TOPS
1995 NATIONAL TOPs TEAM Twelve hundred and twenty-five 6- 11 year old athletes tested in the Talent Opportunity Program (TOP) at the regional level this year. The breakdown per age group was as follows: 6 year olds
20 athletes
7 year olds
125 athletes
8 year olds
205 athletes
9 year olds
270 athletes
10 year olds
331 athletes
11 year olds
274 athletes
Taisia Laumann Dana Earls Whitney Ferguson Keri Fryoux Ashlee Bradley Laura Nadramia Katie Grocki Chris Cutright Katie Hammond Charly Meyer Jenica Walker Gina Rinaldi Bethany Nickoloff Jordan Schwikert Tasha Schwikert Jessica Brogden Micha Gross Christine Kim Katie Sturdivant Chelsea Plourde
Of the 350 6-8 year olds, 71 were selected to the National 6- 8 TOP Team. This represents fifty clubs. One coach from each club was invited to attend the December National Training Camp in Tulsa, Okla. Of the 875 9-11 year olds, 320 were invited to take ~art in the National TOP Testing that was held at the Gymnastics Training Center in Rochester, New York, October 19-22. At Hi ational Testing, the athletes again were tested Qn physical abilities alo with some basic skills on each apparatus including-dance. In the , evening of each testing day, the National Staff conducted Q iruc for all the athletes and their coaches. The following da~ , a11 of the
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