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TABLE OF CONTENTS Volume XVII / Number 5/ May 1975

5. FROM THE PUBLISHER, Glenn Sundby 7. USGF REPORT, Frank Bare

10. WHAT'S HAPPENING 12. 20,000 GYMNASTS, Dr. Joseph Gohler 14. PNI '75, Rob Fields 16. CO-ED CAMPUS COLUMN, Gretchen

Dowsing 17. INTERVEIW WITH COLE DOW ALI BY, Rob

Fields 18. 1975 AIAW CHAMPIONSHIP, Rob Fields 29. 1975 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP, H.J.

Biesterfeldt 36. CENTERFOLD, Ted Marcey 48. NCAA REGIONAL QUALIFICATION

MEETS SO. NCAA JUDGING VIEWPOINT, Jerry

Wright 51. RUBY 52. III MODERN RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS

CHAMPIONSHIPS 53. THE GYMNAST AND THE DOCTOR, Dr.

John D. Webber 54. GUES'I EDITORIAL, What Happened To

The Beautiful People, Charles P. Pond 55. OPEN LETTER FROM .THE DIRECTOR OF

NAWloJ, KittY Kjeldsen 56. CLUB CORNER 57. CAROLINA SCHOOL OF GYMNASTICS

WEST GERMANY TRIP, Paul McAloon 58. ON THE MOVE WITH FRITZ, The

Dilemma of Coaching The New Vaults in Women's Gymnastics, Fritz Reiter

59. CATHY IN SEQUENCE 60. INSTRUCTION: I'ye Got Rhythm, Paul

Ziert 61. NHSGCA, All-American Awards 62. LETTERS 64. MEET RESULTS 70. CALENDAR 70. SUMMER CAMP DIRECTORY

Coyer: 1975 Collegiate Champions: Wayne Young (GYMNAST photo by Glenn Sundby) and Cole Dowaliby (photo by John M. Green).

* * Editor/Publisher: Glenn Sundby Associllte Editon: Dick Criley

Rob Fields Resellrch Editor: H.J. Biesterfeldt Interl1lltlonlll Editor: Dr. Joseph Gohler . Men's Instructional Coordinator: H.J. Hie sterfe lat Inst~uctional Ed,tors: AA: Bil l Ballester, FX: Paul Zie r!, PH: James Hesson, R: Mike Jacki, LH: Jim Turpin, PB: Bill Roe tzhe im, HB : Bill Holmes.

~roduction Assistant: Pat L'Toile

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FROM THE EDITOR/PUBLISHER

THIS EDITION: We had so much material we wanted to include in this May edition of Gymnast that we added extra pages to try and get it all in. Even though it is the largest edition ever published in the 18 year history of the magazine we still couldn ' t get all the material in this issue ... and will have to have a follow up report on the NCAA Championships Special Awards, reports, sequence photos etc. in the june Gymnast. * * * SPECIAL EVENTS: If you have the time and $$$ we would highly recommend teachers and coaches to try and attend the GYMNAESTRADA in Berlin, West Germany july 1st thru 6th . It will be a rewarding experience giving You a totally new concept of the exciting possibilities and variety of GYmnastic ideas that can be worked into your PhYsical Education program. And while your in Europe you might be interested in going to the NORDISK TURN FESTIVAL in Norway june 21 to 25th or the big SPARTAKIADE in Prague, Czechoslovakia june 27th & 28th where there will be mass Gymnastic demonstrations by the thousands as all the Eastern countries get together for this festival. But if You really can 't make it, don 't be sad as You can always get the feeling you were there when you read all about it in a soon after edition of Gymnast... Besides with all the Gymnastic Camps, Workshops, Clinics etc. you have noted in the Gymnast ads and Calendar there is a lot going on in the good 01 ' US of A this summer.

* * * GYMNASTIC CAMP OWNERS & DIRECTORS: Plan now to send Gymnast magazine a brief report on Your summer camp session for one of our post camp editions .. . also, if you would like more information on how You can build advertising credits for your camp in Gymnast next Year, drop us a line and we will forward you the interesting details.

GYMNASTIC CAMPER PHOTO & ESSAY CONTEST: We are planning a contest (with prizes) for the best photos and essay we receive from a registered camper (not a staff member) that we receive by the end of the summer (deadline September 5th, 1975) . The photos and essays will be judged seperately, but a.combination photo/ essay will also be considered for a special award .

* * * DATE TO REMEMBER: Annual Senior Olympics for Gymnastics - june 7th, 1975, Los Angeles City College, 12 noon. Sign up on the spot or ... (just be there).

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1975 ALL-AMERICAN GYMNASTICS CAMPS

All-American Gymnastics Camps are proud to announce that many of our 1974 staff w ill be returning along with addit ional h ighly quali f ied coaches and performers. This should provide an outstanding experi ence fo r an Yone attending these camps as campers, students, or coa ch es. Remember we provided the staff and leadership fo r the United States Gymnasti c Federat ion national Chr istmas Clinic in sponso rship w ith Ar izona State Un ive rsity. Our 1974 staff incl uded : Rusty Mitchell (O lympian, Uni ted States Team coach), Fred Roethlisberger (O lympian, coach U o f M inn .), Cathy Gleason Tibbitts (O lymp ian), Joan Moore Rice (O lympian), Marie Wolther Bilski (Olympian), W endy Cluff (OlYmp ian ), Do ris Fuchs Brouse (O lympian), Steve Hug (O lympian), D elene Darst (FIG Internationa Judge), Greta Treiber (FI G Internati onal Judge, coach Indiana State U.), Ken Allen (NA IA Coach o f the year, Judge of the Yea r, coach U o f W isconsin O shkosh), Don Robinson (Midwest coach o f the yea r, Pres . Nati onal Coaches Assoc., coach A ri zo na State U.), Jim Howard (A sst. coach World Unive rsi ty Ga mes, Coach U. o f W isconsin - LaCrosse), Francis All en (Coach U of Neb raska), Jerry Todd (Coach Pasadena City Co llege), Jay Shaw (Coach Eastern M ontana Un iversity), Art Shurlock (Coach UCLA), George H ery (Fo rmer wo rl d pro fess ional Trampoline champion), Alexand ra Nicholson' (Worl d Senio r Ladies Trampo line champion), Stormy Eaton (Former United States Trampol ine and Tumbling champion), Judy Schalk (F o rm er Natio nal Tu rn er A ll -A round champion), Bobby Sargent (World Hi gh Divin g Champion), Gary Anderson (Fo rmer U.s. Tea m Asst. coach, United States Nava l Academy), Tom H eineke (Coach Wichi ta State), Len Kravitz (Coach Houston Bapti st College) , p lus the fo llowi ng coaches o r gymnasts: Les Fischer, Tex Womack, Rich Pasqual, Wayne Young, Jim Stephanson, Nick Spann, Glenn Vaughn, Dan Smith, Dick Schilling, Dave Repp, Hal Halverson, Rick Fair, Mike Calabro, Jon Aitken, Gerry Todd and many more. (Important: Compet ing athletes helping w ith A ll -American Camps receive expenses only to insure their amateur standing.)

COACHES CLINIC These courses w il l be o ffered at all ca mps.

Ea ch p erson can take 2 se mester hours of 3 qua rter hours of co ll ege credit eith er gradu ate or undergrad uate. Several cou rses wil l be offered. The N ew 1975 USGF Women's Compulsories will be offered each week. Delene Darst w ill be co-ord inat ing th is course, and new books wi ll be ava il ab le. Intermed iate and adva nced teachi ng techniques w ill be offered plu s ca re and prevent ion o f athl eti c injuries - gymnastics. If yo u want to reall y learn what gymnas t ics is all abo ut, challenge yourself by takin g o ne of these courses.

Instruct ional cos t wi ll be $75.00. No credit attendance $40.00. I i" your wi sh to have room and board, it usually costs $12.00 per day. Mo re information ca n be sent co ncern ing specific ca m ps.

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'All camps w ill start o n S'undays after lunch 1 :00 - 200 P.M . regist ration and end o n Fri days before lunch 11 :00 A. M . 'Ogden, Utah w il l accept overn ight ca mpers check ing in on Sunday bu t act iviti es wi ll not start unti l M o nday M o rn ing. Th e Sacramento ca mp w il l end Thur sday night Ju ly 3rd.

Summer 1975 1. June 8-13 SI. Lo ui s, M issouri 2. Ju ne 15-20 Oma ha, Nebraska 3. June 22-27 O gden, Utah 4. Ju ne 29-July 3 Sacramento, Cal ifo rn ia 5. July 6-1 1 Denve r, Colorado 6. Ju ly 13-18 Cincinnati 7. July 27-Aug. 1 Nia gara Falls, New York 8. Aug. 3-8 SI. Paul Minnesota 9. Aug 10-15 Bil li ngs, Montana Indiv idual info rma t ion conce rn ing the co ll ege or uni versit y locati ons, maps, spec ial information, etc. w i ll be se nt upon rece ipt of registration fo rm signifyi ng the ca mp o f your cho ice.

l q75 SUMMER FEES Day Ca mpers: Sundays 2: 00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.; Daily 8:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M .; Fridays 8:30 A .M .-

12:00 noo n. $85.00 O vernight Campers: (5 days and nights) $145.00 per week Coaches Courses:

$75.00 for 2 semester h ou r~ or J quarter ho urs c redit.

$40.00 no credit attendance Full Fee M ay Be Paid In Advance

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GYMNAST May '75

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by Frank L. Bare hecutive Director

INTERNATIONAL REPORT

The Internation al Gymnast ics Federation and a number of constituent members are discussing major changes in program for the gymnasti cs world. Many are bold and innovati ve and in my persona l opinion in the best interest of the sport.

I hope you will accept this report for what it is, and fo rgive me for moving rather quick ly and in some cases inco nclusi ve ly from o ne subject to th e next. This; is an informal, unofficial report designed to bring you up to date on d isc ussion items and subjects that are of mutual interes t to all involved in gymnilstics. . The Ol ympic Games wi ll open on july 17, 1976, and the gymnastics competition begins the 18th. I n order to keep within the restrict io ns imposed by 10C Articl e 26 concern ing prepa ration time for teams, the F.I.G . discussed at length th e approved time for training O lYmpic team members. The results were that such tea ms could prepa re 'o ffi ciall y' for 10 days each month, for a period of fi ve months in a row beginning seven months before th e Games. The las t two months befo re the Games they may prepare (train ) for twenty days each month. Accord ing to, the 10C Article a gymnast ma y be reimbursed for lost wages du rin g this 'official' preparation time. They may also have training expenses such as trave l, meals, and lodging covered.

Gymnasts, or any other amateur ath letes according to the 1.0.c., may NOT allow thf'ir

photos to be used in commercial cata logs adve rti sing equipment, c lot hing o r other items ... UNLESS there ex ists a contract between that Company and th e National Federation , National Ol ymp ic com mittee or th e International Federa tion. Thi s will be an interestin g item to chall enge since it w ill be contested I am su re if a company owns th eir own photos and decides to use them in th eir own catalog ... can some national federation or Olympic committee force them to stop?

Candidates for future events: European Championships for men (1977)

USSR Germany Spa in

European Championships for Women (1977) Czech Spa in

World Championsh ips (1978) USA Spain

The 54th Congress of the F.I.G. will be held in Montreal , Canada before the Ol ympic Gam es open.

Director's Committee w ill meet jul y 10-13 Men 's Tech. Assemb ly w ill meet jul y 13-14 Women's Tech Assemb ly w ill meet july 13-14 Genera l A ssemb ly wi ll meet july 15-16. Games open on the 17th. Qualifi ca tion sys tem for the 1976 Ol ympic

Games. Period O ctober 17, 1975 to April 17, 1976.

Host nation fo r a qualification tri al must submit application for th e event three months in advance. One neu tral judge must be present from the F.I.G. , and the names of oth er judges must be submitted to Pres ident of F .I.G . Techni ca l Committee for approva l. Two o r three nations should part icipate and a minimum score of 8.65 . A more defined report on this system will be sent yo u by the F.I.G. very soon.

MEN may now be de lega tes to th e Women 's Techn ical Assemb ly, with Voice and Vote. For the time being th ey may not adva nce to pos iti on o n the Technica l Committee for Women.

The two Technical Presidents (men and women) wil l no lo nger have th e ri ght to vote on th e directing Committee, but w ill attend such meetin gs and have voice. (Th is wil l be voted on in Bern at the com ing Congress.)

It was vo ted to recommend to the F.I.G. Congress in Bern that the F.I.G. conduct a World Championships every yea r beginnin g in 1977, and that a World Cup also be held each Yea r, with the World Cup each Spring and the Wo rld Championships each Fa ll. Th e Congress 1975 w ill be as ked to approve thi s in princip le.

The World Championships in Modern Rhythmic Gymnasti cs are set for Madrid, November 20-23, 1975.

The M ed iterranea n Gam es will be in Algi ers, Sept. 1-7, 1975 and wil l, for the first tim e, include women 's gymnast ics.

There w ill be a pre-O lympic event in Montrea l this coming jul y (1975) from jul y 29-31.

Gymnaestrada wi ll be in Berlin, july 1-5, 1975, and the USSR wi ll not participate due to a conflict o f sched uling, and ten other nati ons have al ready ente red more than 5,000 athletes.

THE F.I.G. CONGRESS, BERN, Switzerl and for 1975 is set as foll ows:

Technica l Assembly: 28 May Genera l Assemb ly: 29-30 May Agenda items wil l appear in the No.1. , F.I.G.

Bulletin for 1975. My best wishes to each of you and I look

forward to see ing yo u in Bern for th e 1975 F.I.G. Congress.

Frank L. Bare Executive Director

U.S. Gymnastics Federation

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On March 19th th e L.A. Tim~s sports sectio n ran an article on " O ve r-crowded, Under­financed Gymnastics Clubs." Th ey interviewed such people as Audrey Updike, of Woodl and Hills; Scott Crouse, coach of th e SCATS; Connie Rix, whose daughter Lisa is a city champion; Fay Hall, a P.E. Teacher in an L.A. city school; and Ed Isabelle, a Penn State Coach and director of a chain of gymnastics clubs and Summer ca mps ca lled the National GYmnastics Centers. The art icle told of the f inancial problems of keep ing a club together, and the problems caused by a recent ruling t hat g irls cannot part icipate for their school and a private c lub in th e same season (this rule has been in effec t for boys in the L.A . City school di strict for Yea rs, and was just put in to effect for girls.) Th ey all agreed that this new ruling was unfair and not in the bes t interest of the gymrlas t.

HANDICAPPED?

Steve Kinnett, 19 yea r old freshman, pre-med major from Houston Baptist University, is ranked number 1 on st ill rings in the NCAA Independent Western Region wit h an 8.72 average. This is quite an accomp lishment because he has only one leg, a handica p since age 14.

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St eve, who is from Denver, found gYmnast ics to be the best form of athleti cs to compensa te for his loss and build his upper body. Except for vau lting and free exercise he can perform in all gymnast ic events. H e is becoming stronger and more co nsistent on the rings and is improving rapidly on th e pommel horse although he loses points because portions o f th e routin e ca ll for the use o f two legs.

Steve is a ca ndidate for an academic scholarship beca use of his 1st quart er average of 3.0. He views hi s handi ca p as an asset rather than a liability. He says, "There are a lot of people who, beca use o f th ei r attitudes, are more handica pped than I am. I know what my infirmity isand how to overcome it. "

Names and News

This yea r Georgia College women team entered for the first time as a team in theAIAW Region III Championship, and placed 3rd out of 9 teams. The Georg ia College Colonial ladi es ~re proud to be aga in the only team to qualify individuals Irom the State of Geogia to the AIAW National Champ'ionship.

Fo ur Bemidji State College gymnasts quali f ied for th e NA IA GYmnastics Championships thisyea r. The were Jim Kjorsiv, Plymouth; Brian Thompson, Coon Rapids;

A~!1 JU~.!.OR OLY~PICS F~L~_

A full co lor, 16 mm film call ed "Winners All". The film shows the highlights of the 1974 National AAU­Chev rolet Junior Olympic Multi sport Championship at th e University of Nebraska.

More than 15 hundred yo ung athlet es took part in th e meet. The film shows scenes from track and fi eld, swimming, wrestling, diving, trampoline, judo, synchronized sw imming, and gymnastics. "Wi nners· All " was produced by the Amateur Athlet ic Union and Chevrolet.

Mark Benzie, Grand Rapids; allli Dick Braden, Austin. Don Paptreck's Beaver squad competed th eir season with a 2-;; reco rd.

PAN AM GAMES TOUR

Go lden California Tours of Beve rl y Hill s o il ers o ne week tours or longer to the ParI Ameri ca n Garnes depa rtin g Irom 1 exas, Cer lil ornia, allli Chi cago from O ctober '1'1 thro ugh O ctober 26, startin g at $149.00, land costs onl y. fo r informati on , w rit e to GYMNAST.

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Super 8 in color

Now ava ilabl e for th e first time a film of th e AIAW Gymn astics Championships for women . All-around champio ns like MissCole Dowaliby of So. Conn. Stat e College and Miss Karen Schuckman o i Perfn State U. as well as othe r champions ca n be observed performi ng full routines. Includes all fo ur Ol ympic events. H eld in Hayward, Calif. Apri l 5, 1975,

Contact: Frank Endo, 12200 South Berendo, Los Angeles, Calif. 90044.

Alia Svirsky, M as ter o f Sports from Russ ia and an ex pert in Modern RhYthmi c gymnasti cs, is now tea ching rh ythmic gymnasti cs and ball et for Fritz Reiter of Gymnastics Olympica, in Van Nuys, Ca. Pi ctured below are her two top stud ents,Kim Rose (pictured with Ms. Svirsky), and Sue Sofie, who are both aspiring to national and internati o nal leve l comretition.

The film is avai lable at no cost from Chevrolet Zo ne Offices and from the film librari es of Modern Talking Picture Service. for more information on how to obtain "Winners All ," co ntact your AAU Association or the Publicity Department at the AAU House. Alia Svirsky and Kim Rose Sue Sof.!.e .

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GYMNAST Covers the National AAHPER Convention in Atlantic City Close to 8,000 P.E. Teachers, Administrators, and P.E. Majors, attended the Annual

American Alliance for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (AAHPER) held in Atlantic City, N.j., the weekend of March 18th. Although most of the time is 'spent attending seminars and other meetings the attenders also get a chance to examine the displays of over 400 companies of as many assorted products in the convention Exhibition Hall. GYMNAST was on hand with booth and camera, as the page illustrates: Starting at top left - wheeling and dealing action at the Broderick Booth, jayfro's President, john Kroll, climbs up their rope set to watch Ron Munn from the Nissen Company demonstrate the Double-Mini Tramp ... The American salesman confarb at the AMF booth ... Norbert Dill and Bill Clark hold down the G.S.c. display .. . Mr. and Mrs. Bob Fenner with top salesman Bob Fisher at the Gym Master exhibit .. . Spieth Anderson display shows off their new Ruether System padded beam .. . Louisville Gym & Swim display ... Arteen's Jimmy Artz and his wife display their latest Gym-A-Tard creations ... for Gymnastic shoes Capezio was on hand as was Leo's Theatrical Co ... The GYMNAST booth was very busy as we gave away over 5,000 posters and spread the joy of Gymnastics (our booth was empty as I was busy taking the photo.) G.S.

fifittPER Convention

20.000 GYMfifiSTS To PartiCipate in the 6th Gymnaestrada in Berlin

by Dr. Jose ph Gohler

Even though th e final entri es are not in as this is written , we alrea dY know that the 6th GYmna es trada to be held in W est Herlin , Germa nY jul y 'Ist thru 6th , 1975 w ill be the greatest World CYmna stic r es t iva i of all times, as 20,000 GYmll as ts (mostl y girls) from 30 nations have prom ised to be prese nt, most of th em acti ve participant s. Ac ti ve participants meallS to tak e pMt in th e style of th e Gymna es trada , as part of a group from th eir club and association. A t th e las t GYmnaestrada in Ba sel, ~witze rlJnd in 1%9, there were 12,000 active part ic ipJnt s from 27 nation s. 1 hi s increa se i , th erelo re quit e grea t, but Berlin with it s ideal room y buildings Oil th e fairgrounds nea r th e Funkurn (TV Tower) w ill be large enough fo r even 25,000 parti cipa nts without ,IllY orgdnizational diffi culti es:

Most 0 1 the participant s will co me from West G erman Y. 01 hei r 'D eutschcr Turn er Hund " (German C Ymna stic Club) numbers over two and a hall milli o n (2,700,000 to be more exact) femal e alld mal e gym nasts from 230 di stri c ts and 9,700 1 urll Ve reill es (Gymnasti c Clubs). Hy the 1st 01 l' ebruarY o ver 4,500 had alread Y li sted their ent ries, so w e ca ll expect th eir to tal to be over 5,000. 1 hi s is a good tUrllout when you rea li ze th,lt Herlin is eve ll far for the W es t GermJII S, Si IKt' Eel , t C erman y wi th its uncomfortabl e borde r situation aild control lies between, and not eve ryo ne'ca n affo rd a trip by plane Irom their reg io nal Cap ital to Herlin.

1 he Netherlands are proving th eir enthusiasm lor gYmna sti cs wi th the anno uncemen t t hey wi ll be sending 2,4!l7 gym llasts to thi s event and of course )candinav ia once again as in previous World Gymllilstics event s, first ill Stuttgart in 1961 , again in Vienn,1 in '65 and Hase l in '69 will be rep resent ed with thousands of Young female

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beauties, we ll built yo un g Ill en and th e movement <.' nJ oy ill g housew ives, w ho MC all masters 01 the large grou p perfo rm ances. One just ha s to " ,'e it , th ese JO Yf ul , frec gymnasti cs, where Ih ere M e not victors o r co nqu erors but on lY wi nners. ror the chance to t,lke pMt and th e expe ri e llc,,' 01 th e act iviti es of thi s Wor ld Gath erin g 01 C Ylllllasti c fri ends is rcwa rd enough.

1 he 6th C ymlldestrd da w ill be intro duced by iI sc ienlili c co ngress, w ith th e theme: "The Human Move ment " o n Monday june30th and closin g o n jul y '151. '1 he ofli c ial ex hibition o pen s that evening dt 7:30 pm at th e large Ol Ympic ~tadium (1936 Ol Ympics) thdt ca n hold !l0 ,000 spectators. Ihi s l es ti ve OPC llill g w ill ta ke pla ce undcr t he protector,lI e 01 th e Hundes prcs ident 01 th e Hund" srepubli c of W est Germall Y. From W edlH'sdd Y a ll w ill be all th e perfo rill ance program s at tlw id ylic Sommcrg.nten by th e Funkurn. at the 12 Fair Huildings and al so not too lar away dt th e Momlllse n Stadium, w here th e large group perlorm,lIl ces will tak e place. Never ha s th e co ncc ntrati o n 0 1 th e perlormanc!! Hdll s been be tt er , o r th e possibili ty lor comlortabl c wa tchi ng been more lavorab le than here in l3 erlin , w here th e lormer lapit,ll 01 German y ha s done eve rything to creat e ,1 brilli ant fes ti va l.

Up ulltil now o nly Yugosl,lvia w ith 76 parti( ipanl s is the on ly comllluni st country taking pMI. a wonder, as just a lew da ys earlier th" ~partakidde , " Th c Fcs ti val 01 th e Peop le ' wi ll b e h e ld in Pra g u e, Czechoslovak ia as th e communist gove rn ed peopl e and th e Moscow fo ll owing ga the r togeth er,. a Ide! neve r m enti o ned by th e ol lic ials 01 th e Int erlldti o nal CYlllnds ti c Ciub 0 1 the comm unist td st block. President Tit ov 0 1 th e U~~R had lirst vo ted lor ll erlin, but th en becam e a dec lared di sse nter of th e 6th Gymlld es trada alld the cit y of Berlill sit e aft er

th e brut,li poli ti cs that excluded ~outh Al ri ca Irom Ihe Wudd lOll1pelitioll durill g th e 1974 ll1ee lill gs III MOlltreusx , Sw itLerldlld . One has to look at it politi call Y, as perhaps it is less th e part icipali o ll 01 Ihe 50uth Afr ica ll , than th e lact . thai l3('riill dlld th e lJeut sche lUril er BUild (C ermall C Ynl/ la , tic Club) w hose Ill elllber is th e BerlIlH.' r 1 LJrIl Verballd (CYmna sti c lormalioll 01 1l,,'r1 ill ) M e putting 0 11 this World Festi va l 01 Gymllasti cs . Berlill is to Moscowand it s ~a tt e lile, a ~ tdt e for it se lf. l3ut for the W est Berlill e rs alld tht' W es t Cennalls, l3erlill is a part 01 the 11t'(, d"'nlO('I'atic, Ilo t th e unfree sociali st G erm,IIlY.

011 thi , sallle , ubject it is illt eres tin g to note that ~o uth A lricd h,l s alllloullced th ,lI th ey wi ll be se lldill g more thdll400 gY lllllasts to tdke part ill Ihi s GYlll lld ('s trddd, i ro lli ca ll y, hall of th em blacks. Cou Id o ll e dsk for m o re, thall because 0 1

. gym lld sti cs d bdrri er has bee ll overcom e, at least ill Ih ... world of th e ga mes ,1Ild all gymllas ti cs.

Bea ut y lovill'g p eopl e should not mi ss th e oppo rtullit y to spe th e 6th GYmna estrada . Th ere is 110 place ill th e whole wo rld, where all equal Ilumber 01 we ll shdped people, most ly g irl s, d'o'mOllst rdt e the beauty ill lull sp lendor o f gral elul 1l10Vp mellt s.

It would be ext rem elY prol it able lor coach es alld ph ys ical educ,lIi o ll teachers to att end th e 6th Gymllae, tradd ill Bprlill. Here th ey ca ll see and eV(, 1l lilm th e performallces o f the line gynlllasti( schools. U lli ve rsit Y groups alld clubs alld stud Y th e dill t'rell t ex hibitiollS represented by mall Y dille/,( .~ Ilt CO Ulltri es w ith the lat es t techlliqu es ill the li e ld of Ph ys ical Edu catioll dlld th e drt o lll1oveme llt w ith out appMJtu S. A ch alice to take ho me a trem elldous wea lth of va ludbl e mdl " ri ,li lor years to co me.

" Hed ill is worth a trip " is a sloga ll ill W es t Germall Y. l o be ,Ible to go to Berlin I rom june 30th to jul y 6th is wo rth tw ice as much.

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Past Gymnaestrada Scenes

Pictured above, at right and at left: Action at the 1965 Gymnaestrada in Vienna. Pictured below: scenes from 1969 Gymnaestrada in Switzerland.

PNI'7~ PASADENA NATIONAL INVITATIONAL

By Rob Fields

The Pa sa dena Nat io nal Invi tational Gymnasti cs meet was sta rted by Dave McBride in 1949 as the Pa sadena Invitational. The competi ti on was or igina llY for th e outsta nding gymnasts in Southern Ca li fornia but soon expanded to inc lude top gymn as ts from around the country. Under th e guidance now of Jerry Todd th e PNI has reached in ternational scope.

In 1967 and 1969 Katsutoshi Kan za k i of Japan was invited to participat e in the PNI and both times emerged as all -around champion . In1 969 Sadao Hamada and Masayuki Watanabe again of Japan were invited to compete aga inst top U.S. all -around perfo rm ers Steve Hug and Dave Thor .

1975 aga in fo llowed th e great PN ltrad it ion of presenting top nat ional and intern at io nal class gymnasts. Fea turin g two of th e countri es fin est all-around men Wayne Young of Brigham Young University and Yo ichi Tomita of Lon g Beach State, this yea r 's competiti on should rank as one of the bes t in th e 25 yea r h is tory o f the Invitat io nal.

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The competition began on f loor exerc ise and saw a proliferat ion of multip le tw ist ing and mul tip le somersaulting tumblin g passes. Hi ll Sea rles of Go lden West Jr. Coll ege included a f ro nt stepout front handspring full tw istin g d ive ro ll and a RO, ff VII Arabian in a w ell ba lanced ro utine to score 9.4. Richard Pa sca le th e "age less one" executed p erh aps th e wo rl d 's h ighest piked Arab ian, an im pressive 1 Yl twi sting Arabian di ve roll and an rather unique full twisting back somi step o ut to also score 9.4. The o nl y double back so mi of th e meet was done by Craig KirbY of Ari zona State w ho preceeded it w ith a V / ·\ arabian, a most impress ive first two pa sses. The winner of fl oor turn ed out to be Ke nt Brown also of Arizona State sco ring Y.5. Ken is the NCAA floor exercise champ io n and looked it mounting w ith a beau tiful 1'1.\ piked A rabian.

Pommel horse as usual took its to ll bucking off many good p erformers. Neverth eless spectato rs we re trea ted to some incredib le performances. Shawn Miyake o f UCLA sco rin g a well d ese rved 9.45 to ti e for second p lace

worked ve ry smoothly and high executing a ve ry d iff icult rout ine that includ ed'a Ru ssian on a pommel to direct back moore trave l up (that 's all on one pommel folks!) . Unfortunately Shawn 's p erl o rmance was ove rsh adowed b y Stanford 's " Monster Ma n " Ted Marcy. Marcy w ho is twice NCAA PH champio n (would you believe his low sco re at the NCAA this yea r during the three days of compet iti on was 9.8!) and defending PNI champion did i t aga in with an incredible 9.75 performance that fini shed w ith a fu ll twistin g (?) Ol Ympic d ismount (correct m e if I'm wrong but didn ' t Gary Hosk ins do that first some yea rs ago?)

The rings competiti on was a bit unique th is year wi th co mic relief p rovided by Sa nta M onica " beach rat " (a nd former UCLA great) Mark Sherwood w ho included 6 crosses in his ro utine (you ca n ca tch Mark's act at Muscle Beach w here he ca n be seen chew ing apart stee l rin g supports) and by Mark Davis of SIU w hose hyster ica l rou tin e includ ed a dislocate shoot to "pretzel", and " elbow cross" swinging pirouett e (You figure it out !), a dynam ic giant

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SWilig to ",1 rap ro ll up ", dismou nting w ith a beautilul J/ l Iront that he stu ck to hi s back. Hi ghli ghting Ihe more seri ou s end of th e co mpel ili o n wa, Larry Bil ow of CSU N w hose sol id straight ann sw ing work in both direction s and beaut ilul double pik e di smount ea rll ed a 9.45 and a seco illi p lace. Mosl im pressive of th e co mpetition howeve r was Wayne Youn g whose ro uline included J straight arm ba ckri se to h,\ll dstand dnl! a beauliful stra ighl arm back gianl done Irom a Japanese drop (no arm spread al th e beg inning 0 1 Ihe drop). Finishing w ith a ve ry nice ~, in I, oul Young took th e event wilh a 9.b5 ave rage.

Vau ltill g saw ju st abo ut eve ry compelitor perfo rmin g either a roundoff back somi or a double I ra nI. otab le exceplions we re Sa m Shaw who d id hi s double fro nt in piked positi on and W<lyne Yo un g w ho wo n th e event w ith a y, in y, oul ami one of th e competition s few good land ings. Yo ichi ro n~t a did a remark able high dou ble front (baran i out anyo ne!) bUI had ditticultY lancling fo r ':).4 and third place.

Parall el bJrs as pommel horse "a te·· man y good perl o rill ers but the w inning rou tin es were o Ul stalll! ing indeed. Wa yne You ng w ho mounted w ilh a slrai ghl arm peach gl ide, reverse stradd le cut , included J drop peach halll!;land and caSI support in th e middle, and cl ismounted wilh a double ba ck ea rn ed a ':l .5 but was o nl y 3rd. Yoichi To mita , thou gh rath er stock was ve ry smoolh , flowed we ll w ith exce ll elll (-'xecutio n notabl y on hi s stut z and front v, dismo unl took second pl ace w ith a 9. 55 (Tomila incideiliall y is the current NCAA para ll el bar champion). Winning th e event on sheer difficult y was Don Leavenwo rth of UCLA . Leavemvorth ·s routin e scored a we ll dese rved ':l.b as il em!ed wil h a stut l handstand , Diamadov (halidsta nd), la yaway front ri se hop p irou (-' lI e, ba ck lOSS, to full-twi stin g ba ck ofr.

Th e high bdr event proved 10 be the highli ght of th e eve ning·s competition w ith ':l of 13 co mpetitors scor ing 9.2 or bett er. Mark Da vis of SIU electrifi ed the crowd w ilh his full-tw istin g double ba ck dismo unl (Mark is also th e o nl y man in th e u. s. to execule a Iriple back off high bar at the end 01 a routin e. Of further note, Mark Davis is also a member o f th e " Quad Club··, a gro up o f psycho tic sui cida l types w ho ha ve done a quad back off M uscle Beach ·s

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swi nging rings), ending a nice set that included a Higgi ns change and full piro uette on top of the bar. Steve Sa rgea nt of UCLA, 2nd in th e NCAA·s performed a double German stradd Ie ove r recat ch and ended with one of 2 V, in V2 outs performed. Ending on a very high note the last performer of the compet it ion , Theo Digenless, executing just about eve ry change thai Ed Gunny eve r th ought o f including an Ono to mi xed eagle group to another Ono, and a hecht va ult fini shed w ilh a 9.75 to w in th e event and li e Marcy lor th e evening·s highest sco re and most impressive routin e. " Pipe ·· for som (-' re,l son (perhaps Pasa dena·s ve ry flex ible bar) proved Wayne Young·s undo ing. Miss ing a jam to inve rt s Wayne cou ld o nl y manage a 7.65 dropping hi s all-around tota l to 54.4. Having led in th e all-aro und fo r most of th e meet Young gave way to Yoichi Tomita, w ho upon sco ring 9.5 on high bar look th e all- around titl e w ilh a 55 .0.

A ll in al l Ihi s yea r ·s Invitati onal must rank amo ng the best, i f IWIlhe best PN I ever put on. Con gratulatiollS Jerry Todd!

All-Around 1. Yoichi Tomila (LBS) 2. Wa yne Young (BYU ) 3. Gary A lexander (Ar iz. St. ) 4. Tim Shaw (USC) Floor Exercise

55.60 54.40 54.30 45.40

1. Kent 8 ro';"!l (Ariz. SI.) 9.50 2. Bob Robbins (Colo. 51.) 9.45 3. Bill Searles (Gold en W eSl) 9.40 Richard Padca le (Pas. eel 9.4; Gary Alexande r (Ar z. 51. ) 1; Yoichi Tomila (LBS) 9.1; Craig KirbY (Ar iz. St. ) 9.0 ; Tim ~haw (USC) 8.95. Pommel Horse 1. Ted Marcy (SIan) 9.75 2. Harold Maghe (LBCC) 9.45 2. ShawII Miyake (UC LA) 9.45 Charles Richards (CSN) 9.20; Sieve Isham (Ar iz. St. ) 9.05; \,Va yne Young (BYU ) 9.05; Yoich i Tomita (LBS) 8.85; Ken Baily (U na ) 8.5; John Greene (USC) 8.4; Gary Alexa nder (Ariz. 51. ) 8.10; )oel U lloa (CSF ) 7.6S; Tim Shaw (USCI 6.45 . Rings 1. Wa yne Yo ung IBYU ) 9.65 2. Larry Bi low (CSN) 9.45 3. Ma rk Lundy (Cal ) 9.40 Ed Bellma n 9.35; Ell io ll Schnee (LBCC) 9.35; Mark Sherwood (UCLA) 9.3; Cliff Loga n (A r iz. 51.) 9.2; Yo ichi To mita (lBS) 9.2; Rick C urti s (A ri z. SI.) 9.0; Gary Alexa nder (A ri z. 51.) 8.85; Tim Shaw (USC) 8.4; To m Morgan (Ind. 51.) 8.4. Vaulting 1. Wayne Young (BYU) 9.55 2. Bill Searles (Golden WeSl) 9.50 3. Yoich i Tomila (LBS) 9.40 Bob Robbins (Colo. 51. ) 9.35; Greg Casian (UCLA) 9.3; Sam Shaw (CSF ) 9.3; Gary Alexander (Ariz. 51. ) 9.25; Craig KirbY (ASU) 9.2; Richard Pascale (Pas CC) 9.2; Tim Shaw (USC) 6.8. Parallel Bars 1. Don Leavenwonh (UC LA) 9.60 2. Yoich i Tomila (LBS) 9.55 3. Wa yne Young (BYU ) 9.50 Gary Alexan · ler (A ri z. St. ) 9.5; Herb Hanson (Ariz. St.) 9.3; Si eve ~vriega (U na) 8.75; John Kolb (USC) 8.1; Joh n livingston (USC) 7.75; RI chard Pascale (Pasa ee) 7.75; Herb Ma ss inger (CS F) 7.b ; Tim Shaw (USC) 7.25. Horizontal Bar 1. Thea D igerness (Colo 51. ) 9.75 2. Tom Watson (A ri z. St.) 9.50 3. Yoichi Tomila (LBS) 9.50 Herb Hanson tAri z. 51. ) 9.45; Mark Da vis (SI U) 9.4; John Harl (LBCC) 9.35; SI" ve Sa rgeanl (UCLA) 9.30; Gary Alexa nder (A ri z. 51.) 9.25; Ken EaSiman (UC LA ) 9.20; Jer ry MonlOoth (UC LA) 8.45; \lVayne Young tBYU) 7.65; ~llm Shaw tUSC) 7.55.

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by Gretchen Sundlerland Dowsing Cornell University

First of all , correcti ons sent to me fol lowing my list of co ll eges with women 's gymnast ics teams: Region 1 Univ. of Maine Oroni , Me., Bobbie Stoyell . Region 2 Rutgers Univ. New Brunswick, New Jersey, Arlene Norris Region 7 Colo. State U. Fort Co lli ns, CO. Tom Proulx Region 8 Humbolt State U. Circada, Ca., Sara Tirado

Any ot hers? Apparently the list was helpful , as ev idenced

by the following reply from Bobb ie Stoye ll: "I wou ld like you to know that your li st in the

GYMNAST has been most helpfu l to me as a coac h as well it might be to students. We are in the process of expand ing our schedule to include schoo ls out side of Maine for next season . The li st appeared ju st in time to save me a lot of unnecessary work! "

The following report on the New York State Meet may be a good gu ide for other states w ithout such a championship . It was my first experience w ith a State Meet and I was quite impressed. My team enjoyed the meet and did we ll ; I was p roud of th em (9th in th e state - ou r first year !). Th e meet was especiall y enjoya ble for me, as I was fortunate enough to be asked to do the television commentarY; thi s enabled me to interact with the other coaches and gymnasts on a d ifferent leve l, and it was very enl ighten ing.

Since many tea ms do not go o n to Regionals, this was a nice way to end th e season.

NYSAIAW GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS Ithaca College, Ithaca, N.Y. by Harriett Carnes, Coach

Friday, February 28th 130 gymnasts, managers and coaches represent ing 12 schoo ls arrived in Ithaca for the 7th Annual Championships. Each team had an assigned practice time during th e afternoon after w hich everyone met at the Ramada Inn for a pleasan t buffet dinner.

At 8:00 a. m. Saturday, warmups began as the WICB T.V. crew set up their cameras and equ ipment. Thi s was an histo ri c occas ion as it was the first time the N. Y. State meet was taped for televi sio n.

The morning started wit h each tea m rotating . from Vaulting to Bars. Teams were seeded into

three gro ups . ba sed on mee t scores during season and the resu lt s of last yea r 's state meet. Within each of the three groups, there was a draw to determin e the order of tea m performance. For the afternoon sessions, Beam and Floor exercise, th e sa me draw procedure was used. Thi s type of squad rotation worked much better than the ind ividua l random draw select ion used in previous years.

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One of the eli gibility requ irements was that each gymnast atta in a minimum of 4.0 in each of her events. As th e level of competition is co nstan tl y improving this minimum sco re requirement co uld be rai sed commensurate wit h th e skill leve l of th e meet.

Th e NYSA IAW Gymnastics Committee urges all N.Y.S. Col leges with Women 's Vars it y tea ms to join NYSA IAW by October 15 each yea r and to dec lare th e team as a vars ity to be elig ib le for th e N.Y.S. Championships.

Meets Results: A s anticipated, ind iv idua l and tea m honors

we re dominated by a strong trio from Canis ius Co ll ege coached by A I Stumpf. Deni se Ten ney ca ptured top honors in three events: va ulting, beam and bars, and placed second on floor exe rci se, wh il e teammat e Kathy A levras took 1st on f loor exe rc ise, ti ed for 2nd in vaulting and beam and pla ced 4th on bars. Th e third member of this triumvirat e, Carol Reynolds, was th e reason for the ti e for 2nd on beam and is also cred ited wi th two third p laces on bars and floor exercise.

The only team to break into th e top three places was Cortland wi th 2 seconds, Traci Dalton who ti ed an va ulting and Jan Herringer on bars.

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RESULTS Team Scores: 1. Canis iu s Co llege (CC) 2. SUNY Cortland (C) 3. Ithaca Co ll ege (I) 4. SUC Broc kport (B) S. Queens Co ll ege (Q) 6. Hofstra University (H) All Around: 1. Denise Te nney (CC) 2. Kat h y Alev ra s (CC) 3. Caro l Rey nolds (CC) 4. De bra Jones (C) S. Ga le Dunlop (B) 6. Susa n Falcaro (Q) Individual Events:

97.80 86.00 79.90 75.30 74.05 66.50

34.20 32.20 31.10 28.50 25.95 26.65

Vault: Denise Tenney 8.50; Traci Da lton (C) a nd Kathy Alev ras (CC) 8.30. Uneven Bars: Denise Te nney 8.90; . Jan Harringer (C) 7.55; Caro l Reynolds 7.35. Balance Beam : Denise Te nn ey 8.00; Ca rol Reyno lds and Kath y Alevras 7.80. Floor Exercise: Kathy Alev ra s 8.85; Denise Te nn ey 8.80; Carol Reynolds 8.40.

Perhaps nex t yed r we w ill add fin als, and a designation of "A ll -State Gymnast " to the top 6 women in each even t. If yo u have State and Regional reports yo u wou ld like cove red in this column, send th em to me at: Gretchen Dowsing

Helen Newman Hall Cornell University Ithaca, N.Y. 14850

p :ront Row (L to R): 1st place tea m - Canisi us : Denise Te nney, Carol Reynolds, Kathy Alevras. Back Row (L to R): (Captains re prese nting 2nd-6th place teams); 6th Hofstra Univ. Claudia Stein; 4th Sue-Brockport, Rita Gryniewicki; 2nd Suny-<:ortland, Julie Kane; 3rd Ithaca College, Leslie Berman; 5th Queens College, Susan Falcaro.

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CAMPUS COLUMN UP-DATE

Th e las t few weeks ha ve been busy and excit ing for women's co ll eg iate gymnastics. Not only have Regional Championsh ips been held in eve ry dist ri ct, but th e p rest ig ious A IAW Nat iona ls we re held at Cal i for nia State Un ivers i ty at Hayward on Apr il 4 and 5.

I att ended th e Eas tern Reg iona ls held at Princeto n U ni ve rsit y, d i rected by Ma ril ee Dea n Baker. Th e fi nals co mpet ition reall y showed the high ca li ber of th e meet. There were many sco res in th e 9's, most notab ly Karen Breszack s (C lar ion) 9.3 vault (I felt thi s was even a littl e low); Deni se Tenny's (Canis ius) 9.25 uneve n routine ; all d Cole I)owa li by's (So. Conn.) 9.4 on bo th free exercise and bea m. Karen Schuckman's (Penn State) 9.35 gave her a close 2nd on f ree exe rcise.

The f irst pla ce U ni ve rsit y of Massachusett s team looked good in their purple and blue ti e­dyed leota rds - they were al l slim and in shape.

Som e o utstand ing features of the com pet iti o n we re: Kare n Sch uckman performed a bea utiful free ex rout ine accompanied by ce ll o; Deni se Tennyexecuted a hi gh, perfec t back fli p o n th e beam; Co le Dowa liby's free ex was a p layfu l, interesting comb ination o f unusua l tricks and unique dance elemen ts; almost every woma n in ba r finals executed clea n, cas t handstands and there were a tew t ree back hip circl es to h andsta lld; th c va ult s were m ost l y handsprin gs. but th c re were a lew good Yami \" twi , ts; the beam routines we re characteriLcd by fa, ter dance movem ents, more back hilildspr ings, all d spectaculM d ismounts - one was a double tw isti l lg acrial.

The m ee t resu lts are below : Team Championship U. of Mass Spr ingfield Penn. Sta te Sou th em Conn. Clar ion Cani 5 iu~

Vault Dowa lib}' IS. Conn ) Brezack IClarion) Sch uckman (I'enn ) Bars DowalibY Tenny ICanisus) Burger IU. Mass.) Beam Dowal ibY Bizal (pellil St.) Ko lemainen I~pringl i eld)

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105.55 104.70 101.40 99.30 98.45 97.65

18.60 ·t8.55 18.40

18.10 18.10 17.90

18.60 18.05 17.90

Free Ex Dowal iby Schuckman Cantwell IU. M",s)

18.80 18.45 18.25

I recei ved a ni ce flYe r from Geza Ma rtin y, coach of the Georgia Co l! ege women s gymnasti cs team. 1 his yea r h is team won thc state championship, placing IndiViduals III th e top three all arou nd spots, and f ini shed th e season with a respectabl e 12-2-0 reco rd.

One unusual and interes ting addit ion to th e Georgia Co ll ege flyer is, alo ng w ith th e usual li sting of th e gYm nas t 's home town, year In schoo l ami major, Mr. Martiny also Includes a listing 01 each gi rl 's fo rm er coach.

Mim i M urray (on sabbati ca l fro m Springfield college) wa, also at Eastern Regional s and I pumped her for a few comments o n the co llege gym nas ti cs scene. The fol low ing are some iso lated observations that I thin k you wou ld find interes ting:

" We must not 'put down' wo m en's co l legiate gym nast ics as second best. This att i tude o ften originates in the upper echelons of o ur sport. Why are thc scores at the USG F Eli tes much higher than those scores fo r th e sa me gymn as ts and comparable ro utines at Co ll eg iate Nationals!"

On national team se lection (M imi was the coac h of th e last U nive rsity Games Team ): "Once a dec ision such as a team select ion has been made, w hy ca n't we accept it as fait accompli and th en go about making th e bes t of it? 'Sunday m o rning quarterback ing or 'seco nd guessing' helps no one, except po ss ib ly the ego of th e com prainer. Th ese sit uations continue to occur in our spo rt . Is It not about time we lorget out petty jealousies for the sake of our in ternational teams and our gym nasts? .

As coaches of illdividua ls on our elite teams we ha ve the responsibilit y of prepari ng th e gym nast phys iGt ll y, mentally and emo tio nall y fo r competition. Once th e gymna st arrr ves at training ca mp the "umbilical co rd should be seve red and the gymnast must be prepa red to subjugate her indi vidua li ty to that of th e team. CertainlY, the performance of the gym nast In int ernatio nal competi ti on is greatly ind icat ive of the p reparat io n o f her personal coach. Th erefo re, th e coach should be ab le to stand back and take pride in th e gymna st 's perfo rmallce w hether or not she or he is th ere on the Iloor at th e tim e."

Two other regiona l d ist r icts se nt th eir sco res to me in time for pr in ting and th ey are li sted

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Region 5 Team Champions So. Illinois Michigan State Kent State Wes t. Illinois Central Michigan All-Around

106.70 101.60 99.05 92.65 91.00

SandY Gross 150. 111. ) 35.60 Stephanie Stromer 150. III. 35.20 Ginger Temple (SO. 111. ) 35.05 Cat hy Kincer IMich. ~t.) 34.25 Pall Y Hanlo n (So. 111. ) 33.00 Diane Chapela (!'vtich. ~t.1 32.50 Region 2 Team Champions Western KentuckY Memphis Sta te Wes tern Ca rol ina Duke Un iversity Apalachian State All-Around Adele Gleaves IWKU) Susa n Bulloch (WC) Sue Lundah l IDuke) Sa lly Krakov iak IMTSU)

83.80 82.50 79.90 75.25 70.80

35.25 32.75 31.40 30.25

INTERVIEW With

Cole Dowaliby

By Rob Fields

Co le DowalibY 11:l, of New Haven, Connecti cut began gym nasti cs 7 yea rs ago w ith M u riel Grossfeld and has trai ned under Ms. G rmsfe ld eve r since. Her intern ati o nal expe riellce inc lud es competiti on again st Russia in 1971, japa n 1972. In 1974 she competed aga inst CLechos lovak ia and most recentl y aga il lst W est Germ any in Jan uarY of thi s yea r. In ovember of 1974 Ms. Dowa ll bY toured West Germa ny as pa rt o f an AAU spO llso red state d epartment tour. Co le now attends Southern Con necti cut State College and is coached there by Gail Davis who is also an FIG Breve t j udge. As;] 1st sem ester freshma n majoring i ll l ibe ral arts, Ms. Dowa li bY cap tured the all-around titl e and the ba lance beam compet ition ill this A IAW gymnastics nationals.

Q: This is your first Collegiate nationals, how did you like it? Cole: I d id ll ' t like ind iv iduals go ing firs t. Th e re have been a seed coming out of th e regionals . Usuall y th e sco ring in the morning is lower tha n in th e evening. Fortunate lY in thi s com p etiti o n judgi ng ill all ses, iollS was very co nsis tent and not a problem. Q : You compete for Southern Connecticut, are you on scholarship there? Cole: o. Sou th ern has no ath let ic scho larships Q: Do you feel scholarshi'ps should be given in equal number and amount to women as are given to men? Cole: Yes. Though beca use of financial problem s you ma y ha ve to compete fo r a sc hool who offers th e mOl ley . Q: What 's your favorite event? Cole: Floor exe rcise. I have more freedom to pe rl o rm and I ca n get invo lved w ith the aud ience. On the other events you 're worr ied about tallil l g. Q: Why aren' t the collegiates on as high a level as the clubs? Cole : Seriou, gym lld sts compete at the cl ub leve l in Elites (U.S.G .F.) fo r nat ional tea m s and to urs. III co llege yo u train for 2-3 ho urs a day as opposed to club level training which is 5-6 hours a day. Q: What do the Collegiates offer? Cole: More team competiti on and more m eets in generil l. There' s less p ressure - 3 sco res coun t out 01 6. Q: There's much controversy over the fact that girls here (AIAW Nationals) are offer~d the chance to qualify for U.S.G.F. Elite by competing in an optional co mpulsory session. Why the divided ca mp? Cole: It of lers co ll egia ns a 3r~1 chance to qua li fy that others don 't ha ve . Ed . Note: Qua li fication to USGF El it e requires all g i rl,> (except those sco ring 72.00 in El it es las t yea r or allY m ember of the 1974 Worl d Champioll ,> h ips Tea m) to pa rti cipa te in regional ami national qualifying m eets held twice a yea r. A ll 1:l.75 average IS need ed to advJ nce to the U:,GF Elit e Nat io nals in june. Q : What is your favorite aspect of gymnastics? Cole: I like it .III - but I especial ly li ke to trave l and compete internati onall y. The W est German tour I part icipat ed in was probably the

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1975 AIAW CHAMPIOriSttlP AIAW REPORT By Rob Fields

Califo rnia State University , Haywa rd , a beautiful ca mpus facility nestl ed in th e hills o f pi cturesque northern Ca lifornia, played host to the seventh Associati o n o f Interco ll egiate Wom en's Gymnasti cs Championships held ApriI4-s . 18s gymnasts represe nting 50 co lleges and universiti es from 25 states prov ided some

9,000 spectato rs with the highes t ca liber o f co mpetition ye t w itn essed at th e interco llegiate leve l of women's gymnasti cs.

Southern Illino is Univ'ersity, last yea rs' A IAW tea m champ ion surprised no o ne by repea tin g as this yea r's tea m champion, w inn ing handil Y ove r a fin e tea m from the Universit y o f M assachusetts 107.35 to His.s5.

There w ere a few surprises in th e all-aro und

competition however. Las t yea r 's A IAW AA Champion, Karen Schuck man of Penn State UniversitY fell victim to the " plank" (I think th e women ca ll it balance beam) falli ng o n a back handspring step o ut, and had to settl e for second place behind a ve ry stro ng and artisti c performance by Co le [)owa liby, a freshman at Southern Connecticut State Co ll ege. All in all a most exc it i ng 2 days o f gymnastics competitio n.

These are just a few of the teams that participated in the AIAW Nationals. Our roving photographer arrived late and was unable to get a picture of each team. Pictured are the teams he was able to get, below (LloR): Cal. State Hayward, Coach Dorie Krepton " and San Diego State Univ., Coach Edward Franz. To the right starting top left (clockwise): Univ. of Washington, Coach Dale Shirley; Cal State Long Beach, Coach Marion Duncan; Clarion State College, Coach Ernestine Weaver; Iowa State Univ., Coach Char Christensen; Arizona State Univ., Coach Monika Sublette; Kent State Univ., Coach Janet Bachna; Michigan State Univ., Coach Barbara McKenzie Peacock; and Southwest Missouri State Univ., Coach Chic Johnson". Un less ot he rwise identi fi ed , all AIAW photos by Glenn SundbY

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AIAW GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS April 4 & 5, 1975

University of California, Hayward RESULTS

1. Soulhern Illino is Unive rsilY 2. Unive rsil Y of M assachusells 3. Soulhwesl M iss issippi Jf. College 4. Springfie ld Co llege 5. Pennsy lva nia ~ I a l e

107.35 105.50 104.85 103.70 102.75

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Team Competition As usual, pe renial favorit e Southern Illi nois

University, coached by Mr. Herb Vogel was the tea m to beat in this yea rs AIAW final. Two years ago the Un ivers ity of Massach usetts directed by Mike · Kasavana rose to the chall enge and dethroned SIU emerg ing as nationa l champion. Southern rea sse rted itse lf in 1974 so once again the stage was se t for Dav id to slay Gol iath. Competing in Sess ion V. Massachusetts put up a ve ry impress ive f ight. Mike Kasava na, as a Iways, f ie lded a ve ry stro ng team that featu red Susy Cantwe ll (who like her six othe r sisters is a ve ry pretty gi rI and a ve ry fi ne gymnast). Al l the girls looked we ll peaked fo r th is meet, as all counti ng sco res fe ll between the 8.5 to 9.2 range w ith Susie Cantwe ll go ing 35.20. Floo r exercise was es pecially strong, featu rin g a 9.15 perfo rmance by jean nine Burger followed by a 9.05 by Ms. Cantwel l U. Ma ss finished the competi ti on with a 105.5 tota l, high fo r that po int in th e evening.

Compet ing in Sess ion V alo ng w ith U. Mass. was Springfie ld College a usua ll y st ro ng contender. This year was no excepti on as Stephanie jones, 35.3 AA total , led Springfield to a 103.70 f inish and eventual 4th place in th e tea m standings. Were it not for some misfortune on uneven bars w here Spri ngfield could on ly manage 23.80 po in ts, they may have been in the running for the top 2 places.

With U. Mass go ing 105.50, SI U knew they had to hi t their routines to pu ll th e meet out. The crowd was in the mood for an upset, and the hour was approachi ng 9 P.M. as SI U began the sixth and final sess ion of competition. 1975 was not to be a repeat of 1973. W ith lead ing AI\ contenders Lynn Govin , Stephanie Stromer and Deni se Didier SI U proved too strong to be denied. SIU began on va ulting and promptly sco red 27 .35 w ith Den ise Did ier executing the o nl y cartwhee l back somi of th e meet sco rin g 9.25. As the meet progressed, SIU began to suffer from a litt le inco nsistency from their top performers, but always there was someone to pi ck up the slack . With f ive all-aro und performers at or near the 35 .00 mark (with Ms. Didier scor ing 36 .00) SIU 's depth was too grea t. Scoring 107.35 SIU repea ted as A IAW gYmnastics tea m champio ns beating U. Mass by nea rly 2 points.

Rounding out th e top 5 teams was th e surpri se of the tea m compet ition. Southwest Miss iss ipp i j r. College (south where?). S.W.M. j .C. led by judy Putman's 35.40 AA effort pla ced third amassing 104.85 points. Southwest Miss iss ipp i should contin ue to fie ld fine teams as head coach Vannie Edwa rds is a man of proven abili ty as an o utstanding women 's gym nas ti cs instructo r.

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Vannie Edwards Charlotte West, National AIAW Commissioner, presents award to host coach Dorey Krepton.

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All-Around V UPB B FX TOTAL

1. Cole Dowa Ii by, So. Conn. St. C. '9. 10 8.90 9.20 9.30 36.50 2. Karen Schuckman, Penn. St. U. 9.20 8.60 9.10 9.40 36.30 3. Diane Sepke, U. of III. CC 9.15 9.25 8.90 8.85 36.15 3. Debbie Halle, Seatt le Pac. Co l. 8.90 9.00 9.20 9.05 36.15 5. Sue Paul , San Francisco St. U. 9.10 9. 10 8.75 9.15 36.10 6. Laure l An derson, Seattle Pacific Col. 9.15 9.00 8.85 9.00 36.00 6. Denise Didier, So. III. U. 9.25 9.05 8.90 8.80 36.00 8. Cindy Walker, Pacifi c U. 8.80 8.15 8.50 9.05 34.50 9. Maribeth Steinlen, U. of So. Florida 8.30 7.60 8.85 8.30 33.05

10. Diane She rman, Ca. St. U. Fresno 8.70 7:10 8.20 8.65 32.65 10. Ja net Wr ight, Florida St. 8.45 7.25 8.35 8.60 32.65 12. Jan Model, U. of Oregon 8.30 8.10 7.65 8.40 32.45 13. Sharon Smi th, U. of O rego n 8.45 7.25 7.60 8.60 31.90 13. Sharon Ak iyama, U. of No. Colo r. 8.10 6.80 8.45 8.55 31.90 15. Caro lyn Wold, Pacific U. 8.10 8.15 7.40 8.10 31.75 16. Marga ret Hammond, U. of Utah 8.65 7.15 6.70 8.70 31.20 17. Marga ret Sartin, Louisiana St. U. 7.25 7.65 7.00 7.70 29.20 18. Judy Sands, U. of Colo. 7.75 5.45 7.10 8.60 28.90

<II 20. Robin Mells, West. III. U. 8.25 6.25 6.00 7.65 28.15 '0

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ALL-AROUND

It was clear from th e outset that this yea r's AA competition would fea ture the highest leve l ever in women 's co ll egiate gymna st ics, & the race for the title started ea rl y.

Session I for specialists and indiv idual all­around performers (those not invo lved in team competition) began at the irritati ngly ea rl y hour of 9 A.M. Thi s session featured many pleasa nt surprises however, that more th an offset the great inconven ience of having to arise at 8 A.M. to view th e competition. Cole DowalibY made it obvious to everyone that she had co me to the meet to win. In a field that included no less than four gy mnas ts sco ring 36.00 or above, Cole was still th e class of th e competition. A ve ry competent bar and va ulting compet i'tor, Cole ' s finest performances ca me on th e balance beam and floor exercise. Though always in control and confident, borne out by her remarkable consistency this year (including first place in every event in the eastern regionals) it was Cole ' s see ming abandon , and her aggressiveness that gave her th e margin for victorY & made her the crowd favo rite as well. Combining near recklessness with sheer artistry Cole garnered a 36.50 that was to be the standard for the rest of the day's AA competition.

Also of note in the Session I Competition were the very fine performances by Debbie Halle and Diane Sepke of Seatt le Pacific College and the Uni versity of Illinois, Chicago Circle respectively. Ms. Halle, a very pretty and vivacious performer was th e high light of th e beam competition , moving easily through a very difficu lt and exciting routin e to garner th e highes t score of the beam competi ti on at 9.2. Her bars as well showed exce ll ent technique and rhythm for a well deserved 9.0. Ms. Hall e ended the competit ion in a tie with Diane Sepke at a ve ry respec tible 36 .15 which was good enough for third place in the AA Competition. Rounding out Session I's fine all­around field were Sue Paul , a local favorite from nearby San Francisco State College who turned in a strong 36.10 perfo rmance and eve ntual 5th place and Laurel Anderson, a teammate of Debbi e Halle's at Seattle Pacifi c who tied with Denise Didier of SIU for 6th place at 36.00.

With 36.50 the sco re to beat, se t so ea rl y in the competition, we had to wait nearly 8 hours for the top seeded teams to begin th eir competition and perhaps cha ll enge Ms. Dowaliby 's lead in the AA.

The challenge finall y did come as everyone expected from M s. Karen Schuckman, who returning as the defending AIAW AA Champion, was not go ing to go d.own easi ly. Once a teammate of Ms. Dowaliby under Muriel Grossfeld, Karen now trains under th e very capable eye of Judy Avener at Penn State. Though Karen lost the AA due to an unfortunate fall on the balance beam, she is truly a champion. To each routine Karen added an intellectual depth and a se nse of the sublime that left none in doubt of her artisti c genius. Her techni ca l execution was c lear lY superior to anyone else in the meet. Her understanding of basic swing is very thorough and she blends with it a fine ability as dancer and choreographer. Perhaps what is most impressive about Karen Schuckman is that she doesn ' t appear to be merely a well trained athlete. Thou gh her phYsical abiliti es are considerable, it is the impress ion one gets th at

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M s. Schuckman's understanding, her arti stic interpreta tion and her se nse of ident i ty wit h gymnas t ics movement ex tends even beyo nd her phys ica l capa biliti es that sets her apart as one of the fines t gymnasts anyw her e.

I n sum, the AA competit ion left nothing to be d esired as th e compet itio n was of the highes t o rder wi th several gy mnasts letting i t be known that they are to be reckoned with in next year's O lympic Tea m se lect ion .

Finals The top 12 finishers in each event from

Frida y's co mpetit ion qua li fi ed fo r the individual event f inals held the foll o w ing Sa turday evening, the meet bega n prompt ly at 7:30 P.M. w ith the awards presentation fo r the top fi ve tea ms and top 6 AA fi 'li sil ers.

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With the awards presentation completed attent ion then shifted to the va ulting events and th e competition co mmenced . This vaulting was perhaps th e on ly disappointment of th e evening. Vau lti ng in this country seems to give the women judges in this count ry a great deal of difficulty perhaps due to th e con fusion and divergence of opinion ove r w hat co nstitutes a good va ult. The problem in the A IAW competition ce ntered around the afterf light phase of the va ult. Of all va ults executed in the two da ys of compet iti on, there were only two va ul ts (Ms. Schuckman and Ms. Dowaliby) th at fulfill ed the requirements for proper afterflight and dese rved a mark of 9.0 or better. I n all o th er cases we saw vaults that were awa rded 9.0 or above that lacked a critical phase of afterf li ght i.e. repulsion from the horse 011 movement in an upward (vert ica l) directio n. Beca use a vault lands far from the horse does not mean necessar ily that the afterfl ight was faultl ess . If the vau lt lacked upward move ment (as in the great majority of va u lts executed in this competition ) a substantia l deduction (up to 1.00 pts.) should have been tak en, Yet was not as evidenced by the scoring. 15 gymnasts qua lif ied for th e f inals with sco res of 9.0 or high er. Vau lti ng judging must become more stri ct and consis tent if we are to see significant improvement in technical execution of wom en's vault ing.

Most va ulters in the competition used a plain ya mashita or ya ma shita w ith V2 twist. Karen Schuckman did a very nice ya mashita with excellent afterf light for a we ll deserved· 9.15 and a tie for 1st place. Lynn Govin did perhaps the best va ult of the two days. A ve ry we ll executed ya mas hita w ith proper pre-f li ght angle and exce llent trajectory on the afterf li ght. It was well undersco red at 9.05. Co le Dowa li bY executed the best . V2 twi sting ya mas hita with good repulsion off t he horse for a we ll ea rn ed 9.2 and ti e for fourth place. Deni se Didier gets the award as the evening's most co urageous va ulter in attemptin g the o nl y ca rtwhee l back somi of the meet. She had a little diff iculty 011 th e landing hav ing to put her hands down for support - otherwise a va liant effort. A ll in all the va ulting competition was very exciting as on ly .1 0 se parated th e top six finish ers, with Karen Schuckman of Penn State, Laurel Anderson of Seatt le Pacifi c and Karen Brezack of Clarion State ending in a ti e for first place at 18.35. Diane Sepke of UICC and Co le DowalibY tied for fou rth at 18.30 with Sue Paul of San Francisco State fini shing in sixth at 18.25.

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Vault Fri, Sat Total 1. Karen Breza ck, Clar io n 9.20 9."15 18.35 1. laurel A nderso n 9. 15 9.20 18.35 1. Karen Schuckman 9. 20 9. 15 18.35 4. Diane Sepke 9.15 9.15 18.30 4. Co le DowalibY 9. 10 9.20 18.30 6. Sue Paul 9.10 9. 15 18.25

Additional qualifiers: l ynn Govin (S IU) 18.15; Denise Didier 18.10; Cheryl Sm ith 18.10; Karen A tk ins 18.10; Sa ndi Gross (S IU) 18.05; Van essa Joe (CSlB) 18.05; Kat herine Kolemanien (Spr ingf ield) 18.00; Robbi Brown (SWMJC) 17.85; Patti Kural (Sprin gfield ) 17.75.

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Uneve n Paralle l Bars 1. Diane Sepke (U ICC) 9.25 9.20 2. Cole Dowa libY 8.90 9.30 3. Sue Paul 9.10 9.05 4. Kare n Schuckman 9.10 9.00 5. Laurel Anderson 9.00 9.05 6. Sle phanie Jones 9.00 9.00

Additional qualifi e rs: De bbie Hall e 17.95; Kare n Aikins 17.75; Pall i Fogle man 17.75; Susan Ca nlwell (UM) 17.70; Denise Didie r 17.60; Lynn Govin 17.50; Kalhi Kin cer (MS) 17.40.

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parallel bar competi tion. This newest of wo men 's gymnasti cs events is by far the most excit ing an d Saturday night 's competition was no except ion. Lynn Govin began th e competiti on wi th a very nice routin e that included a pirouette catch on high bar and a stomach wh ip full twist on low bar to ga rner B.7. Susy Cantwell followed and was very impressive w ith a reverse hecht V2 twist (legs together! ), stomach w hip full tw ist and ending with a ve ry w ell done full tw ist ing hecht from the high bar, scor ing 9.05. Kare n Atk ins although not placing in the top 6 executed a routine we ll wo rth noting. Sh e mounted w ith a stradd le over low bar to catch the high bar in an eagle grip, included a bea utiful somi f ront, eag le fu ll twist and the meet's o nly toe-on 1V2 twi st catch in the middle of the se t and fini shed

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with a score of 9.1 . The ni cest routin e of th e eve ning was easily Cole Dowa li by 's. Her rout ine included a cred ib le free -hi p circle, a ve ry nice Zucho ld circle and 'ended w ith an incred ible stradd le-cut bounce back som i w ith a full twist. H er rhythm was exce ll ent and fo rm impeccable. A we ll deserved 9.3 that moved her from Bth place to 2nd place in th e fi nal sco ring. Certainly the most impressive routine from the stand po int of techn ica l execut ion was Karen Sch uckmans. Her co ncept of basic bar sw ing is excellent w hich she demonstrated by executing the most bea utiful cast, single ba r hecht fu ll twist see n in a lo ng time. A lso, her hecht 1), twi st to stomach w hip wa s most impressive as wel l. Scoring 9.0 Ms. Schuckman fi ni shed w ith 1B.10 and fourth p lace. 1st place in this event however went to Diane Sepke of the · Unive rsi ty of Ill ino is at Ch icago Circle at 1B.45. M s. Sepke turned in a ve ry strong performa nce th at inc luded no mistakes and deserved to win.

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w ho lesa le reversa l o f the previous day's competitio n that saw the g rea t majo rity o f gymnasts fall to o bliv ion on thi s event. All but two gymnas ts completed the ir ro utines w ithout mishhap in the fi nals. The cl ass o f thi s competiti on was clea rl y Debbie Hall e of Seattl e Pacific and event w inner Co le Dowa liby o f Sou th ern Co nn ec ti cut. Ente r i ng th e competition ti ed at 9.2 these tw o rea ll y ba ttl ed it o ut w ith a .05 separating th e two at the end, as opposed to nea rl y .4 se para ting 2nd and 3rd place. M ost impressive abo ut M s. Hall e is her vivacious attackin g style. Debbie co mpetes as if defYing the bea m to cast he r of f. Her wo rk was ve ry ex tended o n her toes and showed great rh ythm for 9.3. M s. Do waliby, like Debbi e Hall e shows grea t rhythm and an agg ress ive sty le. Her hea dspring mount was very exciting as was her back ro ll handstand. Co mpositi o l\a ll y th e routine was beautiful and Co le sold it we ll. Her sco re was 9.35 fo r a to tal o f 18.55 and 1st pl ace. Except fo r M s. Halle and M s. Dowa liby most o f the routines were rather stock and ve ry conse rva tively executed. OnlY one aeria l movement was attempted (a nd missed) w ith th e grea t majority o f girls fulfillin g difficulty r equirem ents with b ac k h an ds prin g

Balance Beam 1. Cole Dowa li bY 9.20 9.35 18.55 2. Debbie Halle 9.20 9.30 18.50 3. Dea ne Jo hnson (SWM JC) 9.05 9.10 18.15 4. Ju dy Put man (SWMJC) 9.00 9.00 18.00 5. Debbie Dunkley (Sprin gf ie ld) 8.90 9.05 17.95 5. Denise Did ier 9.05 8.90 17.95

Additional qualifiers : Chery l Smith (UM) 17.75; Ka ren Atk ins 17.60; Stephanie Stro me r (S IU) 17.60; Vick i Severe ns (UW) 17.25; Pa tti Fo tgetma n (Gra ndview) 17.25 ; Co le tte Biza l (PS) 17.05.

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Floor Exercise 1. Kare n Schuckma n 9.40 9.45 18.85 2. Co le Dowaliby 9.30 9.40 18.70 3. Ste pha ni e Stro me r 9. 15 9.20 18.35 4. Jeannine Burge r (U M ) 9.15 9.05 18.20 5. Susa n Ca nt we ll (UM ) 9.05 9.10 18.15 5. Patti Fogte mqn 9.05 9. 10 18.15

Additional qualifiers: Laure l Ande rson 18.10; Sue Paul 18.10; Che ryl Diamond (SWMSU ) 18.10; Kath e rine Kole main e n18.05; De bbie Halle 18.00; Stephani e Jo nes (S pringfie ld ) 18.00; Cind y Walke r (PU) 17.80; Ka re n Atk ins 17.70.

Karen Schuckman impression on an appreciative audience. Perhaps the most out rageous and innova ti ve routine ca me from second place finisher Co le DowalibY. Do ne to Carlos Santana tYpe rhythm and choreogra phed brilliantlY by Muriel Grossfeld th e sometimes sta rk often comica l elements of the routine left the audience somewhat stunned. Performed near ly fl awless ly with many intrica te dance steps and fin e tumbling that inc luded a ni ce full tiwst sa ito and piked back somi to crad le Ms. Dowaliby finished with a 9.4. Steph anie Stromer fini sh ing stron g with a 9.2 and a third place to tal of 18.35 performed in sty le of 1940's Hollywood va mp trad ition . A highl y styli zed rout ine that went over very well, many in th e audience felt the 9.2 to be too low. Thou gh not placin g in the top 6, th e crowd favorite in this event was probab lY Susan Cantwell of the Un ive rsity of Massachusetts. She capt iva ted the audience with dynamic tumblin g that included a very we ll done Arabian front som i, vivac ious dancing and a gorgeous smil e. We should see much from thi s member of the Cantwell family

Floor Exercise A lternating with bea m was the floor exercise

competition. If beam were to be chara cter ized as conservat ive and stock, f loo r exercise was flamboyan t and outrageou s. Karen Atkin 's " bump and grind" to the music of the " Stripper" coupled with nice tumbling that included a high arabian stepout left a very good

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If an awa rd we re to be given for th e compet ition's finest routin e, it would certainly have been given to Karen Schuckm an's floo r exe rc ise ro utine. Us ing an origina l pi ece written for her by David Darling of the Paul Winter Consort and perfo rmed o n ce llo, Ms. Schuckman choreographed one of the most beautifullY ar ti stic floor exercise I think any o f us have ever seen. I ntrica te ye t simplistic, unique yet classic, Ms. Schuckman, whose interpretation was flaw less, and w hose technica l dance and tumblin g executi on was near faultless more than deserved th e 9.45 awa rded her exercise. She captured the floo r exercise event with a mee t high total of 18.85. Karen Schuckman is ce rtainly a girl to be reckoned with for se lec tion of our 1976 Ol Ympic Tea m. .

GYMNAST May '75

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33 . N . .:\ .:\ . GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIP

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T~AM FINALS INDIANA

STATE UNIVERSITY

1975 ttcA A CHAMPIOttSHIPS H.J. Biesterfeldt

About scoring of the Meet This year, th e sco rekeeper was too bu sy to

leave his ca ge in Penn sy lva nia , to score th e meet. So instead, he li stened to the judges via long distan ce teleph o ne, and gave his repli es also via teleph one. Two of th e specialists in ca re and feeding o~ computers, from Penn State University, tra vel ed to Indiana to help w ith feeding. IHM loaned th e terminal s. Thu s we had access to th e sam e effi cient computer program that made th e 1974 meet run so smoothl y. W e appreciate Penn State 's continued effo rt s to make gymn as ti cs mee ts run smoothly. Thi s year, the 27 page summary of th e comfJe titioll was completely tYped on stencils and printed , and in th e hands o f th e coa ches, withill 30 minutes after th e las t performance . Compulsory Competition

Th e tea ms competed in three groups at 1 :00, 4:00 and 7 :00. And as usual, fati gue clearl y began to trouble th e judges by evening. We es timate th at th e perfo rmances of Indiana State in th e first sess ion w ould have earned th em 5 point s more had they b een done in th e third sessio n. Since o rder is reve rsed o n th e second day, it may all ave rage out. Hut thi s does not at all justify shoddY judging. A quick check of noncompetin g fo rmer ho rsemen matches my feeling that fo r examp le, th e bes t executed pommel ho rse compulso ry ea rn ed third . Two more famous perfo rm ers placed above him, though both showed relati ve ly poo r opposites, and the champio n o f champions showed (fo r him) major fo rm ureak after th e. singl e leg group.

Nebra ska s entire tea m was stranded in Ch icago by a snows torm, and arri ved about 10:00 P.M. ; th ey w ere allowed to compete th at evening. Despit e co nsiderable fati gue, they performed fairly we ll. Th ey received 206.UO, for 5th place in compulsori es, a score th at was certainlY no t ove rl y seve re.

Southern Illinoi s competed w itho ut Jim

GYMNAST May '75 ,

Terre Haute, Indiana, April 5, 6, 7, 1975

Ivice k, w ho hJd been hurt a week ea rli er. Th eir 205.95, 3rd , spea ks we ll fo r th e replacements.

Lo ui siana Stat e perfo rm ed well for 211 .75, and has a ve ry fill e team. But ce rtainl y, judges ' fati gue added seve ral po ints to th e sco re.

Ca li for ll ia, 21 3. 60, cl ea rl y dese rved its w in in co mpulsor ies. However, save for perh aps Beech 's 9.55 on hori zo lltal bar, we saw onl y fairl Y secure, t echni ca ll Y ad equ ate perfo rmances . They ce rtainlY did not show any trend -settin g Oil hi ghlY attra cti ve techni ca l or styli stic innova ti ons. W e w ish th e o th er tea ms loo ked as we ll coac hed . Optional Competition

In th e o pti o nal competiti o n, scores were fairl Y c lose : Cali fo l'llia 220.70, Indiana St ate 220.60 , Iowa Stat e 220.1 5, Ari zo na State 219.60, Southern Illino is 219. 25 , LSU 219.05 , Nebra SKa 217.60 alld Michi ga n 215.25. Howeve r, th e margin built up ill the compulso ri es prevented LS U's 6th pl ace o pti onal fini sh fro m costin g much: LSU was second in co mpulsories and remai lI ed secolld aft er o ptionals we re added in .

By the sa me token, Indiana State's 6th p lace fini sh in compulso ri es far o ut we ighed th eir seco nd place finish in op tion als, so th at they did no t make it to team fina ls. In fa ct even w ith a second p lace in opti onals Indiana State did no t do ve ry we ll fo r th em. Th ere is 110 doubt that w ith th e ve ry genero us sco res give n at thi s mee t, had Indiana State don e its season best, th eir opti o nal score would have been abo ut 225 .

Oil th e Judging: as usual, sco res were unbelieva bl Y high, allli ve ryerati c. Fortunately, th ere was littl e ev idence of anyone getting spec ial trea tm ent. Rath er, everyo ne sufferred with judges w ho could not , o r w ould not , see and deduct fo r faults. Our pho to cove rage inclu des a few sho ts o f hi gh 5 perform ances -the errors shown are no t single instances, but sa mples of erro rs occurill g 4 o r mo re tim es in on e se t, w ith no visible effec t on sco res . THI S WR ITER HAS ATTE NDED NATIONALS

FOR TWENTY YEA RS AND IS CO NVINCED THAT OFF ICI ATI NG WAS WORSE THIS YEAR THAN EVER HEFORE. WE SUGGEST THAT A MORE A DEQ UATE M EANS OF SELECTION BE EVOL VEO HY 1 HE NCAA RULES COMM ITTEE, SO TH AT SELECTION IS HAS ED ON PROVEN A BILITY, JUST AS IS DONE W ITH THE COMPETITOR S. IT IS INEXC USABLE TO USE LESS THAN THE HEST OFF IC IALS TO RATE THE BEST GYMNASTS IN THE COUNTRY.

This competition al so led to chOOSing th e top 8 as finali sts in each event, and to th e selection o f the A ll-Around Champio n. Team Finals

With a conve nient lea d, Ca lifornia went into finals fee li ng comfortable. LSU might just ha ve a chance to cat ch up, but breij ks 0 11 Hori zonta l Bar make them count a 7.30, on va ult an 5.55, and that is too much for th em, so Californi a won the Tea m Fi Ila Is, 220.1 75 to 215.300 for LSU, whi le SIU ea rlled only 21 7.40. In the SIU score the only d isaster is all 5.05 counted on horse by a 9.2 performer. Hut minor errors cropped up in many of th e ro utines . SI U could not expect much bett er, and should be proud to have done so well without th eir lil scorer of th e season .

Th e caliber o f th e p erformances in the team fin als fo r all three tea ms was below what we would wi sh. Hy comparison, this performance would have scored perhaps 214 in regular season , and the o th er tea ms were comparab ly ove rscored. We w ere very sorry that Ind iana ' State was so far down from its season 's best wo rk , we must admit that Indiana State , depending as it does on a Freshman and a Transfer both competing fo r th e first time for them, co uld no t expect to do better. LSU injured ai le of th e AA men on Wednesday, Mike Foster, and hi s absence fro m several events did not help LSU. And Califo rnia had its share of injuries as well. So all of th e top tea ms, fo r one reason or another, were somewhat do wn fo r th e meet. I wish th e scores were down with th e perfo rmances.

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TEfiM TEAM FX SH R Y PB HB Total TOTAL

California C 35.30 33.25 36.35 36.25 36.50 35.95 213.60 0 36.65 35.30 37.80 37.25 36.15 37.55 220.70 434.30

Louisiana State C 34.80 35.10 36.10 36.05 35.65 34.05 211 .75 0 35.35 36.55 37.35 36.90 36.BO 36.10 219.05 430.80

Southern I llinois C 34.95 35.55 33.40 35.45 35.70 33.90 208.95 0 36.85 36.10 36.75 36.50 36.80 36.25 219.25 428.20

Indiana State C 34.75 33.55 33.05 35.75 34.90 33.25 205.25 0 36.70 36.60 36.90 37.30 36.45 36.65 220.60 425.85

Nebraska C 35.35 32.90 35.40 35.20 34.30 33.65 206.80 0 36.50 34.10 37.15 36.95 36.05 36.85 217.60 424.40

Michigan C 34.30 34.60 35.05 36.20 33.55 34.90 208.60 0 36.35 34.75 36.90 36.85 33.95 36.45 215.25 423.85

Iowa State C 34.80 31.90 33.40 34.90 33.50 34.85 203.35 0 36.60 35.70 37.45 37.25 35.35 37.80 220.15 423.50

Arizona State C 34.25 34.80 29.60 35.05 32.00 32.85 198.55 0 37.75 36.30 36.55 37.35 35.60 36.05 219.60 418.15

Team victory stan-d

fiLL fiitOOriD ALL-AROUND FX PH R Y PB HB Totals FINAL

1. Wayne Young C 8.65 8.40 9.15 8.80 9.15 8.85 53.00 (BYU) 0 9.25 9.35 9.60 9.60 9.50 9.35 56.65 109.65

2. Tom Weeden C 9.25 7.20 9.20 9.15 9.10 9.25 53 .15 (CAL) 0 9.40 9.00 9.40 9.10 9.30 9.20 55.40 108.55 3. Mike Carter C 8.95 8.75 9.30 8.95 8.45 8.65 53.05

(LSU) 0 9.15 B.60 9.45 9.30 9.30 9.10 54.90 107.95 4. Gene Mackie C 8.90 8.40 8.BO 9.10 8.60 8.45 52.25

(NE B) 0 9.05 8.70 9.20 9.00 9.20 9.30 54.45 106.70 5. Yo ichi Tomita C 8.90 7.35 8.60 9.35 9.35 7.70 5 .25

(L.B.) 0 9.10 8.95 8.75 9.60 9.50 9.45 55.35 106.60 6. Mike Gouawa C B.45 8.60 8.95 8.70 9.25 B.65 52.60

(LSU) 0 8.30 B.35 9.25 8.95 9.35 9.30 53.50 106.10 7. Dubi Luli C 8.BO 8.80 8.40 9.05 9.40 7.85 52.30

(Wash. St. ) 0 8.60 8.95 8.35 9.05 9.45 9.25 53.65 105.95 8. Mark Gra ham C 8.50 7.40 7.90 8.95 9.00 9.00 50.75

(lsU ) 0 9.05 8.90 9.20 9.35 9.05 9.60 55.15 105.90 9. Thomas C 7.90 B.55 7.35 9. 15 9.00 B.60 50.55

(Ind. St.) 0 9.10 8.50 8.95 9.55 9.50 9.20 54.80 105.35 10. Tim Shaw C 8.25 7.40 8.05 9. 10 B.45 8.90 50.15 (USC) 0 9.15 8.85 9.00 9.20 9.45 8.90 54.55 104.70 11. Pete Kormann C 9.05 7.35 8.40 8.75 8.80 8.25 50.60 (5. Conn. ) 0 9.55 8. 10 9.30 9.20 B.35 9.30 53.80 104.40 12. Jeff LaF leur C 8.45 8.15 7. 10 9.15 8. 10 8.60 49.55 (M in n. ) 0 9.20 8.80 8.60 8.90 9.05 9.00 53.55 103.10 13. Chuck Wanner C 8.40 8.65 7.80 8.50 8.95 8.45 50.75 (U ICC) 0 8.20 8.60 8.65 9.00 9.00 8.60 52.05 102.80 14. Gary A lexa nder C 8.80 5.65 7.40 8.70 8.55 8.30 47.40 (AsU) 0 9.55 8.00 9.10 9.25 9.65 8.15 53.70 101.10 15. Kovic C B.25 6.85 7.15 8.90 8.70 7.50 47.35 (Temple) 0 8.75 8.60 8.80 9.25 9.25 9.00 53.65 101.00 16. Bill Mason C 9.10 6.BO 7.60 8.45 8.20 8.55 48.70 (Iowa) 0 8.85 B.15 8.75 9.10 8.65 8.65 52.15 100.85 17. Tom Linder C 7.75 8.10 6.05 9.05 7.95 7.90 46.80 (H. Bapt. ) 0 9.15 8.90 8.45 9.20 8.85 8.65 53.20 100.00 18. Danner C 8.25 7.25 7.95 8.80 8.80 8.35 49.40 (M ich.) 0 9.00 7.35 8.90 9.10 9. 15 7.05 50.55 99.95 19. Dougla s C 6.20 5.15 8.15 8.65 8.65 B.05 44.85 (Co l. St. ) 0 B.75 B.95 9.10 9.20 9.10 9.05 54.15 99.00 20. Evans C 8.40 5.80 7.55 8.50 7.45 8.45 46.15 (ISU ) 0 9.05 B.50 8.85 9.10 7.40 8.95 51.85 98.00 21. Griff ith C 8.70 6.40 .8.95 9.25 8.25 41.55 (Ind . St.) 0 8.95 9.20 9.15 9.60 B.15 8.85 53.90 95.45

Wayne Young GYMNAST May '75

Tom Weeden

M ike Carter

Yoichi Tomita

GYMNAST May '75

All-Around

Th ere was Il eve r allY rea l doubt as to w ho w'o uld w ill th e all-aroulld champ io ll ship. WaY ll e Youllg started o ut w it h a so li d AA to tal of 53.00, secolld to Torn Weede ll , who had 53.15. Now WaY lle is IlOt a ve ry attracti ve wo rk er a ll Fl oo r, plac ill g 10th among AA men on fl oo r, all d he is ro ugh a ll horse , w here he placed 7th amo llg th e AA men. Weeden o n the o ther halld , was #1 a ll floor, bu t #16 a ll horse. That di sas te r a ll com pulso ry ho rse ensured th at Weeden Ilot buil d up all Y lead a ll compulsor ies.

Yo ung'scompulsory pl aces: FX: 10, PH : 7, R: 3, V: 13, PI:!: 5, HI:! : 4. So far, it looked li ke eve ryo ne had a chall ce. But we remember Wayne's abiliti es, alld k ll ow o th erw ise.

Yo ung's opti o llal places : FX: 4, PH: 1, R: 1, V: 1, PB: 2 HI:!: J. How co uld anyo ll e bea t hi m? Clea rl Y, 11 0 a il e had a chance wh e'n th e compulsory results we re so close.

There is all o th er all -a round man who dese rves specia l melltion: Tomita f rom Lo ng Beach State. He was a ll th e awa rd p latfo rm fo r two event s: 3rd a ll Va ulting, and 1st a ll parallel bars. W ere it IlOt fo r some land ing pro blems in finals, he co uld easily have wo n va ulting as well . And he is a freshman - we 'll watch him for three more Years.

ALL AROUND ROUTINES

WAYNE YOUNG Floor Exercise: 1st pa ss - Front flip piked, frt. handspring, full twist dive ro ll , jump half turn , back ro ll strai ght arm hop V, turn to handstand , step down & turn around. 2nd pass - RO, f lip f lop, Arabian pike , Japanese f to handspri ng, Fall to prone positi on, strad dl e press to handsta nd, p irouette stepdown. 3rd pass - RO, side flip piked fo rward roll , single leg circle, bent leg p irouette, scale. 4t h pass - RO, fl ip flop, 2 full backs. Side Horse: Back moore trave l up moo re; back moore trave l down, Schwa bin Flanke, stockly up, Ru ss ian, breack back sc issors, fro nt scissors, moore, stockly down immed iate Ru ss ian dismount. Rings: Dislocate shoo t, gian t, fa ll f rom hand back ri se handstand, giant front up-rise, ho llow back press, lowe r cross, invert ed hand, dislocate, disloca te, V, in V, out di smount. Vault: V. in V, out (New Tsuka hara)

Parallel Bars: Peach from end, glide kip, stradd le ou t, peach hand, layaway front upri se, swing reverse p irouette, stutze hand cast support, strad d le cut L, press hand, double back dismount. Horizontal Bar: Cast hand half turn immediate free h ip, bl ind change, stoop di sl oca te, eag le, hop p irouette, Ca li fo rnia hop, hecht vault, hop change kip, p irouette, V, in V, o ut dismoun t.

TOM WEEDEN Floor Exercise: RO, flip fl op to double tw isting somersa ult - turn Swedish fa ll -ki ck to handstand, leg scissors, turn , run and rou ndoff and piked Arabian front to fo rwa rd ro ll - sidward leap and aeri al ca rt wheel, forwa rd ro ll to straddle L, raise body to straddle planche (hold), raise body from Planche posit ion to handstand -lower and run and roundo ff to ca rtw hee l to stand - step back and backward walkover - stoop th ru to side spl it and immediatelY, back ro ll (shou lder) to stomach-turn to si t and back roll w ith V, turn to step down, to seri es o f rh ythm moves and culmi na ting in Y sca le, ru n and roundoff back somersa ult w ith full tw ist. Pommel Horse: circle in cen ter o f ho rse to immed ia te moore - Moore, circle and Moore to front out (Shurlock) and ci rcl e to loop around end to back stockli to cente r o f horse, Kehre out and Kehre in (Stockli ) and brea k into back sc issors - three fro nt scisso rs and circles and side travel to end of horse -loop, hop, and loop dismount. Still Rings: High cas t and fl ying reverse swing inloca te - back uprise to handstand - back giant swing to handstand - reverse giant swing, cast and back upri se

with somersa ult to su ppo rt (whippet) straddle piked press to handstand - lower to iron cross, raise legs and double dis loca te to double flyawaY. Vaulting: Tsuka hara and f ront handspri ng (s light p ike) with a full twist. Parallel Bars: side mo unt positi on - jump to bars and gl ide ki p to straddle L pos ition , hold, press to handstand, y, turn to handsta nd in cente r o f ba rs, Diamodov to handsta nd - fo rward swing Y'turn,g ian t glide to kip to swing ing p irouette, drop to cast and back uprise to straddle to L pos ition, straddl e press to handstand - forwa rd swing y, turn , and forward uprise and front somersa ul t w ith V, tw ist d ismount. Horizontal Bars: H igh reverse grip cast and immediate stalder to immediate p i rouette, back gia nt swing and back sta lder - y, turn and reverse giants - stoop in and di sloca te to inverted giant swing - hop out and immediate Hecht va ult to immed ia te hop und er the ba r to kip and reverse giant swing and hecht w i th full twist d ismount.

MIKE CARTER Floor Exercise: RO, flip fl op, double full tw ist, flip fl op, jack-knife, ho llowback press, RO, flip flop, A rabian pike, handspring, f ront fli p, f ront handspring, p ike front, front headspring, Diamidov, RO, whipover, slip flop, full twist. Pommel Horse: Bac k moore , immediate tra ve l in immediate bailey, moore, immediate trave l d own', ci rcl e loop back stockl i in , circle break into sc isso rs, double leg circles moore immedate back stockli out ci rcl e moo re, circle loop d ismount. Rings: Giant inloca te back uprise hand, strai ght arm giant lower to maltese lay away birdi e up to cross inloca te kip L-sea t ho llow back press hand bai l out double. Vaulting: Double front, o r handspring full Parallel Bars: Cast upper bar reverse stut z swinging pirouette, stut z handstand cast under bar back uprise reverse stutz stra ddle cut, catch sti ff - straddle press stutz, peach layaway front uprise f ron t o ff with a half. Horizontal Bar: Straig ht arm stem, im media te stalder, another sta lder immedia te stoop in Ru ss ian disloca te hop o ut fl ank vault kip w ith di sloca te hop out fl ank va ult kip w ith a half stalder blind change flank regrasp full tw ist out reverse grip kip up JIi giant hop free hip cast p ike fron t.

GENE MACKIE Floor Exercise: RO, ff , full tw ist turn, Front sa ito step out RO, backdive jump to prone pos ition turn over slide t hrough panca ke sp lits, press handstand . Step down to RO, side sa ul t spin to sidescal e. RO, ff, full tw ist. Pommel Horse: y, circle, loop, uphill tromlet to moore immediate moore, tromlet to loop (back) stockli in front brea k to 3 front scisso rs. 1 reverse to circle, tromlet loop, wa lkaround loop spin. Rings: D islocate st . ar m shoot, hand, giant hand (st arms) lower to cross, back lever pull to kip, L- seat , hollow back press, hand giant double. Vault: Ca rtw hee l back tucked . Parallel Bars: Jump to glide kip to back straddle out to High support cast to cut ca tch L-seat, press hand, Diamadov, Front uprise swin g reverse pirouette, to stutz, hand , toss o ff. Horizontal Bar: Stem, stalder (immediate), y, g iant, jam disloca te to eag les, hop to pirouette y, giant stalder, b lind change to 1 giant hecht.

YOICHI TOMITA Free Exercise: RO, flip' flop, 1/ 1 tw ist layout corner move. Front somi step out round o ff pike Arabia n co rn er move straddle L (ho ld ) press to 'handstand (stiff) ro ll out to stand, round off dive ro ll Y sca le. RO , flip flop, 1/ 1 twisting layout. Side Horse: Loop around uphill trave l immediate dow n hill travel immediate loop around reverse stockli in moore front scissors back scissor. Reverse stockli out Ru ss ian d ismount. Still rings: Pull u p to invert ed hang, giant inlocate Honma (whippet) layout front uprise to L sti ff, press (straddle leg) lower to cross inve rted hang d islocate full twi st layout. Vault: Handspring front. Parallel Bars: Cas t suppo rt - handsta nd pivot (natu ral) stutz hand - Diamidov - layaway front uprise - ho p pirouette - cast - straddle cut L - stiff stiff - stutz layaway fro nt uprise front off w ith y, tw ist.

Horizontal Bar: High start immediate stalder -immediate pirouette - back sta lder y, twist - rear uprise w ith y, tw ist - rea r uprise with y, tw ist - rea rward swing Vo ronin vault - hop to Russian kip - imediate jam to inverted giant hop pirouette c rossover immediate hecht.

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Floor Exercise victory stand

FLOOit EXEitCISE Floor Exercise C 0 Avg. Finals TOTAL Kent Brown (AsU) 9.15 9.70 9.425 9.45 18.875 Henderson (Oreg.) 9.00 9.65 9.325 9.30 18.625 Peter Kormann (5. Conn.) 9.05 'l.55 9.300 9.25 18.550 Bob M ellin (Ind. St.) 8.9U 9.55 9.225 9.30 18.525 Unger (Neb.) 9.10 9.25 9.175 9.25 18.425 Gary A lexa nder (ASU) 8.80 9.55 9.1 75 9. 10 18.275 Tom Weeden (CAL) 9.25 9.40 9.325 8.90 18.225 Gene Jaeger (LSU) 9.00 9.35 9.175 8.90 18.075 Bob Rik li (Oreg.) 9.25 9.60 9.425 7.55 16.975

Additional FX qualifiers: Kurt Austin (ISU) 18.30; Jay Whelan (s.Conn.) 18.30; Greg Buwick (Ok la) 18.25; Randy Sakamoto (Mich.) 18.20; Mike Carter (LSU) 18.10; Yost (N. Col.) 18.00; Linney (5. Jose) 17.95 ; Randy Nelson (ISU) 17.85; Chuck Stillerman (M ich.) 17.80; W. Hall (NavY) 17.60; KirbY (ASU) 17.55; Sil ve rstein (Temple) 17.45; Kei th Porra zzo (LB) 17.40; Harley Danner (Mich.) 17.25; Ranck (N IU ) 17.10; Dana Crosley (LSU) 16.95; Nasvechuck 15.95.

Floor Exe rc ise Notab les from ~X: Konnan n from Southern

Connecti cut moul l ts w ith a pike to doub le back (had a littl e troub le w ith landing) and fin ishes wit h a double back . Th e double ba ck seems to be in th is yea r w ith severa l performers mountillg with doubles alld a coup le d ismoullting wit h double back also. Even some who d idll ·t q ual ify for finals did doubles. Free Exerci se potelltial w illller, Bob Rikli , holding a tie for first go ill g illto the· finals landed heavily on a dive ro il , hitting his head and becoming diso ri entated . His coac h rushed onto th e floor and-stopped hi s exercise (a quick think ing, wise move by coach Baliester to ensure aga in st any further or more se riou s inju ry) . Unfortunate ly th is necessa ry term ination of hi s routin e ended any hope of a meda l fo r this potential first place w in ner.

FREE EXERCISE WINNING ROUTINES

Kent Brown ASU (1st): RO FF arabian l'A piked, jump with VI turn , FF to splits, Stiff-stiff legs together, step down, front handspring, pike front flip , step out, switch -kick handspring, jump to Swedish fall , turn to va ldez, pike down RO arabian dive roll to immediate sta lder stiff-st iff, lis pirouette, stoop legs between hands to back extension roll , RO, FF , double twist.

Peter Kormann S. Con. (3rd): Round-off backhandspring double back piked, back roll shoot to handstand , pike down. Front step out to round-off back wi th a full, y, turn to fall , y, turn to sp lit , lift to straddle " L" stiff-sti ff press Y. turn , p ike down. Round­off side to cartwheel , back pirouette to p ike down. Round-off double back.

GYMNAST May '75

Henderson Gene Jaeger Bob Rikli

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Pommel Horse victory stand

POMMEL HOitSE Pommel Horse C 0 Avg. Finals TOTAL Ted Marcey (Stan) 9.80 9.85 9.825 9.80 19.625 L.J . Larson (ASU) 9.65 9.20 9.425 9.65 19.075 Don Young (ISU) 9.40 9.70 9.550 9.45 19.000 Joe Perciva l (Ore) 9.45 9.50 9.475 9.35 18.825 Joe U ll oa (Ca l. St. Ful. ) 9.25 9.45 9.350 9.20 18.660 Steve Isham (ASU) 9.30 9.45 9.375 9.10 18.475 Tony Hanson (S IU) 9.40 9.45 9.425 9.00 18.425 Jerome PoYnton (Mich.) 9.20 9.40 9.300 8.80 18.100

Additional PH qualifiers: Steve D ickey (N EB) 18.55; Ed Hembd (SIU) 18.40; Greg Anderso n (C hi. Cir. ) 18.35 ; Rupert Hansen (Mich) 18.30; Chuck Wa lter (N. M ex.) 18.25; Stephens (A.F.) 18.10; Denero (Corn ell ) 18.00; Shawn Miya ke (UCLA) 17.95 ; Howa rd Beck (III ) 17.85; Blai ne Dahl (LSU) 17.60; O 'Co nnell (AF) 17.55 ; Mike Foster (LSU) 17.50; M ike Carter (LSU) 17.35; Co lli s (SY R) 17.25; Kurt Thomas (Ind. St.) 17.05; Black (Co l) 16.15.

Pommel Horse There wa s ll eve r allY doubt that Ted Ma rcy

wou ld retai ll hi s tit le, winning for th e seco nd Yea r. He WOll co m pulso ry, and both optio nal rounds. There is no reasonab le question as to th e rightness o f the dec ision, though we would like to have Seell a mo re perfect compu lso ry. The co mpetiti o ll was 1l0t absent though . Yo ung, of Iowa Sta te, looked very good, and especia ll y ill opti o llal, L.J. Larson of Ar izona State was o utstanding; he had some troubl es in opti onal in prelimillar ies th ough. If Marcy were no t in the mee t, allY of Perciva l (Oregon), Yo ung (ISU), LarSOIl (ASU), Isham (ASU), Poynton (M ichi ga n), Dickey (Neb raska) and H embd (51 U) could have - w ithout brea ks - wo n th~ meet. With Marcy, the bes t to be hoped fo r is second, and brea ks served to decide who fini shed at th e to p. Th ere was no all -a round man in the top 17 pla ces 0 11 horse!! !

POMMEL HORSE WINNING ROUTINES

Ted M arcy Stanford (1st): Bach moo re uphill pommel Ru ss ian back moore dow n immed iate khere­in stock Ii out immediate back loop Ru ssian stockli in pommel Ru ss ian 1 reverse 3 fo rward sci sso rs travel down front in stockli out immed iate hop loop loop with a hal t.

Don Young Iowa State (3rd): Backmoore down, khere in, circle, pommel Ru ssia ndown,Russ ian stock li in, undercut brea k to reverse scisso r, 3 forward sdssors, circle, Ru ss ian stock li out, hop, loop w ith a half.

Joe Percival Oregon (4th) : Back moore, pommel circle, trave l, loop around , hop, ci rcl e, back moore· uphill , Bailey, scissors, moore t ravel down, loop, hop, loop y, dismount.

GYMNAST May '75

Joe Percival

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BELLI GYMNASTIC EQUIPMENT

RIHGS Still Rings C 0 Avg Finals TOTAL Keith Heaver (ISU) 9.10 9.60 9.350 9.55 18.900 Joe Neuenswa nder (M ich) 9.05 9.55 9.300 9.50 18.800 Jack Laurie (S IU) 9.20 9.60 9.400 9.40 18.800 Wayne Young (BYU) 9.15 9.60 9.375 9.35 18.725 Peter Studenski (NEB) 9.10 9.50 9.300 9.40 18.700 Mark Lundy (CAL) 9.30 9.70 9.500 9.15 18.650 Todd Ku on i (LSU) 9.00 9.55 9.275 9.30 18.575 Mike Carter (LSU) 9.30 9.45 9.375 9.10 18.475 Tom W are (N IU) 9.05 9.50 9.275 9.20 18.475 Rick Curti s (ASU) 9.10 9.45 9.275 8.95 18.225

Additional SR qualifiers: Landy Fern andez (IND) 18.50; Ga rcia (CAL) 18.40; Pierre Lecle rc (Mich) 18.35; Wood (ISU) 18.30; L. Brown (Ind . St.) 18.25; Hlebechuk (Port . St. ) 18.20; Bjorn Hermansens (Wash) 18.10; Larry Bilow (Ca l. St. NR) 18.00; Bellman (COl. St.) 18.00; Steve Kin nett (H. Baptist ) 18.00; Ri ch On ysko (S. Con. ) 17.40; Yoi chi Tomita (LB)17.35; Dave Rasnick (UCLA) 17.35; Bogusky (A rmy) 17.35; Edstrom (AF) 16.50; Peter Lusk (Mass) 16.10; Kovic (Templ e) 15.95; Morrison (Ga. Tech) 14.40.

Rings Heaver does it aga in , w inning his second year

in a row.l he leader after two sessions, Lund y of Ca lifornia, los t th e meet o n his di smount. Th e second p lace man after two sessions , jack Laurie , le t h is position slide w ith a step 0 11 hi s pike double. M ea nw hile Heave r turn ed in anot her excep li o nJ lly, cl ea n, solid se t w ith di smount nail ed and th e bes t form in th e event. Keith is not as dYnamic as jack Laurie; j ack 's . German Rise is surely th e best in th e wor ld. Keith does no t sw ing quite as ni ce ly as Lund y, but he does have g rea t bod y line. Keith does not do th e highest double in th e meet, but he has a tighl clea n p ike, and un li ke th e others he nail s Ihe landing as th o ugh he has done it a th ousa nd limes. Heave r chose wi se ly to perfect execut io n ill hi s ow n slyle, and just wa ited fo r th e less disciplined men to fall by Ihe wayside. And fa ll Ihey did .

RINGS WINNING ROUTINES Keith H eaver D ouble disloca te, st raight -a rm shoot

straight-arm giant. Power-down to L-Cross pu ll thru back lever to kip-L hollowback press, bail , disloca te piked p iked double back.

Jack Neuenswander Michigan Ki p to Planche, layaway to strai ght arm shoot to handstand, Straight arm giant swing, Forwa rd bailout (straig ht arm s) to

. back uprise to Cross, Pull up to L, Stra ight bodY bent arm s press to handstand. Lower to inve rt ed · cross, layaway to double f lyaway (tuck).

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VAULT Vault C ' 0 Tom Beach (CAL) 9.15 9.45 Yoichi Tomita (LB) 9.35 9.60 Bob Rikli (are) 9.10 9.35 Doug Griffith (Ind. St.) 8.95 9.60 Cha rli e Dav id (LSU) 9.30 9.35 Richard Big ras (M ich) 9.40 9.15 Pierre Lecle rc (M ich) 9.20 9.25 Brian Dawso n (Cornell ) 9.35 9.25

Avg 9.300 9.475 9.225 9.275 9.352 9.275 9.225 9.300

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Fina ls TOTAL 9.33 18.625 9.00 18.475 9.15 18.375 8.90 18.175 8.85 18.1 75 8.9.0 18.175 8.80 18.025 8.65 17.950

, Additional Vault qualilie rs: Wayne Yo u ng (BYU) 18.40; Mark Dedrick (ASU) 18.35; Sam Shaw (Cal. St. Fu ll ) 18.35 ; Tim Shaw (USC) 18.30; M ikeCart e r (LSU) 18.25 ; Unger (NEB) 18.25 ; Kovic (Te mple) 18.15; Hol singe r (Ca l St. Full ) 18.15; Don Pollard (Ok la) 18.15 ; Jeff LaF le ur (M inn .) 18.05; Kurt Pfliege r (PS U) 18.00; M ic hael Rutkin (Me mph. St. ) 18.00; Gary Alexander (ASU) 17.95; Marks (Mass) 17.95; Becke r (Ga.) 17.70; Cummings (ISU) 17.50; Szymanski (Wis. a sh .) 17.35; T. Ha ll (Sp rglld. ) 16.10.

Vaulting . Though first place in compu lso ry went to Bi gra s of Michi ga n, Tom ita was second and on ly .05 behind. In opl iona ls, there wasa 4-wa y tie for first among Tom ita (Long Beach), Griffith (Indiana State), Young (BYU) and Unger (Nebraska ). However, addi ng in compulsory scores, afte r two sessions To rri i ta led by .30, and looked unbea tab le. He d id by far th e h ighest doub le fro nt in the meet, and did an outstand ing handspring with fu ll twist as well. But he did not land wel l in fi nals, and slid into 3rd. But even in Jrd p lace, he showed more good technique than any o ther fi nali st.

Unfortunately, Wayne Youn g's 18th p lace on horse va ulting compulso ry among vau lting quali fiers d id not leave him much of a chance ­he p laced 9th so he d id not compete in fina ls. His Vl in, 1;1 out was th e outstanding vau lt of the meet, and I w ish he had a better compulsory.

VAULTING WINNING ROUTINES

To m Beach CAL (1st) Handspring Iront; ca rtwheel bac k.

Yoichi To mita LB (3 rd) Handsp ring lu ll ; Handspring front.

Chuck Dav id LSU (4th tie) Round-off pike; handspring full.

Do ug Griffith Ind. (4th ti e) Handspring fu ll tw ist; roundoff p iked bac k.

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PARALLEL BARS Parallel Bars C 0 Avg. Finals TOTAL

Yoichi Tomita (LB) 9.35 9.50 9.425 9.55 18.975 Don Clifford (LSU) 9.40 9.20 9.300 9.40 18.700 Dubi Lufi (Wash. St.) 9.40 9.45 9.425 9.25 18.675 Wayne Young (BYU) 9.15 9.50 9.325 9.30 18.625 Kurt Thomas (Ind. St.) 9.00 9.50 9.250 9.30 19.550 Glenn Tidwell (SIU) 9.20 9.30 9.250 9.25 18.500 Ri chard Bigras (Mich) 9.40 9.50 9.275 8.75 18.025 Iverson Ricken (CAL) 9.25 9.20 9.225 8.75 17.975

Add itional PB Q uali fiers: Tom Weeden (CA L) 18.40; Ga ry A lexander (ASU) 18.20; Du ff (NEB) 18.15; Ma rk Graham (ISU) 18.05; Chuck Wa nner (Chi . Cir.) 17.95; Kovic (Temple) 17.95; Brou ill et (Mass.) 17.95; Mike Carter (LSU) 17.75; Mickel son (ISU) 17.40; John Ko lb (USC) 17.30; Steve Bonham (LSU) 17.05; Pierre Leclerc (Mich.) 16.85; Ilill Mason (Iowa) 16.85; Dedrick (ASU) 16.80; Tom Linder (H. Bapt.) 16.80 ; Kavanaugh (Wis. OSH.) 16.35 ; Herb Massinger (Cal. St. Full.) 16.35; CuYje t (Tem pl e) 15.10.

Paralle l Bars Again , due to their compulsory exercises,

seve ral o f th e fill es t parallel bar mell o f the country did no t make fi nals: Optional First Place Win ner Ca ry A lexa nder did no t make it. Optional Second Place Winn er Kava naugh (W iscon sirl-Oshkosh) did not make it. Opt ional 3rd place was Kurt Thomas, from M iami, Flor ida and Ilidiana State. He is a freshman, and did ve ry we ll , ti eing Tomita. But Tomita had no intention of lettir rg anyo ne bea t him in finals. Using a harder se t, including a " w hipit " - upper arm front flip to support, he eas il y moved up to fi rst in th e finals. A nd Dubi Lufi , by w inning compulsory, alld giv ing two so lid opt io nal se ts, p laced 3rd. Seco nd went to LS U's Donn ie C li fford , w ho tied for f irst in compulso ry, was way ba ck o n the fi rs t opti o nal (14th ) and pulled up w ith hi s fina l performa nce.

PARALLEL BARS WINNING ROUTINES D onnie Clifford LSU (2nd) Peach handstand , stutz

handstand, late d rop under arm support back uprise reverse stut z swinging pirouette, peach hand from upper bar, layaway front uprise reverse swinging pi rouette stutz handstand, back off.

Dubi Lufi Wash. St. (3 rd) Stem ri se to handstand on one bar, hop to ot her, glide kip to straddle on one bar, swing to handstand, pirouette in, stutz handstand to immediate pirouette, cast to upper arms, back uprise to straddle " L" st iff-stiff to handstand, laYaway, front uprise, front off with y, tw ist.

GYMNAST M ay '75

Wayne Young

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HOitlZOHTAL BAit High Bar C 0 Avg. Finals TOTAL Ri ch Larsen (ISU) 9.10 9.60 9.350 9.70 19.050 Steve Sargeant (UCLA) 9.10 9.70 9.400 9.60 19.000 Mark Dedrick (ASU) 9. 20 9.50 9.350 9.55 18.900 Wayne You ng (BYU) 8.85 9.35 9.100 9.45 18.550 Tom Weeden (CA L) 9.25 9.20 9.225 9.10 18.325 Bob Creek (M ich.) 9.1 0 9.35 9.225 9. 10 18.325 Bruce Keeshin (Mich.) 8.80 9.40 9.100 9.20 18.300 Ri ch Bova (Okla.) 9.30 9.55 9.425 8.8S 18.275 Cousens (Sp rgfld.) 8.90 9.40 9.150 9.00 18.150

Additional HB qualifiers: Noboru M iyag i (Ca l St. NR) 17.95; M ike Godawa (LSU) 17.95; Bob Darden (M ich) 17.95; Cribbs (Ind . St. ) 17.80; Kurt Thomas (Ind . St. ) 17.80; Tim Shaw (USC) 17.80; CYsewski-( ISU) 17.75; Mike Carter (LSU) 17.75; Nasveschuck (Temple) 17.70; Theo Digern ess (Co l. St.) 17.55; Steve Bonham (LSU) 17.40; YQiQii Tomita (LB) 17.15; Doug Gri ff ith (Ind . St. ) 17.1 0; Tom Linder (H. Bap t. ) 16.55; Kovic (Temple) 16.50; Yockey (Navy) 15.85; Herb Massinger (Ca l. St. FulL) 14.50.

Horizontal Bar We apologize fo r not hav ing action pi ctures

of the winner - part of our fi lm was misloaded in the deve loping tank, and th e last few shots of horizontal bar d id not develop.

The victory in thi s event, li ke the victory in r ings, went to th e man w ith th e cleanest wo rk: R. Larse n o f Iowa State. Aga in , we wi ll mention spectacular things that the loose rs did. But Larson did a. tho roughl Y res pectabl e set, and did it too well to let anyone pass him. Mark D edri ck does perhaps more diff icult .

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immediate tri cks, but hi s bod Y line and contro l are inadequa te, and he slips just a littl e behind. Ri ch Bova - whe n he does not miss - wo rks as well as Larse n, with quite co mparab le fo rm , but in a slower and more dreamy style. But in finals, he d id mi ss, and bad lY, to fall way back. Steve Sergeant is tied wi th Larsen after compulsory, and charges towa rd tirst pla ce w ith a 9.7 to Larse n ·s9.6 in th e first opt io nal. Hi sspectacu'lar double German to reve rse straddle cut is, along w ith hi s d ismou nt, th e basis for hi s score. But

w hen yo u see thi s performance a second time, you (th e judge) fi nd a lo t more fa ult s o f execu ti o n and form than you do fi rst time around. So Sergea nt sli ps beh ind. A nd Larse n dese rvedl y WillS th e event.

It Illay be we ll to POi llt Gutthat off iciatin g was much bet ter in finals, in no small part because Compet iti on 3 is more appropri ate to this leve l o f competiti o ll. A nd it may we ll be that th e off icia ting prob lems in the ea rli er sessio ns wou ld be red uced by using Competiti on 3 . Rul es th roug hout.

HIGH BAR WINNING ROUTINES

Rich Larsen ISU (1st) Stem J;'; giant stoop in vert invert hop-pirouette giant b lind hecht-va ult kip­change pirouette giant pike-open full.

Steve Sargeant UCLA (2nd) Stem stoop inve rt Ono va ult reverse kip double C!e rman reverse straddle kip change p ivot half in half out.

Mark Dedrick ASU (3rd) Cast with Y, tw ist change grip, stoop in Takamoto to straddle over. Full turn under bar, wiler kip up Kris ke r stalter o ut,Ca li fornia hop stoop in invert pirouette hop out bl ind immediate hecht w ith full twist.

NOTE: Time and space did not permit any further coverage. Next month we will have an NCAA follow-up; with Special Awards, more photos, data and seq uence pictures.

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GYMNAST May '75

NCAA "REG-ioNAl , RESUlTS

RESULTS OF REGIONAL ' . QUALIFICATION MEETS

NCAA

EASTERN INDEPENDENT CONFERENCE Tea m Indiana State U (ISU) 429.45 So. Ill inois U. (S IU ) 428.50 Penn State Univ. (PSU) 403.15 No. Illinois U. (NIU) 394.90 Illinois 51. U (III ) 362.80 Ball State U (BS U) 360.45 All-Around: Ivicek (S IU) 109.30; Griffith (ISUI 107.05; Thomas (ISU) 107.05; Hallberg (SIU) 103.05; Chandler (PSU ) 102.25; Smith (ISU) 101.10. Floor Exercise: Ranck ( IU) 18.20; Me llin (ISU) 18.00; Nelson (ISU ) 17.80 ; Ivicek (S IU) 17.775; McFaul (S IU) 17.675; Shepa rd (SIU) 17.35; Pfliege r (PSU) 17.35. Pommel Horse: Hanso n (S IU) 18.125; Hembd (S IU) 17.95; Thomas (ISU) 17.85; Paul (ISU) 17.75; Hu ns inger (PSU) 17.675; Vastola (PSU) 17.35. Still Rings: Laurie (S IU) 18.775; Brown (ISU) 18.65; Ware (N IU) 18.60; Dedrich (III ) 18.325; Ivicek (S IU) 18.25; Fischer (ISU) 18.175. Vaulting : Ivicek (SIU) 18.30; Griffith (ISU ) 18.2; Pflieger (PSU) 17.850; Smi th (ISU) 17.80; c: McFaul (S IU) 17.750; Shepard (S IU) 17.55. ~ Pa ralle Bars: Thoma s (ISU) .18.875; Tid we ll :;; (S IU ) 18.65; Ivicek (S IU) 18.475; Gr iffith (ISU) :r: 18.25; Ranck ( IU) 17.60; Beiersdorf (III ) 16.95. Horizontal Bar: Ivicek ' (SIU) 18.60; Cribbs (ISU) 18.50; Thomas (ISU) 18.225; Griffith (lSU) 18.225; Tidwe ll (SIU) 18.20; Chand le r (PSU) 17.975.

EASTERN INTERCOLLEGIATE CONFERENCE Team So. Conn. (SC) 414.70 Springfield (5) 378.10 U. Mass (UM) 369.30 Tem ple (T) 376.25 Navy (N) 339.20 Army (A) 339.20 Syracuse (SY r) 126.95 Cornell (C) 157.05 (places not based so le ly on scores dual meets also COUl1t )

All-Around: Kormann (SC) 104.35; Onysko (SC) 99.00; Kovic (T) 97.10; Whelan (SC) 94.95; Hall (5) 94.05; Brouille t (M ) 94.15. Floor Exercise: Kormann (SC) 18.75; Randall (SC) 17.10; Silve rst e in (T) 16.875; Onysko (SC) 16.55; Kujawaki (5) 16.225; Schuh (SC) 16.075. Pommel Horse: Kulick (T) 18.225; Collis (SY r) 17.725; Mesag no (SC) 17.225; Williams (SC) 17.925; He rric k (5) 17.00; DeNero (C) 17.00. Still Rings: OnYsko (SC) 18.425; Harvey (5) 18.050; Kormann (SC) 18.050; Francis (5) 17.95; Lusk (M) 17.875; Kovic (T) 17.150. Vaulting: Kovic (T) 17.900; Dawson (C) 17.850; Hall (5) 17.700; Anderson (SC) 17.550; Marks (M) 17.475; Mcfadden (A) 17.450. Parallel Bars: Brouill e t (M) 17.65; Kovic (T) 17.575; Hall (5) 17.00; Sa nders (N) 16.175; France (5) 15.925; O rlYsko (SC) 14.975. Horizonlal Bar: Onysko (SCI 18.35; Cousens (5) 17.55; Kovic (T) 17.175; Yockey (N) 17.05; Kormann (SC) 16.70; McK e nney (SC) 16.60.

SOUTHERN INTERCOLLEGIA TE CONFERENCE

Team Lo uisiana State (LSU) U. Georgia (UG) W. Virginia (WV) All-Around : Carter (LSU) 108.45; (LSU) 102.95; Fost e r (LSU) 98.30.

431.45 337.70 331.91

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Floor Exercise: Jaeger (l SU) 18.50; Carter (LSU) 18.22; CrosleY (LS U) 16.70. Pommel Horse: Dahl (LSU) 18.35; Foster (LSU) 17.20; Carter (LSU) 17.75. Still Rings: Ca rter (LSU) 18.875; Kuoni (LSU) 18.575; Morrison (GT) 17.975. Vaulting: David (LSU) 18.375; Ca rt e r (LSU) 17.95; Becker (UG) 17.85.

Bigras

HOllYWOOD Jim Direnfield

VISITS

A Ho ll ywood script writer could not have aut hored th e 1975 B(G 10 champions lrips hosted by the University of Michigan. None wou ld have believed it.

Imagine, if you would , a script which begins w ith the SUN SHINING on a late March day in Michigan (unheard o f) and nearlY 17,000 total attendance for the four sess ions.

Then, follow with the host tea m so dominating the competition that it wins the championship by over 20 pts; qua lifies all 12 of it s gymnasts for the finals with 11 of th em making it to the N.C.A.A. 's; wins 5 of the seven individua l gold meda ls; 6 sil ver & 4 bronze medal s plus 5 assorted 4th - 6th place medal s: a total of 20 individual honors.

To that add a loca l hi gh school graduate who beco mes the first freshman, ever, to w in the A ll Around; a brother succeeding a graduated brother as a champion ; & a gymnast suffering a sever, bleeding ripper yet go ing on to quali fy for the N.C.A.A.'s.

Would you have be li eved such a ~cript? You had better have, because Ihat is just what did happen March 29, 1975 at the 67th Big 10 Gymnastics Championsh ips held at Crisler Fieldhouse, Ann Arbor, M ich igan.

Michigan scored 419.80 pts to Minn eso ta's 397.90 pts. w ith defending champion Iowa a distant Ihird with 388.80 .. Northwestern and Purdue do not compete in gy mnastics. Thi s wa s U. of M .'s 12th conference litle in the last 15 years. Coup led with their 200th dual meet victory this season, Newt Loken is now the BIG 10's w inninges t coach.

Michigan gymnasts fini shed 1-2-3 in Floor Exerci se & High Ba r; 1-2 on Paral lel Bars & Va ulting; & 2-3 on Rings & Pommel Horse. Parallel 8ars: Clifford (LSU) 18.65; Carte r

(LSU) 18.625; Bonha m (LSU) 18.45. HorizonlalBar: Bonham (l SU) 19.025; Carter (LSU) 18.50; Godawa (LSU) 18.075.

- BOB DARDEN- repea ted as High Bar ·champi on w ith the meet's highest score, 18.625.

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RICHARD BIGRAS, Michigan, performed the meet 's only Tsukahara vault , landing it perfectlY, to repeat as champion with a 17.95.

On the Paral le l Bars, LeClerc& Bigras reversed their Vau lt order, and BILL MASON of Iowa, w ith a display of raw courage finished third after suffering a ve ry bad rip onlY moments before in the High Bar fina ls.

The Sti ll Rings provided still another bit of human interes t-as we ll as the tightest finish of the meet with on ly .7 pIS. separating 1st from 6th. LANDY FERNANDEZ of Indiana succeeded his brothe r Ben, who graduated last Year, as Big Ten champion. His routine contained some exceptional moves.

NEWT LOKE N summ ed up Michigan 's performance as " a super team effort." It had to be!! Th e ca libre of th e routines and their execution at thi s Yea r s compet ition ref lected the continuing improvement throughout the Conference.

BIG 10 CHAMPIONSHIPS Team Michigan (Mi) 419.80 Minn esota (Mn 397.90 Iowa (I) 388.30 Illinois (III ) 375.30 Indiana (Ind ) 359.95 Wisconsin (W I 351.95 Michigan 51. (MS) 344.30 Ohio Sta te (OS) 335.15 All-Around: Danner (Mi ) 101.25; Mason (I) 100.80; LaFl e ur (Mn ) 98.90; LeClerc (Mi) 98.65; Keeshin (M i) 97.35; Sp urney (III ) 93.20. Floor Exercise: Sti ll e rman (Mi) 18.10; Dann er (Mi) 18.025; Sakanioto (Mi ) 17.925; May II) 17.90; Adams (M n) 17.30; Wright (W) 17.20. Pommel Horse: Bec k (III) 18.475j PaYnlon (Mi) 18.05; Ha nsen (M i) 17.80; Sie mianowski (I) 17.325; Carl in (Mn ) 17.10; )arosch IM n) 17.075. Still Rings: Fernandez li nd) 18.60; Neuenswander (Mi) 18.50; LeCl erc (M i) 18.40; Ha eger (I) 18.10; Golder IM i) 18.025; Ma lmedahl (Ind) 17.90. Vaulting: Bigra s IM i) 17.95; LeCle rc IM i) 17.925; LaFle ur (Mn) 17.925; Da nner (Mi) 17.7 ; Spurney (III ) 17.475; Adams (Mn) 17.425. Parallel Bars : LeClerc (Mi ) 17.85; Bigras (Mi) 17.50; Mason (I) 17.475; LaF le ur (Mn ) 17.275; Danner IMi) 16.85; Zander (II ) 16.50.

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Horizontal Bar: lJarden (M i) 18.625; Creek (M i) 18.35; Kee , hin (M i) 18.15; Hi me (MS) 17.90; Karpe n (III ) 17.60; Erick,o n (M n) 17.15.

BIG 8 CONFERENCE Team Iowa Slale (IS) 422.85

ebraska (Ne b) 413.60 Co lorado (Col) 390.10 Ok lahoma (O k) 387.35 Kan, a, (Kan) 338.90 Kansa ' Slale (KS) 157.90 All-Around: G raham (IS) 105.00; Macki e (Neb) 100.90; Eva n, (IS) 98.25; Gerard (Neb) 97.05; Buwick (Ok) 96.95; Arend, (IS) 93.45. Floor Exercise: Buwick (Ok) 18.650; Unger (Neb) 18.475; Aust in (IS) 18.325; Pepe (IS) 18.225; Polla rd (Ok) 18.00; Evans IS) 17.675. Pommel Horse: Young (IS) 18.975; Dickey (Neb) 17.925; Black (Col) 17.125; Sle inbeck (O k) .16.875; Bea, leY (O k) 16.725; Co' grove (Neb) 16.450. Still Rings: Sluden, ki ( eb) 19.175; Wood (IS) 18.975; Heave r (IS) 18.875; Mackie (Neb) 18.625; __ 18.175; Wile , (Col) 17.725. Vaulting: Cum ming,( IS) 18.400; Unge r (Neb) 18.325; Polla rd (O k) 18.250; Larsen (IS) 18.200; Me ie r (Col) 18.150; Gra ham (IS) 18.025. Parallel Bars: Du ff (Neb) 18.250; G raham (IS) 17.750; M ichk elson (IS) 17.350; Heaver (IS) 17.100; Rupe n (Ok) 16.975; Ca n er (Col) 16.650. Horizo nlal Bar: Larsen (15) 18.825; Bova (O k) 18.775; ey,ew, ki (IS) 18.450; Graham (IS) 18.350; McDowe ll (Col) 18.150; Unger (Ne b) 17.900.

WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE Team Arizona Slale U. (AS U) 408.70 New Mexico ( M) 398.20 Colora do 51. U. (CSU) 383.20 BYU 322.35 U. Arizona (UA) 243.55 All-Around: Young (BYU ) 105.75; Ale xa nde r (ASU) 97.75; Do ugla, (CSU ) 97.85; Chandle r ( M) 96.35; Chico (NM) 93.95; Ba rdey (ASU) 91 .20. Floor Exercise: Brown (ASU) 18.550; Alexander (ASU) 18.300; Ki rbY (ASU) 18.150; Yo ung (BYU) 17.775; Messe rvey (NM) 17.625; She ldon (UA) 17.475; Gu nning (NM) 17.225; Childers (UA) 16.925.

Pommel Horse: la rsen (ASU) 18.775; I, ham (AS U) 17.850; Wa her (NM ) 17.675; Freedman (UA) 17.650; Eberl e (NM) 17.525; Sa bey (UA) 17.425; She ed e r (CSU ) 17.175; Sle iger (ASU) 16.750. Still Rings: Young (BUY) 18.475; Cuni , (ASU ) 18.350; Bellman (CSU) 18.300; Loga n (ASU ) 17.875; O 'Dell (UA) 17.825; Dou gla, (CSU) 17.575; Fuch, (UA) 17.475; Be rne l (NM) 17.375. Vaulting: Yo ung (BYU) 18.225; Alexa nder (ASU) 17.975; Ded rick (ASU ) 17.950; Smilh (BYU) 17.925; ." e rveY ( M ) 17.57S; Kirby (ASU) 17.575; l a rsen (ASU) 17.500; Do ugla, (CSU) 17.350. Parallel Bars: Yo u ng (BUY) 18.075; Ale xa nd e r (ASU) 17.875; Dedrick (AS U) 17.575; Chand ler (NM) 17.425; Chico (NM) 15.625; Jime,o n (UA) 15.525 ; Blea k (BY U) 15.425; Gunning (NM) 14.425. Horizontal Bar: Ded rick (ASU) 18.875; Digern ess (CSU) 18.825; Yo ung (BYU) 18.775; Messervey (NM) 18.150; Watso n (ASU) 17.950; Alexa nder (ASU) 17.725; Gib, on (UA) 17.625; Do uglas (CSU) 17.600.

PACIFIC 8 CONFERENCE Team: Ca li fornia (Cal) Oregon (Or) Wash. 51. Univ. (WSU) U.S.c. Sla nford (SIa n) UCLA

425.20 409.75 403.40 397.35 392.95 386.05 386.05

All-Around: Weeden (Ca l) 107.30; Lu fi (WSU) 106.20; Shaw (USC) 104.25; Beach (Ca l) 103.65; Farb (Stan) 102.85; Anderson (SIan) 102.25. Floor Exercise: Rickli (Or) 18.650; Henderso n (O r) 18.575; Weed en (Cal) 18.075; Po, ne r (Ca l) 17.550; Beach (Ca l) 17.475; Ande rso n (SIan) 17.375. Pommel Ho rse: Marcy (Stan) 19.275; Percival (O r) 18.475; Miyake (UCLA) 18.350; Ma,o ng (Wash) 17.685; Ada m, (Ca l) 17.500; Trued, o n (O r) 17.025. Still Rings: Ga rcia (Ca l) 18.675; Lu ndy (Cal ) 18.575; Hermansson (Wash) 18.450; Resnick (UCLA) 18.450; Jo hnson (WSU) 18.375; Weede n (Cal ) 18.375. Vaulting: Shaw (USC) 18.300; Beach (Ca l) 18.250; Ri kli (O r) 18.175; Bason (WSU) 18.100; Nash if (O r) 17.975; Deeds (UCLA) 17.800.

Parallel 8ars: - Team l uf i (WSU) 18.350; Eicken (Cal) 18.150; Ko lb Lo ng Beach State (lB) 378.95 (USC) 17.925; Weeden (Ca l) 17.925; Fulle n o n (F) 377.95 Alexande r (WSU) 17.900; Rikli (Or) 17.800. Ho uston Bapt ist (HB) 366.95 Horizontal Bar: Sargea nt (UC LA) 18.950; Ponland Stat e (PS) 364.90 Shaw (USC) 18.600; Weed en (Cal) 18.050; Sa n Jose State (SJS) 363.20 Beach (Cal ) 17.900; Jo hnson (WSU) 17.850; Air Fo rce Academy (AF) 341.15 Na ka nishi (Wash) 17.850. All-Around: Tomita (lB) 105.70; Lind e r (HS)

WESTERN INDEPENDENT CONFERENCE Report by Dick Criley

Ten co lleges se nt representatives to the W IC competition which qua lifies western gymnasts to the NCAA. During the pre li minary rounds, one coach was heard to remark, " There doesn 't seem to be a 400+ team out there to me !"

Paced by their freshman star, Yoi chi Tomita, Cal State at Long Beach, coached by Yoshi Takei, logged the high team total o f 378.95. They just edged out Cal State Fullerton , coached by Dick Wolfe.

Tomita won the A A title and with Gary Linaer o f Houston Baptist (2nd) and Ron Nissen of Port land State will represent th e wes tern independants at the NCAA Division I championships at Indiana State Unive rsity. Tomita also qualified first in V, PB, and HB.

96.55; Nissen (PS) 95.15; Mass in ger (F) 94.90; Schatz (LB) 94.05; Baine, (PS) 91.40. Floor Exercise: Linney (5J5) 18.20; Porranzzo (lS) 17.825; Yost (NC) 17.30; Tomita (lS) 17.25; Aust in (HB) 17.175; Sahle in (SJS) 16.75. Pommel Horse: Ulloa (F) 17.775; O 'Conne ll (AF) 17.25; Stephens (AF) 16.45; Kinn e tt (HB) 16.075; Massinger '( F) 16.05; Seelos (SJS) 15.625. Still Rings: Kinnett (HB) 18.025; Hle b echuk (PS) 17.525; Edstro m (AF) 17.375; Tomita (lB) 17.375; Whee l (F) 17.325; Wolfe (F) 17.30. Vaulting: To mita (lB) 18.425; Shaw (F) 18.15; Hol ' inger (F) 17.975; Po rrazzo (lB) 17.70; Nissen (PS) 17.65; li nd e r (HB) 17.40. Paralle l Bars: Tomita (lB) 18.70; Massinger (F) 17.25; Linde r (HB) 16.975; Eve rett (SJS) 16.575; Schatz (LB) 1G.575; Bay less (F) 16.175 Horizontal Bar: Tomita (LB) 18.50; Massinger (F) 17.95; linder (HB) 17.625; Gilmore (A F) 17.30; Ha,ca ll (PS) 16.65; Nissen (PS) 15.30.

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Each year at the NCAA Gymnastics Championships, or at any meet for th at matter, one of th e most popular act iv iti es is to second guess the judges and not on ly were th e 1975 NATIONALS not an excepti o n, the acti vity at thi s m eet beca me an art.

The most popular criticism th is yea r (in jest by most, seriou sly by some) was the scores were generall y too high beca use there were a " bunch of green judges that were throwing up high sco res beca use they had neve r seen good gymnastics before " .

This view of the judging has prompted me to write this arti cle ,because it is my co nsidered opinion that thi s group of judges was probabl Y th e most " Couragous" group of judges I have ever seen work the NA TlONALS. Th e reason I use th e wo rd " couragous" is because of the fact that in spite of the constant criti cism and in spite of the fact that exact ly Y2 of the judges were juding the NATIO NALS for the first time, the judges maintained th eir " cool " and did a ':SUPER" job, quite in keeping w ith the super performances they we re witnessing.

It became instantly o bvious to me, as coordinator of the judges and of the judges meetin gs, that thi s group of judges not on ly knew the compulsory exercises (memorized th e parts and va lu es and had judged th em severa l times in most cases) but th ey understood the exercises in th e strictes t technical sense (ma ny commenting on the superior technical execution by th e gymnasts, especially the Californ ia team coached by Hal Frey and Masayuki Watanabe) .

In the ve ry first compulsory sessio n t he tempo was es tablished that was to prevail thro ughout the rest of the meet , as poo r performances (of whic h there were few) were scored appropriately low and outstanding performances (of which th ere were severa l) were richl y and dese rvedl y rewarded much to the su rpri se of coaches and spectato~s alike.

For example in the very first session of compiJ lsories th e sco res ran as follows:

Ariz. St. Ind. st. Iowa St.

FX PH 7.9 to 9.1 5 5.65 to 9.65 7.9 to 8.9 6.40 to 9.40 8.2 to 9.05 5.80 to 9.40

SR 4.90 to 9.1 7.35 to 8.9 7.50 to 9.1

In my opinion a very health Y use of the full ran ge of sco res. And for comparison , in the final session , befo re a larger audience, th e 3 teams were LSU, Michigan, and So . Illinois and the ranges were almost identical:

FX LSU 8.20 to 9.05 Michigan 7.60 to 9.05 So. liliriois 8.05 to 9.15

PH SR 8.10 to 9.2 8.00 to 9.3 7.25 to 9.2 1. .05 to 9.2 6.35 to 9.4 6.80 to 9.2

In' my opinion the judges did an outstanding job of utili zing the entire ran ge of scores (eve n more so than the above example show) instead of the sometimes re luctance to award scores o f over 9.2 even when justified.

The immediate reaction to th is wi llin gness to give high sco res to outstanding routines, th at deserved high sco res, was that " those green judges are out of the goards" . (It always ama zes me how a coach ca n watch his gymn as ts, plu s 2 other events and critical ly analyze al13 routin es at the sa me time and claim to do it better than 4 .trained judges concentrating on o ne single routin e. )

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This outstanding group of judges cont inued, sessio n after sess ion to sti ck to th eir guns in spite of this co nstant nagging criti cism by coac hes and spectato rs (cri tici sms, I might add th at were not new but w hich are presan t at eve ry meet and especiall y present annually at th e NATIONALS because so much is at stake, and probabl Y have been hea rd since the Romans first va ulted onto a wooden ho rse) and refu sed to condescend to giving mediocre scores for "SU PER " routines.

I have judged w ith th e bes t judges in th e US and I ha ve always found th e judges at the NCAA NA TIONALS to be the cream of th e crop and to be unfailing in th e face of the annual criti csm that thi s yea rs group also fa ced but it is for th e reason that Y2 of thi s years judges we re judging thi s meet for th e first time that I was proud to have been a member of th e group.

A lso, f rom a judging v iewpoint, I wou ld like to advise th e rest of the wor ld to look out for the U.S. Gymnasts in th e future. Th e Ameri ca n gymnasts can not only " handle" th e current co mpulsory exe rcises, they are alreadY on th e ve rge o f " mastering" them and can exh ibit som e super opti onal routin es at th e sa me time.

Inte res tingly enough thi s sa me view was expresse d repea tedly by spectators, coaches and gymnasts themse lves (the sa me people who thought the judges sco res were too high).

I would like to close by commending the Nationa l Gymnasti cs judges Association for their part in preparing th ese judges for this competition especially jon Culbertson, Th e Nat ional Techni ca l Director of th e NGjA who so generously parti c ipated in al l of th e judges meetin gs at the NATIONALS and who worked in partnership with me to conduct the variou s meetings.

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Q: What are your plans after you retire from competition? Cole: I 'll coac h for awhil e. I ' ll alwa ys keep acti ve in gYmnasti cs but I' ll probab lY no t start my own tea m. Q: Why? Cole: Too many hasse ls and responsibilities. Q: How do you assess our chances international e.g. Montrea l? Cole: The Ru ss ians are still the tea lll to beat. Our team will probab lY be yo ung and la ck int ernational ex peri ence but it sho uld be enormously ta lented. Our tea lll should have a good chance for a bronze Illedal behi nd Ru ssia and Ea st Ger lllany. Q: What are strengths and weaknesses of our International teams? Cole: 1 he girl s ill the U.S. reti re too young in general. 1 he ave rage age of our tea lll is probably 3-5 yea rs Yo unger than Russ ias and Ea st GennallYs tea lll s. al so th ere 's a lack of finan cial aid to es tablish tra ining faciliti es for national tea ms. Training calllp for Varna was onl y o ne wee k 1011 g and th e men had no ca lllp at all becau se of no Illoney.

Th e strength of our tealll lies in our orig illality, difficult y alld good dance composition. A lso Illany new fa ces are co rnin g up all th e tilll e. Q: Do you think the U.S. should subsidize amateur athletics? Cole: Somewha t. It 's too hard to staY in th e sport and tra ve l pa st a ce rt ain age wh en yo u ha ve to worry abou t supporting you rse lf. In Ru ss ia, athl etes are p rov ided for in order to train to th eir max illlum potential. Man y athl etes ill thi s country ret ire before th eir peak beca use th ey silllply can 't affo rd (finan ciall y) to continue training.

in quiri es received hom some of you concernin g the care of gymnastic equipment sent me on a resea rch mission to see just what i could find out about the subject. Nothing h as been written becau se it 's too s impl e to w arrant a l ot of prose. Each m a nufacturer of gymn astics equipment i ssu es its own simple instructions for basic maintenance of its equipment, so when you purchase gymnastic equipmen t just ask the manufacturer for care and m aintenance instrtuction s . They will be minima l , and you wil l be gettin g the information hom the best sOUl··ce. Nissen, just to mention one, includes necessary instructions on a stick-on l a bel which is a11'ixed to each piece of equipment. Sometimes this includes instruct ion s for refini shing , and you can order r erinishing kits from the company. Neat, eh ?

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AtAW Champion in Action

Cole Dowaliby pe riorIP.ing a front hip circle, straddle bounce back full twisti ng dismount (being spotted by Vannie Edwa rds) .

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III MODERN RHYTHMIC GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

The III Nationa l Modern Rhnhmi c GYmnastic Champ iol lships spon so red by the United States GYmnastic Federation w ill be held accord ing to th e 1975 World Championship ru les. The meet w ill be held Saturday, May 10, 1975 - 2: 00 p.m. - at Sa n Francisco State Un ive rsit y, 1600 Holloway Avenue, :,a n I' rancisco, Ca liforrlia.

The compet ition w il l include group exe rc ises for six gymnasts wi th J ba lls and 3 ropes as well as ind ividual routin es wit h ball , hoop, ribbon and c lubs - w ith eight compulso ry elements included. Requirements for the group exercise are as fo llows:

Durat io n: 2:30-3:00 min utes . Ent rY: The tea m has 30 seconds to enter the

floo r area to tak e its p lace before startin g the exe rci se. Th e entrall ce ca n be made w ith or w it hout music. -

It must co ntain: 2 superior and 6 medium difl iculties from w hich 4 must be performed by exchanging the apparatus between members of th e group. ai le of th ese four exchanges must be 0 1 superior dif ficult y (exchange over a large di stan ce - 4 meters minimum). Each exerc ise must be composed of at leas t six d ifferent formations.

Apparatus: Must be according to the regulati ons. 1 he colo r of each appa ratu s ca n vary w ith each gym nas t. A ny color may be used except go ld , si lve r, and b ro ll ze.

Musical Accompan iement: One instrument - piano. Requirements for the Individual exercises are as follow s:

Duration : 1 :00-1 :30 minutes. Musica l Accompa niment : O ne instrum ent -

piano. Di l ficulti es: "2 superior and 6 medium

d if licul ties from w hich at leas t 3 must be perlo rm ed wi th th e left hanel.

In addition, th e indiv idual clu b exe rcise mu st be perlonned w ith the fo ll ow ing U compu lso ry eleme nt s:

FIG Compulsory Elements for the Two Clubs World Championships 1975

The elemen ts 1, 2,3, and 4 are the same as the compulsorY exercises ill Rotterdam. 1st Elements (J rd and 4th measures): Stand w ith th e arms extended to th e side o r overhead.

Step with the left foo t forward while lowering the right arm laterally.

Step w ith the ri ght foo t forward bending the ri gh t arm behind the bodY and throw the ri ght club from left to righ t over the ex tended left arm (during the throw the cl ub ro tat es 360° .)

Step wi th the left foot forwJrd and ca tch the club w ith the right hand , right arm in a front high o blique posit io n.

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Swing the right arm forwardlrom right to left w hile shift ing the we ight of the bod)' toa semi-bent pos itio n on the lef t loo t, ri ght foo t point ed behilld the left foo t, trunk slightlY bent to the right alltl twisted to the left in the pose. arms parallel and to the left.

~tep w ith the right foot forward whi le swinging the right arm from left to ri ght , ide.

Lower the leit arm later,lI l), downward and bend the arm behind the bodY to· throw the club fro m ri ght to left over the ex tended ri gh t arm (during the throw the club rotates 360° ). SimultalleouslY ma ke a small vert icle circle upward with the right cl ub, in frollt of and then behi nd the right forea rm.

Step forward with the left leg and ca tch the cl ub w ith the leit halld at the left side.

Step forward w ith the ri ght foo t, lowerin g the arm s backwa rd and raise thern forwa rd up to forwa rd high oblique.

Without stopping. cross the left foot in fron t 01 the right foot, lowerin g the anllS lat erall Y toward the left.

End in a IUllge position wi th the le ft leg semi-bent , right leg straight and crossed behind the left leg, armS parallel 10 the left, trunk sligh tl Y tilt ed and tw isted to the lef t, eYes looking at the clubs. 2nd Element (11th measure and second half of the 12th measure) Stand with arms ex te nd e d ove rh ead.

Two steps with impetus iorward (left -ri ght) wit h alte rnate fo rwa rd and b,l ckward circle (left arm circles backwa rd , simultaneouslY right arm forward ).

Step w ith the left foot lo rwa rd and split leap w ith another altern ate forward and back wa rd circle , land on ri ght foot.

Step forward w ith the le ft foo t and spl i t leap w ith a third alternate forwMd alld backward circle of the arms. land on ri ght foot. 3rd Element (14th measure)

Step left and make eight rapid steps backward o n curved path (ce llt er to leit ), truilk slightl y tilt ed to the left. Simultan eously the arms make 12 small downward verti ca l ci rcles (mill circles) w ith the club in front of the body (6 w ith each hand). Note:

The small mill circles are executed w ith a stagger. Do a ha lf ci rcl e downward insid e of th e arm w ith lef t hand then start to circle the ri ght cl ub in the sa me

direction. Continue circli ng the cl ubs lBO degrees apart. Each club makes altern ati ng litt le circles inside then o u tside of the arms. In additi on the arrns are alt ern at elY crossed alld uncrossed - lef t arrn crossed unde r the right during the in side circles, arms parallel (uncrossed) d uring the o u ts ide circles. 4th Element (26th and 27 th m easures) Stand w ith the arms extellded overhead.

Two steps forwa rd (left-r ight) whi le lowerill g bo th arrns, parallf'1 towa rd the r igh t. Without stopping make two small ve rtical c ircles w it h the clubs. In the fi rst circle the clubs are in front of the body, ill the second circle the leit club ci rcles beh ind the body while the right club circles ill f rollt of the body.

Step fo rwa rd w ith the leit foo t alld w itho ut stopping do a beat jurnp (ca br io le) ba ckwards whil e the arms swing parallel to the lef t side. Land on the lef t leg.

Two steps fo rward (r igh t-l eft) while lower in g the arms laterallY alld executing two sma ll para ll el ve rti cal circl es w ith the clubs in the o pposit e d irectioll. The first circle is in front of th e body, in the second circle the right club circles behilld the body and the left club ci rcles in front oi the body.

Step forward wi th the right foot and do a beat jump (ca briole) backwa rd wh il e the arm s sw ing para llel to the ri ght. Land on the right leg. The elements 5, b, 7 and Il are new. 5th Element Arms parallel to the left.

Step w ith right alld make a tu rni ng jump (to ur jete) to the right. ~ imultaneous l y make a 'I, parall el circle wi th th e arrn, ill the fronta l p lane. Tap the bod yo i the cl ub, aga in" each o ther above the head during the turn . Thi s exercise ca ll be tota ll \' reversed.

6th Element Arm s in side ex te ll sion. Perform a balance to the righ t (place the right foot to the ri ght , ri ght leg slightlY bent; then place the left foo t crossed behind th e ri ght foo t, left leg sli ght lY bent; bring the fee t together , the right foot to th e left foot, legs in ex tension Oil hali-toe). Simultalleou sly do a large circle downward w ith th e stra ight left arm in fro nt of the body as the right arm bent behind the head and the ri ght cl ub c ircles downwa rd behind the forearm and head.

Repea t thi s element to the lef t and reverse the ann movem enlS. 7th Element Turn 360° to the right a ll a straight right leg, left leg raised backward . ~ imult a neou s l y do a large outward horizontal circle w ith th e ri ght arm over the head (fo rwa rd - right - backward - lef t - fo rwa rd ). The lef t arm sta ys ex tellded to the side during th e turn as the left club makes two small ho ri zont al circles illward. The first c ircle is over the forea rm, th e second is und er the forearm. Thi s exerc ise ca n be totally reversed. 8th Element A rm s extended overh ead . With a progressive bodY wave of th e trullk forwa rd:

Step fo rward w ith the right foot. leg slightl Y bent , whi le lowering the right arm forward (tw ist the trunk to the lel t).

Helen Martinez - San Francisco State Univ.

GYMNAST May '75

When the ri ght arm is low, step with the left foot fo rwMd , leg sligh tlY be nt , and lower the left arm forward (s light twist of the trunk to the ri ght). With a progress ive body wave of the trunk :

Swing the right arm backwMd, step with the ri ght foot fo rward as the ri ght ann swings forwa rd (during th is lime the left arm co ntin ues to sw in g ba ckwa rd with a sli ght twist of the tru nk to the left ).

Close the left loot to the right foo t while the right arm co ntillues to s\ovillg, upwa rd overh ead and th e le ft ar m swin gs io rwa ru.

The lel t arm joi ns th e ri gh t ann overhead (legs and bodY in ex tension). In timing with the spring of the legs (bending then straightening up), simultaneously bend the elbows and ··drop ·· the cl ubs behind the back, then ret urn the arlns to the overhead posit ion. This exerc ise ca n be to tal ly reversed.

Penalties for Compulsory Clubs Elements 1st Element - Value 2.0 points (1.0 point each throw)

1. Throw not completed 2. Impulse too large - over rot ation of club during

throw 3. Poor direc tion of throw 4. Catch in g ill("orrect 5. Omission 01 the two small circles with the ri ght

hand 2nd Element

1. Poo r coordinat ion of arm circles - circles are unsymmelr ic

3rd Element 1. Lack 01 continuity in small verti ca l circles

4th Element 1. Incorrect hold on the club - pal m doesn·t fa ce

backwa rd dur ing the cl ub ci rcles behind the bod Y 2. Small circle is not di rectlY behind the bodY 3. Small fault in pla ne 4. Leg bea t missing

5th Element 1. Beat without Ilex ibilitY 2. Touch instead of beat 3. Bea t miss ing

6th Element 1. Poor coordillJtioll of arm circles

7th Element - Valu e 1.0 poin t 1. Tu rn uncerlaill 2. Placing of the heel o r hoppi ng 3. Poor coord illdt io ll of Jrlll circles 4. Small lau lt in p la ne and direc ti on of circles

8th Element 1. Slight contact with the bodY or floor 2. Poor coordina ti o l1 o f a rlll swin gs

Modern Gymnastic Equipment Regulations

Color: All the apparatus may be either a natural co lor or paint ed any co lor des ired except gold, sil ver, and bronze. . \

Jump Rope: Hemp w; thout handles; the two ends may terminate in a knot and the part held in the hand can be covered wit h an anti -s lip ma terial. The length o f the rope must be proportionate to the gymnas" s height. The middle of th e rope may be rein forced. Hoop: I he hoop ma y be wood or plas ti c. Weight : a min imum of 300 grammes irrespective of the material. The interior diamter of the circle is 50-90 cm. (a pproxi mately 31 y, .. - 35\ , ··). The sec ti on of the hoop may be round or square. Ball: Rubber or plasti c: minimum400 g. diamter 10 - 20 cm. (A pprox imately r -U··, Ribbon : Any mat eri al. We ight of ti ssue (exclud ing the sti ck) a minirnum of 35 grarnrnes. Width o f the ribbon: 4 - 6 Cm. (a pprox imately 1-9 / 16' · - l- j

; " ' ). Length of ribbon: 6m. (a pprox imately 19 ft. ) At the sti ck end, the ribbon is doubled along a length of 1m. (Total length o f ribbon : 7m.) (approx imately 22 feet). Stick o f wood , bam boo or plast ic. Length of stick: 50-60 cm. (a pprox imately 19- ',, ·· - 2J Y,··). Diamter of sti ck: m ax imum 1 CIll. (a pprox imately ~H 'l Fixation of the ribbon to the stick: the ribbon is fixed to the end of the stick either by a very strong string or thread , passing through" hole made in the sti ck, or attached thereto by any other sYs tem allowing a hi gh degree of mobilit y 01 the ribbon. Length of fixa ti on: max imum 7 cm. (2 '/, in ). The part of the sti ck held in the hand may be covered by a thin layer of anti -s li p materi al. Clubs: Wood or plasti c, shaped likea small bo ttl e. The neck may term ina te in a littl e ball of a max imum diamter of 3 crn. (A pproxi rnatelY 1-3 / 16") This ball ma y be replaced by widening the end of the club. Length of cl ub: 40-50 crn. (Approximately 16·· - 18··). Weight: minirnum 150 g.

GYMNAST May '75

THE GYMNAST AND THE DOCTOR

By Dr. John D. Webber

D ear Dr. John, " Could you please give me a diet to follow to

lose weight? I was told by a gymnasti cs coach to lose ten pounds. It would b e much appreciated. Thanks much! "

M.F., Golden Valley, Minnesota

D ear M.F., Coac hes, like uocto rs, o ft en recommenu

we ight loss, but neg lec t to p rovi d e gu id e lin es tor it ~ accomp lishment. Your coach has your b es t int e res ts i ll millu , far excess fa t ca n on lY b e d ea d -we ighl alld an ancho r to an asp i rin g gymnas t. 0 matte r how stro n g yo u ma y become, excess we ight w ill slow your eifo rt to move your bodY thro ugh a w id e range of m o tion w ith sp eed <l nu ag ilit Y. Beca u se of in creased uema nd o n circul ation , the o ve rweig h I gym lla st m ay experi ence d ecrea~ed endurance. Su sce pt ibi lit y to athl e ti c injury may be increased. Coaches, also, r isk back al ld sho uluer injury w hen spo ttin g overwe ig hl athl e tes .

Inacti v i ty ca n be m o re impor tant th an overea l ing as a cO lltri bu tor to obesit y. Normal­we ighl hi gh sc hoo l g irl s have been fou nd to be act ive, ami co nsum e an average-o f 2700 ca lo r ies d aily; co nt rast Ihese ac ti ve g irl s w it h th eir ove rweig h I c lassmates, w ho co nsumed o nl y 1965 ca lo ries d ail Y, but we re relat ive lY inacti ve . It was th e difl e rence in aCli vitY, not d ie t, w hi ch m ade the dil terence in weight.

D r . Moreho use at UC LA has recommended th at o ve rwe ight a t_hle l es increase th eir ac ti v it y o utsid e of regular t ea m workouts, m ake do w ith Oll e h o u r less sleep d ail y, and step up ene rgy ex penditure by deal in g w ith da il y commitment s 0 11 a t ighter schedule. Food int ake is not necessar i ly in creased b y increased aC liv it y, so th ose int e res ted in we ight lo ss ca n step up th ei r ac ti v ity anu sti ll keep those ca l o r i e~ dow n.

Sell -control and die t are still important; he re are some g uide lines to u se in yo ur athl et ic w e ight reducti o ll prog ram;

Don ·1 skip bredkfa st ! A n exa mpl e o f a good w e igh t- reduc in g brea kfast fo r th e Gymn as t:

G = G rap efruit-half or jui ce Y = Yo lk (egg) bo il eu o r poa ch ed M = M ilk , tea, o r co ff ee N = Na tural cerea l A = Ami 5 = Stri p 01 bacon T = Toa st, o ne butt ered sl ice

Keep away trom sweets, colas, and o th e r carbo hYdrat es l Not o nl y hi gh in ca lo ri es, but wi ll m ake you cra ve m o re food in a sho rt time.

Have reg ular m ea l tim es, and trY to d istri but e Your d ail y lood illt ake eve ill y, rather than in Oll e large m eal.

Slee p less, pe rhaps m aki ng d o w ith o ne less ho ur 0 1 slee p pe r da y.

Increase yo ur ·physica l acti vit y du rin g th e daY , in additi o n to regu lar team workouts.

Beware 0 1 cra sh diets, starvati o n or fad food program s! Yo ur athl e ti c performan ce d e pends on a CO lllinuing intak e of necessary nutri ents and v it amins.

Inc identall Y, th ose interes ted in ga inin g w e ight sho ulu reve rse so m e o f th e above

guide lin es; wh il e maintaining a we ll -ba lanced di et 01 high-ca lo ri e, high-protein food s, tr y a large eV(-! lling m ea l and ni ght-time snack , sleep abou t an ho ur m o re eac h n ight , and try n o t to ex pend Ulillecessa ry en e rgy during the d ay . A ll thi s, 0 1 course , in addition to d ai ly wo r kouts and tea m prac ti ces.

Prope r ath le ti c we ight control u tili zes a balance 0 1 ove rall ph ys ica l acti v it y, ph ys ica l exe rc ise at worko ut s, and ad equ ate nutri ent s for m ax imal athle ti c perfo rmance. Ask your coac h , li b rari an or sc h oo l nurse to recommend a sho rt , ba sic chapter 0 11 nutriti o n ; rem ember, Yo u don ·t want to be a d ietitian , o nl y learn w hat foo d s are in a b alanced diet. There are many weight-red uc i l lg d ie ts ava il abl e, all of w hi ch stri.ve 10 u ecrease ca lo ri c intake w hil e mai ntaining a hea l th y b alance of nutr ie·n ts. If you have sp ec ial m ed ica l p ro bl em s, Yo u sho uld see k th e ad vice of yo u r ph Ys ici an.

* * * Docto r Webber e ncourages read ers to se nd

the ir inquiri es rega ruin x sports medi c in e to ;

Dr. John D. Webber Portland Gymnastic Center 11632 S.W. Pacific Highway Tigard, Oregon 97223 Phone: 503-639-5388 As m any as p ossib le w i l l b e answered in

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WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLEHH?

by Charles P. Pond, Brevet Judge, F.I.G. Meet Director, U.S.G.F. Region I Girls Class I

Regional Competition

I left th e University o f Illinois a mite over a yea r ago to ret ire and SK I Utah. Th e "bea utiful people" sent me off with a heart so full of love for gymnasti cs by and throu gh those invo lved in its training, coaching, and administrating this most art ist ic of all sports. Th e Illinois High School Coaches Association presented Pamela and I w ith a key to Las Vegas for seve ral da ys at my testimonial banquet. It shall take seve ral lifetim es for m e to justify this gift from them. Th ey have been told they are gues ts in my home to co me SKI UTA H w ith us. I shall teach th e GLM System to th ose who ha ve not learned to SKI! Daughter Michel le and Paul Hunt refused to let me retire, but ret rea ded me, and th ank th e fat es it was a stee l-be lted jo b.

Formerl y know n as " controversial " when th e U.S.G.F. was ' formed and spo ken of in the newest issue of THE GYMNAST as the " inimitable" Charli e Pond, it behooves me to enter the " arena " again. As o ne who will die wit h th e wo rd gymnastics on hi s li ps som e 40 to 80 years from now, I am saddened by the shaping of some happenings in this demanding & most elegant of all SPORTS. This time I cannot be purged as I am neither a coach, judge, or gymnast. Thi s, tim e I personall y have nothing to lose o r ga in! I am reminded of Glen Wilson 's famo us wo rds w hen th e U.S. Gymn as ti cs Fede ration was seeking its destiny he stated, " Let 's have a revo luti on. " It is now time fo r another " revo lution! "!!!!!

Th e United States Gymnasti cs Federation was formed to se rve the people o f gymnastics throu gh the voice and vote of and by the peoples in gymnasti cs. It was formed to elimi nate DICTORIAL AND AUTOCRATIC POWER OF ANY ONE PERSON OR GROUP. It is an organization of natio nal organizations with rep rese ntative vo ice and vote of delega tes among these national o rga nizat ions. Somehow or some way a group is attempting to usurp th e privileges granted under the co nst itution of the U.S.G.F. For this I take issue as one of those foundin g the United States Gymnastics Federation . I am def initely for th e so-ca ll ed " liberation" of women, but I am not for se ttin g up of a DICTATORSHIP group of women with powers to govern th e judging of a sport w ithout th e voice or vo te of those coach ing, teaching, or directing the sport of gymnastics. GYMNASTICS MUST NOT RETURN TO A GOVERNANCE OF THE WHOLE BY THE FEW PERPETUATING THEMSELVES. THE ISSUE HERE IS THE JUDGING OF WOMEN 'S GYMNASTICS AND THOSE ATTEMPTING TO SET UP AUTOCRATIC POWERS FOR THEMSELVES WITHOUT RECOURSE BY THOSE INDEPENDENT OF THE JUDG ING GROUP OR ASSOC IATION.

Severa l months ago, I was asked to serve as M eet Director of the Reg ion I Class I Meet to be held for the first time in Utah. I agreed - with some provisions. As I have had much experience as Meet Director of Nation al A.A .U., N .C.A.A., Ol Ympi c Tr yo uts, International M eets and served on seve ral Olympic Co mmittees, as well as a judge in th e Olympic Games, it appeared I might be

acceptable to direct this Region I Girls Class I co mpetition. Th e provision I stated was that th e judges for this meet were to be selected by me from a li st submitted by the proper authorit y, as was decided at th e Congress of Coaches Meeting in Chicago, Nov. 1974. Fro m this li st o f requested approved judges I would selec t the proper number after resea rching for mothers judging their daughters, aunts judging their relat ives, coaches and assista nt coaches judging their own, and other favor iti sms indi ca ted by conferring with va riou s coach es. Those with question abl e ethi cs would be eliminated and those with th e interes t of all th e gymn as ts would be se lected.

To my amazement, a loca l Utah womens coach ph oned and stated she had been issued a contract to judge this meet. Natura lly she refused rather than be embarrassed when she would later be info rmed that she would be disapproved. A judge in Cali fo rnia se nt out this and probably other contracts for judg ing w ithout any communica tion w ith the Utah State Chairman or me in rega rd to judging ass ignm ents. Th e Utah State Chairman then ca ll ed thi s judge in Ca lifo rnia who stated th e judges A ssociat ion was making all ass ignments without th e recou rse and with autonomy of action in doing so. " Maggies Dra wers '" of red erupted as I talked to thi s Regio nal judging Director in a vein th at this situation co uld not occur in th e Federat ion. Who is this woman I have never seen on an entrY form or o bserved in competition , or even hea rd from in th e fi eld of gymnastics stating to me that she in California can attempt to dictate to Uta h who wi ll judge thi s competi tion? It has been stated that a reason forthi s dictatorship among judges is to insure a sharin g o f th e judgi ng among va ri o us competitions by th e judges of th e region. On questioning, this judge sta ted th e California State judging Director had assigned herse lf and had assigned the Regiona l Judging Director (t h is judge from California) w ith the sa nction of th e Regiona l Techni ca l Director (f rom California) to judge the Reg ional Meet in Utah. THIS IS SHARING?

From the reports of the World Games Tryouts held in Cali fornia thi s pa st summer concerning judging and tea m se lecti o n, it is time for . a " revo lution" in women 's judging. WERE I INVOLVED AS A MAN IN COACH ING WOMEN, I WOULD DEMA ND A VOICE IN THE SElECTION OF JUDGES AND DEMAND THAT A MAN BE ONE OF THE FOUR JUDGES IN WOMENS GYMNASTICS COMPETITIONS. For after all , men - ca n we assume that men coach a vas t majority of the girl s making nati ona l and OlYmpic tea ms? Would 95'10 be accurate? ACTION: We in Utah w ill run this Region 's Girls Class I Championship w ith judges se lected by the Meet Director to insure that EVERY competitor receives a sco re directl y commensurate with her ability and will be hon es tl y placed in compet iti on where she deserves to be placed.

It is my opin ion that gymnastics is fo r th e gymnast and all e ffort s by coaches, judges and officials be directed to that point and onl y that poi.nt. Let 's return gymnastics to the performance of th e gymn as t. Person all y, I w,Ould prefer to se lect judges from areas independent of this region who had neither knowledge nor informati on relative to any gymnasts competing in this competiti on.

GYMNAST May '75

OPEN LETTER FROM THE NATIONAL DIRKTOR OF NAWGJ

Kitty Kjeldsen

Dear Gymnast, Coach and Judge: As you probably all kn ow by now, one of th e

newest gymnasti cs organiza tio ns in America is th e 18 month old Na ti onal Associat io n of Women 's Gym nast ic Judges. We were created to fi ll a need among the rapidl y increasing numbers of gymnastic judges, who , up to thi s po int, had relati ve ly littl e voice in the spo rt . While it is true that 50')(. of th e Wom en's Techni ca l committee and almost all reg iona l or state officia ls in USGF are rated judges, th ey make up a ve ry sma ll percentage of the 1700 USGF-DGWS rated judges in thi s countrY, and th eir primarY all eg iance necessa ril y has to be to th e USGF W omen's Committee.

Therefo re, NAWGJ was crea ted and given a proposed constitution to fol low. Except for th e National Director, all the o ffi c ials were nominated and elected by th e judges th emse lves. In two reg ions, on ly o ne of th e nominated judges chose to accept th e position , so th e Regional Judg in g Director was appoin ted by th e national Director for th e fir st two yea r term ; after which regular elections will be held.

The Nationa l Gover ning board, composed of th e Regional Judging Directors, met at their own expense in Chi cago last May, where one of our first decisions was to vote ourse lves comp letely independent from the USGF and entirely revam p the proposed co nstitution . But·, along w ith th e new independence ca me also financial independence, which meant th at all the ex penses of crea ting nati o nal Governing board met once more at the Congress of Coaches in Chicago elect ion s. By that time th e nonexistent regional treasuri es were about $500.00 in the red , apiece, and the nonex istent national treasu ry had spent about $1 ,000.00. Yet, th e dedicated group of women went back and start ed their sta te elect ions plu s membership dri ves, o nce aga in adding ex penses to th eir nonexistent treasu ries.

Not wanting to spend two yea rs in organ iza tion al procedures, NAWGJ offered its judging assigning se rv ices to several gymnastic organizations last fall. It is the po licy of the Judging Associa tion to as k for a set of cri teri a (for th e selection of judges) from th e organization usi ng our services, and then make th e ass ignments ; seekin g input from th e state and reg ional officials plus th e meet director. This policy has so far worked well in our dea lin gs with th e AIAW and AAU, but has created us prob lems in our work with th e USGF Wom en's committee.

As yo u may recall , at the last genera l meetin g of the USGF, Shirley Brya n announced that fro m now on all USGF judg ing ass ignments up to and including th e Elit e leve l w ill be made by th e NAWGJ. We agreed to cooperate with th e Women 's Technica l Committee and fo ll ow their cr it eria ill th e se lecti o n of judges. Here is where the first pro bl ems start ed to surface. Th e WTC gave us a fairl y res trict ive crit eria and diu no t go along wi th o ur pol icy of seeking input from th e meet director. Agai nst the better judgement o f some of us, th e NAWGJ agreed to follow the criteria for one season. We also ag reed, fo r one yea r, to support the criter ia for judges pay sca les worked out by the USGF­WTC. Both of th ese criteria have turned o ut to be less than popular and we, as th e enforcing agency, have ca ught th e cutt ing edge of th e general discontent among coaches, meet directors and even judges.

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It is for th ese reasons th at I feel we have to make ou r present situat ion and future intentions cl ea r to the ent ire gymnasts family.

1. NAWGJ has fini shed building a broad ba sed structure .lo r a stron g grass roots orga ni za tion . With a few exception s, all states have th eir State Juding Directors and State Gove rning Boa rd s. Severa l states have already started b imonthly judges newsletters . More than half of the state Judging Directo rs repo rt that th eir hands are full with loca l judging assignments and m embersh ip d ri ves in order to build up some working capita l for future judges workshops and other re lated projects.

2. Regional Judging Directors have had th eir hands full w ith publi c relations. Th eir budgets are sti l l in th e red , and in 2 months our semi­annual meeting is coming around aga in . Th e RJD's are also the ones w ho have had to take most of the di scontent ove r the USGF cr iteria , though the NAWGj has had no vo ice in its formulati o n so far . At our May meetin g, severa l strong recommendat ions wi ll be forthcoming from the Regio nal Judging Directo rs who fee l, w ith justification , that th e present situation is no t lai r to th e Judges Associat ion.

3. The Nationa l Office is at present applying for a sea t at th e USGF Governing Counc il and trying to wo rk out mutuall y acceptabl e so luti ons to th e problems evo lv ing from the present USGF-WTC criteria . Th e Na tio nal budget is st ill in the red, though we hope to have enough ·money short ly to print membership ca rds and othe r necessary official supp li es.

4. At o ur upcoming M ay meeting, the Ju dges Association wi ll be makin g several recommendations to the USGF in regard to th eir crit eria for judges se lection and the recommended pay sca le. We are no t satisfied that it IS th e best for the judges or fo r gymnasti cs in its present form . Th e Judges Assoc iation w ill al so stron glY recommend that since it is our responsibilitY (in consultation with USG F national or Regional Techni ca l personnel and th e meet director) to ass ign judges to all USG F meets, we would be allowed to proceed wit hout interference from ANY indiv idual o r off ice within the USGF structure.

Whil e we are always happy to discuss our decis ions and li sten to advice, THE FINAL DECISION HAS TO BE OURS, or th ere is no reasun fo r the ex istence of an independent Judges Association. At least that is th e way I see it.

In closing I wou ld like to urge all judges or coaches w ho have stron g feelings in th ese iss ues to contac t your Reg ional Ju dging Directors befo re our May meet ing. We need your support if we are to become and remain a strong, independent organi za tion. We need your membership and you r voi ce behind us, so th at decisions ca n be made wh ich wi ll benefit th e total picture of Ameri ca n gymnastics.

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MARVATEEN GYMNASTS QUALIFY FOR REGIONAL COMPETITION

At the M a ryland ~ Virginia States Cha m pio nship Gy mnas tic Meet he ld a t Montgomery JuniorColiege o n Ma rc h 9, 12 out of 26 ad va nced g irl s qua lifi ed fo r the reg io na l gym nas ti c compe tit io n .

Th e ove ra ll w inne r o f th e meet a nd th e Maryland State Champion in the to p age g roup (15 plus) is Chris Leonard o f th e MarVaTeens Gymnastic Club, she had a hi g h sco re of 69.40. The Virginia State Champion (12-14 years o ld ) is Jennifer Huff o f MarVaTeens w ho scored 69.0. A sco re of 64 or mo re was need e d to qu a li fy fo r re giona ls.

* * *. * GYMNASTICS

Gymnas ti cs is my favo rit e spo rt , You ca n be ta ll , thin , fat , o r s ho rt . You can work : bars, va ult , flo o r, o r bea m, With a nY, you ca n fullfill your drea m. Do a lea p, d o a pose, But ma ke sure yo ur o n your toes, If you a rrive a t the Olympics doo r, Make sure to stre tc h 'o ut on th e floo r. Try your ha rdest, do Your b es t, Le t t he o the rs d o th e res t. And w he n yo u receive that s hin in g go ld , You ' lI know you r bes t ca use yo u 've bee n to ld. Th e cro wd sees you in your m o m e nts of g lory, But they d o n 't kn ow the rea ll y tru e sto rY. All those lon g n ight s tha t yo u lay in be d , Whi le visio ns of t ric ks d a nced in yo ur head. All that hard work , mome nts o f stra in , It was to ugh and ru gged , b ut you 'd do it again! !

Writte n by Libby Ba rge - 14 yrs. Lisa Hull - 14 yrs. Ae rials Gymnastics School Arcadia, California

PANTHERS Th e Northwest YMCA in St. Paul, Minnesota

has form e d a ne w gy m c lub. Th e int e res t was so grea t tha t two tea ms h ad to be mad e so each girl cou ld ge t the max im um a tte nti o n need e d to reach her hig hes t poter ltia l. Th'e reare a lo t o f ta le nt e d , spirit e d , devoted , ha rd work ing g irl s o n the tea ms. Eac h team co nsists o f 18 g irl s. Th e " PANTHERS" a re coac hed b y Jim Topitzhofer a nd Renee Patlon.

- - - -TID BITS By Pat- ---

Mrs. & Mrs. Greg Weiss fro m MG Gymnastics, Silver Spring, Maryland se n t us th is p icture of the ir tea ms top perfo rmers. Tracey Mills, 15 and Ste phanie Willim, 10 w ith Ebe rha rd Gie nger, West Ge rmany, Wo rld C hamp io n on hig h bar. Th is was ta ke n at Pe nn State University w he n th e West Germans to ure d th e U.S.

We hea rd o f a new cl ub in Fresno, California. Th ey a re ca ll e d th e Clovis Gymnasti cs Club, th e club has 40 g irl s a nd the ir hea d coach is Leon Valley. Ot he r coaches a re Val Darling, Cyndy I-\endric ks a nd Cindy Westmoreland.

Fro m Santa Ana,California we hea rd o f a new c lu b for boys. They a re ca ll e d The Dudes, a nd a re coac he d by Keith Miller an d Rea Anders. Since most (a ll ?) o f o ur re po rts are on g irl s clu bs (we neve r se e m to receive mu c h info rmation on c lubs fo r boys only) yo u ca n ex pect to see a fea ture a rti c le o n thi s c lub soon .

We heard fro m David Bresnahan , directo r o f a new club in Westboro, Mass. th e Turnfest Gymnastics Club. It seems they have th e same pro b le m that ma ny c lu bs, new a nd o ld , have. They need a pe rma ne nt faci lit y, but to ge t th at th ey need the m o ney . If a nyon e has a ny sugges tio ns p lease se nd th e m to David Bresnahan, Director, Turnfest Gymnastics Club, 2 M aynard SI., Westboro, Mass. 01581

* * * Candy and Pa ul Sindoris sen t us thi s p icture

o f Leslie Tranc hini, a nd to ld us a bout the c lub she be lo ngs to th e SPKS. The tea m is mov in g to a new gy m in June a t Tysons Corner, Va. See ms tha t no thin g sto ps Leslie from practi c in g, no t eve n her bro ke n foo t!

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20-30 Girls & Boys August 7-14, 1976

If you can pay for your transportation to Germany for this camp, the week at camp will be free, just bring your slee ping bag and air­maltress.

For information write:

Klaus Mull e r 6612 Schmelz-Aussen Kirchenstrabe 42 West Germany

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" --..... Leverkusen and Carolina School of Gymnastics & Trampoline teams joint tour of the Bayer Corp. Plant in Leverkusen, W. Ge rmany.

CAROLINA SCHOOL OF GYMNASTICS WEST GERMANY TRIP

By Paul McAloon Instructor and Assistant Coach

After months of planning, o ur trip to West Germany had finall y begun. On December 26, at 2 p.m. o ur "A" Team from th e Carolina Schoo l o f Gymnasti cs and Trampoline we re ready to d epart via New York and Reykjavic, Iceland to Lu xembourg. Th ere we began our three wee k tour of fi ve German citi es. As a photographer from the " Durham Sun" . snapped away, we rushed the twelve young gymnasts throug h baggag e to e lev iate all tea rs. This was th e fir st internation al experi ence for most, and some had never been on a plane befo re. Th e en tire group co nsis ted of twelve girl s, two chaperones, and th e two coac hes.

After arri v ing in Lu xem bourg 1 \Ii hours late, we had to take a bu s to Cologne since we had missed our train . Th ere we we re met by Hans Dieter Becke r and hi s Leve rku se n Tea m and were taken to a Youth Hos tel ca ll ed " Grosse Ledder" whe re we would stay for th e next fi ve days. During th at time we trained twi ce, were given tours (including Bayer Corporat io n) and plenty of tim e to shop - - w hich was th e girl 's main conce rn . The first competition was on Sunday, December 29. It was an expected w in by Leve rku se n w ith 125 pts., but our girls, bein g extremel y nervous, did a fin e job scoring 101 pts. Our two best girl s, Ka ren Ka ise r and Col eman Birge l, wo rkin g o ne and two years respectivel y, sco red 30.55 and 28.75 pts.

The fo ll owing day no o ne wa nted to leave. There were many tears among both groups of gymnasts as we departed for Aachen, the second part of o ur trip. On arri v ing in Aachen we were taken to a loca l " pub " w here we learned we would be spli t up and li ve w ith the famili es of th e German gymn asts. Th e remainder of th e day was spent with th e indi vidual families.

Th e nex t day, Thursday january 2, we competed with the Burtsheider Turnve rein at 6 p.m. W e did , however, have a workou t in th e morning followed by a tour of th e " Dam" which is the famous Cathedra l where Charlemagne was buri ed . The competition did not go as well as we had hoped as th e judging

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was ve ry severe. We lost the meet 103.4 pts. to 90.35 , but did take second and third places in th e "a ll-around. "

A fter a day o f friend ly training and relaxa tion , o n Saturday, january 4, we were given a to ur of the Ci ty hall where we were honorably greeted by th e Mayo r o f Aachen. In th e evening there was an exh ibiti o n in th e spo rthall by bo th groups of gymnas ts and their . coaches . It inc luded all th e events plu s trampoline, mini-tramp, and " follow-the­leader" tumbling at th e end.

After an eight hour train rid e, we arrived in Bredstedt - a we lcome change from th e previous places. Bredstedt is a ve ry small town 15 minutes from the North Sea and half an hour from th e Danish border. Aga in , th e gi rls stayed w ith famili es and the coac hes in a very ni ce small hotel. all were within walking distance of o ne another, and bei ng a touri st town, Bredstedt had ,manY shops to buy gifts and souvenirs.

Thursday, january 9 was th e day of ou r compet iti o n with the Bredstedter Turn verein . Th e last two meets and this one were judged by Hilla Prahl , an Ol ympic judge at Munich. Our girl s lea ril ed a lo t from her and her son, Stephen, who is the youngest ce rtifi ed coach in Germany at the age of 18. Th e meet was a huge success for th e girl s although we missed va ulting and lost the meet by 7 pts. The Team did an exce llen t jo b o n the other events -especially Karen Kaiser an d Coleman Birgel w ho scored " nines " for the first time on fl oo r exe rc ise (Karen - 9.35 and Colema n - 9.15), and Susan Hoga n took fourth place w ith an 8.50. Th e f inal sco re was 159.4 to 152.15. After th e meet we were g iven a party at a loca l pub where we arranged a return visit to Chape l Hill from th e Bredstedt Tea m from jul y 2 to jul y 23. All good bYes we re sa id among th e girls during th e party and many gifts were exchanged since the German girls would be in sc hoo l at the time we wou ld leave th e nex t day.

Hamburg (2 million popu lation) , our nex t stop, was quite a change from Bredstedt (5000 people). As soon as we arrived we were taken to their spo rthall for dinner, and to be put into families for ou r staY th ere. Th e evening for the girl s was spent getting to know the famili es while th e coaches we re taken to see Hamburg's

, famous ReeperBahn in St. Pauli and spent part

of the night in the Lowenbrau Beer Hall whe re we discussed plans fo r the meet and for a trip to America by Hamburg.

On Sunday, january 12, we h ad the competit ion in the evening. Hamburg was o ur hardes t mee t si nce th ey had three gir ls competing from th eir na ti o nal Tea m . They scored over thirty points in th e " all-around" and th eir las t pla ce girl averaged a 7.6 for each event. W e lost th e mee t 169.6 to 112.25, but we were ve ry happy w ith everyones perfo rm ances. We had rece ived a lot of publicitY be fore the meet and had four hundred spectators. We learned that th e m eet was to b e televised the fo ll owing day - w hich made everyo ne, including the coac hes, ext remelY nervous. al together, th ere were 6 o r 7 arti c les in different newspapers and the next day parts of th e meet we re shown on a German spo rts program.

Our last day in Hamburg was the b est. The meet wa s over and eve ryone was reli eved and worry free. We were given a tour of the Hamburg harbour wh ich is one of th e biggest harbours in th e wo rl d, and were shown where th e " Bismark" was bui lt. Th e sa me day, we trained with the German tea m for the las t time and th e nex t morning left for our last stop -Itzehoe.

We could only stay in Itze hoe for two days so we had a training session as soon as we arri ved and were sett led in. Th e girl s stay ed with famili es and had a good tim e. Afte r three weeks of trave ling, everyone was tired and ready to leave, but didn 't show it at all in the meet against Itzehoe. A ll the gir ls knew th ey wou ld have to hit th eir routines better than eve r before to w in , and everyo ne did. W e won 143.95 to 139.95. With 21 competing gymnasts we took second place (c. Birgel), Third (K. Kaiser) , fourth (5. Hogan) and sixth (jenny Owen) in the "a ll-aro und " , won three events, andCo lemanand Karen were happier than ever to have beaten a Munich Olympic gymnast in two events each. A lmost all th e tea m had scores th at counted towa rd th e win , and as coaches, we were neve r happier for the g irl s as they had work ed hard tog eth er to get it.

It was a memorable tr ip in all ways. It was much more than just a trip for compet ition, it was a lea rnin g experience that will always be remembered. In Leve rku se n all gymnasts and coaches lived together and lea rned to communica te w ith o ne another through a mutual interest, gymnastics. In all th e other places th e girls stayed with individual families , and lea rned the German way of life and how other gym nasts li ve and work . In Bredstedt they were taken to school w ith th e German gi rl s to obse rve classes. We also lea rned a lot as coaches. Th e Ca ro lina School of Gymnastics and Trampoline un der Fred Sanders started 2\ti years ago, and in that time the girl s have done a wonderful job. Already th ey have competed internat ional ly and won one of the meets. We learned that all the German gymnasts had been work ing 6-10 yea rs o r more and each place we visit ed brought gymnasts in from other towns to compete.

Howeve r, nothing ha s ended. many la sting fri endships have b een made as well as many plans. Within th e nex t two Yea rs. four o f the German Tea ms w'ill be coming toChape l Hill to stay w ith famili es of our gy mna sts and work with and compete aga inst o ur tea m. Bredstedt is the first, thi s summ'e r, and will co me w ith a group of 16.

To lea rn as much as we did and form exchanges between the two countries made the trip more success ful than we had eve r expected and makes us look forward to our next trip like thi s.

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ON TItE MOV WiTIt FRiTI----,/

THE DILEMMA OF COACHING THE NEW VAULTS IN WOMENS GYMNASTICS

By Fritz Reiter

As women's gymnasti cs gets mo re dar ing and more exciting th e responsibiliti es o f th e coac hes w ho t rain o ur most talen ted new breed of gymnasts beco me more haza rdo us to take. Every day we are faced w ith po tential injuries o f o ur gymnas ts do ing th eir new innovati ons or one o f th ose new and excitin gly crazy va ults.

Granted, a good and responsibl e coach w ho is fortunate eno ugh to have been ab le to. develope such a great athl ete w ill make ce rtain that his gymnast does master all the important bas ic , movements lea din g up to th e desired grea t tri ck. In fac t, the best way o f coaching may we ll be th e o ne that requires the least amount of spot ting.

A s is the case in th e perfo rm ance of th e aerial walkover on th e high balance beam so it is in the executi on o f a very di ff icult va ult, th e athl ete who has th e courage to attempt th ese arti stic fo rms and o utgrowth s of gymn asti cs MUST KNOW that she will be ab le to DO th e movemen t. If th e gymnast has doubts it may be better that she wo uld no t 'even attempt th e complete movement , but continue to wo rk o n th e progressions lea ding up to th e complete skill.

However, the younger th e age o f th e athl ete the less th eir psycho logica l confidence w ill be . Courage instea d of confidence in o neself ca n lead to disastro us accidents. Fo r this reason we invented spotting . Spotting does two thin gs - it helps to DO a trick and it may PREVENT inju ry.

If spotti ng only helps to do the tri ck but has no prov isio n to control th e move ment in th e case o f a mistake o n th e par t o f th e gymnast, spotting a handspring double fro nt becomes haza rdous to the hea lth o f th e gym nast. Th e gymnast w ill be ce rtain to get airbo rn (through the help o f the coach) but un cert ain about the land ing. And in the landing w ill be th e danger.

The fo llOWing attempts to o ffer a techn ique to deve lope the handspring double front (but

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Fig. 1

Fig. 2

VAULTING

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surely no t th e o nly one acceptable) and a technique to spot th eir beginning attempts w ith a high degree o f safe ty. Thi s techniq ue is parti cularl y suitabl e fo r wo men 's va ulting as th e ho rse is p laced sidewa rd .

We assume that Ihe girl attempti ng such a va ult ca n perfo rm a ve ry good handsprin g and hopefullY has an especia ll y good repul sio n. (Do many handstand pu sh ups to strength en your shoulder-gi rd le.)

Prog ress ion number o ne: W e practi ce . th e pref light keeping the legs st raigh t and tu ck th e legs afte r repul sio n o ff th e horse. It is ju st like a bent-knee-handspring . Th e coach ca n practi ce his g rip consistency during thi s pe ri od o f prog ression . As the ill ustrati o n shows we try to reach towa rds the app roaching va ulte r to be able to ma ke. con tact at th e mo ment o f arriva l on the ho rse. We th en merely fo ll ow the f li ght path of th e va ul te r as she descends fo r th e landing.

Progressio n number two is th e practi ce of th e somersa ult. We p lace a re utherboa rd in fro nt o f a landing cushio n and as k the gymn as t to do a front somersa ult w ith o nl y a few running steps. Th e second task fo r he r. is to att empt to do the flip w itho ut using the arms - ini tiated by contractin g the spine. W e ca n now take her arm, ru n a few steps w ith her and SPOT her similarl y to the way we w ill be d uring the handspring double f ro nt.

And that 's it , as fa r as SPOTTI NG th e handspring double fro nt is concern ed. Th e coach never lets go of th e hand and is also able to ass ist in th e executio n o f th e somersa ult as well as having contro l ove r her landing to prevent her f rom kn ocki ng her knees aga in st the chi n.

Sh e now ca n go to th e horse and do th e complete handsp ring double fro nt w ith her coach helping her. She ca n practi ce it man y tim es and thus get a fee ling fo r th e movement so that w hen she knows that she ca n do it she has actuall y do ne the va ult already many hundreds of tim es.

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eathl] in Sequence Here Cathy is executing a straddle-glide kip cast straddle toe-on. This one will take a

little work, but really it's only a combination of two basic moves.

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(Instruction: > i'VE by Paul Ziert

Gymnastics Coach, University of Oklahoma

Remarks: Demonstrator is Greg Buwick from the University of Oklahoma, who also did most of the work on the photographs.

The numbers, 3.1, 3.2, etc. are on the photos of those counts in the exercises. The unnumbered photos show intermediate positions.

All exercises except one are repeated in exactly the same way in oppostie direction. It is the "coordin ation exercise that is different, and we have shown both cycles of 8 counts for that exercise.

The performer should pay careful attention to the positions shown, copying as closely as possible. And he should recognize that though the counts are fairly uniform through the entire group, the rates of movement vary considerabl y. It is intended that he emphasize the varied tempos. In some exercises it is tempting to h ave additional stops resulting in basically awkward movements. These should also be avoided.

Exercise 1 is not illustrated since it is very simple. All that need be emph asized is the relaxed arms, and the erect posture.

It may be done quite slowly, by using very high jumps, or more quickly with much lower jumps. As with all of the remaining exercises, once learned, on various days it should be done with various leaders, at various tempos. In this way the performer learns to ADJUST his rhythms of movement without awkwardness.

During the last severa l Years, I have received numerous requests to publish instructiona l materials co ncerning the rhythm exerci"ses which were taught to me by Masayuki Watanabe. Because of the difficulty in accurately describing this set of drills so that the reader can read and comprehend them, I have repeatedly declined. However, during the summer of 1974 I taught these drills to some 300 gymnasts at the SI U GYMNASTICS CAMP, and I was pleased with the effects of such a program on the boys. So I have decided to go ahead with publication. .

These descriptions of the exercises were written by GREG BUWICK, as a handout for the campers so they cou ld remember the exercises when they left. . The sequence photos were taken at

University of Oklahoma, the performer is again Greg Buwick , and Greg is responsible for half of the photographic wo rk , th e rest being by Dr. Biesterfeldt. In add ition , Dr. B. has added a few comments on each exercise, based on my side comments during teach ing of the drills. We hope that you wi ll find the arti cle helpful.

These exercises shou ld be taught one or two a day, with numerous repetitions until the basic combinations are learned . The main object ives, beside some measure of warmup, are the development of sweeping, rhythmic,

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movements. There is also a strong second motive: awa~ness of positions. The teacher should be very careful about the positions of the performer, and we find that after quite a long time, there is st ill room for improvemen t.

Once the exercises have been learned, it is desirable to have seve ral different leaders, each using a different tempo and different rhythmic emphasis. The rest of the group shou ld then learn to follow any leader.

Exercise 1: Jump in place w ith complete body extensio n 8 times. (Count each time th e feet touch the ground) . Stop on the 8t h count w ith arms sli ght ly behind the hips.

In this exercise, a slow tempo demands very high jumps, a slower tempo means very tiny jumps so the feet leave the ground on ly momentarily. We occasionally have advanced performers add a back saito on count 5 (landing on count 6). During the drill , posture should be relaxed but upright.

Exercise 2: Swing arms forwar.{:! to horizontal position - Count 1 - Swing arms back down and then out to th e side (horizontal) - Count 2 -Swing arms back down and then forwa rd to vert ical position rising on the toes as the arms move upward - Count 3 - Swing arms back down and then out to the side (horizontal) as you step to the left - Count 4 - Lunge to the left as right arm circl es clockwise - Count 5 - Arm circles l Y, revolutions and stops parallel to the left arm - Count 6 - Right arm then ci rcl es counter-clockwise; both arms meet overhead­Count 7 - Continue moving arms forward and down to you r side as left leg closes to the right -Count 8

Repeat counts 1-8 stepping to the right. Not ice carefu ll Y the hip position between

counts 2.4 and 2.5 . Left leg is turned out to left while hips remain more or less faCing front. Also notice that arms are precisely parallel to floor on co unts 2.1 and 2.2, precisely vertical with stretched shoulders in 2.3 .

2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4

3.1 3.2 3.3

Exercise 3: Swing arms forward to horizontal position - Count 1 - Keeping arms ~izo, til.f;

bend the elbows moving hands toward chest and elbows out to the side - Count 2 -Straighten arms out in front and then swing them out to the side and rise on toes - Count 3-Drop heels while swi nging arms forward (still horizontal) and down stepping to the left as your arms reach your side -Count 4 - Raise arms forward to vert ica l position and arch backwards - Counts 5, 6, 7 - Lower arms down and close right - Count 8

Repeat 1-8 stepping to the right. Here, the count is not even. Counts 1 and 2

are quite close together - barely any space between. Count 4 is a bit long allowing for the side motion,S, 6, 7, 8 are even. In th e backward bend , be careful that those wit h loose lower back do not ju st bend there. The stretch backward is with shou lders, upperback, hips, and some lower back.

Exercise 4: Lift both arms forward (horizontal) and left leg to th e side - Count 1 - Lunge to the left and sw ing the left arm to the side and back keeping the right arm forward - Count 2 -Straighten left leg and bring left arm forward; then repeat lunge and arm sw ing - Count 3 -Straighten left leg and bring left arm forward; then lower both arms to your std e - Count 4 -Move left arm sidewa rd to a vertica l position, place right hand o n hip, and lunge to the left to stretch left side (body line should be st rai ght) -Count 5 - Drop arms and st raighten legs to position in count 4 - Count 6 - Repeat count 5 -Count 7 - Move arms back to side and close left leg - Count 8

Repeat 1-8 stepping to the right. Note that the arms remain precisely parallel

and forward in the side lunge, and that the right arm remains motionless as the left rotates around to th e side for count 4.2. At 4.2 th e trunk faces precisely to the side, arms again precisely leve l. This exercise gives a clear ly masculine, almost military, impression. Yet the motions rema in rhythmic.

2.5 2.6 2.7

3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8

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2.8

4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3

Exercise 5: Step to the left and lift arms to the side; th en bend forward dropping the arms down and cross ing them in front of legs -Count 1 - Swing arms to the side and stand up in straddle stand (chest sli ghtlY in front of hips) -Count 2 - Drops arms and chest aga in as in cou nt 1 - Count 3 - Lift up to st radd le stand aga in - Cou nt 4 - Drop arms down to yourside and th en l i f t forward to a verti ca l position -Count 5 - Bend at wa ist and touch hands to the floo r (keep shoulder ang le at 180°) - Count 6-Sta nd up st raig ht and then to uch hands to floor again - Cou nt 7 - Close left leg and lower arms to your side - Count 8

Repeat 1-8 stepping to th e right. Here, from 5 to 5.1 , the sweeping motion o f

the arms is to be fluid . Stiff arm s w ill preven t flowing forward bending, and wi ll make th e movements awkward. Note the som ewhat stiff position 5.2, for if the head and arms do no t stop fi rm ly, but go o n to an arch, th e movements become over soft and effeminate. Pay particular attenti o n to keep ing the straight shou lde r ang le in 5.6 and 5.7.

5.0 5.1 5.2

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Exercise 6: Arch in th e chest and swi ng arms backward and up in a circular m o ti o n; th en sw ing arms forward and down w hil e squa ttin g ­Countl - Swing arm s forward to ho ri zo ntal and straighten legs - Count 2 - Swing arm s down, back and up in a circular m ot io n again arching in th e back and chest as the arms swi ng upward - Count 3 - Lowe r arms forward and down to. your side - Count 4 - Swing both arms to th e ri ght (horizontal) and step to th e left ; th en rotate upper body to the le ft - Counts 5, 6 -Cont inue ro tating body and stop when hands reach th e right leg; arms at si de - Count 7 -Close left - Cou nt 8

Repea t 1-8 stepping to the ri ght and closing to the r ight.

First in teaching we co un t ami ex tra count, ca lling "bodywave - 1-2 etc." to get the group to start th e backward circ le at the same tim e. We show it as count O. Again in this motion, disciplined motion wi th firm arm s is essen ti al. And notice the counte r-m ovem ents of th e arms o n 6.4 - this pla ces th e arm s in position for a very wide sweep around . Finally not ice that in 6.7 the hips have turn ed to right - the toe -tou ch is largelY a fo rward bend and not a side bend.

5.3 5.4 5.45

5.7 5.75 5.8

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6.6 6.7 6.8

NHSGCA All-American Gymnast Award

The Na lional High School Gymnastic Coaches Assoc iation wou ld like to honor All -American Gymnasts for the 1974-1975 school year.

A. The Qualify ing Standards are: Long Horse 8.80 Floor Exercise 8.60 Pommel Horse 8.45 Horizonta l Bar 8.45 Parall el Bars 8.40 Stil l Rings 8.45 Trampoline 8.60 All-Around 47.00 or a 7.80 average

for alilhe evenls ""lIested in the All-Around. B. M ethod o} Qualify ing:

To qualify, a gym nast for this award, a coach must submit an average score, based on the five (5) best scores for an optional rout ine.

C.

D.

1. The coach must be a current member of the NHSGCA.

2. At leas t two of the scores must be from a tournament of at least live or more team s.

3. An average scorp must be used. (A t leas t two judges).

4. Score sheets, or photosta ts of the score sheets with the signature of a judge and athlet i. direc lor must be submitted with the average score.

5. Na tional Federa ti o n Ru les and Interpretations will be the basis for rou tine scores.

Include with th e Nominat ion: 1. A picture of the Gymnast-Action shot if

possib le. 2. Age of Gymnast. 3. Grade of Gymnast. 4. Events worked by the gymnast. 5. Winn ing routine(s) of the Gymnast. 6. Future goa ls of th e Gym nast. Deadline for nomindt\ons for 1975 1975. Send to:

is June 1.

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lETTERS~ TENNIS ANYONE?

Deal' Mr. Sundby, Before it occurred, I wanted to report on the

Missouri USGF State Meet for y our magazine. I wanted to do a fine job to let all your readers know tha t Missouri is making its m a rk in the sport of gymnastics, too. That a ll the good gymnasts are not in California and Pennsylvania, we have some too.

The Meet was Saturday, March 29. I think its more importa nt n ow. to do something about the way Meets a re organized. This attached p a per gives m y views ..

WHO WILL EVER AGAIN GO TO WATCH A MISSOURI STATE GYMNASTIC MEET? Only the parents of the gym nasts - and probablY not all of them, either. And WHY? Here's o ne reason : You are adva nced (Class I) -sched uled to start 9: 00 A .M. (wa rm-ups 8:00A.M.) You arrive at 7 :55 A.M . - You actua ll Y start competing at 4:10 P,M, No, that is not a typeog raphica l error.

A ll your fri ends and rela tives paid to see You perform - but even' good friends can ' t wa it seven hours o n a Sa turday for You to start . WHAT'S WRONG?

Thi s is a Sta te Meet. A ll entries had to be in to the M eet Director two wee ks before the date of the M ee t. Why is there no communica tion before 8:00 A.M. on the day o f the M eet to let you know they've changed the schedule. W ith an $8.00entry fee , surelYa 10~ stampol' a 20~ phone ca ll wouldn 't break the budge t.

Here 's a second reason : You are Intermed iate (Class II ) scheduled to compete at 1 :00 P.M. Warm-ups Noon. You actually start to compete at 5:20 P.M. But You 've been there since, noon, knowing that your group beg ins as soon as beginners fini sh. But there are 161 beginn ers. Sure ly the Meet Direc tor and M eet Referee ca n figure out that even with good judging each event mu st run at leas t a minute. That 's 2 hours and 40 minutes for o ne event. Who is such an idio t that believes som e mag ic genie w ill co rn e along and get the beginn ers to finish before noon.

Third reason: Now its 10:30 P.M. and You, the Adva nced gymnast are just startin g your last event - Not even close relatives wi ll stay 13 hours wai ting to see you perform. But you've been there sin ce 8:00 t;..M. " Don ·.t eat, you may be compet in g soon. So, you ve had nothing so lid since breakfast when you ate lightlY because you were going to compete at 9:00 remember? Can you run hard for a good va ult ? Are You steadY on the bea m? How wi ll your full tw isting hecht on the bars work , or your full tw isting back o n the floo r? Good thing fri ends and re latives left - remember not to invit e them nex t yea r.

Please no te: These are no t drea med up situations - Thi s is the wa y the 1975 M issouri State USGF Gymnas ti c Meet was run.

Tennis, anyone??? In spite of the troubles , the St. Louis

Gymnastic Centre g y mnasts took three FIRST ALL AROU ND trophies , plus many, many ribbons. Needless to say we a re very proud of our girls

Sincerely, LaVe rne Meier Gymnastic Centre Haze lwood, Missouri

ED: Gymnastics has come a l ong way but it st ilJ has a long w ay to go. TlJanks [or your [rank comments, we lJope it will llelp others who lJave gon e tlJrough tlJe "Long Meet Blues", and tlJat next year will be better.

DESPERATE I am in desperate need. I cannot get enough

gymnastics. I cannot get enough because Fairfield High School has a girls team but no boys team! I became interested in gymnastics during the last Olympics. I have been

practicing handsta nds. I have trouble with the front and back handspring. I could do all of these things IF I had an instructor. H-E-L-P! I need used equipment, mats , ring assembly, etc. Where can I purchase h a ndgrips, etc.? What can I learn at a dancing school? I need to train before I reach college in '76. Thank you.

Robert Andosca, Jr. 2757 Laurel Dr. Fairfield, CA 95433

ED: Please help a gymnast-in-need by responding to Ilis letter.

E QUAL TIME Dear Glenn,

I imagine that you saw the broadcast on Feb. 15th (Sat.) on the Wide World of Sports of the gymnastics competition from Japan. I would like to express m y deepest disappointment in the lopsided coverage of that competition.

In a ll gymnas tics coverage by Wide World of Sports an over-emphasis is placed on the girls ... As very seldom as gymnastics is televised, but all the guys have to look forward to are 2 ring routines and 2 high-bar routines. How disheartening a nd aggrevating-.

I understand that the USA's men aren 't consider ed world class (as our girls are) but tha t's no reason to belittle men ' s gymnastics. The television a udience would be tremendously entertain ed by men 's floor ex. I think that anyone would like to see a full-twisting double back on the floor! As things stand now. you can only read about some of the very exciting combinations the world cla ss men are doing. They are impossible to visualize (like the routines in GYMNAST, Feb. 75).

... Th er e a r e plenty of l a rge gymnastics competitions fo r top class men whic h can be see n on TV. T a k e pride in A merica n ' men gymnasts.

Maybe you can persuade Gordon Maddux to give the men a break. I'd like to h ear the opinions of other gymnasts relating to this problem. I a l so suggest an irate letter blitz on ABC Wide World of Sports to get equal time for men gymna sts.

Thanks Pierce Brown III 860 Hutchins Ave. #3 Cincinnati , Ohio 45229

ED: We will speak witlJ Gordon when we see lJim, but letters directly to ABC [rom our readers will carry more weight. Let tlJe people at ABC who m a ke the decisions know lJow you feel .

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ANGRY Dear Mr. Sundby:

I h ad th e good fortune to rea d N'ovember's issue which included many fine articles on women g y mn as ts. I h ave n ever seen such good coverage of events by women.

As I rea d further , I discovered the enclosed (Ed: see car toon , p. 50, Nov. issue)". I was s h ocked. I do not feel the joke and your edi torial content coincide.

I have sent your " joke" to MS Magazine and to NOW Image of Women Task Force.

I hope that this small effort will make you more aware that we are no longer to be taken lightly or to be made fun of.

In Peace, Lindsey L a mbert Los Angeles , CA

ED: We tlJoug lJt it was funny we weren't m eaning to down g rade women in any way.

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On Janua ry 18, 1975 the lOp teams in New York Siale panicipated ill the second a nnual Yorktown H igh School InvitJtional Gymnasti cs Meet. Each lea rn e ntered only (wo competilOrs per eve nt , and each competitor was limited to ent er only Iwo events with the exception of o ne unlimit ed competitor. Team: DeWin Clinton (DC) 97.65; YorklOwll (Y) 85.55; He nninge r (H) 77.05. HB : Mario McCutche on (DC) 8.90. FX: Mario McCutc heon 8.80. SH: BarrY Gropper (Y) 8.30. PB : Mario McCutcheon 8.45. SR : Carlos Va lentine (DC) 8.85. V: Mario McCutcheon 8.90.

* * * CLASS I PRELIM USGF District I Feb. 21-22, 1975

All-Around Result s: 10-11 Age group: S. Am ze (fL ) 60.50; C. West (PR) 58.50j O. Silverstein (K) 50.65. 12-14 Age Group: M. chapman (OGC) 69.95; S. Lippert (fR) 69.30; C. Hayashida (lAN ) 68.35. 15 and Ove r Age Gro up : J. Knig ht (fR) 70.90; M. Polak 69.45; K. Chamberla in (fR ) 69.20.

Women gYmnastics team fina li zed their competi t ive season .. vith a dYnamic victory in the New York Stat e Ju nior College Tournament. This si the third consecutive Year Nassau ha s been the state champio n team. The competiti on held at Suffo lk Community College hosted four teams including Na ssau , Suffolk . Queensborough. and Farmingdale. Results: -Team : Nassau 76.70; F.Hlllingdalc 63.95; Suffolk 63.25; Queell sborough 54.30. AA: june HuYsman (N) 7.25. 88 : june Hu Ysman 7.15. UP8: june Hu Ys rnan 7.45. V: WendY Schack (N) 7.7.

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CLASS III CHAMPIONSHIPS February 1, 1975

Team: 1st Oiablo G ymnastics Club (0); 2nd Fremont Flares (FF ); 3rd los A ltos Twisters (LAT); West Valley G ymnastics School (WV); Los Gatos-Sa ratoga Gym nast ics Club (LG-S); Merced Gymnastics club (M); Burlingame Gym nasti cs Club (B); Woodland Gymnastics Club (W); San Mateo City Gymnasti cs Club (SM); Sacramento - San Juan Gymnastics club (5-5)) ; Peninsula KYS (KYS); Janice 's (J) ; Monterey Peninsula (MP). RESULTS 15 a nd over: AA: Les lie Koehle r (0 ) 33.20; Ch e ryl Thomas (LAT) 32.30; Madela ine Gu zman (M P) 32.15. FX: MadelaineGuzman. V: Madelaine Guzman. UP8: l ori Kennon 0). 88 : leslie Koehler. 12-14 : AA: Trina Wiggins (0 ) 35.725; Kazumi Norimoto (0 ) 35.30; Kathy Sza lay (0 ) 33.50. FX : Kazum i Norimoto. V: Trina Wiggins (D ) UPB: Trina Wiggi ns. 88 : Kazumi orimoto. 10-11 : AA: Monica Mayes (D ) 33.70j Crisine Stephens (D ) 33.00; Donna Dom eier (FF ) 32.80. FX: Cri stine Stephens. V : Michelle Heis ter (rF ) and Stephanie Swanson (J). UP8: Monica Mayes. 88 : Mon ica Mayes.

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In the U nit ed ~tates Gymn<ls ti cs Federat io n State meet held in Eva nsvill e, Ind .. March 7 & 8, ,y l eg Fitzs immons. a high school f reshman from Evansville, beca me Ind iana 's f irst USGF champion.

M eg's all-around tOlal score was 69.25, whi le second place Kell y Enright from Indianapolis scored 67.75. Both scored enough po ints to qua lify fo r the USGF Regional in Springfield, Mo. , in April and the USGF Junior Olympics Regional tentative ly set fo r June 14 in Evansville. laura Mruin and Rickee Farrell of the Hoosierell s, also qualified for Regional JUlli or OlYmpics. Results: . V: Meg f i tzs immons (E) 17.90. UPB: Meg fit zs immo ns, 16.90. BB : Kelly Enright (I) 16.65. FX: Kelly Enrig ht 17.90. AA: Meg Fitzs immons, 69.25; Kelly Enright 67.75; laura Murin (M ) 62.10.

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5t h ANNUAL LAKE ERIE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS March 8 & 9, 1975

SlipperY Rock State College do minated this years meel defeating the d efending l eague champions from WeSlern Michi gan University. 196.20 to 177.40, close behind was Nonhern Michigan University with 175.45.

Resulls AA: Randy Mills EMU 52.25; Larry Byerly SRSC 50.15; Bob Gibbons KSU 48.55. FX : Mark O 'Malley WM U 18.00. PH: Bill Ja nkowsk i NMU 17.10; SR: Ric h Heil WMU 18.1 5. V: Chuc k Klenk SRSC 18.32. PB : Bil l Wadd ell WMU 18.50. H8: Kevin Wilkerson SRSC 18.00.

* * * 1975 TEXAS YMCA GYMNASTICS

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reported by Mike Osborn

The Town North YMCAof Dalla s ove rcame Slrong challenges from the Conroe YMCA and Abilene YMCA boys tea ms to win the 1975 boys Team Championship. Conroe was second and the Abilene boys fin ished third .

The l evel I (advanced) competition served as a qualifi er for YMCA at ionals Apri l 18th and 19th in Dayton, Ohio.

Two Texas girl s qualif ied at the state meet for the nation al competi tion . They were Beth johnso n of Dad 's Club YMCA, HouslOn, and Kay Mann o f Town North YMCA in Dallas.

Final tea m standings found Town North YMCA in 1st, while Oad 's Club YMCA fini shed 2nd and the Austin YMCA gi rl s took 3rd pla ce.

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the finest ALL-GIRL gymnastic

camp in Eastern United States.

STAFF Includes: Marilyn Schnaars, Schnaars Gym­nastic Center, Farmingdale, Long Island .. . Minnie Daub , Triple Cities 'Stars' Girls Gymnastic Club ... Kitty O'Brien. Ohio State University . .. Jeri Julian, Island Trees High School, Long Island, New York.. ,James Pedro, Triple Cities ·Stars· .. Jo Anne Michael . Union­Endicott Girls Gymnastic Team ... Linda Berry, Dance instructor. graduate of Harpur College School of bance .. . Dave Block , Southern Illinois University ... Terry Heath, Scranton 'Stars' School of Gymnastics." Gretchen Dowsing. Cornell University . .. Dove Ash­mann , United States Naval Academy ... Steve Shephard and Kevin Tolliver. Southern Illinois University .. . Vern Detrich , Geneva , Ohio ... Chrystal Chollet, Somerville, New jersey ... Carol Pietruszewski, Lombard, Illinois ... Barbara Overtoom, Towson State University ... Kar en Weinaug , St . Bonaventure University.

FEES $150 weekly session (6 days)

N~me . .. .. ........................ ..... ... ................ ................ Age ..... ..

$295 two week session (13 days) $440 three week session (20 days) $585 four week session (27 days)

FEE INCLUDES : Lodging (complete linen and bedding provided), excellent meals. a small group instruction pro­gram. use of all resort recreational fa­cilities . full insurance coverage. Leo­tard for girls attending two weeks, leo­tard and warm-up for girls attending four weeks. DEPOSIT $30.00 deposit to accom­pany registration with balance due on registration day . Deposits refundable up to june 1. 1975. Special group rates avallable upon request .

Addr~s ... .. ....... ... .. ........ .. ...... ............. City ........................ ..

State . ... : ......... .... ............... Zip ......... Phone # .. ..................... .

School Attending ........... .... .. .... Gymnastic Club ............. ...... ..... . I shall attend: ( ) 1st Week-June 22 to June 28 ( ) 2nd Week-June 29 to July 5 ( ) 3rd Week-July 6 to July 12 ( ) 4th Week-July 13 to July 19 ( ) 5th Week-July 20 to July 26

. Dates ........ .. to ....... ............. .. ( ) 6th Week-July 27 to Aug. 2 ( ) 7th Week-Aug. 3 to Aug. 9 ( ) 8th Week-Aug. 10 to Aug. 16 ( ) More than one week:

No postponement . cancellation. or rafund of daposit unlass camp is notifiad by Juna 1, 1975. No deposit is ever lost but credit will be made for future sessions for applicant or girl she designates with approval of management within one year. Sessions begin on a Sunday and end on a Saturday of every weak

AMERICAN GYMNASTIC CAMP

Make Checks payable to Box 6, Johnson City, N.Y. 13790 Telephone: (607) 797-1226

FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION AND RATES WRITE FOR YOUR ~REE BROCHURE TO:

SOKOL TSUKARA c/o FRANK MICHALEK 4342 S. WISCONSIN AVE. STICKNEY, ILL. 60402

Remember .. . We have restricted the number of campers that can attend. Do not delay your application.

USA

SpoIl sorcd by SOKOL. wi th ()\,I Jr 1()() Yf! (Jrs oj gYlllllost ir: tl ~ (/r:hillg 1 ~.'\rl~ ril ~ n t: I J .

THE "ORIGINAL"

T5UlfllRII POTTER LAKE, EAST TROY, WISCONSIN

SOKOL 'WOODLANDS GYMNASTIC SCHOOL - - - -

SOKOL WOODLANDS, located in the scenic Catskill Mountains of southern New York State, is a facility ac~i red and developed specifically to pwvide the finest gymnastic program avai lable anywhere.

The SOKOL WOODLANDS GYMNASTIC SCHOOL has been serving the gymnastic community with an eight-week summer program for twelve consecutive Years. Its leadersh ip and direction since its inception have remain ed co nstant, insuring a continuously improving and refined program of gYmnastic instruction for students at all leve ls.

If you are looking for a first-rate, professional, time­tested gymna stic program in a beautiful physical environment - THIS IS THE PLACE!

The huge, well-illuminated Field House, pictured above, provides more than 14,000 sq. ft. of gymnasium space. This all-weather gym enab les workouts to be cond ucted regardless of weather conditions.

The expansive area of the Field Hou se eliminates crowd ing of apparatus, insuring a safe working area for each piece of equipment. There is a separate ballet and dance area .

For Brochure and further information conce rning the eight week summer program­write to:

Sokol Woodlands 276 Prospect Street, P.O. Box 189 East Orange, N.J. 07019 Phone (201) 676-0280

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JOIN THE USSAF NOW!

Just $10.00 a year for Individual Associate Membership in the United States Sports Acrobatics Federation (USSAF) includes:

• Membership Card • Bumper Sticker

• USSAF Lapel Pin • ACROBA T Official

• Decal USSAF News Publication*

• USSAF Sports Acrobatics Books - published or imported by USSAF Information and Public Relations Service.

For your free sample copy of ACROBAT stop by Sundby Publications, 410 Broadway, Santa Monica; or fill out coupon below and send with 50¢ (to cover cost of mailing).

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' Frequency of ACROBAT will be determined by number of members, the more members the more ofte n ACROBAT will be published - with at least a quarterly schedule as a minimum.

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Schools, Homes & Gyms

Beams, Mats, Pads, Trampolines and Gymnastic Accessories

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For Information - Call or Write 5734 Shasta Circle

Littleton, Colo. 80123 - Ph. (303) 893-6969

TumbID~ ___ Town CAMP FOR GIRLS

DATES: June 15 - June 21 June 22 - June 28 June 29 - July 5

MASTER COACHING STAFF Herb Vogel

Coach SIU Wome ns Gym nasti cs Tea m N umerous Nat ion al Team Championships Coach of many Nat io nal and In te rnat ionally known Gymnasts Member Hall o f Fa me of Gym nast ics

Alyce Vogel Former Gymn as t of Na ti o nal Ran k

Ill ust rated " Former O lympic Experienced Judge

Mike Merritt

Fea tured in "Sports Q uali fier Na ti onall y

Ass!. Coach SIU Womens Team H ead Coach Tu mble Town Team Former Coach Fargo Acro Team Rated Judge

Jon Aitken Former Gym nast New Mexico State Uni ve rsity Member o f

In te rnational Teams Ra ted Judge GYMNAST Magaz ine 's Consultant on Uneven Ba rs (see arti cle Apri l Issue)

Located in the rustic cou nt ry sett ing of Hayes Fa ir Acres, o f Du Quoin, 111. , this the third Tumble Town Summer Camp w ill be th e best ye!. .. Offeri ng eli te instru ction in all fo ur O lymp ic events, p lus tumbli ng, trampo line and dance, as we ll as some of th e finest recrea tional faci lit ies in Illi no is for swi mmi ng, h ik in g, canoeing, put -put go lf, and many man more.

Write for application to :

TUMBLE TOWN 611 Skyline Dr. Carbondale, III. 62901

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CATALINA ISLAND GYMNASTICS CAMP

GlMNASTICS PROGRAM._

The camp's teaching philosophy involves an equal balance between basics and more advanced skills. The structured morning classes are devoted to basic move­ments and progressions, while the open afternoon sessions include problem solving, recreational activities, and advancement of skill level. Regularly scheduled clinics, conducted by master teaching staff and visiting instructors, cover such important topics as: care and prevention of injuries, routine composition, twisting mechanics, taping procedures, new trends and tech­niques, and an analyses of judging and performing gymnastics.

STAFF

Michael L. Kasavana Darla Franz

NEW PROGRAMS ••. This summer the camp will intro(:luce 35mm black

and white photography. There will be a minimal lab fee to cover chemicals, paper, and equipment costs. FiI~ will be sold and campers are reminded to bring their cameras if interested in the course. Also, instruction in juggling and hand balancing will be offered. I n order to develop reflexes and balance as well as a sense of rhythmic exercise, both of these programs are presented.

TRANSPORTATION ••• Round trip transportation to Catalina Island from

Long Beach is provided at no additional expense via our own charter boat. Campers may select to fly, or ride on a commercial or private boat, but this is at their own expense.

Ph.D., Camp director, Asst. Women's Coach, Univ. of Mass., Former Univ. EIGL, and NCAA competitor, 1971 National YM~A Trampol!ne Champion, Member American Campmg Association

Head Coach of Aztec GymClub, Vice President of Aztec Gym Club, Member of South Cal. Women's Officials Assoc.

Margie Combs Program Director, Former Univ. of Mass. gymnast, 1973 Collegiate AII-Ame~ican gymnast, 1972 EAIAW All-Around champion Paul Tickenoff Camp Co-Ordinator and .. Instruc~or , Northwestern State Univ. of LOUISiana ; 5 - time USA National Team Member, 1970 - NCAA College. Division champion in AA, FX, LH: PB, 1969-72 - Collegiate and national Ali-American , 1974 - Pasadena Nat ' l Invit'l AA Champion Ed Franz Women's Gym Coach, Sandiego trom 1965 to Present, president of Aztec Gym Club, USGF Men's Technical Committee, Assoc. prof. of PhYsical Education

Robert Koenig Master Instructor, Ass!. men 's coach , Univ. of Mass. Former Penn. State Univ. gYmnast, Past EIGL finalist and NCAA Qualifier Judy Hitt Dance Specialist and Instructor Steve Lerner - Instructor

Pam Steckroat - Instructor

Roy Johnson - Instructor

Susan Cantwell - Instructor

Henry Stanley - Instructor

Kim Whitelaw - Instructor

Bill Murphy - Instructor

Glenn Sundby - Promotion Mgr., Editor of GYMNAST

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Michael L. Kasavana Ph. D., Camp Director, Asst. Women's Coach, Univ. of Mass., Former Univ. EIGL, and NCAA competitor, 1971 National YMCA Trampoline Champion, Member American Camping Asso­ciation

Margie Combs Program Director, Former Univ., of Mass. gymnast, 1973 Collegiate All-American gym­nast, 1972 EAIAW All-Around Champion

CATALINA ISLAND GYMNASTIC CAMP. P.O. Box 1464, Covina, California Phone 213-339-1010 until June 1. Afte~ June, dial Avalon (Catalina) operator and ask for #805 Applicant's Name: Age Sex _____ _

Last First M.I.

Address: __________________________ Telephone: _______ --'-_ Street City State Zip Code Code Number

Fees for Summer of 1975 (Please Check Appropriate Box): o Full Ten Weeks: $950.00 0 Five Weeks: $500.00 0 Two, Three, or Four Weeks, $to5.00 per week

o One Week Session Only: $110.00 (Fees do not include registration fee) Individual Weeks or Combinations (Please Check Appropriate Boxes):

o June 22 to June 29 0 July 27 to August 3 o June 29 to July 6 0 August 3 to August 10 o July 6 to July 13 0 August 10 to August 17 o Ju.y 13 to July 20 0 August 17 to August 24 o July 20 to July 27 0 August 24 to August 31

Enrollment in any single session will be limited. Please indicate below any alternate session in the event your first choice is filled at the date of receipt of your application. Thank you.

My twenty dollar registration fee and my 15% deposit (both non-refundable are enclosed. NOTE: Make checks Payable to: Catalina Island Gymnastic Camp Signature

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PAT McCORMICK'S SPORTS CAMP UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE

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ELEVEN YEARS AND OVER

JULY 6 · 12 JULY 13 · 19

JU L Y 20·26 JULY 27 · AUG.2

GYMNASTICS· Gretchen Dowsing, Cornel l University

Abie Grossfeld, So. Connecticut Uni versity

SWIMMING · Jim Montrella, Lak ewood .Acquatics

DIVING · Pat. McCormick, 4 Olympic Go ld Medal Winner

Doug Ward, University of Illino is

- and other Oly mpic and Nationally known coaches

ATTENTION :

FOR FURTHER INFORMATI ON, WRITE : Pat M c Cormick 3642 Rossmoor Way Los Alamitos , Calif . 90720 or Phone : 12 1 31 431 ·9464

WANTED: STATE HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS, Men's and Wome ns four our annual GYMNAST

HIGH SCHOOL REPORT

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CAMPS SCHOOLS COMPETITIONS JUDGES CLINICS AND SERVICES

M ay 8-10 USGF Jr. Nationals al Geo rge Mason U. Fairfa x, VA hosted b y MarVaTeens . MD: Ruth An n M c Bride. 5636 Randolph Rd., Rockvill e, Ma ryland 20852 M ay 10 Third National Modern Rhythmic Gymnastic Competitio n, San Francisco Stal e U., Co mpu lso ri es ava ilab le at USGF M ay 15-17 AAU Sr. Nationals at Ke nned y Sr. H.S .• Ce da r Ra pids Iowa. Hosts : Iowa Assoc. AAU a nd Nisse n Corp. MD: G. Nissen, 930 27t h Ave. , SW[Cedar Rapid s, Iowa 52406.319/ 365-7561. M e n and Women 1976 Ol ympic Compulsories required . May 22-24 USGF Sr. Nationa ls at South Eugene HS in Eu ge ne , Oregon hos ted by Nalional Acad e my of Arti sti c Gymnasti cs MD: Di c k Mulv.ih ill, 148 W. 12th, Euge ne. Oregon 97401 M ay 31-Jun e 1 M e n's European Championships, Be rne Swit zerland June 7 Sr. Olympics, Los Ange les City Co llege Jun e 12-14 o r 19-21 USGF Elite National Championships June 28-29 Czechoslovak Spartakiade Prague, Czechoslovakia , Sports Ce le bration of 30t h Ann ive rsa ry o f National Libe ra li o n July 1-5 Berlin - 6th Gymnaestrada July 4 Waikiki Gymfest Kap io la ni Par k in Waikiki, Hono lulu , Ha wa ii . Spo nso red by th e Hawa ii GYmn as lics Assoc ialio n and City & Count y Recreatio n Depa rtme nt. July 18 Norwegian Women's Gym nastics Team to To ur USA including stops in Brook lyn , Staten Island , and New Roche ll e , New York; Mo rri slown , NJ; Philade lphia; Washi nglo n. DC; Chicago; and San Francisco. Mid. Aug. National AAU Jr. Olympics, U of Cornell. Ithi ca , New Yo rk. MD: GYmnaslic Coach, U. of Corne ll. Age Groups 12-14. 15-18 for boys and g irl s. Girl s d o IntI. Leve l USGF / DGWS Compu lso ries. Boys, NEW 1975 AAU-USGF Jf. O lYmpic compulso ries. Writ e 10 Je rry Dunamell , AAU Jf. Olympic Admin istrat o r, 3400 W. 86th St., Indianapoli s, In d. 46268 PH 317-297-2900 (must qualify thru di stric i and Regio na l competilion) Aug. Pan-Am Trials O ct. 12-26 Pan American Games, Mexico City O ct. World Cup, M adr id , Spa in

Summer Camp Directory

Note: The following directory are just camps that were not listed in last months cam p directory. For more camp listings refer back to April issue p age 43.

American Sokol Gym nastic Camp 6426 West Cermak Road , Be rwyn . Illino is 60402 (BoYs & Girls, 12 yrs. up­Aug. 10-16). Berkeley YMCA Cam!, Gualala 2001 All ston Wa y, Be rk e le y. C llil. 94704 (boYs & g irl s, 3 wks. lul y - Aug. )

Birch Knoll Sports Camps a nd Clinics Box 206 N. Beave r Dam, Wisco nsin 53916 (G irl s on ly. Specify Gymnaslics Camp) Caravan of Camps P.O. Box 103, Sti ll waler, OK 74074 (BoYs & G irls, 5 wks . June-Aug. ) 14th Annual Middle Atlantic Region YMCA Gym nastics Camp, R.W. Gras, Camp Director. 28 Field view Drive, Bask ing Ridge , N.J . 07920 (Boys & Girls. Aug. 10-1 6) Middle Easte rn Gymnastics Camp 11 615 Fulham St., Sil ve r Spring, Maryland 20902 (Boys & Girl s, Au g . 18-24) Muriel Grossfelds World of Gym nastics, 235 Pine hurst Road. Wilminglon , De laware 19803. (G irl s onl y, 9 wks., Jun e-Aug. ) Pocono Sports Camp C/ O Do n Wieder, 1 Memoria l Drive , Ea sl Brunswick , N. J. 08816 (BoYs & Girl s 10-18,4 wks. June -July) Progressive Gymnastics Camp. Box 233, Dee r Park , New York 11 729 (G irl s on ly. Aug 20-30)

GYMNAST May '75

1) dance classes at all levels 2) tumbling classes at all levels 3) training in the Olympic events for women 4) training in the Olympic events for men 5) lecture·demonstrations 6) small student·instructor ratio 7) instructors who are carefuliy chosen for their teaching

experiences and ability in order to provide the highest quality of instruction

STAFF-Our staff includes Olympic and National gymnasts . . . Director Rick Tucker, Assistant Director Lee Roberts, Grace Ann Tucker, Toby Towson, Karen Schuchman, Rich Tobin, Debbie Tobin, plus many other nationally ranked gym­nasts, coaches and guest lecturers.

8) upon request-evaluation of gymnasts attending two or more sessions

JUNE

APPLICATION B LAN K

FIVE SESSlI1tS 22 to JULY 25

R.turn to: LEE !\OBERTS. International Gymnaetic. Camp. Inc .• 257 Eeat Broad Str .. t. Ea.t S!roudaburq. Pa. 18301 (tel.phon. 717·421-8557)

ACCIDENT INSURANCE IS tNCLUDED Nam. ... ..... . .. .. ... .. ..... ... .. . . .. Aq. ..... . Su ... .. .... . . on ..... Ion . .. . . ... ... ... . . . SlIO.OO

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,110,. Octo,",u)' Ihi. opplicalloft with II $25 ,00 p.r •• uion clapo.U ,oyoll' . 10 Inl.,notional Q),"'"II.lIc Camp. APplicoli.~.1II II, 0".1l1li an II IInl '0"'0 lOlil A ••• CU oce.,1 a II",U.II nll",It., of 111I1I,nll . D.,o.11 ,.f"nlloltl. ~O 40y* prlo, 10 lOulon . W •• ltl au.,1 chIl4,.n IIn4., •• ltl'l p.,onlol · .... 11.",,",.

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INTERNATIONAl

GYMNASTICS BELGRADE LAKES CAMP

Belgrade Ukes, MaIne

GYMNAESTRADA TOUR BERLIN 1975 Iln.IITIOIll

IIIIIITICI TOUR INCLUDES:

incl. gymnastics studying program West Germany

JUNE 24 to JULY 8, 1975 6.Gymnaestrada

~ Berlin

,~ -Air Transportation New York.Amsterdam-Dusseldorfj Cologne-Berlin-Amsterdam-N.Y. (No Charter Flight)

-Arrival TrClIIlsfers airport-to-hotel in Cologne, Berlin, Amsterdam -daily hotel accommodations with breakfast -city sightseeing tour in Cologne and West Berlin; boatride in Amsterdam -gymnastics studying and visiting program in and around Cologne (June 26-29), including for example visits

at High Schools, Universities, world famous German college of physical education, different types of gym. nastic clubs with the possibility to contact the gymnasts and coaches (arranged by German Univ. coaches)

-participation at the "Gymnaestrada 1975 in West Berlin" from July 1-5, the biggest gym festival in the world (more than 20,000 participants from all over the world)-tickets for opening and / closing ceremony and free entry to all of the daily performances.

Information and Reservation: INTERNATIONAL GYMNASTICS

R.D. 3, BOX 518, STROUDSBURG, PA. 18360

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