determin ed during the fi rst two sessio ns w ith se nior Greg John so n (A rm strong) winn in g w ith a sco re of 36.20 for th e five Olympic events (M inn eso ta does not ha ve va ultin g and doe s not cou nt trampo li ne or tumblin g toward th e all around). Johnso n was clo se ly fo ll Qwed by junior Paul Lid ee n (Brookl yn Cente r) who wa s also the stat e parallel bar champio n, w ith an allaround sco re of 35.25. In third p lace was Ri ck Cossette (Robbi nsdale) w ho mo ved up thre e positions from th e first sess ion to finish w ith a sco re of 34 .5. Saturday night at 7:30 th e indi vidua l fin als were held w ith the top ten individual s on each piece qu alifyi ng. Th e ca lib er of Minnesota gymnastics ha s great ly improved over the pa st few yea rs as ev id e nc ed b y th e high m arks needed to qualif y for the va riou s eve nt s in th e indi v idua l final s. With th e excep tion of th e pommel ho rse, a mid- seve n sco re or higher was needed to qu alify for the fin als. Especiall y good qual ity was see n in floor exe rci se, trampoline and tumbling with at leas t eig ht of th e co nt es tant s scor ing 8.0 or hi gher. Th e b est singl e performance was done by Paul Zaka ri asen (SI. Louis Pa rk) on the trampoline with a score of 9.0 in the pre li minaries and a 8.85 in the fina ls for a total of 17.85. The gymnasts on the sti ll rings also showed excellent tech nique and routines . Greg Johnson (A rm stro ng), the defending state champion on th e rings, used straight arm work, but had so m e trouble with his full twisting di smount to sco re 8.5 and 8.4 for a total of 16.9 and third p lace. Tim Baardson (Cooper) scored 8.6 and 8.65 for second place. Teammate Dennis Ripiczinski (Cooper) using straight arm work scored 8.6 and 8f for a total of 17.3 and the state championship. Results: Team: Region 7 - Armstron~. (A) 158.55; Region 6 - Cooper (C) 155.50; Region 4 - Anoka (An) 148.80; Region 1 - Fairmont (F) 136.25; Region 3 - Alexander Ramsey (AR) 134.10; Region 2 - SI. Paul John so n (SPJ) 110.60; Reg ion 8 - Moorhead (M) 106.20; Reg ion 5 - Minneapolis Henry (MH) 85.50. AA: Greg Johnson (A) 36.2; Paul Lideen (Brook lyn Central) 35.25; Rick Cassette (Robbinsdal e) 34.5 . FX: Randy DeBruyn (C) 17.15 ; Mark H end rick s (New U lm) 16.95; Steve Schwandt (A n ) 16.60. PH: Pat O'Rourke (C) 14.05; Bill Birosh (C) 14.00; Bob Waldron (Austin) 13.55. R: Denni s Ripiczinski (C) 17.3; Tim Baardson (C) 17.25; Johnson 16.9. PB : Lideen 17.25; Johnson 16.5; Brian Bennett (An) 16.35. HB: John Fjellange r (Pipestone) 16.55; Greg La rso n (A) 16.4; Bill Abelson (Park Center) 16.0. Tr: Paul Zakar ia se n (St. Loui s Park) 17.85 ; Johnson (Edina West) 17.10; Jeff Bi ea n (B loomington Kennedy) 17.05. Tu: DeBruyn 17.5; Mike Lev ie ri (A) 16.9; Gary Stinson (B loomington Lincoln) 16.5. Winning Routines: FX: Randy DeBruyn (Cooper): RO, ff, full , ff , Swed ish fall , leg ci rcl e to reverse prone; back extension to sp lit s, stiff-stiff pr ess to hand stand; RO, sid e flip, Swedish fall , turn to va ld ez position; va ld ez to hand stand ; front somie walkout, hand sp ring, front so mi e, forward roll, front somie; turn , RO , ff, back, ff , back. PH: Pat O ' Rourke (Cooper): Czechkehre mount on e nd, circle, k ehre in , c ircle, circle, Ru ss ian wende swi ng, circle, circl e, downhill travel to kehre in (tramlot), circl e, single leg c ut, front scisso rs (2) , single leg cut, re verse scissor, circl e, circ le, circ le, downhill trave l, 5chwabenflanke dismount. R: Dennis Ripiczinski (Cooper): Straight pull through inverted position, dislocate, di slocate, st raight arm shoot to handstand, giant swi ng forward , straigh t body back roll to cross, pull through back leve r, straight body inlocat e, rear upri se to L support, straight body press to handstand , J/4 giant, disloca te, doub le back di smount.
PB: Paul Lid een (Brooklyn Center): on the end of th e bars: Jump to g lid e kip , straddle cut leg c ut and catch to support, cast-catc h, sw in g pirouette, stut z, cast catch , double leg cut to L support , stiff- stiff press, back sa ito to sup p o rt , cast, gl id e kip , front som ie dismount. HB: John Fjellanger (Pipestone): St em me, gia nt (f ront ), stoop to ea gle s (2) , hop to front giant, stall to va ult, kip, front hip circl e wit h grip change, J/4 giant , hop cha nge to direct fr ee hip, pop, back giant, blind swi tch , front giant , p ir ouette, back g iant, und ersw ing to forward sa ito in tu cked position. Tr: Paul Zakariasen (St. Louis Park): H alf-in , half -out ; double twist ; double twist ; back somie; fliffis out ; double twist; double back somie; rud o lph ; back som ie; l- J/4 front somie in pik e po sition , rudolph. Tu: Randy DeBruyn (Cooper): 1. RO, ff, full , ff , back, back. 2. Front somie walkout , RO , If, back somie w ith Yl twist walkout , handspring front somie. 3. RO , ff , back, ff, back , ff , back, back, back.
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STATE HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS by Dick Swindler Vice President Kansas Gymnastics Association
The Kansas State High School Act iv iti es Association held two state championships in gymnastics this year because of the increase in participation by schools. One was held for schools with enrollme nt above 1,500 and th e other for schools with enrol lm ent less than 1,500. Competition was excellent in both meet s with Lawrence High School winning its 10th straight title and number 13 out of 14 years of competition. Their score of 133.71 (Usua l NCAA scoring plus all-around average) se t a new state record . The first winner of th e additional meet was Salina South scoring a fine 124.21. Following are the top three sco rers per event combining the two meet results as well as the routine thrown by th e number one gymnast li sted . LHV: Sean Williams (Lawrence) 17.40, John Stones (Tokeka Washburn Rural) 17.40, Ma rk Daniels (Law rence) 17. 15. FX: Terry Neustrum (Salina South) 16.90, Phil Gish (Shawnee Mission North) 16.45, Les Kerr (Lawrence) 16.35. PH: Hadley Warwick (Shawnee Mission East) 15.45, Kevin Reilly (Sa lin a South) 14.90, Kurt Schaake (Lawrence) 12.25. HB: D ave Dowd y (Sa lin a South) 16.10, Les Kerr (Lawrence) 15.40, Mark McCalmon (Shawnee Mission East) 15.40. PB: Jack Va lli s (Sa lin a South) 16.35, Dave Cro ugh (Salina South) 15.25, Dale Bahnmier (Lawrence) 15.20. SR: Tom Lud wick (Wich it a South eas t) 15.75, Bill Harris (Salina South) 14.95, Tom Hadsall (Shawnee Mission West) 14.65. AA: Les Kerr (Lawrence) 39.60, Mark McCalmon (Shawnee Mission East) 39.20, Tom Had sa ll (S haw nee M ission West) 38.30. Teams: La wrence, 133.71; Sa li na South, 124.21 ; Shawnee Mi ss io n Ea st, 120.33; Shawnee Mission West , 119.23, Washburn Rural , 119.05; Olathe, 119.04. Winning Routines: LHV: Sean Williams: (Junior) Tsukahara - 8.70. FX: Terry Neustrum: (Sophmore) Two steps to full twisting dive roll , jump in place with y, turn, jump back to momentary hand stand lowering to front support, flex hips to sid e splits. Straight arm press to hand stand. Lowe r to stand facing diagonal, Three steps to RO , ff, fu ll twistin g
back somer sa ult , back roll exte nsio n with YB turn lo weri ng to stand facing sid e, two steps to tucked front som ersault , forward roll to erect stand , kick to mornentary hands tand th en inl oca te should e rs to back support, imm edia te di slo ca te through momentary hand stand, step out with % turn , three steps to RO , ff, pik ed back dismount. - 8.55. PH: Hadley Warwick: (Se ni or) Dreflanke immedi ate trave l to end , sc h wabe nfl anke, ba ck stockli to sadd le, ci rc le, moore, circl e, break on back, left leg ove r to forward sc issor right , forward sc isso r left, forward scisso r right , left leg over left pommel, right leg back ove r ri ght pommel , rev erse sc isso r left, b reak back int o ci rcles, circle , travel to end imm ediate wend e dismount. - 8.00. HB: Dave Dowdy: (Junior ) Swing in ove r ~r i p , to undergrip fr ee kip to handstand , giant, roll hand s one at a time to eag le grip , two eagles, hop to under grip, giant, pirouette , gia nt , cross to o ne hand in eag le grip, onova ult, swing in overg rip, kip to support, place toe s on bar und e rsw in g and cast to front so mersault. - 8.05. PB: Jack Vallis: (Sophmore) Gli de k ip rever se stra ddle cut on e nd , cast catc h cut L. Hollowback. Cast to und erarm , backuprise strad dle cut , back stu tz, la yilway, front upri se sw ing handstand. Back toss dismount. - 8.35. SR: Tom Ludwick : (Senior) Dislocate shoot handstand. Back giant. Lower to iron cross. Inlocate, backupris e to L-support. Hollowbck. Drop to backuprise, ba ck roll to stradd le dismount. - 8.00.
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NORTH DAKOTA STATE GIRL'S GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIP February 25-26, 1973 Seventeen teams co mpet ed in the meet. The winners are as follows: Team: Fargo South High 171.65, Di ck in so n High 160.25, Jamestown High 146.70. We ha ve thr ee divisions at out State Meet. Th e winners are as follows: Novice division: AA: Naida Lind say (Fargo South) 26.15, V: Kar li n Jesperson (Dickin son) 5.65; BB : Karen Zimerman (jam es town) 6.0; UPB: Nancy Pollo ck (Fargo SoUlh).6.5. I+. Mary Moores (Jam estow n) 5.0. Intermediate division: AA: Marcia Urban (Fargo South) 28.9; V: Barb Ziez ,(Fargo South) 7.05 ; BB: Marcia Urban (Fargo South) 6.9; UPB: Marcia ' Urban (Fargo South) 8:5; I+. Ann Rasmusson (Mi not) 7.83 . Advanced division: AA: Tra'I=Y Gunkleman (Fargo South) 33.15, Linda Basar ~ ba. (Dick in so n ) 32.25, Kath y Su lli va n (jamestown) 31.2; V: Tracy Gunk leman (Fargo South) 8.725; BB: Lind a Basaraba (Dick in so n) 7.95; UPB: Tracy Gunkleman (Fargo South) 8.65 ; FE: Lind a Basaraba (Di ck in so n ) 8.65.
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