Kristie Phillips and Dmitri Bilozerchev won the 1996 Reese’s International Gymnastics Cup, Jan. 27, at the Portland Rose Garden, in Portland, Ore. The unique format of the Reese’s International Gymnastics Cup allowed the competitors creative license to use elements such as special costumes and music to enhance the theatrical elements of their performance. The women competed are bars, beam and floor, while the men competed on floor, rings and high bar.
The 1996 Reese’s International Gymnastics Cup was organized locally by the Razor Sharp Productions, an affiliate of the Portland Trail Blazers and Oregon Arena Corporation, and was sponsored by Hershey Chocolate USA. A perfect score on each event was 40 points. Below are the results:
WOMEN
Uneven Bars
# Name/Hometown/Current Residence/Score
1. Svetlana Boguinskaia/Belarus/Houston, Texas/39.65
2. Kristie Phillips/Baton Rouge, La./New York City, N.Y./39.55
3. Brandy Johnson/Altamonte Springs, Fla./Orlando, Fla./39.10
4. Missy Marlowe/Salt Lake City, Utah/Salt Lake City, Utah/39.00
Balance Beam
# Name/Hometown/Current Residence/Score
1. Kristie Phillips/Baton Rouge, La./New York City, N.Y./40.00
2. Wendy Bruce/North Lauderdale, Fla./Altamonte Springs, Fla./39.85
3. Svetlana Boguinskaia/Belarus/Houston, Texas/39.65
4. Brandy Johnson/Altamonte Springs, Fla./Orlando, Fla./39.15
5. Missy Marlowe/Salt Lake City, Utah/Salt Lake City, Utah/39.00
6. Hope Spivey-Sheeley/Suffolk, Va./Bethlehem, Ga./38.95
Floor Exercise
# Name/Hometown/Current Residence/Score
1. Hope Spivey-Sheeley/Suffolk, Va./Bethlehem, Ga./40.00
2. Brandy Johnson/Altamonte Springs, Fla./Orlando, Fla./39.70
3. Missy Marlowe/Salt Lake City, Utah/Salt Lake City, Utah/39.65
4. Kristie Phillips/Baton Rouge, La./New York City, N.Y./39.25
All-Around
# Name/Hometown/Current Residence/Score
1. Kristie Phillips/Baton Rouge, La./New York City, N.Y./118.80
2. Brandy Johnson/Altamonte Springs, Fla./Orlando, Fla./117.95
3. Missy Marlowe/Salt Lake City, Utah/Salt Lake City, Utah/117.65
MEN
Floor Exercise
# Name/Hometown/Current Residence/Score
1. John Roethlisberger/Minneapolis, Minn./Minneapolis, Minn./39.90
2. Bill Roth/Mohegan Lake, N.Y./Philadelphia, Pa./39.85
3. Dmitri Bilozerchev/Russia/Altamonte Springs, Fla./39.80
4. Paul O’Neill/Denver, Colo./Mandan, N.D./39.50
5. Chris Waller/Mt. Prospect, Ill./Los Angeles, Calif./39.40
6. Valentin Moguilni/Ukraine/France/39.35
Still Rings
# Name/Hometown/Current Residence/Score
1. Paul O’Neill/Denver, Colo./Mandan, N.D./39.95
2. Dmitri Bilozerchev/Russia/Altamonte Springs, Fla./39.90
3. John Roethlisberger/Minneapolis, Minn./Minneapolis, Minn./39.60
4. Chris Waller/Mt. Prospect, Ill./Los Angeles, Calif./39.30
5. Valentin Moguilny/Ukraine/France/39.25
6. Vitaly Marinitch/Ukraine/Colorado Springs, Colo./39.15
7. Scott Keswick/Las Vegas, Nev./Los Angeles, Calif./39.10
High Bar
# Name/Hometown/Current Residence/Score
1. Chris Waller/Mt. Prospect, Ill./Los Angeles, Calif./40.00
2. Vitaly Marinitch/Ukraine/Colorado Springs, Colo./39.90
3. John Roethlisberger/Minneapolis, Minn./Minneapolis, Minn./39.80
4. Dmitri Bilozerchev/Russia/Altamonte Springs, Fla./39.70
4. Bill Roth/Mohegan Lake, N.Y./Philadelphia, Pa./39.70
4. Scott Keswick/Las Vegas, Nev./Los Angeles, Calif./39.70
7. Valentin Moguilny/Ukraine/France/39.25
All-Around
# Name/Hometown/Current Residence/Score
1. Dmitri Bilozerchev/Russia/Altamonte Springs, Fla./119.40
2. John Roethlisberger/Minneapolis, Minn./Minneapolis, Minn./119.30
3. Chris Waller/Mt. Prospect, Ill./Los Angeles, Calif./118.70
4. Valentin Moguilny/Ukraine/France/117.85