USGF 1975 ELITE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR MEN & WOMEN Co-meet directors Bill Meade and Herb Vogel brought men's and women's gymnastics back together, in competition, in the effective staging of the 1975 USG F Elite National Championships. Two completely separate operational and administrative units were utilized in a competitive setting that featured two gyms under one roof, the dome of the Southern Illinois Universit)' S orts Arena. The numerous meetings and the intellectua l interchange of this nations gymnastic leaders gave the 1975 Elites the flavor of a mini coaches Congress with the social interchange of gymnasts, coaches, officials, parents and friends ... remenicient of the national Christmas gymnastic clinics of old. Competitively, 1975 USGF National Champions were crowned and the 1975 Pan American Team Qualifiers were determined. Injuries, prior to the competition, produced an incomplete field of contestants in both the men's and women's sessions but only the officialdom . were aware of their absence .. . the spectators came to view elite class gymnastics and they were not disappointed. The 1975 USG F Elite National Championship for Men & Women will go down in history as a "total" event, emphasizing US Gymnastic Friends ... perhaps that what its all about!
UNITED STATES GYMNASTICS FEDERATION CHAMPIONSHIPS OF THE U.S .A. 915lJSGF' Elite National Champion:;i1ips for Men, Carbondale , Illinoi s.
Tom Beach of the University of California at Berkeley and Bart Conner of Niles West High School in Illinois tied for first p lace in the All-Around of the USG F 'Championships of the U.S.A.' in Carbondale, Illinois, June 11-13, 1975. Tom Weeden, also of the U of California, was third by less than one point. Beach, Conner and Weeden staged a stirring duel right down to the wire. At the end of the compulsories, Conner was leading both Beach and Weeden by a scant margin, 52.15 to 51.95. Beach then outscored Conner on the Optionals 53.(}0 to 53. 70 to force the tie for the Championship. In fact, on the last event, the Horizontal Bar, Beach scored a 9.65 to a 9.30 for Conner . Meanwhile, Weeden was in contention up to the next to last event, the Para llel Bars, and only scored an 8.20, a 9.20 would have given him the TAIVIMY MANVILLE Title. This year can be called the year of the injury, with most of last year 's stars 1975 missing from the action. Wayne Young, USGF Elite National Finals Championships, leg injury, Steve Hug, arm injury, Jim Women's Division, 1975 USGF National Championships lvicek, broken arm, John Crosby, broken Carbondale, Illinois Vaulting finger, Marshall Avener and John Whelan, All-Around Results: Contestant Score Place shoulder injuries. Young, lvicek, Hug, and 1. Tammy Manville 74.30 K. Casey 9.5375 1 Whelan were members of the U.S.A. 2. Denise Cheshire 74.30 T. Manville 9.325 2T World Games Team in October 1974 in 3. Kathy Howard 73.25 D. Cheshire 9.325 2T Varna, Bulgaria. 4. Trish Reed 73.00 The results of the competition clearly Bars 5. Roxanne Pierce 72.90 show that with Beach, Conner, Weeden, L. Wolfberger 9.55 6. Nancy Thies 1 72.85 and Korman coming on strong and with D. Cheshire 9.425 7. Leslie Weisberger 72.75 2 Young, Hug, lvicek, Crosby and Avener K. Howard 9.400 8. Debbie Wilcox 72.70 3 on the road to recovery, the prospects are 9. Susan Archer 72.65 for a strong finish next year at the Beam 10. Jan Anthony 72.40 Olympic Games in Montreal. Bart Conner K. Gaynor 9.5375 1 11. Kolleen Casey 72.30 at 16 under John Burkel is improving Manville T. 9.4125 2 12. Joanne Beadle 72.25 very rapidly and is the youngest USG F D. Payton 9.2125 3 13. Donna Payton 72.20 Champion ever. On paper, w'tn 14. Jan Ahten Floor Exercises 72.00 everybody well and one more year on 15. Gail Wycoff 71.825 Howard these compulsories, we can expect to 9.55 1 16. Pauline Litowsky 71.75 have the strongest team we ever had at Thies 4.40 2 Donna Johnson 71.75 the Olympic Games. Manville 9.375 3
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