March /Apri11985 eral years of classical piano and gets straight As in her freshman classes for gifted students. Her biggest thrill in gymnastics has been taking second in the all-around at the Pacific Alliance meet. She also finished with firsts on vault and bars. Sabrina's trademark has become her rice cooker which appears at each meet. It seems that hearty meals of rice both before and after competitions is her key to success. She finds the new compulsories a definite challenge, especially those for the bars. Coach Wright says, "one of our biggest goals this season is to develop more aggressive work and competitive styles." Sabrina has the ability to get along with everyone.
HEIDI BRADY Heidi is the 14-and-one-half-yearold daughter of Jeff and Vivian Brady from Birmingham, Michigan. She has been in gymnastics for 10 years and training the last five with Steve Whitlock and Mel Foster at the Acronauts Gym in Bloomfield, Michigan. "Heidi has exceptional maturity for a junior girl on floor and beam," said Whitlock. After her third place finish in the USA Championships in Arizona, Heidi traveled to Calgary with the other junior team members but a sprained ankle suffered in warmups prevented her from competing there. She has since competed in the MidWest Open, Nation's Capital Cup and the South Jersey Invitational. She is looking forward to the Peachtree Invitational and the first zone meet and with even greater anticipation to her next international assignment. Heidi likes Duran Duran, swimming, dancing, and most of all, collecting teddy bears . Her summer was filled with extensive work on the new compulsory routines and work on new tricks for the 1985 season. She hopes to be competing a full-in, yeager flip, and Cuervo this year. Heidi also holds the distinction of being the "leotard fashion model" of the Acronauts gym. The proud owner of over 75 leotards with none of them even remotely alike (some even have frills and laces on them) makes her not only the Michigan gymnastics pacesetter, but the fashion one as well. USA Gymnastics
Dee Dee Foster BECKY JOHNSON Fifteen years ago Steve and Gail Johnson had a child they named Becky, who quickly gained a reputation as being a tough little kid, a distinction she still holds. Becky showed her toughness at the Canadian Classic. Even coming in "short" on several double backs from beam and banging her heels on several Delchevs on bars, her intensity never diminished. Becky started her career with Bob and Joan Rice and the Kegs Gym Club in Minnesota. She then moved to Texas to train with Scott Crouse for 10 months, during which time she made the Junior National team. Two weeks later she was at her first international meet in Calgary. After four days of training with severe shin splints and having mediocre workouts, she pulled it all together at meet time and turned in a bronze medal all-around performance. After the Canada meet, she became ill and moved back to Minnesota to live with her parents.
A mid-summer appendectomy forced her to decline her selection to compete for the Australian Cup. Presently she is back in great shape and training with her new coaches Gabor and Katalin Deli at the Olympic Gymnastics Center in Edina, Minnesota. Becky is a straight A honor roll student in her ninth grade class. "Becky is one of the most coachable girls I know, and is very good about keeping the lines of communication open and comfortable for both coach and gymnast," said her coach .
MISSY MARLOWE Thirteen-year-old Missy Marlowe is the daughter of Jennine and TIm and lives in Salt Lake City, Utah . Missy is the product of the Rocky Mountain Gymnastics Club coached by Mark Lee . "Besides being cute and having tremendous natural talent, Missy is one of the most driven and hardest Junior Girls Continued on Page 12 11