PH: Tony Williams (Clinton); Startin g at midd le, jump to circl es, double Czechk ehr e, downhill tra vel, wa lkaround, uph ill tra vel, dow nhill tra ve l, kehre, circl e, two front scisso rs, one back scisso r, circle, downhill travel, sc hwa benfl ank e y, turn di smount. HB: Reggie Wilder (Clinton); Stem me forwa rd , full pirouette, front gia nt, grip change, va ult, hop kip, . front giant, pirou ette, bac k giant, direct change, 'Ii giant, hop change to fr ee hip hand sta nd, ba ck giant, flyaway. LH: Bobby Fields (Clinton); Handspring. PB: Jeff Baker (Clinton); On end of bars; jump to glide kip, reve rse stradd le cut catch to supp ort, cast, back uprise to handstand, cast , ste m me backwa rd to cutcatch " L" , stiff-stiff press, Stutzkehre, peach basket to upper arm hang, stem me forwa rd, to Hollander dismount. SR: Carlos Valentine (Clinton); Di slo cate shoot to handstand, fa ll forward to ste m me ba ckwa rds to " L" support, hollowba ck press to hand sta nd, lower to support and felge ba ckwa rd to hand stand w ith straight bod y, lower through backwards to back leve r, dislocate, di sloca te thr oug h handstand to fe lge (circle) ba ckwa rd to di smount with straddled legs.
John Bella, Liverpool, NY, 2 time ring champion
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YORK CITY HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS March 22, 30, 1974 John F. Kennedy High School Report by John Traetta, DeWitt Clinton H.S.
The meet featured the top three teams from section eliminations. Optional exercises were performed on th e top six ol ympic e ve nts. The FIG Code was the standard used b y the judges and the raw score system (top three scores) w as employed to det ermine the team score. DeWitt Clinton HS und e r the coach in g of john Traetta asserted its gymnastics prowess b y capt urin g it s e ighth straig ht city champ ion ship. Clinton clearly dominat ed th e meet b y taking all of the fir st, second, and third places, scor in g 143.8 points. Brya nt High School finished seco nd w ith 100.3. j eff Rudolph of C lint on won the all- around with 46.3 w hil e teammate jeff Baker took second with 43.0. RESULTS Team: Clinton 143.8; Brya nt 100.3; Midwood 78.05. FX: B. Field s 8.15; W. M ill er 8. 10; J. Baker 7.85; PH: T. Wi lli ams 8.45; J. Rudolph 8.2; R. Wi ld er 5.4; HB: Wild er 8.45; Rudolph 7.85; Baker 7.75. V: Fi elds 8.45; Rudolph 8.3; Miller 8.10. PB: Baker 8.5; Rudolph 8.10; P. DeFiri s 7.75. R: C. Va lent ine8. 35; P. Sanchez 8.15; H. Floyd 7.80. WINNING ROUTINES FX: Bobby Fields (Clin-ton); Ru ss ian front so mie step out, R.O. FF , back som ie with straight bod y, Swedish fall, va ld ez, RO, FF , back pik e, sp lit, stiff-stiff press hand stand , turn , Ru ssian front somi e imm ediate st raight bod y front hand sprin g, scale, RO , ff, ba ck so mi e.
GYMNAST Aug./ Sept. '74
One wee k after the team championship 43 high schools gathered to parti cipate in th e in dividual championships, with approx imately 65 gymnasts competing for individu al honors in each eve nt. DeWitt Clinton Hi gh Schoo l domin ated th e indi vidu al fina ls by ca pturin g every 1st place in th e six Ol ympic events, plus th e All- Aro und. Jeffrey Rudolph (C linton) was the outsta ndin g gym nast in the mee t winnin g the all-around, pommel horse, and lon g horse va ulting. RESULTS AA: J. Rudolph (C !. ) 45.8; M. McGutcheon (C !.) 43.7; J. Baker (CI.) 42.9. FX: M. McC ut chen 15.8; W. M ill er (C!') 15.65, J. Rudolph 15.5. PH: J. 'Rudolph 15.8; T. Willi ams (C !. ) 15.1; R. Wilder (C!') 13.8. HB: R. Wild er 16.3; J. Rud olph 14.8; M. McCutchen 14.3. LH: J. Rudolph 16.6; T. Kin g (B) 16.55; T. Graves (L) 16.55. PB: J. Baker 16.65; M. MCCutchen 15.85; M. She rm an (M ) 15.81 . SR: H. Floyd (CI. ) 16.35; C. Valentine (C I.) 16.3; P. Sanchez (CI.) 15.6. WINNING ROUIINES FX: Mario McCutchen (Clinton) RO, ff, fu ll tw ist, swedish fa ll, va ldez, front hand spring front somie, fall , sid e split, press handstand, y, turn , RO, ff, arab ian piked so mi e, sca le, RO , ff, bac k so mi e. SH: Jeff Rudolph (Clinton); Drehflanke follo wed by travel on end of horse, wa lkaround, uphill trave l, do wnhill travel, schwabenflanke, stock li backward , circles, three front scisso rs, one ba ck scisso r, circle, downhill tra ve l, sc hwabenflank e y, turn dismount. HB: Reggie Wilder (Clinton); Stemme forward, full pirouette, front giant, grip change, va ult, hop kip, front giant, pirou ette, bac k giant, direct change, 3/4 giant, hop change to fr ee hip hand stand , back giant, flyaway. LH: Jeff Rudolph (Clinton; Yamashita. PB : Jeff Baker (Clinton); On end of bars; Jump to glid e kip, reverse stradd le cut ca tch to support, cast, back upri se to handstand, cast, stem me ba ckwa rd to cut-catch " L" stiff-st iff press, Stutzkehre, peach basket to upper arm han g, stem me forwa rd , to Holland er dismount. SR : Harold Floyd (Clinton); Doubl e dislocate, shoot to hand stand, back giant handstand , fall for wa rd to stemm e backwa rd s to " L" support, press hand stan d, lower to cross, pull to back leve r, double dislocate, fu ll twi sting di smou nt.
** * NEW JERSEY HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS March 16, 1974 Trenton State College By Marv Speidel Th e New j ersey State Interscholastic Ath le ti ;: A ss ociation adopted a n ew format for it s tea m and indi vidual c hampion ship s, for the 1973-74 season. A comm itt ee of coac h es cha ired b y Tom y Nap ier of Rid gewood High School and composed of john Bird of H enry Hud so n
Regional High School, Don Wi eder of East Brun sw ick Hi gh Sc hool, M ik e Berkowit z of SI. Pete r's Prep Sc hool , Ra y lannuzza of Cedar Ridg e Hi gh Schoo l and Marv Speidel of Columb ia High School p lanned an elimination tournam e nt for th e tea m championsh ip and esta blish ed required qualify in g scores for the I ndi v idual Sect iona l m ee ts which led to the stat e final s. In th e team competition, each team was requir ed to meet eac h other team in their di stri ct in du al m eet s w ith the team with the be st won- lost reco red being declared the d istri ct c hampion in each of the state's four di strict s. Th ese distri ct champion s plus the next fi ve teams based on the average of their best three dual meet sco res and regardless of their district affi li at ion were eligibl e for the tourn ament. Th e district champ ion s were SI. Peter's Prep School of jersey City in the North, East Brun swick Hi g h School in Central A, Henry Hud son Regional High School of Atlantic Highland s in Cent ral B, and Cherry Hill East High School in the South. All rounds of the tournament we re contested at War Memorial High Schoo l of Sa y reville so th at everyone worked on the same apparatus and w ith the same judg es. The fir st round s were h eld on Saturda y, M arch 2nd as three tri angualr meets with the finals bringing the three winners together on Wednesday, March 6th. Winners of the team tournament was East Brunswick High School. To be e li g ible for the Se ctional Championships for individuals a boy had to h ave scored an 8.0 or better on Long Horse or a 5.0 or better on the othe r eve nts in at least one dual meet during th e season in dual meet aga inst another New j e rsey High School. The Sect ional meets were held at East Brunswick High School for North and Central A teams and at Mo nmouth Regional High School for teams from Ce ntral B and South on Saturday, March 9th with the high est six sco rers in eac h event plu s ties and including the high est six in AIIAround advancing to the State Championship fin als at Trenton Stat e College on Saturday, March 16th . Kent Nasveschuk of East Brunswick H . S. swept to the All-Around title w ith a st rong 50 .25 performance w hil e also w inning the PH , HB, and PB events. Oth e r events champ ions were: TU- Mark john son, Dickinson High School of j ersey City; LH-Dea n Bellucci of Henry Hudson and Ma rc Gae rtner of East Brunswick (tied) ; and R-Marc Gaertner of East Brunswick. RESULTS TU: Ma rk John so n (Dickin son) 8.75; Kent Nasvesch uk (Eas t Brunswick) 8.55; tie between Ja ck Ke rr (Say revill e) 8.45 and Noel Gaertner (East Bru nswick) 8.45. PH: Nasvesch uk 8.90; AI Kwiatowski (East Brunswick ) 8.70; John Con lon lColumbi a) 8.05. HB: Nasveschuk 9.20; Kwiat owski 8.95; Baron De Veau (Henry Hu dson) 8.50. PB: Na svesc huk 8.75; Kwiatowski 8.55; De Veau 8.20. V: Tie between Dean Bellucci (Hen ry Hud so n) 9.05 and Noel Gaertner 9.05; Marc Gaertner (East Brunswick ) 8.8,. R: Noel Gaertner 8.55 ; DeVea u 8.40; Doug Smith (Wa ll Tow nshi p) 7.95. WINNING ROUTINES All-Around: Kent Nasveschuk, East Brunswick High School. Sen ior, 50.25 Tumbling (2nd), 8.55 1st Run , Roundoff, back handsp rin g, doub le back sa lt a. 2nd Run , Front sa lta stepout, roundoff, ba ck han dsp ring, fu ll twi sting back sa ito. 3rd Run , Front sa lta stepout, Handspring, Front sa ito stepout, Handsprin g, Front sa lta.
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