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ANNUAL MG HS REPORT: Because High School State and City Championships cover a long season starting in De­cember in some eastern areas and finishing as late as June in Los Angeles, we do have a difficult time getting complete reports for our annual HS edition. We seem to miss a few and gain a few every year and always end up with a few post annual reports in later editions. This will probably be the case again this year, so if we missed your state report, send it along and we will include it in a near future MG edition. We do enjoy doing this issue as it shows the tremendous growth and future potential of up and coming young All-Around gymnasts in America to carryon our sport to ever higher national and inter­national standards.

* * * MISS HS GYMNAST: With this edition we have initiated a new feature for our annual HS Report a "Miss HS Gym­nast." To get the ball rolling, your editors selected Steph­anie Stromer (see page 6) as the first "Miss HS Gymnast" and after you look her over, we are sure you will second our choice for 1970. We plan to make this an annual award in the MG/HS edition with national participation along with winner and several runner-up awards. Per­haps a girl from your area will be our "1971 Miss HS Gymnast. " Girls wi ll be judged on competitive ranking, academic achievement and of course, their ability to fill a leotard with style, ooo's & aaahhh's. So get out your cameras and write up the vital statistics. The voting polls will start accepting applicants in April 71 .

* * * WORLD GAMES: We are sorry to report that Top HS Gym­nast Steve Hug (see interview page 23) has developed a back problem and was not able to attend the try-outs for the USA World Games Team. We will be reporting more news on the World Games tryouts, team photos and World Games history in the next MG edition.

* * * USGF/FIG: The USGF has been placed on the agenda as the proposed new official FIG member for the USA at the October 29th meeting of the FIG following the World Games in Ljubjlana, Yugoslavia. This is a very important vote and step forward for gymnastics in America. We would hope that all our friends in the FIG who have been following the tremendous growth of gymnastics in America through the USGF in the MG reports will take heed and vote affirmatively for this progressive step. A yes vote would enable the USGF to take a more active part inter­nationally to bring more foreign team tours to the USA and reciprocate with increased USA team tours of the · world. We would also hope our readers around the world would contact their own FIG melllber to encourage him to vote yes on his USGF/FIG membership proposal. A YES VOTE FOR THE USGF IS A VOTE FOR BETTER GYM­NASTICS IN AMERICA!

m THE MODERN GYMNAST MAGAZINE

CG Official Publication of the United States Gymnastic Federation

TABLE OF CONTENTS

VOLUME XII AUGUST/SEPTEMBER NUMBER 7

NOTES FROM THE EDITOR .......... .. ... Glenn Sundby 4 MG/MLLE G... .... .. .. .. .... ...... ..... . ....... 6 GUEST EDITORIAL .... ... .. ... .. ..... ... ... .... Hennecke 8 CHALK TALK .... ... ... .... . .... ... . .... ..... .... .. ..... .... 9 CANADIAN REPORT .... .. ... .. ...... ..... ... ... Nooney 9 ViEWPOINTS ... ..................... . .. ...... .. . ...... Criley 10 MG HIGH SCHOOL REPORT .... ..... .. .... ..... . ... ........ 11 MG INTERViEW. ..... ........ .... ...... .. .... ..... ..... ...... 23 SPOT INTERVIEWS ...... .... .............. Sakoda/Criley 24 A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A GYMNAST .. ............ Adams 25 GYMNASTICS IN MONTANA .......... .. ........... .. Lux 26 LETTERS ... ............ ..... .. . .. . .. ...... .. ........ 28

Cover: Universi ty High School Gymnasts win the team trophy at the 45 th Los Angeles City High School Championships in a meet that was f illed wi th excitement and specta tor enthusiasm as the cheer· leaders leaped and yelled right down to the wire as the lost man in the lost event was the deciding factor in Unihi 's win over last year's championship Monroe HS team.

PUBLISHER-EDITOR GLENN SUNDBY

ASSOCIATE EDITORS-TECHNICAL DICK CRILEY, FEATURE KEN SAKODA, LAYOUT

ASSOCIATE EDITORS - Feature

A. Bruce Frederick, Education; Dr. Jame. S. Basco, Research; Jerry Wright, Competition; Frank Bare. USGF; John Nooney, Canada; Robert Hanscom, YMCA; Andrze; Gonera, European; Gerald George, Dan Millman & Don Ton;;' , AA Instructional; Bill Roetzheim, Instructional.

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MISS HIGH SCHOOL GYMNAST Name: Stephanie Stromer Age : 16 Weight : 1 08 Height: 5'4" Vital Statistics: 38-25-35!

The M G staff (pu blishe r, editor, photograph­e r and art direc to r) have voted Ste phanie Stromer as " M ISS HI G H SC H OOL G YM ­N AST " fo r 1970 (see editoria l for future " Miss H S Gy mnas t fo r '7 1 " ).

S tephanie , our MG Mademoiselle fo r Au­gust/September, is an up and coming Southe rn HS Gy mnas t with international po tentia l (had it not been fo r an ankle injury that kept her fro m pelforming at her peak at the final USA World Games Trials , Stephanie should have made th is 1970 USA Inte rnationa l team).

S te ph a nie has bee n a me mbe r o f the "SCAT S" (So. C a li f. Aero Team) fo r the pas t th ree yea rs and according to coach Bud Ma r­que tte , she is the onl y girl he is aware of do­ing a double back with only a hand spot.

Besides Gymnastic ta lent , phys ica l charm, drive and ambi tion, S tephanie is an " A" stu­dent at Mili ken H igh Schoo l! (pretty good forjust 16).

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guest editorial:

Let's Do Compulsories by Bob Hennecke G ymnas tic Coach- Wisconsin State U.

There is a growing concern for a nd emphas is of compulsory routines in N .C. A.A . college gymnas tics. However, our gymnasts are not adequatel y prepa red for thi s competition . At present , there a re no High School or Pre-High School compul sories in use across the N ation. If we expect our college athletes to perform required exercises (and we should) , we must begin to prepare them for thi s from the very start of their gymnast ic careers. If we wish to ra ise the level of competition in the United States, High School gymnasts must begin per­forming compulsories.

High School gy mnasts , rushing to lea rn dif­ficu lt pa rts. often omit valuable progressions and fund a mentals. Yet. certain bas ic skill s con­sistent ly reappear in I nte rnationa l compulsory exerci ses. As both a coach a nd judge I find it ve ry disheartening to see a highl y skilled gym­nast " murder" a trick which he should ha ve lea rned six years ago. Following is a li s t of trick s which I think shou ld he a pa rt of e very High Schoo l gymnas t" s repertoire : Floor exer­cise - round-off. back handsprings , back somer­sau lt (alone and in sequence) , front head­springs, front di ve roll, front somersault , a nd various sca les. Side horse - va riou s leg cuts, scissors (both directions), circles (both directions) , tramlots , a nd kerrs. Rings -dislocate , inlocate , kip, back kip, rear upri se , front upri se , handstand , and a back lever. Vaulting-Stoops and cartwheel variations. Parallel bars - front uprise , rear upri se va ri a­tions, glide kips, pirouettes , straddle cuts, un­derbar cast, and baskets. Horizontal bar- various kips and kip cha nges, Y-I giant , free hipcircles , giants a nd basic giant changes.

A New High School Program I n a n attempt to emphasize compulsory rou­

tines. I suggest the following sys tem for High School gymnastic programs. Freshmen and Sophomores pe rform only compulsory exercises and compete only in compulsory meets . Thi s will not only faci litate the learning of bas ic techniques and skill s but will also give better direction to the beginning gymnasts workouts. As Juniors and Seniors, gymnasts cou ld begin optional work in addition to refining previou sly lea rned compulsory exercises.

As a starting point , I suggest the fo llowing sets of exercises:

Freshmen F loor exerci se -(I to 2) Kick to handsta nd , forw. roll, run front handspring, 2 steps to ca rt­whee l. Swedish fall , single leg circ les 'with !,{,

turn a nd stand up : (2-3 ) 3 steps, dive roll , front heads pring, front sca le , step to corner and turn : (3-4) run to roundoff-high jump for fini sh. Side horse - Begin on It. end (croup) - single leg travel. to center of horse , It. leg over, scissors rt. sCi ssors It. , double leg faint rt. , and ba by double rea r di smount. Rings - Raise s lowly to kipping pos ition , 'invert­ed hang , swing to inlocate, intermedia te swing to immediate di slocate and straddle-off.

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Vault - Straddle . Pa ra llel ba rs - Kip on end of bar, swing to straddle seat , press to sho ulde r bala nce (3 sec. ), roll forward , rea r upri se, swing. a nd di smount on back of swing (i.e. front vault) . Horizontal bar- swing, kip . Y-I giant , hipcircle , underswing to rear upri se, hipcirc le , under­swing dismount.

SOPHOMORES Free exe rcise- Di ve to handsta nd to immed. roll , run , forw. hand spring (walkout), fo rw. handspring (walkout ), ca rtwheel, Swedish fa ll , Yz turn to sit o n fl oor, back ro ll to hand­stand : (2 -3 ) 3 steps , di ve roll. fron t headspring, sca le : (3-4) turn to corner, run a nd round-off back ha ndspring. Side horse - Begin o n croup-2 c ircles. break to si ngle leg trave l to cente r to immediate reve rse sci ssors , It. leg back , n . over, scissors It. -rt. -It. , double leg faint rt. , swing It. leg back and from the faint swing to 3 double leg circles (clock­wise) , double rear vault di smount (nec k). Rings-Muscle-up to " L" (2 sec.) , roll forw., swing to inlocate , back uprise , back roll to back lever, dislocate from lever, di slocate , high straddle-off. Vault - Squat. Paralle l bars - Jump to fro nt upri se, swing handsta nd (2 sec.). cas t to unde ra rm . rear up­ri se to straddle cut (catch bent a rm ). o n bac k swing disengage to glide kip to " L" (2 sec .) , press handstand (bent a rm straddle leg) , swing and Hollander off. Horizonta l bar- Kip , I giant , Y-I giant , cas t Yz turn , from mi xed grip cha nge one hand to reverse grip a nd kip to reve rse grip giant, on second giant execute rear up rise (hop ha nds), hipcircle , drop kip , sole c irc le di smount.

VARSITY Fl oor exe rc ise - ( 1-2) Di ve to ha ndstand , roll . 3 ste ps. front handspring (walkout). round-off. bac k ha ndspring with Yz turn to wa lkout. ca rt wheel. Swedish fa ll , front support , straddl e c ut to rear suppo rt , Yz turn to front support. press to handstand (s t. leg, bent arms) . Y4 pir­ouette It. , ro ll : (2-3 ) 3 steps . front somer­sa ult. front headspring, scale (front) . turn to corne r : (3-4 ) run round -off. back-ha nd spring , bac k so mmie.

. Side horse - Begin o n croup - 2 c irc le (c loc k­wise). ke rr in to I c ircle. break - 11 . leg bac k. It. leg back , rt. forw ., scissors It. and rt. , It. fo rw .. rt. bac k, reve rse sc isso rs It. , swing rt . leg back in to circles (3 ), downhill trave l, 2 c irc les , loop dismou nt. Rings. - Back kip to " L," press (bent arm, st. leg) to hands tand , fa ll fro m h.s. to inlocate , rear upri se , roll to bac k lever, di slocate, di s locate , shoot through a handsta nd , and stradd le-off fro m a support. VaUlt -Stoop. Pa ralle l bars - (with board on side) - Rear vault mount , straddle cut to " L," press (bent arm , straddle legs), piro uet te, lay-a-way to stre illi . cast. rea r upri se straddle . lay-a-way to front uprise. swing handsta nd . turn to one ba r a na straddle off. Ho ri zonta l bar - Swi ng a nd bac k ki p, dise ngage with Yz turn to re ve rse grip kip to reverse giants , pirouette. I fro nt to c ross arm change. hop ha nds to rear upri se a nd immediate fre e hip , front giant , Y-I giant , hipcirc le, drop kip , squat di s­mount. I am certain that a compul sory progra m would produce bett e r gy mnas ts (speciali sts and all -a round pe rforme rs ). Coaching a gym­nas t is like bu ildi ng a house: you mu st fil 's t bui ld a strong found ati o n.

Side Horse Champ, Eddie Sleyak Commuter News Photo

Gymnastics Receives Commuter Coverage

The May 1970 issue of Commuter News , a public relations blurb of the Burlington North­ern railroad which is read by some 20 thousand commuters , ca rri ed a story about Illinois State Side Horse C hamp Ed Slezak. The article noted Ed 's ri se to fame , including hi s feat of twice winning the SH title , and the many offe rs of scholarships. Ed enters I ndiana State thi s fall.

ILLINOIS H.S. COACHES ASSOC. The Illinois High School Gymnastics Coach­

es Association ass ists the State Athletic Board in regulating Illinois gymnas tics and has worked to make Illinois one of the gymnastics strongholds in the N at ion.

The organization is governed by a three­man executive board and a stcering committee. The officers a re e lected by the general member­ship to the office of sec-treas., and subsequently serve as V.P. and Pres . consecuti ve ly. Mem­bers pay dues and meet monthly .

Annual act ivities of the I.H .S.G .C .A. are sponsorship of the Mid-West Open Gy m­nas tics meet, holding judges' and coaches' clinics , sending members to nationa l and in­ternationa l events and sponsorship of special events whenever availab le .

Measuring Cross Progress Marvin John son . Gymnastics Coach Eas tern Mi chigan Univers it y

Gy mnas ts and coaches have made use of iso­metric exercises in developing strength for the cross on still rings for a number of yea rs . We at Eastern have encounte red a number of prob­lems with thi s method of tra ining for the cross. It is difficult to evaluate progress which is an important fac tor in motivating gymnas ts to use thi s method of tra ining. The coach and the gy m­nas t have difficult y evaluating how much force the gymnast is appl ying in hi s tra ining. This is an ex tremely important factor after an injury and a gy mnas t is slowly rebuilding hi s cross. We have overcome some of these proble ms with the aid of a bathroom sca le.

To use the sca le to measure progress and workload in tra ining, the rings a re lowered to an appropriate level and the gy mnast stands on the scale. By working the cross in this position the gy mnas t is able to determine the a mount of force he is appl ying to the rings indirectly by how much of his weight is being supported on the bathroom scale. When the scale reads ze ro , he is holding th e cross.

I n training for strength wi th isometrics , it is not necessary tha t each contraction be an a ll ­out effort. By determining the max imum force , the gymnast can apply for two seconds , he is ab le to determine approx imate ly what two­thirds of his maximum load is for a six- o r 10-second co ntraction, which is necessary for the exercise to have a positi ve tra ining effect. fect.

This tra ining gimmick is not th e answer to a ll our cross plans , but it is anothe r a pproach we have found of va lue in ou r tra ining program. We hope M.G. readers will a lso find it difficult .

New York State Y.M.C.A. Gymnastic Championships Report By Sid Lorber

On May 17 , 1970 th e Ce ntra l Q ueens Y.M .CA. men's gy mnastic team won its third consecutive state championship. The meet was he ld at the Eastern Queens Y .M.C A. The out­standing competitor of the meet was David J acobs of the Centra l Queens Y. Besides win­ning the a ll -around , J acobs won I st place in floor exercise , paralle l bars , high ba r, and ri ngs , as we ll as a second place in long horse and tumbling. Other outstanding routines were pe r­formed by Steven Posne r (Eas te rn Queens Y) on parallel bars, floor exercise, tumbling, a nd long horse: John Pesha (West Side Y) on pa r­a ll el ba rs ; Marc Doswell (Cent ral Queens Y) on long horse ; Robert Olds (West Side Y) scored 8.60 on s ide horse. Special mention shou ld be made concerning the courage it took of Joseph Miller (Central Queens Y) to com­pete in the a ll-around.

The fina l scoring for the men's teams were Ce ntral Qu ee ns Y . M. C . A. 97.70, Eastern Quee ns Y . M.C A . 39.00 , a nd West Side Y .M.C A. 36.35. Other Y 's that had compet i­tors were Flush ing, Schnectady, and Glen Cove.

This was the first year the men and women state championships were run together. Women teams that competed were the Central Queens Y , Schnectady Y , Eastern Y , and Kingston Y. Schnectady won the championship over the Centra l Queens girl s by a score of 67.40 to 60.35.

CANADIAN

HI REPORT

by John Nooney 18 Lavington Dr. Weston, Ontario

HERE AND THERE by John Nooney Thunder Bay Region

Lakehead U ni ve rs it y hosted the a rea cha m­pionships for all c lasses las t month : this uni­ve rsity is rea ll y he lping the growth of gy mnas­ti cs. I wish other Ontario universiti es wou ld follow the ir example. Facilit ies are ve ry impo r­tant , and naturally the uni ve rsities a re now very we ll equipped. "A History of Competitive Gymnastics in Canada "

Has just been written by Miss Reet Nurm-

6th World Trampoline Championship June 21 Berne, Switzerland CLASS A - MEN Comp 1st Opt Sub 2nd Opt Total

1. Wayne Mill e r - USA 9 . 50 18 .7 28 . 20 18 . 65 46. 85

2 . George Hunz i ker- USA 9 . 55 18 . 3 27 . 85 18 . 75 46. 60

3 . Dale Hardt-USA 9 .45 18 . 6 28.05 18 . 50 46 . 55

4. Vivian Breedt-S. Af r ica 9 .10 17.0 26.10 17.95 44.05

5 . Michael Budenberg- Germa ny 9 .40 16 .7 26 .10 17 . 60 43.70

6 . Dieter Schulz-Germany 9 . 00 17.15 26.15 17.35 43.5 0

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A few thoughts on the High School Issue

By Dick C riley

This is the 5th year I've assembled the data on high school championships from around the na tion . I t see ms to me I ought to have learned something by now, if on ly not to s ti ck my neck out to vo lunteer to s ift through piles and piles of dilloed result s a nd rewrite 4-mont h­old newspaper clippings.

Actually, this yea r was a vast improvement over past years. Most of the result s were al­ready prellY we ll summarized. Many more C hampionships sent in routines than in the past. It g ives me pause to think tha t some of the firs t people I eve r wrote up in '66 have now graduated from college. What are some of the changes that have transpired ') Where do we go from here?

C ha nge No. One. Fewer write-ups a re com­ing through with the notation that so-and-so' s rou ti ne was of co llegiate ca libe r. This is due to better judging, I am sure as we ll as a genera l im­provement in the level of co llegiate gy mnastics. There a re a lot fewer scores in the 9 's and this is as it should be, for now.

Change No. Two. The routines we receive show great emp has is on basic moves. We can­not te ll if they are being executed a ny better. but the reduced emphasis on the " Big Trick" would tend to suggest more time is being spent on learning the fundamentals.

C hange No. Three. Compu lsory routi nes are being used increasi ngly in new programs. I need only cite Tom Lux 's report on develop­ment of gy mnast ics in Montana using co mpul­sories as we ll as Abie Grossfe ld 's 1968 Con-

necticut report to support this note of change. We in Hawai i hope to follow the same route to produce a few gy mnasts for nat ional alle ntio n. What we (and , ' I suspect o ther states as weI!) need is a se t of good compu lsories graded for beginner. intermediate and advanced. I hope that the National High School Gy mnastic Coaches Association wi ll consider promoting this concept.

C hange a. Four. There are man y more a ll­around gymnasts coming ou t of the high schoo ls now. Thi s is an out-growth of the increasing numbe r of participants as we ll as th e increasing co ll egiate emphasis o n the a ll -around. There are s till many specialists, and I . for one , wi ll never condemn thi s. Iy V I EWpoints on this subject have been ex pressed previously (Dec. '69) but I feel a boy shou ld be ab le to have fun and enjoy gymnastics depending on hi s own goals as a specialist or a ll -around man .

Inc identally, I hope that the NCAA wi ll take note that the high schoo ls a re s till turning o ut tram polini sts. Somebody has to keep the spo rt a li ve unti l int ernational a llention retu rn s the trampoline to college competit ions.

What wi ll happen in the future ') Combined with some wishful think ing a nd the knowledge tha t progress may be slow but sure, I'll venture a few guesses.

I. There wi ll be more and be tter qualified coaches. They w ill come from the ranks of former college competitors a nd w ill have a firm­er idea of the proper way to do a move.

2. Almost as a corollary to (I), there wi ll be more and beller judges. Nonethe less , judging wi ll recover some national level attent ion to bring about uniform standards of assessment.

3. A national se ri es of high school compu l­sories wi ll be established. These wi ll consist of fundame ntal moves and wi ll be developed to stimulate the beginner into want ing to learn more.

4. A sta ndard lengt h competition season will be developed a nd it may even place gym­nastics with the fall sports to avoid competi­tion wit h wrest ling, swimming and some of the other non-income sports which allract non­foo tball types. As a coro llary , everyone wi ll ge t hi s State C hampions hip resu lts into the MG in time for them to be publ ished earlier in the year ra ther than just before fa ll practice gets under way.

5. Higher college admitta nce standards will find many gymnasts ei ther buckling dow n to study wh ile in high school or finding competi­tion in the Junior Colleges. More JC's will of­fer competitive gymnastics programs.

One thing I do not fore see is a N ationa l High School C hampionsh ip. I n thi s , I di sagree with our Editor-in-chief who think s it wou ld be a great way to stimulate participation in gymnas­tics programs. I think the ve ry expense of such a meet will defeat it , let a lone the red tape wh ich every state department of ed uca tion bui lds into its ath let ic program. There may , however, be an increase in intersta te meets , e ither be­tween Sta te C hamps or State All-Star teams. I ndi ana a nd Ill ino is have set the pace a nd I wou ld n't be su rpri sed in Washington and Ore­gon might not fo llow s uit and 'the various Northern California school sys tems and per­haps some of the schools in the Southwest.

A specia l so mething must come to pass be­fore high school gymnastics wi ll advance to the level we wou ld like to see. The National As­sociation of High School Gymnastic Coaches must have a broader base of s upport . The MODERN GYMNAST has offered its serv­ices in he lping the comm unicatio ns problem , but two-way contac t must be establ ished. We (the NA HSGC and the MG) mu st hear from YOU' Look for the s pecia l announcements e lsewhere in this issue to learn how you may offer your support.

Region 1 - Connecticut, "Maine, Massachu­setts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island. Ver­mont.

CONNECTICUT HIGH SCHOOL STATE GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS Darien High School February 28 , 1970 - Report from Victor Ziniewicz

In the brief hi s tory of Connecti cut gymnas­ti cs , Da rien High School under the direct ion of

coach Isadore Balt ino· had never suffered a defeat. T he stage was se t th en fo r a n upset and w he n G ree nwic h High unde r coach Bruce Fulle r topped Darien in the ir dua l meet and aga in in the County Cha mpionships , it looked ominous a t the S tate leve l fo r Darie n.

Fo ll owing the mo rn ing co mpulso ry competi ­tio ns , however, Dari e n had 19 fi nali sts to G reenwich 's 16. S ince the team tit le would be decided on the basis of the to ta l scores of those co mpeting in the finals, Da ri en already had o ne ha nd on the trophy. Th ey made th e ir grab too soon as the G reenwic h Cardina ls hi t the ir ro utines w hile Da rien suffe red ma ny small breaks. G reenwich ended up tak ing every firs t place but the a ll-around (determined on the bas is of the co mpulsory to ta ls onl y( whic h Darie n's R ic hard Ward captured fo l­lowed by G reenwich Captains J ohn Wales a nd V ictor Z ieni ewicz. Onl y four tea ms placed gy mnas ts in the fina ls.

RESULTS Team: Greenwich High (G), 87.15; Darien High (D), 78.7; Canard High (C), 26.5; East Lyme High (EL). 25.65; AA : Richa rd Ward (D), 49.65; John Wales (G), 47.25; Victor Zieniewicz (G), 46.8. FX : Ziniewicz, 16.05; Joe Lewandoski

(G). 14.85; Ward. 14.6; SH : Wales. 13.35; Charles Felder (D), 10.45; Ward , 9.6. HB : Ziniewicz, 13.75; John Pettit (EL), 12.9; Ward , 12.7. LH : tie between Wales and Le· wandoski, 16.25; Ward, 1485; Zleniewicz, 14.45. PB : Wa les, 14.6; Felder, 13.8; Lewandoski, 13.6. R: Zin iewicz, 14.25; Pettit, 1 3.65; John Bretschger (D), 1 3.6.

WINNING ROUTINES FX: Victor Ziniewicz (Greenwich) : RO. If. full . If to front lean­ing rest; snap to side split, pull to straddle split, press to handstand. forward ro ll. cradle. kip '12 twist. single leg circles to stand; front handspring, f ront samie, prone fall , '12 turn to full twisting kip, back handspring to handstand, fall to cockroach , snap stand; RO. ff, layout back. SH : John Wale s (Greenwich): Moore mount, immediate side· lift downhill , circle to keh re-ir.. cut, cut. scissor, scissor. reverse scissor. cut, cut, circles, side lift downhill . ci rcles, loop, loop. '12 twist dismount. R: Victor Ziniewicz (G): Shoot to handstand, lower to back roll , dislocate, high shoot through support, cast ou t in· locate, kip, '12 forward roll , back uprise. L, press to hand­stand fallout to inlacate the front somie dismount. LH : John Wales and Joe Lewandoski (Greenwich): Hollander. PB: John Wales (G ): Peach basket to upper arm support, cast to back uprise, handstand. lower to drop kip to strad­dle cut, L, st raight body press to handstand, drop peach to upper arm support, cast to back uprise stradd le cut , layaway front upr ise, pike f ront somie dismount. HB : Victor Ziniewicz (G): Kip, regular giants, f ree hip hand· stand 13,4 giants. kip, front hip circle, gr ip change, re­verse grip giants, pirouette. regula r grip giants to layout flyaway.

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Connecticut State High School team Champions,

ReRion 2 - Delaware, Pennsylvan ia, New Yo~k, New lerse v. Maryland.

PENNSYLVANIA INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS Neshaminy High School Meet Director: Mr. Harry Franks

Greenwich H.S.

Report by Dale R. Meddock, Distr. Supervisor, Western Pa. Turners

Thi s yea r' s mee t was expected to hos t one of the highes t contested batt les for the a ll­around titl e in the mee t ' s hi s tory a nd it turned out to be exac tl y that, w ith three sensa tiona l seniors (J a mes Ivice k a nd J a mes Krues t of Roches ter a nd Pa ul Blasko of W est Miffl in South) vying for the coveted title.

J a mes I vicek, whose consistency as a n all­a round gymnas t throug hout the entire season was incomparab le , was no t to be denied. Hi s 9.5 high-bar rout ine had to be cons idered the outstanding rout ine of the entire mee t , but it was hi s equa ll y-as-great 9.1 p-bar routine w hi ch enabled him to take the AA lead from hi s team­ma te. J a mes Kruest , and in sured him the s ta te title. I v ic e k showed complete control a nd uniqu e style throug hout the w hol e meet to compile a point tota l of 5 1.25. Kruest was just e ig ht-tenths off the pace w ith an AA score of 50.45 by vi rtue of an equally fantastic di splay of a ll-around gymnast ics. Pa ul Blasko , w ho was a lso outstanding p laced third w ith a score of 49. 15. Paul' s bes t indi vidua l fini shes were second places s ide horse and p-ba rs , third place high-bar.

(photo by Wales) John Wa les (Greenwich HS) Firs" SH. PB. & LHV

In the highl y contes ted batt le for the a ll - James Ivicek (Rochest'er, Penna.) Firs" AA, PB & HB.

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. a round titl e I vicek and Kru es t captured every fi rs t place except the side ho rse. Krues t won three events by successfu ll y defend ing hi s 1969 lo ng ho rse vaulting title. a nd winning th e fl oo r ex. and st ill rings: he also placed second o n the high-bar. I vicek was firs t o n the p-bars a nd high-bar. seco nd o n st ill rings a nd vault. a nd third o n fl oo r ex.

Butl e r co nt inu ed th e ir supremacy o n the side ho rse as To m Ke rr , a senio r outc lassed the fie ld with a fi ne 8. 15 ro utine. A no ther out­standing ro ut ine wort hy of me nti on was E ri c Nesbitt 's fin e fl oor ex. whic h earned him sec­o nd place ho no rs . TEAM :: No award given. AA : James Ivicek (Rochester) 51 .25; James Kruest (Rochester) 50.45; Paul Blasko West Mifflin So.) 49. 15. FX: Kruest 8.95; Eric Nesbitt Henderson) 8.875; Ivicek 8.75. SH: Tom Kerr (Butler) 8.15; Blasko 7.7 ; Bob Brooker (Kiski) 7.2. HB: Ivicek 9.5 ; Kruest 9.2 ; Jim Yah (Pennsbury) 85. LHV : Kruest 9.2; Ivicek 885. Len Jenkins (Reading) 8.75. PB : Ivicek 9.1; Blasko 8.6 ; Chuck Ryan (Butler) 8.55. R: Kruest 8.825; Ivicek 8. 725; Blasko 8.15. WINN ING RO UTI NES , FX: Kruest: Roundoff. flipf lop. full twist; ca r twheel. side somi. forward roll . straddle leap. V4 turn to headspring to seat. roll bock over shoulder to chest stand. rollout to straddle stand. drop to split; straight arm press; front handspring front somi. dive roll handstand. V2 pirouette. roll aut to stand. roundoff. f lipflop. layout . SH: Kerr: Moore on. travel down. loop. inverted stoeckli. ci rcle. moore. break into scissors. fron t & rever se. t ravel down. loop hop dismount. HB: Ivicek: High start to handstand. immediate stalder. giant. hecht vault. V2 turn to straight arm kip. giant. hop out to free·hip to handstand. 2 Czech giants. hop out to immediate cross arm giant. giant. hecht off. LHV: Kruesl: Gian t piked handspring from for end. PB : Ivicek: Cast support straddle cut "L". straight press to handstand. st reuli to handstand. lay back fron t uprise. swing pirouet te. cast . back upr ise. straddle cut. dip handstand. stutz. lay back f ront uprise. front off. R: Kruest : Dislocate. shoot handstand. giant handstand. lower to T·Cros s. pull to inverted hand. inloca te. back uprise. " L". hollowback press. lower to dislocate. double backoff.

NEW YORK STATE P .H.S.A.A. INTERSECTIONAL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS White Plains High School March 13, 14, 1970

N ew Yo rk holds it s s ta te c ha mpio nships without bringing up scho last ic rivalries. A ll partici pants a t the champio nships represent the ir Sec tio n. T he gymnas tica ll y ac ti ve sec tio ns a re 1,2,3, 4 , 5,6,8 , II.

I n the 1970 C hampionships, an outstanding job was done by the representatives of Island Trees H .S. (Sec t. 8) coached by Dic k Sc hnarrs.

' 1 ts all-around ma n , J ac k Avona too k the State AA C ha mpio nship w hile Bill Murph y took the S H C ha mpio nshi p. Their e ffo rt s contributed to Section 8's capture of the 1970 S tate titl e. RESULTS Team: Sect. 8. 52; Sect. 11 . 5 1; Sect. 3. 20.5; Sect. 2. 17.5; Sect. 1. 11 ; Sects. 4 & 5. 1. AA: Jack Avona (8). 4 1.55; John Juliano (11). 40.60; Dennis Thompson (11). 38.40. HB: Bob Cla rk (1 1). 8.0; Mike Williams (2). 7.15; Jay Di Fu lvia (3). 6.95. FX: Avona. 8.05; Thompson. 7.6; Alan Heller (1). 7.5. PB : Juliana. 8.0; John Cole (2). 7.45; Jim Harvey (11). 7.1. SH: Bi ll Murphy (8). 8.15; Greg Col· lins (3). 7.15; Bi ll Leigh (1 1). 7.05. R: Jeff Durland (8). 7.7; Bill 8ardalams (8). 7.5; Alan Singer (1 ). 7.40. LH: John Vette (8). 9.20; Thompson. 9. 10; Jeff Ponder (8). 8.95. TU: George Merr it (8). 7.5 ; Pau l Widner (1 1). 7.05; Steve Fil ipell i (8) 6.6 TR : Conrad Markert (1). 8.55; Scott Handler (1). 5.95; Mike Martyn (2).4.25. ROPE: Singer 3.6 sec.; Don Knehre (8). 4.0 sec.; Peter Devivo (8). 4.4 sec. WINNING ROUTINES FX: Jack Avona (Sect. 8) : Round·off. ff. Back with fu ll twist. ff. straddle stand; double leg circles to spli t; swing leg around and back extension roll to stand; front somie

fall ; V4 turn to straddle stand and st iff·stiff press; forward rol l with stra ight leg s to stand; two steps. tuck front somie. heodspring. sit back with stra ight legs and kip with V2 twist to front support ; stoop up to stand . run. RO. ff . loyout back somie. SH: Bill Murphy (Sect. 8): Double leg circle on end to loop. inverted stockli. circle. moore. circle. undercut right leg one complete circle. left leg bock and 1 back scissor. 3 front scissors. undercut circle. 2 double leg circles. travel down. loop. '12 twist dismount.

Jock Avona (I sland Trees. N.Y.) First: AA & FX

step·out. RO. tuck back somie. turn. ca rtwheel. swedish Bill McCurdy (Henry Hudson. N.n First , AA. R & PB

INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION NEW JERSEY STATE GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS Trenton State College Report from John-Bird , President, N lH.S.G.C.A.

I n a close ba ttle wi th Bla ine Naveschuk of Eas t Brunswic k. Bill McC urd y of He nry Hud­son Regiona l H .S. successfull y defended hi s a ll -aro und titl e in the N ew Je rsey S ta te Meet. Des pit e McC urd y's s tro ng fini sh . Eas t Bruns· w ick won the Sta te Tea m C hampionship . be st­ing Ce ntral Regio na l C ha mps He nry Hudson a nd South Regio na l C hamps C her ry Hill H .S. West. .

McCurdy won fir s t o n rings and P-bars. and 2nd on the high ba r. Onl y a junio r. he has a crack a t repeat ing hi s A A titl e nex t yea r. Gy m­nas ti cs run in his fa mil y as three o ther brothers a re gymnas ts and o lde r brother Rick was He nry Hudson' s State AA C ha mp fo r 2 yea rs before go ing to th e U nive rs it y of Mi c higa n. RESULTS AA: Bi ll McCurdy (Henry Hudson). 50.25; Blaine Nave· schu k (East Brunswick). 47.8; Angie Robinson (HH), 39.85. SH : Mark Hyatt (C HW). 8 05; Gene Gleason (Wall), Jock Sampson (E8). HB: Naveschuk. 8.7 ; McCurdy; Ma rty Strawn (C HW). PB: McCurdy. 8.8 ; Noveschuk; Don O' Connor (EB). LH : Naveschuk. 9.15; Robinson. McCurdy. R: McCurdy. 9. 1; Fred Bauch (Middletown); Ken Sperl ing (Vineland). TU : Rick Wagner (HH). 9.05; Steve Stein (Midd); Naveschuk. WINNING ROUTIN ES SH : Mark Hyatt (Cherry Hill West): Circles on end. loop. side lift up hil l. ci rcles. double czechkeh re. ci rcles. scissors. ci rcles. tram lot down. ci rcles. loop. hop change. loop dis· mount. HB: Blaine Naveschuk (East Brunswick) : Cast. back kip cut and catch. back kip cast. german giant. cast kip. giant swing backward to stoop ci rcle to giant swing. cross hand change. forward giants. full change to fowa rd giants. V2 turn to backward giants. full twist ing somie dismount.

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PB: Bill McCurdy (Henry Hudson Regional ): Running iump to drop peach basket, glide kip, layaway to top kip, czech­wende (moore) to L support, straight-straight press, handstand, back somie to catch to drop cast, bock uprise to cut and catch, layaway, forward uprise, handstand, bock somie dismount. LH : Blaine Naveschuk (EB) : Yamashita. R: Bill McCurdy (HH): Dislocate shoot handstand, lower to cross, cast inlocated, cost bock roll to backward lever, dislocate, high dislocate, shoot to L support, hallowback press to handstand, lower dislocate, full twist ing flyaway. TU: Rick Wagner (HH): Front somie stepout, RO, ff, 1 y, arabian, front somie, roll frant samie. RO, ff , double bock. RO, ff , double twisting somie.

Region J - Alaoama, Wash. D. C, Florida, Georgia. Kentucky . Virginia. West Virginia, Louisiana, Mississippi, No rth Carolina, Ten­nessee, South Carolina..

VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL STATE GYMNASTICS MEET RESULTS Team: Yorktown (Y), 119.9; Wakefield (W), 11 1.65; Kel­lam (K), 98.4; Washington-Lee (WL), 96.6; Kempsvil le (KV) 96.5; Bayside (B), 80.95. AA: Lorry Jozwik (y), 35.35; Tim Wilson (W) 34.07; Ron Cheatham (Gea. Wythe), 33.20. FX, tie between John Marksteiner (Y) and Mike Smith (Y), 7.25; Filmore Pollard (W), 7. 15; Jozwik 6.85. SH: Kim Hickman (K) 4.75; George Melvin (Y) 4.4; Tom Kamm (Y) , 4.25. R: Dave McKay (Kv), 6.75; Joe Pork­er (K), 6.55; Wi lson, 6.0. LH : Wilson, 9.05; Martin Ri ch (WL), 8.85; tie between Smith and Cheatham, 8.6. HB :

·Jozwik, 7.95; Rich Papuga (Y), 6.1 ; Earl Edwards (B), 6.0. PB; Ross Fulcher (Kv), 6.2; Wilson, 5.95; Dan Russel (WL), 5.5. TR: Smith, 6.45; John Fry (K), 6. 1; John Burgess (W) 6.0.

GREATER MIAMI ATHLETIC CONFERENCE GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS Coral Park Senior High February 19, 20,1970 - Report by Don Holder, Meet Director

For the third co nsecuti ve year , Coral Par k won bo th team and all-around c hampionships and la id c laim to 4 of the 7 indi vidual c ham­pions. Second pl ace Carol C ity cap tured 2 of the remaining 3. Double w inners inc luded Car­o l C it y 's Gene Diaz o n PB and S H w hil e Coral Park 's Roland F igueredo took FX and L H.

Final pl ac ing was determined by totaling the preliminar y and final scor es. T he team c ham pion shi p and AA were determined in the

RESULTS Team: Coral Pork (CP), 104.00; Carol City (CC), 89.80; Hialeah (H), 87.80; North Miami (NM), 84.20; Killion (K), 81.60; Norland (N), 77.45; Miami Springs (MS), 63.40; Cora l Gables (CG), 54.15; Palmetto, 8.85. AA: Bruce Grif­fin (CP), 30.4; Dale Hammon (K), 27.75; Dan McCarthy (NM), 27.25. PB: Gene Diaz (CC), 11.25; Steve Small (CP), 10.15; Mike Al ter (CG), 9.3. LH : Roland Figueredo (CP), 17.20; Les Toth (NM), 16.30; David Roth (CC), 15.9. HB: Griffin, 12.30; Joe Gues (CP), 11.45; Richard Parker (CC), 11 .05. FX: Figueredo, 14.35; Small, 13.70; Robert Tilley (CP), 13.50. SH: Diaz, 11 .05; Da vid Sakolws­ki (H), 8.90; Jeff Schwitzer (CP), 8.70. R: Dole Hammon (K), 14.40; Tom McKinney (CP), 13.80; Diaz, 13.60.

Region 4 - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, OhIO, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa.

ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS Prospect High School March 13, 14, 1970, - Report by Tom Chapman

Hinsdale Ce ntral moved up from it s second place fini sh of last year in c laiming the Illinois High School Gymnast ics Team C hampion­ship before a stand ing-room-onl y crowd. In doing so. they amassed 185 points to outpoin t their nearest ri va l , H er sey High School , by 12 Y2 point s and third place Evanston by 22 point s.

In Illinois , the team champio nship is decided on the bas is of poi nts awarded for the top 20 places on each eve nt. The top 10 q ualifier s upon completion of the prelims advance to the final s to decide the event champion s.

Th e a ll-aro und compe tition came to a c lose during the prelims wit h Gary Mor ava claiming the crown by compiling a 7.96 average in 5 events (no vaulting). Other event ch ampion s w ere Ed Siesa k of Hinsdale on S H (8 .80) , Bruce Keeshin of Evanston on HB (8.70). Ja y Ze man of E vanston on Tramp (8.50) , Bob Johnso n of H omewood on PB (8 .95 ), Benny Fernandez of Elk Grove o n Rings (8.95) , and Steve Von Eber s of Arling ton on FX (8.80). RESULTS AA: Gory Morava (Hersey), avg. 7.96; Bob Roth (New

prelim s. Illinois HS State AA Champions: 1. G. Horava, 2. B. Roth, 3. B. Kaeshin, 4. C. Wollin, 5. J Evans

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Tner tast), avg. 1.6J ; tlruce Keeshln ltvanston), 1.)6. FX : Steve Van Ebers (Arlington), 8.80, Morava, 8.70, Bob Sa lstone (Ni les North), 8.50. SH: Ed Slezak (Hinsdale Cen­t ral) , 8.80, Ted Marcy (Hinsdale Central), 8.65, Woody Wilkes (Rich East), 8.35. HB: Bruce Keeshin (Evanston), 8.70, Morava, 8.60, Gary Von Etten (Rich Central), 8.45. R: Benny Fernandez (E'k Grove), 8.95, Craig Sjorgren (Her­sey). 8.80, Tim Kessen (Whea ton Central), 8.75. PB: Bob Johnson (Homewood-Flossmoor), 8.75, Martin Myers (Hinsdale Central), 8.60, Bill Ca rney (York), 8.40. TR: Jay Zeman (Evanston), 8.50, Tim Raffen (York) and AI Weiner (N iles East), 8.40 WINNING ROUTINES: FX: Steve Von Ebers (A): RO, ff, Layout, ft, ful l; back exten­sion roll to handstand, y" turn lower to Japanese splits ; show straddle spli' ·· ~ift-stift press handstand, Y4 turn step down; hands '" front, forward roll to straddle jump; hop to handstand and stoop to back extension roll with hop full pirouette; lower down; RO, bounding ft, Y2 turn headspring; valdez to handstand, Y4 turn and step down; RO, ft, fu ll. SH : Ed Slezak (HC): Back moore, circles, travel down, loop around, uphill travel, scissors, reverse fla nks, travel down, walk around, loop wi th Y2 turn. HB: Bruce Keeshin (E) : Stemme, stoop and dislocate, 2 eagle giants, hop change, reverse giants, stoop in and take­mota vault, reverse kip, german giant, disengage and kip change, 2 reverse giants, straddle hecht dismount. R: Benny Fernadez (EG): Di slocate straight arm shoot hand, stra ight arm regular giant, lower to iron cross, lay back, bird-up L (Hold), hollowback press handstand, lower through straight body back roll to front lever. pullout to inverted hang, dislocate, double flyaway. PB : Bob Johnson (HF): Cast support, cut-catch L (Hold), press handstand, stut z handstand, cast upper arms, dou­ble leg cut and catch, layway f ront uprise, swing pirouette to handstand, back toss, stutz, layaway front uprise, front oft. TR: Jay Zeman (E): Pike baroni-out, double back, full , ru-dolph back, Y2-in- Y2-out, barani out, double back, piked Nick Woolls (Columbus, Indiana), First: AA, SH, R, PB & HB 1 %, double cody.

INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION STATE GYMNASTICS MEET Warren Central High School

Once aga in John Hinds ' Columbus team out­distanced the field to take top honors in the 1970 Indiana State Gymnastics Meet. When Columbus in the person of their all-around man, Nick Woolls , was not tak ing the first places, they were busy gathering up all the seconds, thirds and fourths. Wools eas ily topped teammate Greg Sellars in the all-around and Jeffersonville 's Rick Cherry was a distant third_

The o nl y other com pet itors to earn the gold were Columbu s ' Doug Dot y on the trampoline and Jimtown 's Jeff C lark who won the tum­bling and free exercise competitions.

The routines of the second and third place finishers (the MG reproduces only top men) read like well composed and solid routines. Woolls , on the other hand , shows a lot of promise for some fortun ate college coach, as his routines show the virtues of strength, fl ex­iblity, and control. RESULTS . Team: Columbus (C), 167; Southport (S), 56; Jimtown (J), 45; Elkhart (E), 29; Crown Point (CP), 27; North Central (26), Hammond Clark, 21; Concord, 17; Jeffersonville, 13; Madison Heights, 10; Anderson, 8; Ben Davis, 7; Pike, 6; South Bend Adams, S; Warren Central , 3; Clarks­ville, 3; DeKalb, 3; Angola, 1, Heritage and Wabash. AA: Nick Woolls (C), 851; Greg Sellars (C), 603; Rick Cher­ry (Jeffersonville), 539. FX: Jeft Clark (J), 83; John Crip­pen (C), 80; Nick Wooll s 78. SH: Wooll s, 89; Kevin Mur­phy (E), 80.5; Fred Harms (C), 80. HB: Woolls, 88.5; Crippen, 76; Bill Cowden (S), 73.5. PB: Wooll s, 88; Mark Spurgeon (C), 76; Sellars, 74. R: Woolls, 82; Steve Malu­tich (C), 81 ; Phil Lu nd (Hammond Clark), 80.5; TU: Clark, 82.5; Jim David (C), 72.5; Mike Tagg (CP), 71.5. TR :

Doug Ooty (C), 86.5; John Shields (Hammond Clark)' 83.5; Mark Northrop (C), 82. WINNING ROUTINES FX : Jeff Clark (Jimtown)) Front somersault, f ront hand-

spri ng, forward rol l, straddle press, RO, ft, full twist, splits, stra ight-stra ight press, standing valdez, divi ng back handspring, cradle, kip with half twist, forward roll, walkout, pratt (?) fro m handspring, sittl ing va ldez, back walkover, back wa lkover, walkout, arabian, stradd le, pancake, backward straight legged roll ; RO, FF, back. SH : Nick Woolis (Columbus): Loop, uphill immediate downhill , loop, stockl i, circle, reverse scissor, reverse scissor, front scissor, front scissor, ci rcle, side lift down, loop, walk around, loop, high arch dismount. HB: Nick Woolis (C) : Cast, immediate kriskehre, reverse kip, german, straddle cu t, kip-cast, avergrip giant, cross change, undergrip giants, vaul t, kip-cast, avergrip giant, full tw ist ing flyaway. PB: Nick Woo lis (C) : Peach hand, stutz, cast to upper arms, straddle cut L, stiff-stift press, back toss, stutz layaway, frant uprise, frant oft. R: Nick Woolls (C): Japanese inlocate, back uprise to hand­stand, reverse giant, stroddle L, press, high reverse kip, lower to back lever, dislocate, dislocate, full twisting fly­away. TU: Jeff Clark (Jimtown): RO, ft, full , ft, full. RO, ft, back, ft, back full. Tinsica tinga, t insica t inga. Tinsica tinga, RO, ff, full. TR: Doug Doty (Columbus) : Pike fliftis, double back, pike fliffis, rudolf. back double twist, double back, rudolf, back double twist. double back, 13/., back, double cody.

MINNESOTA STATE HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS Cooper High School - Report by Bill Murray, White Bear Lake HS,

Forty-one school s entered 185 gymnasts to compete in the preliminaries for the Minne­sota State Gymnastics C hampionsh ips. The pre-meet favorites were White Bear Lake , un­defeated in a ll compet ition and Cooper, ranked number two and defeated only by White Bear Lake. Both teams won their regiona l champion­ships and were ready for the State meet with strong lineups.

White Bear took the early lead in the prelims wi th strong all-around showings. Bill Kerch­ner, a White Bear gymnas t edged out teammate

Phil Nardecchi a to win the all-around. Barry Peterson of Cooper came in third. On the basis of the AA placings, White Bear led Coo per 18 to 10 with Richfie ld in third place with 5 points and Minneapolis North and Fridley ti ed at 4th with I Yz points each.

The finals go t underway with a full hou se of 3,000 spectators plu s a closed circu it TV to the auditorium for anothe r 400 persons. As the finals progressed , Cooper cha llenged White Bear's lead with strong and consis tent rou­tines. Indeed , the meet took on the appear­ance of a dua l meet as most of the scoring was done by these two teams. The Cooper gy m­nasts won 6 of 7 events wi th only C hris Olson from Alexander Ramsey to earn a gold. C hris repeated hi s winning performance on the still rings from the year before.

The win was the fir st for Cooper High and their coach Harlow Beyer, capping a very suc­cessful season. The crowd was enthusias tic and the competition keen. Both bode well for the growth of gymnas tics in Minnesota. RESULTS Team: Cooper, 101.5; White Bear La ke, 79.5; Richfield, 25; Alexander Ramsey, 15; and Minneapolis North , 12.5. FX: Barry Peterson (0. Phil Nardecchia (WBL), Jim Sack (R). SH: Jon Prokop (C), Bob Sionski (R), Jerry Swanson (Robbinsdale). HB: Rick Moe (C), Bill Kerchner (WBL), Larry Thom sen (C). PB: Lee Pederson (0. Kerchner, Mark Zachman (C) R: Chris Olsen (AR), Andy Laugul (Osseo), Gary Berquist (C) TU : Peterson, Sack, Davi d Clu­siau (Grand Rapids). TR : Jack Tardift (C) . Doug Hill (C), Nardecchia. WINNING ROUTINES FX: Barry Peterson (Cooper) : RO, ft, arabian to swedish fall , single leg circle with % turn to prone position, hollowback press to handstand (HOLD), forward roll , front somie, front walkover to sea t, valdez wi th Y4 turn to standing posi t ion, running front handspring, front sam ie, forward roll , front somie to headspring; swedish fall with Y4 turn to spli ts, Y2 turn to japanese splits, forward roll to stand­ing valdez; RO, ff, full. SH : Jon Prokop (Cooper) : From the saddle: Moore mount, circle, stockli aut, ci rcle, stockli in, ci rcle: circle, moore, circle, forward scissors (2), single leg circle to one re­verse scissor, ci rcles, tram lot down, ci rcle, moore, ci r­cle, moore, loop dismount. HB: Rick Moe (Cooper): Power cast, front giant, pirouette, back giant, reach under to vault, reverse kip, german

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giant. '12 t urn to kip, front giant. pirauette, back giant. h,ll <witch, back giant, pike flyaway. P8: Lee Pedersen (Cooper): Peach basket to l support, hollowback press to handstand. back toss. cost, double leg cu t. loybock front uprise, swinging pirauette. cast to support. loybock front uprise to front overbor dismount. R: Chris Olsen (Alexander Ramsey): Rear uprise handstand, giant swing backward , bock hip circle, crass. reverse kip to l support, hollowback press to handstand, '12 giant swing to stra ddle off dismount. TU : 8arry Peterson (Cooper): RO, ff , ff, full ff , full. Front walkover, frant somie. front walkover, front, forward roll , frant. RO , ff, ff, arabian walkout, RO, ff, full. TR : Jack Tardiff (Cooper): Fliffis, double bock, bock, double back, back, full twist, full twist, bock, back I "4, double cody.

MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION STATE GYMNASTIC MEET. Hillsdale High School March 14, 1970

Hill sdale High hosted the 1970 State Gym­nastics Meet with Ja mes I nman ac ting as Meet Manager. There were 18 schools entered in the State Meet with 10 of these ea rning points. Taylor-Kennedy High School , coached by Rog­e r Bechtold , se t a new state record winning the 8 event championship with a score of 191. 5. Taylor-Kennedy's George Ol son won the all­a round with 36.85 for the six Olympic events. RESULTS : Team: Taylor-Kennedy (lK), 191.5; l ivanio-Clarenceville (lC), 114.0; Farmington-North Farming ton (F), 98.5; Allen Pork (AP), 30.5; Taylor-Taylor Center (TTC), 29.5; Wyoming- Rogers (WR), 20.5; Ionia (I), 10; Alpena (A), 7; Grand Haven, I 5; Hillsdale, I AA: George Olson (lK). 36.85; Rick Restaino (lK), 35.15; William Waddell (lC), 30.35. FX: Olson. 7.6; Restaino 7.55; T Ortwine (F), 6.95. SH: Tom Pau lson (lC), 7.35; F. Siemienski (lK), 6.0; E. Ewald (lK), 5.4. R: Michael Hill (F)' 7.05; Olson, 6.8; D. Ba logh (TK), 6.25. LH : Ortwine, 8.12; Restaino. 8.0; Olson, 7.35. P8 : Waddell, 8.10; Restaino, 7.8; l. Katter­man (F)' 7.30; H8 : Glenn Mi ll s (lK), 7.05; R. l ayshock (AP). 6.65; J. Trouteaud (lC), 58.5. TR : D. Pau'son (lC), 7.1; T. Witz (TK), 6.75; G. LaBonte (lK)' 6.40. TU: RestDlna, 6.8; R. Struck (lC)' 6.25: Ortwine, 6.20.

ReDion Five

Region 5 - Iowa S tate U'liv., Kansas, Mis­souri, Nebraska, North. Dako ta, OklahomQ, Sou th Dakota.

NEBRASKA HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS Lincoln High School

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Taylor-Kennedy HS, Michigan State HS team champions

Report by Tom Sitzman, President, Nebraska GymnastiCS Assoc.

Nebraska finished a 13 week fall gym nas tic season wi th it s 30th annual State Meet. The meet was he ld in the Lincoln High gym and the team championship for the 10th straight year went to a Lincoln School.

The team title went to Lincoln Northeast coached by Bob He lfinger. Second place we nt to North Platt e , a nd third place went to Lin­coln East. a schoo l just 3 yea rs o ld.

The individual event wi nners are li s ted be­low. The scores from the prelims and the finals were added to determine the final s tanding. There is no vau lting in the a ll -around. RESULTS AA : Gene Mackie (Omaha Creighton Prep), 3290; Marty lowe (l incoln Northeast), 30.35; Robin Simmons (Bea­trice), 29.85. FX: Jim Gumb (lincoln High). 15.80; Bruce Brown (North Platte), 14.60; Jorge Cervantes (Omaha South). 14.05. SH: Jim Daniels (lincoln Southeast) . 16.60; Bill Teichert (North Platte), 16.10; Chuck Wieser (Omaha Rummel), 14.95. H8: Mackie, 16.35; Mike Schuman (lin­coln Northeast), 14.35: Kevin Sevier (McCook), 14.35. P8 : Jay Munnelly (Omaha Creighton Prep), 15.40: Marty lowe, 13.85; Chet Por ter (OCP) 13.80. R: lorry lacoco (l incoln High). 17.30; l owe, 16.20; Nick Alai (North Platte). 15.25. TR : Dean Straugh (l incoln Northeast), 15.30; Jim Dudgeon (Grand Island) and Ron Rasmussen (North Platte), 15.15. TU : Jorge Cervantes, 13.85; tie among larry West (lincoln NE), Bruce Brown, and larry Bond (lincoln Ea st), 13.65. WINNING ALL-AROUND ROUTINES of Gene Mackie (Omaha Creighton Prep), FX: Dive roll . bock handspring to chest roll ; straddle roll , handstand, step down, RO, ff, fu ll twist; front hand­spring , front sam ie, head kip to stand; stiff-stiff press; '12 turn step out, ca rtwheel, back handspring, walk out, '12 turn, swedish fall roll to back, bock extension, wide arm handstand: walk out, RU, If. layout. 6.75. SH: Kriskehre, reverse scissors, simple swiss to end. doubles into single leg kehre to saddle, doubles, t ram lot, loop off. 5.55 H8: Front stem me, bar vault, reverse kip to german giant, di sengage, kip, free kip, blind turn, reverse giant s, strad­dle circle to handstand (endo shoot or stalder), straddle hecht. 8.00. R: Disclocote, swing to handstand, lower to l crass, swing legs back to bock _lever, pike body to kip to l support, hollowback press to handstand. back swing to dislocate, pike flyaway. 6.85. P8: run, jump to glide kip, double leg cut to l , sti ff­stiff press, handstand, pivot forward, stututzkehre, upper arm swing, front upri se, double leg cuts upper arm swing, front uprise, moore, upper arm swing, front uprise, fronl off 5.75

One of the outstanding and unusual routines that failed to make the top three (FX) was a short, clean-looking routine which included a bock dive to handstand, front dive full twist (hips chest high) and a bock dive 1'12 twist roll (hips above head) roll out.

Region 6 - Arkansas, New Mexico, Texas.

NEW MEXICO STATE HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS Santa Fe High School April 10, 11, 1970 - Reports from larry Allen (Goddard HS) and Bertha Medford (Santa Fe H.S.)

Gymnas tics has been organized for only e ight yea rs in New Mexico. but its growth has suffered due to administrative pre-occupation with football and basketball. In some schools , such as Lovington. the State C hampion Boys team. gym nastics is ha ndled on a c lub basis. Things are look ing up , however, and the num­ber of teams is growing. At present there are about 10 boys' teams and 20 girl s' teams.

At the champio nship level. there a re three reg ions with each sending their top two teams plus the top four individuals in each event. Preliminaries a nd finals are held in all except vaUlting, tum bling a nd trampoline events. Fou r gy mnasts may be en tered by each team with a t leas t one as all-around, except in tum­bling and trampoline w here three are en tered. The best three scores count. RESULTS - 80ys Team: Lovington (l), 115.2; Santo Fe (SF), 112.3; Roswell (R). 107.05; Clovis (C), 102.15; Carlsbad (Cb), 78.05; Farmington (F), 67.1. AA : lenny Kravitz (H ighland), 35. 15; Alfred Trujillo (SF), 30.05; Jeff Hall (l )' 27.75. FX : Tie between Kravitz and Dave Chandler (St. Piu s), 7. 1; Jackie Slayton (Goddard) 6.5. SH: Kravitz. 6.15; Chandler,

5.7; Dale Hood (CB) 5.35. R: Allred Chavez (e) 6.25; tie between Kravitz and Hood, 5.8 LH: Slayton, 7.05; Hall, 6.85 ; Ph il Holt (l), 6.75. PO : Kravitz, 6.1; Slayton, 5.5; Alfred Trujillo, 5.05. HO: Kravitz, 6.65; Steve Speegle (L), 6.2; Don Chavez (R), 6.1. TU : Ken Church (C), 7.5 ; Slayton (Goddard), 6.65; Lar ry O'Meara (Roswell ), 6.45. TR : O'Meara, 6.45; Charles Skipper (SF), 5.9; Mark McCaus· land (C b), 5.8. RESULTS - Girls Team: Roswell (R), 87. 15; Ca rlsbad (C), 86.55; Santa Fe (SF), 73.10; Fa rmington (F), 66.65; Goddard (G), 65.50; Lovington (l), 27.80. AA: Pam Hulsey (C) , Sue Yarasheski (St. Pius X), Rissie Phillips (R). 00: Yarasheski, Hu lsey, Cynthia Harris (F). UPO: Hulsey, Vickie Glass (R), Lana Snell (G). FX : Ya rasheski, Philliops, Hulsey. SHY: Yara· sheski, Martii Romero (Gallup), Li nda Bor rego (SF). TU : Yaracheski, M ille Tanner (R), Snell. TR: Janet Neal (C) , Leslie Heinsch (C) , Pat Connell (Sandia).

ReUlon Seven - ------------...

Region 7 - Arizo na. Co lorado, Mon tana, Utah. Wyoming.

MONTANA STATE HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC MEET

Eastern Montana College March 6, 7,1970

In 3 sho rt years , gymnast ics has grown to a recogni zed and enthusiastically attended spo rt. From a sta rt with o nl y abou t 100 gymnas ts, pa rti cipation grew to over 200. T he crowd for the 1970 fi na ls numbered 3 ,000. (I n a re lated a rticle , Tom Lu x, coach at Billings West H S tells the success story of Montana gy mnastics,)

Compulsories a re used in the prelimina ry competit ions with the top ten advancing to the fi nals. For teams, AA , and ind ividua ls , the fina l score is based on the total of the compUlsory and o ptiona l. RESULTS Team: Billings West (BW), 26 1.05; Billings Senior (BS), 221.95; Ka lispell (K), 20 1.95; Bozeman (B) 164.90; Missoula·Hellgate (MH), 16 1.25. AA: Bob Hayes (BW), 83.65; Ch r is Hamil ton (K), 74.50; Mike Meyer (BS), 73.85. FX: Rod Locke (BW), Ron Armstrong (K), Meyer. SH : Cummings (K), Mark Haley (BW), Hayes. R: Max Veri· crusen (K), Bruce Benoi t (BW), Tom Haider (BW). LH : Don Jackson (BW); Meyer, Hayes. PO : Hayes, Rocky Sell· eck (BW), John Locklin (BW) HO: Mike Roberts (BW), Mike Sanderson (BW), Dan Smith (BW).

Bill ing West High School, Montana State HS team champions

Region 8 - Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nev­ada, Idah o, Ore.gon, Wathington.

WASHINGTON STATE HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS University of Washington May 22, 23, 1970 - Report by Dr. Eric Hughes, Meet Director.

T he number of teams pa rtic ipa ting in the Sta te of Washington almost doubled in 1970. T he big increase was due to new prog rams in the la rgest and the third larges t c ities in the sta te , namely Seattl e and T acoma, T he cit y of _

Seattle was es tabli shed as a region by itse lf and there were four regional qua li fy ing meets in 1970 rathe r than three as in the past. A to tal of 35 teams pa rti c ipa ted in the regionals. S ix teams, nine a ll -round men and 153 indi vidua ls qua lified for the Sta te Meet.

T he pre limina ry sess ion was he ld F riday to de termine the team and all round c hampion and to qualify the eight top ind iv iduals into Saturday's fina ls . T he th ree deci mal places in the team scores warrants ex plana tion. In Wash­ington, each team ente rs four men in the a ll­around events one of whom mu st be an a ll ­a round pe rfo rmer. T o give more impo rtance to thi s man's effo rt s his all-around score is dev ided by six and added to the team score. Hence the unusua l decimal pl aces.

F rom the sta rt of the meet it was apparent that it was a fi ve team race. The pre-meet favo rites were the two region two teams, Kent and West Bremerton, N athan Hale of Seattle in its fir st year of varsit y competition (they had a strong intramura l program for several yea rs) was given an out s ide chance. Kent had the highest. score in the fi rst and second' event s a nd took the lead wit h Hale close behind, In the thi rd event - noor exercise , Hale moved into the lead with three outstanding pe rfo rmances and stayed ahead throughout the mee t. It was c lose enough, however , so that the outcome was in dou bt until the las t event. Kent held on to second place until the las t event - trampo­line, Nothing went right and they dropped fro m second to fift h, Coach Bob Juli n and the N athan Hale Raide rs are to be complimented, T he victory was due to a team effo rt .

For the first time , the re was volume parti c i­pation in the State of Was hington. Although the re were no trul y outstanding gymnasts in the State th is year , with the increase in volume. the re is bound to be a growt h of qualit y in the near future.

The all-around program is emphas ized in high school gy mnas tics in the State of Wash­ingto n. It can be see n by the result s that all ­a round performers took a good sha re of the places in the ind ividual events . RESULTS Team : Nathan Hale (NH) of Seatt le, 147.383; West Brem­erton (WB) of Bremerton, 143.766; Inglemoor (I) of Both· ell, 142. 508; Bothell (8) of Bothell , 142.066; Kent M er· idian (KM) of Kent, 140.408. AA: Dale Burson (NH), 39.50; Steve Scott (K), 37.25; Terry Hil l (B), 36. 10. FX : Scott, 14.30; Bu rson, 14. 15; Reid Hargiss (NH), 13.75. SH : Steve Brouilette (Lake Wash ington), 14.80; Mark Smith (B), 11.90; Dave Jackson (NH), 11.65. HO: Burson, 13.60; Bill Uptain (B), 13. 10 ; Hill , 13.00. PO : Scot t, 13. 15; Mike Herscher (K), 12.15; El i DeBerry (I), 11 .95. LH : Jeff Evans (I), 17.95; Ra lph Whitney (WB), 16.85; Greg Skinner (Everett), 16.80; R: John Dennis

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(S hocecrest), 13.90; Karl Koiyolo (NH), 13.60; Jim Holt (Lincoln), 13.20. TU : Scott, 14.15; Mike Coury (Bellevue), 13.85; Horgiss, 12.70. TR: Gory Clausen (WB), 13.75; Whitney, 12.95; Jay Hamilton (Cheha lis), 12.80.

OREGON STATE HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS University of Oregon March 13, 14, 1970 - Report by Mickey Chaplan

Under the direction of Oregon Gym nas tics Coach, Dick Smith , the Universit y of Oregon hos ted the 1970 boys and girls State Gymnastic C hampionships. In both tea m competitions. South Eugene edged out David Douglas High of Portland . South Eugene 's Mike Hudd leston topped Ron Ni ssen of David Douglas while Judy Shirk of South Eugene outclassed the field topping J ayne Ha milton of David Doug­las by almost 3 points.

Many fine routines were turned in by the finalists , especiall y on women 's FX and un­evens and the men 's vaUlting. With both schools boasting young teams, next year 's championships wi ll undoubtedl y be exciting. RESULTS - Boys Team: South Eugene, Da vid Doug las, Klamath Fa lls, North Salem, Albany, Benson. AA: Mike Huddleston (SE), 39.15; Ron Nissen (DO), 38.40; John Lehman (NS), 35.70. FX: Nissen, 7.45; Huddleton, 7.35; Randy Burdich (Park), 7.15. SH: Doug Ingham (DO), 6.45; LeRoy Moore (SE), 6.35; Mark Veitch (KF), 5.75. HB: Huddleston, 6.725; Craig Brigham (SE)' 6.675; Nissen, 6.625. LH : John Ba l· siger (KF), 8.90; Huddleston, 8.825; Nissen, 8.65. PB : Scott Bleak (KF). 7. 10; Huddles ton, 6.85; Joe Losacco (SE), 6.625; R: Greg Branson (SE), 7.075; Kevin Corneli s (Corvallis), 6.625; Paul Yea rou s (CG), 6.60. WINNING ROUTINES FX: Ron Nissen (David Douglas): Flip-flop, layout full, bac k hand. pop support, forward ro ll, diomidov, stoop down; cartwheel , piked side somie, Swedish fall, turn , splits, stiff press, stoop down; front handspring, front somie walk out, RD. back samie, ff. layout. SH: Doug Ingham (00) : Walk-around, doubles, kehre in, reverse scissors. forward scissors. doubles. downhill t ravel , doubles, loop, half twist. PB : Scott Bleak (Klamath Fall s): Ca st support, cut ca tch L, stiff-stiff press, handstand , f ront pi rouette, stutz. drop cast wi th half twist, frant uprise, swing handstand, front pirouette, layway front upri se, front off with V, twist. R: Greg Bronson (South Eugene) : Dislocate, shoot hand­stand, lower to L crass. front lever, back roll to L support. hollowback press . front cast, inlacate back lever, dislocate, full twist. HB: Mike Huddleston (SE) : Vault, reverse hip, german, ki p to giants, blind change, pirouette, flyaway. LH : John Balsiger (KL): giant yamashita .

(See Mi le G for girls' results)

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INVITATIONAL GYMNASTICS MEET Diablo Valley College Host: Castelmont High School May 16, 1970 Meet Director: Edward "Sandy" Cutler

RESULTS AA: Clark Johnson (De Anza), 45.75; Robbie McClaren (De Anza), 45.55, Joe Hughes (Homestead), 43.05. FX : McClaren, 8.5; Hughes, 8.15; Johnson, 8.05. SH: Bob Penny (Mt. Diablo). 7.00; McClaren, 6.60; Bruce Fren zel (Hil lsdale), 6.30. HB: Hughes, 8.35; McClaren, 8.25; Johnson, 8.05. LH : Johnson, 7.9 ; Randy Lydon (Son Mateo), 7.75; Carl Miller (College Park), 7.20. PB : Johnson, 8.6 ; McClaren, 8.4; Tony Lopez (Skyline), 8.2; R: Garret Har· vey (Encino), 8.65; Mike Wilson (Encino), 8.55; Randy Wright (Skyline), 8.25.

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Washington State HS AA Champions: I . D. Burson, 2. S Scott, 3. T. Hill, 4. (name not available), 5. P. Hengendoht (nat shown), 6. D. Na kanishi.

Oregon State HS Championships: Left - Mike Huddleston, First AA, right - Greg Bronson, First Rings.

Northern California Invi tational, Bob Penny, fi rst SH

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FINALS Yreka High School March 7,1970 - Report by Ed Loudon, Coach, Yreka, H.S.

The North ern California Final s was held March 7th at Yre ka H igh School. Also a t the sa me time an ope n c lass meet was held for a nyone that was not competing on a Unive rsit y team. Gymnas ts competing from Co llege of Redwoods . College of Sisk iyous a nd others e nt ered the ope n mee t.

T he Yreka High School Gymnastics team c losed out a highl y successful season by win­ning the meet for th e fifth stra ight yea r - Yreka scored a total of 132 .53 points aga inst Eure ka

Alan M ilovich, firs!: AA, FX - tu. Northern Calif. finals

high schools 93.20 points-and De l Norte of C resce nt c it y finis hed third with 49.59. The meet had the regul a r nine events. The Yreka team season record stands at 14-4 in the tough­es t schedu le it has faced.

A la n Milovich. of Yreka won the a ll -a round Troph y. scoring 26.2 1 points in four eve nt s.

Three certifi ed Northe rn Califo rnia judges from the Nort hern Califo rni a Judges Assoc ia­tion. including Jerry Wright. Preside nt of N CJ A a nd Coach of S. F. State Co llege. judged the eve nt s. I n thi s area of North ern Cali fornia. the schools use a ll nine eve nt s.

Medals we re given to the fir st five places in each event fo r th e high sc hools a nd meda ls were give n to the fir s t three pl aces in eac h eve nt in th e open meet. A tea m troph y was prese nted a long w ith the a ll -around. RESULTS FX: Alan Milavich (yreka), Bruce Meek (Y), Mike Adams (Y). SH : Bill Christeson (Y), Tip Wilmarth (Y), Stewart Carnes (Y). HS: Tim Coonrod (Y), Chuck Kelly (Eureka), Jim Gallardo (Y). LH : Bruce Meek, Alan Milovich, Bill Prine (Y). PS: Bill Chris teson, Moe Richard (Y), Tip Wi lmarth. R: Tim Coonrod, Moe Richard, Don Clark (Y). TU : Alan Milovich, Mike Adams, John Robinson (Y). TR: Jeff Holcomb (Del Norte), John Robinson, Alan Milovich. Rope: Tim Coonrod, Rob Sousa (E), Fo ran Reed (E).

LOS ANGELES CITY CHAMPIONSHIPS San Fernando Valley State College May 28 , 1970

A vengi ng last yea r's defea t a t the hands of Monroe H. S. , U ni vers it y High topped the Vik­ings to w in th e C ity c ha mpionships 63 !h-56 !h.

Hig h point man fo r the final s was Hector Neff of Taft with 13!h points. Second pl ace went to George Lee of Dorsey who scored IO !h points. Third went to I van Ru zics of Pa­c ifi c Pa li sades (Pali ) wi th 9 !h points. RESULTS FX : Henderson (Monroe), 17.0 ; Poulson (Toft) and l ee (Dorsey), 16.5. SH: Ekstein (University), 16.5; Zimmerman (Monroe), 16.4; Vo ris (University), 16.3. HS: ti e between Ivan Ruzics and Erwin Ruzicx both of Pa li 16.8; Grovi tz (Univer si ty) 15.5. PS : Horowitz (Monroe), 17.1; Neff (Toft), 16.8; I. Ruzics, 16.1. R: Sherwood (Venice), 16.8; Yoshimoto (University), 16.5; Costner (Venice), 16.4. TU : Lee (Dorsey), 17.7; Romey (Dorsey), 17.5; Cosiam (Monroe) and Friel (Venice), 16.6 ROPE : Morgan (Mon­roe), 3.5 ; tie between Cohn (Toft) and Houben (Reseda), 3.6. LH: Porter (Fremont), 17.2; Clark (Von Nuys), 16.9; Neff, 16.5.

SAN GABRIEL INVITATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL MEET San Gabriel H.S. - Report by Fred E. Marquez, Meet Director

The meet was a se ll-out a nd the C I F gym­nas ts showed good season form . Millikan High from Long Beach was very s trong with Kurt Ha rtell lead ing the way in FX , LH , a nd Tu . Other outs ta nding performances were turned in by Steve Zamora from Baldwin Park on H B, Mark Lundy from South Hill s a nd Jim Dare of Wilson both on rings , and Jim McFau l of West­minste r on FX , LH , a nd T. Top-seeded S H­ma n, John G reene of San Gabriel suffe red a break a nd placed 4th while C hri s Kli ngerman of Sou th H ill s came through to win it. RESULTS Team: Millikan of l ong Beach, Westminster. High Point man: Kurt Hartell (Mnlikan), Jim McFaul (Westminster). FX; McFaul, Hartell , Kim Parrazo (lakewood). SH: Chris Kl ingerman (So. Hills), t ie between Chris Morchee (Wilson) and Jon Anderson (Anaheim). HS : Steve Zamora (Baldwin Pork) Randy Daffron (Millikan), Bucky Johnston (West­minster). LH : Hartell, Randy . Leovensworth (Lakewood), Leonard Peete (Millikan) and McFaul t ied for third. PS ; Don O'Nei l (Westminster), Joe Poplar (Wilson), Anclerson. R: Mark Lundy (So. Hills), Jim Dare (Wi lson), Don Mussau (Westminster). TU ; Hartell , AI Pietrok (Anaheim), Croig Wurtz (Millikan).

Los Angeles City Championships. Left - Morgan first Rope, right - Ogner (Unihi).

Steve Zamoro, First HB Son Gabriel Invita tional

WINNING ROUTINES FX: lim McFaul (Westminster): RO, ff, double twist, bock exten sion roll , step down; fron t handspring, piked front, Japanese handspring (?); prone fall , kick turn to splits, sti ff-sti ff press to handstand; RO, ff, ara bian dive roll , reverse pirouette, roll out to straddl e to Japanese spiits; bock handspring from a si t , step down; RO, ff, full. SH : Chris Klingerman (South Hills): Moore, immediate tron­lot, immediate wa lk-around, two highs, double bock in, one high, rear leg cut, two front scissors, one rear scis-

sors, to highs, tromlot, Ru ssian wa lk-a round. off. HS: Steve Zamora (Baldwin Park): Cost, Y2 turn, jam to in­verted s (2), dislocate to eagles (1), hop, hecht vault, kip hop to bock giants, cross change to Dna, bock giants, straddle hecht dismount. PB : Oan O'Neil (Westminster) : Cost, catch, swing to hand­stand, stut z to handstand, underbar to L, bent arm press to handstand, stut z, cost, straddle cut, loybock, pront uprise, front off wi th Y2 turn. R: Mark Lundy (South Hills): Stroight body pull to inverted hong, dislocate, giant dislocate, straight arm shoot to hands and, lower straight arm straigh t body to cross bock kip to L, hollowbock to handstand, lower stra ight arm, stra ight body to Olympic cross, turn bock, drop to inverted hong, double dislocate, double. LH : Kurt Hartell (Millikan) ; Yamashita . TU : Kurt Hartell iMillikan): RO, ff, full , ff, full. Front, tront handspring, front, front handspring, front, front. Front step out, RO, If, arabian front stepout, RO, ff , full .

KENTUCKY STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS Meet host Bryan Station HS of Lexington cap­

tured six of nine first ploces to outpoint Iroquois HS 107-81 for the 1 970 Kentucky State champion­ships.

Donnie Watkins of Iroquois was the top scorer in All -Around with his teammate Mike Gregory placing second and Danny Blevins and Jeff Fuller of Bryan Station placing third and fourth .

Team Standings 1. Lexington Bryon Station 107; 2. Iroquois 81; 2.

Lexington Totes Creek 7; 4. Lexington Lafayette 5. Indivi dual Winners

Free exercise - Gory Boston, Bryon Station; Parallel bars - Don Watkins, Iroquois; Rings - Donny Blevins, Bryon Station; Side horse- Phill Brown, Iroquois; Hori· zontal Bars - Blevins, Bryon Station; Tumbling - John­son, Bryon Station; Trampoline - Johnson, Bryon Station; All -around - Watkins, Iroquois.

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( By KEN SAKODA

Ste\'e Hllg retllm ed to the U.S.A . ./i"01l/ Japan lI 'here he was go ing to high school to call/pete in the USC F- USA Chall/p ionships and the Pasadena N ational/llI·italional.

Steve, we'd like to ask you about your ex­periences in Japan, Was it what you ex­pected?

I wasn't really e xpecting anything when I wen t th ere. I didn't think I could learn an y more gy mnast ics working out where I was a round LA. There was so much to offer in J a panese gy mnas tics. How did you arrange getting over there? Were you an exchange student or what?

I'm registered in an America n school that you pay tuition to go to. Sa kmoto found me a fam il y I could stay with a nd Katsu Ya ma na ka fou nd me a school I cou ld work out a t. What do you think you're learning over there that you couldn't have gotten in the U,S.?

Bas ic swing, for one thing. T he re are so many basic things that are overlooked in this country and basic swing is one of the m. They say do a s tut z high , but they don ' t say how to do it. You must go fast, but how yo u do it they don ' t say. So I've been learning how you do it. In Hayasaki 's interview in Sports IlIlI s­trated, he said something about a seniority system in the gymnastics schools, Are you experiencing that sort of thing or are you away from it?

I am experiencing it. The upperc lass me n have priorit y over the lower c lass me n. They' re sort of like teachers a nd tell the underclass­men what to do and help them. The unde r­class men s how respect for their teachers. O ne guy was helping me out a lot th at way , indi­viduall y. What impressed you the most about be­ing over there? What is the biggest differ­ence over there?

I think it was good being away from com­petition for a wh ile. You learn gy mnas tics for gy mnas tics itself, rather than fo r a score a nd a judge. You work with so many guys who know the techniques, who want to reach their pote n­tial in gymnas ti cs. What kind of schedule do you have- seven days a week?

I go when I want to , usually s ix days a week. We ave rage about 3Yz hours a day. Are the workouts different over there?

Eve rybody works every event every day. They keep doing one thing over a nd over­repetition - on an event , reall y trying th eir ha rdes t. When they learn a trick , they won 't try it just once but they'll try it over and over until they ' re a lmost exhausted. What college are you going to?

I f everything goes the way I'm pla nning right now, it 's Stanford. A t least that's w hat I 'm looking towards now. Why Stanford?

Well , I seem to communicate we ll with Millma n. I like the atmos phere and the campus the re ; I don ' t like cities , like LA. I want to major in photo a nd films a nd they see m to have a fairly good department that wouldn 't be crowded the re.

STEVE HUG )

You look as if you've lost some weight", I wanted to lose a little, but I lost more than

I wanted , I guess. About I 0 pounds, Their diet - it ' s not potatoes a nd bread a nd french fries , it 's more ri ce , instead of mea t. it ' s vegetables and fish , a lot less calories. It ·s a lot heal thier food , I think , too. In the time that you've been over there, what specifically have you improved on?

Basic swing, other bas ic moves. What have you seen over there that can be applied here?

A lot of people over he re say that basics s hould be stressed, but they aren't doing it. It seems they don ' t even know what basic moves should be stressed . The coaches are unaware of a lot of wha t the basic moves are. People were trying to teac h me how to swing on rings with a diffe rent technique than is correc t. The J a pa nese sa id learn how to swing like thi s and you' ll be able to do straight a rms shoots real easy. I learned how to swing like that and now I can do it. Learning it the new way, I lost the move for about four month s. The difference was , like in thi s country, I was told , put your hands in front like a high bar giant , but in J a pan, you di slocate up a nd then pike in you r shoulders a nd c hes t and tighten on the way up. Sa me thing for the shoulders on the way up , so it 's up a nd down rather than a round. You go a round a nd a round and you get swinging. How many take part in gymnastics there? Are there a lot who tryout for teams?

At the school I go to , there a re maybe 50 guys worki ng out , trying out for the team, work­ing serious ly on gymnas tics. It must be very crowded.

The gym is open a ll day and people come in at different times. Is there one coach who stays there all the time?

The coaches come in and help sometimes . But , like the fir st yea r fre shmen will organize workout and he lp each other a nd maybe they ' ll have a sophomore or junior teaching them. They all go all-around a nd they' ll go on each event. More than li kely , the a thletes will or­ganize themselves because there a re e nough people to do that. What part does the coach play in all this?

Mostly organization . When they have a team meet or intersquad , he ' ll say whet her they ' re going in the wrong or right direction. H e's' not there a ll the time. There 's no way he could individuall y instruct so man y gymnas ts.

Since here the feeling is that the coach should be around all the time, that would make quite a difference, wouldn't it?

Right. Wh ile so many people in the gym know gymnastics ... by the time a guy is in the fourth yea r. he knows it pretty well and can teac h it and the third year too. Most of the freshmen there know gymnast ics better than most coaches in thi s country.

A fres hma n gy mnast in the school I work out a t the re could probably teach me more gym­nastics than most coac hes in thi s country. He's been taught by fourth yea r guys w ho know eve n more. Are you talking about high school or col­lege?

College. Do you have any contact with the high school level?

No. How advanced are they when they come into college?

N ot a ll of them have a ll the basics that we ll actually. Co mpa red with thi s country the y' re a lo t better but they don 't a ll sta rt o ut lea rning eve rything perfec tl y. But th e ir basics are a lot be tt er. From the firs t yea r on they a re taught basics. They won 't learn top routines the first yea r. They don 't try to do so mething even with bad technique. What about your style-I've heard com­ments that there's a marked difference in your style; that it's more like the Japan­ese?

I feel diffe rent swinging. You relea rn every­thing. You try to learn ne w techniques. I wasn't aware th at I was doing things as wro ng as I was. I s till could be doing things a lot better. When you say wrong, what do you mean?

Well , over here w hen you 've learned a trick with your legs together , they go on to teach you the next move. It 's so complex, it 's ha rd to describe ... Say like a peach. I nstead of dropping down a nd pulling reall y ha rd , drop­pi ng a nd relax ing on the bottom and pulling rea ll y fast a t one point. There 's one major point of effort , of push ing or pUlling. Before you come back to this country, what do you expect to accomplish ?

I want to kee p pelfecting my compulsories. I wa nt to learn them to the ultimate. ot too many c hanges in my optional s , but I' ll change a few things. I've tried to get rid of myoid way of doing things , but lea rning new techniques takes time. I'm still trying to maste r th e swing.

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SPOT IN'I'ER VIEWS

Ken Sakoda & Dick Criley

The opinions reported belolll lIIere recorded at the 1970 NCAA Uni l'ersit)! Dil'ision Gy m­nastics Championships in response to the question, " What sugges tions do you hal'e for impro ving high school gymnastics?"

Dick Swetman (Penn State): I can onl y a n­swe r fo r Illinois because that is w here I am from . I wou ld say that Illinois has ta ken a step in the right direction in inco rpora ting tum­bling into their program. I believe long horse is in now , too. It wi ll probab ly work into floor exe rcise, but I know the reason they don ' t have floor exercise now is becau se they don ' t have large enough areas , not e nough mats and things like that. Tha t 's kind of a mecha nical thing.

I think gymnastics from where I'm from in Illinois seems to have been producing good gymnasts in the past. I don 't know if I should make a plug here or not. but we need more coaches like Mr. Roetzheim. who was my high sc hool coach. I have to say tha t he is person­a ll y intere sted in gy mnas ts: he is interested in them as persons rather th an as a commodity to be shuffled a ro und. Thi s is so muc h more im­pOl·tant tha n any kind of fac ilities or programs.

Paul Mayer (RS Coach, Illinois) : First of a ll. we need bette r coaches in gym nas tic s. The a reas which are weak in gy mnastics a re weak in the number of good coaches th ey have. An­other thing which has helped in th e Illinois area is the coaches assoc iation. The coaches are close. a nd th ey ge t together and try to help each each other. I was in A __ to do a c linic and a ll these coache s cared about was beating eac h other. The attit ude of the coaches has to be cha nged in the high school s.

Paul Tickenoff (NwLa): I think it would be impro ved if the y broad ened the progra m. brought in better coac hes , a nd coached more towa rds the a ll -around competitor and sta rt ed with better bas ics. Before , it was a lways the footba ll coach in there teaching th e gymnasts a ll the difficult s tunt s but no basics to help the gy mnast in hi s future years. I think that it would improve by starting with bas ics a nd ge tting s tronge r high sc hool coac hes in there.

Bob Dickson (Assistant coach, Indiana State): Right no~. I fee l there is too much em­phasis on win ning. taking fre shmen a nd sopho­mores in high schoo l who are not wel l-rounded ph ys ica lly a nd pu shing tricks. tricks . tricks at them instead of bui lding a good bac kground to work from late r on in high school a nd in col­ege. I would ra ther see a progra m with com­pu lsories a nd not necessaril y pus h the all­around progra m more - I think it 's good to have spec ia li s ts. As the ass is ta nt coach at Indiana State, I wou ld much ra ther take a kid that does mechanicall y good gia nt s , circles. a nd swing work on rings a nd scores 8.0 on each event than I would a kid who can throw a ll so rts of tricks but who has bad mechanics and bad form. We have to stress form a nd basic mechan-

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ics more. Th at's th e only way we're go ing to ge t rea ll y top-notch gymnasts .

Eric Courchesne (California): I haven ' t competed in high school gymnastics although I have competed wit h high school gymnasts. The way I see th em trying to perform is s trictl y tric ks. They get their points by doing tech­niques. They' re trying to do rout ines that are co ll ege leve l in stead of starting out with the very basics on individual events. I'm a rings spec ia li s t so I know rings best. In high school , the fir s t thing a high sc hool gymnast tries to do is a c ross or a fro nt lever or a planche. I n world competition. thi s just isn't going to make it. Th e basics a re good swing techniques and solid ha ndsta nds . A high school gy mnas t isn't going to score as high if he does a simple routine a nd tries to work up gradually with basics: in­stead he tries to pull hi s score up because hi s coach is more concerned a bout winning than producing a technically correct gym nastics pe rformance.

Ray Lorenz (Coach, Chico State): I think we have to have more knowledgable PE teachers to begin with so that they ' ll sta rt gymnastics a t a lower leve l in ph ys ical education classes. 1 he kids will be exposed to it" and enjoy It at that level learni ng basic things a nd they' ll be a ble to progress o n to high school vars ity tea ms and right on up through the international level ... I think they' re (compu lsories) almost a mu st. This way , the kids w ill be fo rced to learn bas ic s and will stay away from learning just the big trick s: the double fl yaways a nd so forth .

Steve Cohen (Olympian): I think there should be a multi -level plan I) to increase the level of coaching s kill through major regional c lin­ics. a nd 2) for a more cohesive progra m across the country so young fellows can see how other young fellows are doing. Perhaps th e U SG F could se t up something to do thi s. The big thing is to get good teaching at the high sc hool level.

Bill Russo (Wisconsin) : I feel tha t the spec­tato r. es pecia ll y o n the high school level is ignorant of what is goi ng on. So I think there should be a big pu sh , pUblicity-wise , to educate the s pectator so he can appreciate the sport. I think the coac hing is coming up and gett ing better and better, bu t you still have to educate the spectator.

Dan Millman (Coach, Stanford): My feeling is we need compul sory routines. Only through compul sory routines which a ll gy mnasts will do , will they develop an aest het ic philosoph"

towards gymnastics -to do the same thing more beautifull y. r ve suggested in o ur North­ern California Association that we have three levels of routines : a Level I compul sory which would be ve ry easy for a ny beginning gymnast to do: a Leve l II compulsory with ma ny basic moves , a nd a Level III which wou ld be a n optional routine. An y high school gymnast wou ld have to qualify by a certa in score in Level I to go to Level II and qualify in Level II to finally do an optional routine . He wou ld the n have the tool s to be creative, hav ing grown up with them in stead of gloss ing over them. I'd add one thing to thi s: the best thing for a high school program is to begin a junior high school program : we need a n age-g roup program such as in swimming. We have to give the kids a mixture - to keep them motivated - of what th ey want a nd what they need , a nd the two don 't always coinc ide.

I think one mistake that even the more ex­pert gym nastic coaches in the United States are doing is mode lling a program after Japa n: yet the cultura l environment in Ja pan is differ­ent. The kids have a different philosophical groundwork and drive towards gy mnastics. They will go through a nd survive lea'rning the bas ic programs where our boys just don 't have the patience beca use they haven' t grown up with thi s motivation towards gy mnast ics. They've grown up with a baseball-football philosophy a nd it 's difficult for them to ad­just : they grow up just wan ting to do one event a nd having " fun" at it.

Art Shurlock (Olympian Coach, UCLA): I thing the main thing to improve the high school gymnast ics program in the United States is to make it uniform, to have the high school com­petitions the same as the univers it y competi­tions: change a ll the scoring systems so it 's uniform from the high school level to the colle­giate leve l. High sc hool basketba ll a nd football have the same bas ic program as on the univer­sit y level. I feel th at if the uni versities a re go­ing to s tick with the compul sories, th en the high schools shou ld go with the compulsories. It should be exactl y the sa me. We need uni­formit y across the country.

Coaches teach the moves differently , and we have to sta rt teaching the right techniques from junior high level on up. The coaches have their own tec hniques a nd it is eviden t that they a re not uniform. By the time the gymnasts reach college, when doing the same move , they don't even look like they' re doing the same move. I n having compu lsories, it would be ben­efic ia l to correct technique to have each move expla ined by some of the top coaches in the country. Then eve ryone would start off with the same idea .

A Day in the Life of a Gymnast By Thomas Adams

I could hear the sound of my alarm buzzing as I slowly emerged from a deep sleep. I drowsily got out of bed and turned off the alarm. I stood there a few seconds trying to gain an awareness of the new day, but then , noticing that it was sti ll dark outside, I headed back to my warm bed to catch a few more min­utes of sleep. Then, suddenly , like a hammer knocking me on the head, I realized that today was the first gymnastics meet of the season. I was immediately shaken from my early morning trance with the thoughts of the meet and began preparing myself for the day. A bus was taking our gymnastics team to Denver for the Colorado High School AAU Open Gymnastics Meet. Teams from all parts of the state would be there competing for both individual and team honors. The thoughts of the day 's competition began to excite me and soon I had butterflies pounding in my stomach.

I got dressed quickly and hurried into the kitchen where my mother had fixed me a good breakfast and was packing sandwiches for my lunch. She could see that I was excited about the meet by the way I belted down my food. While saying good-bye, I grabbed my lunch and a coat , hurried out the door and started driving away to the bus.

I soon found my self driving into the parking lot where we were to meet the bus. The place was deserted. There was neither bus nor fel­low gymnast in sight. I glanced down at my watch and found that I was twenty-five min­utes early. So I parked the car and turned on the radio hoping to pass the time quickly. I began thinking about gymnastics and all that it had done for me throughout high school.

This being my senior year at Palmer high , I had already started reminiscing about my high school days. I could remember how I, as a sophomore, had been persuaded by Mr. Moul­ton to show up after school to work out with the gymnastics team. Mr. Moulton was the coach for the gymnastics team at Palmer high and was one of the sport 's most dedicated fol­lowers. He had seen me in gym class and was impressed with my abilities on the trampoline. That afternoon, I timidly entered the gym, find­ing Palmer's gymnastic team busily working out. Everyone on each event seemed to me to be excellent , as I saw many tricks being per­formed that I had nevwr before seen. I had thought that I was good on the trampoline unti l I saw the tricks that were being performed by a couple of seniors. I decided I couldn 't jump on the trampoline with them watching, so I looked around for a familiar face. I was thankful to see a good friend , Bruce . Ferguson, on the side horse. I went over to speak with him, hoping to fi nd comfort in his company.

" Hi , Bruce," I said. " Hi , Tom," he replied. " Are you coming out

for the team?" I answered affirmatively although I wasn 't

sure that was the correct response. "That's great ," continued Bruce. " If you

want to learn anything on the side horse just let me know."

I told him that I knew nothing about any part of gymnastics and that the side horse would be as good a place for me to start as any. I had never been on a s ide horse and had no idea of what to do. However, after that first day of workout on the side horse, I learned to enjoy it and soon found myself spending long hours of practice on it.

In my junior year I co mpeted in all the meets as third man on the side horse. I worked hard all that year and the summer fo llowing and found myself pushing Bruce for the number one spot on the horse. During our entire senior year , Bruce and I slaved over the horse , day after day. N either one of us could be considered Palmer's best side horseman; we both had de­veloped quite good routines . So now it was time for us to put our skills to use. In a couple of hours, this year's competition would start.

I was interrupted from my thoughts by the sound of a honking horn. A car-full of my team­mates were arriving looking as though they had just crawled out of bed. We stood around in the cool March ai r di scussing our rout ines as the others arrived. Everyone was glad to see the bus dri ve up as we were all anx ious to begin our journey. We a ll se tt le d do wn in ra ndom seats, some wishing to sleep, others already nervous abou t the meet. My early morning but­terflies had disappeared temporarily and I wasn't tense about the meet yet. However, I knew that I wouldn 't be ab le to sleep at a ll on the bus. When we were fina lly moving toward our destination, it seemed to me as ifit had been hours and hours since my day began.

The trip to Denver was smooth and quiet, as we all were calm with anticipat ion. While the bus climbed the last hill , we could see Den­ver in the distance and I fe lt the butterflies in my stomach reappear. This time I knew that my stomach wouldn't settle until I was through for the day. Everyone else seemed to come ali ve also as our desti nation drew nearer.

We ran into some early morning Denver traffic and were delayed for a time. When the bus did finally pull up to the gy mnasium, I noticed that we would have less than a half hour for warm-up exerci ses. As I walked through the gy m to the locker room, I saw about twelve gymnasts standing around the side horse. They all looked nervous, too , as it was obv ious that this was the first meet of the season.

I rushed on to the locker room, suited up as quickly as possible and returned to the gym. I was able to throw a few tricks before prelimi­nari es started and fe lt particularly strong. I sat down , running my rout ine through my mind while watching floor exercise. Our team had been picked second to throw rout ines on the side horse, which meant that I'd be 8th out of

some 120 participants . Time flew by quickly and before I realized it , I was chalking up a nd preparing to address the head judge.

I began my routine as I had done all year long. Everything fell into place for me. I fin­ished without any major faults and was general­ly pleased with my performance. As I was being congratulated by my teammates , I looked over at the head table for my score. It was a good score, but I was sure it would be beaten. Bruce was in second place behind me which pleased Mr. Moulton , as our team's side horse perform­ance would boost our team score considerably. I sat down to watch the rest of the participants on the side horse. As each one approached the horse, I was sure that he would beat my score. T hey didn 't. My score had put me in first place on side horse after preliminaries. I think tha t I was the mos t sur pri sed per so n in the gym. However, I a lso knew that the final s in the eve­ning wou ld determine the individual winner.

Preliminaries were fi nished short ly after I :00 PM. We waited anxious ly for the team re­sults which had been determined by the pre li mi­naries. T he announcement came proclaiming Palmer in second place only two points behind the winner. I was, on the one hand , di sap­pointed in tak ing second place by such a close margin , and on the other hand , pleased with our high stand ing.

After the announcement of the team results, we left the gy m to relax and , later on, to get something to eat. There were fi ve gy mnasts on our team, including myself, who would return to the floor tonight to compete for individual honors in the fina ls . Once out s id e th e gy m, everyone was surprised to see that it had begun to snow. We climbed back into the bus a nd went to a shopping mall where we could wander around. In the meantime, I ate the sandwiches my mother had sent with me. All afternoon I re laxed and had some fun with the guys , but the uppermost thing in my mind was the final s in the evening. We all ate dinner in a cafete ria late that afternoon. Most of the team were re­laxed arid in good humor, but the fi ve of us who were co mp e ting that ni ght were already nervous.

After dinner we returned to th e bus which was to take us back to the gy mnasiu m. Th e re was about four inches of snow on the ground now , for it had been snowing steadily s ince

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mid-morning. Upon arriving at the gy m and walking inside, I noticed the atmosphere had completel y changed. There we re on ly a few gymnas ts warming up on the floo r, and , up in the stands many spectators we re a lready ga theri ng. The five of us walked back to th e locker room to change into our uniforms. The butterflies in my stomach made their presence known aga in. Tonight the pressure on the gy m­nasts would be greater because the final s of a meet is where they best display thei r ta lents. Each gymnast will be pelforming on hi s eve nt with hundreds of eyes focused on him. The fee l­ing a gymnast has while performing is a tota ll y unique experience. One has to rel y complete ly on his own ab ility because there is no o'ne be­side him to back him up.

I walked back into the gym and began to warm up. I had plenty of time for warm-up which helped me to relax. I finished ea rl y and sa t down to watch the other seven side horse­men who would be compet ing for the first, sec­ond and third place metals . They a ll were good, and I felt that if anyone of them was to execute a supe rior performance , he would c la im the gold meta l. I had a slim advantage over them, however , becau se our prelimina r y sco res would be averaged with our fina l scores. In this respect the first place standi ng that I en­joyed before fin a ls was great. But by no means did it assu re me of a meta l.

As in the prel imina ries , floor exe rcise was the first event. The an ticipation for my presen­tation was dreadful. My time wou ld inevitab ly come, but wai ting for it was a most nerve-rack­ing experience.

The time for me did come. I was the eighth gymnas t on the side horse and because of this , I knew what I had to beat. Three othe rs, in­cluding Bruce, had hit their routine s pe rfectly and I knew I would have to .perform as good if not better to keep myself in first placc. I pre­se nted myself to the head judge , rece ived an af­firmative nod, and turned to face the horse. I stood in front of the horse without touching it for a few seconds while I went through my rou­tine menta ll y. I then grasped the pommels and stood up on my toes . I waited for a few more seconds in that position , trying to get so me sort of "go-ahead" signal from my head. T he signa l fin all y came , and I jumped into my initia l tri ck , executing it with ease. All my nervousness and butterflies were gone. My entire effort s were concentrated on my routi ne. All my exercises seemed to be working for me. My form was good, my strength endured, and I completed my routine without stopping. I finished , raised my hands into the a ir, then turned, addressed the judge and walked away feelin g ecstatic about my performance. I knew then that I had captured first place. My score was announced, and it was even higher than I had ex pected.

After the event the awards were presented. There I stood accepting the gold meta l for side horse with Bruce beside me with the silver. I cou ldn 't believe that it was happe ning to me. I happil y took the award along with congratula­tions from the team.

The meet came to a close and we ret urned to the bus. It was still snowing but thi s time it felt good on my face. I sat in the rear of the bus , clutching my meta l. This was the first time I noticed the two large blisters on my hands. I hadn't had blisters a ll yea r, but they didn ' t bot her me now. I 've never been so surpri sed and happy in my life. Little did I know when I go t o ut of bed thi s morning th a t I would be holding a medal in my hand now. A ll the sacri­fice s made over the past couple of years were more than compensated for in this one meet. And thi s was on ly the first meet of the year.

I quie tl y contemplated the day's event s as the bus delicately made it s way home a long the snowy highway.

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Gymnastics in Montana or How we went from half-time exhibition to major-sport status in three short years. By Tom Lu x, Coach, Billings West High School

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I n three yea rs, gy mnas tics in Montana has come from a basketba ll ha lf- time diversion to 't

major inte rscholas tic sport. We have had two state championship meets in three yea rs; parti­cipation has grown from about 100 gymnasts to we ll over 200. The c rowd this year for our finals numbered 3000.

One of the questions I a m frequently asked is, " How did Montanans get the sport unde r way, to achieve such great success?"

Three years ago a group of administrators and coaches got togethe r and figured tha t an easy compu lsory exercise would be attractive to beginning gymnasts , coaches, and judges. We adopted the "group 3" exe rc ise from the USG F Age Group Workb ook. Durin g the year , coahces worked toward op tiona ls , but not for competition. The next spring West High hosted the first Billings In vi ta tion Gymnastic Meet, composed totally of "group 3" exercises; e ight boys ' and girls ' teams a ttended. For our first year, we considered that a big meet. A short time later , West High hosted Rapid C ity, So. Oak. , in an opt ionals meet , to finish off the first year.

The next year, our second year, we adopted "group 2" compulsories as our basis: we en­cOUl-aged optional meets for capable schools. Our state meet the second year consisted of "group 2" compulsories on Friday afternoon , optionals Friday evening, and finals for the top lOon Saturday afte rnoo n. The meet was highl y successfu l and very we ll attended. Much of the credit goes to Jay Shaw, gymnastic coach at Eastern Montana College, where the meet was held. West High won both boys ' and girls ' competition.

This year was a tremendous success for gym­nastics in Montana. Nine of ten AA schools now participate, and numerous smaller schools. Billings, Missoula , Ka lispell , Great Falls and Helena each had a large invitational meet , be­sides their dua l and tri meets. At West High and Billings Sen ior High we he ld ten meet s during the season, a perfect number, wejudged. Meets began in mid-December and ran until the state meet, in early March .

The Billings program is ideal for the high

school , we be lieve. Jim Dutcher, our athletic director, holds competitive meets at the grade­school level, with compulsory routines; C harles Rohrer heads up a junior high schedule on Sat­urda y mornin gs in each of the four loca l schools. These programs, one can easi ly see, a re vital to the success of high school programs.

Judging has been a problem here , as it is in any new a rea. Jay Shaw has conducted a judg­ing course at the college and has a lso offered it by correspondence. We have a lso had a number of specia l clinics and meetings. We feel we now have about a dozen really good judges in the state, and many prospective judges are eager and excited about qualifying.

Eas te rn Montana College is the only co llege compet itor in the state right now. If we can keep our best contenders in the state , EMC is like ly to be a top national contender in years to come.

The state meet this March at EMC was out­standing: coaches were ab le to produce rou­tines of exce llent form and difficult y; specta­tors found the meet most exciting. Bob Hayes of Billings West High won all-around honors w ith a sco re of 83.65 in comp ul so rie s a nd optionals.

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NCAA REPORT

M r, Dick C riley A ssociate Editor M odern G y mnas t 410 Broadway S anta Monica , C alifornia 90401

D ear Dick : A s usual, M G did an excellent job in cO I'er­

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On e s tat em ent contained in your " View­points" concerned m e, and I wanted to set the record s traight in case you or your readers h(/\'e an erroneolls imp ress ion as to the NCA A 's illt erest in securing tele vision coverage f or the gy m nastics championships,

You s ta ted, "On ly local viewers got to see it as the NCAA aga in decided not to contract with the major te lel'is ion n etworks Jar national cOI'el age,

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Th e decis ion not to tele l'ise the gymnastics championships was not that oj th e NCAA bllt ll 'as determ ined by the networks and, primarily, ABC.

IJyo lI recall , A B C did te le l'ise the 1969 Na­tional Collegiate G.\'I111last ics Champion ships, T he netll 'ork had an option to telel 'ise the 1970 n 'ent hut declin ed to eX('I'c ise it.

Th e association maintains continllolls con­tact with the three nat ional netll'orks and other teleFision producers conceming all NCAA even ts , W e beliel'e it is adl'wltageolls to gil'e national exposure tv such el'ents as the Na­tional Collegiate G ymn{/stics Championships and will cont in ll e to do all within our POll 'eJ' to secll re bett er nat ional cO I'erage oj sllch el'ents,

A ny assis tance YO Il , M odel'll Gvmnast , and others interes ted in the sport can gil'e liS in secllring additional telel'ision cO I'erage will be appreciated ,

Cordially YOllrs , C harles M , N einas A ss is tant Execll ti ve Director Th e N ational Co lleg iate Athletic Association

NO TRUE NORTH L etter to the Editor:

This is regarding a clear lip in the F eb/'llw)' issue ,

First oj all, M r, G oldbar is right and llTong, In Northern California (ll'hich most people pres llme is north oJthe T ehachapi Mountains ), there are m any sections of Gymnastics, There are teallls in M adera , Bakersfield, ete. area that do 1I0 t compete in any Northem Cali­Jornia meets, Encino competes in the Bav area , which is an im'ita tiollalmeet ,

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Y reka competes in the northern part oj the s tate ill that area's fillals , So actually there is no t/'lle Nort hem Califomia cham p ionships,

A ny group or area oj GYlll nas tics call hold II/ee ts and g il 'e it allY tit le it wishes, For ex­ali/p ie, in the Yreka area , tea m s sll ch as Y reka , Blltte Valle\', Eureka, A rcata , D el Norte and Ellterprise started holding ,fina ls 10 y ears ago , T hey took the tit le oj Northe rn Califomia F inals and el'erv year this m eet is held and any school in this area that has G y mnas tics m av ellieI' , In some veal'S, some oj these schools /1(I\'e not fielded teams, but the finals I/{I\' e ahl'ars been held ll'ith at leas t th ree teams com­petilig, Other years hm'e seen as high as s ix or sel'en teams, T his meet has been held in Eureka , Enterprise and Y reka Ol'er the y ears ,

The Bay area tea m s do not com pete in this meet and the alJG I'e tea ms do not compete in the Bay area meets,

A llo ther Jactor is that the teams in the Yreka area s ta rt in N Ol 'ember and fini sh the first or second week oj Ma rch, Th e B ay area teams fin ish ill May .

T he only way you could /1(II 'e a t/'lle Northern C alifornia winner would be to /'lin it through the C. II , Each sectioll in the Northern part oj the s tate would hm'e to hold fin als and the willners oj each section meet at a centralloca­tion Jo r the Northern California title , Bllt this is not being done and y ou would have to hm'e approl'{/ I oJthe C. I I ,

I hope this clears up some oj the issues, and "'hen the I'ario lls sections hold their finals and send in their reports , each section shall be honored as it should be Jar ea ch y ear,

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