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September' October 2006

FEATURES 10 2006 VISA CHAI'o1PIONSHIPS The 2006 Visa Championships took place in St. Paul, Minn., August 16-19, 2006. The Xcel Energy Center was the site of Men's and Women's Artistic competition and Rhythmic and Acro competition took place at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium. Not only was there great gymnastics action inside the arenas, but there were also many exciting events outside of competition.

Read features in this issue on:

• Nastia Liukin

• Alexander Artemev

• Lisa Wang

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• Shawn Johnson

Top left: Kayla Hoffmal1 . Top right: Geoffrey Corrigml

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30 Trampoline and Tumbling National Championships Trampoline and Tumbling hosted its National Championships in Schaumburg, IlL, in July. The sport crowned numerous national champions, including Erin Blanchard who won the gold medal in women's trampoline. USA Gymnastics spoke with Blanchard and learned more about her training for trampoline.

34 2006 Acro International Age Group Competition The women's group of Nicole Summers, Karilynn Rockhill and Melissa Summers earned the silver medal at the 2006 Acrobatic Gymnastics International Age Group competition in Portugal. The group also earned second all­arolU1d and first in dynamic exercise at the 2006 Acro National Championships. Meet the group and learn more about their training in acro.

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Saint Paul, Minnesota, was a fantastic host city for the recent Visa Championships and USA Gymnastics National Congress and Trade Show. In an exciting week filled with gymnastics, fans and profeSSionals alike enjoyed intense competition, educational opportunities, and celebrations of both the past and the future of the sport.

At the Visa Championships, new national teams were named in the Women's, Men's, Rhythmic, and Acrobatic Gymnastics competitions. The event was an incredible success, showcaSing the depth and talent that exists within all USA Gymnastics' disciplines. I would like to recognize the efforts of all the athletes and coaches, whose hard work and preparation were apparent on the competition floor.

Congratulations to our newly crowned national champions. Nastia Liukin repeated as senior national champion for the women, while Alexander "Sasha" Artemev and Lisa Wang captured their first national titles for the men and rhythmic diSCiplines, respectively. Trampoline and Tumbling and Acrobatic Gymnastics held their national championships in July, where Trampoline named Chris Estrada and Erin Blanchard became trampoline national champions, and the Acro competition was highlighted with the performances of mixed pair national champions Clare Brunson and Michael Rodrigues. USA Gymnastics is excited about this new crop of athletes who will wear red-white-and-blue and represent our country in international competition.

The Visa Championships also provided a chance to honor the 10th anniversary of the women's team gold medal performance in Atlanta. All members of the "Magnificent Seven" were present as the crowd commemorated their historic performance from the Centennial Olympic Games. USA Gymnastics was proud to recognize the Roethlisberger family in their home state of Mirrnesota for the contributions they have made to the sport of gymnastics over the last five decades.

Located directly across the street from both the Congress and event venues, Visa Championships Plaza at Rice Park was loaded with activity. Each morning started with fitness workouts led by a personal trainer and a host of gymnastics celebrities. On Friday and Saturday evening, Visa Championships Plaza turned into a post-event celebration with music, food, drink, athlete appearances, autograph signings, and more.

Special thanks to our title sponsor Visa for its support of the event, which once again helped elevate the Visa Championships to great heights.

Please join me in celebrating the success of all our athletes and welcoming our new National Teams. Good luck to our artistic World Championships Teams as they enter the world stage this fall in Aarhus, Denmark, to represent our sport and our country and compete at the highest level. Go Team USA!

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l1e 2006 Visa Championships took place in St. Paul, Minn., August 16-19, 2006. The Xcel Energy Center was the site of Men's and Women's Artistic competition and Rhythmic and Acro competition

took place at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium. Not only was there great gymnastics action inside the arenas, but there

were also many exciting events surrounding the event, including the USA Gymnastics National Congress and Trade Show; a celebration of

the 10th anniversary of the women's team gold medal performance in Atlanta; recognition for the Roethlisberger family and all of

their contributions to the sport of gymnastics over the last five decades; and the Visa Championships Plaza at Rice Park,

Row 1: Nastia

Liukin and Visa Championships Plaza

at Rice Park Row 2:

Alexander Artemev and the

2006 Hall of Fame and Lifetime

Achievement Award winners

Row 3: Congress Exhibit Hall, the

Roethlisberger family and Nicole Summers, Karilynn Rockhill, Melissa Summers

Row 4: 1996 Olympic team and Lisa Wang

where fitness took place in the morning, exhibitions were held at noon, and post-event celebrations took place

in the evening. There was a great deal of gymnastics action in

St. Paul! ~

PHOTOS · (ROW 1 LEfT; ROW 2 RIGHT; ROW 3 LEFT 2) STEVE LANGE, (ROW 1 RIGHT; ROW 2 lEFT; ROW 4 LEfT) CASEY GIBSON (ROW 4 RIGHT) DIANE BIDERMANN USA GYMNASTICS S~PT£MB£R · OCT0BHl2006 11

Liukin

Nastia Liukin, 17, won her second senior all-around title at the 2006 Visa Championships. She also won the competition twice as a junior, making it her fourth consecutive title. Liukin trains at WOGA in Plano, Texas, and is coached by her father, Valeri.

Liukin, who is the 2005 World Champion on bars and beam and silver medalist in the all-around, also won the uneven bars and balance beam titles at the 2006 Visa Championships. We talked with Liukin after the Visa Championships and here's what she had to say.

Q: What was it like to win the all-around at the Visa Championships?

A: It was awesome winning four titles in a row. Since the 2005 World Championships I've had lots of changes in my routines. It feels great to be on top with all of my new changes.

Q: It must be hard to stay on top in the sport of gymnastics. How do you approach each competition?

A: Going into each competition, my goal is not to win. I just try to perform my routines the way I've been training them.

Q: Which event were you most pleased with at the Visa Championships.

A: I was most pleased with my first day bars and beam routines. My execution score was 9.5 or above on both of these routines.

12 USA GYMNASTICS SEPTEMBER ·cx:TOBER 2006

Wins Again

That's what I strive for. the execution and start value are important. My dad and I focus a lot on the execution -- we strive for perfection.

Q: What advice does your dad give you going into a competition?

A: He says to try to stay calm and confident and do the same thing you've been doing in training each day.

Q: Watching the competition on TV we saw your dad speak to you in Russian. Does he do that often in the gym?

A: Yes, actually he does speak to me in Russian at the gym. It's sort of random, whatever comes out.

Q: What school and grade are you in now? A: I'm a senior at Spring Creek Academy. I missed the entire

week of school while at Visa Championships. This year is kind of a lighter year for me since I'm only taking two classes - calculus and British literature. My school gives me the work ahead of time and I try to keep up as best I can and then I return. They give me extra tutoring if I need it.

I'm hoping to go to Southern Methodist University in Dallas next year. It's close to my home and the gym (20 minute drive). So I can stay at home, train and go to school. We visited the school a few times and had meetings with the counselor. I don't know what I want to study yet.

Q: I saw on the television broadcast you were playing volleyball. Do you enjoy playing volleyball?

A: My dad, uncle and Ryan (a coach at the gym) made a beach volleyball court in our back yard. They dug a hole, added a layer of rocks to the bottom and poured sand on the top to make the beach volleyball court. We all like volleyball. My friends and I get together on Friday for a barbeque and hang out and play volleyball. We live on a few acres and have a big pond, where we go fishing.

Q: I heard you moved into a new house? A: Yes, we moved into a new house last October. Right

around Christmas last year we also got two new puppies to go with the house, a yellow and chocolate lab, Lexy and Rex. They

love to swim in the pond. Q: Do you have you driver 's license now? A: Not yet. I was able to get my license last week

but I didn't have time to get it before the Visa Championships. I'm probably going this week to get my license.

Q: What's the one thing that most people don't know about you?

A: I speak Russian, English and I'm learning Spanish. Also, I was in the movie, Stick It. It was so much fun. I would really like to do more acting in the future.

PHOTO · STEVE LANGE

Senior Women NASTIA LlUKlN EARNED HER SECOND CONSECUTIVE SENIOR all-around title at the Visa Championships and also won the bars and beam event titles. Liukin's bars and beam routines showed her usual style and class on these events, where she owns the world titles. However, Liukin was closely trailed- in the- all=around- by- two other 1-6~year-olds, Natasha Kelley of Stars Houston and Jana Bieger of Boca Twisters.

Kelley, who was the Junior National Champion in 2005, was competing for the first time as a senior at the Visa Championships. She not only took second all-around, but she also finished second on bars and beam and fourth on floor. Kelley's beam routine is stacked with difficulty, including a standing full and a standing Arabian. Bieger, who was a member of the 2005 World Championships team, was second on vault and third on beam. On vault she completed a Yurchenko one-and-a-half and debuted a new second vault, a front handspring layout front full.

Although she was still retuming from a shoulder injury and was not able to compete at 100 percent, all-around world champion Chellsie Memmel finished a solid fourth in the all-around and third on floor. This was quite an accomplishment because she had just retumed to training early in August.

Alicia Sacramone of Brestyan's, who finished fifth in the all-around, won vault with her double-twisting Yurchenko and front handspring front Rudy. She also tied for first on floor with Randi Stageberg of Excalibur, where both showed powerfu l tumbling and exciting choreography.

Cincinnati Gymnastics' Ashley Priess, who tied for first in the all-around with Kelley at the 2006 U.S. Classic, finished sixth all-around. Orlando Metro's Kassi Price was seventh all-around and also took third on vault and bars.

In addition to those named above, the 2006-07 national team also includes Parkettes' Amber Trani, WOGf:\s Christine Nguyen, Cincinnati's Jacquelyn Johnson and Rebound Gymnastics' Kayla Hoffman. Shayla Worley, who did not compete in the Visa Championships due to injury, was added to the USA National Team.

The senior women's national team is invited to a World Championships selection camp in September. ~

PHOTOS · STEVE LANGE; (BOTTOM LEFT) CASEY GIBSON

Top to Bottom: Natasha Kelley,

Jana Bieger, Alicia

Sacramone, Chellsie Memmel, Ashley

Priess, Amber Trani, Randi Stageberg,

and Kassi Price

Junior Women SHAWN JOHNSON, 14, OF CHOW'S GYMNASTICS IN West Des Moines, Iowa, won the junior national all-around t itle. She also took fi rst on vault, beam and floor and was second on bars. Johnson showed a high difficulty level on each event, matched with excellent execution, including a full twisti ng double back dismount on beam and a double twisting double back on floor.

Cincinnati Gymnastics' Bianca Flohr, 15, took second in the all-around, followed by 14-year­old Samantha Peszek of DeVeau's School of Gymnastics. Flohr, who performs a high d ifficulty routine on bars, grabbed the t it le on this event . She also p laced second on floor and tied for third on beam. Peszek took second on vault, third on bars and debuted a new tumbling pass on floor, a double twisting, double back.

WOGP\s Rebecca Bross, 13, finished fourth all­around and was second on beam, where she dismounts with a double Arabian . The top four junior gymnasts, Johnson, Flohr, Peszek and Bross, were selected for the Junior Pan American Championships, which took place the week following the Visa Championsh ips in Canada.

Ivana Hong, 13, is from Great American Gymnastics Express in Blue Springs, Mo., and finished fifth in the all-around and tied for third on beam. Hill's Gymnastics' Corrie Lothrop, 14, made her first national team by placing sixth in the all-around and earning the bronze medal on vault. GAGE's Sarah Demeo, 14, was seventh in the all-around, followed by WOGP\s Catherine Nguyen, 15, in eighth. Shantessa Pama of Gym-Max and newcomer Jordyn Wieber of Twistars USA tied for ninth. Wieber, who just turned 11 on July 12, is the youngest member of the Junior National Team . Cincinnati Gymnastics' Cassie Whitcomb, 13, f inished 11th all-around followed by GAGE's Rachel Updike, who is 14.

Bridget Sloan, 14, of Sharp'S Gymnastics, competed only on vault, bars and beam due to an ankle injury. Sloan tied for third on beam and was added to the National Team because of her outstanding performances on three events and her success in past competitions. Thirteen-year-old Samantha Shapiro, who placed 13th in the all­around, was also added to the Junior National Team.

Brestyan's Gymnastics' Petra Matthies showed outstanding work on floor and won the bronze medal on this event.

14 USA GYMNASTICS S"PT"MBER ·OCTOB"R2006 PHOTOS· STEVE LANGE

First Row: Senior Women's National Team. Back row (L to R): Nastia Uukin, Natasha Kelley, Jana Bieger, Chellsie Memmel, Alicia

Johnson On a Roll

Fourteen-year-old Shawn Johnson tumbled, vaulted, balanced and swung her way to

the junior national all-around title at the Visa Championships,

collecting three event titles along the way. When

asked what it was like to win the

competition, she said, "It's

overwhelming. I've been

training hard and I wanted

to go for a title and win the gold

medal. It was really satisfying."Johnson, who is a

freshman in high school, continued, "After I hit one routine, I gained more confidence

and was motivated to do better on the next." Johnson maintained her consistency throughout the competition, hitting all

eight routines. She was definitely on a roll! Johnson's 2006 year has been spectacular,

winning the junior all-around titles at the Pacific Alliance Championships, U.S. Classic and Visa Championships. More recently she won the Junior Pan American Championships all-around title. Full coverage will follow in the next issue!

Johnson is coached by Liang Qiao and Liwen Zhuang. She says beam is her favorite event because it's the most challenging and fun and she has the best beam coach!

She started gymnastics when she was 3 years old because she had lots of energy to burn. She said, "I started out in a dance class but only stayed for about a month. I liked gymnastics a lot better."

Her favorite part of gymnastics is traveling and meeting new people. She

hopes to one day travel to the World Championships and the Olympic

Games as a part of Team USA. ~

Sacramone, Ashley Priess. Front row (L to R): Kassi Price, Amber Trani, Christine Nguyen, Randi Stageberg, Jacquelyn Johnson, and Kayla Hoffman.; Samantha Peszek, Bianca Flohr Second Row: Rebecca Bross; Sarah Demeo; Ivana Hong Thrid Row: Junior Women's National Team. Back row (L to R): Shawn Johnson, Bianca Flohr, Samantha Peszek, Rebecca Bross, Ivana Hong, Corrie Lothrop. Front row (L to R): Sarah Demeo, Catherine Nguyen, Jordyn Wieber, Shantessa Pama, Cassie Whitcomb and Rachel Updike; Corrie Lothrop

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C~AtvlPIONS~IPS :: 2006

The Underdog Takes the Title

Alexander Artemev, nicknamed Sasha, came into the Visa Championships as the underdog but left St. Paul with the title of National All-Around Champion.

When asked what it was like to win the title, Artemev said, '1t was a dream come true. I've been trying to place in the top three for a while now and to actually win the event, it's just great." Artemev's coach and father Vladimir said, "No one believed he could do all six events. He's healthy, and he's ready for Worlds."

Tenacious is a word that describes Artemev. This 21-year-old was born in Minsk, Belarus, and moved to the United States in 1994. He became a star in the junior ranks, winning the 1998 and 1999 Junior Olympic national titles.

At the JO National Championships, he finished second all-around in 2001

and third in 2002, plus he earned his U.s. Citizenship that same year. He

advanced to the big leagues in 2002 by competing in the U.S.

Championships. Unfortunately, this was also the year he tore

ligaments in his elbow. He fought back, and by 2003 he had worked his way up the ladder to secure a spot on the 2003 World Championships team as the alternate. Injuries once again got in the way, preventing him from making U.s. Teams for the 2004 Olympic Games and the 2005 World Championships.

Artemev never waivered. He continued on his path, worked hard, and grabbed the senior men's title at the 2006 Visa Championships. He also won pommel horse and parallel bars; was fourth on floor; and sixth on vault. He was named to the 2006 World Championships team.

Artemev comes from a family with a long history of gymnastics success. His father and coach Vladimir was a member of the Soviet National Team and the USSR national all-around champion in 1984. His mother, Svetlana, is a former rhythmic gymnast. ~

Far Left: Alexander Artemev Left: Jonathan Horton Above: Here is the Men's Senior National Team, which was named immediately following the event Back row (L to R): Alexander Artemev, Jonathon Horton, Clay Strother, David Sender, Sean Townsend. Front row (L to R):

Sean Golden, Guillermo Alvarez, Kevin Tan, and Tim McNeil.

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18 USA GYMNASTICS SEPTEMBER ·=roBER 2006

Senior Men ALEXANDER ARTEMEV WON HIS FIRST VISA Championships all-around title showing clean and consistent routines and winning the title over University of Oklahoma's Jonathan Horton and Team Chevron's Guillermo Alvarez. Artemev also earned two event titles, pommel horse and parallel bars.

Stanford University's David Sender finished fourth in the all-around and won vault. Team Chevron and Olympian Sean Townsend placed fifth all-around, and also from Team Chevron, David Durante, placed sixth.

Horton, the 2006 NCAA all-around and Tyson American Cup champion, won the title on floor exercise, while rings talent Kevin Tan of Team Chevron won his best event. University of Oklahoma's Chris Brooks won high bar.

USA Gymnastics named the U.S. Men's Team for the 2006 World Championships following the Visa Championships. The team includes: Artemev, Alvarez, Horton, Justin Spring, Clay Strother, and Kevin Tan . Alternates are Durante and Sender.

Strother tied for second on floor with Sender, placed second on vault and was fourth on pommel horse.

Spring, who did not compete atthe Visa Championships because he is recovering from an injury, petitioned to the team. He must show competitive readiness at the world team training camp in September at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colo. Earlier this year, Spring made it to the finals in the horizontal and parallel bars at the

World Cup event in Ghent and was a member of the 2005 World Championships Team.

The USA Men's National Team was also named based on a point system. The following athletes make up the 2006-07

Men's Senior National Team and are listed in alphabetical order: Alvarez, Artemev, Raj Bhavsar, Durante, Jason Gatson, Sean Golden, Joseph Hagerty, Horton, Tim McNeil, Sender, Spring, Strother, Tan, Yewki Tomita and Townsend. ~

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Danell Leyva Junior Champion in the 14-15 year old division

Danell Leyva is from Universal Gymnastics in Miami, Fla., and 2006 was his first Visa Championships. Leyva

was successful in his first event to compete on a podium, winning the all-around title in the 14-15 year

old age division. "It's very exciting" said Leyva. "My goal was to hit all of my events and to do them cleanly."

Leyva won the all-around title with a score of 82.000. He also tied for first on floor with a 14.150, was first on high bar with a 14.750 and tied for second on parallel bars with a 13.90.

Leyva is coached by his dad, Yin Alvarez. He said, "My parents own the gym. My mom is the head

women's coach and my dad is the head men's coach."

Born in Cuba, Danell moved to the USA when he was 2

years old. He started gymnastics when he was 4 and claims parallel

bars and high bar are his favorite

Tim Pittman Junior Champion in the 16-18 year old division

Tun Pittman trains at Cypress Academy in Houston, Texas, and is coached by Tom Meadows, Colby Van Cleave and Mike Dutka. He competed in his third Visa Championships and went from 13th in the all-around in 2004 to ---------.,-ninth all-around in 2005 to fI first all-around in 2006.

When asked about the competition, Pittman said, "It felt great to win. It was a new experience for me. I've never won a big meet like this before. It didn't hit me until afterwards, walking outside, that I had really won the meet."

Pittman also took first on parallel bars, second on vault and still rings, and tied for second on high bar and pommel horse. He says parallel bars are his best event.

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In the 14-15 year old age d ivision, Danell Leyva who trains at Universal Gymnastics in Miami, Fla., won the all-around title fo llowed by Champions' Gymnastics Josh Dixon and Golden Bear's Kyle Bunthuwong. Rounding out the Jun ior Nationa l Team are Alexy Biloze rtchev from OSU Boys Team and Neal Thompson from San Mateo.

In the 16-18 yearold division ofthe junior men's competition, Tim Pittman of Cypress Academy won the all-around, followed by Mel Santander of the Massachusetts Gymnastics Center (who qua lified to and competed in the Senio r Division). Chris Cameron of Florida Flips and Paul Ruggeri III from CNY Gym nastics were third and fo urth in the al l-around rankings with Andrew Stover of SCATS Huntington Beach in fifth .

Tim Gentry and Ryan Lieberman, who are 16-18 year old age d ivision athletes, and Phi lip Onorato and Miguel Pineda, who are 14-15 year old age division athletes, were placed onto the national team after being selected to compete at Top: Josh Dixon, Junior National Team Members

Back row (L to R): Miguel Pineda, Neal Thompson, Alexy Bilozertchev, Kyle Bunthuwong, Josh Dixon, Danell Leyva. Front row (L 10 R): Andrew Stover, Paul Ruggeri, Cameron Rogers, Mel Sanlander,Timothy Pitbnan. Bottom: 16-18 AA winners : Chris Cameron, Timothy Pitbnan, Mel Santander. Middle photo: Chris Cameron; 14-15 AA winners: Josh Dixon, Danell Leyva, Paul Ruggeri III

the Junior Pan American Championships which was conducted the week fo llowing the Visa Championships. These athletes qua lified based on their performance at the Men's National Qualifi er in July. They had the option to compete in the Visa Championsh ips. On ly Pineda competed in the Visa Championships and finished 18th in the senior d ivision. ~

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W is for WANG and WI NER Rhythmic gymnast Lisa Wang, a senior in high school, won her first Senior Rhythmic National All-Around title at the 2006 Visa Championships. She also won the ball and ribbon titles, was second in rope and fifth in clubs. Wang is a member of the gold-medal team from the 2005 Pan American Championships and also took second place in the all-around at the 2005 Visa Championships.

Wang had the opportunity tlUs past July to go to Montenegro with three of her national teammates to train with the Russian National Team for two weeks. She said, "The training was difficult, but also extremely useful. Each day, we had an hour-and-a-half of intensive ballet with the Russian ballet teacher; then immediately afterwards, it was just non-stop work, work, work! The Russian coaches tried to show us how to have bigger amplitude, more expression, and pointed out so many little corrections that while on the surface may seem insignificant, actually do make a world of difference in a gymnast's performance. Even though it was difficult for me, it was just an incredible experience being able to learn and train with the best in the world."

The experience seemed to work for Wang as she went on to win her first senior national all-around title. We talked to Wang after the competition and here's what she had to say.

22 USA GYMNASTICS SEPTEMBER · OCTOBfR 2006

Q: What was it like to win the all-around title at the Visa Championships?

A: It was amazing. I've been working so hard for the last few years, and it is just overwhelming to finally achieve

the title of national champion. What was even better was being able to stand up on the podium with one of my close teammates, Ava Gehringer.

Q: What event did you perform the best and why? A: I felt that my best performance was in ball. I felt a bit shaky

in it because it was my first routine of the competition, but I'm glad I was able to deliver a solid routine.

Q: What was the best part of the competition? A: As much as I love competing, I have to admit that the best

part was when I finished my last routine! I felt like all of the stress and pressure of the last year had finally been lifted off my shoulders. I had done everything that I could, and the rest was left to the judges.

Q: Did you get to do anytlung exciting while in Minnesota? A: I got to visit the Science Museum of Minnesota. They had a

special exhibit called Body Worlds, which was really interesting. It was an exhibition of real human bodies, muscles, and organs. It really took my appreciation for the human body to a new level.

Q: Do you have a pre-event ritual? Something that you always do before a competition either the night before or the momingof?

A: Every Nationals, my teammates and I usually go to a Chinese restaurant and get fortune cookies the night

before the competition. This year, our team has grown so big that we were unable to go to a restaurant. So my dad went out to a Chinese restaurant and gave me his

fortune ... It said, "Be a winner!" Q: What are your goals in rhythmic gymnastics? A: I really hope that I can improve my international standing

and help the u.s. move higher in the rankings. Now that the Visa Championships is over, I'm going to try and drill new, harder elements for the upcoming season.

Q: What's the one thing that most people don't know about you?

A: A lot of people perceive me as a really soft-spoken person. With the exception of my closest friends and fanUly, not many people know how loud and out-going I can really be. I also love blasting music in my car and singing along to it. . . when no one else is with me!

Q: What advice would you give young girls/ guys who are sh'iving to be an elite gymnast like you some day?

A: Never give up and never underestimate yourself. As impossible as your dream may feel at times, the only way to get there is if you persevere. In fact, one of my favorite quotes is by Sasha Cohen in which she said, "In every athlete's career there are the highs and the lows, and the lows are what make the highs great. It is when you don't win that you learn about yourself and learn the lessons that make you better next time." ~

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Rhythmic Action

Top Left Senior National Team. back row (L to R): Tracy Agyeman. Brenann Stacker. Ava Gehringer.

Julia Ilkina. Front row (L to R): Julie Zetlin. Aline Bakchajian. Usa Wang. Kristian Brooks. Top Right Aline

Bakchajian Bottom Row: Rachel Marmer. Ava Gehringer. Junior National Team. back row (L to R): Rachel Girma. Ada Moisescu. Marlee Shape. Delaney Lonergan.

Front row (L to R): Rachel Marmer.

THE 2006 VISA CHAMPIONSHIPS TOOK PLACE AUGUST 17-19 AT the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St . Paul, Minn. Lisa Wang won her first senior all­around title. Aline Bakchaj ian took second, and newcomer and teammate to Wang, Ava Gehringerfin ished third in the all-around. During event finals, Julie Zetl in won clubs and rope, while Wang won ball and ribbon .

On the junior side, Rachel Marmer won her fourth junior national title and earned all four event titl es. Marlee Shape took second all-around and first-time competitor at national championships, Tyler Rosemond, finished third in the all-around.

At right is a list of the top eight gymnasts in the all-around who made the national team. For fu ll results and event finals log onto: www.usa-gymnastics.org/events/2006/championships/ ~

24 USA GYMNASTICS S( PT( MB(R · OCTOB[R 2006

Senior Rhythmic All-Around !Athlete ! Club Score i Lisa Wang i North Shore RSG 53.700 ~ Aline Bakchajian ~ Hollywood Acad. 52.325 iAva Gehringer 1 North Shore RSG 52.225

4 ~ Julie Zetlin ~ Rhythmflex 52.050 i Julia Itkina 1 Calif. RhJ:!hms 51 .550 ! Brenann Stacker ~ North Shore RSG 51.450 i Kristian Brooks 1 Sorts Club of Novi 47.775 !Tracy Agyeman 1 Isadora's 47.600

Junior Rhythmic All-Around ~ Athlete ~ Club 1 Score ~ Radl el Marmer Holly!yooa Acaa. 152.475 1 Marlee Sha e North Shore RSG ~ 50.475 ~ Tyler Rosemona Big A Ie RSG 146.975 i Anastasia Torba Allegro RSG ~ 45.750 ~ Reba Daniels HoII~ooa Acaa. 145.725 ~ Ada Moisescu Rhythmic Dreams ~ 45.700 1 Delaney Lonergan LA Sc 001 of Gym 145.650 i Rachel Girma LA School of Gym i 45.400

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Congratulations to the 2006-07 Acrobatic Gymnastics National Team. Back row (L to R): Allysha Kidd, Tisa Penny, Jul ian Amaro, Michael Rodrigues, Andre Solodar, Brian Kincher, and Ryan Ward. Front row L to R: Kellianne Stankus, Mariah Henninger, Clare Brunson, Tyler Spray, Xiau-Ling Wee, and Kristin Allen.

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Women Senior All -Around Club Meet 2 1 Nastia liukin WOGA 62.600 2 Natasha Kelley Stars Houston 61 .500 3 Jana Bieger Boca Twisters 61.050 4 Chellsie Memmel M&M 61.050

Alicia Sacramone Brestyan 60.700 Ashley Priess Cincinnati Gym. 60.750 Kassi Price Orlando Metro 58.850 Amber Trani Parkettes 57.250 Christine Nguyen WOGA 57.250

10 Randi Stageberg Excalibur 57.350 l1T Jacquelyn Johnson Cincinnati Gym. 56.200 l1T Kayla Hoffman Rebound Gym. 56.100

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Jana Bieger Kassi Price

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Natasha Kelley 3 Kassi Price

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Floor 1T Randi Stageberg 1T Alicia Sacra mane 3 Chellsie Memmel

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Meet I 61.H)!! 61.700 61 .950 60.350 60.300 60.150 58.050 57.950 57.800 56.850 57.650 57.750

Total 123.700 123.200 123.000 121.400 121.000 120.900 116.900 115.200 115.050 114.200 113.850 113.850

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31.850 31.600 31.200

30.650 30.650 30.600

Junior All-Around Club Meet 2 Meet I Total 1 Shawn Johnson Chow's Gym. 61.700 62.400 124.100

Bianca Flohr Cincinnati Gym. 61 .050 58.900 119.950 Samantha Peszek OeVeau's 59.650 59.800 119.450 Rebecca Bross WOGA 58.250 58.150 116.400 Ivana Hong GAGE 58.450 57.800 116.250 Corrie Lothrop Hill's Gym. 57.850 57.700 115.550 Sarah DeMeo GAGE 57.950 57.150 115.100 Catherine Nguyen WOGA 57.500 56.700 114.200

9T Jordyn Wieber Geddert's Twistars 57.500 56.550 114.050 9T Shantessa Pama Gym-Max 56.150 57.900 114.050 11 Cassie Whitcomb Cincinnati Gym. 56.750 56.700 113.450 12 Rachel Updike GAGE 56.600 56.800 113.400

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Bars 1 Bianca Flohr

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Senior All-Around Club Meet 2 Meet 1 Total 1 Alexander ArtemevTeam Chevron 89.450 91.400 180.850

Jonathan Horton U. Oklahoma 89.150 90.150 179.300 3 Guillermo Alvarez Team Chevron 89.400 88.750 178.150 4 David Sender Stanford Univ 88.600 89.000 177.600

Sean Townsend Team Chevron 87.500 88.950 176.450 David Durante Team Chevron 88.050 86.250 174.300

Floor 1 Jonatha Horton 2T Clay Strother 2T David Sender

U. Oklahoma Team Chevron Stanford Univ

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Pommel Horse 1 Alexander Artemev 2 lim McNeill 3 Guillermo Alvarez

Still Rings 1 Kevin Tan

Sean Golden Nyika White

David Sender Clay Strother Steven Legendre

Alexander Artemev Sean Townsend Raj Bhavsar

High Bar 1 Chris Brooks 2 Bryan Del Castillo

Jonathan Horton David Durante

Team Chevron UC-Berkeley Team Chevron

Team Chevron Team Chevron Temple Univ

Stanford Univ Team Chevron WOGA

Team Chevron Team Chevron Team Chevron

U. Oklahoma New Hope Academy U. Oklahoma Team Chevron

Junior Men 14-15 year olds All -Around 1 Danell Leyva Gattaca - Universal

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Steven Legendre lim Pittman Paul Ruggeri III

lim Pittman Steven Legendre Kyle OJ

High Bar 1 Paul Ruggeri III

lim Pittman Ari Barrera

Cypress Academy SCATS HB

WOGA Cypress Academy CNY Gymnastics

Cypress Academy WOGA New Hope Academy

CNY Gymnastics Cypress Academy Gattaca-Universal

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Champions Acad. Gattaca-Universal Golden Bear OSU Boys Team

Pommel Horse 1 Glen Ishino SCATS HB 2 Neal Thompson San Mateo 3 Josh Dixon Champ. Acad.

Still Rings 1 Matthew Martin Gym. Village 2T Kyle Bunthuwong Golden Bear 2T Christopher Stehl Cypress Acad. 2T Kyle Voissem Swiss Turners 13.900

Vault 1 Josh Dixon 2T Zach Cazabon .2T Micah Elolson

Champions Acad. 15.300 S1. Louis Gym Ctr. 14.900 TAGS-E. P. 14.900

Parallel Bars 1 Kyle Bunthuwong Golden Bear 2T Christopher Stehl Cypress Acad. 2T Danell Lel'l1a Gattaca-Univ.

High Bar 1 Danell Leyva Gattaca-Univ.

Josh Dixon Champ. Acad. Alexy Bilozertchev OSU Boys

Junior Men 16-18 year olds All-Around

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1 lim Pittman Cypress Acad. 83.800 Mel Anton Santander Chris Cameron Paul Ruggeri III Andrew Stover

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E r i n Blanchard, 17, won the trampoline title at the 2006 Pacific Alliance Championships in the junior division. Then she moved up to the senior division and took first in trampoline at the 2006 Trampoline and Tumbling National Championships.

"It was very exciting to win," said Blanchard. "It was my first time competing senior and it was definitely my goal to win."

When asked why she likes trampoline, Blanchard said, "Because it's a rush, especially when you learn new skills. r love the feeling! It's great. It's like jumping off a roof or flying.

You're so high in the air and you see everything." Blanchard got involved in trampoline when she was 5 years old. "My family and r

were watching the Olympics on TV and saw artistic gymnastics. It looked like a lot of fun. My mom signed me up at the local gym, Trampoline and Tumbling Express. r started out doing tumbling, double mini and trampoline, but r had the most potential in trampoline. So in 2001, r concentrated just on trampoline."

One reason Blanchard is so competitive in the sport is due to her family. She's the youngest child and the only girl. "r have three older brothers and we used to fight, which made me tough," said Blanchard. "Now that we're older we look after one another." Blanchard's mom is a third­grade teacher and her dad is manager of a warehouse company.

Blanchard took a break from trampoline in 2002 and took more than two years off to try other things. She came back last summer because she missed it.

"It's what r love to do. r thought r was missing out on other things so r

quit trampoline to do track, but r learned trampoline is what r love to do."

When asked what she missed the most, Blanchard said, "r missed going to competitions and meeting

new people. r also missed seeing the excitement on my coaches' faces when r do well. They look very proud when we do well."

Blanchard trains about 18 hours per week and just competed in three competitions including The Pan American Championships in Mexico, and two World Cup events in Switzerland and Germany. She was gone about three weeks in late August and early September.

So how does she travel for three weeks and handle her junior year at Comeaux High? "We start school on the day r leave for my competitions. I've already talked to my counselor and I'll just get my work when r get back. The teachers are great about giving me time to make up my work. They're very supportive."

Blanchard says biology is her favorite class and she'd like to go into the medical field to become a pediatric nurse.

As for Blanchard's goals in trampoline? She said without hesitation, "r want to make the 2008 Olympic Team for sure." She added, 'T d also like to finish in the top eight at the 2007 World Championships." ~

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Hometown. Youngsville, Louisiana

Birthday. Nov. 20, 1989

Club • Trampoline and Tumbling Express

Coach • Tara Guidry and Dmitri Poliaroush

Began Gymnastics • 1995

Most difficult element in routine • full in, full out pike

Car • Mitsubishi Galant

Favorite color • yellow

Favorite store • Target (although she's not a big shopper)

Favorite clothes • adidas shorts and T-shirt

Favorite Sport (other than trampoline) • Football, to play and watch.

Favorite Food • mac and cheese

hat's on her iPod • Everything from hip hop to country to her dad's old rock and roll music. She listens to everything.

Hobbies • She has a pool at her house and likes to swim a lot. She likes to go to the library and read, mostly fiction books.

What's in her gym bag? Her warm-up and leo. Two pairs of socks because she wears a long pair and a short pair when she jumps trampoline. Hair clips. iRod ~bone. Wate bottle!. _____ ---'

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2006 Trampoline & Tumbling National Championships

Trampoline and Tumbling U. S. Championships were held in Schaumburg, III., July 7-9. Taking gold in Senior Trampoline were Chris Estrada and Erin Blanchard, both of Trampoline and Tumbling Express in Lafayette, La. Estrada is a two-time national champion, repeating his win from 2005. Blanchard took her first title at the Senior Elite level, having previously won as a Junior Elite. Kalon Ludvigson of Texas Dreams in Plano, Texas, took first in men's double mini and also in men's tumbling. New women's champions are Shelley Klochan in double mini and Leanne Seitzinger in tumbling, representing Great Lakes Griffins, Grand Rapids, Mich., and Novak's Gymnastics, Dumfries, Va ., respectively. The synchronized trampoline title went to Amanda Bailey, Acrospirits, Levelland, Texas, who paired with Blanchard in women's action and Michael Devine, J&J Tumbling & Trampoline, Winnebago, III., with Estrada for the men.

Junior Elite champions include Steven Gluckstein and Nani Vercruyssen, both of when took gold medals in both trampoline Above: Chris Estrada Below: Senior and double mini. Gluckstein, representing Ultra Twisters, women's trampoline awards Middletown, N.J., is a four-time Junior Elite champion in trampoline, winning in 2003-06. Hawaii Academy's Nani Vercruyssen of Honolulu, Hawaii, was a repeat champion from 2005 in trampoline. Dacyn Caudell of Xtreme Trampoline and Tumbling, Lee's Summit, Mo., took her second tumbling championship in as many years, while the men's title went to Maurice Dunker of Gymnastic Academy of Rockford III. Junior Elite synchronized trampoline champions are Vercruyssen and partner Kaci Barry, of GTC Academy, San Diego, Calif., for the women and Gluckstein with partner Jesse Kiley of Great Lakes Griffins, Grand Rapids, Mich., for the men.

Following the U. S. Championships, the J.D. Championships were held, with more then 1,600 athletes competing for titles in Levels 5-10. Highlighting the J.D. Championships was the Regional All-Star competition, featuring Level 10 regional champions competing for the six regions. Region 4 took the title of Grand Champion team for the third year in a row. ia

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:: 2006 ACRO INT!;:RNATIONAL AG!;: GROUP COMPnlTION

Aero in ACTION most people watch Acrobatic

Gymnastics for the first time they can't help but say-WOW. The synchronization, timing, balance, and physical

demands make the sport so much fun to watch. The U.S. women's group of Nicole Summers, Karilynn Rockhill and Melissa Summer, definitely make spectators say WOW when they perform.

This group earned the silver medal at the 2006 Acrobatic Gymnastics International Age Group Competition in Portugal. The trio also competed in the senior elite division for the first time at the 2006 Acro National Championships and finished second in all­

around, second in balance exercise finals, and first in dynamic exercise finals.

This group has crossed three lines in the sport of gymnastics - winning State and Regional titles in artistic

Hometown • Dickerson, Md.

Birthday • July 6, 1992 - age 14

Position • Top

Club • Skyview Gymnastics in Mount Airy, Md.

Coaches • Diane Floyd and LeeAnn Lenhart. Training 20+ hours per week

School • Freshman in high school, Fall 2006

What's Next: • I'm planning to go back to artistic gymnastics and compete Level 9. My dream is to get a college scholarship for artistic gymnastics.

What is it like being the top? • It's a lot of fun. I like going high. Most people are scared of going high, but I like it.

What's it like working with your sister? • It's hard not to bring outside things into

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gymnastics, winning international titles in acrobatic gymnastics and also participating in group gymnastics.

In 2005 the gymnasts decided to give up artistic gymnastics and concentrate on acro so they could compete at the elite level. They continue to be involved in Group Gymnastics and have even participated in the World Gymnaestrada.

These three gymnasts have represented the USA in international acro meets in France, Belgium, Portugal and the Washington D.C. area where they have medaled in the

last three and placed fourth in France. Karilynn's dad, Regan said, "The girls

utilized, built upon and combined what they have learned from one form of gymnastics into other forms of gymnastics. Their choreography and movement to music ~

the gym. But I like it because it brings us closer. Sometimes it's hard because we'll fight at home and then we're mad at each other in the gym but I trust my sister and Karilynn, and I know they'd never drop me.

What's the best thing about acro? • You get to have fun with other people - it's not just you out there competing.

What's the best thing about artistic? • It's a lot of fun because I get to be on the floor by myself. I don't have to count on other people. I like knowing that I can control how I do. My favorite event in artistic is beam.

What is one t hing most people don't know about you? • I'm a straight A student. I've been out of artistic gymnastics for a year but now I'm training again as a Level 9.

Hometown • Clarksburg, Md.

Birthday • March 31, 1988 - age 18

Position • Middle

Club • Skyview Gymnastics in Mount Airy, Md.

Coaches • Diane Floyd and LeeAnn Lenhart. Training 20+ hours per week

What's Next • I'm starting my freshman year at Ithaca College. I'm still deciding if I'll go back to artistic gymnastics at Ithaca. They have a Division III program.

What was it like to win the silver medal at the World Age Group Games?· It was amazing. We went to France two years ago as 11-16 year olds and for two years I've wanted to go back to Worlds and win a medal.

How did you get involved with acro? When did you start? • Our gym watched Sports Acro for the first time in Cleveland at the 2002 Visa Championships and we decided that it looked so cool that we wanted to give it a try. We saw Arthur Davis and Shenea Booth and they were awesome. Our club owner Diane Floyd said, "Okay let's give it a try." We just started training and working hard. Diane developed a program and we went from there.

What's the best part of acro? • The best part of acro is having three of us together on the floor. It's a lot of fun. In artistic you are by yourself out there. I like acro better.

What is one t hing most people don't know about you? • All three of us live on farms - we're all farm girls. I have cattle and they have horses.

Hometown • Dickerson, Md.

Birthday • January 24, 1989 - age 17

Position • Base

Club • Skyview Gymnastics in Mount Airy, Md.

Coaches • Diane Floyd and LeeAnn Lenhart. Training 20+ hours per week

High School • Senior - Looks forward to going to college. Would love to one day be involved with Cirque du Soleil.

What's Next • Doing print modeling and will coach acro at her gym.

What was it like to win the silver medal at the World Age Group Games? • It was amazing. When you finally win something that you've been working so long for it's really cool. The eight years of gymnastics that I did made it all worth it.

What is it like being the base? • I like the floor and being the base. It makes me feel more in control. I wouldn't want to be in the air.

What is it like working with your sister? • That's a hard question. I just think of her as being a teammate in the gym instead of my sister. Sometimes we get in fights when things are not working and things can get out of hand but we always bring it back and are able to control it.

What is one thing most people don't know about you? • I love to dance!

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and dynamic moves comes from aero and when it all gets combined - it is stunrUngly beautiful, however performed." ~

2006 International Age Group Competition

The International Age Group Competition is a FIG-sponsored event which is comparable to a Junior World Championships. It provides the younger acrobatic gymnasts an opportunity to gain experience in world-level competition. This year's event took place June 22-24 in Coimbra, Portugal, on the heels of the Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships.

All of the USA pair/groups finished preliminary competition in 10th place or higher. The top eight per event qualified to finals, with the restriction of one pair/group per federation. The USA had four pair/groups, one in each of the events entered, advance to finals. They

The USA Team included: (Front) Jake Kanavel, Makaela Bogowitz, Karilynn Rockhill, Paula Kidwell, Lukas Martincik, Melissa Summers. (Middle) Cassidy Dolstra, Marina Mihov, Ariel Walsh, Caitlin Cusano, Nicole Summers. (Back) Kristen Sanchez, Jordan Rozsa, Jordan Seto, Samantha Olivencia, Courtney Olivencia, Kayla Huesgen, Amber Kottwitz

included Men's Pair Jake Kanavel and Lukas Martincik, (12-19); Women's Pair, Cassidy Dolstra and Jordan Rozsa, (11-16); and Women's Group Marina Mihov, Kristen Sanchez, and Samantha OIivencia (11-16). They all performed with confidence and grace and hit their routines in finals. All three pair/groups ended the competition in fourth place.

The other U.S. pair/groups to qualify to finals were Women's Group, Nicole Summers, Karilynn Rockhill and Melissa Summer (12-19). This trio stood out among the competition and earned a silver medal for their performance. For complete results from the Acrobatic Gymnastics International Age Group Competition, visit www.usa-gymnastics.org/acro/2006/worlds.

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competing on each apparatus, with four scores counting toward the team score. Each team determined which five compete on each apparatus.

The six men on the U.S. Team were: Guillermo Alvarez of Denver and Team

Results The United States nailed all five

parallel bar routines in its final rotation to clinch the team title in the France/Switzerland/USA tri-meet at the Robert Charpentier Palace of Sports in Issy les Moulineaux, France, located on the outskirts of Paris, June 24.

The USA's Jonathan Horton of Houston and David Durante of Garwood, N.J., were second and third in the all-around, placing behind France's Raphael Wignanitz.

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Priess, 16, who trains at Cincinnati Gymnastics, said, "I w as really happy with the way I hit four for four routines tod ay. I didn' t know what the scores were. I just stayed in my box and focused on what I needed to do."

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Kelley, 16, who trains at Stars Gymnastics in Texas, said, ''I'm very happy. I've been r+~~~..,o,;;,;;,.p~.;...il~~ training really hard for this and I'm t~~~=~~ prepared for Visa Championships."

Shawn Johnson of Chow's Gymnastics in Iowa won the junior competition scoring 60.650, followed by Samantha Peszek of DeVeau's Gymnastics in Indiana who took second with a 60.500. Bianca Flohr from Cincinnati Gymnastics finished third all­around with a score of 59.950. t3

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T he 2006 Acrobatic Gymnastics National Championships took place July 23-

27 in Kansas City; Mo. Much excitement surrounded the event due to the positive results from the 2006 World Championships and Age Group Competition, the success of Arthur Davis & Shenea Booth on the television show "America's Got Talent," and strong support from the local acro clubs in the Kansas City area.

This year's event attracted the most participants to date, with 646 competing athletes representing 42 clubs across the country. Athletes competing in Levels 5 through 10 and the Elite level showed their best throughout the week of competition.

In the senior elite division, Mixed Pair, Clare Brunson and Michael Rodrigues and

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Men's Pair, Tyler Spray and Julian Amaro continued their dominance, claiming their second consecutive national titles. Women's Group, Mariah Henninger, Tisa Penny; and Allysha Kidd became first time National Champions. In addition to national titles, athletes were also competing for selection to the JO National Team. A total of 26 pair / groups from Levels 8,9 and 10 were named to the Junior Olympic National Team. Congratulations to all of the 2006 National Champions and other award winners. For complete competition coverage and results, visit www.usa-gymnastics.org/ acro. ~

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APOLLO GYMNASTICS LEVEL,. BOVS Woodbridge. Virginia lIuee 00ys maile up the l.eveI4 gymnastks team at Apollo Gymnastks: Tlistln Minor; Tomas Palma and Ian Heflin. They went undefeated at the team level for ~ 'Mth each one Ii their smres counting they won the l.eYeI4 Team first place ~ at the following meets-Apollo Invitational. BWIIIlYitat1onaI, BlaIne Y&on IIlYitatIonaI and the VIrginia Stale meet The 00ys are coached by Jason filii:

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