MaylJune 1985
A Tradition Of Excellence By Michael Henty s y ou walked through the doors of the Parkette National Training Center you knew y ou were there for a very special event. The entrance was decorated with a lighted water fountain, surrounded by a beautiful arrangement of flowers and a picture gallery of past Gymnastrum gymnasts that just recently competed in the NCAA Championships (Wes Suter, Jon Levy and Terry Bartlett) . It was the 10th annual National Boys Invitational hosted by Gymnastrum Sportschool of Allentown, Pennsylvania . Over 350 gymnasts would be competing the next day for individual awards. Atlanta School of Gymna s tic s , coached by Gene Watson, dominated the competition with the depth of their solid competitors . Each team was allowed five competitors and the top four score s on each event counted for the team score . Gold Cup Gy mnastic Team, coached b y Ed
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Burch, finished second after arriving late from Albuquerque, New Mexico . Gymnastrum of Parkettes, the host team fro m Allentown ed ged Great Lakes Gymnastic Team from Lan sing, Michi ga n (coach e d b y Kurt Golder) by four tenths to capture the third place cup. The individual age gro up competition s started early in the morning and fini shed 15 hour s later. Parkette National Training Center and Director Larry Moyer are to be commended on this gala gymnastic event. The top six teams were awarded team cups and a victory banquet immediately followed the competition for all the compe titor s a nd their coaches. TEAM STANDINGS 1) Atl a nta School of Gymna stic s (216.45) 2) Gold Cup Gymnastics (205 .35) 3) Gymnastrum Sportschool (201 .70) 4) Great Lakes Gymnastics (201.30) 5) Empire Eagles (199 .15) 6) Surgents Elite (198.85)
AA 1-47.6 2-44.8 ~42.7
4-41.6 5--37.9 8-37.1
AA 1- 49.0 2-48.9 ~4 8. 1
4-46.1 5--45.2 6-44.4
AA 1-50.9 2-50,8 ~5 0.8
4-50.6 5--50.6 6-50.5
1985 NBI AA 10 and UNDER NAME 22-J.D. Reive 2~Kevi n O'Keefe 28-Jeff Demesmin 27-Joe Duda 15--Beau Hanle 16-Peter Landry
TEAM Elile Elite Surgent Surgent Spinner AndyVal
1985 NBI AA (11-12) NAME 237- Danny Serretti 231-Mickey Pahl 232-Kip Simons 260-David Riordan 230-Mike Strauss 27ft-Michael DeNucci
TEAM Elite Gymntrm Gymntrm EmpireE Gymntrm StonyHI
1985 NBI AA (13-15) Sess ion 2 NAME 348-Che Bowers 346-Jody Newman 31ft-Mark Ambroe 37~Alex WhiHield 305--Brian Halstead 371- Richard Pulslort
TEAM GymFlar GymFlar Minnsta Surgent G.Lakes Surgent
4-48. 1 5--47.8 6-47.6
1985 NBI AA (13-15) Session 1 NAME 410-John Padgett 366-Tim Ryan 400-Jon Greenhalgh 378-Haakon Kallweit 412- Nick Baker 357-David Pearlstein
Place 1 2 3
Team Awards Team Eastern NE Gym-Ken Internatio nal
Score 143.7 135.2 128.3
1985 NBI AA (16-18) NAME 178-David Romero 15~ D avi d Zed dies 167-Carl Noble 177-Patrick Kirksey 118-Ronald Rash 112-Jeff Dow
TEAM Atlanta EmpireE Somerlt Atlanta Gymnstm Spinner
AA 1-53.2 2-52.5 ~5 1 .4
AA 1- 55.60 2-54.40 ~53.15
4-52.85 5--52.65 6-52.35
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Intrntl Eastern EmpireE Clemmer Marvatn
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