2006 U.S. all-around champion Nastia Liukin of Parker, Texas, is one of 20 identified as ones to watch in 2007 in Newsweek’s “Who’s Next?” feature in the Dec. 25-Jan. 1, 2007, issue that is available at newsstands Monday, Dec. 18.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The U.S. acrobatic gymnastics delegation to the 2006 British Open Tournament in Stoke-on-Trent, Great Britain, won one gold, two silver and one bronze medal in the international competition that featured teams from clubs and federations from the Republic of Ireland, Belgium, Spain, Wales, London, Scotland, West Midlands, United States and Yorkshire.
The men’s pair of Julian Amaro of Pleasanton, Calif….
Congratulations to all the athletes named to the trampoline, tumbling and double mini Senior and Junior National Teams this week! Click below for a complete list of the 2007 National Teams. Also, National Team Coordinator, Dmitri Poliaroush is announcing the 2007 National Coaching Staff. The staff and their area of specialty: Shaun Kempton and Tara Guidry, trampoline, Jon Beck and Sergio Galvez, tumbling, Dr….
PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia and USA Gymnastics today formally confirmed their partnership to host the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Gymnastics at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Pa., from June 19-22. USA Gymnastics President Steve Penny, Legendary Gymnastics Coach Bela Karolyi, and the Philadelphia Local Organizing Committee made the announcement today in Signers’ Hall at the National Constitution Center….
Athletes from 15 U.S. clubs competed recently in the David Ward-Hunt Cup in Gillingham, England and the Slavic Games Open in Vitebsk, Belarus. The result was 4 gold, 7 silver and 4 bronze medals, overall. Dr. Max Vercruyssen has written a report from the Slavic Games Open with many details of the trip to Russsia. Click here for more on the David Ward Hunt Cup.
The “polls are closed” and the new T&T Technical and Jr. Olympic Program Committees have been elected. Serving for the next four years on the Technical Committee are Patti Conner, Chair, David Popkin, Trampoline Representative, Brianne Carr, Tumbling Representative and Mary Lynn Pottorff, Double Mini Representative. The J.O. Program Committee will include Jill Milroy, Chair, Peter Dodd, Trampoline Representative, Mig O’Hara, Tumbling Representative and Jeremy Waldridge, Double Mini Representative. Congratulations to the new and the returning committee members!
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Greenfield, Indiana was the site of the 5th Annual JumpStart National Testing, December 1-2 at Ultra Stars Academy. One hundred six athletes participated in the event and the JumpStart National Team has been named in both trampoline and tumbling as listed below.
USA Gymnastics would like to thank test administrators Mary Swafford, Justice Frangipane, Wayne Downing, Linda Laaker, Susan Jacobson, Andy Franke, Megan Gearhart and Betsy Pottorff for helping with national testing….
Yuliya Hall, Idaho Falls, Idaho, took fourth place in women’s tumbling at the World Cup Final today in Birmingham, England. Samantha Palmer of Great Britain took first place with a score of 68.80, Anna Korobeynikova, Russia, was second at 66.80, Anna Terrenia, Belarus, third, 63.80, with Hall turning in a 63.20. Hall earned a berth at the final during a two-year series of events where athletes earn points and are ranked accordingly. The top eight women and top eight men are invited to the final in tumbling, trampoline and synchronized trampoline.
The 2007 Winter Classic will be held in Lubbock, Texas, February 23-24 at the Lubbock Civic Center. The event will be a qualifier to National Championships for Senior and Junior Elite athletes and will give them an opportunity to earn points for the National Teams. Levels 1-10 are not included in this annual event; however, Air Extreme of Lubbock is hosting an event for those levels in conjunction with the Winter Classic. A link is included in the Winter Classic information.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – 2006 U.S. Junior National Team members Sarah DeMeo of Overland Park, Kansas, and Cassie Whitcomb of Cincinnati, Ohio, will represent the United States in the 2006 Top Gym Competition, Nov. 24-25, in Charleroi, Belgium.
DeMeo, who trains at Great American Gymnastics Express, is an eighth grader at Blue Valley Middle School. Earlier this year, she won the junior balance beam title at the U….
The 2006 Future Stars Camp took place again at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, N.Y. on September 24-28. The staff and coaches were excited to have beautiful sunny weather this year, while the gymnasts were disappointed that they couldn’t run and play in the snow.
The 2006 Future Stars Team consisted of 30 gymnasts from all over the USA. 28 gymnasts were able to attend this three day camp which was lead by Brooke Bushnell Toohey, Future Stars Director….
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – USA Gymnastics has awarded the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Gymnastics to Philadelphia, which will hold the event at the Wachovia Center, June 19-22. The USA Gymnastics National Congress and Trade Show will be staged at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in conjunction with the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Gymnastics.
“The 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for gymnastics is going to be a tremendous showcase for the Olympic movement prior to the Beijing Olympic Games,” said Steve Penny, president of USA Gymnastics….
GLASGOW, Scotland – Houston’s Sean Townsend won the bronze medal in the parallel bars at the 10th Glasgow Grand Prix and World Cup at Kelvin Hall International Sports Arena. Joseph Hagerty of Albuquerque, N.M., also competed in the event finals.
Townsend, who is a member of Team Chevron, earned a 14.700 for his parallel bars routine to finish in third place. France’s Yann Cucherat won the event title with a 15….
USA Gymnastics is pleased to announce that Jeff Robinson of Orlando, Fla., has been named men’s Junior Olympic Program coordinator. As such, he will be responsible for the overall management and supervision of the technical aspects of USA Gymnastics Men’s Junior Olympic Program
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USA Gymnastics is pleased to announce Michael Rodrigues as the new athlete representative for the acro program. Congratulations to Michael! We look forward to his continued involvement and support within the Acro Program!
STUTTGART, Germany – 2006 all-around world silver-medalist Jana Bieger of Coconut Creek, Fla., won her second gold medal at the 2006 DTB-Pokal, a World Cup event held in Stuttgart, Germany.
In addition to her uneven bars gold medal, Bieger, who competes for Bieger International Gymnastics, scored a 15.150 to win the floor exercise title. Australia’s Daria Joura was second at 14.875, followed by Russia’s Anna Pavlova at 14….
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USA Gymnastics has submitted its line-up for the women’s competition at the 2006 World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark. The U.S. women compete in the preliminaries in subdivision 5 on Oct. 16; the women’s preliminaries conclude on Oct. 17, when the athletes and countries advancing to the final rounds will be determined.
Four U.S. women will compete in all four events: 2005 all-around world champion Chellsie Memmel of West Allis, Wis….
NOTE: The U.S. men competed today on the first of two days of men’s preliminaries at the 2006 World Gymnastics Championships. The U.S. women compete for the first time on Monday, Oct. 16, on the first day of women’s prelims. The 2006 World Championships run from Oct. 14-21.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The best in men’s and women’s international gymnastics return to Florida when Jacksonville plays host to the 2007 Tyson American Cup, one of the world’s most prestigious gymnastics events, on March 3 at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena. Tickets for the Tyson American Cup, which has a legacy of showcasing the top international gymnasts, go on sale on Saturday, Oct….
2005 world champions Chellsie Memmel of West Allis, Wis., Nastia Liukin of Parker, Texas, and Alicia Sacramone of Winchester, Mass., and fellow 2005 teammate Jana Bieger of Coconut Creek, Fla., are among the women named to the U.S. Women’s Team for the 2006 World Championships, Oct. 14-21, in Aarhus
The U.S. named its women’s team for the 2006 World Championships on Thursday, Oct. 5. The team includes in alphabetical order: Jana Bieger, Jacquelyn Johnson, Natasha Kelley, Nastia Liukin, Chellsie Memmel, Ashley Priess, and Alicia Sacramone. A conference call with national media was conducted and here are some of the comments made during the call.
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TORONTO, Ont., Aug. 28, 2006 – The USA won the team title at the 2006 Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Toronto, Ont., finishing ahead of Canada and Mexico. 2006 U.S. junior all-around champion Rachel Marmer of Los Angeles, Calif./Hollywood Academy of Gymnastics, earned the silver medal in the all-around competition. The individual event finals are tomorrow.
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2005 world champions Chellsie Memmel of West Allis, Wis., Nastia Liukin of Parker, Texas, and Alicia Sacramone of Winchester, Mass., and fellow 2005 teammate Jana Bieger of Coconut Creek, Fla., are among the 12 women invited to attend the U.S. Women’s Team Selection Camp
David Sender of Arlington Heights, Ill./Stanford University, has been added to the U.S. Men’s Team for the 2006 World Championships, Oct. 14-22 in Aarhus, Denmark.
Yuliya Hall of Idaho Falls, Idaho, has qualified for trampoline and tumbling’s World Cup Final in Birmingham, England, Nov. 25.
Yuliya Hall, Idaho Falls, Id., took fifth place over the weekend at the World Cup event in Salzgitter, Germany. The top eight athletes from the two-year series of World Cup events will advance to the World Cup Final in Birmingham, England in November. Hall finished the series ranked third overall and will be traveling to England for the final event. Of Hall, USA Gymnastics President Steve Penny says, “We are very proud of Yuliya’s accomplishment and look forward to seeing what she can do at the World Cup Final….
SALZGITTER, Germany, Sept. 1, 2006 – Four U.S. women have advanced to the final rounds of trampoline and tumbling’s World Cup event in Salzgitter, Germany. Yuliya Hall of Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Leanne Seitzinger of, Stafford, Va., will compete in tumbling’s final round, while Amanda Bailey of Levelland, Texas, and Erin Blanchard of Lafayette, La., advanced to synchronized trampoline’s final round….
TORONTO, Ont., Aug. 29, 2006 – Rachel Marmer of Los Angeles won three gold medals and one silver in the individual event finals at the 2006 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Toronto, Ont. The USA won an overall total of four gold, two silver and two bronze medals at the Junior Pan Am Championships.
Marmer won the rope, hoop and ribbon titles, finishing second behind Brazil’s Angélica Kvieczynski in clubs….
Erin Blanchard, Lafayette, La., took fifth place in women’s individual trampoline at the World Cup in Savognin, Switzerland over the weekend. Blanchard, eighth after prelims, moved up to fifth with a score of 35.60 in the final round. On the men’s side, Ryan Weston, Chubbuck, Id., finished in sixth place by scoring 38.10. Weston teamed with Chris Estrada in synchronized trampoline, where they finished ninth. Winning the women’s individual event was China’s Huang Shanshan, 38.40, while Yasuhiro Ueyama won men’s individual trampoline at 40.60.
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SAVOGNIN, Switzerland – The USA’s Ryan Weston of Pocatello, Idaho, and Erin Blanchard of Lafayette, La., will compete in the individual trampoline final round of the World Cup event in Savognin, Switzerland, on Aug. 26. Weston teamed up with Chris Estrada of Lafayette, La., to qualify for the final round in synchronized trampoline. The top eight in the preliminary rounds advance to the final round….
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – USA Gymnastics has selected the rhythmic gymnasts who will represent the United States in the 2006 Junior Pan American Championships, Aug. 25-29, in Toronto, Ont., and the Grand Prix in Deventer, Netherlands, Sept. 2-4. 2006 junior all-around champion Rachel Marmer of Los Angeles, Calif./Hollywood Academy of Gymnastics, will compete in both events.
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2006 U.S. junior all-around champion Shawn Johnson of Des Moines, Iowa, is one of four women who will represent the United States in the 2006 Junior Pan American Championships, Aug. 25-27, at the Palais des Congrès in Gatineau, Que.
2006 U.S. all-around champion Alexander Artemov of Morrison, Colo./Team Chevron, is one of six men named to the U.S. Men’s Team for the 2006 World Championships, Oct. 14-22 in Aarhus, Denmark.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 19, 2006 – 2005 world uneven bars and balance beam champion Nastia Liukin of Parker, Texas/WOGA, successfully defended her U.S. all-around title at the 2006 Visa Championships at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. Natasha Kelley of Katy, Texas/Stars, and Jana Bieger of Coconut Creek, Fla./BOCA, finished third.
Liukin held just a one-tenth lead ahead of Kelley after the first rotation, but Kelley turned in a 15….
Preliminaries concluded yesterday at the Pan American Championships, with the U.S. men’s team finishing first and the women second to secure two places each at the debut of trampoline in the 2007 Pan American Games.A A Chris Estrada, Lafayette, La. paced the U.S. men, scoring 67.3 and finishing in first place going into finals today. Canadian Jason Burnett was second, followed by Ryan Weston, Pocatello, Id….
A 60-second vignette titled “Becoming the Champion,” featuring top male gymnasts from Team Chevron, will air during NBC’s broadcast of the men’s competition of the 2006 Visa Championships in St. Paul, Minn., on Sept. 10 at 1:30 p.m. ET.
Twelve U.S. athletes travel to Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico this week to compete in the Pan American Trampoline Championships. Headlining the team are current national champions, Chris Estrada and Erin Blanchard, both of Lafayette, Louisiana, and eight-time national champion, Ryan Weston of Pocatello, Idaho. Both men competed on the 2005 World Championships team and have both previously finished in the top five at a World Cup event….
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The field of 25 acrobatic gymnasts competing in the Acrobatic Gymnastics National Team Trials, held in conjunction with the 2006 Visa Championships, Aug. 16-19, at the Legendary Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul, Minn., includes several newly crowned U.S. champions: mixed pair Clare Brunson of Riverside, Calif./Mission Hills Gymnastics, and Michael Rodrigues of Livermore, Calif….
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – 2005 U.S. all-around champ Todd Thornton of Houston, 2006 Tyson American Cup champ Jonathan Horton of Houston, and 2006 Tyson American Cup bronze-medalist David Durante of Garfield, N.J., are among the 81 male gymnasts competing in the 2006 Visa Championships, Aug. 16-19, at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn.
Thornton, who is a member of Team Chevron, is looking to defend his title….
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., – World champions Chellsie Memmel of West Allis, Wis., Nastia Liukin of Parker, Texas, and Alicia Sacramone of Winchester, Mass., are among the 56 female gymnasts competing in the women’s competition at the 2006 Visa Championships, Aug. 16-19, at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn., where the U.S. champions for artistic and rhythmic gymnastics will be crowned.
Also in the women’s competition are Jana Bieger of Coconut Creek, Fla….
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Mixed pair Clare Brunson of Riverside, Calif./Mission Hills Gymnastics, and Michael Rodrigues of Livermore, Calif./Mission Hills Gymnastics, and men’s pair Julian Amaro of Pleasanton, Calif./West Coast Acrobatics, and Tyler Spray of Livermore, Calif./West Coast Acrobatics, successfully earned their second consecutive U.S. titles at the 2006 Acrobatic Gymnastics National Championships at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo….
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Aline Bakchajian of Woodland Hills, Calif./Hollywood Academy of Gymnastics, Brenann Stacker of Lincolnshire, Ill./North Shore Rhythmic, Lisa Wang of Buffalo Grove, Ill./North Shore Rhythmic, and Julie Zetlin of Bethesda, Md./Rhythmflex, are among the 23 senior rhythmic gymnasts vying for the all-around and event titles at the 2006 VISA CHAMPIONSHIPS, Aug….
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Natasha Kelley of Katy, Texas, and Ashley Priess of Hamilton, Ohio, tied for the senior all-around title at the 2006 U.S. Classic in Kansas City, Mo. Kelley, the 2005 junior national champion, and Priess, the 2005 U.S. Classic junior champion, both scored a 60.900 to take the title; this is the first year competing as seniors for both.
Priess, who is 16 and trains at Cincinnati Gymnastics, said, “I was really happy with the way I hit four for four routines today….
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Less than a point separated the top three juniors at the 2006 U.S. Classic in Kansas City, Mo., July 29, showing the depth of the junior women’s program. Shawn Johnson, 14, from Chow’s Gymnastics in Des Moines, Iowa, won the junior all-around title with 60.65 points. Samantha Peszek of McCordsville, Ind., and DeVeau’s School of Gymnastics took second with a score of 60….
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The 2006 class of inductees for the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame includes Olympians and sport innovators. The 2006 Hall of Fame class of seven inductees is comprised of: 1984 Olympic team silver-medalists Pamela Bileck-Flat and Michelle Dusserre-Farrell, both of Colorado Springs, Colo.; coach and contributor Robert F. Bollinger of Rockford, Ill.; […]
Performing as Realis, two-time acrobatic gymnastics world champions Arthur Davis and Shenea Booth were the judges’ choice from the July 19 semifinal to advance to the finals of NBC’s new talent show, America’s Got Talent.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – 2004 Olympic team alternate Raj Bhavsar and 2001 world parallel bars champ Sean Townsend, both from Houston, are among the 27 gymnasts who qualified for the senior division of the Visa Championships based on performances at the 2006 Men’s Qualifier at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. For the junior division, 18 gymnasts advanced to the Visa Championships….
Senior and Junior Elite competition concluded today with National Champions named in four events. Taking gold in Senior Trampoline were Chris Estrada and Erin Blanchard, both of Trampoline & Tumbling Express in Lafayette, LA. Kalon Ludvigson of Texas Dreams in Plano, TX took first in men’s double mini and also in men’s tumbling. New women’s champions are Shelley Klochan in double mini and Leanne Seitzinger in tumbling, representing Great Lakes Griffins, Grand Rapids, MI and Novak’s Gymnastics, Dumfries, VA, respectively. See complete results by clicking here.
The first day of competition at the 2006 National Championships included the Senior and Junior Elite preliminaries.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Jonathan Horton of Houston and David Durante of Garfield, N.J., who finished first and third, respectively, at the 2006 Tyson American Cup, are among the 99 male gymnasts competing in the 2006 U.S. Men’s Qualifier, which is the men’s last opportunity to qualify to compete in the 2006 Visa Championships. 2004 Olympic silver-medalist Jason Gatson of Mesa, Ariz., is also entered….
ISSY LES MOULINEAUX, France, June 24, 2006 – The United States nailed all five parallel bar routines in its final rotation to clinch the team title in the France/Switzerland/USA tri-meet at the Robert Charpentier Palace of Sports in Issy les Moulineaux, France, located on the outskirts of Paris.
The USA’s Jonathan Horton of Houston and David Durante of Garwood, N.J., were second and third in the all-around, placing behind France’s Raphaël Wignanitz….
The USA’s trio of Nicole and Melissa Summers, both of Dickerson, Md., and Karilynn Rockhill of Clarksburg, Md., earned the 12-19 women’s group’s silver medal at the 2006 International Age Group Competition, acrobatic gymnastics’ equivalent to junior world championships, in Coimbra, Portugal.
COIMBRA, Portugal – The USA’s mixed pair of Clare Brunson of Riverside, Calif., and Michael Rodrigues of Livermore, Calif., claimed the bronze medal at the 2006 World Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships in Coimbra, Portugal. The USA’s women’s group of Mariah Henninger, Allysha Kidd and Tisa Penny, all of whom are from Livermore, finished sixth. The World Championships are acrobatic gymnastics’ most prestigious event and are held every two years….
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INDIANAPOLIS – USA Gymnastics and GymRoots, Inc. are presenting the 2006 USA Group Gymnastics Nationals, June 21-24, at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Blue Ribbon Pavilion. The three-day event includes competitions in several different categories, and local personality Mindy Winkler will serve as emcee for portions of the event….
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The country’s rhythmic gymnasts have two opportunities to qualify for the 2006 Visa Championships, Aug. 16-19, in St. Paul, Minn., where the U.S. champions will be crowned. The two qualifying events are the Western Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, July 8-9, in Deerfield, Ill., and the Eastern Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, July 22-23, in College Park, Md….
The top male gymnasts in the United States are heading to Colorado Springs, Colo., to compete in the 2006 U.S. Men’s Qualifier, which is the last opportunity to qualify to compete in the 2006 Visa Championships.
Derrick Aldrich, Windermere, FL and Nani Vercruyssen, Honolulu, HI both took gold at recent international competitions. Aldrich won the men’s senior trampoline at the Frivolten Cup in Herrljunga, Sweden, while Vercruyssen won the women’s 17 & Under trampoline at the Canadian National Championships in Quebec City, Canada.
In winning the Frivolten Cup, Aldrich scored 28.00 on the compulsory, 34….
US Delegation returned home winning 4 medals at the British Open Tournament held in Stoke-on-Trent, Great Britain Dec 2-3. Julian Amaro & Tyler Spray won the gold medal, Brian Kincher & Kristin Allen won the silver medal, Mallory Henthorn & Savannah Shields won the silver medal, and Hannah Busha, Steffi Scheid, & Mariah Spray won the bronze medal. Congratulations to all of the US athletes who competed in the British Open Tournament.
British Open Tournament results
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The 2006 U.S. Classic, which features the country’s top female gymnasts, will be held July 29 at the Business and Technology Exhibit Hall at Metropolitan Community College in Kansas City, Mo. Hosted locally by Dragon Gymnastics/Great American Gymnastics Express, the U.S. Classic is the main qualifying event for women for the 2006 Visa Championships, Aug. 16-19 in St….
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – 2004 Olympic silver-medalist Brett McClure of Colorado Springs, Colo., has announced his retirement from competitive gymnastics. A member of the U.S. National Team for 12 years and Team Chevron since its inception, McClure was a key player in the U.S. Men’s Team’s success at the 2004 Olympic Games, where the squad captured the silver medal for the U.S. men’s best Olympic finish since the 1984 Olympic Games….
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Three U.S. gymnasts – Sean Golden of Camden, N.J.; Kayla Hoffman of Union, N.J.; and Natasha Kelley of Katy, Texas – are competing in the World Cup event in Moscow, Russia, May 25-26, at the Olympic Sports Complex.
The World Cup features individual event competition. The qualification round for men and women is May 25, with the top eight on each apparatus advancing to the final competition on May 26….
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The mixed pair of Clare Brunson of Riverside, Calif., and Michael Rodrigues of Livermore, Calif., and the women’s group of Mariah Henninger, Allysha Kidd and Tisa Penny, all of whom are from Livermore, will represent the United States in the 2006 World Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships, June 15-17, in Coimbra, Portugal. The USA also selected its team for the International Age Group Competition, which serves as acrobatic gymnastics’ junior world championships and is slated for June 22-24 in Coimbra….
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – 2005 world floor exercise champion Alicia Sacramone of Winchester, Mass., is one of five U.S. gymnasts who will compete in the 2006 World Cup event in Ghent, Belgium, May 13-14.
In addition to Sacramone, the U.S. squad features: women – Hilary Mauro of Shrewsbury, Mass., and Ashley Priess of Hamilton, Ohio, both of whom train at the Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy; and men – Justin Spring of Burke, Va….
GHENT, Belgium – The U.S. Women claimed two silver and two bronze medals at the 2006 World Cup event in Ghent, Belgium. Ashley Priess of Hamilton, Ohio, earned a silver and a bronze medal in the balance beam and floor exercise, respectively. Alicia Sacramone of Winchester, Mass., took the silver medal in the vault, with Hilary Mauro of Shrewsbury, Mass., claiming the bronze in the beam.
Both men – Justin Spring of Burke, Va….
Congratulations to all of the athletes who competed at the Acrobatic Gymnastics World Team Trials. The competition took place at the Texas Sports Ranch on May 7 – 8. The competition served as the selection for the 2006 World Championships and IAGC Teams. | Results |
PUURS, Belgium – The U.S. delegation to the 2006 Flanders International Acro Cup and World Cup, a key event leading up to the World Championships and International Age Group Competition, returned from the April 13-16 competition with seven total medals, four gold and three silver, and the Team Cup for the senior division.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The country’s top Junior Olympic artistic gymnasts will compete in USA Gymnastics Junior Olympic National Championships for the next two weekends. Oklahoma City, Okla., is playing host to the Women’s Junior Olympic National Championships, April 29-30, at the Cox Arena and Convention Center. The Men’s Junior Olympic National Championships is May 4-7 at the Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek, Mich….
HONOLULU, April 15, 2006 — Twelve U.S. athletes combined for 16 individual gold medals on the final day of competition at the 2006 Pacific Alliance Championships held at the Neil Blaisdell Center in Honolulu. In total, the United States won 36 individual event medals today: 20 in artistic gymnastics, four in trampoline and 11 rhythmic medals. In 2004, prior to the addition of trampoline, the U.S. won 30 individual event medals….
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Nastia Liukin of Parker, Texas, and Chellsie Memmel of West Allis, Wis., tied for the all-around title at the 2006 Pacific Alliance Gymnastics Championships at the Neil Blaisdell Center in Honolulu. The U.S. women won the team title with 183.150 points over Australia, 177.050 points. Canada, with 172.050, finished third.
With the night’s highest uneven bars score of 15.950, Liukin had amassed enough points to overcome a stumble on floor in the final rotation on a one and a half twist to a punch front (front flip)….
Chellsie Memmel of West Allis, Wis., the 2005 world all-around champion, and Nastia Liukin of Parker, Texas, the 2005 world balance beam and uneven bars champion, headline the eight-woman U.S. Team that will compete in the 2006 Pacific Alliance Gymnastics Championships, April 13-15 in Honolulu.
USA Gymnastics has decided to incorporate men’s artistic gymnastics into the competition program for the 2007 Visa Championships, scheduled for Aug. 15-18 in San Jose’s HP Pavilion, rather than have separate events for the men and women.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – 2006 U.S. Senior National Team member Justin Spring of Burke, Va./University of Illinois was awarded the 2006 Nissen-Emery Award at the Collegiate Gymnastics Association banquet in Norman, Okla. The Nissen-Emery Award, which is also known as the Heisman Trophy of collegiate gymnastics, recognizes the senior gymnast who has established an outstanding record of achievement in gymnastics, good sportsmanship, fair play and scholarship throughout his collegiate career….
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Clare Brunson of Riverside, Calif., and Michael Rodrigues of Livermore, Calif., who were fourth in the mixed pair at the 2005 World Games, headline the U.S. delegation that will compete in the 2006 Flanders International Acro Cup, April 13-16, in Puurs, Belgium.
Other senior national team members competing in the Flanders International Acro Cup, which is an important event leading up to the World Championships, are: Julian Amaro of Victorville, Calif….
April 26 – Collegiate Women Sports Awards Program Announcements
ATHENS, Ga.– The Collegiate Women Sports Awards Program announced Monday that Georgia freshman Courtney Kupets is a finalist for this year’s Honda Award for gymnastics.
The Honda Award is given annually to the top female athletes in 12 NCAA-sanctioned sports.
Kupets joins Alabama senior Ashley Miles, UCLA senior Kate Richardson and Utah sophomore Ashley Postell on the ballot, which is voted on by 1,000 NCAA member schools….
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – 2005 world uneven bars and balance beam champion Nastia Liukin of Parker, Texas, is one of the nominees for the World Top 10 Athletes Award, supported by the Chinese Olympic Committee and the Beijing Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games for 2008 (BOCOG), authorized by the China General Administration of Sports and organized by the China Sports Publications Corp. The award ceremony is April 9, 2006, at the People’s Great hall in Beijing, China….
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 29, 2006 – Australia, Canada and Malaysia achieved great success in gymnastics at the recent Commonwealth Games and are hoping to continue that trend with performances at the 2006 Pacific Alliance Championships, April 13-15, in Honolulu, Hawaii, which features competition in artistic and rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline. Canada won the team gold medal in both men’s artistic and rhythmic gymnastics, with Australia taking top team honors in women’s artistic gymnastics….
COTTBUS, Germany – Jana Bieger of Coconut Creek, Fla., won the vault gold medal at the 30th Turnier der Meister, a World Cup event held in Cottbus, Germany, as well as finished second on the balance beam and third in the uneven bars. Alexander Artemev of Lakewood, Colo., just missed the podium, finishing fourth on the pommel horse.
Bieger, the sole U.S. woman’s entrant, medaled in all three events she entered….
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 29, 2006 – Australia, Canada and Malaysia achieved great success in gymnastics at the recent Commonwealth Games and are hoping to continue that trend with performances at the 2006 Pacific Alliance Championships, April 13-15, in Honolulu, Hawaii, which features competition in artistic and rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline. Canada won the team gold medal in both men’s artistic and rhythmic gymnastics, with Australia taking top team honors in women’s artistic gymnastics….
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AACHEN, Germany – Brothers Steven and Jeffrey Gluckstein of Atlantic Highlands, N.J., won gold and bronze medals, respectively, at the 2006 Grenzland Cup in Aachen, Germany, an international club competition that featured nearly 300 gymnasts from 12 countries in three different age categories. Competing for Ultra Twisters, Steven Gluckstein won the gold medal in 15-17 junior men’s trampoline, besting 54 other competitors with his score of 101….
Samantha Peszek of McCordsville, Ind./Deveau’s Gymnastics, lead the USA’s medal haul by winning the junior all-around, vault and balance beam titles at the 2006 International Gymnix in Montreal, Que.
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LYON, France – The USA’s Ashley Priess of Hamilton, Ohio/Cincinnati Gymnastics, and Yewki Tomita of Tucson, Ariz./Team Chevron, won the balance beam and horizontal bar, respectively, at the World Cup stop in Lyon, France. The U.S. contingent won a total of five medals.
Kassi Price of Plantation, Fla./Orlando Metro, and Priess both scored a 14.600 in the uneven bars, finishing behind Jana Sikulova of the Czech Republic (14….
HONOLULU, Hawaii – The USA claimed a total of six medals, including three gold, on the second of three days of competition at the 2006 Pacific Alliance Gymnastics Championships in Honolulu, Hawaii. The U.S. Rhythmic Gymnastics Team won both the junior and senior team titles, and junior Rachel Marmer of Hollywood, Calif., won her second consecutive junior all-around rhythmic title. The U.S. Junior Men’s Team was second in the team competition, and Tim Gentry of Plano, Texas, was second in the junior men’s all-around….
2005 world uneven bars and balance beam champion Nastia Liukin of Parker, Texas, and Jonathan Horton of Houston won the all-around titles the 2006 Tyson American Cup at the Liacouras Center at Temple University in Philadelphia in front of a crowd of 4,237.
SAN ANTONIO – The new AT& (NYSE: T) and USA Gymnastics announced today that AT&T will serve as an official partner for USA Gymnastics and provide financial support, products and services to aid in the training of America’s gymnasts. This partnership is in conjunction with the recently announced sponsorship by AT&MPT of the 2006 and 2008 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams.
AT&T will serve as the official telecommunications sponsor for USA Gymnastics….
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Olympic champions Elena Zamolodchikova of Russia and Hisashi Mizutori of Japan headline the impressive roster of international gymnasts who have accepted invitations to compete in the 2006 Tyson American Cup, March 4, at Temple University’s Liacouras Center in Philadelphia.
Representing 10 different countries, the international field is comprised of the following.
Women
Daria Bijak, Germany
Aisha Gerber, Canada
Suzanne Harmes, Netherlands
Maryna Kostiuchenko, Ukraine
Kyoko Oshima, Japan
Lais Souza, Brazil
Elena Zamolodchikova, Russia
Zhou Zhuoru, China
Men
Nathan Gafuik, Canada
Fabian Hambuechen, Germany
Sergey Khorokhordin, Russia
Li Junhao, China
Florent Maree, France
Hisashi Mizutori, Japan
Ryuta Nakazato, Japan
Danilo Nogueira, Brazil
Razvan Dorin Selariu, Romania
“This is one of the most impressive fields we have ever hosted for this meet,” said Steve Penny, president of USA Gymnastics….
Following the completion of the 2006 Winter Cup Challenge, USA Gymnastics has named its 2006 Senior National Men’s Team.
David Durante of Garwood, N.J./Team Chevron, Jonathan Horton of Houston, Texas/University of Oklahoma, Brett McClure of Mill Creek, Wash./Team Chevron, and David Sender of Arlington Heights, Ill./Stanford University, have accepted invitations to represent the United States in the 2006 Tyson American
Deadline for Application is April 1st of each year. Applicant must be a high school student with a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher. Submit the completed application to the Men’s Program, USA Gymnastics, 201 S. Capitol Ave., Suite 300, Indianapolis, IN 46225.
2006 Men’s J.O. Academic All-American Recognition Award
David Durante of Garwood, N.J., won his second straight Winter Cup Challenge all-around title, edging out Jonathan Horton of Houston by just two-tenths of a point.
Results from the annual Winter Classic competition are now posted at the link above. The event, held in Birmingham, Alabama, saw Chris Estrada and Alaina Hebert, both of Lafayette, Louisiana win men’s and women’s trampoline. In tumbling, Chris Adair, Lubbock, Texas took the men’s gold medal, while Kaycee Melvin, Morton, Illinois was first in the women’s event. Double Mini action saw Josh Vance, Grand Rapids, Michigan take first for the men and Shelley Klochan, Indianapolis, Indiana first for the women.
2005 world uneven bars and balance beam champion Nastia Liukin of Plano, Texas, has accepted an invitation to represent the United States in the 2006 Tyson American Cup, March 4, at Global Spectrum’s Liacouras Center at Temple University in Philadelphia.
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The nation’s top male gymnasts will make their annual trek to Las Vegas for the 2006 Winter Cup Challenge, Feb. 2-4, to vie for the 14 spots on the Men’s Senior National Team.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 10, 2006 –The 2006 Tyson American Cup, one of the world’s premier international gymnastics events, will showcase top gymnasts from 11 countries March 4 at the Global Spectrum’s Liacouras Center at Temple University in Philadelphia.
In addition to the United States, the Tyson American Cup field is expected to feature gymnasts from Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Netherlands, Romania and Russia….
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. ‘ Based on results from the Future Stars Championships, 50 10-, 11- and 12-year-old male gymnasts have been named to the 2005-06 National Future Stars Developmental Team.
The 50 young men hail from 23 states, with nine from Illinois, six from Washington and five from Florida. The team is comprised of the top 18 from both the 10- and 11-year-old divisions of the Future Stars Championships plus the top 14 from the 12-year-old competition….
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 10, 2006 –The 2006 Tyson American Cup, one of the world’s premier international gymnastics events, will showcase top gymnasts from 11 countries March 4 at the Global Spectrum’s Liacouras Center at Temple University in Philadelphia.
In addition to the United States, the Tyson American Cup field is expected to feature gymnasts from Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Netherlands, Romania and Russia….
