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Umphrey had to withdraw from the competition due to injury and illness, respectively. The 13th spot proved to be lucky for Jim Knopp, who tied Kerry Huston for the last available spot on the senior national team. Five national team members were excused from Winter Nationals in order to compete in international events. These five athletes and the 14 gymnasts ranked at Winter Nationals, make up the 19 member senior national team. Two athletes, Mike Racanelli and John Roethlisberger (unranked), have been petitioned to the team due to injury and round out the field to 21.
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FINALIST FOR DiAl AWARD U.S. gymnast Kerry Huston was recently named as a finalist for the Dial Award, an honor given to the top high school scholar athlete in the nation.
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Patrick Kirksey Dominick Minicucci Tom Schlesinger Conrad Voorsanger Kyle Asano David St. Pierre Jeff Lutz Bob Stelter ~ . Bill Roth 10. Jason Brown 11. Mark McKiernan l~. Jair Lynch 13. Kerry Huston 13. Jim Knopp
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his event, created as a brain-child of Mas Watanabe, was the first ever held in the U.S. The gymnasts performed skills or combinations only and sponsors put up $100 or $300 for awards for nonNCAA gymnasts. The following individuals sponsored events: Jeff Metzger of Queen City Gymnastics-Floor Exercise; Mike Donahue, the USGF President-Pommel Horse; Mike Jacobs of u.s. Glove-
Dominick Minicucci made a comeback, placing second all-around at Winter Nationals.
Rings; Gary Scrivner of Pegasus-Parallel Bars; Sallie Weaver of Elite Sportswear, Ltd.Horizontal Bar; and Tighe King of Alpha Factor-Best of Show. Kerry Huston of Culhane's in Houston, Texas, won Floor with a front handspring, bounder front handspring to double front, barani out. Pommel Horse was won by Jair Lynch of Stanford who did traveling flairs with both hands outside the pommels. Still Rings was won by Chris Sey of Stanford who needed a run-off to defeat Marshall Nelson, who ultimately won Best of Show. Chris' combination consisted of Guczoghy to triple back dismount. Vault was won by Kyle Asano of Stanford Gym Club who did a handspring double front in layout position and stuck.
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Parallel bars was also won by Lynch who did a giant swing to an eagle grip and then a pirouette out. The real merit was the excellent manner in which this original skill was performed . Horizontal Bar was won by Conrad Voorsanger who did a skill named for him, a toe on, front off, regrasp and then attempted a Yeager out of it. Best of Show went to 14year-old Marshall Nelson who trains at the USOTC under Ron Brant. His combination on rings included a Yamawaki to a crossing of the rings and front uprise to double front. Nelson's performance was one of the more dramatic and original combinations demonstrated. The judges awarded four points for original skills with perfect executiof\, three points with errors, two points for rare skills with
Huston, 17, trains with Jim Culhane at Culhane's GymnasticsinHouston, Texas. He is one of the five selected from more than 100 entrants. The Klein High School senior is the youngest member of the u.s. senior national team, placing 13th at the 1990 Winter Nationals. He also won floor exercise in the Innovation Invitational. He excels in gymnastics as well as track and diving. A member of the varsity diving team for three years, he held the record for the "highest score of the month" in the nation among high school competitors. He set a school track record in the triple jump as well.
perfect execution, and one for skills with errors. All three scores were added together and one winner was determined. This event will be conducted in conjunction with the next Winter Nationals, to be held February 7-8,1992 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center.
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