September/October 1985 (Left) Marilla K!l11yavsky demol1strates her rope abilities 011 her way to the all-aroul1d title. (Right) Stacy Oversier leaps through the air 011 her way to a third place fil1ish. (Below) Karel1 Lyol1s came through this ribbol1 routil1e to place fifth all-aroul1d . (Photos Š 1985 USGF by Dave Black).
Teresa Bruce, 18, of Hillsboro, Ore. , was in fifth place in the all-around. Both talent and luck were on her side the final day of competition as she executed solid routines and rose into third place with a total of 70.05 points. The bronze medalist is coached by her mother Bev Bruce during the summer months in Hillsboro, Ore. at the Pacific Northwest Twisters. The remaining months of the year she attends Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif., and trains with Coach Jolie Barretta and the West Coast Waves. She will be a junior in the fall and plans on becoming either a newspaper or television reporter. Lisa Aaronson, p, of Las Angeles, Calif., placed fourth with 69 .70 points qnd in fifth was Karyn Lyon, 20, of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., with 69.55 points. In sixth place was Elizabeth Cull, 19, of Los Angeles, Calif., with 69.25 points. Adding to the overall tension of the competition was the fact the National Sports Festival also served as the U:S. World Rhythmic Gymnastics AllAround Trials. On the lint; were four positions, three competing and one alternate. A portion (40 percent) of the all-around score from the U . S . Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships of the U.S .A., which took place in April, was carried into the Festival competition. The all-around score from each of the two-day Festival competitions completed the final trial total, each session counting 30 percent. On top of the charts was Kunyavsky with a combined average of 37 .09 points. She will lead her fellow allaround teammates and the U.S. group routine members across the Atlantic Ocean to Valladolid, Spain where they will compete in the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, October 10-13. Also representing the United States will be Oversier, with a combined score of 36.125 and Diane Simpson, 16, of Evanston, Ill. Simpson, who will be the youngest U.S. competitor in the all-around competition, was unable to compete in the National Sports Festjval due to illness. Her national championships score of 36.50 was weighed USA Gymnastics
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