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Volume XIV / Number 4 (Double Edition) / April - May 1972 4 NOTES FROM THE PUBLISHER , Glenn Sundby 6 NHGCA, Larry Allen 6 REPORT OF THE RIGA TRIP£ Abe Grossfeld 7 REPORT OF THE RIGA TRIP, Virgini a Coco 8 GYMNAST INTERVIEW : JON AT HON COLLINS, Dick Criley 9 NCAA COLLEGE DI V ISION 12 GYMNAST INTERVIEW : WOLFE, GROSSFELD & MEDINA, Di ck Criley 14

NCAA UNIVERSITY DIVISION

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VIEWPOINTS, Dick Cr il ey AWARDS WRITE-UP, Di ck Cril ey ALL-AROUND FLOOR EXERCISE POMMEL HORSE RINGS RINGS PARALLEL BARS HORIZONTAL BAR

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GYMNAST CENTER PHOTO : LINDA HAMBY DGWS NATIONALS, Charl es Jacobson NAIA CHAMP IO NSH IP, Jo hn E. Schaefe r JUNIOR COLLEGE AAU NATIONALS, Mary Alice Burn ett PASAD ENA NATIONAL INVITATIONAL YMCA NAT.I ONALS, Caro le Leidtke CANADIAN REPORT, Lewis R. Waller

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NEWS N' NOTES, Renee Hendershott DIABLO GYMNASTIC CLUB, C heryl Wagner PENN STATE WOMEN 'S GYMNASTIC TEAM DISCIPLINE IS THE NAME OF THE GAME SOUTHERN REPORT, Mariali ce Carter NEW ENGLAND REPORT, David Reeves MICWESTERN REPORT, Renee Hen dersh ott WESTERN REPORT, Cheryl Wagner

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COVER: Steve Hug, 1972 NCAA All-Around Champion .

Below we have printed Steve's AA winning routines.

FX : RO£ fl. full , ff stepout v, turn , kick, momentary handstand ; step down, turn , Russia n lift front somie stepout , RO, arabian dive ro ll , back dive to handstand ; ste p down, turn, ca rtwh ee l, stoop, sp lit; hig h d o u b les & 2 moo res, turn to sit; back ro ll ove r shou lder to c hest ro ll ; stiff- stiff press w ith legs togeth er; step down, RO, pike side, swed ish fall ; turn to sit ; back ro ll with y, tw ist to ha nd stand stepdow n to Y sca le; turn , RO, ff, pik e-open ba c k.

PH : Bac k moore, trave l in , bail ey to th e e nd , wa lk aro und , front in , back stockli out, back stock li in , 2 front scisso rs, 2 undercut s, 2 back scisso rs, 1 hi gh doub le, moore, back moore, imm ediate kehre in , im mediate travel, uphill Russian, loop with y, turn off.

R: Pull to inverted han g, inl ocate, back rise to handstand , back g iant, lowe r with strai g ht a rms through planche to back lever, dislocate, d is locate, fro nt upri se, L, ben t ann straigh t body press han dstand ; from handstand, gia nt dis locate, double flyaway.

V: Ymashita wi th full twist.

PB: Cast catch, sw in g reg ular pi ro uette , stut z ha ndstand , back toss to mome ntary handsta nd , peac h layaway, streu li w ith piro uette, cast to uppe r a rm s, back uprise, stradd le c ut L, stiff-stiff press stradd led , stu tz, layaway, fro nt uprise , front off w it h y, twist.

HB: (W ith reve rse g rip ) stem hand , kri skehre, imm ed iate bac k stalder, b lind change, J;" g ian t, stoop, inverted g iant , hop o ut , J;" g ia nt , pirou ette, J;" g ian t, just past the top of th e ba r y, turn w ith o ne hand in reve rse gr ip, th e othe r in e l-g ri p , Ono , va ult , bac k kip , ge rm an , turn , straight arm fl ying kip, pirouett e, 2 back g iants, full twis tin g flya wa y.

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NATIONAL HI G H SCHOOL GYMNASTIC COACHES A SSOCIATION

In April '72 the USGF se nt teams to th e World Invitational Gymnastic Championships , in Riga , Latvi a, Russia. Mr. Ern est Casale , A thl etic Dir. at Temple Uni v. headed th e g roup w ith Ginny Coco , and Abie Grossfeld as coaches and gymnasts , Joan Moore, Kim Chace, Gary Morava and Steve Hug. Following is a report by Coach Ab ie Grossfe ld.

Larry Allen President, NHSGCA 113 Ruth - Clovis, N.M. 88101

REPORT OF THE RIGA TRIP Abie Grossfeld- Coach Men

Last month I mentioned that I would not list the things that we intended to do in the coming year. I am going to stick to that and not list the things we are working on at the present time, however,1 would like to mention just one of the things and tell you how it is shaping up.

The item is a tour of the United States by an ,All-Star japanese High School team, The tour is almost reality, Stops are presently planned for California, Arizona , New Mexico, Colorado, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Indiana (Chicago area), If this tour is as big a success as the japanese Tour last year (and it should be), it will give gymnastics more exposure in the U,S, and provide us with another opportunity to see some more great performers, If you are reading this and saying you wished that they were stoping in your area, you realize part of what you are missing by not being a member of NHSGCA ,

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We hope you will be encouraged to seek membership , when yo u consider the following se rvices members will rece ive: 1, A membership card and pin. . 2, Two copies of Gymnast from September 1972 September 1973 3. An opportunity to nominate or become the NHSGCA Coach of the Year.

4. An opportunity to nominate or have yo ur team named the NHSGCA Team of the Year.

5. An opportunit y to have you r State Champions recognized by the NHSGCA. 6. An opportunity to host a foreign high school team for a demonstration.

7. An opportunity to have an effective vo ice in the future of gymnastics.

The above privileges will be yours if yo u become a member of the National High School Gymnastic Coaches Association. The annual membership fee is $10.00.

As a member of the NHSGCA you are also eligible to receive at an additional cost of $10,00, a bi-weekly statistical scoring report of US high school gymnastic teams,' Particular features of this report are: 1, Only NHSGCA members are eligible to report

Gymnastics in the United States is on the "move" and we have a vital stake in its future. As high school coaches we have contact with more gymnasts than any other group and therefore have need for a responsive and functional organization, It is imperati ve that this organization be one that will provide us with information and services and be one that will give each of us an effective vo ice in the future of US gymnastics. It therefore is the purpose of this letteno inv)te you to become a member of the National High School Gymnastic Coaches Association, an organization dedicated to the fulfillment of our needs, An annual business meeting is held at the site of the NCAA Nationals. Also, a meeting of the NHSGCA is likely to be held in conjunction with the USGF Congress of Coaches. _

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After the twelve hour flight and arriving in Moscow at 4 pm, we waited at the airport for the delayed japanese plane. We left Moscow by train at 9:30 pm for Riga with the japanese, West Germans, Finns and Swiss. We had inquired about the possibility of fl ying to Riga from Moscow--railroad and air fare are just about the same--but we were told the proverbial "it is not possible. " The train ride was 15 hours and we arrived at 12:30 pm. We worked out that afternoon. Both Gary Morava's and Ernie Casale's luggage were lost during the flight to Moscow. The Russians were very helpful in lending Gary competitive pants and shirt. (Of course, we removed the USSR emblem.)

Different numbers of gymnasts were invited from the various countries. For example, there were 5 men from the USSR, 2 East Germans, 3 Cubans, 1 West German, 1 Swiss, 6 Koreans (since some gymnasts never showed up, all 6 were permitted to compete). There was not any team competition, only individual.

We worked in a group with the East Germans, Rumanians and Netherland and drew floor exercise as our starting event for compulsories.

There was also a draw for line-up for the first event only and , thereafter, the gymnasts were rotated by dropping the top man for each succeeding event. The set up was Olympic style--all apparatus on platforms and going at once . Each day the meet took about 2Y2 hours.

A run down of the various performances are as follows : Compulsory Exercises FLOOR EXERCISE: A good number of gymnasts surprisingly did the piked front to a good handspring. The Russians, Koste and a couple of Koreans did especially good ones.

Arm movements varied--the Russians and Koste used an overarm thrust with an instant rebound from the handspring to the dive chest roll, and the same arm movement on the piked front somi. The japanese used a rear underswing on these parts. All used a fore-upward arm reach on the arched dive roll.

On the handstand stoop down , just priorto the finish , the jap'anese and Russians did not stand up but rather went directly into the backward roll shoot.

POMMEL HORSE: Kasamatsu was performing the best routine of the meet but on the back stockli off, hit the horse and flipped over.

Tsukahara fell off in the middle of his exercise (this was their first event). The Russians execution wasn't anything that unusual. They did display good control and form.

RINGS: The strong ring performers did not rock the press from the straddle L but rather lowered their legs off the arms before pressing.

The majority of gymnasts were weak, including the japanese, on the back kip handstand; however, most sort of held the front lever. The inlocate before the dismount was high and straight body (Japanese).

Finally, the dismount is not an actual saito. It is performed like a saito but as the hips are being extended from the pike, the legs touch the arms before the release. The Russians, japanese and other top gymnasts performed it

this way. So, th e legs did , as Mr. Cumiskey had indicated , pass down under the ring suspension beca use the rings were not released early. For further clarification , we would classify thi s as a straddle cut.

VAULT: Andrianov (USSR Nationa l Champion) and one Korean did excellent hechts--treme ndous lift off the horse with the body remaining straig ht until the landing.

PARALLEl BARS: The dismount was performed at the 30 degree angle by the best and slight ly higher by others. The Russians did it completely straight bod y, while the 路japanese did it with the slight pike into an early body extension . Both maintained the extended body position after releasing the bars. Many had exceptional ly good landings.

HORIZONTAL BAR: Andr ianov received the same score as Kasamatsu (9 .65), but his exercise lacked the finesse and perfection of Kasamatsu even though it displayed sureness and power.

Optional Exercises POMMEl HORSE: A Hungarian , Madyar, mounted with loops, proceeded to wa l k forward to a pommel circle , then to a circle between the pommels, then to the other pommel and on to a reverse loop, then turned to the rest of his routine wh ich was most difficult and ended w ith a double Russian moore on the end. Madyar was third. Another Hungarian , Molnar their all-around champion, was second . Kasamatsu almost missed with his legs flying apart at one point.

RINGS: Andrianov held a short cross and finished with a double twist. Soshin , a Russian, finished with an exce ll ent l V2 twisting front sa ito .

VAULT: The board was lined with Vs in ch thick rubber runway. Without the plush 1 inch take-off pad we use, the board felt dead to our boys. Andrianov used an exce ll ent double (handspr in g saito) from the croup and in the finals, added a very good l V2 twisting handspring from the neck.

Tsukahara stuck his usual good cartwheel pike saito and received only 9.25. A number of gymnasts did this vault just as well. Both he and Kasamatsu attempted handspring saltos in the finals and misses.

PARALLEl BARS: Kasamatsu was at his best and won. Andrianov was solid--basket as to pirouette .. .front somi catch swing to shoulder rol l .. . back pirouette to double back off. Two Russians did a l V2 twisting front off, and a Korean did a full twist front off.

HORIZONTAL BAR: Kasamatsu was at his best here and won. Tsukahara did a V2 in V2 out double in the finals. Li Son Sen, Korean , did a full out double off in the warm -up s for finals.

Andrianov did not do anything unusual--he finished with a hecht full. flOOR EXERCISE: Miki, Tsukahara and a Korean started with a roundoff, FF, double back--all had a break. Andrianov started with a front somi step-out roundoff, ff, double back--a little sloppy on the tuck but nevertheless, it was good. Boiko, Russi an, started with a ro, ff, full , ff, ff, double fu ll (and remained in the area). Numerous double fulls were done for openings. None were done for dismounts--only fulls and pike backs. Also, no one yet using full or l V2 twisting dives.

MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: The Cubans (their 3 best) could do most of the compu lsory parts well but as with their optionals, missed a number of times. Their coach told me that he was remaining in Moscow for ten extra days. (I don 't think it was

for sight seeing.) Th e East Germans and French coach asked me about arranging for a dual match sometime after the Ol ymp ics so you may expect communicat ion. The j apa nese did not make finals in the first three events (FE, PH , or R). The Koreans, even though a little rough looking, will be a good co ntender for third , fourth or fifth in Munich.

CONCLUSION: I am sure that the experiences that Steve, Gary and myself have gained from this competition wi ll prove invaluable in our preparation for Munich.

As for the judging, I fe lt that Hug was underscored, com parativel y speaking, in the compulsories; however, the judging seemed to be pretty good in general and considerab ly better in the finals. (I took some movies and will check them when they return to see if I can add anything.)

Traveling to Riga for the gymnasts was expecia ll y long--taking at least 48 hours.

Suggestion: Many persons gave us their federation badge and expected one in return.

So, out teams traveling abroad shou ld be provided with our federation's badges--l0 for gymnasts and 20 for officia ls.

MEN'S RESULTS - AA: Andrionovs - USSR, 113.75; Boiko - USSR, 110.20; Tsukahara - Japan , 110.15; Scukin - USSR , 110.00; Kjoste - CDR , 109.80.

FX: Andrionovs - USSR, 18 .95; Fogels - USSR , 18.85; Kjoste - CDR, 18.70.

PH: Andr ionovs - USSR , 18.90; Magjar - Hungry, 18.70; Netusil - Czecheslovakia , 18.15. ' R: Boiko - USSR, 18.75; Andrionovs - USSR, 18.60; Lisonsem - Korea , 18.55.

V: Andrionovs - USS R, 19.10;- Boiko - USSR, 18.50; Tsukahara - Japan , 18.35.

PB: Andrionovs - USSR, 19.00; Kasamatsu - Japan , 18.90; Magjar - Hun gary, 18.80.

HB : Kasamatsu - Japan , 19.25 ; Andrionovs - USSR, 19.20.

Report of the Riga Trip Virginia CoCo, Coach, Women The wo rld of women's gymnastics is continuing to grow by leaps and bounds ... as witnessed in the excellent performances given at the 1972 World Invitational Gymnastic Championships, April 24-27, in Riga , Latvia, USSR. Twenty-eight gymnasts participated in the women's competition , representing a total of 12 nations. Th e compet iti on co nsisted of compu lsory and optiona l routines . Each nation performed their new "o ptional" compu lsories for the first time, as created for the comi ng 1972 Olympic Games. This yei lded everyone an opportunity to evaluate their routines against the standards of others.

U.S. gymnasts Kim Chace and j oan Moore did a fine job ... maintaining an exce llent image of our continued improvement in the sport.

Their actua l final all-around standings (Moore-9th, Chace-13th) do not reflect totally the abilities of these girls as they suffered certain penalizations 4n comp ulsory routines on technical grounds. (i .e.: a .6 deduction for piked position in dismount on uneven bars ... all ot her gymnasts layout路 right off the bar following the leg cut) . We must also add that the overall quality of the floor exercise compu lsory composition simp ly does not measure up to a 9.5 or better in level. Detai led accounts of routines fol low later and will more fully describe what I mean by the above statements.

The competition was dominated by the five Soviet gymnasts participating ; but not without contest from three new East German girls. The following brief accounts of eac h event will, I hope, illustrate the quality and excellence in gymnastics which was witnessed .

VAULTING: Compulsory USSR girls evidenced greater afterf li ght lift than any vau lter I have seen here. They seem to lower their heads and look to the feet immediately as they leave the horse with ah high elevation of the feet toward the ceiling. Landings seemed hard for all to control but the best stuck the vau lt and the judges rewarded accordingly.

Optional - Many Yamashita vau lts! The highest scoring one (9.5) very much in the sty le recently detail ed in the USGF Newsletter with a violent body extension attempted horizontally in the after flight phase. Koshel (USSR) did an outstanding Handspring Full Twist. There were only a few twisting vaults done and these tended not to be executed with precision . In Finals, however, the young East German , Gerke, threw a Roundoff Back somersau lt vau lt with great success to score a 9.6. Her efficiency was amazing to everyone there.

UNEVEN PARALLEL BARS: Compulsory - As stated earlier, we suffered a penalty for a prolonged piked position in the dismount. The move is definitely layed out off the bar. Korbat (USSR) casted to a 3/4 handstand prior to the leg cut before dismount. False eagle pops were not hung up over the low bar as so many of ours seem to be. They really fly free of the bar before the drop to the glide.

Optional - We were dissappointed here at the lack of innovation in the routin es. Once again Korbat led the pack - cutt in g a lay-out back off the high barto regrasp the high bar. All the East German girls did sole circle back somersau lt dismounts, 2 in tuck position , 1 w ith a full twist.

BALANCE BEAM: Compulsory - U.S. routine is by far the riskiest of all. Most others set up the required elements safely and we ll but execute the elements to perfection. The connecting elements are safe and " no hassle" for the' gymnast. The cartwheel is definitely side to side, a fact wh ich is over-emphasized in other compositions. USSR and East German girls mount with the board far from th e end of the beam ... and are better able to emphasize the leg ' extension on the mount because of this.

Uniquely, the US gymnasts were superior in the arabesque turn element, others did not lift leg nearly to horizontal not show good control.

The puzzlement in this event was that Kim Chace did a good routine yet was only scored an 8.95? Others with more execution errors st ill scored higher ... so as coaches we must app ly ourse lves to this question as we prepare our team for Munich .

Optional - In content, Korbat is ahead aga in! Her flip-flop swing down was really high over the beam and she cuts a standing back on the beam just in front of her dismount, which is a piked front off the side that she throws either left or right depending on her balance factor after the back somersau lt. As a group the East Germans cut ri skier routines but paid the price in breaks. Kadolf (DDR) includes side aerial, front aeria l and flip-flop. Shaeffer (DDR) has a beautifully continuo us flip-flop swing through flip-flop. Bogdonova (USSR) did an excell ent double twisting fu ll dismount. Matsihishu (Japan) includ es both front and side aerial. It was interesting to note that more than 50 percent of the mounts were of medium difficulty or lessnot truly in keep ing with the level of t he exercises, yet, no penalties .seemed to be invoked.

In both areas of the beam the most consistent trait evidenced by most European and all USSRgiris was a tremendous air of confidence continued on page 55

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JONATHON COLLINS

MG INTERVIEW

by Dick Criley

Photo by J.H. Breger & Assoc.

In Jun e 1967 I was in vo lved in a head-on high speed motorcyc le col lision whic h left me severe ly crip p led in both legs. I had both legs crushed . I had a blood clot on my sixth cranial nerve which left me temporaril y blind.

Subsequently I was in a body cast for 8 months. I underwent a couple attempts to fuse the bones toget her whic h were not successful. Eventually I got out ofthe cast and had 'an intermedu llary nail put in the left leg . As a resu lt, my ri ght leg is permanently stiff.

I have bent the intermedullary nai l a number o f time o n the parallel bars or fal lin g down steps. I' ve spent quite a bit of time in braces or in a whee lchair and in bed. I had a lot of time to decide what my priorities might be if and when I did get out of bed.

I enrol led in a computer science cou rse in July'68 because I cou ldn ' t go ba ck to school since I was in braces and a whee lchair most of the time. I got invo lved as an assistant coach at Epstein High School. Th e experience with the boys co nvin ced me that gymnastics was a mental discipline as much as it was physical. I got invo lved if on ly to improve my body image and my self-ego and regain some athl etic status.

Jon was Captain of t he gym nastics team at Montgomery J.e. in Rockville, Maryland, during the 1969-70 season and was named its o utsta nding performer. In two seasons at Towson State he was undefeated on the parallel bars. During this season, he earned the qualifying sco re (8 .0) for Nationals three times on the p-bars and twice on rings to bring him to th e championsh ips at Wheaton , almost exact ly .6 years afte r his f irst hea rt attack .

You don't seem to have any worries now about . recurrences. Do you take any special precautions1

At the 1972 NCAA College Division Gymnastics Championships, I ran into a former teammate of mine, Greg Weiss, who sai d to me, "come over here, I've got someone I want you to meet." This someone turned out to be Jo n Collins, a gymnast from Towson State College, w ho, I learned, was rema rkable for t he simple fact of his bein g there. In talking with Jo n, I heard of troubles wh ich the average gym nast never dreams of, and which h e faced with a quiet courage and will to overcome. Jon was cited by the American Hea rt Association and received national press coverage.

The aneuri sm ruptured without any wa rni ng that there was a problem.

Did you do any athletics after this first operation1 I had two m o nths hospitalization, and then I went back to lim ited athletics. I sta rted coaching gymnastics as an instru ctor at su mmer camp, but I wasn 't really a participant.

Were you an all-around gymnasH At the time, I was an all-around gymnast at No rthwood H igh School in Silver Springs, Maryland.

When did all the troubles I' ve heard about begin, Jon1

I understand that you had problems subsequent to the heart operation .â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘

Well, m y hea rt ruptured in March 1966, m y se ni o r year in high school. I was taken immediately to Georgetown Uni ve rsity given an exp l oratory H ospita l and catherization operation. The following day I was given open hea rt surgery and put in the heart lung machine.

Yes, I enrolled in co llege in September '66 but had to withdraw in November when I had an attack of paricarditis, which is a type of pleuresy: an inflamation of th e hea rt sac. It causes partial paralysis and severe pain. I was in bed 2 month s from that. I re-entered school in February '67 as a part-time student. I didn ' t plan o n going back in to athl eti cs . I was pla yi ng it cool at that tim e.

Did you have any idea before this that your heart was weak1 I had a conge nital murmur, but it was the type that was supposed to h eal wit h maturity.

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How did you decide to go back into gymnastics then1

My workouts last abo ut 3 times as long as norm al because I have to pace myself. I've had subsequent hea rt attacks. In January 1970 I had an atrofibrillation attack which is when the top part of the hea rt tremo rs. It's a sign t hat there is so meti ng severely wrong. Officially, my heart s.urgeon neith er condones nor conde mns my participation"because he feels that possib ly the athletics will keep my body hea lth y and clean and put less work on the heart but o n the other hand I mi ght be pushing it. I take all that into co nsideration and plan my life schedule according to that.

What kind of future plans do you have1 I'm going to do doctorate work in recreational therapy. I'd Ijke to work with children who have some sort of physical o r emotional handicap. I'd also like to coach gymnastics too. I'm very fortunate as I really didn 't have serious coac hin g until last year when I was lucky enough to come under Gary Anderson who is now at the Naval Academy.

Now, the la st 6 months, Greg Weiss has been working with m e trying to prepare me for these Nationals.

Are you a religious person, Jon Yes, but in a different sense of the word . I believe that God is like a rose; it matters not w hat yo u ca ll him by bui how you recogn ize him.

What kind of advice would you offer another young person with a handicap1 I th ink that they should lead their life as they see fit, li ke I lead mine. I live each day as if it might be the last. We all should; none of us know where we are going.

o -en :;; -c III 1972 NCAA COLLEGE DIVISION GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

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Apparently coaches in the College Divis ion are feeling the pressures of their AD's to produ ce winning teams. This co nclusion was drawn after the first night of compulsory exercises when several teams withdrew from the last even ts to rest up for the next day's optional meet. In the College Division only the optional score is used to determine the team champion.

For some gymnasts, the meet afforded a chance to cross the 100 point thresh hold to qualify for the Olympic Trials. John Crosby, as expected, led the field with 52.30 after the compulsories and needed only 48 points in the optional exercises. He was followed by teammate Jay Whelan, a distant second at 46.05 and Fullerton 's Mike Kelley wit~ 41.20. Onl y 4 out of 24 AA entries completed all 6 compulsories.

The general lack of attention to the compulsory exercises led to nearly every type of fault listed in the Code.

FLOOR EXERCISE: Deductions for too many steps on the mount, lack of control on the ara bian dive role, shakey presses, poorly and improperly executed dismounts.

POMMEL HORSE: Just staying on was a problem . Difficulty was encountered on the reverse scissors after the travel scisso rs (stops, breaks)) also on th e tram lot sequence .

STILL RINGS: Probl ems with the leve r, the press to handstand following the back hip circle , and, of course, with the dismount.

VAULT: Low body ang le in pre-flight, la ck of thrust, no height, poor extensio n.

PARALLEL BARS: Th e problems are the same as in the past--the reverse stutz (usuall y .

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With wrong thru sting "action), the basket out the handstand (arms generally bent too much, poor timing which pulled some gymnasts off), and the dismount (too high and/or to piked).

HIGH BAR: Gymnasts failed to extend enough in the grip changes midway through and often broke form. A lack of fle xib ility was also demonstrated on the stoop. The dismount sawall mann er of free hip-staddle dismounts, including a few misses and so me good spotting.

The finals found Fullerton and San Fernando Valley gymnasts occupying 16 out of 37 positions. John Crosby accounted for 6 out of 10 berths won by eastern gymnasts.

The new international Competition Three format was used which required 3 C's and 3 B's plus enough A's and B's to make up the rest of an ll-move routine . Some gymnasts were not prepared for the added difficulty requirement but most met the minimum standards.

Spectators could keep track of the running score in each eve nt by a special scoreboard .

Routines of the finalists are listed elsewhere, but a few of the hi ghlights included: FX John Crosby's double back mount, strong tumbling with an arabian-full twisting dive roll, and double twisting ba ck dismount. Keith Miller with an arabian 1-3;" for a mount. No parti cu lar trends were evident; nearly everyone used the rev erse lifting front somersault and kept his routine moving with tumbling. The round-off, v. twisting somie in pike position was used by several gymnasts, and nearl y eve ryon e had a full.

PH There were no breaks on this eve nt which was character ized by good sw inging legwork, a few one-p ommel seque nces, an d generally littl e outstandi ng scissors work . Steve Fox of Univ. Illinois Circle h as to be described as artistic with his long brown ponytail fl yi ng

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along with his superb routine. Steve was the Sunday paper's headl iner over his decision not to wear a wig as he captured first place.

SR This year happened to be a good one for double flyaways. Not too much to add as the routines showed good technique for most moves: a few straight arm shoots, some fine strength work by Keith Fuerst, defending Co lege Division Rings Champion.

V If any event is to be nominated as Most Improved, vaulting has to be it. The requirement that vaults be chosen from different categories and that both must count gave the spectators several full twisting handsprings, half twisting handsprings , and a couple high-flying Yamashita vaults.

PO Highlights on this event included Leonard Caling's glide, straddle kip mount from the side and Crosby 's double somie dismount. Defending Champion Crosby had to ,share the title this year with Fullerton 's Mike Kelley who put together strong compulsory and optional routines in the prelimenaries but saw Crosby make up .15 in the finals .

HO Good variety in the dismounts: full twists , hechts, double flyaways. The crowd caught its bre-ath as Crosby almost stalled a stalder and again as Rick Mashler straddle-vaulted out of a stoop eagle to re-grasp the bar behind his back.

The championships were concluded without a major break. Gymnasts, coaches, and judges.

were warmly received by Wheaton College.

The gym se t-up was excellent and faciliti es first-rate. Meet Director Bud Williams saw to it that small things (free oranges, Pepsi, and candy bars) and big things (equipment standards, publicity--the best in a long time with 3 TV stations and the wire services and Chicago papers all carrying news of the Championships) were all taken ca re of. Yet, with all the work of the Championships, Bud still remarked that he 'd be glad to do it again--and with the tremendou s job he did, the College Division would be well off to accept his invitation .

5TH ANNUAL

AA COLLECE DIVISION GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHI WHEATON

MARCH

AA Despite their electing not to compete in the compulsories, quite a few gymnasts completed all 6 of their optional routines. John Crosby remained the leader adding a 53.10 optional score to total 105.40 and defend his AA title. Fullerton 's Mike Kelley scored 51.40 but totaled only 92.60, good enough for third. Jay Whelon of Southern Connecticut added a 48.55 to his compulsory total to take second in AA with 94.60. Other strong optional sets were turned in by Dan Mitchell (No. Colorade), 49.20 Sal Scuceri (Springfield), 48.35; Steve Bonham (L.S.U ., New Orleans), 47.6; and Ron Keinigs (Univ. Chicago) , 46.85. Ron finished fourth in the all-around with 83 .60. Missing due to injury were Bruce McGarttin (N W La) and Rick Simmons (Univ. of III. Circle) .

College division All-around FX 8.90 a

PH 7.90 9.20

SR 8.80 8.60

V 8.80 9.00

PB 8.90 9.00

HB 9.00 8.30

TOTAL 52.30 53.10

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8.45 8.95

6.45 6.35

6.80 8.55

8.55 8.80

7.55 8.05

8.25 7.85

46.05 48.55

94.60

Mike Kelly (Fullerton)

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6.85 8.15

4.40 8.20

6.85 8.10

8.55 9.35

9.10 9.10

5.80 8.50

41.20 51.40

92.60

Ron Keinigs (U. Chicago)

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7.85 8.70

2.35 5.75

6.75 7.50

8.70 9.15

5.90 7.85

5.20 7.90

36.75 46.85

83.60

Sal Scuderi (Springfield)

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5.60 7.90

4.40 7.35

A.8S 7.95

7.QS 8.55

7.95 8.75

7.85

30.75 48.35

79.10

7.00

6.60 7.85

6.60 23.20

29.80

John Crosby (So. Conn.)

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Jay Whelan (So. Conn .)

Bruce Boult (U. III. Circle)

8.45

John Crosby Southern Connecticut State College Floor Exercise: Round off, flip-flop , double back salta, y, turn, fall to frontsupport, kick leg with y, to stand and .... 3 steps; Front sa lta stepout to roundoff, side sa lta; Swedish fall, turn to momentary front sp lit ; lower to straight arm press to handstand, and stoop down; two steps, roundoff, 1 y, twi st ing Arabian dive roll , Japanese split, turn rearwa rd to rise, to a scale; turn and four steps into a round off flip flop , double twisting back salta.

Pommel Horse: With inverted grip, stockli in to immediate traveldown , loop around end to an uphill moore, immediate front路in to middle - circle - moore , immediate front'out - ci rcle, loop - back stock li to middle circle, then break to a back scisso r and three front scissors, 2 circles to travel down loop, walkaround to a loop with a half tw ist off.

C&O 105.40

Still Rings: Pull to in verted hang, cast, high inlocate to back uprise handstand, back giant , fall o ve r to a giant down back uprise straight arms to a back leve r; Dislocate from leve r to a dislocate to a double salta dismount.

Horse Vault: Yamashita with a y, twist; Handspring with a full twist.

Parallel Bars: Pe ach ba ske t to handstand , stutz, imm ediate drop peach to a layaway front uprise, swinging back pirouette, stutz, drop to a casi back upri se straddl e cut " L", Hollow back press to a hand stand, sw ing dow n to a double sa ito dismount.

Horizontal Bar: Cast back uprise full twist catch , swing to a stoop through back kip and german giant , disengage to a kip w ith a g rip c hange, front gia nt to a full pirouette, to an Ono turn to a rear va ult , Kip to a forward roll and cha nge grip , Forward g iant t9 a front pirouette , % to rearward sta lden shoot, two giants to a double fl yaway dismount.

TEAM FINALS Fullerton Southern Connecticut San Fe rnando Valley Uni v. III. C ircl e East e rn Illin ois Springfi e ld

FX 25.80 27.15 25.30 23.50 25.30 26.30

PH 26.25 22.20 24.60 26.45 22.15 23.80

SR 27.20 25.60 25.15 23.65 26.40 24. 25

V 27. 10 26.90 26.95 24.75 26.40 26.10

Uni ve rsit y of Northern Colorado 144.50; Western Illin o is Uni ve rsit y 144.30; Louisiana State Uni versit y. New Orl ea ns 137.90: Wheaton Co ll ege 136.40.

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PB 26.90 25 .75 23.00 25.80 22.80 24.10

HB 27.30 25.45 26.20 25. 00 24.10 20.05

TOTAL 160.55 153.05 151 ~ 20 149.15 147.45 144.60 Kelly

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EVENTS Floor Exercise John Crosby Jay Whelan Keith Miller Alan Hell e r Victor Ziniewicz Ron Keinigs

Ave. C & 0 Finals Total S. Conn.

S. Conn.

Full.

Spring.

S. Conn.

U. Chi.

9.05 8.70 8.575 8.325 8.275 8.275

9.23 8.95 9.00 8.70 8.55 8.30

18.30 17.65 17.575 17.025 16.825 16.575

John Crosby (Southern Connecticut): See AA routi nes Jay Whelan (Southern Connecticut): RO, ff, double twist, back roll to momentary handstand ; pike sown, front somie step out, front ha ndspring, front somie, headspring, swedish fall; '10 turn to straddle stand; bent body, straight arm press; pike down , RO, arabian dive roll, jump, prone drop, turn to splits, stand, RO, ff, full.

Keith Miller (Fullerton) : RO, ff , arabian 1-3;4 dive roll , jump to prone position, turn, va ldez, run, tuck front, hecht handspring Russian lift , turn to sp lits; press, run , cartwheel , side somie, reverse pirouette, back walkover, jump turn , side sca le , turn, RO, ff, full.

Alan Heller Springfield College Floor Exercise: Front, roundoff full , lunge turn, front front handspring front, stiff stiff press handstnd, roll out to leap roundoff backhandspring pike Arabia n, front scale, roundoff backhandspring full. .Victor Ziniewicz Southern Connecticut State College Floor exercise: Roundoff, flip flop , do ubl e full back extension , immediate healy twirl (full twisting kip to rear support), turn pivot to stand. Front hand spring pike front somie, front headspr ing, Swedish fall turn to split, stiff stiff between arms hand stand stoop down.

Russian front som ie , front headspring , prone fall , V, turn to sitting position, cradle, kip V, twist , stoop to stand round off, flip flop, full.

Keith Fuerst Eastern Illinois University Still Rings : Dislocat e, st raight-arm shoot handstand , straight arm back giant, lower to " L" cross, pull to back lever, pullout, cast, giant inlocate, back up-rise handstand , reverse kip ," L" , hollow back handstand , cast, full-twist dismount.

Guy Nelson (Fullerton): Double dislocate, straight arm shoot , back giant swing to handstand , in verted iron cross, lower down to iron cross, back kip to L support , holl owback press to handstand , gia nt, gia nt , double flyaway.

John Valentino Eastern Illinois University Rings; Giant inlocate, back-uprise to handstandhold , Giant swing to handstand - hold, Giant swing to cross - hold , back kip to L-hold , Hollow press to handstand - hold, Lower to Inverted cross - hold , Giant dislocate to double back dismount.

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&MEllI GYMNST INTERVIEW:

by Dick Criley

Gene Bailey (Fullerton): Double dislocate, straight arm shoot to hand stand, fall out, ma ltese, bounce to iron cross, pullout to L, press to handstand , giant double dislocate, double flyaway.

Vault John Crosby Mike Kelley Stan Kitazawa Keith Mi ll e r Ron Keinigs Robert Butt

S. Conn.

Full.

S.F.V.S.C. Full.

U. Chi. S.F.V.S.C.

8.90 8.95 8.90 8.925 8.925 8.90

9.25 9.175 9.05 9.00 8.80 8.725

18.15 18.125 17.95 17.925 17.725 17.625

JohnCrosby (Southern Connecticut): see AA routin es Mike Kelley (Fullerton): Yamashita, Yamashita w ith full twist.

Keith Miller (Fullerton): Yamashita Parallel Bars

Pommel Horse Steve Fox U.1. Cir. Roger Wojtkiewicz U.1. Cir. Charles McGuire S.F.V.s.C. Glenn Hecken laible Full.

John Crosby S. Conn.

Ron Brown Spring.

8.755 8.675 8.375 8.275 8.25 8.35

9.05 8.80 9.00 8.95 8.70 8.40

17.825 17.475 17.375 17.225 16.95 16.75

Steve Fox University of Illinois Chicago Circle Side Hors'e : Whole routine immediate. One ci rcle after legwork. Kehre in , moore , back stock li out , back stockli in, front out, kehre in , 3 forward scissors, 1 reverse scissor, circle, sherlock loop with v, twist dismount.

Roger Wojtkiewicz University of Illinois Chicago Circle Pommel Horse: Back moore, uphi ll travel , circle, ,downhill travel, loop, hop, kehre in, ci rcle, moore, moore, reverse scissor, 3 forward scissors, circle, travel downhill, loop, hop, loop with V, twist dismount.

Gletm Henkenlaible (Fullerton): Consecutive back moores, travel in , immediate back moore, travel up, travel down, immediate stockli up , V, circle , break to 2 reverse scissors, 2 front scissors, V, circle, moore, immediate travel down, immediate walkaround , loop off with V, twist.

Ron Brown Springfield College Pommel Horse: Back moore side lift, side lift loop moore, loop back stockli, moore stocklie, three front scissors to one back scissors, side lift hop loop with half.

Still Rings Keith Fuerst Guy Nelson John Crosby John Valentino Randy Graham Robert Popp Gene Bailey

E. III. Full.

S. Conn.

E. III. S.F.V.S .C. N. Colo.

Full.

9.15 9.00 8.90 8.40 8.55 8.45 8.40

9.25 9.05 8.90 9.10 8.85 8.90 8.65

18.40 18.05 17.80 17.50 17.40 17.35 17.05

Mike Kelley John Crosby Bob Misek Leonard Ca lin g Bernnard Peterson Jacqu es Farney

Full.

S. Conn.

U.1. Cir. Full.

W.III. W.III.

9.10 8.95

8.925 8.825 8.65 8.625

9.20 9.35 9.20 8.80 8.35 7.50

Mike Kelley (Fullerton): Straight arm peach to hand , stutz, hand, cast to hands, straddle cut to L, stiff-stiff press, stutz, handstand , Peach , straight arms to momentary handstand, la yaway, front uprise, front off with V, twist.

John Crosby (So. Conn.): see AA routines.

Robert Misek University of Illinois Chicago Circle Parallel Bar: Cast support, reverse pirouette, back toss hand , stutz, front uprise, hop pirouette, " L" , hollow back, o ne arm handstand, backoff.

Leonard Cating (Fullerton): (From side) Straddle glide on one bar, immediate stalder out, pirouette in , back saito, stutz handstand, drop cast, uprise, straddle cut L, press handstand, stutz handstand, layway, front off with V, twist.

Horizontal Bar Rick Mashler Leonard Caling Richard Quinn John Crosby Mickey Wissler Dan Mitchell

S.F.V.S.C. Full.

Full.

S. Conn .

S.F.V.S.C. N. Colo.

8.875 8.75 8.875 8.65 8.60 8.25

9.30 9.30 9.15 8.85 8.65 8.60

18.175 18.05 18.025 17.50 17.25 16.85

Leonard Caling (Fullerton): Stem to high rise, immediate jam, dislocate, to eagles, hop, front stalder, front giant, pirouette , cross c hange, hop, immediate , back stalder, back giant, ship change, immediate hecht.

Richard Quinn (Fullerton): Stem rise, front giant, stoop in inverteds (2). dislocate, hop pirouette, back giant, cross change, Ono, vault, kip, hop cast, front giant, pirouette to immediate Czech giant to back giant, full twisting flyaway.

John Crosby (So. Conn.): see AA routines.

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18.30 18.30 18.125 17.625 17.00 16.125

Grossfeld

Medina

(Editor's note: This interview was taped following the College Division Championships at Wheaton College, Wheaton Illinois. Coach Wolfe's Fullerton team won the team championships for the second year in a row; Coach Grossfeld's Southern Connecticut team placed second; Coach Medina's San Fernando Valley team was third. Here is how they did it.)

WHAT THOUGHTS HAVE YOU NOW THAT THE TEAM COMPETITION IS OVER? WOLFE: I feel that the quality of gymnastics at the college level has greatly improved in the last three years. I think that our technique has greatly improved. I' m very happy that our team broke 160 because we could have won it with a 154. We have 7 All-American certificates and a National Team Championship. Last year we didn't concentrate on any AII- Americans whatsoever and only had one . I' m pleased too that the team scored over 140 points in the compulsories without attempting to do that.

My only regret is that I cant't take m y team to the University Di vis ion. I' d really like to see what we could do. We scored as high as 162 this year and we ' re still one or two points off our potential. One gut feeling: it was reall y good to have side horse over with on the first event for us. We were' first up and scored 26.25 and then I could just relax.

When I said earlier that gymnastics shows better technique, I mean that at the top, the routines show much better composition; I fee l that teams like Southern Connecticut and my team are pushing more towards the spiritual base of gymnastics ... at least we ' re trying to get away from the strictly mechanical phase of

gym nastics w here yo u just hit th e rou tin e. I think the basic mechanics is the bas is for the sp iri t ual, the spiri tu al being the next level.

Perfect technique, perfect form-- then yo u ' re just ready to go on to the spiritual. The spiritu al in volves the ind ividua l himself; hi s body type, etc. I see gymnastics go in g that way. I think we' ll be less and less stock.

MEDINA: I don ' t think it was so much what we did right or wrong as w hat Fullerton did. We knew all the way along that Full erton was potentially a national champion. They had too much ta lent. We came to the meet knowi n g that we had the potential to score that 157 mark; we knew that we cou ld score it, but we d idn ' t think we had the potential to score better than that. Fu ll erton has been ave rag in g between 152 and 155 most of the yea r so we 've been very close. We d idn 't expect to beat Fullert on if they scored over 157. We didn ' t make that goal , but we've got the potent ial fo r it next year. We ' ll have a much stronger team .

Ful lerton is running scared of us all the time. If they slip, we ' re go ing to be ri ght there .

It just came down to hitting th e night of th e team finals , and we did not do we l l o n rings or parallel bars and those were the telling b lows for us. Our ring team has been averaging 27.15 and parallel bars have been averaging about 25.6. On pa rallel bars we took gas and got about 23 and on rings, t he team scored on ly 25.9 o r so.

We feel that we dropped about 7 points ju st in technica l errors. You just can ' t do that in a national championship . We have a very young team and we ' re very proud of them.

HOW DID YOU PREPARE FOR THE COllEGE DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIPS? DID YOU PLAN FOR A COMPETITION 3 MEEn WOLFE : I might add that we d id things entirely different this yea r than we did last year. We pushed routines a lot ea rli er. We kept the routines much more stock. We were wel l .prepared in terms of Band C parts. In fac t, I've been coaching that way in prepa rat ion fo r competition 3. I wasn ' t sure we we re going to use competit ion 3 in t he finals or not so we we re basica ll y ready. We are going to emphasie compulsories even more this next year since we get to hang o n to them.

MEDINA: We set up ou r training program a fu ll yea r in advance. We knew every day what we we re go in g to do every day when we walked into the gym. There's no day t hat goes by w hi ch we haven ' t planned. We try to make su re that we don ' t peak too soon, someth in g I feel some teams tend to do. We sta rted off this seaso n at 130 and wo rk ed o ur way up to 156 maximum. I think the biggest prob lem is gettin g a gymnast to think about what he has to do in terms of a technical execution or a movement rathe r than thinking about I've got to beat John Doe or I' ve got to score 9.6, because as soon as he starts thinking about that, he can't exec ute. That's the name of the game.

GROSSFELD: Asyou know , we have the co ll ege dual meet season and this is a good opportun it y to put the team in a competition si tu ation many times. We get a lot of routines right just by preparing for the dua l meets themselves.

We just work hard the yea r round an d th ere ' s no specia l thing in the last few weeks othe r th an trying to keep the team healthy after our New England championsh ips which we had the first week of March . I have the gymnasts work on maximum things that they can handle . I always think in terms of how to use 3 c's , but sometimes th e gymnast is just not capable of do in g that so we don't have them.

WOULD YOU EXPRESS FOR US A BIT OF YOUR PHILOSOPHY AS A COACH. MEDINA: We spe nd a lot of time on basic fundamentals. Our daily workout sta rts with about 20 minutes of warm-up, stretch ing and what-n ot. Then we start with forward rolls and backward rolls and cartw hee ls, and dive cartwhee ls, and rou ndoffs, and roundoffs punch ing, roundoff flip-flops, and we do this eve ry day of the year. We work out 5 o r 6 d ays a week, 4 hours a day and we do that eve ry day wit hout fail. I think this is the way we set up the base fo r bas ics on eve ry apparatus. We do giant sw ings every day on the high bar and we don't all ow blind changes or pirouettes on any othe r movements until the prior movement th at sets it up is correct. Otherwise yo u spend most of your time trying to un coac h a gymnast instead of really coaching . To un-coach a bad habit and re-coac h a good one in its place is very difficult to do. Starting with the co rr ect mechanics is rea ll y very important. We got most of our tec hniqu es from Japan and those are the tec hniqu es we ' re try in g to emp loy. We have this fe llow, Naboro M iyagi , from Okinawa who is an Okinawan champion who has all the Japanese technique and styl e. Since he could not compete for us this year because of his achi ll es tendon , he has helped me in coach ing.

He' s been very influential , not on ly because of his dedication to the sport, but also because of his techniques. Assum in g he gets by w ith his grades and everything this year , next year he's a potent ial national champ ion in the all-arou nd.

He' s bee n a very strong asset to our team .

I coach towards an in ternat ional standard.

This doesn' t necessarily mean that we can reach it because at the co ll ege division leve l w here we are, we don ' t have the sc ho larsh ips to compete wit h So uth ern Illinois o r Penn State or some ot her big school. We hve to do our recruiting by sel lin g our program and our sch oo l and the coach in g. I th in k the only way you ca n do that is to know what you are doing technically alo ng an intern ationa l base . I think that it is very rewarding for a gymnas t from a smal l school to go to a m eet like this and note that t hin gs you 've been telling him he' s doing wro ng are being done w rong by gymnasts from large r schools and then to see a national champion doing things the rig ht way--this makes a difference. We set an internat io nal standa rd based on technique.

WOLFE: I have ghetto kids, I have a couple of rich k id s--a whole melting pot. My .who le approach, p hil osop hi cal ly and psychologically, is that I' m as ope n as I can be so I can understand them. Th ey know my weaknesses (and I don't hide anyt hing), and I k now th eirs.

The who le id ea is comm unicat ion . They guys that are commun icating the best are doing the best job. This takes t im e. it takes years; we've had our problems; in fact we came into t hi s meet with problems. I think eve ry team has problems. Th e team that succeeds, the team t hat w ins, is th e team t hat overcomes problems.

DID YOU SEE ANY INDIVIDUALS, MOVES, OR OTHER THINGS HERE WHICH IMPRESSED YOU? WOLFE: Keith Fuerst, his technique on rings is exce llent. Of course, Crosby' s free ex is very excit ing, very dy nam ic. I feel that I saw a lot bette r technique at the national level here than I did three years ago. Maybe the rules chan ges have made a difference: 5 B' s and a C and emp hasis on the spi ritu al, etc. I think that the composit ion ' of the routi nes has greatly .

improved over the last few yea rs, besides technique and basic mechanics. Keith Miller, I think , did an outstand in g job for us. It's too bad he missed on hi s Yamashita wh ich he usu all y hit. He's an All-American in free exercise and has rea ll y come a lo ng ways. I' m very pleased with Leonard Cal in g since he competed w ith a dislocated toe and had to sc ratch three events. I was pleased with everyone rea ll y.

GROSSFELD: I think that generally the leve l is ge tting hi gher in this type of compet iti o n. It' s an ind ication that gymnastics is on the upswing.

I was impressed , gene rall y speak in g w ith the judges, especially tonight (Indiv id ual finals) .

Many times I've watc hed wondering whether they were really counting the 3 C's and 3 B' s. I think tonight they we re more on th e ball than I've see n them before. I think they have some of t he best judges we have in the cou ntry h ere.

WHAT OBSERVATIONS WOULD YOU MAKE ABOUT JOHN'S PERFORMANCES? GROSSFElD : John did a pretty good job. H e was good in some spots, not so good in other spots; he had hi s breaks. I've seen hi m pe rfo rm better and I' ve seen him perform worse, and he did pretty good overa ll. I rea li ze and so does John that when he gets into competitio n like next week at the Uni vers ity division , he h as to be sharp or he' ll wind up 6th, 7th, or 8t h. He has to be sharp er to place ri ght in there. I think John has a chance to win if he' s at his best. I don 't expect a Nakayama from him . He's still a kid . I know he's got his faults; he' s not perfect, but he works very hard and trains as hard as anyone can train. He puts in his 4-5 hou rs daily, wa tches his diet, and gets his rest. I push John to his limit. He might be a littl e inconsistent out there now because he is handling abo ut as much as he can handle. He can do more stunts, but he' ll lose more points for them. For example, that sta ld er shoot on high bar tonight where he was all off- -h e actua lly can do a pretty good sta lder but it 's hairy so we leave it o ut ' of t he al l-aro und w here he doesn ' t need it, but in t he fin als he needs it so we put it in . I had John doi ng a front , an Endo shoot, and he' d actu ally lose more points than he' d ga in . We' re st ill working it, but h e just can ' t do it yet. H e' s a ~k illed person, and he learns some things well and othe rs not so wel l. I think that's tru e of alm ost everyone.

HOW DOES THIS MEET COMPARE WITH OTHERS YOU'VE BEEN TO? WOLFE: I think the meet was fa ntastic. I think it was wel l promoted. We had enthusiast ic crowds. We were here a week ago, o n Saturday, ear li er than any othe r team and we were just treated royal ly. Th e meet equ ipm en t was set up fo r us t he very next day and we cou ld use it. I fee l eve ryone was made to feel co mfortable and welcome and important. I feel that the awards ceremo ny was in good taste--yo u ca n ruin the whole thing if th e awards are handled in a loose manner. The papers did a feature o n us when we got here. I think the idea of keeping t he scores up h ere on the wa ll was exce llen t (refe rri ng to th e master score b oard at the end of t he gymnasium). We cou ld st ay o n top of things.

GROSSFELD: Offhand, I'd say it's the finest TV and newpaper coverage I've ever seen.

Wheaton really did an exce llent job. It was a sort of warm type of meet. It got th rough in good fashion and there were no trouble spots.

The separate warm- u parea was perfect. It was alm ost identical to t he meet situatio n. A lot of m y kids warmed up there in stead o f out h ere.

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VIEWpoints

by Dick Criley

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As in 1971 , I again undertook a 6000 mile rou nd trip, leaving th e warm, sunn y beaches of Hawaii for th e winter rigors of the middle parts of the Main land to cover th e NCAA College and University Gymnastic Championships for the GYMNAST The warm hospitality of Bud Williams at Wheaton and Ed Gagnier at Iowa State cer tainl y made covering these meets a real pleasure. Both schoo ls went all out for the gymnasts and followed Michigan 's lead in providing oranges and Pepsi-cola as refreshers.

I'd like to make my special thanks to Harry Borrell , Iowa State 's Sports Information Director whose efficiency and thoughtfu ln ess really made my job easy. Harry also oversees the Coli seum, a magnificent structure capab le of seating some 15,000 spectators.

Thanks also to the various drivers who helped shuttle me between th e Ames Holiday Inn and the Col iseum: Gene Wettstone, Newt Loken, Tom Darling, Bud Williams, Yosh i Hayasaki, and various team managers for Penn State, SIU, and Michigan.

For me, it is always a pleasure to visit with friends of long standing in the gymnastics comm unity and learn who is moving whe re and what is happening in various sections of the country. It also provides grist for future co lumn s. Georgia So uther n (Ron Oertley, coach) and Oklahoma (Russ Porterfield , coach) are f ine representatives of parts of the country showing new strength in gymnastics.

Various Notes: A very neat system for flashing the name of the performer with his score was in use at Iowa State. Mounted on the Nissen score flashing units was a panel of phone ind ex pads with letters stenci led on each page. Using the index it was easy to spell out eac h name. Well, there was a little problem with Wojtkiewicz (Roger, U. III. , Circle).

One Washington HB performer tore his handgrip in d ismounting. The grip remained ba lanced on the bar as the gymnast landed.

There's got to be a moral there, somewhere.

I wonder whe re Bill Meade comes up with his ideas for warm-up jerseys. This year the whole SIU team and coac hes wore double knit, zip-fro nt, pullover shirts with a maroon paisley print.

Gary Morava quipped on the last ride home from the Coliseum, "The question is, whet her the Championships are meant to kill the All-Around performer." Gary performed more routines than any other gymnast (22) and was tapped by the USGF as one of their rep resentat ives to an invitationa l in Russia this year.

It seems to me that too many people misinterpreted Steve Hug's aloofness. Rumors were ci rculating which I'm not going to give credence to in this co lumn. Steve is using a Japanese approach: tota I concent ratio n and discipline. Additionally, his training schedule calls for peaks later in the yea r--th e Olympic Trials and the O lympics themselves. The NCAAs were to be taken in stride .

College accomp li shed its W heaton tremendous job of hosting the Co ll ege Division Champ ionships with volunteer assistance from

their students. The savings will allow for expansion of their athletic program .

AAU Trampoline Championships The recently held in Tennessee wer e a d iscred it t.o the sport. There is no qu icker wa y to kill trampo lining than to lose the top 10 performers because of fault y equipment. The trampolining association had better come up with a set of sta ndards for equ ipment qu ick ly. It wou ld seem in the best interest of future equ ipm ent sales for the manufacturers to support such a move.

At least Coach Loken wi ll prov ide the best co nd itions for select in g the USA representat i ves to the F IT World Championships to be held later this year.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE GYMNASTIC COACHES 1972 NACGC HONOR COACH'S AWARD

C.W. PHILLIPS ("CHERn) The winner of the 1972 NACGC HONOR COACH'S AWARD is CH ET W. PHILLIPS (742 Holly Driv e North, R6 , Annapolis, Maryland, 21401). He has been in a contending position I Jr the past five yea rs.

A s Gymnast 1933-37 Temple University 1935-36-37 All-Around Champ ion 1936 O lympi c Team Member A s Coach 1939-65 H ead Gymnast ic Coach, Uni ted States Naval Academy 1952-56-60 Olympic Committee 1951 Founder, Natio nal Association of College Gymnastic Coaches(NACGC) Also served as President.

1959 H elms Hall of Fame 1961 National Coach of the Year 1967 NACGC Specia l Recognition Award Career Developm ent 11 NCAA Champ ions 29 Eastern Champions 1 O lymp ian As A Professional Colleague By The Chairman CHET PH ILLI PS ab ly ca rried on the fine tradition of gymnastics establ ish ed by Loui s Mang (Honor Coach 's Award, 1961 ) at the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. H e is highl y respected by his coaching co lleagues for his innovative ideas and hi s sound sense of values. The chairman admired hi s sagacity, fa irn ess and initiati ve while working closely with him on NCAA and O lympic Committees.

He was also ve ry helpful to me with th e gymnastic program in Nava l Av iation during Wo rl d War II.

1972 NCAA UNIVERSITY GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

DIVISION

by Dick Criley photography by Dick Criley & Ray Lorenz

Judges (back to front): Wileos, Cuminsky, Goldbar, Muzyczko, Sasvary, Sullivan, Fisher, Culbertson, Ohannes, Harlacher, Stout, Orlofsky.

Helms Hall of Fame: Vince D' Autorio and James Rosannas.

N isse n Award: (left to right ) Prese ntin g th e award. Mr. N issen , Coach Bill Meade and recipient Tom Lindner.

College & University Coach of the Year: Dick Wolfe.

High School Coach of the Year: John Hinds.

A n ew format was adopted for the NCAA University Division Championship. As in international competition, conference champs and teams were grouped into one o f 3 sessions each day for the compulsory and optiona l exercises. A complete rotation took only 2V2 hours, and everyone but the judges was done for the day. An hour warm-up separated each session .

Iowa State, New Mexico, and Southern Illinois were assigned the f irst session for compulsories. SIU was most consistent across the six events ranging from a high of 26.40 on PB to a low of 25.15 on HB. Their strength lay with AA men, Tom Lindener and Gary Morava but even more so in the depth of their back-up men. New Mexico showed streng th on vaulting but suffered breaks from 3 out of 4 men on PB to total but 24.25. Jim Ivicek, Mark Hopkins, Jon Aitkins, Fred Cardenas and Dana Shelley were the Lobos ' mainstays . With only 3 men for the rings event, they still managed a 25.35.

Defending Champs Iowa State logged a high of 26.20 on PB but thanks to poor FX and HB performances lagged 2.4 points behind New Mexico overall. Iowa State showed real team consistency with a very young team. In the compulsories, their AA men, Bob Roth and Jim Stephenson, were supported by veterans Russ Hoffman, Dennis Mazur and Stewart Buck, but the rest of the team was largely sophmores.

In the second session, the Air Force Academy and University of Washington shared the floor with individuals from the College Division, Pac 8, Independents, and Pacific Coast College Conference. Pac 8 Champion , California, was forced by the NCAA to sit this year out because of all eged vio lations in another sport. Neither team showed any real flair for the compulsories although var ious individuals of the teams did perform well, notably Bil l Ritter (AFA) on FX and Washington 'sChuck Sanders (PH) and Rich Gaylor (V). Both teams hit their highest event totals on vaulting. In this sess ion, individuals such as John Crosby and Steve Hug attracted more attention than did the team race.

In the final session, SIGL Champs, Georgia Southern , made their first appearance at a National Gymnastic Championship. They were overshadowed by Penn State and the University of Iowa , both of which powered through the co mpulsory exercises. Penn State fielded three strong AA men in Marshall Avener , Jim Kruest. and Billy Mitchell while Iowa relied upon Dean Showa lter and Carl Walin with support from Bob Salstone, Kerry Ruhl and Chuck Citron (who turned in one of the highest non-qualifying PH scores, a 9.1) .

Some observers charged that the judges were fatigued by the 3rd session, and that the scores had crept up as the day wore on.

Whatever the truth , Penn State finished first in the team standings with 154.55 followed by Iowa at 153.95 and SIU at 153.50. New Mexico at 150.90 and Iowa State sti ll had shots at a berth in the team finals if they could hit their optionals.

In optional competition, teams performing first in the compu lsories were last up. The Penn State an d Iowa, the leaders, faced the judges in the first session. Penn State got off to a good start on rings with a 26.65 while Iowa was logging a 26.40 on PH . After the second events, Iowa with a 27.30 on rings overtook Penn State 207.65 to 207.45. Penn State remained behind 15

Southern Illinois University, 1st

Penn Slale, 3rd PREliMINARY SCORES Compo Optional Southern Illinoi s Penn. State Univ.

Io wa State Uni v.

Uni v. Io wa Uni v. New Me xico Air Force Academ y

Uni v. Washington Georgia Southern

153.50 163.05 154.55 . 158.75 148.40 163.70 153.95 157.85 150.90 160.70 146.70 154.45 140.10 148.50 135:60 144.40

Ave. 158.175 156.650 156.050 155.900 155.800 150.575 144.300 140.000

UNIVERSITY DIVISION TEAM FINALS FX PH R

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Southern Illin ois Iowa State Penn State

26.35 26.25 26.725 25.80 25 .95 25.70

26.45 26.40 26.35

Lindner added an 8:85 and Ed Hembd a 9.10.

New Mexico also started with one of their strong events with 8.9's or bette r for 4 out of 5 lost ground in both the AA and for his team men. Dana Shelley was most impressive with his when he missed a Weiler kip and tried to save it arabian, 1-3/4 somersault mount and used an with a giant which nearly stalled out and arabian , full twisting dive roll midway through. prepared him poorly for his double twisting Halfway through the session, Iowa State had flyaway (score- 7.3). Meanwhile Georgia passed New Mexico 230.35 to 230.0 thanks to Southern was showing off their team talents of strong performances on PH by Ralph FX (fine exercises by Warbutton, Norman and Hernandez, Gregg M iller, and Russ Hoffman McAvinn ) and vaulting. and a weak show in g on the same event by At the end of this session , Penn State retained UNM. SIU had about a 4 point lead, nearly a their lead 313.30 to 311 .90 for Iowa. The point more than did Iowa after the same events pressure was on for SI U, New Mexico, and Io wa earlier in the day.

State. With a potential fora 164 score, from SIU, The crowd was excited as it appeared Iowa New Mexico needed 161 plus to crack into 3rd State cou ld possibly move into the finals if they and Io wa State needed 163.60 for 3rd to unseat could keep up the pace. Both Iowa State and Iowa.

New Mexico scored 27.20 in vau Iting. Than ks to Air Force and Washington remained in the smooth, clean performances on HB by Aitken , second session through the rotation. Air Force Hopkins, and Ivicek , UNM pulled a 27.80 but came on strong in FX and HB, thanks to Bill managed "on ly" 26.00 on PB. Going into their Ritter, Steve Hoit , Jim Paquette, and Phil last event, PB, Iowa State led by 0.5 and the Nardecchia . Coach Schwenzfeier was pleased pressure was great .. When Dennis Mazur's with his team 's completion rate through the sco re of 9.25 was flashed , pandemonium broke whole meet. Wash in gton managed to throw loose as the crowd realized that Iowa State had some good exerc ises (Carpenter, HB; Ozora, moved into the finals b y just 0.15 over Iowa and Pb ; Gay lor, V; Sanders, PH) but discipline was , 0.25 over New Mexico. In the meantime , lack in g in many exe rcises.

Morava , Lindner and Team were ha ving a good evening w ith SIU retaining their 4-point lead Came the third session and a large crowd! and vau ltin g past Penn State and Iowa with a inc ludin g the Iowa State mascot and 316.35 total. Almost o verlook ed was the fact cheerleaders , to boost for their home team. It that each team in the ses sion had topped 160 was a freindl y, but part isan crowd , and the y set points: Iowa State, 163.70; SIU 163.05; and New the pace for the evening with loud cheers for Mexico, 160.70.

Bob Roth ' s 8.90 ring routine--which did not even coun t in the 27.45 team score on that The team finals were almost tame in event. SI U' s Dave Ol iphant got them off to a comparison with th e preceding night 's good start with a 9.00 PH score to which Tom climactic session.

Becaus e it was a until their vau ltin g and PB scores gave them an

0.9 advantage. Penn State's Marshall Avener

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25.75 25.80 24.95

26.10 25.75 25.45

PH

HH

FINAL

26.85 157.750 25.80 156.275 26.20 154.600

TOTAL 315.925 312.325 311.250

championship, Competition 3 rules were in effect with 9.4 as the typica: maximum score ~nless the routin es includ ed 3-C, 3-B , and 2-A parts plus enough ROV and spiritual flavor to merit some or all of the 0.6 bonus points. This partially explained the lower team totals.

Addit iona ll y, as a championship effort, two vaults were required w ith both to count.

With a 1.5 point lead, to start , SIU wasted no time picking up another 1.5 points on FX whi le Penn State floundered through PH and Io wa State got by with 4 men (and one break) on rings. At the half way point, Iowa State trailed SIU by 2 points w ith Penn State only a point behind with strong events ahead. Russ Hoffman had helped ISU with his 9.45 PH routine and Stew Buck (double back, full tw ist in g dive roll) and Jim Stephenson (beautifu l layout Y2turn wa lk out) aided their FX effo rt with 9.1 and 9.0 respeatively. Marshall avener was Penn State' s anchor man w ith 9.1's on FX and R. His fx routine included a double back mount , high double leg circles , and a double twisting dismount , and he finished his rin g routine with another double twister.

Morava hit his FX routine (includ in g his mount: RO , FF , full , back knee spring, FF) for9.25wh ile Oliphant, Morava and Hembd carried their we ight on the pommel horse, and Jack Laurie and Tom Lindner contributed to the 26.10 Rings score.

In the second half, SIU turned on the power (Mora va, Lindner , and Jack Wi ll ard) whi le Iowa State made one last bid with a 26.725 vau ltin g score. Penn State seemed to have accepted the inevitable and adapted their strategy to turn out good clean routines w ith out over-exert in g

Iowa State, 2nd

them se lves. Al l, that is, except Jim Kruest o n PB and HB and Sam Kimmel on H B w ho went ahead to thr ow th eir be st effo rt s. St ew Buck spark ed Iowa State's vault in g throwing RO-b ack and h and sprin g, fu ll tw ist for a 9.125 average and out-scoring Marsha ll Avener who use d the sa me two va ult s. Morava hit hi s doub le front and fu ll tW[stlng handspring for a 9.15 H ea lso used Yamash ita for 2nd vau lt fu ll tWISt [n f [n als. M azur o n PB a nd Stephenson on ~HB~( fu ll tWisting heeAI dl smoun t-) bolsteresISU s 1st effo rt s. The f in al glory belonged to Tom Lindner on HB w ho se 9.40 score was the rewqrd for a g race ful , almost le[surel y perform ance wit h a hi gh double fl yaway.

So uth er n Il lin o is wo n the tea m titl e w ith a 315.95 total , ha ving scored 157.75 in th e fin.a ls.

Iowa State was seco nd with 312.325 , 156.275 of wh ich was ea rn ed in th e final s. Penn State added 154.60 to th eir prelim ave rage, fini shing third w ith 311. 25.

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All AROUND COMPETITION In th e severa l sess ions of co mpetiti o n, the event qu ali f iers and AA co nt end ers were diffi cult to ke ep track of. Thi s Champi o n ship serv ed as o ne of th e qualifying ro und s for th e O lym pi c trial s. Onl y 8 men mad e th e 100 points requ ired for entry into th e tri als.

Steve Hu g of Stanford ea rned th e AA Champi o n ship w ith a 12 eve n t tota l o f 107.75 .

Ste ve's strength lay in hi s mas tery of the compu lso ri es but he pl ace d into 3 indi vidu al event fina ls (PH , PB , HB) wi th to p optiona l work as we ll . Ste ve has had pr ob lems w ith hi s back b ut ha s train ed ca re fu ll y thi s yea r in ant icipation of th e Ol ympi cs. Hi s fir st eve nt was rin gs w h ere he showed goo d swin gin g technique and on ly a coup le sli ght stops for an 8.50. His FX did not look as stron g as h e is capab le of do in g (a no ther 8.501 but on all othe r compul so rie s he hit for 9 p lu s sco res . A chan ce to repea t hi s va ult becau se o f di strac ti o n by a passi ng gy mna st drew grumb les from so m e for what the y felt was fa vo riti sm . Hi s PB compu lso ry h ad but one o bvious bob bl e on the peac h at th e beg inning and nett ed fiim o n e

of the top 3 scores. H is 9.25 HB score was the with a 103.10 total. He too suffe red one bad highest awarded for that comp ulsory. H is score, h is PH opt ional, but broke into th e 9's optiona l exercises app ea r elsewhere in th is w ith hi s optionals on R, V, PB , and HB . He issue and earn ed him a 54 .15 tota l. Throughout qual ifi ed into the vau lting finals wit h a double the meet, Steve was calm and poi sed and not to front and Yamashita from th e nea r end. be d istract ed. Hi s performances stand still Iowa State's Bob Roth contr ibuted his 53.35 further opportunity for improvement as he optional total to getting his te am into the tea m trains to wards t he O lympic tria ls. finals but recorded only 49.5 75 the second time Ga ry Morava of SIU ea rn ed the seco nd p lace around . Strange ly enough for an AA man he in AA w ith two se ts of ve ry fine performance s seemed weak on FX but hit hi s va ults and HB tota ling- l05.80. Gary-has been pl ag ued-fen- th e --..IQlJJ.!ne solldl }/_. _ _~~_ las t yea r with a should er problem and on ly Oth er all-around men w ho scored 50 p oi nt s regai ned full training 5 weeks b efore Nationals. o r better in the optionals we re Dean Sh owa lter Hi s strongest eve nt s we re FX, V, PB , and H B, (Iowa) 51.90, Jo hn Crosby (So. Conn.) 52.45, and he qualifi ed into th e indi v idu al fi nal s on all Rand y Balhorn (M ich. St.) 50.95, Dub Lufi fou r. Perhap s even more to hi s credit was hi s (W ash . St. ) 51.00, Bil ly Mi tchell (Penn St.) 51 .00, second set of opt ion als in the team final s w here Jay Wh elan (So . Co nn. ) 50.35, M ike Kell ey he scored 53 .05, less than 24 hour s after hi s (Full erton ) 50.90, and Roger Haldeman (U tah) 54.50 optiona l p e rforman ce in th e 50.15 . Crosby, as Co ll ege Di v ision AA C hamp prelim inari es. got into troub le in his PH , R, and HB Penn St ate's Marshall Ave ner put toge th er compul so ri es and PH optionals to finis h 8th just th e seco nd hi ghest co mpulsory to tal b ut hi s behind Iowa ' s D ea n Showa lter.

INDIVIDUALS : COMPUlSORIES AN D disastro us HB optio nal cos t him two poin ts and hi s op tion al total of 52. 12 was o nl y the 7th OPTIONAlS hi ghes t. Mars hall 's 9. 25 o n PB was th e seco nd Floor Exercise hi ghes t fo r the event. Som e felt that hi s I n th e co mpul so ri es only Od ess Lov in (Ok la) optiona l FX routine was undersco red at 9.00 broke into the 9's although defending, John including as it did a double back mount , Crosb y, manag ed an 8.95. Cro sby p laced 2nd to double leg c ircle s, and a doub le tw ist er Storm y Eaton in 1971. Common faults in clud ed too man y steps on th e hand spri ng mount , poor di smount. He also use d th e do uble twi st as hi s R and HB dismounts. He qualified int o the R and control o n th e arab ian dive ro ll w ith latera l PB finals . trave l on the stradd le jump , and side sca le too Tom Lindn er of SIU was but 0.1 behind high or o ff ba lance, ki cki ng th e press, failure to Avener and likewise enco untered one b ad ge t good h eig ht o n the back so mi e, dropp in g eve nt , hi s PH co mpul sory. He to taled 50.40 in the ch es t in th e full turn so th at th e foll ow in g hi s co mpul so ry se ts but broke into th e 9's on ly half ca rt wheel was croo ked , and failure to use a pike so mersa ult-step o ut in th e di smount. The o n th e HB w ith a 9. 2. Tom has always bee n stro ng on HB an d hi s 9.50 optiona l put him in dismount was prob lem e nou gh in it se lf as most top spot fo r the fin als. More surpri sing, gymnasts had to use a tu ck front, and so m e had ho weve r, was hi s rin g o pti o nal with a 9.05 as to take ex tra st eps , stop , or use a two -foot Tom ha s prev io usly had prob lems w ith th e take-off for the fin al front han ds pr ing. strength aspec ts of that event. As w ith Int eres tin g moves in th e op ti o nals: Morava 's tea mmat e Morava , he had a se t o f o pti o nals to mount : RO , FF , Full , back kn ee sp rin g, FF ; lots go through in th e t eam fina lsa ndt o taled51.875 of full twi stin g di ve rull sand so me arabian , fu ll as co mpar ed w ith hi s pr eliminary op ti o nal total tw istin g dive roll s; th e RO , v.. turn ed so mi e in o f 53.95. pik e po siti on is sti ll an i n move; Steve No rm an 's New Mexico 's Jim Ivicek earn ed 5th p lace 1 Yl tw istin g back in hi s m ou nt se qu ence; 17

Warbutton's aerial , aerial mount; 1-3;'; front from Dick Gersinger (Memphis St.); Mike Greene's handspring layout front ; Carl Walin 's forward straddle roll to planche; USC's George Lee used handspring, barani, to a high diving layout to front support; nearly everyone showed splits, some done from layouts (Mel Collins, GS) or flip flops (Eric Nesbitt, UNM). A full twist seems almost a requirement and FF, Full, FF sequences were not uncommon.

Double twisters were also plentiful. Several gymnasts used double leg circles on the floor . A few simple things seem woth mentioning: New Mexico's solid landings, Billy Mitchell's straight arm back extension roll, and the trend to more flowing routines with few stops.

Top qualifiers into the finals were Lovin, College Division Champ Crosby, Alexander (Ariz. St.), Ritter (AFA), Morava, and Shelly (UNM), all within 0.325 of each other.

Vault

The technique for the hecht seems to have improved although a few vaulters still used a low pre-flight approach . Most noticeable faults were: too much bend in the hips, and too much arm-waving for stability. Only 3 vaulters managed scores in the 9's, butthere were many scores in the 8.4-8.5 and 8.8-8.9 brackets. The event proceeded the faster for the optional of each vaulter to take his first vault (score unseen) or repeat (and accept the second score).

Optional vaulting also permitted the first vault to stand unless a repeat was chosen. If a second vault was taken, it had to be from a different family of vaults. This made for more interesting vaults. The Yamashita and its V2 twist variation were the "safe" vaults. Many more gymnasts attempted the handspring-full twist; RO-back (also known as the Tsukahara) ; and

wendy-off or which were too piked and jerky.

Seven scores of 9.00 or better were awarded for this compulsory.

Optional work showed a return to more risk (Diamidov, full twisting dismounts, and double back-by John Crosby) and some originality (in over-the-side work: glide, kip up ; and glide, kip, planche, press to handstand--by Morse, Mich. St.). Steve Hug showed a nice streuli to handstand in the prelims but over-rotated too much for handstand in the finals. Gary Morava, performing on his 21st event of the competition broke on his peach-handstand mount and again on his drop peach, so remounted , threw a Diamidov (not previously programmed) and his front off.

Just 0.225 separated 6 finalists after the prelims. Qualifying were Mazur, Hug, Avener, Morava, Gregg Fenske (111.) amd College Division Co-Champ, Mike Kelley (Fullerton).

Side Horse

In the compulsory exercises, the most observable flaws came in the travel scissors, reverse scissors (low, lack of thythm) , in the Czechkehre and the inverted stockli to the flank dismount. Specialists seemed to perform better but several AA men (Hug , Roth , Avener) managed respectable completions. Nine gymnasts managed to score in the 9's on the compulsories; this was the best record for any of the events.

Optional work saw much excellent swinging work and good combinations . Better scissors work was offered too with traveling hop scissors, scissors V2 turn , and something that looked like a flying scissors but was probably a traveling hop back scissors with V2 turn.

Earning berths in the finals were Russ Hoffman (ISU), Dick Ka z iny (Mich.) , Eric Swanson (Navy), Ed Slezak (Ind. St.), Ken Barr (111.) , and Steve Hug (Stanford) . Except for Swanson and Hug, all were veterans from the 1971 finals . The difference in C plus 0 average from high to low was only 0.3 . Russ Hoffman became the first side horseman to win the event 3 times.

Rings

The ring compulsory has to be among the more difficult of those constructed in recent years. Only 4 ringmen scored 9.00 or better.

Problem areas in the routine lay in smooth attainment of the straddle L position and the fact that the L was often too low, a tendency to commence the press with the body bent, a flat cast between parts 4 and 5, and high front levers. The circle backward in support to handstand was difficult to do smoothly. The dismount occasioned the greatest problems, largely because of poor in loca tes resulting in failure to get the hips high and to initiate sufficient rotation .

In the optionals many dislocate, straight-arm shoots to handstand were used as mounts.

Good balance between swing and strength parts was shown . Dismounts lacked variety: mainly double flyaways and full twists. A couple front-offs with V2 turn were thrown and a few double twisters. Tom Morgan 's scale down , immediate butterfly pull to cross was one. of the moves of the event.

Qualifying into the finals were 1970 Rings champ, Dave Seal (who regained the title despite a few tenths deduction for touching the floor with his hands after his pike double flyaway), 1972 College Division champ, Keith Fuerst (Eastern Illinois), Tom Morgan (Ind. St.), Ben Fernandez (U . Ind.) , Marshall Avener, and Howard Bessen (Stanford).

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The Score Flashers.

double front (or handspring l V2 ). A few plain handsprings and several handsprings with V2 twist were used. At least one vaulter used the handspring with V2 twist on , 1;2 twist off.

Vaulting has become more adventuresome with the elimination of the zones and zone penalties.

In the finals 3 out of 4 double fronts were rushed and had insufficient height or rotation , but even a 4-point landing brought scores around 8.3 to 8.5 Tsukahara vaults which overturned scored--- about 8.3 to -8.7. The handspring fu II twist brought scores form 8.9 to 9.2. Aside from Morava's 9.65 double front (so high he had time to punch out for the mat), the Yamashita and Yamashita with V2 twist seemed to bring the best scores (high 8's and low 9's).

Risk and virtuosity clearly predominated in the top vaults. In the finals both vaults had to be taken and their average added to the prelinimary C plus 0 average .

Qualifying into the finals were Rich Gaylor (Wash) , Morava, Mark Hopkins (unm), Ray Gura (Mich), Ivicek, Mel Hill (Temple) , Brandt Atkins (Penn . St.) , and Hoppy Batten (Nebraska). A difference of 0.225 separated the high and low scores going into the finals , but breaks took their toll and more than a full point separated the final scores.

Parallel Bars

The major fault on the parallel bars lay in a lack of smoothness of execution as most gymnasts seemed to have the compulsory pretty well in hand. There tended to be a bit too much travel in the peach baskets of the mount and part 9. A few gymnasts lost their grip on the second peach from the handstand . Some found the rearward stutz to straddle cut on forward swing a bit difficult, especially with a low body position in the half turn . Penalties levied on dismounts which too closely approached a

Horizontal Bar

The flexibility demands of this routine gave the most problems: in the suck through to straddle cut, and in the stoop through to el-grip giants. The simple grip change after the flank vault, kip caught some gymnasts with a penalty for lack of rhythm . The stoop-through to el-grip giant sometimes imparted too much thrust so that an entire front seat circle had to be added to get back to the giant. By and large the dismount was better performed this year than last as many gymnasts have worked their straight arm , free hip to handstand as a preparatory step. Only 3 gymnasts scored 9.00 or better.

Impressive in their optional work were Hug and Lindner for their overall poise (exemplified by their leisurely pirouettes) and rhythm. Hug used an Ono with excellent control and Gary Morava's Takemoto stayed beautifullYI in its plane of motion. Lindner was as impressive for his high double flyaway (toes pointed elegantly throughout) as for his stalders both ways.

Everyone in the finals used a double flyaway except Morava who did a double twist. During the prelims, the dismounts included full twists, hechts, hechts with full twist, barani-off, pike-full twist, cast front, and what appeared to be a Yamashita over the Bar by one of the Georgia Southern gymnasts.

Qualifying into the finals were Lindner, Hug, Morava, Jon Aitkin (UNM), Rick Danley (Ind .

St.), Dick Dalton (Ariz. St.) and Jim Furcini (Ariz.

St.) The high to low difference was 0.375.

The individual event finals found that about half (19 out of 39) the finalists were specialists with the majority of PH, R, and V. About 8,000 spectators viewed the finals bringing to a total of over 18,000 for the three-day, 8-session championship. The Iowa State Coliseum was great, the hosts most efficient, and performances exciting.

ALL-AROUND MEDALISTS

I,

FX

PH

R

V

PB

HB

8.50 8.75

9.10 9.1 0

8.50 8.80

9.05 8.75

9.20 9.35

9.25

8.65 9.30

8. 10 8.50

8.05 8.90

8.85

9.00

8.65

TOTAL

Steve Hug (Stanford)

0

Gary Morava (S IU)

0

Marshall Avener (PSU )

8.65 9.00

8.60 8.90

8.70 9.20

8.70 8.55

9.25 9.20

8AO 52.30 000.00

0

7.30

52.15

Tom Lindner (S IU)

0

'5 7.25 9.1 0 8.85

8.25 9.05

8.60 8.90

8.85 8.55

9:20 9.50

53.95

c

c

c

53.60

000 .00

9AO 54.15 107.75 51.30

000.00

9AO 9.10 9.30 54.50 105.80

104.45

50AO 000.00 104.35

8.85

8.60

50.05

000 .00 103.10

Jim Ivicek (UNM)

0

8.25 8.95

Bob Roth (ISU)

c

7AO 8.65 8AO 8.25 8.55 8A5 49.70 000.00

0

8.60

c

7.05

8.55

8.75

7A5 9.1 5 9.05 9.10 9.35 53.05

8.75

8.90

9.10

8.95

9.05

53.35

103.05

Dean Showa lter (Iowa) 101.85; John C rosby (So . Conn.) 101.65; Randy Balho rn (M ich .) 99.65; Du bi Lufi (Wash. St.) 99A5; Jim Kru est (Penn St.) 99.40; Billy M itchell (Penn St.) 98 .80; Jay Whelan (So . Conn.) 97.60; M ike Kelley (F ull e rton) 97.30; Ted Marti (M ic h. ) 97.00 ; Steve Ho it (AFA) 96.55; Dan Warbutton (Geo. So .)

95.90 ; Roger Ha ldeman (Utah) 95.55; Werner Hoege r (BYU) 93A5; Dave Huson (Ind . St.) 91.70.

I

Hu g

Morava

Avener

Lindne r

Ivicek

Rot h

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Lovin

FX

Od ess Lov in Jo hn Crosby Da na She lly Gary Alexa nd er Ga ry Mo rava Bill Ritte r

Odess Lovin (Oklahoma): RO , ff, w hi p back , If, do u b le full , V, turn to swedi sh fa ll ; le g throug h, turn , stand up (fac in g diago nal); RO , pik e sid e, stepo ut, he ad sprin g to straddl e sp ra t(Jap ane se spli t); bac k sp in , ff to handstand ; ste p dow n (a lo ng sid e ), RO , ff, a rabi an l V, di ve ro ll , sta nd u p, jum p, fro nt flip -fl op to swe dish fa ll ; V, tu rn aro und to sp lit s; (a long d iagona l), pre ss to hand sta nd; step d ow n, RO , ff, full.

John Crosby (Southern Connecticut): RO , If, do u b le back sa lta, V, turn , fall to front support , kic k le g w ith V, to sta nd and 3 ste p front sa it o st e pout to RO, sid e saito,

Okl a homa So . Co nn .

New Mex ico Ari z. St. So. ill.

Air Fo rce

9.15 8.95 8.55 8.70 8.65 8.80

9.40 9.40 9.35 9.25 9.30 9.1 5

9.275 9.175 8.950 8.975 8.975 8.975

final 9.45 9.10 9.30 9.20 9.20 8.90

Total 18.725 18.275 18.250 18.175 18.175 17.875

swedi sh fall , turn to mome nta ry fro nt split ; lowe r to stra ig ht arm pre ss to handsta nd ; stoop dow n, two ste ps, RO , l V, twisting Arabi a n di ve ro ll , jump V, turn , bac k hand spring to fro nt lea nin g re it , and turn to Japa nese split ; turn and ri se to a sca le , turn and fo ur ste ps into a RO, If, do ubl e tw istin g bac k saito.

Dana Shelley(New Mexico): RO , ff, a ra bi an l -';", jump to fro nt lea ning rest, turn to sit ; va ld ez, ste p d o wn ; RO , If, double full , fall to sp li ts; straddl e p ress, V4 p iro ue tte , ste p down, If, If, l V, twi stin g a rabi a n d ive ro ll , he ad sprin g, ste p o ut, cross a rm pirouette, RO , If, full.

Additiona l FX qualifiers: Ken t Brow n (De n ver) and Greg Buwic k (III. St.) 17.75 ; Geo rge Lee (USC) 17.70; Marshal l Ave ne r 17.65; Bob An d erson (Sta n fo rd) 17.60; Ra y Gura (M ic h) 17.55; Me l Hill (Te m ple ) 17.50; Ke it h Mi ll e r (Full e rton) and To m

Gary Morav,a (Southern Illinois): RO , If, do ubl e full , ha nd sprin g fr o m knees , to split; press ; ca rtwheel, side, ca rtw hee l sp li t to double leg Circl es; turn , RO ~ If, back di ve roll , jump V, turn, hand sp ri n g to lea ning rest; RO, If, full.

Gary Alexander(Arizonii SliIte): Fro nt so rnie step o ut, han ds p rin g, full twis ting dive ro ll , " cock roach" to st radd le, stiff-sti ff pre ss; RO , ff, lV, t w isting b ack d ive ro ll , jump w ith \I, turn , If to front suppo rt ; RO , If, full.

Bill Ritter (Air Force): RO, ff, doubl e twist e r, half tw istin g d ro p to fr o nt s upport, sp lit, straddled straig ht arm press, handstand; step down, RO, half-twistin g bac k ha ndsprin g (ara bian hand sprin g), fro nt han dsprin g wa lko ut , reve rse pirouette , dro p to fro nt sup port ; sta nd ; pike d front som ie wa lko ut, fro nt han dspr in g, full tw isti ng dive roll , le ap to stomach路 drop, stradd le cut to back suppo rt ; turn an d stand, RO , If, fu ll.

Lin d ne r 17. 35; Jay W he lan (So. Co nn .) 17.20; Steve Ho it (AF A) 17.10; Ji m Blacks tock (Wash) 17.0 Steve Stei n (LSU) 16.35.

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f

I ~

PH

Russ Hoff man Eric Swanson Ed Sleza k Ken Barr Steve Hu g Dick Kaziny

Russ Hoffm an (Iowa State): Back moore downhill, back moore uphill , russian moore, bailey, circle, reverse scissor, forward scisso r, forward scissor wit h y, twist, c ircle, l,4 Bai ley trave l, back loop, loop, loop off w ith y, twist.

Eric Swanson (Naval Academy): Russian to immediate

Iowa St. Navy Indiana St. Illinois Stanfo rd Mich igan

9.35 9.10 9.20 9.20 9.10 9.10

9.45 9.400 9.25 9.17 5 9.10 9.150 9.05 9.125 9.10 9.1 00 9.30 9.200

9.55 9.35 9.35 9.20 9.20 8.85

18.950 18.525 18.50018.325 18.300 18.050

Ed Slezak (Indiana State): Back moore up hill , Bailey, stock li o ut, hop, loop, uphi ll moore, kehre, 1 reve rse scissor, 3 forwa rd scissors, sid e travel dow n, wa lkaround , loop with y, twist off.

Ke n Barr (Illinois) : Ro utin e missing Steve Hug- See Cover Story

ru ssia n on one pomme l, y, ci rcle , behind the back t rave l ou t to reve rse loop, front in, imm ed iate hop out, front in , immediate Russ ian , breakaway, front scissors to bot h sides, reverse scissor, pick up to y, circle, front o ut, pomme l-less Ru ssian wa lkaround , loop to loop w ith y, twist off.

Additional PH qualifiers: Ric h Shubert (Kan sas) and Russ Wiggin (Co rn e ll ) 18.i5; Woodrow Wilkes (Iowa) and Ed Hembd (SIU ) 17.85; Kevin Murphy (Ind. St.) and Steve Fox (U. III. Circle) an d Larry Everman (Nebraska) 17.75; C h uck Sanders

Dick Kaziny (Michigan) : Back moore, immediate Ru ssian , c ircl e, Bai ley, pommel loop , back moore downhill, front in moore, ho p into fro n t scissors (3),1 reverse scissors, circl e, sid e trave l, loop, hop wa lkaround, loop, loop with y, twist off.

(Wash) 17.55; Fred Ca rd e nas (UNM) a nd Marshan Avener 17.50; Dan Wong (CSC LA) 17.0; Norm Ewald (Was h) 16.95; Mark Hopkins (UNM) 16.9; Bria n Kolb (UCS B) 15.9.

I I

Slezak

Kaz in y

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R

Dave Seal To m Morgan Keith Fuerst Be n Fernandez Marshall Avener Howard Bessen

Indiana St. Indiana St. East. III. Indiana Penn. St. Stanford

9.10 9.05 9.00 8.80 8.70 8.95

9.70 9.50 9.20 9.30 9.20 9.25

9.400 9.275 9.100 9.050 8.950 9.100

9.35 9.40 9.10 9.00 9.10 8.60

18.950 18.675 18.200 18.050 18.050 17.700

Dave Seal (Indiana State): Straight arm pull to reverse kip planche; Jj.j straight arm shoot to handstand; straight arm reverse giant to handstand ; lower to back roll L cross; layaway, straight arm front uprise to L; hollowback press to handstand ; straight a rm front giant to handstand ; Jj.j giant to pike double dismount.

shoot to handstand; front giant swin g shoot to iron cross; pull out to L suppo rt; ho ll owback press to handstand; lower throu gh in verteirna ng , lower down through front leve r to hang ; pu ll slowly with straight arms from hang to cross; dislocate to full twisting flyaway .

Tom Morgan (Indiana State)::Dislocate to straight a rm shoot to handstand ; reverse giant to straight arm

Keith Fuerst (Eastern Illinois): Dislocate, straight arm shoot handstand; st ra ight arm gia nt (back); lower to

Additional R qualifiers: Mike Mihalco(Okla) 17.75; Pete Butthof (No. 111.) and Jim Ivicek (UNM) 17.70; Da n Smith (Ariz . St.) , Dan Repp (Iowa), and Kim Orr (Iowa St.) 17.60; Pat Davy (Iowa St.), Guy Nelson (Fullerton), and Billy Mitchell (Penn .

" L" cross; pull up and lower body horizontall y to back leve r; pull up to cast, giant inlocate to back uprise inverted cross - hold; lowe r to reverse kip " L"; hollowvack to handstand; cast to full twisting dismount.

Marshall' Avener (Penn State): Doubl e dislocate, shoot with straight arms to handstand ; giant shoot with straight a rms; fall out to uprise to cross; di slocate, front upri se to L; hollowback press; lower to doubl e dislocate, double full flyaway.

Ben Fernandez (Indiana): Routine missing.

Howard Bessen (Stanford): Dislocate, giant dislocate, straight arm shoot to ha ndstand; front giant. fall out to back uprise, L c ross ; layaway, back kip L; bent arm straight body pre ss to handstand ; lowe r toward dislocate to german ri se, snap to back lever; dislocate, dislocate, double flyaway.

St.) 17.55; Kevin Cornelius (Oregon) 17. 50; Monty Falb (Mich) 17.25; John Rabins (AFA) 17.15; Doug Church (O rego n) 17.00; Breck Cunningham (AFA) 16.85.

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V

So. III. New Mexico Tem p le Was hin gton New Mexico Michigan Neb raska Pe nn . St.

Gary Morava Mark Hopkin s Mel Hi ll Rich Ga ylor.

Jim Ivicek Ray Gura Hop py Batten Bra ndt Atkins

Gary Morava (Sout he'rn Illi nois): Do ubl e front; full tw istin g handsp rin g.

Mark

Hopkins

(New

M exico):

Fu ll

twisting

8.85 8.90 9.00 9.05 8.75 8.90 8.70 8.80

9.40 9.15 8.90 9.00 9.05 8.90 9.10 9.10

9.125 9.225 9.025 9.025 8.950 8.825 9.025 8.755 8.900 8.800 8.900 8.750 8.900 8.550 8.95 8.350

18.400 18.050 17.775 17.775 17.700 17.650 17.450 17.300

handspring ; Ya ma shita far e nd .

Mel HiII (Te mple): Yamashita y, twist; Yamashita; both far end.

Add itio nal V q ualifiers : Dan Warbutton (GS) 17.5 5; Ken Snow (K~nsas St.) an d Jo hn Crosby 17.45; Dea n Showa lte r (Iowa) and Bob Durl a in (I nd . St.) 17.40; Mike Ke ll ey (F ull erto n) 17.35; Marshall Avener 17.25; Jo hn Le hman (Oregon) 17.20;

Rich Gaylor (Wash ingto n ): Tsukahara (Roundoff back) ; Yamashita y, tw ist.

Jim Ivicek (New M exico) : Doubl e front ; Yamashita from nea r end .

Ray Gura (M ichigan) : Yamashita; handspring y, twist.

Ho ppy Batten (Ne bras ka) : E FRO NT: Yamashita .

Bra ndt Atkins (Pe nn Sta te) : Doub le front ; Tsukahara (RO ba ck).

John Tomich (A FA) 17.00; Bri an Dowso n (Cornell) and Ma rvin Lyo ns (Georgia) 16.95; AI He rn andez (CSC LA) 16.90.

Hi 11- - - -- - -- - -

Gura

Gay lor

27

','

,:

Mazur

PI

Dennis Mazur Steve Hug Marshall Avener Mike Kelley Greg Fe nske Gary Morava

Dennis Mazur (Iowa State): Peach to handstand, layaway front uprise stutz, cast sup port, stradd le L, ho llowback press, stutz , cast, back upr ise, st radd le cut; swing ha nd sta nd , back o ff .

Steve Hug (Stanford): See Cove r Story

Iowa St. Sta nford Penn . St. Full e rton Illinoi s So. III.

9.25 9.20 9.25 9.30 9.20 9.00

9.250 9.20 9.275 9.05 9.225 9.00 9.150 8.95 9.025 8.75 9.050 6.80

18.450 18.325 18.225 18.100 17.775 15.850

Marshall Avener (Penn State): Peach, Di a midov, stu tz, cast, back uprise, bacK stutz, sw in g pirouette, hop out (i n front) , cast over sid e to o ne bar g lid e kip, hop in st utz, back off.

Mike Kelley (Fullerton): Straight arm peach to '

Additional PB qualifiers: Steve Za mo ra (Co lo. St.) and Jim Ivicek 17.95; Joh n Crosby 17.80; Murray Plo tkin (M ic h) 17.75; Ken Ho lt (Ariz. St.) 17.65; To m Lindner and Charles Morse (Mic h. St.) 17.40; Breck Cunningh am (AFA) 17.35; Dan

Kell ey

9.25 9.35 9.20 9.00 8.85 9.10

ha nd sta nd; stutz to handstand ; cast to suppo rt, stradd le cut L, stiff-stiff press, stu tz handstand , p eac h to mo me ntary hand sta nd , l ay~way , front uprise, front off wit h Y, twi st.

Gregg Fenske (Illinois): (On e nd) Peach glid e, back straddl-e c ut, cast to support, swing pirouette, stutz, cast support, stradd le c ut L, stiff-sti ff press ; stutz, layaway, front uprise, swing pirou ette, back off with Y, twist .

Gary Morava (SIU): (Routine was supposed to be) : Peach on e nd, stutz, cast to cut to L, press, drop p each, layaway, upri se, pirouette, back toss, stutz layaway, upri se, front off.

Wa rbu tton (GS) 17.20; Bob Mise k (U. III. Ci rcl e) 17.10; Jim Kruest (Pe nn . St.) and Te rry Blancha rd (Kansas) 17.05 ; Ri chard Brou ssea u (LSU) 16.50; Steve Duke (S IU) 16.25.

Morava

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HB

Tom Lindner Steve Hug Jon Aitken Gary Morava Dick Dalton Rick Dan ley Jim Furcini

Tom Lind er (Southern Illinois) :.Hi gh start, stoop, 2 in verteds, hop to undergrip giant, sta ld er, reach under vault, kip, giant pirouette, stalder, g iant, double.

Steve Hug (Stanford) : See Cover Story

So. III. Stanford New Mexico So. III. Ariz. St. Indiana St. Ariz. St.

9.20 9.25 9.00 8.65 8.85 8.75 8.95

9.50 9.40 9.30 9.30 9.40 9.20 9.20

9.350 9.55 9.325 9.40 9.150 9.25 8.975 9.30 9.125 9.00 8.975 9.10 9.075 8.85

18.900 18.725 18.400 18.275 18.125 18.095 17.925

Dick DaJton (Arizona State): Stem rise to immediate sta lder, full turn , reach under, vault, kip, pirouette, front sta lder, Californis hop change, immediate jam dis locate, invert-invert g iants, hop out, pirouette, giant, double fl yaway.

Jon Aitken (New Mexico) : Routine missing .

Rick Danley (Indiana State): High sta rt, l/4 giant, stoop, jam, eagle, hop pirouette , Ca lifornia hop, l/4 gia nt, reach under, flank vau lt, kip hop, pirouette, double flyaway.

Gary Morava (Southern Illin ois): Hi gh start, stoop to dislocate, e l- grip giant, hop out, stoop through to Takemoto, vau lt catch, kip, g iant. pirouette, double full flyaway.

Jim Furcini (Arizona State): Stem rise, sta lter, jam to inverteds, hop out, pirouette, front sta ld e r, immediate reach under, flank vau lt, half turn , kip . piro uette, double flyaway .

Additional HB qualifiers: Happy Batten (Nebraska) and Jim Scully (Mich) 17.10; Bill Carpenter (Wash) and Jim Kruest (Penn. St.) 17.60; Rudy Ginez (Iowa) 17.40; Ri chard Quinn (Fu ll erton117.35; Jim Paquette (A FA) 17.20; Don Grieb (III ) 17.05<

Bru ce Waldeman (Iowa) 17.00; Bill Barnwell (San Jose) 16.50; Dan Warbullon (GS) 16.20; Greg Maxwell (Oregon) 16.10; Marsha ll Avener 15.70.

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SPRINGFIELD REPEATS IN DGWS NATIONALS Report by: Charles Jacobson, Meet Director Women's Gymnastics Coach Grand View College The Fourth National DGWS Intercollegiate Gymnastics Championship was held on March 31 and April1 in Des Moines, Iowa , with Grand View College as the host institution . The championship was held at Veterans Auditorium which is the finest athletic facility in Des Moines. Spacious practice and competitive areas gave the coaches, judges and the 148 competitors from 44 schools a feeling of complete freedom.

The 2,000 spectators at preliminary competition were treated to outstanding team performanc~s as four schools scored more than 100 points. Springfield College, coached by Mimi Murray, totaled a record 104.87 to win its second straight championship . Southeastern Louisiana State, coached by Vannie Edwards, scored 104.55 to finish second . Outstanding team depth characterized both of these fine teams. Southern Illinois and the University of Massachusetts were in contention until the final event.

The all-around title was won by Linda Hamby as she edged teammate Barbara Fleming of Fresno City College, 36.85-36.80.

Pamela Badeaux of Southeastern Louisiana scored 36.10 to, place third. A dozen gymnasts bettered 34.00 in the all-around .

The 4,000 spectators at finals enjoyed many outstanding performances. Linda Hamby, featuring a beautiful aerial walkover on the beam, won both beam and bars. Each of the top six in floor totaled above 18.00 as Barbara Fleming won the event. Janet Cantwell of Trenton State College won the vaulting championship.

It is quite apparent to those of u s coaching at the collegiate level that the quality of gymnastics is rapidly improving. Several colleges from all parts of the country are developing strong programs. There was little doubt that this meet was far superior to previous championships in terms of gymnastic quality. Gymnastics is really on the move in our colleges.

I can hardly wait for next yearl RESULTS OF PAST DGWS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS The year 1969 champ ionship was held at Springfield College which won the team trophy . Linda Metheny, representing the University of Illinois, won the all-around. In individual events Kathy Gleason (SUCBA) was tops in vaulting, Marie Bilski (ASU) on bars and Linda on beam and floor.

The year 1970 championship was held at Bringham Young University at Provo, Utah .

Winning team was Southern Illinois. Barbara Parcher (SSC) took the lead in the all-around , with Caroline Riddell (SIU), Karen Smith (SIU), Wendy Cluff (ECJC) taking the lead in individual events.

The year 1971 championships were held at Penn State University, with Springfield again on top . This time Kathy Gleason was on top taking the spot light on floor exercise besides the all-around. Patty Corrigan (SC) took the honors in vaulting and on bars. Sarah Brumgart (ISU) was the shining star on beam.

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1972 DGWS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Individual Championship (total of prelim and final score) Vault J. Cantwell L. Anderson L. Hamby P. Badeaux C. Riddel B. Fleming

Trenton St. U. Wash .

Fresno South La .(4T} South III. Fresno

18.50 18.40 18.30 18.25 18.25 17.95

Fresno Fresno South La. Trenton St. South La. Springfld

18.80 18.35 18.30 17.85 17.45 17.40

Beam L. Hamby B. Fleming P. Badeaux J. Cantwell Sue Ann Ray K. Rafferty

Bars L. Hamby B. Fleming L. Anderson S. Edmund B. Corrigan P. Badeau x D. Dunkley

Floor B. Fleming C. Jotton J. Cantwell M. Combs C. Riddel J. Burger

Fresno 18.75 Fresno 18.70 U. Wash . 18.05 Ind. St. 17.975 Springfld 17.95 S. La.(6T} 17.90 Springfld 17.90

18.60 18.45 18.35 18.20 18.20 18.15

Fresno S. Conn.

Trenton St. U. Mass.(4T} South III. U. Mass.

All-Around Championship (determined by scores earned in prelims) All-Around (above 34.0) 1. Linda Hamby 2. Barbara Fleming 3. Pamela Badeaux 4. Laurel Anderson 5. Janet Cantwell 6. Laurie Gault 7. Margie Combs 8. Mary Rudnicki 9. Valeria Fugali 10. Lorie Amwake 11. Lee Ann Lobdill 12. Julliette Mayhew

Team Competition 1. Springfield College 2. Southeastern Louisiana 3. Southern Illinois 4. University of Mass.

5. Indiana State Univ.

6. Clarion State 7. Eastern Washingtori 8. Kent State 9. Univ. Washington 10. Gustavus Adolphus 11. Sacramento State 12. Grand View 13. California State 14. Univ . Kansas 15. Memphis State 16. Univ . Arizona 17. West Chester State 18. Univ. Nevada

Fresno City Fresno South La. U. Wash .

Trenton St. LA Valley U. Mass.

Calif. St. South III. Ind . St. American South III.

36.85 36.80 36.10 35.45 34.路90 34.'85 34.80 34.55 34.52 34,50 34.25 34.15

104.87 104.55 103.22 102.45 99.625 98.85 97)0 96.80 94.25 94.05 90.90 88.15 83.40 78.40 77.7~

73.95 67.9'0 63.85

Barbara Fleming

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QUALIFYING SCHOOLS Region 1 Clarion State College - Clarion , Pa. Springfield College - Springfield, Mass.

Southern Connecticut State College - New Ha ve n Conn.

Trenton State College - Trenton , N.J. University of Massachusetts - Amherst , Mass.

West Chester State College - West Chester, Pa.

Region 2 Eastern Kentucky University - Richmond , Ky. Longwood College - Farm vill e, Va. Memphis State University - Memphis, Tenn .

Radford College - Radford , Va. University of Tennessee - Martin - Martin, Tenn.

Region 4 Southeastern Loui siana State University - Hammond, La .

Region 5 Bowling Green State University - Bowling Green, O. Central Michigan University - Mt. Pleasant, Mich.

Eastern Michigan University - Ypsilanti, Mich.

Illinois State University - Normal, III. Indiana State University - Terre Haute, Ind. Kent State University - Kent, O .

Michigan State University - East Lansing, Mich.

Southern Illinois University - Carbondale, III. University of Wisconsin - Lacrosse - Lacrosse, Wis. Western Illinois University - Macomb, III. Region 6 Grand View College - Des Moines, la.

Gustavus Adolphus College - St. Peter, Minn.

Kansas State Teachers College - Emporis, Kans.

Mankato State College - Mankato, Minn.

Minot State College - Minot, N.D. South Dakota State University - Brookings, S.D. Southwest Missouri State College - Springfield, Mo. University of Kansas - Lawrence, Kans.

Washburn University - Topeka, Kans.

Wichita State University - Wichita . Kans.

Region 7 Adams State College - Alamosa , Calif.

Arizona State University - Tempe, Ariz .

Brigham Young University - Provo, Utah University of Arizona - Tucson, Ariz.

University of Colorado - Boulder, Colo.

Region 8 American River College - Sacramento, Calif.

California State College - Long Beach , Calif.

Los Angeles Valley College - Los Angeles, Calif.

Sacramento State College - Sacramento, Calif.

San Diego State College - San Diego, Calif.

University of California - Los Angeles, Calif.

University of California - Santa Barbara, Calif.

University of Nevada - Reno, Nev. Region 9 Eastern Washington State College - Cheney, Wash.

Oregon College of Education - Monmouth, Ore. Oregon State University - Corvallis, Ore. Portland State Cnll~ge - Portland, Orp..

Southern Oregon College - Ashland, Ore. Ricks College - Re xburg, Idaho University of Oregon - Eugene, Ore. University of Washington - Seattle, Wash.

Coach Ernestine Carter Mimi Murray Gail Davis Kitty Kjeldmen Veronica Dempsey

Sue Feldkamp Judy Fath Terry Bryson Gail Evans Gayle Wulk

Vannie Edwards

Coni Martin Helen Myers Cathy Korando Margit Treiber Rudy Bachna Donna Vait Herb Vogel Judy Gedney

Charles Jacobson Nancy Baker Marie McCluskey Sally Hokanson Gary Leslie Pete Torino Chic Johnson Pat Ruhl Susan True Yvonne Slingerland

Sue Phillips Marie Bilski Lu Wallace Barbara Hedges Terri Diddie

Sandra Trigg Gretchen Dowsing Kathy Shelly Edward Franz Jill Silver Nancv Button lee Newen

Maxine Davis Gary Goodson Sylvia Moore Mary Fox )udee Mac'Neil Karen Murchant Marilyn Fitch Carol Elsner

Pam Badeaux

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1972 NAIA GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS Report by John E. Schaefer- Meet Director Eastern Illinois University hosted the 9th Annual NAIA Gymnastic Championships on March 24th & 25th , 1972. Teams had to qualify by scoring above 130.0 points three times during the season while individuals qualified by scoring above 8.0 or 42.0 in the All Around three times during the season. This was to keep the National Meet at a high level of co mpetition and therefore not make it unbearable to admi nister . Only four teams qualified as scoring teams, while 15 schools in all were represe nted . Undoubtedly the qualifying system kept others away as there have been as many as 25 schools represented at the Nationals in the past. Betwee n 25 and 30 qualified competitors fought it out for individual titles.

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The results follow : 1. Eastern Illinois

TEAM FINALS 149.75

2. Northwest Lousiana

142.45

3. U. Wis. LaCrosse

138.90

4. Eastern Montana

101.70

Eastern Illinois

Awards were given to the 5 top finalists, they were : ALL AROUND: Bruce McGartlin , NWL49.50; Rick Russell, NWL- 48.15; Kevin Washington, GWC- 47.25; Mark Watman, EIU44.85 ; Pat Dial , NWL- 44.80; Frank Perrone, CWU- 44.50 SIDE HORSE: Rick Russell, NWL - 8.400; Dave Sakata, EIU - 8.225; Marv Paster, EIU - 8.175; Bob Tolzman , UWL - 8.050; Chris Shaw, UWL7.800.

FLOOR EXERCISE: AI Sanders, GWC - 9.075 ; Tom Beusch , EIU - 8.875; Rick Russell, NWL 8.B75; Mark VanCalligan, UWL - 8.575; Pat Dial, NWL - 8.350; Chris Grainger, UWO - 8.350.

STILL RINGS: Keith Fuerst, EIU - 9.350; John Valentino, EIU - 8.975 ; Frank Perrone, CWU 8.BOO; Kevin Washington , GWC - 8.650; Mike Zussman, UW-St. - B.475.

VAULTING: Tom Beusch , EIU - B.975; Roger Belieu, EIU - B.B50; Ken Krebs, CWU - 8.825; Mark Pflughoeft, UWL - 8.775; Chris Grainger, UWO - 7.850.

HORIZONTAL BAR: Kevin Washington, GWC - 8.425; Terry Beckwith , EIU - 8.325; Pat Dial , NWL - 8.300; Mark Watman, EIU - 8.150; Nick Katrichis, UWL - 7.900.

PARALLEL BARS: Joe Danielson, UWL 9.000 ; Wally Price, UWL - 8.750; Rich Valentine, EIU - 8.700; Mike Morgan, EIU - 8.325; Kevin Washington, GWC - 8.000.

SPKIAL AWARDS: AMERICAN EQUIPMENT COMPANY " GYMNAST OF THE YEAR " - Bruce McGartlin, Northwest Lousian . NAIA COACH OF THE YEAR - John Schaefer, Eastern Illinois University.

Attendance at finals: spectators.

Keith Fuerst

approximately 1,000

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Ken Baker

Odessa College Wins its Third Consecutive National Title Odessa College 's gymnastic team continued its domination of th e National junior College Gymnastic Championships for the third year in a row. The team score was 150 which was off the record-setting 154 set last year by Odessa, but it was seven points ahead of second-place New Mexico junior College who posted a 142.70 team score. Miami Dade North was third for the second consecutive year, followed closely by Farmingdale of New York and San jacinto of Pasadena, Texas; DuPage of Illinois, Triton of Illinois, Cuyahoga of Cleveland, Ohio and Miami Dade South of Florida .

Still carrying the momen tum from Friday's team performance, Odessa garnered seven out of nine of the All-American titles on Saturday evening. Sophomore Doug Fitzjarrell was outstanding in ending up his career at Odessa with four All-American titles. His 9.2 in floor ex.ercise was almost flawless-starting with a standing full and Y2 twisting dive roll and finishing with a very high double full. The judges-jon Culbertson of Sarasota-Bill jennings of California-Frank Mihaleck of Chicago and Chuck Minica of Texas were equally impressed with his mount on the parallel bars-a cast with a Y2 turn to support.

Equally as impressive was Fitzjarrell's front somersault swing to handstand in the middle of his parallel bar set. Culbertson remarked that is quite a mount-I don' t believe I've ever seen it before or ever heard of it being used in competition . Bill Carney of New Mexico was equally impressive on the parallel bars, with nearly flawless execution and extension for a 8.75 average in the finals . The use of competition three rules in the finals lowered several preliminary averages, however, winners in each event were usually not affected by the change to 3 C's, 3 B's and 2 A's.

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The outstanding performan ces of the evenin g besides Fitzjarrel was as follows : Henderson-Odessa College-a very high double back in floor ex . and an equally high double full for a 8.9 average in the finals.

Odessa compl etely dominated floor exercise w ith a 27.4 team score, and all five competitors made it into the finals .

In the side horse event freshman Ken Baker of Odessa upset the defending All -American Ray Duplessis of New Mexico jr. College. Both performers were ina class by themselves. Baker highlighted his8.9 routine with back morres-a Balie-a Shurlock-a walkaround-a hop and very impressive sci ssors work to pick up first place and the All-American title.

In the rings outstanding performers seemed to be rather commonplace with Lund, Chavez and La Rean of New Mexico battling Oney of Odessa for first place in the finals. Lund 's very good swing work was capped off by a great double back for a 8.97 final average. Oney of Odessa mounted with a snap cross-pullout to a maltese Gian ts and a pike cross just before his dismount-a full-which was overturned a little and a 8.9 score. Lund got the All-American title and first place with a 9.05 preliminary score and 8.97 final score. His preliminary score was too much of a lead for Oney to overcome after his 8.97 final score.

The 'vaulting event was completely dominated by Greg Goodhue of Odessa College. His preliminary average was 9.15, and he followed that with another 9.1 using competition three rules in the finals . In addition to his selection as an All-Ameri can in long horse vaulting, Goodhue was also outstanding in FX with a 9.0 averag e and a 7.7 average on the high bar.

The parall el bar was highlighted by several routines and tri cks of great diffi cu Ity and ex cellent executio n. Fitziarrell and Carney tied

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for first place at 8.75, and both were selected as All-Americans in this event. Nelson Gaines, a freshman from New Mexico, had a back toss to handstand and Stutz to handstand in his routine and scored 9.05 in the preliminaries.

Gary Rafaloski, a freshman from Odessa College, started his routine with a free hip to handstand-hop to the other bar-glide Kip-stoop into a high V sit on one bar (ala Nakayama) to a stoop-out press on one bar.

Ri ck jones and Steve Wright of Odessa College also qualified for the finals.

In the horizontal bar Darrell Cribbs of Odessa was clearly the stand-out performer in the event. His routine featured Eagles, Czech s, California Hop-free hip to handstand and a high double full dismount. He scored 8.6 in the finals and was selected as a junior college All-American.

The All Around event was won by Doug Fitzjarrell with a total of 49.2. His individual event scores were: FX 9.2, SH 5.95, R 8.1 , LHV 8.55, PB 8.75, HB 8.25. It should also be noted that he placed in the top si x or better in each . event except side horse. In second place in th e All Around was Gary Rafa loski, a freshman from Odessa College, who scored 46.5. His individual event scores were: FX 8.6, SH 6.4, R 7.7, LHV 7.5, PB 8.35, HB 7.7. Fitzjarrell and Rafaloski were both selected as All Americans in the All Around .

In the special event, trampolin e, Bill Austin of New Mexico junior College was selected as an All-American and took first place with an 8.8 average. This victory by Odessa College was their third co nsecutive national titl e. In 1969 they placed second to Miami Dade.

The Odessa team has a six-year record in the dual meets of 105 wins and 13 losses. They have also had 27 jr. college All-Americans selected from their co llege in the past four years. The coach of this team is Mik e Willson . Coach

Willson starte d the team in 1965 from service class students. In 1967-68 only three years after the team was originated, it captured the Texas Collegiate Championships against a strong University of Texas team and Sam Houston State College. In only three years Coach Willson, with all service class gymnasts, was able to score 138 points as a team total.

Since its early beginning in the Odessa College service classes, gymnastics in Odessa has grown to the point where 6,000 elementary, jr. high and senior high school students are now involved in its c itywide program . Coach Willson is a former gymnast from the Ohio State University.

Oddly enough, he got his first taste of gymnastics in a servi ce class under former Ohio State Coach joe Hewlett, the same way he started the program at Odessa College. When asked about his scholarship program, he said : The gymnasts here at the college have created their own scholarships. We sell programs, paint houses and street numbers for money, charge admission to all of our meets and do other odd things such as selling season passes to our meets by tumbling in the yards of the townspeople while we canvas the neighborhoods selling tickets . We also perform at school programs, and they donate money to our program. Basically we have always felt where there is a will to do something, there is a way to accomplish that same goal. Our gymnasts may pay a bigger price for their limited scholarships, howev e r, they earned them , so maybe they appreciate them a little more than most.

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1972 AAU SENIOR NATIDNALS ALL-AROUND RESULTS V

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1. Lind a Metheny McK Y c. 9.25 9.65 o. 9.35 9.75 2. Cathy Rigby Scats c. 9.2 9.65 o. 9.30 9.70 3. Nan cy Th e is McK Y c. 9.25 9.30 o. 9.50 9.50 4. Roxanne Pierce M.V.T. c. 9.15 9.60 o. 9.25 9.80 5. Karen Sc hu ckma n S. Con n c. 9.15 9.20 o. 9.20 9.40 6. Dianne Grayson Flint. c. 8.9 9.05 o. 9.05 9.50 7. Barbie Myslak S. Conn. c. 9 .1 8.80 o. 9.3 9.20 8. Vicki Shul er McK Y c. 9.2 9.15 o. 9.05 9.40 9. Debbie Hall e Scats c. 9.05 9.15 o. 9.05 9.25

BB

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TOTAL

9.45 9.75

9.60 9.70

00.00 76.50

9.55 9.70

9.70 9.50

00.00 76.30

9.2 9.45

9.3 9.40

00.00 74.90

9.20 8.65

9.40 9.30

00.00 74.35

9.10 9.30

9.25 9.10

00.00 73.70

8.60 8.95

9.10 9.15

00.00 72.30

8.60 9.15

9.10 8.90

00.00 72.15

8.70 9.05

8.95 8.65

00.00 72.15

8.35 9.15

9.00 9.00

00.00 72.00

17 othe r young women had scores of 68.00 or better w h ich makes them qualifiers for the USA Championships.

Ybshi Takei

1972 AAU SENIOR NATIONALS

by Mary Alice Burnett Eastern Montana College in Billings, Montana was the scene of t he National AAU Gymnast ic Championships, Apri l 27th, 28th, and 29th . Most of the competitors arrived expecti n g arctic weather, but were happily surpr ised with our glo ri ous Spring.

We were honored with a large field of very qualified gymnasts from a ll over the country.

The different sty les representa tive of the diffe rent parts of the country enhanced the meet. Anyone interested was invited to a free cl ini c put on most capable by Muriel Grossfield on competitive gymnastics and Erna Wachtel on judging. They were both exce ll ent and we were sorry only that there was a t im e limitation.

In general, t he optional routines scored higher than the compulsory routi nes. Now to comment briefly on t he individua l events.

Nancy Theis was second to Adele Gleaves in the compulsory vau lt ing but we nt o n to take a commanding lead with a 9.5 on her Yamish ita opt ional va ul t. Her 9.65 in the finals earned h er the Vaulting crown. The majority of the optional vaults thrown were Yamishitas or Yamishitas with half turns.

Cat hy Rigby's compu lsory beam rout in e was a lm ost flawl ess, giv ing her the hugh score of 9.55. Her optional routine contai ned much breathtaking tumbling performed to perfection climaxing with a full tw ist aer ial dismount . Linda Metheny's optional routin e d isplayed beautifully her ma ste ry of the dan ce.

Worthy of note were Linda 's side somersault and Nancy Theis' gainer dismounts.

Cathy Rigby and Linda Metheny t ied with 9.65's with clean performances of the uneven comp ul so ries. Roxanne Pierce, then in thi rd place, turned in sensational performances in the optiona ls and the finals to earn a career and a meet hi gh score of 9.8 to win the event.

Cathy's doub le twist to a sing le twist over the low ba r was unique. Roxanne's routines were dynamic a nd broug ht the crowd to a stand in g ovatio n !

In the Floor Exercise, many different styles and tec hn iques were demonstrated making it highly e nj oyable for the spectato rs and probably extreme ly difficu lt for the judges.

Highlights were Dea nn e England 's double twist, Cathy Rigby's handspring Arabian , Roxa nne Pierce's dramatic soft a nd sharp contrasts, and Linda Metheny's polished mature performance.

Linda Metheny dominated the meet by wi nni ng the Al l-Around Competition (for the fifth tim e), the Floor Exercise and Beam , and taking second in Unevens and Third in Vault in g.

From watching these performances, it would seem we wi ll be sendi ng a most talented and capable g roup of young ladies to represent the USA in the Olympics . The outstanding performances of Barbie Myslak, 13 yea r o ld from S. Con n. , and Vickie Schuler, 12 year o ld from the McKinley Y, are most encourag in g for the future of women's gymnastics. Good luck to these young ladies and t hanks for a job very we ll done .

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71 .50 71.15 71.10 70.90 70.80 70.70.

70.65 70.25 70.15 70.15 70.10 70.05 69.85 69.70 69.60 69.60 69.40

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S Eastwood C. D owa liby G. Wyckoff L. Cain M. Pul e D. Hintnaws L. Anderson Lynn Govin K. Atkins J. Israe l Deane England Kathy Stewart Martha Newto n Debbie Theno S. Kinsman B. Miller S. Gross

TEAM RESULTS 1. MCKinley Y 2. SCATS 3. S. Conn .

4. Seattle YMCA 5. Louisville GC 6. Kansas City

224.40 220.70 218.55 213.05 168.25 140.15

1972 AAU NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Report by Jay Shaw

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The 1972 AAU Senior National Gymnastics Championships were held at Eastern Montana College Apri l 27,28, and 29 under the directio n and supervision of Jay Shaw. Compulsories were he ld Ap ri l 27, optionals Apri l 28, and the individual finals Apri l 29.

Thursday afternoon competition started wit h approx imately 40 women and 38 men looki ng toward the All-Around title .

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Compulsories: The men looked weak on this event with top score going to Yoshi Takei with an 8.70 and Mako Sakamoto next with 8.40.

Only 6 gymnasts scored an 8.00 or better on this compulsory. The women looked particularly impressive in executing their compulsory however, with Cathy Rigby leading the way with a very good 9.70 and Linda Methen y close behind at 9.60. Thirteen girls broke the 9's on this event as most of the exercises flowed very smoothly .

The pommel horse was tough as usual with only 7 men breaking an 8.00 but this was overshadowed by a brillant performance by Ted Marcy and his 9.50 exercise. The closest scores to Marcy 's score was Sakamoto with an 8.75, Jim Culhane with an 8.65 and Russ Fystrom with an 8.60. Much needs to be done on this event if our All -Around men are going to score well.

The Still Rings was the first mens event to show some promise . Takei had the high compulsory exercise scoring a 9.25 with Sakamoto close behind at 9.00. Most of the competition was in the mid-8 's for this event.

Mens vaulting was not spectacular and most of the competitors seem to have problems with only having one vault chance. Bruce McGartlin jumped into the lead with a 9.15 followed closely by Sakamoto at 9.10 and Ron Clemmer with an 8.95.

Things finally started picking up at the Parallel Bars with five men getting into the 9's.

Sakamoto led all chanllangers with a very fine 9.45 performance followed by Mike Kimball with a 9.20, Takei with a 9.15 and Sadao Hamada with a 9.10.

Suprisingly the Horizontal Bar turned out to be one of the best events of the day as 19 men broke into the 8's and 4 men into the 9's.

Sakamoto again led the field with a 9.40 exercise followed by Takei with 9.25 and John Elias and Jim Culhane tied at9 .00. The dismount seemed to be the weakest part of the routine with very few gymnasts lifting it above the bar.

Womens vaulting did not stand out quite like Floor Exercise but there were 19 vaulters in the 9's. Adele Gleaves held a very slim lead over Nancy Thies and Linda Metheny 0(9.30 to 9.25.

Cathy Rigby, Margie Pyle, Vicki Shulee, and Laurel Anderson all were very close with 9.20.

Balance Beam was clearly dominated by Cathy Rigby and Linda Metheny as most others had small breaks and even falls to marr their performances. Rigby led the event with a 9.55 with Metheny next with 9.45.

The Uneven Bars also took its toll of All-Around people Rigby and Metheny tied at 9.65 and Roxanne Pierce was very close behind at 9.60.

OPTIONALS: Friday brought out the optional exercises which packed crowds of 2,000 or more appreciative spectators each session. Sakamoto impressed the crowd with his clean Floor Exercise set and scored a 9.35 with Takei very close behind at 9.30. After poor compulsories Jeff Wiles and Melvin Hill came back with scores of 9.05 and 9.00 respectively.

The optionals definitely looked better than the compulsories and it looksas though our work is needed again at the compulsory level. Will we ever learn?

Pommel Horse was again highlited by a beautiful 9.50 performance by Marcy followed by a 9.15 by Russ Fystrom and 9.10 by.R. Neuner.

The Still Rings demonstrated nice straight arm work with good variety. Takei led all 44

performers with a 9.30 followed by Sakamoto at 9.15, Dave Butz man at 9.05, and Hamada and Kimball at 9.00.

Vaulting was a bit weak shOWing mostl y Yamashita vaults with little twisting or somersaulting. Again , only one vault seemed to throw many of the gymnasts off. Melvin Hill led here with a 9.35 followed by Butzman with 9.15 and McGartlin with 9.05 .

Parallel Bars was exceptionally exciting and left little to be desired . Yoshi Takei executed a difficult and elegant routine of 9.55 to lead but Sakamoto was very close behind with 9.50 and Hamada with 9.45 .

The Horizontal Bar proved to be a very exciting climax to the optionals as Takei again edged Sakamoto by scores of 9.45 to 9.40. Hamada hit solid and clean to score a 9.35 to tie with Mike Kimball. Charles Glass and Jeff Wiles also looked good at 9.20.

The womens optionals proved to be exciting and captivated the crowd both sessions on Friday. Many excellent routines were executed as gymnasts tried to jockey for All-Around honors.

Vaulting started things off and was much more impressive than compulsories. Again , however, there was very little origination or deviation from the Yamashita vault. Honors were taken

by Nancy Thies with a 9.50. Metheny was close behind with a clean 9.35 vault and Rigby and Barbie Myslak held in with 9.30.

Balance Beam proved to be the AII-Arounders downfall again as there were many small breaks and falls. Metheny and Rigby wowed the crowd however, with excellent routines of 9.75 and 9.70 respectively. Both routines were outstanding as the crowd sat breathlessly taking in each leap, jump and turn .

Friday night session brou gh Floor Exercise and Uneven Bars into view . Both events seemed impressive and brought out the final strength of our womens team.

Floor was taken by Metheny as she danced and tumbled her way to an impressive 9.70. Rigby was not far behind with a 9.50, Thies had a 9.40 and Roxanne Pierce a 9.30.

Uneven bars proved to be very exciting as many difficult and dangerous skills were executed .

Roxanne Pierce brought the crowd to its feet with a meet high of 9.80 as she executed a flawless and difficult set. Metheny was very clean and scored a 9.75 with Rigby very close behind at 9.70. It was at this time Cathy injured her hip and thigh which caused her to sit out the individual finals.

The All-Around titles were decided after these two days of competition. Mako Sakamoto defeated defending champion Yoshi Takei 109.20 to 108.60. Sadao Hamada took third with 103.90, Jim Culhane fourth with 101.70 and Mike Kimball fifth with 100.05.

The women proved to be the most exciting of all events as defending champion Linda Metheny edged out challanger Cathy Rigby 76.50 to 76.30. Third went to Nancy Thies as she scored a 74.90. Roxanne Pierce scored a 74.35 for fourth as she had trouble on the Balance Beam and Karen Schuckman fifth with a 73.70.

"PNI" On April 15th, Pasadena held its 23rd Annual National Invitational. The " PNI " as it is called proved to be one of the greatest in a long line of gymnastic shows produced at Pasadena City College. Outstanding routines were exhibited

by Richard Pascale on Floor exercise; Marty Krein on Rings ; Steve Zamora on Parallels and High Bar; and Doug Boegeron Long Horse. Jim Ivicek was very steady in his all around performance and walked away with the A.A. competition.

EVENT RESULTS: FX - Richard Pascale (unat.), Tom Proulx (unat.), Mike Zapp, P.CC , and Dana Shelly. PH - Leonard Caling and Glen Heckenliable (Full. State), and Fred Perkuhn, P.CC R - Marty Krein (PCC), Bob Shirk (unat.), Steve Diggle (Full. State). V - Doug Boeger (PeC), Jim Ivicek (N. Mex .) and Jim McFaul (Golden West). PB - Steve Zamora (Colo. St.), John Aitken (N. Mex.) and Jim Ivi c ek (N. Mex .).

AA - Jim Ivicek (N. Mex.), Barney Peters (Cal.), and Carl Satta (Cal.).

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YMCA NATIONALS WOMENS DIVISION A JUDGES POINT OF VIEW

By Carole Leidtke The La rgest Y meet ever held was run beautifully on April 21 and 22 at George Williams Coll ege by Cliff Loth e ry and Donna Chalmers Cozo of the Northwest Suburban YMCA . 160 boys and girls competed compulsories (some two sets) and optionals and finals with only a very few problems. The 128 girls performed the Advanced DGWS-USGF compulsories on Friday with four events run at a time and squads rotating from one event to the other in two sessions with a lun c h break between. The level of competition seemed to be from first year competitors to 8 year veterans and scores from 3.0 - 9.35. It seems that there will have to be some kind of qualification neccessary next year to prevent too much of this variation on a national level. There was plenty of preparation done to make it run smoothly with judging sheets, pushers showing well made numbers 'th at had squad number, event order, etc. on the back, plenty of runners and flashers, etc. all provided . There was some delay between the two sessions, running the boys inbetween and having to use the same horse and floor pad, but once started it ran quickly forso may people to be involved. Seattle, Wahington had the strongest team with 6 girls getting 9's. Jill Johnson and Janette Boyd tried hard for the 72 necessary to go to the final trials, being judged on the Olympic compulsories separately, Janette getting 71.6 and Jill 68.05.

A free banquet was given all co mpetitors and officials as well as a gym bag momento . Judges were given corsages and 'the best of hospitality.

Awards were given the top 10 in all around (medals and roses) and medals and trophies for first, Mid Valley YMCA, Van Nuys second.

All Around Debbie Halle 71 .0, Janette Boyd 69.9, Laurel Anderson 69.75, Shirley Boyd 69.25 and Jill Johnson 68.6 all of Seattle with Judy Putnam New Orleans 67.4 sixth.

Kethy Pontow

Vaulting: Cathy Pontow, 9.05; Laurel Anderson,8.9875; Debbie Halle, 8.875 Beam: Cathy Pontow, 8.8125; Janet Boyd , 8.725; Debbie Halle, 8.65 Bars: Debbie Halle, 9.25; Marilyn Woods Tulsa, 8.9875 ; Kelly Muncey MV, 8.9 Floor: Janet Boyd, 9.0375; Debbie Halle, 8.95; Cathy Pontow, 8.8875

YMCA NATIONALS MENS DIVISION Halle and Trott Win All-Around With exciting routines which thrilled spectators and rated high scores Miss Debbie Halle, of Seattle, Washington, and Mr. Bruce Trott, of Columbus, Ohio, became the 1972 National YMCA All-Around Champions. The Championships were held at George Williams College, Glenn Ellyn, Illinois, on April 21-22nd .

Debbie led her team-mates in regaining the women's team title for Seattle YMCA while the New Orleans team , without a winner but with good depth , took the men 's team title. There were 145 contestants representing 31 YMCA's fron 18 states.

The Men's Events: While the number of entrants in the men 's events was disappointing the caliber of work was good. One outstanding performance was 46

Dave Jacobs

AI Sanders' floor ex e rcise in which this powerfully built gymnast denionstrated unusual spring and height in his tumbling passes and very steady strength and balance. At one point he pressed straight-body from a prone position to a handstand , evenly and without a quiver, slowly arched over into a reverse planche, then returned just as steadily to a handstand. In addition, exceptionally high handsprings, back and front somersaults drew a high score of 9.35 for this exercise. Jack Leonard did double back somersault, double twister, and completed his floor with round-off, back handspring into full twisting back then a front saito. There were a couple of double back flyaways executed from rings and horizontal bar. Kevin Washington finished an unusually good horizontal bar routine with a free hip circle into a front saito dismount. On parallel bars Bruce Trott did double leg circles on his mount and later a back toss and high front sommy dismount. Steve Fox --- pony tail flying --- showed how a side horse should be worked with many C parts in his routine. There were other fine exercises noteworthy not so much for their content as for their smooth execution.

Taking a critical look at the men's competition, however, one mustadmit that the men's work should be much better. The side horse work was particularly disappointihg, even ,among the more advanced contestants. ,Most of the entrants are competent gymnsts but it was evident that many don't work out very regularly or concentrate on repeated practice of their routines. There are problems facing men 's gymnastics today and their affect was apparent in this Championships those who did compete deserve a lot of credit.

Team

New Orleans, Louisiana Austin, Chicago, Illinois Washington, D.C

213.80 209.30 203.15

All Around

Bruce Trott, Columbus, Ohio Dave Eby, Dayton, Ohio Rhon Keinigs, Austin of Chicago, III. Mike Dubos, Warren, Ohio Kevin Washington, B.R. Ryall , III. Dave Jacobs, Central Queens, N.Y.C

96.95 95.05 86.00 85.50 83.30 80.25

Floor Exercise

AI Sanders, Detroit, Michigan Jack Leonard, Washington, D.C Thon Keinigs, Austin of Chicago, III.

17.950 17.235 16.400

Pommel Horse

Steve Fox, Austin of Chicago, III. Dave Eby, Dayton, Ohio Bruce Trott, Columbus, Ohio

16.925 14.400 14.000

Long Horse

Jack Leonard, Washington, D.C Rhon Keinigs, Austin of Chicago, III. Dave Eby, Dayton , Ohio

17.775 17.725 17.150

Horizontal Bar

Bruce Trott, Columbus, Ohio Dave Eby, Dayton , Ohio Kevin Washington, B.R. Ryall , III .

17.225 16.725 14.875

Parallel Bars

Bruce Trott, Columbus, Ohio Dave Eby, Dayton, Ohio M~ike Dubos, Warren , Ohio

16.425 15.800 15.450

Rings

Bruce Trott, Columbus, Ohio 'Kevin Washington, B.R . Ryall , III. Martin Bell , Columbus, Ohio ,I '

Janette Boyd

16.800 16.800 16.750

Trampoline

Mark Langernecket, St. Louis, Mo .

Scott Finke, So, County, St. Louis, Mo. A. Freed, Kalamazoo, Mich.

42.80 39.15 35.60

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.R. CANADIAN •

REPORT

By Mr. Lewis R. Waller, Sec. Canadian Gymnastics Federation 357 Duke of Kent Avenue, Pointe Claire, Quebec CANADA ·1973 Canadian National Championships Ontario has been awarded the 37th National Championships and have already begun plans for the event by lining up York University as the site of the competions. York has one of the most modern facilities for gymnastics in Canada and has successfully hosted several Canadian and International meets over the past few years.

C.B. Wackett, Chairman of the '73 event was on hand in Calgary with publicity material for his event and gathered some first hand information on the many aspects of a National Championships.

Gymnastics at the Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto Visitors to the National Exhibition this summer will once more see a gymnastics show, thanks to the Ontario Gymnastics Federation who is organizing the '72 Show. Included in the presentation will be Kingston Royal Military College Gymnastics Team, a trampoline display, Modern Gymnastics, and a demonstration of the Ontario Gymnastics Federation of the Ontario Gymnastics Federation activities.

The show will take place in the Coliseum on Sports Day at the C.N.E. Canadian Girls Chosen for Olv;opic Training Camp For Canada ' s girls ," the Canadian Championships in Calgary May 19,20,and 21 were a step towards the formation of thei r team for the Summer Olympics. Eight girls were chosen to attend the training camp this summer - Jennifer Diachun , sisters Teresa and Nancy McDonnell, all of Toronto; Lenka Svatek, of Edmonton; Lise Arsenault of St. Anne de Bellevue; and Susan Buchanan, of Toronto.

Sharon Tsukamoto, of Toronto and Juliette Mayhew, of Saskatoon complete the squad .

The neutral judges from United States who officiated for the trials were: Erna Wachtel, Gal Davis, and Jackie Fie. Senior Men have eight contenders for a place on the Olympic Team Bill Mackie, Steve Mitruk, Bruce Medd, Steve Mitruk, Tom Kinsman all from Ontario ; Andre Simard, Michel Jodoin from Quebec; and Ron Hunter of B.C. The mens team will have their official trials June 16-1 7 when they will perform before neutral judges. Following this summer training camps will be conducted in Montreal and Toronto.

Tri-Meet between lJ.S.S.R., West Germany and Canada Log of the "action" in Schwabisch Gmunde, Germany May 6, 7, 1972 by -Sandra Hartley This was, for me, the first chance to be a spectator in an international women 's competition . The Russians won easj./y living up to their good reputation of dynamic new skills, tremendous amplitude and classical ballet 48

styl e. The latest ma rve l on the gymnastics scene won the all around ac hieving 9.9's and 9.8's without mu c h probl e m. Her name is Olga Korbet, 17 years old and looks like 10 year old d ynamite.

Howe ver, I couldn ' t help but be .impressed with our Canadian team. This was the 4th meet in 3 weeks of European touring, and it was evident that what travel fatigue they had acquired didn ' t affect them one bit, when such an important clima x was required . Their compulsory exec ution was weak as a team and this surprised me, since cOr[1pulsories at the international level should be flawless .

However, the Canadian coaches discussed this with concern, and it was realized that the Russians and West Germans simply do not have the packed and intricate composition that we have chosen to use in between the FIG elements. The risk and difficulty portrayed by other teams is minimal. Our compulsory beam and floor routines were in comparison , long exercises with far more movement and unnecessary risk . However, in Europe, our routines were of high spectating interest because of the impressive composition . The girls have yet to assume the expertise and dance style of choreographer, Rolande.

The optionals were our strong point. The Russians were amazing - some exercises were absolutely flawless; others had perfectly gigantic himan mistakes. Turisteva fell in both beam routines. For me, their most impressive performance was their group ballet warmup. It was so evident how advanced their ballet training was extended into gymnastics . Upper body and arm movement distinguished the Russians completely from the other teams, simply because they used their head and arms with great care aMd feeling for even the most simple movement. Isn't it ironical that we must do more difficultcomposition to compensate for our weakness - gymnasts untrained in dance cannot manoeuvre with confidence and beauty when asked to do very simple movement in walking, running, standing, etc.

The Russians do remarkably beautiful things to very basic movement. We seem to be relying on trickey and difficult connections to be impressive. Aod we were impressive!

There was opportunity to watch the Russians practice twice in one day, coinciding with the Canadian team 's workout. All three teams shared the gym and one set of each apparatus.

The 5 Russian girls always began with a 35-minute warmup of classical ballet exercises combined with warmup stretching, acrobatics and compulsory tumbling. Beyond this warmup they did no extra static stretching, or individual preparation. Their " warmup" on apparatus was minimal, and they proceeded almost immediately into parts or whole routines . It is interesting to note here that prior to the competition their pianist was late . The girls waited patiently and did not even look remotely concerned about their competitive warmup, until their warmup as as group was complete.

The Russian women nev e r hurried or sacrificed quality of movement. In fact, they stopped-an execution immediately that they encountered poor rhythm or missed a move.

Thus, they never showed force or struggle because they jumped off an apparatus if they did not feel propercontrol.AII the U.s.S.R. girls trained with independent workloads. They practiced until they had had enough and were individually satisfied with their execution. sometimes this meant only one perfect

repetiton, as Miss Korbet's standing back so mmie (!); or in other cases it meant about V2 hour spent on an optional bar dismount (plain hecht by Turisteva) .

Each gymnast did every move ment all out eve ry time, and there was no spotting on any event. About the closest coach was Astokova, who moved in to adjust the rheuther board on vau Iti ng occasionally.

TuristeviJ 's coac h was merel y a " presence" that directed her through verbal correction . He displayed disapproval by walking away.

Actually very little conversation took place at all. The Russians knew what they wanted to accomplish and there was little discussion about it.

In training there was no order of events, or set program . The workouts were " give and take " due to the sharing of apparatus. All teams worked sections or whole routines, both compulsories and optionals, in no particular order.

It is always unfortunate that Canadians have such ·a rough time breaking into the higher scores. The hosting country took trememdous advantage in that the majority of e vents were German biased. The scores did not reflect a true comparison of routines between the 3 teams.

We were glad that the German audiences did not accept our relatively poor scores as placidly as we did . Their audible reaction was our reward. And the German people were tremendously hospitable and organized in making our team most welcome. Munich is going to be the ultimate challenge!

Rep~rt of 36th Canadian National Championships held at Calgary, Alberta May 19-21, 1972 The '72 Canadian Championships were attended by 104 competitors from si x pro vinces and officials from nin e. Unfortunat e ly there was no representation from Prince Edwards Island and the Yukon.

Eastern competitors met in Toronto to join with the Ontario representati ves for a Transair Charter Flight to Winnipeg wh e re they were joined by the Manitoba contingent. The flight was conducive to a very friendly atmosphere as gymnasts and officials met and talked together "off the gym floor". Calgarians met the flight with true Western hospitality and soon all were tranported by bus and private car to the campus of the University of Calgary.

Glamor and color was added to the meet by the attractive hostesses attired in red slacks, hostess ribbons, and Alberta white stetson who were assigned to each provincial team to provide information .

Congratulations are due to the Calgary organizing committee on the excellent arrangements for the meet, on the fine equipment and to the technical committee for a well run competition. Results were produced soon after each days events and distributed to team coaches and rather reluctantly to national officers.

The official banquet for the Championships was held at the Highlander Motor Inn , on Saturday . The excellent roast Calgary beef will long be remembered as a high light of the week end . Jim Jarrell chaired the meeting and officiated over the presentation of awards.

Team Awards were presented by Mr. Dave Gabblehouse, Alberta Youth Recreation and Culture Department; Erna Wachtel, United States Gymnast ic Feder~tion. made presentations to the Junior Girls; Gail Davis, United States visiting judge, presented the Junior Men 's awards and Jackie Fie, United

States visiting judge, made the senior men's Albert Dippong, Mens presentations.

Technical Chairman , did the honors for senior women.

Assisting with the pr~sentations were hostesses Vivian Lehto, Penelope Waters, and Jeannie Thomas.

A standing vote of approval and thanks to the Calgary organizing committee followed a vote of appreciation by Norm Horn, National Treasurer.

On the return trip Calgary's long run way was being repaired which meant the Charter Flight used extra fuel for a take off on a shorter run way. This marred the return trip by necessi tating a refueling stop in Saskatoon, and arrival in Toronto too late for the Montreal connection . After a short over-night stop in a motel it was a might tired party which boarded the Montreal plane at 7:00 a.m. for the last leg of the retu rn tri p.

SENIOR DIVISION - Competitors 15 women 21 men Team Championships Women: Ontario 218.85 Quebec 191.90 Alberta 137.55 B.C. 108.35 Men: Ontario Quebec Ont. #2 Alberta B.C. Women All Around Jennifer Diachun Theresa McDonnell Nancy McDonnell Lenka Svatek Lise Arsenault Susan Buchanan

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

VAULTING 1. Jennifer Diachun 2. Nancy McDonnell 3. Theresa McDonnell

302.05 282.90 247.55 218.80 165.70 Onto Onto ant.

Alta.

Que. Onto

73.65 72.65 72.45 70.85 70.75 69.10 18.25 18.20 18.15

UNEVEN BARS

1. Jennifer Diachun 2. Nancy McDonnell 3. Theresa McDonnell

18.20 18.20 17.90

BALANCE BEAM

1. Jennifer Diachun 2. Theresa McDonnell 3. Lenka Svatek

18.40 18.20 18.00

FLOOR EXERCISE 1. Jennifer Diachun 2. Theresa McDonnell 3. Nancy McDonnell

18.80 18.40 18.35

Men All Around Bill Mackie Andre Simard Steve Mitruk Bruce Medd Ron Hunter Tom Kinsman Michel Jodion

Ont. 102.05 Que. 100.25 Ont. 99.85 Onto 97.35 B.C. 89.10 Ont o 88.85 Que. 88.85

POMMEL HORSE 1. Bill Mackie 2. Bruce Medd 3. Andre Simard

17.65 15.90 15.85

RINGS 1. Bill Mackie 2. Andre Simard 3. Bob Blanchette Alta.

16.85 16.35 15.95

FLOOR EXERCISE 1. Bill Mackie 2. Bruce Medd 3. Andre Simard

17.80 15.90 15.85

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

VAULT

1. Pierre Leclerc Que. Richard Bigras Que.

3. Andre Simard

18.10 18.10 17.65

HORIZONTAL BAR 1. Michel Jodion Que. 2. Bill Mackie 3. Steve Mitruk

17.20 17.15 16.45

PARALLEL BARS 1. Steve Mitruk 2. Bill Mackie 3. Andre Simard

18.30 17.80 17.70

JUNIOR DiViSION - Competitors 43 women Team Championships: Girls: Ontario B.C. Quebec Alberta Boys: Quebec B.C. Ontario Alberta Girls All Around 1. Midori Fujiwara 2. Kathy Chamberlain 3. Charlene Miller 4. Lisa Broderick 5. Karen Gloutney 6. Janice Gauthier VAULTING 1. Barbara Briggs 2. Carole Poulin 3. Kathy Chamberlain UNEVEN BARS 1. Midori Fujiwara 2. Karen Gloutney 3. Sylvie St. Laurent BALANCE BEAM 1. Kathy Chamberlain 2. Midori Fujiwara 3. Charlene Miller Lisa Broderick FLOOR EXERCISE 1. Charlene Miller 2. Janice Gauthier 3. Midori Fujiwara

26 men 309.90 307.45 299.60 288.75

438.15 404.20 383.25 263 .55 Onto Onto B.C. B.C. Que. B.C.

65.55 64.25 62.55 62.00 61 .10 60.85

B.C. Que. Ont.

16.80 16.00 15.80

Onto Que. Que.

16.85 16.55 16.50

Ont. Onto B.C. B.C.

16.80 16.70 15.75 15.75

B.C. 17.15 B.C. 16.65 Onto 16.55

Boys All Around 1. Conrad Vi ncent 2. Keith Carter 3. Owen Walstrom 4. Raymond Michael 5. Glen Butler 6. Bill Petrochenko

Que. Man. B.C. Que. B.C. Ont.

98.15 88.60 86.15 85.65 85.15 84.95

POMMEL HORSE 1. Conrad Vincent 2. Bill Petrochenko 3. Keith Carter

Que. Onto Man.

16.65 14.05 13.75

RINGS 1. Owen Walstrom 2. Keith Carter 3. Raymond Michael

B.C. Man. Que.

15.55 15.35 15.25

FLOOR EXERCISE 1. Keith Carter 2. Conrad Vincent 3. Owen Walstrom

B.C. Que. B.C.

16.80 16.65 15.80

VAULT 1. Conrad Vincent 2 . Phillipe Boulingez 3. Owen Walstrom

Que. 18.15 Que. 17.65 B.C. 17.30

HORIZONTAL BAR 1. Glen Butler 2. Conrad Vincent 3. Owen Walstrom

B.C. Que. B.C.

15.20 15.08 14.30

PARALLEL BARS 1. Conrad Vincent 2. Norman Menard 3. Keith Carter

Que. Que. Man.

17.40 16.80 15.05

REPORT FROM THE MODERN GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

by Anu Joe The kalev Estienne Gymnasts, Canadian representatives at the "World's 5 th Modern Gymnastics Championships" have returned home with moderate success but vast amounts 'of knowledge and experience which we in turn will part to our colleagues.

Our individual entees scored as follows out of a potential 10 points : o~ ':.0'<:>

X:-0

o~ oz,

(.,~ d~.' ~cR ~~ S. Mihkelson

7.25

6.80

7.35

7.40

M.lvey

7.20

7.50

6.30

7.50

C. Lindenbu rger

7.55

6.65

7.05

7.30路

In lieu of the fact that the individual aspect of gymnastique moderne was introduced to Canada only one year ago, the scores were quite average. The Mexican individual competitors, also attending their first international competition, averaged scores in the 5 and 6 range.

The winning scores, received by Russians and Bulgarians were as follows: Ribbon 9.55, Hoop 9.75, Rope 9.50 and Ball 9.75.

Our group entry, with a score of 15.8 out of 20, placed eighth . The highest score, 18.5 was received by Bulgaria and the lowest, 11.9 by Mexico, the ninth place team. Our girls performed their routines .with grace, charm and technical perfection on our level. We were informed by the judges that our loss of points was due to lebel of skill and absence of sensationalism expected at the world level. The girls and their coach Mrs. Evelyn Koop received many positive comments and encouraging words from the other international coaches.

Most seemed to feel that the group had great potential. These comments were reinforced by invitations to inter-country meets by Germany, Mexico, New Zealand and Cuba.

My personal comment would be that the girls were one of the happiest and healthiest looking groups performing that evening, indeed a good reflex ion on our country.

In addition to this experience we were also able to make many films of the outstanding routines. These we hope to send acrossCanada.

We also received materials and qualifications to train judges in preparation for the coming world competition in 1973.

A most successful venture. Thank you for you r support in making this trip possible for us.

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NOTES Renee Hendershott Women's Coordinating editor

- THE WRITING ON THE WALL "Our wisdom comes from our experience, and our experience comes from our foolishness ."

Sacha Guitry "Patience is the art of concealing your impatience."

Franklin P. Jones (Famil y Weekly)

People are a lot like turtles.

They never get anyplace unless they stick their necks out.

COLLEGE TEAM INTERVIEW Note from Editor: Many high school Jr.'s and Sr's are looking for colleges and universities to attend. The Gymnast Magazine would welcome articles from other colleges telling us about their gymnastic programs. Next month look for an article from Mimi Murry, coach at the winning collegiate Women 's Team at DGWS Nationals 1972.

GYMNASTIC CLUB路 featured group

by Cheryl Wagner DIABLO GYMNASTIC CLUB--Pleasant Hill, California Coaches : Jim Gault and Hal Shaw The Diablo Gymnastics club started in September, 1966 under the sponsorship of the Pleasant Hill Recreation and Park District. The purpose was and still is to train girls for competition in gymnastics. The program has grown from the first year enrollment of about 30 to over 200 participants from beginning through advanced performers. At the present time there are approximately 350 girls on a waiting list for the club.

The Recreation Dept. leases a building that serves as a year round facility. Equipment includes video .tape equipment; floor exercise mat, two horses, three uneven bars, seven balance beams, trampoline, and piano.

Biginning gymnastics classes are available to

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Tami Sepaspour: 1970-71 Jr. Regional Champion ; 6th AA Jr. Nationals; 4th AA 1971 Jr. Olympics; vaulting 1970-71 Jr. Olympics; 36th

Olympic Olympic 1st place AA, 5th

place vaulting 1971 USGF Elite Championships; 28th AA, 2nd place vaulting 1972 Semi-final Olympic Trials.

youngsters 7 years of age and older. Girls may progress to intermediate classes where compulsory routine work is introduced and, in time, optional work begins. Girls may qualify for the advanced team group by winning a novice all-around title in one of the novice optional competitions held several times a year in the Northern California area.

During the last 5V2 years the club has been involved in many community activities and events. The club has participated in numerous demonstrations at schools, shopping centers, hospitals, and local Pleasant Hill Fiesta as well as conducting yearly clinics in girls gymnastics for the Northern California area. The annual summer gymnastics show, "The Flip-Flow Follies." features girls from all levels of the program : Members of the advanced team are regularly asked to perform for other gymnastics exhibitions and their unique vaulting drill is a popular show number.

The club is supported and assisted by the Parents Club which is largely responsible for fund raising activities, running meets, transporting gymnasts and equipment, establishing policies and guidelines for disbursement of funds , constructing equipment, etc. The Parents Club has, for the past two years, conducted a new car raffle netting the club a considerable amount of money for traveling expenses. Purchase of a video tape recorder, monitor, and camera, in conjunction with the Recreation Dept., was a major project of the Parents Club.

During the past 4 years the club has gained recognition in local, state, and national competition and has produced several outstanding age-group performers.

Diane Dunbar: 1971 Northern Calif. AA Champion (11-12); 1971 USGF State Meet 2nd AA ; 1971 Jr. Olympic Regionals 2nd AA; 1972 Northern Calif. AA Champion (12-14); 1972 USGF State AA Champion; 1972 USGF Junior ~ Nationals, 3rd AA; 3rd F.X., 2nd Vault, 2nd Bars . .~ Lisa Buttrill: 1971 Northern California AA Champion (13-14) ; 1971 USGF State Meet 5th AA; 1971 Jr. Olympic Northern California Champion; 3rd AA 1971 Jr. Olympic Regionals; 17th AA, 6th place vaulting 1971 AAU ' Jr. Nationals.

Charlene Thomas: 1971 Northern Calif.

Vaulting Champion; 1972 Northern California USGF Class I AA Champion.

Debbie Hung: 1972 Northern California USGF Class 13rd AA; 1972 USGF State Meed 2nd FX, 5th beam (12-14); 1972 USGF Junior Nationals, 3rd F.X. TEAM AWARDS: Ranked 1st in Northern California, 3rd USGF California State Meet, 1972; 1st USGF Regionals, 1972, and 3rd in the 1972 USGF Junior Nationals. , Editors Note : See write-up on the USGF Junior Nationals for performaces of Diane Dunbar and Debbie Hung.

DISCIPLINE IS THE NAME OF THE GAME

Penn State

THE PENN STATE WOMEN'S GYMNASTIC TEAM Betz Hanley, coach of this enthusiastic group of young ladies has sent us this picture of the Penn State Team and tells us a little bit about the program. They have had their 1st very successful season in Women 's Gymnastics for several years.

The gymnastic facilities at Penn State are excellent! The recently completed Gymnasti cs Room is permanently路 set up with multiple sets of the finest equipment available, thus creating a favorable environment for the development of collegiate gymnasts. Any woman student at Penn State who demonstrates gymnastics ability and a desire for competition is welcome to tryout for the team; with perseverance and development of potential ability she may attain a position on the team . The number of team members chosen each year may vary from 10 to

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Athletic scholarships are not offered at Penn State. This factor , coupled with high admission standards, demands excellence in scholarship from all team members. The present team is composed of girls majoring in variety of fields : Mathematics, Biochemistry, Journalism, Zoology, Architecture , Physical Education and Recreation, Nursing, Pre-Med, Pre-Vet, Pre-Physical Therapy and Medical Technology.

This variety of majors eliminates the possibility of scheduling classes and labs around gymnastics practice; therefore, all practices must be held in the evenings 路 in order to include all team members. The gymnasium is in a convenient location and close to most dormitories. Workouts during the Fall and Winter Terms 路are held Sundays through

Thursdays, averaging two to three hours per evening. Spring Term is utilized primarily for the acquisition of new skills and practices are held four times per week . Each team member choreographs and develops a sound competitive routine within the limits of her ability; her work in the gym is in an atmoshpere which is both constructive and enjoyable .

A high team morale has been built on the philosophy of "Have fun! Do what you can and do it as well as you can"! This philosophy of mutual cooperation and individual dedication gives the team a preparation for dual, regional, and national meets,. and encourages healthy competition without insisting on " winning at all costs."

The administration supports the team to the fullest extent, during difficult as well as successful seasons. Outstanding performers are given the opportunity to compete at their highest level of competence and the team schedule includes some of the best competition in the East and Mid-West. There are many supporting extras at Penn State: team physicaians and physical therapists available at all times, an accomplished pianist who works colsely with performers on floor exercise, and many excellent opportunities for additional instruction in modern dance, ballet and related activities for the interested gymnast. The members of the Penn State Women's Gymnastics Team have a well-balanced life during their college career; they must work hard to attain ex cellence in both academics and gymnastics, but there are many advantages to a large, . respected university--outstanding faculty, outstanding facilities, and an outstanding area in which to live!

Si xty-four pounds of contain ed dynamite and she is all girl. That 's Deeanna Gilliam , who at age 10 has won over 70 awards for her athletic ability.

The world of gymnastics begins early and the discipline is demanding, yet the field is crowded with young girls who are spending long tough hours training their muscles to perform exacting exercises. Allover the country youngsters gather after school to work out. "We are new at this, " says Nancy Kendrick, director of gymnastics, Town North YMCA. "We have very young girls, but they are workers, and if they keep it up in a year or two, we' ll have some winners."

What makes these young girls willing to work so hard and discipline themselves so rigidly? There was a time when picturebook ballerinas on their toes were the heroines of little girls. But times are c hanging, and the trim beauties of the gymnastic world are becom ing the new idols. Girls today want tq win while they are still young . They know the pages of the Olympics are filled with winners who were still in high school. Sixteen is not too young to be a winner. In a few years Dallas may have a big star in young Deeanna Gilliam of the Sokol Athletic Center.

Deeanna began competition at seven with The TumblingTexans. Two years ago she joined the team of Coach Bill Willis at Sokol and has .been under his demanding instruction since then . Coach Willis believes that discipline is a national ethos. If you don 't get it in the culture, it is extremely hard to acquire by yourself.

American girls are not discipl ined at home, at school or at church, but things are different when they enter the gym . The girls must worK long hours to "train their muscles and to curb their natural fear. The muscles must learn new patterns. The fear is the natural result of new body movements . Unless a gymnast is training 12 to 16 hours a week, every week of the year, she is not ready for competition . Most Americans want gimmicks, quick courses and tricks, not long hours of muscle training . That is why until recently Americans hadn't taken to gymnastics, although it is an Olympic sport highly regarded all over the world.

A couple of years ago gymnastics was given a spurt of encouragement here in the United States by Cathy Rigby, who became the first American woman to win a medal in international competition. Cathy has spent thousands of hours of hard work since she . began her instruction at 11 years old .

Just after her 10th birthday Deeanna Gilliam entered the YMCA meet in Midland, Texas, and won first in trampoline, tumbling , floor exercise, tied for first on balance beam and was second in vaulting. In February of this year at the SWAAU meet in Bedford , Texas, in her age group, Deeanna placed first in everything tumbling, floor exercise, vaulting, balance beam, uneven bars and was awarded the all-around award for her 33 .10 points. She was 4.15 points higher than anyone else. She topped the junior division of the SWAAU Jr.-Sr. Meet in April.

Deeanna only performs the exercises that her coach knows she can complete perfectly 99 per cent of th e time. " But I'm working on an aerial walkover on the beam and a full and a half in floor exercise," she said . Unless 51

Deeanna & coach Bill Willis Deeanna has ·mastered these new stunts she will not include them in the Regional Jr. Olympics in June.

Training four afternoons and one evening a week has limited her afternoon activities. Does she miss Girl Scouts, Camp Fire Girls or activities at St. Thomas? After thinking about it a minute Deeanna replied , " If I wasn't practicing in the gym in the afternoons, I'd be tumbling at home. " She is self-motivated and almost

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fearless. "The scariest thing I ever tried was a double back with the belt. The coach was holding it, but I was still scared," she commented. So great is her co nfid ence in Coach Willis that she'll try anything he asks of her. She doesn 't work hard just for herself, she pointed out. "When I win, I help the team win, too, because at some of the meets they give team points."

Her mother has taught Deeanna to win like a champion and lose with grace. Mrs. Gilliam believes one of the most important things her daughter can learn is good sportsmanship.

Deeanna's father, Gene Gilliam, a former Golden Glove win ner, is trying to teach her the importance of building her endurance.

Deeanna is cheerful about trying the high energy foods he suggests.

On the wall of her room is a bulletin board covered with her winning ribbons, medals and medallions. Trophies are lined up on a shelf below. In an equally important place over her bed is a color picture of the Osmond Brothers.

She is no mu scle machine but an attractive yo ung girl who likes to co mpete. In competition she is co ntrolled perfection.

Deeanna's fantastic natural ability has taken her a long way. Her love of the sport will carry her further. Whether she will stick it out for the next four or six years and try for a spot on the United States Olympi c team is yet to be determined.

Coach Willis ' ya rdstic k might help us measure Deea nna's chances. These are his five checkpoints to finding a winner. First he looks for ability. By this he means body structure. The natural athlete who loves exercise and activity has an advantage. Next he looks for determination and willingness to work . This is so important that it often compensates for lack of ability. Third is the girl's mental attitude. She must be motivated towards excellence . Th ere is fear and nervousness in learning each stunt.

She must curb this fear . Fourth, the coach must demand perfection in such a way that she will work for it and not give up. Yet, he must handle each girl differently because each has a different psychological makeup. In the end every girl must be a master of self-discipline.

Women who have won Olympic games from Babe Didrickson to Peggy Fleming have proven over and over that hard work and self-discipline are the keys to winning, and that's what it is all about.

Success in any field is the same story, but athletes must work harder because they have a full schedule at school in addition to the long hours of training. They work out every week all 'year. No changing to basketball, little chance for tennis and only recreational swimming. ·Gymnastics comes first. This is what makes it so 'interesting that young American girls are requesting gymnastics in school. They want to work, and they seem to want the discipline.

'Now with more and more public schools adding the equipment, basic gymnastics is reaching a larger number of children.

Out of any group of girls train ing one or two may develop other interests and drift out of the program . Fear might take out another. There may be a girl who just doesn' t have the physical structure to succeed. Hopefully, among those who remain there will be one who has the ability, motivation, determination and discipline to stick it out. If you can find her, you will have a dedicated winner.

No drifter co uld make it. Anyone looking for a gimmick or a short course couldn't hack it, but a cute young brunette from Dallas just may become our " all-American" champion.

Reports from Marialice Carter ••• our Southern Reporter Florida held its first state USGF meet this year hosted by Bru ce Ayres at Seminole Heights Recreation Center in Tampa, Florida. Those of us who expected a big m eet with a lot of formality and spectators were surprised. Only 15 girls were entered, and the majority belonged to Bruce Da vis from Miami-Dade.

The gymnasts were provided with hard ca nvas mats, and not the best equipm ent in the world but everyone put forth their best. There was a little confusion and a coaches meeting at the beginning of the judging. Some were doing a dive tensica instead of acrobatic in the compo FR-X, and all decided no education for it. Also, because of the small number of girls, they were going to try and run the meet off in one day, but the judging went slow by going one person and one event at a time so the option als were done the second day as originally planned .

South Carolina USGF State Meet-Delene Darst First-place winners doing the beginner level routines scored anywhere from th e middle fives to the high seve ns.

In the group performing the intermediate level routines, Patty Morris took first place with 28.9. Patty is in the 15-and-over age group.

The advanced level gymnasts perfor med both compulsories and optionals. Mary Jane Sullivan came in first on this level.

USGF Region VIII Championships Held in Atlanta, Ga., April 8th the competition included girls in the 12-14 and 15-and-over age groups.

12-14 1. Leslie Maynard Decatur-Dekalb YMCA 66.40 2. Cindy Graves Valpariso, Florida 65.50T Penny Graves Fort Myers 15 and Over 1. Mary Ann Sistrunk Riviera Beach, Fla. 70.15 2. Kim High Miami-Dade 69.55 3. Bonnie Harris Miami-Dade 69.00 qualifiers from USGF Jr. or Sr. Nationals Cindy Frank, Sharon Palmer (USGF Region 3) , Leslie Maynard, Karen Radulski, Pen ny Graves, Carrie Englert, Kim High, Mary Ann Sistrunk, Bonnie Harris.

THE SOUTHERN REPORT Excerpts: Florida Gymnastics Newsletter National Jr. College Championships Miami Dade N. came in third this year in the Jr. College nationals, Odessa, Texas, was first, New Mexico second. Bruce Davis was voted the Coach of the Year in the Jr. College circles.

Lawson King, coach at Broward Community College, is searching for top college-age talent.

He has several scholarships and has plans to get BCC off and running. To contact: Phys. Ed. Dept., Ft. Lauderdale, Fla . 33314. BCC is a junior college.

Watch Out, World ••• Here WeCome ••• JMM Wasn't that some great gymnastics the Japanese team showed on Wide World of ,sports? . . . And the special on Kathy was 'something that got all our girls working out twice as hard , you know? Every time I read the Gymnast I get depressed because I see how Ihard we have to work to catch up to some of the lother teams and areas. After the last issue, I sat i.down and had to reflect back at just what we :have done here in the state. (Forgetting the FSU ,era some 20 years ago). !

Kim Chace has done great. Tiger Taylor helped the state by winning in the Jr. Olympics, Bruce Davis brought two top competitions to ,the state for us to see, Tom Maloney and Jon [Culbertson are always respected as top officia~-

June Gifford' s trampolinists from Tallahassee always seem to be in the top slots in the Jr. Olympics. Our state yo uth developmental program is huge. Gail Sontgerath, Claudia Fizell, Sandy Philips are all names that are heard in top women's gymnastic circles.

Well, that's not bad for a state, but I guess what bothers me is that eve n though Miami-Dade North has won the National Jr. College champs, the magazine and al l newsletters mention the top men and college teams in the nation-and we have none. We grow them here and develop them , but then we have to ship them out to other states and colleges. We are growing and a very young state gymnastically.

You know? We have another unique characteristic. We are almost completely a recreation department-controlled state. Ft. Myers, Panama City, Tallahassee, Tampa, Jacksonville, Riviera Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Coral Gables, etc., etc. And yet recreation depa'rtments have no voice in national policy-not that we want any at this time.

You know we ain ' t doin' so bad! Watch out, world! Here we come!

GYMNASTICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO Report by Mrs. Noelin e Kelly During the past three years co-ed gymnastics has become very populat at UTEP. This interest has arisen out of the activity courses offered to the general student. Keen students asked if they could have gymnasium time in the evenings to work out, and this has been provided. Mini-meets for activity class members were scheduled during 1970, and to round out the year, the first invitational co-ed meet for high school and college students was sponsored by Dr. Brian and Mrs. Noeline Kelly and Mr. Vernon Butler.

Over 100 competitors came from New Mexico and Texas, and from Juarez, Mexico, where there is a very strong group of gymnasts, including Olympic trial participants. The meet was so successful that it has been decided to make it an annual event. This 1971 -1972 season more mini-meets are scheduled: in December 1971, a citywide all-ages meet was sponsored in conjunction with the Sun Carnival city festivity.

A girls' team will attend the TCIAW championships in April, and the year will be concluded with an invitational meet.

SOKOL GYMNASTICS by Sylvia Laznovsky The Southern District of the American Sokol Organization plays an active role in gymnastics in Texas. Units of Sokol are located in Corpus Christi , Dallas, Ennis, Fort Worth and Houston .

Gymnastic classes are held on a scheduled basis. The Sokol Physical Culture is a scientifically designed system of calisthenics, games, sports and gymnastics-with and without apparatus.

Sokol, meaning " falcon, " was founded in Czechoslovakia in 1862 and is dedicated to the physical, mental and cultural advancement of its members and the children who attend its gymnasiums. The first United States unit was organized in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1865. The first Texas unit was founded if' Ennis in 1908.

Within the recent past, new Sokol gymnasiums have been erected by units in Dallas, Houston , and Ennis. Sokol Fort Worth and Sokol Corpus Christi are also planning to build in the near future.

Each generation of Sokol instructors trains successors and helpers. Instructor courses are held annually in the Southern District to train students in Sokol techniques and principles so that they can become instructors and leaders in their home gymnasiums.

The highlight of the year in the Southern District will be the "S let" or gymnastic exhibition . The Southern District Sokol Slet will be held in Dallas the weekend of June 10th and 11th. All-around apparatus competitio n will be held in children's, juniors' and seniors' divisions. Moderne gymnastic numbers will also be presented in competition. A volleyball tournament will be held. The Slet will conclude with a mass exhibition . Two hundred seventy-five participants of all ages were included in the fina l exhibition at the 1971 Southern Distri ct Slet.

This year marks the 110th anniversary of the founding of Sokol. A World Slet will be held in Vienna, Austria, in June 1972. Representatives of the Southern District will take part.

CAJUN INVITATIONAL The 1972 Cajun Classic was cond ucted afthe Health and Physi cal Education Center of LSU in New Orleans. Meet Director was Mr. Loyd Huval, coach of LSUNO ' s gymnastic team. The age group competition for both boys and girls was held on Friday, Feb. 18.

There was no team compet ition. All -around winners were, in the boys ' division , Charles Wilson in 15 and under, Marty Wilson in 16 and over. Both boys were from Shades Valley YMCA in Birmingham, Alabama . In the girls' competition, Crystal Spencer won all-around in the 12-and-under, Judy Putnam won all-around in the 15-and-under. Both girls are from the New Orleans YMCA. There was no college division for the women. It was a 15-and-over competition.

Sandy Philips from Southeastern Louisiana won the all-around. The college division, men only, was conducted Saturday. Preliminaries were held at 2:00 p .m. Finals began at 7:30. Paul Tickanoff won the all-around . There was team competition in this division , won by Odessa College from Texas.

Outstanding performers in the girls' and women's division were Judy Putnam, Crystal Spencer, Sharon Palmer, Jeanie Bead le, Debbie Menzie, Claudia Fizell, Pam Badeaux, Sandy Philips. Outstanding co mpetitors in the boys' and men's division were Charlie Wilson, Marty Wilson, Greg Lewis, Pat Goodman, Mike Foster, Bruce McGartlin , Ricky Russell, Steve Bonham, John Fitzgerald. - W . P. WortmanP.E. Director, Treater YMCA, New Orleans

Escambia County School System In an effort to incorporate gymnastics into their public school system , the Escambia County Senior High School held a sports day, including gymnastics as well as volleyball and basketball on its agenda .

In the ensuing competition, Woodham High came in first with 49.0 points. Scores ranged from 1.2 to 6.1. Coach Avd declares, "You can tell by the scores that we do not have the best

gymnasts in the state nor the best 'coaches'l But we triedl " Note from editor : To see change ... there must be a beginning .. . a will .. . and lots of help .. .. Good luck, Escambial

News of Clinic in New Orleans On Saturday, April 15, 1972, the Tulane University Gymnastics Club sponsored a gymnastic clinic in Favrot Field House to improve skills and promote the sport. Two teaching stations per event and a coaches station for both the men's and women's events were run concurrently. Clinic director was Paul Prince, with Coach Loyd Huval of LSUNO directing the men 's section and Coach Vannie Edwards of Southeastern Louisiana University directing the women ' s section . This clinic was only for beginners and intermediates with instruction for eaeh level every hour by members of LSUNO and SLU team members.

A special feature of this clinic was classes in each area of gymnastics taught by coaches Edwards and Huval for beginning coaches, physical education instructors and physical education majors. This fine period of instruction and workout was followed with a demonstration by the LSUNO and SLU teams.

THE NEW ENGLAND REPORT

by David Reeves 1972 Connecticut Open Gymnastics Meet

Invitational

Held on March 18 at Maloney High School in Meriden, this meet attracted 320 gymnasts from seven states! There was competition for both boys and girls at this meet which took eight and a half hours to complete.

The girls' all-around team award was won by Cathy Corrigan 's School of Gymnastics of South Weymouth, Mass., with a 275 .15 point total, followed by the Springfield, Mass., YMCA with 235.95 points. Twenty-four clubs were entered .

The midget team award event went to Brentwood , New York Gym Club; the Junior award went to Springfield , Mass., YMCA and. the intermediate and senior to Corrigan 's.

The most outstanding female gymnast award of the meet went to 9-year-old Carolyn Johnson of the Brentwood, N . Y., Club. Carolyn captured four first places all by substantial point margins.

The overall team championships in the boys' division was won by the GymnastrumGym Club of Reading, Pa ., with a 187.95 point total, followed by the Keinen Club of Rockville Center, N .Y., with 154.60 points. Twenty-one clubs were entered .

The Gymanstrum team also captured the midget and junior division trophies. The Keinen Club captured the intermediate division, and Lowell (Mass.) Tech Gym Club took the senior d ivision .

The most outstanding male gymnast award of the meet went to Chuck Schiebler, who won four first places and one second while competing in an outstanding senior division class .

Boys' all-around awards were won by Chris Riegel in the midget class and James Mikus in the Junior class, both from the Gymnastrum team , and Bob Fard of the Keinen Club won in the intermediate class, and Chuck Schiebler won in the senior division.

The local Falcon team finished fourth in the midget and junior divisions and fifth in the intermediate division. Neil Corcoran from the Wallingford YMCA received a fifth-place award in the midget all-around.

Eastern States Team Invitational Meet . Held on April 8 at Southern Connecticut State wiollege. Pennsylvania, Connecticut.

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New York, New Jersey, Delaware came in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th respectively. Maryland, the sixth state involved, did not compete.

Judges Training and Certification Exams Check calendar .. . West Point Academy in May .. . for men; Montclair College in Octobe r . .. for women.

Gymnastique Moderne Meet ••• A First in the Meet Novice women 's Moderne Gymnastic Meet was held April 21st at Hunter College, New York . Professor Norma Zabka of Hunter has been doing much to promote mod erne gymnastics in the East.

THE MIDWESTERN REPORT Renee P. Hendershott USGF Region IV Championship for Women Connie Robertson, USGF Region IV Chairman This championship was held in conjunction with the Midwest Invitational. The site was Urbandale High School in Des Moines, Iowa.

Region IV includes Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and ' Wisconsin.

Qualifying scores for USGF Jr. an~ Sr. Nationals were computed from optional scores earned on the 9th.

Eight girls qualified to advance to the Jr. and Sr. nationals. Corner House Gymnastic Club qualified as a team of four girls to compete in the Jr. nationals.

In the junior divi sion, Laurie Keck (Corner House) was first all-around and on beam. Lisa Zimmerman (Corner House) took first places in floor ex., bars and vaulting.

In the senior division , Kathy. Keck (Corner House) took first-place honors in the all-aro'und, including first places in floor ex., beam and vaulting. First on bars was Patti Fogleman of Waterloo YMCA. . The 5th Annual Midwest Invitational Gymnastic Meet for Girls and Boys Connie Robertson Hosted by the Iowa Gymnastic Education Association and the Corner House Gymnastic Club, this meet was he ld at the Urbandale High School in Des Moines, Iowa . A definite increase in spectator interest was obvious with over 300 spectators in attendance. . The elite girls' competition April 8th was very exciting, with over 150 competitors representing 15 teams from Colorado, Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and North Dakota. Th e jr. girls' competition was very strong, with several flip-flops and aerials on the beam performed with reasonable success; however, in general, the competitors seemed to lack confidence during their routines. In both divisions, theFX routines sho'wed definite improvement over last year's competition, with both style and tumbling being upgraded. The SHV was the highest scoring event of the meet with a number of scores over 8.5 and several above 9 points.

Many superior elements were performed on the bars, but to attain higher scores, more emphasis will need to be placed on execution; however, overall, the event was very exciting and had a great deal of audience appeal.

In the 12-and-under division , Karen Koshak, a very talented young gymnast from Pueblo, Colo., Gymnastic Team, took top honors in the AA, FX, UB and SHV. Toni Wilkins of Waterloo, Iowa, YMCA won first on the BB. In the 13-and-over division, Diane Sepke (Engstrom GC of Chicago captured first place AA, BB and SHV. Sue Luba of Gymnastics Unlimite,d , Addision , 111.) won the UB, and Leah Fujimoto of the MinnepHops of Minnetonka, Minnesota, placed first on the FX. 54

Kathy Keck, 1st AA USGF Region IV Girls' team results (combination 01 Jr. and Sr. Div) : Corner House Gym Club (Des Moines, Iowa) 158.45; Gymnastics Unlimited (Addison, 111.) 152.85; Waterloo YMCA (Waterloo, Iowa) 143.95; Bettendorf Par k Board Gym Club (Bettendorf, Iowa) 141.40; Pueblo Gym Club (Pueblo, Colo.) 138.25; Minne-Hops (Minnetonka, Minn .) 133.66.

The boys' competition was held April 9th and included 130 novice and elite competitors representing 13 teams from Iowa, Illinois,.

Minnesota, Missouri and Nebraska . Scott Evans (Corner House) was the outstanding 15-and-over elite competitor, winning the AA title, plus SR, LHV and FX events. David Rayer (Sokol Omaha) placed first in the PB, SH and HB . Bart Conner (N.W. suburban Des Pl a in es, 111.) captured the 12-14 e lite division AA by winning the PB, SR and LHV. Eric Rand ol ph (Corner House) placed first on the SH and Jim Hartung (Sokol Omaha) first on the FX event. In the ll-and-under elite division, Philip Cahoy (Sokol Omaha) won first place AA, SR, LHV, SH, HB and FX. Dave Watson (Corner House) won the PB event.

Elite boys' team results: Sokol Omaha 203.00; Corner House 132.66; N.w. Sub. Y 62.33.

Novice boys' team results: Waterloo YMCA 105.50; South Omaha Sokol 92.50; Corner Hous e 72.00.

Illinois Institutes Competitive Gymnastics on the 'High School Level Next year marks the beginning of an organized program of high school competition in Illinois. In an effort to improve coaching by women in our hi g h schools, we have organized .guest lectures and are conducting a course in coaching gymnastics. We are also going to ·conduct a seminar for men and women. On our list of lectures are Dr. Charles Johnson , Vannie Edwards, Wettestone, Rotzheim , Frey, Meade and Grossfeld . The seminar will be followed by a week of camp for boys and girls. For info : Vic Lesch, 1870 Marine Plaza, MilwaUKee, Wisconsin 53202. Phone: 1-(414) 276-1989.

Michigan District AAU Junior Olympics Girls' Gymnastic Championships Owen Perkins, editor of the Michigan Gymnastics Newsletter, reports that in the senior division , Ga yle Compton of Fl int (58.37), Augusta Lipsey of Kalamazoo (53.62) and Paula Weber of Bridgman (53.45) qualified for regionals in June to be held in Canton, Ohio.

From the junior division , Sharmane Peek of Flint (61.50), Mary Jo Swanson of Kalama~oo.

(58.28) and Cindy Kaprielianof Bloomfield Hills

(57.56) also qualified for regionals.

There was competition in the .10-12 age group, and Pid Archibald of Bloomfield Hills took first-place all-around with 52.20.

Michigan Association for Gymnastics . . • Women's Commission Gymnastic Champ.

In the senior division , East Lansing, Ann Arbor Y and Kalamazoo Y took 1-2-3 respectively. Ann Weaver of East Lansing came in first all-around with 27.43.

The Kalamazoo Kalisthenians topped the team honors with 71.31 points in the 13-14 age group. Mary Jo Swanson of KK was first all-around with 26.05 points.

Michigan's Dianne Grayson Qualifies for the Final Trials - 6th Place Coached by Jim McGraw, this Flint Olympian scored 72.30 in AAU senior na tionals in Billings, Montana. Congratulations, Dianne and coach.

Michigan H.S.A.A. Girls' State Gymnastic Champions - Owen Perkins Tflfs was tne first girrs' state championship officially sponsored by the Michigan. High School Athletic Association in any sport. The first Michigan high school championship team, Taylor 's J.F.K. Kennedy H.S., coached by Miss Jean Barlow, showed strong balance, as all nine members only one girl is a senior, placed the among the top six in at least one event.

Amy Balogh, Taylor Kennedy, paced the.win with two individual titles in balance beam and uneven parallel bars. Merry Jo Hill, East Lansing, coached by Mrs. June Szypula, won the first all-around championship amassing an aggregate of 57.9 points, with first places in floor exercise and tumbling and seconds in balance beam and un eve n parallel bars .

Third Annual St. Paul AAU Open .... William Paddock Sponsored by Crowley's St. Paul Girls' Gymnastic Club was held at Harding H.5. on March 18th , 150 girls from as far away as Scottsda le Arizona competed .

Novice All-Around Winners: 9 & und e r - Linda Hanson , Crowleys - St. Paul; 10-12 - Lisa Johnson, M-Hops-Hopkins; 13 & over - Gail Gutsc he, St. Paul Turners.

Intermediate: 12 & under - Susan Neilsen, Crowleys - St. Paul ; 13 & 14 - Lore e Baran , MHops-Hopkins; 15 & over - Nancy Howard , Unattached.

Advanced: 13-14 - Vicky Halek, St. Paul Turners; 15 & over - Margaret Morales, Scottsdale, Arizona .

gymnast to spectacu lar ly display this technique was Di a ne Dunbar: Her first vault came in very fast with a high , qUick pop-off, hittin g the Yami pike wit h her back a lmost parallel to the floor .

She then kicked out o f the pike to a la yout position, landing without any unn ecessa ry or off balance steps. The score was a 9.45 and I definitely felt it was underscored. Ev~n the spectators were taken by the va ult, probably because It was far superior to other va ults performed. Doing ve ry nice Yamis were Vicki Schuler, Martha Newton, a nd Barbie Myslak. A few tWisting vaults were thrown, but few hit the completion of the twist at the height of the pre and after flights. One handspring full twist was executed, but the twist was initiated around one hand remaining on the horse.

Diane Dunbar 3rd AA USGF Jr. Nationals WESTERN REPORT

by Cheryl Wagner WESTERN VIEW OF THE USGF JUNIOR NATIONALS It has recently become a great concern of coaches and judges as to the organization and carrying out of national meets, where gymnasts are gathered to compete for top honors. It is expected at this high leve l to provide only the finest meet organization atmoshphere, and awards. The USGF Junior Nationals somewhat national . meet. Due to many late regional competitions, many gymnasts were entered a few days before the opening of competition .

This was not only inconsid erate, but a great deal of extra last minute work became burdened on the meet director.

Competition began at 7:00 Friday evening, with all 76 gymnasts waiting to perform four events of compulsories. When 1 :00 am rolled around and gymnasts were still competiting, meet atmos~here began to drop . Saturday evening optlOnals again began at 7:00 and gymnasts definitely showed signs of fatigue.

Instead of official score sheets, judges were given tablets of paper, taking up valuable tim e in tabul ating each gymnasts score. Sunday's competition final~ , were indeed an improvement. The top .six i~ each event gave performances compariab le to elite competitions and abilities.

Free Ex. Compulsory: Many of the routines contained a great deal more arm movements than d es ignated by the written text. Few showed any amount of amplitude. Many on the second pass did a dive cartwh'eel which was an incorrect move and received a deduction . On the whole: comp~lsories were poorly executed, with the body waves being the most difficult to perform . ' Optionals: Very few free exercise routine showed nat io nal level performance. Vicki Shuler, McK!nley Y, executed a 1Y2 twist, step out that was Indeed spectacu lar. Debbie Hung, Diablo Gymnastic Club, had a superior performance with moves including a standing back layout step-out. A great deal of front tumbling was shown, with a minimum of full back twists. An interesting combination, front handspring, front tuck, round-off, back tuck, was performed ' by Kim Sanders, Fresno Gymnastics Club. Beverly Dees performed a back layout to an immediate allusion that was very beautiful. Some nice control m~vements ;

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Balance Beam: Compulsory: Many variations were seen with a few straddle swing ups hitting the required layout position . The only outstanding performances in the 9.0 catagory were executed by Sharon Palmer and Vicki Shuler.

Optional: Too many routines with falls , and not many solid routines prevailed. Without a doubt, Sharon Palmer displayed a beam routine that shows national superiority. He r9.4 performance including back ha nd springs, back extension, straddle swing up handstand, had great composition and rhythm . Not many aerials were thrown, nor twisting dismounts.

Diane Dumbar, Diablo Gymnastic Club, had one of the more exciting routines. She works very fast, has difficult dance moves and turns, and exciting superiors, ending with a back handspring, back layo ut dismount.

Bars: Compulosry: Much ' controversy over the seat c ircle to a static layout position or the catch coming at the stretch of the seat c ircle. The ruling at the meet was that the seat circle must be completed. A seat circle catch will not be accepted. The majority of the routines were nicely executed, with the only majo r downfall being the use of extra swings to continue moves.

Optional: Many bar routines contained falls and few had any ' nice and exciting, orginal moves. Dismounts ending with th e feet pushing off the bars in a back somi was being allowed since it started with a hand grasp and a ~winging movement. Vicki Shuler. had a very Impressive routine containing much more than the minimum requirements. Browses seemed t~ be a connective move rath er tha~ the major trick. More free back hip circles, back up rises, and back straddle over the bars were seen.

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Optional: Vaulting consisted of 'the usual Yamashitas, but some very beautiful Yam is were thrown using the .technique demonstrated by the Russians, hitting ' a hQrizontal layout position in ' the post flight after the rise of the Yam'i pike. The only

All-Around Scores for the eight girls: Vicki Shuler - McKinley Y, 71.60; Ann CarrMannetes, 70.90; Diane Dunbar - Diablo GC 70.65; Barbara Myslak - Southern Conn. GC: 69.575; Sharon Palmer- Powell GC, 69.75; Linda Antonio - Denver, Colo. , 68.75; Belly Miller ~ Lakewood, Ohio, 68.25; Karen Robertson Brentwood, Calif .. 68.00.

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FLOOR EXERCISE: -Compulsory No ~uestion here, the USSR routine is in a class by Itself. It is so well-integrated with the music; highly efficient in the use of time and the artisitic placements and featuring of elements; that It IS outstanding overall. The mood is contemporary accompanied by Gershwinian classical music. There is great ,contrast between sections by mood and is filled with ' modern total body movement. East Germans seemed 2nd best but their routine was considerably better structured than the rest .

USSR scores range from 9.55 to 9.3 ... other gymnasts , with equal compulsory skill only gaining 9.0 to 9.15. Content seems to be the answer here, not technique o~ execuiion. , Optional - Although Korbat won the event, the best USSR floor worker seems to be Bogdonova, who cut double full, suicide back and full twist with simple uet artistic connective movements . Her score - 9.4. Moore finished 6th with optional score of 9.3. As highest scores in event were 9.4 we again see the lack in compulsory routine probably penalized the gymnast in her final standing.

Below you will find a listing of the top six gymnasts in each event plus the top ten all around gymnasts in the meet. T his will give you a clear picture as to the final evauluation of the competition as seen through the judges eye: WOMEN'S RESULTS - AA: Korbat - USSR 74 45 '

Koshel- USSR, 74.10; Scegolkova - USSR,73.85; G~rk~ - DDR, 73.70; Matsihishu - Japan, 73.50; Kadolf - DDR, 73.05; Shaeffer - DDR, 72.65; Bogdonova- USSR, 72.50;Moore - USA, 72.00; Paula - Romania, 71.60.

V: Korbat.. USSR, 18.90; Gerke - DDR, 18.875; Koshel - USSR, 18.650; Schorn - W. Ger., 18.575; Scegolkova USSR, 18,550; Kern - Hungry, 18.350. .

UB: Korbat .- . USSR, 18.975; Scegolkova - USSR, 18.575; Matslhlshu - Japan , 18.500; Shaeffer - DDR, 18.425; Kadolf - DDR, 18.400; Gerke - DDR, 18.325.

BB: Korbat _ USSR, 19.175; Matshishu - Japan, 18.800; Kosher -, USSR , 18.775; Gerke - DDR, 18.575; Scegolkova - USSR , 18.475; Kadolf - DDR, 18.475.

FX: Korbat - USSR , 18.775; Scegolk6va - USSR, 18.775; Bogdonova - USSR, 18.750; Koshel - USSR 18625' Kadolf - DDR, 18.600; Moore - USA, 18.525.' . , 55

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