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Julie T. Jones Men's Program Director Interim

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Nora Campbell USA Gymnastics Board of Directors Chair: Sandy Knapp; President Emeritus: Bud Wilkinson, Mike Donahue; Athl ete Directors: Wendy Hilliard, chair; vice chair; Michelle DU5serre, sec; Sheryl Dundas; Karyn Lyon Glover; Tanya Service Chaplin; Chris Waller; Conrad Voorsa nger; Pe ter Vidmar; Kevin Davis, usoe Athlete's Advisory Council; Ama teur Athletic Union: Stan Atkinson; American Sokol Organization: Jerry Milan; American Trampoline & T1,1mbling Association: Wayne Downing; American Turners: Betty Heppner; Junior Boys Gymnastics Coaches Association: Marc Yancy; Men's Elite Coaches Association: Pe ter Kormann; National Association for Girls and Women in Sport: Dr. Mimi Murray; Na tional Association of Collegia te Gymnastics Men: Abie Grossfeld; National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Women: Gail Davis; National Association of Women's Gymnastics Jud ges: Yvonne Hod ge; National Collegiate Athletic Association: jane Betts, Lou Burkel; National Feqera tion of State High School Associations: Susan True; National Gymnastics Judges Association: Harry Bjerke; Natio nal High School Gymnastics Coaches Associatio n: john Brinkworth; Jewish Community Centers: Courtney Shanken; Rhythmic Coaches Association: Suzie DiTullio; Special Olympics, Inc.: Kate Faber-Hickie; U.S. Association of Independent Gym Clubs: Lance Crowley; U.S. Elite Coaches Association for Women: Ton y Gehman, Roe Kreut ze r; U.S. Sports Acrobatics Federation: Bonnie Davidson; Young Men's Christian Association: Rick Dodson; USA Gymnastics National Membership Di~ectors: Men's: jim Holt, Ray Gura; Women's: jim Archer, Julia ThompsonAretz; Rhythmic: Alia Svirsky, Ute Alt-Carberry.

By Sandy Knapp USA Gymnastics Chairman of the Board

USA Gymnastics Executive CommiHee Chair: Sandy Knapp; Secretary: Mike Milid onis; Vice Chair Women: Na ncy Marshall; Vice Chair Men: Tim Dagge tt; Vice Chair Rhythmic: Norma Zabka; FIG Women's Technical Committee: Jackie Fie; FIG Rhythmic Technical Committee: Andrea Schmid-Shapiro; FIG Men's Technical Committee: Bill Roetzheim; At Large Members: Jim Hartung, Joan Moore; Athlete Directors: Michelle Dusserre, Wendy Hilliard ; President Emeritus: Bud Wilkinson, Mike Donahue.

Before we rush into 1994, let me take a moment to look back at 1993 and enjoy some of the year's highlights one more time.

Like most businesses, schools and sports teams, it takes a lot of people working together to achieve success. In our specific case it's like a triangle with the three sides being the membership, national teams and front office. If one side is taken away, the triangle falls apart. Fortunately, our triangle was standing tall in 1993.

Associate Content Editors Sports Science Advisory CommiHee William Sands, Ph.D., Chair, Sport s Advisory Comm,illee Patty Hacker, Ph.D., Chair, Education Sub-committee Stephen W. Whit lock, Liaison Unless expressly id entified to the contrary, a ll articles, sta tements and views printed herein are attributed solely to the author and the United States Gymnastics Federation expresses no opinion and assumes no responsibilit y thereof.

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Gymnastics Awards Book Irs aline that some Ihi1gs end, md others IJ91.l'mvery excited moot 1994. I

Let's start with the membership.

Judging by the number of athletes already signed up, we expect to have the second largest athlete membership since we began enrolling athletes back in 1979.

This is a great sign for our sport.

Another great sign for our sport in general is the Talent Opportunity Program (TOP) for women and the Olympic Development Program (ODP) for men. These programs help identify talented young gymnasts early in their development so they can receive training assistance from the national coaching staff. Over 1,200 girls participated in the TOPs regional testing and 280 of these athletes advanced to the National Training Camp. For the men, 500 athletes participated in the ODP regional testing with 100 adva ncing to the national testing event. Both numbers were up from the previous year.

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thatwewlap have great success from our IltrimgIe :' With all this success, you can see why I wanted to think about it one more time.

But that's enough of the past. Let's look toward 1994.

With regard to the national teams, all three disciplines enjoyed success.

There'll be bright beginnings for two new members of the staff. As I'm sure you know, we're in the process of hiring a President and Men's Program Director.

Both will have their work cut out for them and we'll all be looking for great things from these people.

After fin ishing 41st at the OlympiC Games, our Rhythmic Gymnastics National Champion, Tamara Levinson, made great progress in the world standings. She finished 27th at the 1993 Rhythmic World Championships, which took place in November. We're also happy that the International Olympic Committee added group competition to the 1996 Olympic Games. As the host country, our USA team will receive an automatic berth into those Games, but we not only expect to participate-we expect - - -to-be -competitive.

In men's gymnastics, Scott Keswick took ninth in the all-around at the 1993 World Championships and helped lead the U.S. to a third place finish at the World University Games during the summer.

John Roethlisberger captured his third national champion title at both the 1993 Coca-Cola National Championships and NCAA National Championships, making him the only male ever to achieve this accomplishment.

You'll also see a couple of new events on television. Both Hershey Chocolate and Budget Rent a Car Corporation are sponsoring new competitions. You'll also see the Rhythmic National Championships on network TV. All of this exposure hopefully gets more young people interested in gymnastics and into local clubs.

Speaking of sponsors, look on page 45 of this issue and you'll see a new feature called the Reebok Coaching Corner.

Reebok is a great partner for us. By the way, how did you like the poster in last month's issue?

And our women's program enjoyed tremendous achievement. Shannon Miller won the all-around title making her just the second U.S. athlete to wear the World Champion title. Also during the summer, Shannon led a U.s. team to victories over teams from Belarus and Ukraine, marking the first tim'e the women had topped teams from the former Soviet Union.

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And, finally, for those of you who are computer buffs, we're introducing a new "on-line" service that will make communicating with this office, your gymnastics friends and clubs much easier. Details on this will be announced soon.

Like I said in the title, it's a time that some things end, and others begin. I'm very excited about 1994. I hope and anticipate that we will again have great success from our "triangle" and I hope one year from now you'll read another article even better than this one.

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perform like you are in a workout. Let your body do what it is trained to do.

Good Luck!

Dear Mary Lou, I am 10 years old a nd I'm a Level 8. have been taking gymnastics since I was two. I have been taking violin since I was four. Now my violin is cutting into my gymnastics. What should I do?

Elllllla Feillsleill Takellla Park, Marylallrl

Dear Emma, You have a couple of options. First you can give up one of your activities. Second you can try to schedule your gymnastics workouts and violin lessons at different times and on different days. / hope you can do the second option. / would hate to see you give up something you enjoy.

Good Luck!

Dear Mary Lou, I'm 13 and a Level 6 at seATS Gymnastics. I have a big problem with piking. It seems I pike on almost everything I do such as round offs, aerials, fIyaways, etc. Do you have any suggestions that might help or put an end to my problem?

Kalie Rorelll Hlllllillgioll Beach, Calif.

Dear Katie, You're making your gymnastics harder on yourself when you pike. Concentrate on

Dear Mary Lou, I'm 12 years old and a Level 9 gymnast. I'm short and all of my friends in gymnastics are short too. Is it really true that gymnastics stunts your growth?

Allllie Goileil/ Peoria , lIIil/ois

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keeping your body straight and tight. /f / were you, / would work extra hard and spend more time perfecting the handstand. The handstand is one of the most important positions in gymnastics.

You use it on everyone of the events.

After your work out, during conditioning time, do lots of press handstands. That's one tip that might help break your piking habit.

Dear Mary Lou, I am a LevelS gymnast and just started com peti tion. I've noticed tha t I

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Dear Annie, Absolutely not! Gymnastics doesn't stunt your growth. /n fact, being smoll can actually be a good thing in gymnostics. / know it was in my case.

do better in p ractice tha n I do in a meet. I know I should concentrate but when I concentra te too hard I make stupid mistakes. What shou ld I do?

Kale Noll York, Pell l/ sylvallia

Dear Mary Lou, Why do you need to wear ba lance beam slippers? I'm age eight and a Level 4. I'm probably going to have to wear thenl soon.

Killlberly Laille Applelol/ , Wiscollsil/

Dear Kate, Everyone gets nervous during competitions. /t's obvious that you are well prepared and know your routines because you said you do them well in practice. Relax at competitions. Don't think too hard about your routines and

Dear Kimberly, You don't have to wear beom shoes.

There isn't a rule that says every gymnast MUST wear them. /t totally depends on what feels comfortable to you. / wore them because they helped me to get better traction on the beam so / wouldn't slip.

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lots of fluids. Traveling, especially on a plane, can be a dehydrating experience.

Make certain you have lots of bottled water, sports drinks, or fruit juices available. If you're packing a cooler, it should have lots of fluids, breads (bagels and rolls), crackers, raw vegetables, nonfat yogurt, and fresh fruits.

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Steamed, boiled, broiled, poached, grilled, and baked foods are better for you than fried, crispy, breaded, or creamed foods.

When ordering sandwiches, hold the mayo, butter, margarine, cheese, and bacon.

Baked potato, plain tortilla, spaghetti with marinara sauce, english muffin, fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, pancakes, and breads are excellent choices.

Stay away from foods you've never tried-you never know how you might react to something you've never eaten.

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American Olympic greats from the past, present and future celebrated the opening of two impressive state-of-the-art training facilities at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs on October 7-9. The featured event for this festive weekend was a gymnastics exhibition which aired on TNT's Olympic Gold Show.

The two new buildings now open for training and visitor tours-a 45,000-square-foot aquatics center and a 54,000square-foot multi-sport gymnasium-were built at a combined cost of $12.8 million. The two buildings are the first phase of a multiphase renovation of facilities to make the Colorado Springs OTC the best multi-sport training facility in the world .

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Prior to the 1996 Olympic Games, it is our goal to add to the Colorado Springs complex new housing, dining and recreation facilities, a visitor center and an administration building."

HOPEFULS," SAID USOC EXECUTIVE DIREOOR DR. HARVEY SCHIUfR. Left: 1991 World Champion Kim Zmeskal. In middle, Zmeskal signs autographs and meets a few fans.

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Approximately 100 boys ages 10-11 met in regions across the U.s. to be evaluated on basic gymnastics skills through the Olympic Development Program Skill Evaluation. The purpose of the program is to identify talented gymnasts in this country, reinforce good basics and expose these gymnasts and their coaches to higher level technique and skills. The Olympic Development program has served our system well as indicated by the number of senior national and Olympic Team members who were participants in the program. The evaluation

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By Nora Campbell and Steve Whitlock

Imagine a gymnastics event that combines boys and girls, young men and women and seasoned veterans of i ~ all levels of a b iii ty- 1 l tumbling, balancing, vaulting, swinging, building pyramids, tossing hoops, and leaping through ribbons ... ,j

Imagine all of those gymnasts ' the first time, joining hands and synchronized floor exercise routine

coming together for learning a to music ....

Imagine gymnastics mothers out on the 40' x 40' mat with their daughters performing a gymnastics routine together...

Imagine gymnasts eagerly watching and gleefully applaudIng each others' skills ...

Now imagine all of this without judges, without scores, without gymnastics competition. All of this happened at the first USA G ymnaestrada!

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Meredilh Mmock, 12, Hanno 8urgord, 12, 8"ky Wentworlh, 14, Horlh Shore Acodemy:

It's the first Gymnaestrada in the U.S. and we were a part of it. We enjoyed the different activities and performances.

There were no judges and no pressure.

MorgorelllellOn, 12, Groce Hohn, 14, Performers Edge:

I get a lot of practice from the Gymnaestrada. Also, I like showing people what rhytlnnic gymnastics is. It's also fun just to perform and not have to compete. You get to meet new people with similar interests.

Eriko Gorlinger, IS, ond liz Porlelii, 13, High Flyers:

It was fun to travel to a different state and meet new people. We like showing off our new tricks. We also like taking on new experiences and doing routines that we've practiced for millions of years.

Jessico 0'8onnon, 20, lori lqznovsky, 18, lokol KH8:

Peler Younl, 14, Jim Muelier, 13, Greg (sonody, 13, High Flyers:

I like to work with other people. (Jessica) It keeps me in shape. Being a participant gives me an opportunity to enjoy gymnastics an!=! performing even though I no longer compete. (Lori)

We like seeing what other groups can d o, comparing . skills and trying some of therr ideas.

(Ioudio HellOn, 40's, Performers Edge:

Watching the other groups' of gymnastics was a really interesting experience. I had no idea that there were so many variations.

Maveri,k Porenli, Maveri,k Gym Club:

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It's a great opporhmity to do something as a large group-as opposed to an individual sport. To create something as a group-not to compete against each other, but to work together.

It was hm because we got to see new things and learn something different. It waS fun to stay with all your friends at the same hotel-it was like a big sleepover.

There was no pressure. It was also neat because you could meet new friends.

This provides an oppdrhmity to be a part of ~ team that is less interested ill the individual and more concerned with working together.

Peler Younl, 14, Jim Muelier, 13, Greg (sonody, 13, High Flyers:

Groce Hohn, 14, Morgorel HellOn, 12, Performers Edge:

It was fun because you got to see what other groups did and compare yourself to others.

Some amazing feats were performed and the effect of the groups can be tremendous.

We like tumbling and hearing the people cheer. We like to show our skills and travel with the people on the team.

(Ioudio Nelson, 40's, Penormers Edge:

It was an exciting experience-performing with my daughter. It gave us a chance to do something together.

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HY WAS IT FUN TO WATCH THE OTHER GROUPs? Lori loznovsky, 18, Jessico O'Bonnon, 20, lokol KH8:

There were a wide variety of performances and all were enjoyable. It gave us ideas to take back home to teach our students. Performance gymnastics is a neat conceptthere is no limit to what special things can be done.

The best part was the mass exercise.

Expanding my knowledge of the gymnastics experience and use of gymnastics in various comnlunities.

Morgorel Nelson, 12, Groce Hohn, 14, Performers Edge:

The best part was meeting new people and becoming friends. Also, performing in front of others who loved gynmastics.

Eriko Gorlinger, IS, ond liz Portelii, 13, High Flyers:

Eriko Gorlinger, IS, ond liz Porlelii, 13, High Flyers:

Maveri,k Porenis, Maverick Gym (Iub:

It was great to see how others choreographed their routines to the music. It was fwl to watch other groups and learn new things for our routines.

Participating in a national event that will grow. It was a nice "group trip" for our own group.

HAT WAS THE BEST PART ABOUT BEING AT THE USA GYMNAESTRADA? Peler Younl, 14, Jim Muelier, 13, Greg (sonody, 13, High Flyers:

It was fwl to see everyone's different interpretation of the Gymnaestrada guidelines.

Learning new skills. It was fun being arowld all the different people.

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Learning to work with other people from other states: Socializing and the hayrIde. Watching other groups .

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Seeing the variety of performances is the "neat" thing about Gymnaestrada.

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The best part was performing and having no pressure from a bad score. I also liked watching everyone else's performances-for new ideas!

We learned new styles of dancing, gynmastics, and performing. We got off from school and had a great time!

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Jessico 0'8onnon, 20, lori loznovsky, 18, lokol KH8:

The idea to do mass exercise was the best part. We at Sokol perform what we call a Prastha every year. It is a chance for gymnasts of all ages and abilities to work together to accomplish an awesome number! The best was meeting all the participants.

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""I've trained really hard this year "l-Vithout having any interruptions. This is the first I've been injury ree in a long tiIne."

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Larissa Fontame, the sixth ranked ~~ gymnast in the country, has a lot to look . , forward to in the future although she's trying to focus her concentration (l>n the present. She just celebrated her sweet 16 birthday which allowed her to get her driver's license and a red jeep. On top of that, Larissa returned in November from an international competition in the country she considers "the coolest place I've ever seen" and her results proved that she is someone to watch in the future.

Fontame won the gold on vault and the silver medal on bars in the Nikon International competition in Sydney, Australia. "I was really happy with my performances on bars and vault," said Fontame. "This was the highest caliber meet I've been in for a while."

School: Stevenson High School Hometown: Deerfield, IL ' FcIlIVII•• illa Class: Math

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tions weren't always on her mind. "I don't think 1 was looking ahead too much then," claims Fontame. "I was always just trying to learn more, to get better. 1 loved to watch the sport and be around it. It's what 1 enjoyed the most."

With lots of hard work Larissa has definitely reached the top and now looks towards the upcoming U.S. Championships and possibly qualifying for the 1994 World Championships. When asked how she'll be preparing for the events to come, Fontame said, ''I'm planning on adding a couple of new optional skills and will continue to improve my compulsories to try to stabilize my routines for competition. "

Larissa attributes her recent success this past year to the fact that she's been without injury.

"I've tramed really hard this year without having any interruptions," she said. "This is the first time I've been injury free in a long time."

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"It has been great. I love it."

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"I think being the alternate to the 1992 Olympic Team made me more hungry to stay in gymnastics," said Campi. "Ever since tl1en I've wanted to go all tl1e way to 1996."

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When asked her thoughts on being 20 in 1996 and making an Olympic Team, Campi said, "I think it's a personal thing. I feel like I'm a late bloomer. I started in the sport later than most people and I haven't hit my peak. Plus I come from a small family (in body structure) so I don't think I'll have to worry about growing too much."

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"Rick and I saw Gutsu do the standing full on beam at the 1991 World Championships and decided to start working on it," said Campi.

"It's great to finally have it now."

Working for a goal is something that Campi has done all her life.

At a young age, Campi had her sights set on making the 1992 Olympic Team. In fact, at age 11, her mother gave her a phone with her own line-the phone number ended in "1992." After the 1992 Games, Campi's mother once again got a new phone number-this time ending with "1996."

"It's kind of just a joke," said Campi. "My mom is just like that. I guess my mom figured it worked once, let's see what happens this time around."

pi is a junior at ~ AIneriaulO High School and will gr~;tuate of 1995. oal is to earn a gymnastics ~!Q!i!ll8htip-iin-c0W!ge, Campi. "But, if I'm m c Iteritic'J11.

Olympic put college on hold or go to a community college for tha t I can train. " As far as career ambitions, "I don ' t know," said I'd make a good astronaut. I'm interested in "'f."Cl,I, UIOU mom's first language and all my family lives in interested in acting. Who knows, maybe I'll go into Although Campi is lmdecided about her future career, she's certainly focused on what's important now .. . school and gymnastics!

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Alicante, Spain played host to 132 rhythmic gymnasts representing 51 countries for the 1993 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships.

The Spanish audience, primed by the 1992 Summer Olympics, were of course partial to their own-Carolina Pascual (silver medalist in Barcelona) and Carmen Acedo, yet were enthusiastically supportive of outstanding performances from the other gymnasts.

The title of World Champion went to Bulgaria's Maria Petrova. Many suspected that Petrova would be challenged by Belarus' Larissa Lukyanenko for the gold medal. Lukyanenko, however, suffered a serious foot injury during the early days of training in Alicante which forced her out of the competition.

The U.S. team, represented by Brooke Bushnell, Jessica Davis, Caroline Hunt, and Tamara Levinson, hit 10 out of 10 solid routines.

This year's team competition format, designated by the FIG, was slightly different than in the past. Each team consisted of three to four gymnasts, presenting two routines per apparatus (performed by a different gymnast) and totaling 10 routines. In accordance with those requirements, a gymnast from any given team would perform anywhere from one to four routines.

The U.S. team strategy was to send Levinson and Davis into the competition as the all-around competitors, backed up by Hunt and Bushnell. The U.S.'s solid performances merited a 15th place team finish out of 38 countries competing in the team competition.

The top 26 athletes in the all-around made the finals.

Levinson finished 27th, missing the all-around finals by just .05. Davis' steady performance led her to a 41st place finish.

How was this year's World Championships different than last year's? "I've improved since last year. This year it was more to make an impression, to lead the crowd somewhere. Last year, I was nervous, I thought I couldn't do it. This year, I was still a little nervous but it was excitement."

Whot is the most fun element in your routine? In my hoop routine, I like doing my toss, double stag leap into a forward roll, catching the hoop with my legs while on the ground.

Most challenging element?

Anything with the ribbon.

What did you miss about the U.S. while in Alicante? I missed my family, American food, my house, my own bed and my three dogs and two cats!

Which is your favorite routine? I like rope the best. Ribbon is the most challenging for me. lt's hard to keep good ribbon patterns.

Which athlete at the event did you most admire? I admire Maria Petrova. Every day she performed consistently well!

Do you have any superstitions about (ompetition? Yes, a little. I wear the same two gold rubber bands in m y h air!

Whi(h gymnasts did you enjoy wat(hing at the World Championships? I like Maria Petrova and Elena Vitrichenko. I like watching Petrova for her expressions and I like watching Vitrichenko because she finishes everything clean and tight. She also has great expressions.

What's your favorite element in your routines? My back pull up turn with a 720 d egree pivot.

What are your goals in the sport? I would like to make it to another international meet but I like the idea of the crowd really appreciating a rou tine, the idea of performance versus achieving a score.

What was the best moment of the World Championships event? Opening ceremonies and marching out ... feeling so important as well as our team hitting 10 out of 10 routin es.

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How well the U.s. team got along with each other. Being w ith people that you get along with m akes the experience so much better.

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Dear Krysta~ I have one sister, Melissa, and one brother, Eric. They are both younger than me, but soon I'll be the shortest. All three 01 us are very involved in sports although I am the only gymnast. Melissa is a member of our high school's volleyball and swim teams, and Eric plays baseball, lootball and swims as well. It is great to hear 01 your enthusiasm towards gymnastics.

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The Babe Zaharias Female Amateur Athlete Award (The Zaharias Award) was established in 1990 in the name of Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias, who many feel was the greatest female athlete of all time.

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The Travel and Training Fund, administered by the Women's Sports Foundation, is awarded to individuals or teams who exhibit regional, national or international ranking or the potential for such ranking.

Information about the grant process can be obtained by calling the Women's Sports Foundation at 1-800-227-3988.

Hilliard's one-year term will begin January 1994. She currently serves on the USA Gymnastics Board of Directors and is the chair for the Athlete's Advisory Council. In addition, she's served as a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee Athletes' AdviSOry Council and is the head coach of the United Nations International School of Rhythmic Gymnastics. Hilliard is a broadcaster, motivational speaker and continues to perform in tours and exhibitions.

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Competition III rules will be used for the combined all-around competition, with the exception of vault, which will use Competition II rules.

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The U.S. delegation to the World Gymnastics Challenge, held in Toronto, Canada on November 5, included gymnasts Kim Arnold and Chainey Umphrey, coaches Debbie Connelly Wehr and Art Shurlock and judges Judy Dobransky and Robert Witmer. Arnold is from Desert Devils in Scottsdale, Ariz. and Umphrey is from UCLA.

left: Chainey Umphrey pictured at the 1993 Hilton Challenge.

WORLD GYMNASTICS CHALLENGE

ByJudyDobransky

Above: Tim Dalrymple

MEN'S JUNIOR OLYMRIC NATIONAL TEAM Seventy-four men ages 12-18 gathered at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. on November 12-15 to qualify for the Junior Olympic National Team.

Umphrey won the all-around bronze medal, tied for second on floor, second on pommel horse, fourth on rings, third on vault, tied for third on parallel bars and finished fifth on high bar.

This is the second year for this newly-revised program and, although it's very challenging for all the participants, there was tremendous excitement and progress from the athletes.

Although Arnold's difficulty level was exceptional, the strong field of competitors left no margin for error. She finished seventh all-around with a score of 35.812.

The following athletes have qualified to the team and will attend a national training camp, along with their coaches, in February 1994 at the Olympic Training Center.

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Yoichi Tomita Mike Naddour Arnold Kvetenadze Joe Stallone Ted Woltz Yuejin Sun Ray Smith

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LML5AGES 15-16 1. Mike Dutka 2. David Ludlow 3. Freddie Umali 4. Jason Katsampes 5. Lindsey Fang 6. Jason Furr 7. Lateef Crowder 8. Derek Leiter

Gymnastrum/ LeHigh Valley, PA Gymnastics Nevada/ Sparks, NV Top Flight/ Fremont, CA ParkeNes/ Alientown, PA Gymnastrum/ LeHigh Valley, PA Capital Gym. Center/ Burke, VA California Sports Clr/ San Jose, CA Neb. School of Gym/ Lincoln, NE

Joe Stallone Huayu Liao Vince Miller Brian Babcock Joe Stallone Carlos Vasquez Zane Negrych Chuck Chmelka

LML6AGES 16-18 1. Tim Dalrymple 2. Josh Birckelbaw 3. Sean Cantreros 4. Tim Elsner 5. Dan Ryssman 6. lzy Mlay 7. Chris Toy 8. Jon Harms

Top Flight Gym/ Fremont, CA Byers Gym. Center/ Sacromento, CA Cahoy's Gym. Trg. Clr/ Omaha, NE World Cup Gym/ Marlboro, NJ Reno Gym. Center/ Reno, NV Top Flight Gym/ Fremont, CA Top Flight Gym/ Fremont, CA Las Vegas Flyers/ Las Vegas, NV

Greg Carsiglia Tom Gardner Phil Cahoy Bill Balogh Roger Baldwin Greg Corsiglia Greg Corsiglia Dusty RiNer U SA

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All-AROUND 1. Anlonina Nakorneeva 2. Anno Shakhoval 3. (Iaudia Presecam 4. Kristi Lichey 5. Dominique Moceanu

UKR UKR ROM USA USA

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