DENVER — Marline Stephens, Houston, Texas, claimed individual gold medals in floor exercise and vault in women’s junior competition at the 1997 John Hancock U.S. Gymnastics Championships Thursday afternoon in McNichols Arena.
Junior Women’s All-Around Preliminaries and Event Finals
McNichols Arena, Denver, Colo.
Preliminary All-Around Standings
1, Elise Ray, Columbia, Md., 35.987. 2, Marline Stephens, Houston, Texas, 35.825. 3, Sierra Sapunar, Sebastopol, Calif., 35.212. 4, Kristin Thome, Sugar Land, Texas, 35.137. 5 (tie), Melinda Baimbridge, Webster, Texas, and Brittany Thome, Sugar Land, Texas, 34.775. 7, Alexis Maday, Frederick, Md., 34.562. 8, Monique Chang, Fairfax Station, Va., 34.450. 9, Carri Nagle, Whitehall, Pa., 34.375. 10, Brittany Smith, Houston, Texas, 34.275. 11, Audra Fraim, Edmond, Okla., 34.250. 12, Erinn Dooley, Gaithersburg, Md., 34.150. 13, Julie Pigg, Edmond, Okla., 34.100. 14, Annabeth Eberle, Reno, Nev., 33.937. 15, Christy Ray, Germantown, Md., 33.812. 16, Breasha Pruitt, Henderson, Ky., 33.725. 17, Morgan White, Coconut Creek, Fla., 33.587. 18, Ashley Miles, San Antonio, Texas, 33.562. 19, Sheehan Lemley, DeSoto, Texas, 33.400. 20, Kara Kapernekas, Westchester, Ill., 33.300. 21, Angela Beam, Lewisville, Texas, 33.162. 22, Stephanie Carter, Bryn Athyn, Pa., 33.062. 23, Trisha Dixon, Sacramento, Calif., 32.812. 24, Rachel Glasmire, Center Valley, Pa., 32.787. 25, Jessica Pelz, Sacramento, Calif., 32.562. 26, Jessica Bartgis, Frederick, Md., 8.000.
Individual Event Finals
Vault
1, Stephens, 9.275. 2, Miles, 9.212. 3, Maday, 9.037. 4, Pruitt, 8.950. 5, Sapunar, 8.937. 6 (tie), Baimbridge and Chang, 8.925. 8, Dixon, 8.887. 9, Beam, 8.862. 10, Dooley, 8.800. 11, E. Ray, 8.762. 12, Nagle, 8.725. 13, Pelz, 8.712. 14, Eberle, 8.662. 15, Carter, 8.587. 16, B. Thome, 8.550. 17, C. Ray, 8.512. 18, Smith, 8.500. 19, Fraim, 8.425. 20, Lemley, 8.400. 21, Pigg, 8.350. 22 (tie), K. Thome and White, 8.312. 24, Kapernekas, 8.300. 25, Glasmire, 7.862.
Uneven Bars
1, E. Ray, 9.075. 2, Nagle, 8.925. 3, Thome, 8.925. 4, Pruitt, 8.900. 5 (tie) Lemley and Smith, 8.700. 7, Maday, 8.675. 8, White, 8.650. 9, Stephens, 8.625. 10, K. Thome, 8.600. 11, Fraim, 8.575. 12, Pigg, 8.550. 13, Sapunar, 8.525. 14, Dooley, 8.450. 15, Carter, 8.325. 16, C. Ray, 8.250. 17 (tie), Kapernekas and Miles, 8.175. 19, Glasmire, 8.125. 20, Chang, 8.100. 21 (tie), Bartgis and Eberle, 8.000. 23, Pelz, 7.925. 24, Baimbridge, 7.750. 25, Dixon, 7.450. 26, Beam, 7.200.
Balance Beam
1, Baimbridge and E. Ray, 9.050. 3, K. Thome, 8.950. 4 (tie), Chang, Smith, and Beam, 8.775. 7, Sapunar, 8.650. 8, Fraim, 8.625. 9 (tie), Eberle, Pigg and C. Ray, 8.600. 12, Stephens, 8.525. 13 (tie), Dooley, Glasmire and Kapernekas, 8.400. 16 (tie), Lemley and Pruitt, 8.325. 18, B. Thome, 8.300. 19, Dixon, 8.275. 20, Nagle, 8.250. 21, White, 8.100. 22, Pelz, 8.025. 23, Carter, 7.800. 24, Maday, 7.750. 25, Miles, 7.700.
Floor Exercise
1, Stephens, 9.400. 2, K. Thome, 9.275. 3 (tie), Maday, E. Ray and Sapunar, 9.100. 6, Baimbridge, 9.050. 7, B. Thome, 9.000. 8, Eberle, 8.675. 9, Chang, 8.650. 10, Fraim, 8.625. 11, Pigg, 8.600. 12, White, 8.525. 13, Dooley, 8.500. 14 (tie), Miles and Nagle, 8.475. 16, C. Ray, 8.450. 17, Kapernekas, 8.425. 18, Glasmire, 8.400. 19, Carter, 8.350. 20, Beam, 8.325. 21, Smith, 8.300. 22, Dixon, 8.200. 23, Lemley, 7.975. 24, Pelz, 7.900. 25, Pruitt, 7.550.