and Fairmont East at the top toward the last few events. The team title wasn't decided until the last routine in the last event, the High Bar. Dennis Moore, Miamisburgs great high bar man, needed to score an 8.1 to tie for the team championship with Fairmont East Hi gh School. Unfortunately, due in part to a low dismount, Dennis Moore's score was just short with an 8.0 and the new State Gymnastic Champion was Fairmont East High School! It was the 4th time in 7 years that Fairmont East had won the state team championship. But never by a closer margin! The final score was: 1st Place - Fairmont East-162.55 ; 2nd Place-Miamisburg-162.45. One tenth of a point! It was a hard loss for favored Miamisburg to take, but a tremendous team effort by Fairmont East who only had one first place. Due to a well bal anced team effort and a tremendous " Espirit de corps" the team exhibited throughout the meet and the season Fairmont East became the new 1971 State Gymnastic Champions. There were ma ny outstanding individual performances in the finals as well. Doug Griffith of Franklin High School won first all-around with a very well earned 46.90 all-around score, and with out a weak event. Doug has accepted an offer from Annapolis and will be continuing his gymnastics there, after considering several other scholarships. Dave Ely of Wayne came in second place for the second year in a row. Dave will only be a junior next year though and has to be regarded as the man to beat. John Schramm of Fairmont East pla ced third all-around and did a great job since he was only a tumbling specialist one year ago. John has accepted a scholarship to Odessa Junior College for next year. This years state meet wa s the greatest in Oh io's history. Meet co-directors Don Morefield and Bill Parrish are to be congratulated for their superb job in running the state meet over the last two years. It was the most organized state meet ever with the highest attendance. The caliber of competition has sharply increased as well as the fans knowledge of the sport here in Ohio. Next years championship should even be better!
OHIO STATE GYMNASTICS MEET CHAMPION - Kettering Fairmont East (Coach Tom Sexton - 162.55. RUNNER·UP - Miamisburg (Coach Ken Bostleman) - 162.45 ; 3. Dayton Wayne, 155.67; 4. Cincinnati Princeton, 153.02; 5. Cuyahoga Falls, 137.05; 6. Martins Ferry, 126.38. INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS All-Around: 1. Doug Griffith , Franklin 46.90 ; 2. David Eby, Dayton Wayne 40.05 ; 3. John Schramm, Kettering Fairmont East 38.40; 4. Alvin McClure, Cincinnati Princeton 37.95; 5. Scott landy, Lakewood 34.80; 6. Frank McMillan, Cuyahoga Falls 32.70. Floor Exercise: 1. David Eby, Dayton Wayne 8.95 ; 2. Ron Runyeon, Miamisburg 8.25; 3. Doug Griffith, Franklin 8.0; 4. Tom Schultz, Miamisburg 7.85; 5. Jim Bonham, Dayton Wayne 7.45 ; 6. John Schramm, Kettering Fairmont Ea st 7.2. Side Horse: 1. David Eby, Dayton Wayne 7.10; 2. Keith Edward, Cincinnati Princeton 6.60; 3. John Underwood, Kettering Fairmont East 6.35 ; 4. Greg Jones, Miamisburg 5.75 ; 5. Mike Sapp, Cuyahoga Falls, 5.35; 6. Steve Saunders, Kettering Fairmont West 4.80. Still Rings: 1. Jim Bustille, Miamisburg 8.00 ; 2. Norman Hoard, Cincinnati Princeton 7.75; 3. Kelly McCowin , Cuyahoga Falls 7.60; 4. Greg Jones, Miamisburg 7.05; 5. Alvin McClure, Cincinnati Princeton 6.95; 6. Bob Stein, Kettering Fairmont East 6.90. Long Horse Vault: 1. Mike Sapp, Cuyahoga Falls 8.2; 2. Doug Griffith, Franklin 8.1 ; 3. Tom Schultz, Miasmisburg 7.95; 4. Tim Fox, Dayton Belmont 7.9; 5. Jake Lewis, Dayton Meadowdale 7.85 ; 6. Alvin McClure, Cincinnati Princeton 7.6. 18
Doug Griffith, Franklin H.S. Ohio 1st AA Parallel Bars: 1. Stan Rose, Kettering Fairmont East 7.50 ; 2. Donald Yates, Dayton Wayne 7.00 ; 3. Doug Griffith, Franklin 6.95 4. Greg Jones, Miamisburg 6.60; 5. Scott landy, Lakewood 6.20; 6. Stacy Smallenbarger, Troy 6.10. Tumbling: 1. Ron Runyeon, Miamisburg 9.05 ; 2. Tom Schultz, Miamisburg 9.0; 3. John Schramm, Kettering Fairmont East 8.8; 4. David Eby, Dayton Wayne 8.45; 5. Doug Griffith, Franklin 8.2 ; 6. Jake Lewis, Dayton Meadowdale 7.95. Horizontal Bar: 1. Dennis Moore, Miamisburg 8.0; 2. Wayne Cox, Miamisburg 7.9; 3. Doug Griffith, Franklin 7.8; 4. Frank McMillan, Cuyahoga Falls 7.5 ; 5. · John Schramm, Kettering Fairmont East 7.15; 6. Chris liehler, Kettering Fairmont East 7.1 . Trampoline: 1. Tim Fox, Dayton Belmont 8.25; 2. Ron Runyeon, Miamisburg 7.90; 3. David Eby, Dayton Wayne 7.85 ; 4. Daniel Carpenter, Cincinnati Princeton, 7.25 ; 5. Mark Altoff, Kettering Fairmont West 6.90; 6. William MacConnell, Cincinnati Princeton 6.60.
DOUG GRIFFITH FIRST ALL·AROUND STATE WINNING ROUTINES Floor-Exercise Round -off back handspring, back, back handspring, Arabian dive roll to chest roll , half turn valdez to stand. Running front somersault walkout, half turn, 'back walkover to splitz. Press to handstand, straight leg roll -up, gainer front headspring to Swedish full , kip half turn to support and stand. Round-off back handspring back full twist.
Side Horse - Jump into two double leg circles, moore, moore, double leg circle, kere-out into two double leg circles and kere-in to support. Reverse scissors, forward scissors, into double leg circles, side travel, two double leg circles on end and loop off. Still Rings - Straight pull up, dislocate shoot handstand, back giant, back roll to cross, pull up to L sit, cast out, inlocate back uprise to L sit. Press to handstand, lower and dislocate, straddle off. Long Horse Vaulting - 1. Stoop (compulsory), 2. Yamashita (near end) . Parallel Bars - Peach basket to handstand, back catch into drop cast, double leg cut to swing handstand, pirouette, stutz-kere, drop peach basket to L sit, straight arm press to handstand, back·off. High Bar - Jam immediate stoop-in, invert, invert, release·regrasp, into back giant, free kip circle immediate reach under rear vault, half turn flying kip into front giant, full pirouette, front giant, brani off. FLOOR-EXERCISE 1. Dave Eby, Wayne High School - Round-off, ba ck handspring, full twist, back extension roll . Front handspring, front, front headspring walkout Swedish fall, turn into splitz. Straight arm press, pike down, round-off. Arabian dive roll , jump straddle, back handsprin g to prone fall , .half turn valdez to stand, round -off backhandspring back (piked). 2. Ron Runyeon, Miamisburg High School- Roundoff back handspring ba ck full. Round-off back handspring Arabian dive roll, straddle jump back