KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS By Joseph Liedtke
Lee High School Gymnastic Team, Alabama State High School Champions, L to R: Martie Gillespie, Mona Cannon, Becky Payne, Patricia Snodgrass, Sharon Tehan and Sandra Washington. Moore (AA) 53.25 . FX: Nas h 15.10; Am y Arnt s horse, parall el bars, and rings; whi le tea mm ate Sam Gi lmor e, th e state's be st bl ack gymna st, (G) 14.55; Winni e j ones (AA) 14.45. BB: Moore ran away w ith hor izo ntal bar honors. Miami 13.75; Stap les 12.75; Nash 12.75. UPB: Staples 14.45 ; Moore 11 .90; j ones 11.85. SHY: Na sh Springs ' Mike Rutkin wo n va ultin g w ith a hi g h 14.50; Kell y Pod y (5) 14.15; Marti Griffith (G) Yam as hita. 14.05. TR: Michell e Cooper (Huntsv ille) 5.7; A ll th e coaches and fans ag reed th at this years ' m ee t was the best run eve r and th at Ly nn McKenzie (D isque) 4.85; Te rr y Naughton (Disque) 3.75. TU: Cooper 5.7; Charlene Ave ry gymnastics in Flor id a has grea tl y improved over (C hapman) 5.45 ; Emily Craven (Chapm an) 4.8. th e pa st few yea rs. • • Results: , , , Team: M iam i Ce ntral (MC) 128 .19; M iami Springs (MS) 122.13; Miam i Killi an (MK) 109.66. AA: Kurt Thom as (MC) 47.75; j ack H eacock (MK) 40.10, Sam Gi lmo re (MC) 39.95. FX : Th o mas 7.80, H eacock 7.40, Mike Rutkin (MS) 7.35. PH: Th omas and Brian Nor iega (Hia lea h ) 6.20 (tie); Gilmor e 5.90. HB: Gi lm o re 8.60, Th o m as 7.95, Kirt De rin ger (MS) 7.75 . PB: Th o m as 8.05; David A rthur (Palmetto) 7.50; H eacock 7.40. V : M ik e Rutkin (MS) 9.00, Derin ge r 8.85; Marc Tecosky (N.M iami Beach) 8.70. R: Thom as 7.35, Rutkin 7. 00, Heacock 6.55. Winning Routines FX: Kurt Thomas: Ru ss ian front stepout, RO , ff, full tw ist, Vl turn to Swedi sh fall ; turn to straddl e stand , straight arm press; hand sprin g, front so mi e, handspring; piro uett e turn fo rward roll , tt to hand stand ; RO , ff , Arabian; l apanese jump to suppo rt , doubl e leg circle s; RO , ff, bac k sa it o dismount. PH: Kurt Thomas: Doubl e leg, sc hwabe nflanke, Swiss ho p, kehre in , Ru ss ian Moore, tramlot , reve rse scisso rs, 2 front Kurt Thomas, Florida H.S. All-Around Champion. scisso rs, sid e li ft down , loop V1 turn. Brian Noriega: Drehfl ank e, direct traml ot, tramlot , GREATER MIAMI ATHLETIC CONFERENCE reverse scissors, 2 front sc isso rs, sid e l ift down, GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS loop, loop with Y1 turn . NORTH MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH HB : Sam Gilmore: Cas t to finn es temm e, back February 22-23, 1973 upri se, fr ee hip to hand stand , giant, direct Report by Don Gutzler The 1972 -73 G reater Miami Athletic change, giant, stoop to dislocat e, eag le, eag le, Confere nce Gymnastics Ch ampi o nships were hop out to giants, reach und e r to flank va ult , he ld at North Miam i Beach Sen ior Hi gh School. kip , gi ant, giant , f lyaway dismount. Through a se ri es of qualifyin g meets, the top PB: Kurt Thomas: G li de kip to reverse stradd le three sc hool s in th e stat e met hea d-o n for th e cut , cast, ba ck upri ~e LO hand stand imm ed iate team champ ionships . Led b y defending all- piro uett e, bac k toss, stut z, cas t back upri se, straddl e cut , reve rse stut z, straddl e cut to " L", around champion Kurt Thom as, third yea r sc hool Mi ami Central outdistanced th e strong st raight arm press, reve rse pirou ett e, back sa it o Miami Sprin gs and defend in g cha mpi o n M iam i w ith Vl turn dismount. Killi an. Central, whose l ea m co nsists o f o nl y all - V: Mike Rutkin: Yamash it a. SR: Kurt Thomas: Di slo ca te shoo t to aro und m e n rather th an speciali sts, claimed f iv e of si x fir st p lace awards and first and third hand stand , lowe r through to bac k lever, kip to " L" , hollowbac k press to hand stand , fall all -around hon o rs. During indi vidu al finals, Thom as, a junior, fo rward to back upri se, drop and d isloca te, took first in all-aro und , free exer cise, sid e dislocate, doubl e ba ck sa ito dismount. 12
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Foll ow ing are th e res ults of th e Ke ntucky State High Scho o l m ee t. W e ha ve two Reg ional Qu ali fy in g meets f ro m wh ich four tea m s and th e top e ight individua ls in each eve nt from each region co mp ete. Th e girl s co mp ete in DGWS-USGF Inte rm ediate Compulsories and boys th e juni o r O lympi c Compu lso ri es. Trampolin e and tumbling are sp ecial eve nt s. Tea m sco re is fo un d by addin g th e top thre e sco res in each eve nt, com po and opt ion al. Boys: Team: Bryan Station (Lexi ngt o n ) 301.45, Tat es C reek (Lex in gton) 273.65, lroquor 's (Loui sv ille) 240.40. AA: Ri ck Adams (Thomas j effe rson , Lo ui s.) 105.5, Ray Pay ton (Durrett , Louis.) 101.5, Pat Bowles (St. Xavier, Loui s.) 91.8. PH: Rick Adams (Tj ) 19.05, Ray Payton (D ) 16.3, james Sharp (BS) 15.6. PB: j am es Sharp (BS) 17. 15, Ricky Adams (TJ) 16.95, Tyrone Bond (BS) 16.85. HB : Thoma s Dunn ( BS) 16.55, Ra y Pay to n (D) 16.5, j am es Sh arp (BS) 16.45. R: jam es Sharp (BS) 19.15, Ri ck Ad ams (TJ) 17.05, Sam Rutl edge (HS) 16.9. FX: Ro bert Brown (B5) '18.2, Dav id Gorham (B5) 17.95, Ray Payton (D ) 17.25. V: Robert Brow n (BS) 19.8, Ri ck Adams (TJ) 19.05, Ray Payto n (D ) 18.4. Tu : Robert Brown (BS) 8.5, D avid Gorham (BS) 8.4, Terry johnso n (I) 6.5. Tr: Rex Littl e (BS ), Tyro ne Bo nd (BS), Robe rt Brown (BS). Girls: Team: Moore Hig h Schoo l (Loui sv il le) 190.55 coac h Caro le Li edtke, Lafa yett e (Lexi ngton) 187.6, Tates Creek (Lexi ngton ) 187. 1. AA: Lind a Ne lso n (M) 71.7, Tina Suth erl and (TC) 66.0 . Rhonda Wild e rso n (Paris) 65.25. Bars: Linda N e lso n (M) 18.05, j ane t Burckle (J efferso ntown) 17.5, Rhonda Wilk erson (P) 17.0. V: Lind a Nelson (M) 17.95, Kath y Flan ary IL) 16.85, Kell y Ga lb raith (Bourbon) 16.45. Beam: Linda Ne lson (M) 17.80, Tina Suth e rland (TC) 16.95, ju dy Steinl age (Sen eca) 16.45 . F: Lind a Nelso n (M) 17.9, Val eri e Buchanon (L) 17.15, Rhonda Wilk erso n(P) 16.7. Tu: ti e for fir st Kathy Flanary (L) and Sall y Wa lk er (Se neca) 8,.35, Nora G eog haga n (Say re) 8.1. Tr: Sonja Co mpton (Doss) 5.75, Bre nd a Yo un g (Do ss) 5.1 , D eb bi e Sm ith (But ler) and Darl en e Barker (So uth ern ) 5.3. GEORGIA STATE HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC MEET March 23-24, 1973 Tucker High School Stan McCallar, Meet Director Georgia sw it ched to th e pra ctice of awa rding tea m po ints for places won in th e State m eet. Thi s gave Lak es id e a sa fe margi n o f v ictory, th ank s to f ir st pla ces o n pa rall el bar s, hori zo ntal bar and th e all-aro und , all cred it ed to j eff Morrison , th e ir all-around man . A ve ry close race for seco nd saw Briarcliff edge o ut Tu cke r, th ank s largel y to two men among the top six finishers in th e all- aro und. Results: Team: Lak es id e (L) 56.0; Briarcliff (B) 44.5 ; Tuck e r (T) 43.5; Sequoyah (5) 38.5; j efferso n (J) 21.5 ; Peac htree (P) 12.0; Woodward A ca d e m y (W ) 8.0. AA: j eff M o rri so n (L) 40.30; Bobby Sea le (5) 39.10 ; Eddie McCormick (B) 35. 20. FX: Sea le 16, 20; D wa in Griffith (T) 15.50; Dav id Powe ll (P) 15.40. PH: Raymond Wh it f ie ld (J ) 12.85; Mark Keega n (T) 12.25; Morrison 11.00. R: Morri so n 16. 25; Sea le 15.00; Mark Ga lati (W) 14.85. V: Sea le 17.20; Pete A lexa nd e r (B) 16.50; Sco tt Chestnutt (St. Mountain) 16.35. PB: M o rri so n 16.65; j erry Morrison (L) 16.40; Steve Cowan (Co lumbia) 15.30. HB: M ark Keegan (T) 14.55; Griffith 13.45; McCormick 11 .60. Tr: A lexa nd er 15.40; Phi l Manson (B) 14.1 5; Dwight Standrid ge (J) 13.75.
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