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M cNa ry (M ) 105.62; Co rva lli s (C) 102. 16. AA : Jim Kelch (C) 48.55; Bru ce Nashif (P) 44 .0; Ma rk Toya ma (S E) 43.60. V: Bi ll Ledbett er (S prin gfi eld ) 8. 65; Jim Kelch (C) 8. 625; Tim Ka ne (SE) 8.325. FX: Bru ce Nashif (P) 8.675; Jim Kelch (C) 8.4 75; Bill Ledbe tt er (5) 8.200. PH: Jim Kelch (C) 7.025 ; Larry Oli ve r (SE) 6.575 ; Tom Troc in o (SE) 6.050. HB: Jim Kelch (C) 8.675; Ma rk Toya ma (SE) 8.250 ; D o u g G ravatt (C) 7.90. PB: Jim Kelch (C) 8. 350; Ma rk Toya ma (SE) 7.650; Bru ce Nashi f (P) 7.600. R: (Ti e) Jim Ke lch (C) and D o ug Grava tt (C) 7.850 ; Bru ce Nas hi f (P) 7.525. Winning Routines: V: Bill Ledbetter (Springfield High School): Hand sprin g. FX: Bruce Nashif (Parkrose High School): RO , b ack hand sprin g, Pik e Arabi an, front hand sprin g, fo rwa rd ro ll , back handsprin g walkout to straddl e stand, straddl e press to hand stand , pik e d ow n, fr o nt so mersa ult, f ro nt hand sprin g, Swedi sh fall, turn bac k ex tensio n to hand stand , RO , back hand sprin g, back so m ersault full tw ist. PH: Jim Kelch (Churchill High School) : Cas t int o d o ubles o n end, Kehre in , doubl e, Moo re, doubl e, d oubl e, M oo re, do ubl e, fo rwa rd scisso rs, reve rse sc isso rs, into doubl e leg circle travel to Ol ympi c off. HB: Jim Kelch (Churchill High School): Cas t forwa rd , swin g ba ck to straddl e cut and ca tch, kip , forwa rd hip circl e to fo rwa rd gi ant, fro nt stald er, fro nt giant, pirou ett e, back giant, ba ck stald er, straddl e o n and off, back giant , fl yaway . PB: Jim Kelch (Churchill High School): Cas t sw in g piro uett e, Stut z, cast, suppo rt , ba ckupri se, straddl e cut and ca tch to " L", straight arm press hand stand , p ea~ h ba sket, layawa y front upri se, fro nt o ff . R: Tie for first: Doug Gravatt (Churchill High School): Doubl e di sloca te, shoo t hand stand , reverse Kip to " L", hollow bac k press, lower to ba ck leve r, di sloca te to support straddl e di smount. jim Kelch (Churchill High School): Doubl e disloca te, sh oot hand stand , fall fo rwa rd inloca te, bac kupri se to " L", press hand stand , fall fo rw ard ba ckupri se, lowe r to back leve r, d o uhl e di sloca te, fl yaw ay V2 tw ist di smount.
Dalles High School Team, Oregon State Champions.
OREGON GIRLS STATE GYMNASTIC REPORT by Marcie Pereia, The Dalles, Oregon Th e D all es Hi gh Sch ool girl s success full y upend ed champion s D avid Dou glas to w in th eir fir st state champi o nship, 130.5 to DD 's 85 .0. In third was Sh eld on of Eu gen e w ith 81.0; fo urth was Wil so n of Portland w ith 61. 5; South Eu ge ne was fifth wi th 60.0, and Jac kson o f Po rtl and sixth w ith 57 .0. Th e D all es al so pr od u ced th e All- A ro un d ch ampi o n, Ci nd y W acker, w ho was seco nd in 1972. En rout e to the A ll- A round titl e, she capt ured fir st pl ace on U neve n parall el Bars, Balance Bea m, and Va ult w ith a seco nd in Flo o r Exe rcise. HAWAII
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STATE GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS March 23-24, 1973 University of Hawaii
Lorine Anderson, Women's Meet Director Brad Cooper, Men's Meet Director
Jim Kelch, 1st on pommel horse, Oregon.
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Thi s was th e third St ate Ch ampi o nshi p spon so red by th e Hawa ii Gymn asti cs A ss ociation (HGA) as part of th eir d eve lopmental prog ram. Th e di v isio ns we re 8th grad e and below, 9-1 2 grade, and a se ni o r ca tegory for all th ose o ut o f hi gh sc hoo l. Th e USGF-DGWS interm ediate co mpul so ri es we re used b y th e girl s, but th e bo ys use d H.G.A. compul sori es ex cept for th e se niors w ho used the NCAA exerci ses. Th er e was no tea m comp etition. Gymna sts represe nting three pri va t e sc hoo ls, on e publi c sc hool, two pri vate club s, on e YMCA, and th e U ni ve rsity o f Ha wa ii and unattac hed military gy mn as ts took part. In th e junior hi gh girls co mp etition , 8th grader Keri Baird of Pun ahou ca ptured fir sts o n all four eve nt s and th e all-aroun d w ith a tot al of 57.72. In th e 9-1 2 d ivisio n, 9th gra der Andrea Arthur ea rn ed firsts on fl oo r exe rcise, b alan ce bea m and va ultin g w hil e ca pturin g th e A A titl e with a 61 .67 to tal. H er tea mmate fro m Pun aho u, M ary Beth W o ng wo n th e uneve n b ars. Th e male ent ry li st was th e lo nges t in th e short hi sto ry o f th e champi o nship s w ith 38 indi vidu als in th e thr ee ca tego ri es. lo lani 8th grader, Jeff Chu ng sco red 60.70 in th e AA w hil e Kamehameha's Jay Kau ka ed ged o ut Pun ahou ' s
Pat Ga nn o n 74.66 to 73 .85 fo r th e 9-1 2 titl e. W ith o nl y two AA entri es in th e se ni o r di visio n, th ere was hardl y a co nt est as U ni ve rsit y o f H awai i freshm an, D ave Ro th , sco red 70.70, easil y o utdistancin g defendin g se ni or A A ch amp, Gene Ca rranza, w h o to taled 63. 06. On e o f th e hi ghli g ht s for th e H awa ii Cfowd was th e pr ese nce of KHET (th e pu b li c televisio n stati o n) w ho taped th e ro utin es during th e o pti o nal comp etiti o ns for rebroa dcas t. Th e sho ul d pr ov id e an edu ca tion al show ex peri ence fo r th e comp etito rs w ho we re un awa re th at th eir o ff-th e-fl oor antics are ob serva bl e, no t onl y t o th e audi en ce in th e gy m but also to th e TV audi ence . (Perh aps if more gy mn asts across th e co untr y were subj ec ted to th e sa me sc rutini zin g eye -- th ere w o uld b e a lot more di sciplin ed co ndu ct. ) Results: Boys Jr. Div: AA: Jeff Chung (Iol ani ) 60.70, Darryl W o ng (Kamehameha) 52.70, Jon A ll en (Kok o kahi Gy m Tea m) 51.16. PB: Chun g 11.85, A ll en 10.35, W o ng 9.90. HB: Chun g 9.50, Wo ng 9. 25, A ll en 9.10. V: All en 11. 25, Ch u ng 11.10, Reynold s Barn ey (Central YMCA) 9.85 . FX: A ll en 9.91 , Rand y N gum (K ) 9.80, Dan M argulies (CY) 9.40. PH: Chun g 8.8, N gum 7.9, Won g 7.1. R: Chun g 11.50, A ll en 10.55, W o n g 10.45. Boys Sr. High: AA: Jay Kauka (K ) 74 .66, Pat Gann o n (Pun ahou ) 73 .85 , Ro bin Uyeshi ro (I ) 71.48. PB: J. Kauka 13.70, Uyeshiro 13.55, Philip Swa in (K) 12.50. HB: Jo se ph Won (P) 13.65, Gann o n 13. 25, J. Kauka 13.00. V: Uyeshiro 13.35, Swa in 12.90, Gan non 12.85. FX: J. Kauka 12.16, Eri c H arada (P) 11.53 , Ga nno n 11.40. PH : Ray Di eck en (P) 11.85, Dave M archett e (KGT) 11.55, M ark Ya makawa (I) 11.05. R: Ganno n 14.45, Uyes hiro 13. 90, J. Kauka 13.40. Senior: AA: Dave Roth (U H ) 70.70, Gen e Carranza (UH ) 63.06. FX : Kell ey Phillips (UH ) 17. 21 , Ro th 15.50, Ca rran za 13.26 . PH: M ark Imh o ff (U H ) 12.65, D an Timm (unatt) 10.45, Ro th 10.35. R: Ca rl M ed ei o ros (K GT) 10.25, Jim Kaa napu (U H) 10.10, Ro th 9.95. V: Phillips 16.40, Ro th 14.30, Ca rranza 14.25. PB: Carran za 10.75, Ro th 10.65. HB: Ro th 9.95, Phillips and Carran za 7.55. Results: Girls Jr. High: AA: Keri Baird (Pun aho u) 57.72, Gi gi Vivas (P) 43. 57, Barbara Ver ga gni (Kok o kahi Gy m Tea m ) 31.95. UPB: Baird 13.99, Do nn a Ma h (P) 10.59, Bo nnie Won g (P) 10.36. FX: Baird 15.23, W o ng 14.00, Vi vas 13.80. BB: