525. ONTARIO - QUEBEC COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIPS At McMaster University, Hamilton Digby Sale did his usual excellent job of organ· izing this meet. A packed audience watched teams from Laval Univ., Ottawa Univ., Toronto Univ. and Queens Univ. and McMaster the hosting college. Mac won the team trophy and Steve Mitruk (a member of our national team) won the All Around. His only competition was Hans Frick from the Univ. of Toronto. Hans looks very good this year. Routines lacked good composition and " C" moves, naturally a few exceptions but that was my general impression. A typical fault was too simple a dismount for the routine and use of strength instead of swing and vice a versa. Routines looked incomplete and not polished. The gymnasts seemed to be working under stress. Clinics are essential and compulsories are a must, if our college gymnastics is to improve in standard also some liaison has to be set up with the high school gymnast. Hosting of high school championships, weekend seminars. Facilities are now excellent in many universities and are continuo ing to improve. McMaster has certainly done its share in this respect and will host this month , the Ontario High School grade meet. This university is doing its share but some are sadly lacking and it's shameful to see excellent gymnastic equipment and facilities lying idle. Team Competition: l. McMaster 138.50 ; 2. Ottawa 127.20; 3. Toronto 126.00; 4. Queen 's 107.00. All Around Competition: 1. Steve Mitruk (McMaster) 53.25; 2. Hans Frick (Toronto) 48.80; 3. Hartmut ~ink (McMaster) 44.35; 4. John Demers (Ottawa) 43.65 ; 5. Andre Gingras (Ottawa) 42.25; 6. Martin P-urvis (McMaster) 41.25 . Floor Exercise: l. S. Mitruk (McMaster) 8.80; 2. H. Frick (Toronto) 8.45; 3. M. Purvis (McMaster) 8.25 ; 4. J. Demers (Ottawa) 8.15; 5. P. Michaelis (Toron-
to) 8.10; 6. D. Chagnon (Ottawa) 8.00. Side Horse: 1. S. Mitruk (McMaster) 8.65; 2. H. Fink (McMaster) 7.40 ; 3. H. Frick (Toronto) 7.10; 4. D. Ross (Queen's) 5.90; 5. M. Marcotte (Ottawa) 5.80; 6. A. Gingras (Ottawa) 5.25. Rings: 1. S. Mitruk (McMaster) 8.80; 2. H. Fink (McMaster) 8.05; 3. H. Frick (Toronto) 7.25; 4. R. Samson (Laval) 6.80; 5. D. Chagnon (Ottawa) 6.05 ; 5. R. Dumuchel (Ottawa) 6.05. Vault: 1. G. Miall (Carleton) 9.30; 2. S. Mitruk (McMaster) 9.15; 3. J. Demers (Ottawa) 8.85; 3. A. Gingras (Ottawa) 8.85; 5. H. Fri ck (Toronto) 8.75 ; 6. M. Purvi s (McMaster) 8.60. Parallel Bars: 1. S. Mitruk (McMaster) 9.05; 2. H. Fri ck (Toronto) 8.80; 3. J. Demers (Ottawa) 8.40; 4. A. Gingras (Ottawa) 8.00; 5. D. Strickland (Queen's) 7.90; 6. H. Fink (McMaster) 7.85. Horizontal Bar: 1. S. Mitruk (McMaster) 8.70; 2. H. Frick (Toronto) 8.45; 3. H. Fink (McMaster) 7.80; 4. M. Purvis (McMaster) 7.65; 5. J. Demers (Ottawa) 7.35; 6. R. Samson (Laval) 7.00. FAR WESTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Sacramento State College March 12, 1971 All Around performer Verne Wooley led the Sac· ramento State Hornets to their 7th FWC gymnas· tics championship in a row (Sacramento State took 15 of 21 medals; Sacramento took all of the first places including the AA and team ; Sacramento won team title for 7th year in a row) . Coach Ron Peek watched as his charges com· fortably defeated a strong Chico State team that just could not mu ster the horsepower to offset the fine performance of Wooley. An outstanding feature of the meet was the presence of approximately 2000 spectators. Prob ably the largest audience ever to see a gymnastics meet in Sacramento. Chico State was led by Maurice Williams and Freshmen all around performers Gary Bu ck man and Tony Lopez. In spite of all this the meet favorite was Maurice who seems to draw the crowd's attention wherever he performs because of his unique showmanship and competitive fire. Even thou gh he does not always pl ace first Maurice always wins over the audience. Other fine performances were turned in by Toccoy Dudley of Sacramento who pla ce d 2nd in the all around and Randy Wright who captured the SR event with an excellent routine. Judges : Don Allin , Ray Goldbar, Greg Hetrick, Mahmoud Saleh. Team Scoring: 1. Sacramento Sta te 142.50; 2. Chico State 134.65 ; 3. San Francisco State 98.70 ; 4. Hayward State 34.90. All Around: 1. Verne Wooley, SSC 48.15 ; 2. Toccoy Dudley, SSC 45.15 ; 3. Tony Lopez, Chico 43.45; 4. Gary Buckmann, Chico 42.15; 5. Kirk Means, SSC 38.25. Floor Exercise: 1. Toccoy Dudley, SSC 8.75; 2. Verne Wooley, SSC 8.35; 3. Jim Hollister, SSC 8.25. Side Horse: 1. Verne Wooley, SSC 8.55; 2. Toccoy Dudley, SSC 7.10; 3. Bruce Frenzel, SSC 6.85. Still Rings: 1. Randy Wright, SSC 8.95; 2. Maurice Williams, Chico 8.65; 3. Jeff Flei ger, Chico 7.7. Long Horse: 1. Wooley, SSC 8.85; 2. Dudley, SSC 8.7; 2. Lopez, Chico 8.7. Parallel Bars: 1. Wooley, SSC 8.75; 2. Tim Reece, SSC 8.05; 3. Lopez, Chico 7.95. High Bar: 1. Wooley, SSC 8.25; 2. Maurice Wil· Iiams, Chico 8.20; 2. Means, SSC 8.2. IVY LEAGUE GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS REPORT The 1971 Ivy League Championships, held on February 27 at the University of Pennsylvania, was less than suspenseful as far as the team competi· tion was concerned, but involved many close races
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for individual honors. Clean, well·composed rou · tines throughout the meet reflected the high degree of coaching ability at all of the schools. Bob Mar· tin's Cornell team thoroughly dominated the competition , winning every event but Floor Exercise, and defeating runner·up Yale by 37 points for its fourth consecutive Ivy title. This wa s an encouraging meet for anyone familiar with Ivy gymnastics, as it clearly demon · strated the continuing growth of the league. AI · though not yet strong enough as a conference to qualify men directly for the N.C.A.A.'s, the Ivy League is constantly expanding its program to include more of the member schools, while the lead · ing teams are beginnnig to gain national recogni · tion as gymnastic powers. The number of freshman and sophomore trophy·winners shows that more and more high school gymnasts from all parts of the country are looking to the Ivy colleges not only for an outstanding education , but also to continue to develop gymnastically. Within a very short time, the Ivy League can be fully expected to be present· ing teams that rank with the best in the nation. Team Results: 1. Cornell 141.65; 2. Yale 104.0 ; 3. Dartmouth 91.95 ; 4. Pennsylvania 82.45; 5. Prince· ton 66.85. Floor Exercise: 1. Steve Young (Yale) 8.45; 2. Lucky Holloway (Cornell) 8.15 ; 3. Randy Wise (Dartmouth) 7.85. Side Horse: 1. Ru ss Wiggin (Cornell) 9.1 ; 2. Bob Rossbach (Yale) 9.0; 3. Dave Van Dyke (Cornell) 8.05. Still Rings: 1. Mike Pancoe (Dartmouth) 8.9 ; 2. Pete Ullman (Cornell) 8.45; 3. Lynn Williams (Cornell) 8.4. Long Horse: 1. Jim Auser (Cornell) 8.55; 2. Lynn William s (Cornell) 8.15; 3. Fred Gooding (Prince · ton) 7.9.
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