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AMERICAN CLASSIC Traci Sommer Wins By Mary Wright he American Classic, • hosted by Rocky Mountain Gymnastics, was held in Salt Lake City at the • Salt Palace on November 8- • 9,1991. Competitors from 20 dif- • ferent states, totaling 64 • gymnasts, took part in this • meet advertised as the "First • Step to Barcelona" because • of the qualifying procedures • to the Olympic Trials. Highlights from the meet • include the all-around championships won by • North Stars' Traci Sommer, who performed with tremendous confidence on ' all the events. Heidi Hornbeek was spectacular in both compulsory and optional vaulting and made the Yami half • look like a different vault' from most other gymnasts. • Larissa Fontaine executed a • dynamic bar routine with a • Tkatchev executed from the • opposi te direction, and • Monica Shaw competed her • innovative "Shaw," a release • from the high bar to the low • bar, that has never been per- • formed by any other gym- • nast.
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Wendy Bruce, who took part in the compulsory session 0 nly, was tremen d ous on beam, showing confidence and control throughOUt. The floor routines were clean in compulsories and the new trend in optional floor was obviously whip back(s) through to double salt05. The meet ran smoothly thanks to the Rocky Mountain staff. Special thanks to Audrey Schweyer, head judge, and Kathy Kelly, USGF women's program administrator, for their assistance.
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~ Traci Sommer 2. Denise Fierro 3. La ri ssa Fontaine 4. Monica Shaw 5. Moll y Shawen 6. Heidi Hornbeek 7. Misty Marinik 8. Hea ther Kabnick 9. Tiffa ny Simpson
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