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JO NADO. CIMPIONSHIPS By Connie Maloney Both JO National Championships proved to be exciting, high-level competitions featuring many superb ath-
bar, using the clear hip technique. Senior Jenny Schmidt from All-American worked with confidence, continuity
monplace-no longer skills one would see only at the elite level. Our 1990 National champions both showed consistency and confidence, with noscoresbelowa9.0.Twelveyear-old junior champion Laura Szczepanski from Great Lakes in Michigan had a personal best performance, scoring 74.775. A six year veteran, Laura is an honor student and aspires to be an elite athlete and eventually a gymnastics coach. Sixteen-
Region V Region ill Region I
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year-old senior champion Jenny Hansen from Munsinger' s in Minnesota hit solid routines with powerful vaulting and tumbling. Jenny started gymnastics in 1981 and her future goals include competing Elite and becoming a veterinarian. Exciting was the word for the Regional team competition. The gymnasts and coaches all worked together, cheered loudly and when the chalk dust settled, the results were:
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Score 74.775 74.300 73.400 73.375 73.375 73.375 73.150 73.150 73.075 73.000
Coach John Geddart James Holmes James Holmes Dan Young Todd Gardiner Mary Lee Tracy Mike Hunger Dawn Cattermole James Holmes John Wojtczuk
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Score 75.275 75.125 74.500 74.325 73.925 73.675 73.650 73.650 73.500 73.450
Coach Bryon Hough Jon Aitken Nancy Kludt James Holmes Kim Elmore Wang Ping Mary Lee Tracy Teri Crumley Ray Gnat Scott Crouse
1990 JO National Team Juniors # Athlete l. Laura Szczepanski
Club Great Lakes Karolyi's 2. Laura French Karolyi's 3. Courtney Roberts NW Aerials 4. Kesslie Oaksmith 4. Kari Karubas Illinois Gym. Cincinnati Acad 4. Amanda Borden 7. Deanne Droegemueller Twin City All-American 7. Kelli Rose 9. Rebekah Reyher Karolyi's 10. Lisa Gianni North Stars 1990 JO National Team Seniors
letes. The new compulsories, seen for the first time at a national level, were performed proficiently with confidence and aggressiveness . Karolyi's Lisa Washington's dynamic and powerful Yamashita vault earned her the highest mark 9.775. California Twister ErnilyTripiano's 9.50 uneven bar routine showed virtuosity with a beautiful underswing half over low 42
and rhythm on the beam for a 9.525 . Junior Amanda Borden, from Cincinnati Academy, had an expressive floor routine for a score of 9.45. The optional competition was the strongest ever, with 10 athletes scoring 37.00 or better all-around. Fulltwisting Tsukaharas, Tkatchev's, Jaegers, layout series on beam and double saltos on floor were com-
1990 JO National Team Seniors # Athlete l. Jenny Hansen
2. Kristi Gunning 3. Emily Tripiano 4. Lisa Washington 5. Margaret Ulett 6. Jenny Schmidt 7. Nikki Herrick 7. Emily McKee 9. Chrissy Vogel 10. SWlShine Smyth
Club Munsinger's Desert Devils Twisters Karolyi's Eagles All-American Cincinnati Northbrook Brown's Lone Star
USA GYMNASTICS September/October 1990
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