The following athletes have been selected to participate in the USA/Japan/New Zealand training camp and competition scheduled for January 16-20, 2005 at the Women’s National Team Training Center in Houston, Texas.
Based on the JumpStart National Testing, 30 gymnasts qualified for the 2006 JumpStart National Teams for trampoline and tumbling.
The U.S. Olympic Committee today named gymnast Chellsie Memmel and long track speedskater Chad Hedrick as its November Athletes of the Month.
Shannon Miller, who has won more Olympic and world medals than any other U.S. gymnast, and the 1984 Men’s Gymnastics Team that earned the USA’s first Olympic team gold medal were inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame Presented by Allstate yesterday in Chicago, Ill.
Evelyn Ashford, a rare five-time U.S. Olympian (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992) who collected three consecutive gold medals in the 4x100m relay, leads the distinguished Class of 2006 that will be inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame Presented by Allstate during a December 8 ceremony at Chicago’s Harris Theatre.
In the most dominant performance of a women’s team at a world championships in recent history, the U.S. Women’s Team steamrolled the competition, winning nine total medals (four gold, four silver and one bronze).
Japan continued their success in Men’s gymnastics, dominating the Men’s All Around Final on Thursday at the World Championships.
The USA Women’s team members were the standout performers at the 38th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships at Rod Laver Arena this past week, winning four of the five gold medals up for grabs in the Women’s competition.
The United States again went one-two at the 2005 World Gymnastics Championships, this time with Nastia Liukin of Plano, Texas, edging out teammate Chellsie Memmel of West Allis, Wis., for the uneven bars world title.
2004 Olympic silver-medalist Jason Gatson of Mesa, Ariz., and 2005 U.S. all-around champ Todd Thornton of Pearland, Texas, both advanced to the final rounds in the parallel bars and all-around, respectively, at the 2005 World Gymnastics Championships in Melbourne, Australia.
The USA’s Chellsie Memmel of West Allis, Wis., barely edged out teammate Nastia Liukin of Plano, Texas, to win the women’s all-around title at the 2005 World Gymnastics Championships in Melbourne, Australia.
Nastia Liukin of Plano, Texas, Chellsie Memmel of West Allis, Wis., and Alicia Sacramone of Winchester, Mass., qualified to advance to the final rounds of the 2005 World Gymnastics Championships in Melbourne, Australia.
Proceeds from the 2006 Holiday Cup, an annual event hosted by Jersey City Skyliners, will be donated to T&T athlete support.
Six members of the U.S. National Acrobatic Gymnastics Team headline the 58-person U.S. athlete delegation for the 2005 Freedom Cup, Nov. 17-19, at the Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Md.
This year was the tenth anniversary for the Future Stars Championships which was held at the United States Olympic Training Center November 19, 2005.
Jana Bieger of Coconut Creek, Fla., Nastia Liukin of Plano, Texas, Chellsie Memmel of West Allis., Wis., and Alicia Sacramone of Winchester, Mass., will represent the United States on the U.S. Women’s Team at the 2005 World Championships, Nov. 22-27, in Melbourne, Australia.
Olga Karmansky of Brooklyn, N.Y., won the all-around title at the 2005 Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Vitoria, Brazil.
The acrobatic gymnasts from Australia, England, Kazakhstan, Puerto Rico and Wales who are expected to compete in the 2005 Freedom Cup, Nov. 17-19, at the Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex in the Landover, Md., have been announced.
Olga Karmansky of Brooklyn, N.Y., the all-around champion from the 2005 Visa Championships, headlines the four-woman U.S. Team that will represent the United States at the 2005 Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, Nov. 10-13, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Todd Thornton of Pearland, Texas, the all-around champion at the 2005 Visa Championships, heads the roster of participants for the 2005 World Gymnastics Championships Men’s Team Selection Competition on Oct. 14 and 16 at 1 p.m. at the U.S. Olympic Training Center (USOTC).
Sports fans in the Landover, Md., metropolitan area will have the chance to see some of the world’s top acrobatic gymnasts at the 2005 Freedom Cup, Nov. 17-19, at the Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex.
The best in men’s and women’s gymnastics will again take center stage in Philadelphia when Global Spectrum’s Liacouras Center at Temple University plays host to the 2006 American Cup, one of the most prestigious international gymnastics events, on March 4.
Chellsie Memmel of West Allis., Wis., the all-around champion at the 2005 Pan Am Championships, is one of six women participating in the T.J. Maxx U.S. Women’s Team Selection Camp for the 2005 World Championships, Nov. 22-27, in Melbourne, Australia.
The individual event/apparatus assignments for the U.S. Men’s Team have been made for the 2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, where world titles will be awarded for individual apparatus and the all-around, in Melbourne, Australia, Nov. 22-27.
Ashley Priess of Hamilton, Ohio/Cincinnati Gymnastics, Academy; Kassi Price of Plantation, Fla./Orlando Metro; Melanie Sinclair of Orlando, Fla./Orlando Metro; and Shayla Worley of Orlando/Orlando Metro will represent the United States in the 2005 Massilia Gym Cup, Oct. 15-16, in Marseilles, France.
Veterans Chellsie Memmel of West Allis, Wis., and Alicia Sacramone of Winchester, Mass., headline the five-woman squad selected to compete in the 2005 Pan American Gymnastics Championships, Oct. 6-9, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Nani Vercruyssen (Honolulu, HI) and Alexandra Stallons (Rockford, IL) provided the gold for the U.S. in the final day of the International Age-Group Competition in Eindhoven.
Natasha Kelley of Katy, Texas, and Bianca Flohr of Creston, Ohio, went one-two, respectively, in the women’s all-around competition at the International Junior Gymnastics Competition in Yokohama, Japan.
Keith Douglas of Kentwood, Mich., won the silver medal in men’s double-mini trampoline at the 2005 World Trampoline and Tumbling Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
Keith Douglas of Kentwood, Mich., won the silver medal in men’s double-mini trampoline at the 2005 World Trampoline and Tumbling Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
In the team final competition of the 2005 World Trampoline and Tumbling Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands, the U.S. women’s team earned a bronze medal in trampoline, the USA’s first world team trampoline medal, and silver medals in both double mini and tumbling.
Alaina Hebert of Broussard, La., Yuliya Hall of Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Alexis Diaz of Ferndale, Mich., advanced to the final round of the 2005 World Trampoline and Tumbling Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
Sports fans in the metropolitan Colorado Springs, Colo., area will have the opportunity to see the next generation of stars for U.S. men’s gymnastics when the U.S. Olympic Training Center (USOTC) holds the 2005 World Gymnastics Championships Team Selection Competition on Oct. 14 and 16 at 1 p.m.
Four of the USA’s top junior women gymnasts will represent the United States in the Cancun Team Competition, Sept. 23-24, in Cancun, Mexico.
Hebert and Estrada, both of whom compete for Trampoline and Tumbling Express, are the 2005 women’s and men’s trampoline national champions, respectively.
Natasha Kelley of Rosenberg, Texas, and Kyson Bunthuwong of El Cerrito, Calif., who won the women’s and men’s junior all-around titles, respectively, at the 2005 Visa Championships, top the four-person U.S. squad that will compete in the 2005 International Junior Gymnastics Competition, Sept. 18-19 in Yokohama, Japan.
2005 Visa Championships all-around bronze-medalist David Durante of Garwood, N.J., headlines the five-man squad selected to compete in the 2005 Pan American Gymnastics Championships, Oct. 6-9, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Following the conclusion of the 2005 Visa Championships, USA Gymnastics has announced its national teams for men’s and women’s artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and acrobatic gymnastics.
Olga Karmansky of Brooklyn, N.Y., the all-around champion from the 2005 Visa Championships, headlines the four-woman U.S. Team that will represent the United States at the 2005 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, Oct. 3-9, in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Shannon Miller, who has won more Olympic and world medals than any other U.S. gymnast, and the 1984 U.S. Olympic Men’s Gymnastics Team are among the nominees for induction into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame for 2006.
Natasha Kelley of Houston, Texas/Brown’s Gymnastics won the junior all-around title today at the 2005 Visa Championships contested at Conseco Fieldhouse.
Nastia Liukin of Plano, Texas/WOGA, made up a deficit of over eight-tenths of a point to win the all-around title at the 2005 Visa Championships contested at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
Clare Brunson and Michael Rodrigues headline the 2005-06 acrobatic gymnastics senior national team, which was announced after the conclusion of the Acrobatic Gymnastics National Team Trials, held in conjunction with the 2005 Visa Championships in Indianapolis.
Olga Karmansky of Brooklyn, N.Y./Nova, won gold medals in rope, ball and ribbon, just two days after winning the all-around rhythmic gymnastics gold medal at the 2005 Visa Championships in Indianapolis.
Todd Thornton of Pearland, Texas/Team Chevron, won his first national all-around title tonight at the 2005 Visa Championships contested at Conseco Fieldhouse.
On Saturday, Aug. 13, USA Gymnastics is honoring its 2004 Olympians, who collectively engineered USA gymnastics’ largest medal haul in a non-boycotted Olympics.
Natasha Kelley of Katy, Texas/Brown’s Gymnastics and Bianca Flohr of Creston, Ohio/FLYTZ Gymnastics, lead the junior women’s all-around after the first day of competition at the 2005 Visa Championships at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind.
Chellsie Memmel of West Allis, Wis./M&M Gymnastics and Jana Bieger of Coconut Creek, Fla./BOCA Gymnastics, lead the women’s all-around after the first day of competition at the 2005 Visa Championships at Conseco Fieldhouse.
Chevron Corporation, a USA Gymnastics sponsor since 1998, has extended its sponsorship of USA Gymnastics through 2008.
Todd Thornton of Pearland, Texas/Team Chevron, and David Sender of Arlington Heights, Ill./Stanford University, lead the men’s all-around after the first day of competition at the 2005 Visa Championships at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind.
Kyson Bunthuwong and Tim Gentry lead the junior men’s all-around competition in the 16-18 and 14-15 divisions, respectively, after the first day competition at the Visa Championships at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind.
USA Gymnastics announced its first-ever Acrobatic Gymnastics Junior Olympic (JO) National Team. The 2005-06 team is comprised of athletes from levels 8, 9 and 10 who represent the best of the acrobatic gymnastics JO program.
Three-time Olympian Blaine Wilson of Columbus, Ohio, has decided after more than 11 years on the senior national team and 15 national titles to retire from competitive gymnastics.
Earlier today 2004 Olympic team silver-medalists Brett McClure of Mill Creek, Wash., and Jason Gatson of Mesa, Ariz., along with Raj Bhavsar of Houston, withdrew from the | 2005 VISA CHAMPIONSHIPS |, Aug. 10-13, in Indianapolis due to inadequate recovery time from injuries.
996 Olympic gold-medalists Amy Chow and Dominique Dawes, 1992 Olympian Jenifer Lovell Moreno (rhythmic gymnastics), three-time Olympian John Roethlisberger, 1996 Olympian Chainey Umphrey, three-time Olympic judge Harold Bjerke and two-time women’s Olympic head coach Kelli Hill comprise the class of 2005 inductees for USA Gymnastics’ Hall of Fame.
2005 U.S. acrobatic gymnastics champions Michael Rodrigues and Clare Brunson headline the 68-person field at the 2005 Acrobatic Gymnastics National Team Trials held as part of the Visa Championships, Aug. 10-13 in Indianapolis at the Indiana Convention Center.
2005 U.S. Classic champion Nastia Liukin, 2005 U.S. Classic silver-medalist Jana Bieger, 2004 World Cup Finals uneven bars champion Chellsie Memmel, and 2004 World Cup Final vault champion Alicia Sacramone headline the women’s field for the 2005 VISA CHAMPIONSHIPS in Indianapolis Aug. 10-13 at Conseco Fieldhouse.
Rachel Marmer of Los Angeles won the junior division’s all-around gold medal at the Aphrodite International Rhythmic Competition in Cyprus on July 9.
Eight-time consecutive trampoline national champion Ryan Weston and two-time Olympian Jennifer Parilla headline the 1,600-athlete field for the 2005 Trampoline & Tumbling National Championships in Houston July 27-Aug. 3 at the George R. Brown Convention Center.
Nastia Liukin of Plano, Texas, won the all-around title at the U.S. Classic at the Virginia Beach (Va.) Pavilion.
2004 Olympic silver-medalists Blaine Wilson, Jason Gatson and Brett McClure are expected to compete in the 2005 VISA CHAMPIONSHIPS in Indianapolis Aug. 10-13 at Conseco Fieldhouse.
USA Gymnastics has awarded the Visa Championships, the national governing body’s premier annual championship, to St. Paul, Minn., and San Jose, Calif., in 2006 and 2007, respectively.
Dominique Moceanu, 23, the youngest member (14) of the “Magnificent 7” 1996 Olympic Gold Medal Gymnastics Team, slated to make her gymnastics comeback after a five-year hiatus at this weekend’s U.S. Classic in Virginia Beach, Va., has announced her withdrawal from the competition.
Yuliya Hall (Idaho Falls, ID) and Shelley Klochan (Highland, IN) are bringing home hardware from the 2005 World Games in Duisburg, Germany.
Double 2003 World Championship gold medalist Chellsie Memmel and 2004 World Cup Final vault champion Alicia Sacramone top the field for the U.S. Classic on July 23 at Virginia Beach, Va.
Reigning world and Olympic all-around champion Paul Hamm and his twin brother, Olympic silver-medalist Morgan, both of Waukesha, Wis., have decided to take the next 18 months to focus on completing their educations.
Geoffrey Corrigan of Colorado Springs, Colo., who just completed his collegiate career at the University of Michigan, won the 2005 Men’s U.S. Qualifer to advance to the Visa Championships, Aug. 10-13 in Indianapolis, Ind.
Alexander Artemev of Morrison, Colo., dislocated his right shoulder earlier this week during training and will undergo corrective surgery. He is expected to be able to return to training and competition in two to four months.
Three U. S. athletes recently competed in the Canadian National Championahips in Vancouver, B.C.
2004 Olympic team silver-medalist Brett McClure is one of six Men’s National Team members competing in the 2005 U.S. Men’s Qualifier, June 25, at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Casey Finley, the standout tumbler from Lubbock, TX, took second at the Trampoline & Tumbling World Cup in Levallois, France over the weekend, while Yuliya Hall, Idaho Falls, ID, came away with the bronze medal in women’s tumbling.
The USA delegation to the World Cup in France had some time to train in Levallois and to go sightseeing at the Louvre and on the Champs Eleysee in Paris before competition on June 10-11.
After advancing to the final round, tumbler Yuiya Hall (Idaho Falls, ID) held on to take second place at the World Cup in Sofia, Bulgaria.
The town will dedicate a 10-acre municipal park to Olympic gymnasts Paul and Morgan Hamm on Saturday.
Alicia Sacramone continued her domination of the Vault apparatus, as she added another gold to her collection winning in today’s finals at the Paris Bercy competition.
Gymnastics star Kristen Maloney, a senior at the University of California Los Angeles, has been voted the nation’s top collegiate female gymnast. The honor was based on the results of national balloting among 1,000 NCAA member schools as part of the Collegiate Women Sports Awards program, now in its 29th year.
The 2005 Men’s Junior Olympic National Championships concluded today by crowning 18 event champions in three age groups.
Kyson Bunthuwong (El Cerrito, Calif.), the 2004 U.S. junior champ (14-15 age group), won his first J.O. national title today at the Men’s Junior Olympic (J.O.) National Championships.
A one-two finish from stars Edward Mesa (Cooper City, Fla.) and Daniel Leyva (Miami) helped South Florida’s Universal Gymnastics earn the national club title for gymnasts age 12-13 last night at the Men’s Junior Olympic National Championships at the George R. Brown Convention Center in downtown Houston.
Mesa and Leyva scored 56.80 and 56.375, respectively, almost two points ahead of third-place Josh Wilson of Dallas (54….
The gymnasts competing at the at the 2005 Men’s Junior Olympic (J.O.) National Championships this week in Houston are not only great athletes but also outstanding students.
Academic All-Americans must have a 3….
The 2005 Men’s Junior Olympic National Championships, which feature the nation’s top 12-18 year old gymnasts, got underway today at the George R. Brown Convention Center.
Hosted by GymQuarters Gymnastics & GymFriends Booster Club at the Washington University Field House, St. Louis, Missouri.
HOUSTON – Fresh on the heels of Team USA’s silver medal Olympic performance last summer, the Olympians of tomorrow gather this week, May 4-8, at the George R. Brown Convention Center in downtown Houston for the 2005 Men’s Junior Olympic (J.O.) National Championships.
Alicia Sacramone, (Winchester, Mass.) won two gold medals at the World Cup in Ghent, Belgium on Sunday.
Trampolinists Nani Vercruyssen (Honolulu, HI, Hawaii Academy) and Chelsey Hunt (Levelland, TX, Acrospirits) placed first in their respective divisions at the recent Scandinavian Open in Haslev, Denmark.
The U.S. Olympic Committee today named skeleton athlete Noelle Pikus-Pace and skier Jeremy Bloom as its February Athletes of the Month. The USOC Team of the Month honor was awarded to the U.S. American Cup Gymnastics Team.
Yevgeny Marchenko’s success in 2004 did not go unnoticed by the U.S. Olympic Committee when the Olympic Assistant Coach was named one of five finalists for the 2004 National Coach of the Year Award.
Angela Hatch, Kelly Topp, and Mariah Henninger, an elite women’s group from Livermore, CA are climbing to the top of the acrobatic gymnastics’ podium.
Olympic All-Around champions Carly Patterson and Paul Hamm added to their long list of accolades on Wednesday when the gymnastics champions were named one of 10 finalists for the 2004 AAU James E. Sullivan Memorial Award, honoring the nation’s best amateur athlete.
Forth Smith will play host to 291 of the nation’s top up-and-coming trampoline and tumbling gymnasts when the Winter Classic gets underway Thursday through Sunday at the Fort Smith Convention Center .
San Antonio will play host to 40 of the nation’s top up-and-coming women’s gymnasts when the American Challenge gets underway Friday and Saturday at Harris Unlimited Gymnastics School (HUGS).
The United States ‘ up-and-comers made their statement at the 2005 American Cup presented by T.J. Maxx, winning 10 medals – four of them gold – against a top international field at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale , N.Y.
The 2005 American Cup presented by T.J. Maxx lived up to its billing as a showdown of world-class talent on Friday during event preliminaries at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale , New York.
World Cup medalist Melanie Sinclair will replace Olympian Mohini Bhardwaj on the U.S. Women’s roster for the 2005 American Cup, Feb. 25-26 at Nassau Coliseum in New York.
Olympic silver medalist Mohini Bhardwaj announced on Monday her intention to withdraw from the 2005 American Cup, Feb. 25-26 at Nassau Coliseum in New York.
Louisville ‘s expanding sports community will be introduced to the newest discipline of gymnastics in July when the 2005 Acrobatic Gymnastics National Championships visit the Kentucky International Convention Center, July 22-28.
Olympic silver medalist Jason Gatson and 2001 World Champion Sean Townsend highlight the list of U.S. men’s participants headed for the 2005 American Cup at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum at 2:30 p.m. ET on Feb. 26.
In winning the 2004 Olympic All-Around title, Carly Patterson became just the second U.S. gymnast in history to be crowned Olympic champion.
Dmitri Poliaroush of Lafayette, Louisiana has been named as the Trampoline & Tumbling National Team Coordinator.
International gymnastics stars continue to throw their names in the ring for the 2005 American Cup at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum at 2:30 p.m. ET on Feb. 26.
The United States Olympic Committee today announced that Carly Patterson, Paul Hamm, and the U.S. Women’s National Team are among the nominees for its 2004 SportsMan, SportsWoman and Team of the Year honors.
The world’s top athletes are lining up for the 2005 American Cup at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum at 2:30 p.m. ET on Feb. 26.
Six positions on the 2005 Men’s U.S. National Team are up for grabs when the nation’s top gymnasts gather in Las Vegas for the 2005 Men’s Winter Cup Challenge, Feb. 4-5 at the Las Vegas Sports Center Arena.
Following suit with the FIG, the name of the Sports Acrobatics program in the USA has changed. Effective immediately, the official name is “Acrobatic Gymnastics.”
