EVENT
RESULTS
PUERTO RICAN CUP
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By Lois C. Carson
M
olly Shawen and Denise Fierro combined their skills to capture the team title at the 4th Puerto Rican Cup, held in San Juan, Puerto Rico. These 14-year-old U.S. dynamos also brought home all of the gold medals in the competition as well as a silver and two bronze. Shawen, of Altamonte Springs, Fla., earned the allaround title with a score of 38.45, followed closely by Fierro, from Covina, Calif., with a 37.975. In the men's competition, Mike Masucci, 19, of Penn State University, took the allaround title with a score of 54.30 over Pedro Tort of Puerto Rico. The team title was won by Puerto Rico with a 105.70.
During the event finals competition, the U.S. once again had a strong showing. Fierro, who is coached by former Olympian Beth Kline Rybacki, took first place in vaulting (9.025), balance beam (9.60) and floor exercise (9.60) and second on bars (9.675). Shawen, who is coached by Kevin Brown of Brown's Gymnastics, took first on bars (9.70) as well as third in vaulting (8.%2) and tied for third on beam (9.10). In the men's event finals, Mike Masucci, who is coached by Randy Jepson of Penn State, took the gold medals in the four events in which he was enteredpommels (tie with Tort of Puerto Rico with 9.15), rings
(9.40), parallel bars (9.10), and high bar (9.25). The other two gold medals were captured by Puerto Rico's Hector Tanco (9.50 on floor) and Pedro Rosado (9.325 on vault).
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Denise Fierro and Molly Shawen with first place team trophy from 4th Puerto Rican Cup. 14
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The U.S. delegation also included coaches Kevin Brown, Beth Kline Rybacki and Randy Jepson; judge Mike Finnerty and judge and delegation leader Lois Carson.
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GERMAN REUNIFICATION COMPOITION By Abie Grossfeld
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he Kunsturn-Masters '90 German Reunification competition combined the teams from East and West Germany, the first combined team since the 1964 Olympic Games, plus the U.S. and the USSR. The U .S. delegation included gymnasts Trent Dimas, Scott Keswick, Bill Roth, Tom Schlesinger, Chainey Umphrey, Chris Waller and Mark Warburton. The coaches were Art Shurlock, Francis Allen and Yefim Furman. Debbie Van Hom was the trainer, Becky Riti the interpreter and Abie Grossfeld the judge and delegation leader. Before the competition the atmosphere seemed to be that of separateness between the two Germany's-three gymnasts from the East and three from the West participated. The East Germans and the West Germans worked out separately before the competition and VIi Ott,
the West German coach, said, '1t took 40 years to break down the wall, it will take a few hours more to be one team." The Soviets won with 288.95 points; 3.3 points behind was Germany with 285.65; the U.S. was exactly three points behind the Germans with 282.65 points. The Soviets took the top three all-around places. First was Alexander Kolivanov with 58.25, second Sergei Kharkov with 57.90 and third Dimitri Dogadkin with 57.80. Germany's Ralf Buechner took fourth with 57.55, Jens Milbradt in fifth with 57.25 and Andreas Wecker in sixth with 57.15. The top U.S. gymnast was Bill Roth in tenth with 56.45. The post meet banquet was at the Olympic Hall and with the subsiding of competition tensions, all seemed friendly, although the unification concerns were the focus of the ensuing conversations.
USA GYMNASTICS January/February 1991
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