THE BIG MEET By John Crumlish, Phila., Pa.
HEART OF AMERICA TOUR G irl s fro m Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri, all participat ed in th e 1975 Heart of America Summer Tour. Th e picture was tak en here at o ur "Gymnast" office in Santa Monica, w here th e girl s aIII I th eir coac hes stopped in to say h ell o. Th f' lOur coac h is Bob Childers, the Ma nagers are Tom Heineike and Grace Kruger. Tea m m embers includ e: Gayle Anderson, Kim Reininger, Karen Beer, Niki Osoba, Carrie Telukevich, M ary Kay Zwiesler, Patty Bice, and Lisa Cawthron. Th ey are tour in g the west through New M exico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and Colorado, w ith m ee ts in Phoenix, Tucso n, San Jose and Pueblo.
Harry Burrell, SI D at Iowa Stale, was awarded the big honor as hi s brochure was judged the fin es t in th e nation among the larges t schoo ls in Am eri ca. Runn er-up was Penn Slale's bro chure edit ed by Dave Baker, and Jerry Walker of LSU was gi ve n an award for ha ving the third best broc hure. Southern Illinois' guide ed ited b y Butch Henry and Paul Brocker's publi cat ion at New Mexico rece ive d honorable mention recognition. Th e small er sc hoo l awa rd we nt to Slippery Rock State alld John Carpenter for hav in g th e to p bookl et. Seco nd was Mike Needleman's lilinois-Chicago Circle brochure and third was Pete Nevins flYe r fro m East Stroudsburg State. Hono rabl e menti o n winners w ere Springfield (Howard Davis) and Northern Iowa (James Shaffer). In th e small es t class ifi ca ti o n, Lon Pishny was honored for having th e best in th e co untry at Fort Hays State.
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*Notes From * Britian* W e ju st rece ived th e summ er 1975 editi o n of "The Gymnast", ed it ed by Peter Aykroyd. Th e magaz ine is th e offi cial jo urnal of th e Brit ish A mateur Gymna sti cs Association. Acco rdin g to "The Gymna st" th e Wo rl d Cu p and a Ru ss ian to ur are all co ming to Britain. Two momentous gy mn asti cs eve nt s tak e pl ace at Wemb ley thi s autumll sponso red b y th e Daily Mirror. The first eve nt, t he World Cup, takes pl ace on th e 27 -2901 Octob er and is foll owed o n th e 30th of Octobe r thro ugh th e 1st of November , by fi ve displa ys b y top gy mna sts, tumbl ers and acrobats 1ro m th e Sov iet U ni o n. A lso it is n o w official th at th e Bo ard of Co ntro l ha ve approve d th e chan ge of nam e of ·gy m lla sti cqu e mod ern e· to ' mod ern rh ythm ic gy mn as ti cs·. Th is move is a ratifi ca ti o n o f a pr evio us decision by the Fed eration Int e rn ati o nale de Gym nas tiqu e (F IG). Las t b ut not leas t at th e FIG Co ngr ess in Be fll e, p ro po sals to se t th e height o f th e horse l o r wo m ell ·s co mp eti tio ns at 1.20 m. (3 ·1·") were ag reed . A m o ng reaso ns given were: less ri sk of injur y durin g all vau lts w ith turn s in the seco nd p hases of fli ght ; im p rove m ent of the landing; and w id er cho ice of va ults.
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III Houston, Texas, el even co ll eges and uni ve rsities we r e h o no red rece ntl y for th eir news m edia guid es for gy mn as ti cs by the ·'Co ll ege )port s In fo rm ati o n Directors of A mer ica·· (CoS IDA). GYMNAST Aug. '75
Under the watchful eye of Pete Torino , teaching techniques are discussed and demonstrated on the uneven parallel bars.
YMCA WORKSHOP Th e second annu al YMCA Youth Gymnastics Workshop j o intl y spon so red b y th e MidCounty YMCA in St. Louis, Washington University and th e Nissen Corporation wh ich suppli es th e equipment was held June 19-24. Kid s at all stages of profi ciencY, ranging from nin e to 113 years o f age, too k part in t he wo rk shop. Most ca me fr o m th e metropo lit an 51. Lo ui s ar ea, but there were man y fro m outstat e M issou ri and from nea rb y Illin ois. There was a ca pacit y emo llment of 150. Held at t he sa me ti m e as th e wo rk shop, b ut at ni ght , was an in stru ctors' clinic. Most of th e 40 gy mn as ts em o ll ed se rved as aid es for th e wo rk sho p w hich was un de r the direction of Peter Torino, head gy mn as ti cs coa ch for m en and wo men at South Dakota State University.
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Th e big m ee t co mes, It ·s tim e to go; You 're r ea ll y sca re d because you know yo u mu st do we ll in all routines: first free ex, va ulting, th en bars, and be am . Th e pi ano b eg in s As you free ex yo u start yo u go fo r a somi w ith a fa st- beati ng h ea rt! Your performan ce is through yo u sco re, an 13.13 ; now you move to va ultin g, for your turn yo u mu st wai t ! Yo u ·re up l lOW at last, b ut yo u w ish yo u we re throu gh Yo u hit a high Yamian d yo u sco re a 9.2! Now ·s tim e for ba rs, -bad lu ck . you ·re up fir st ! ! You ·re rou tin e·s running smoo thl y, yo u hope you ·re n o t cursed ! You co mpl ete w ith a h echt ; It turn s o ut rea l fin e, yo u see how yo u sco redwe ll, decent , any way - 13.9! Now ·s yo ur las t chan ce it ·s all up to beam! You ·re startill g to shi ve r and shu dde r and squ ea m l W ell , it"s tim e to goyo u mou nt , yo u ro ll , las t co m es th e d ismoullt , and ju st no w yo u str o ll over to th e lu xuriou s victory standyo u ·ve p laced first AA O H - TRI UM PH 15 GRA D'
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FAITH W e here at "Gymnast" ju st hea rd abou t 17 yea r o ld Mitzie Morrato, a gymn as t from Albuquerque, New Mexico, w ho has spent tha las t month in SI. Joseph Hospital, paral yze d from th e neck down. Mitzie bro ke th e 5th and 6th ve rt eb rae of h er spin al co lullln o n Ma y 15, w hil e practi cin g w h at wa s, for her, a relati ve lY simpl e ca rt w h ee l di smo unt off th e balance b ea m . A n illStant of ind ecisio n, p erhap s, ca used her to land in an awk wa rd p os iti o n and res ult ed in w hat she t erm s a " Irea k accid ent ·'. But the accident has not left her fe eling bitt er or so rry for herse lf. Sh e fee ls th ere isn ·t any reaso n for her n o t getti ng back th e use of her legs - she has al ready rega ill ed parti al use of h er arm s. W e wa nt to w ish Mitzie th e bes t of lu ck, and to le t her kn ow th at our th o ughts and o ur praye rs are with her fo r a spee d y recovery.
W e found o ut that th e va ultin g board whi ch was m enti o ned in Bill Coco ·s ;'Moscow ews'· report in th e JUlIe iss ue 0 1GYMNAST is mad e in thi s· co untry by. Porter Equipment Co., and is ca ll ed th e "Super Board".
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