Rhythmic gymnasts for Pac Rim Championships named

Two-time Pan American Games Champion Julie Zetlin of Bethesda, Md./Capital Rhythmics, headlines the U.S. rhythmic team for the 2012 Kellogg’s Pacific Rim Championships March 16-18 at the Comcast Arena in Everett, Wash.

March 6, 2012

INDIANAPOLIS, March 6, 2012 – Two-time Pan American Games Champion Julie Zetlin of Bethesda, Md./Capital Rhythmics, headlines the U.S. rhythmic team for the 2012 Kellogg’s Pacific Rim Championships March 16-18 at the Comcast Arena in Everett, Wash. Zetlin is also qualified to compete in the 2012 Olympic Games.

2011 Ribbon National Champion Polina Kozitskiy of Fountainville, Pa./Philadelphia Rhythmic Academy, and Alexis Page of New York, N.Y./ Aviator Sports and Recreation, make up the seniors on the U.S. team while the juniors include Laura Zeng, Julia Garbuz and Jennifer Rokhman.

Zeng is from Libertyville, Ill./Northshore Rhythmic Gymnastics Center and was second in the all-around at the 2012 Rhythmic Challenge. Gabuz is from Eden Prairie, Minn./NorthWest Rhythmic LLC, and was fourth in the all-around at the 2012 Rhythmic Challenge. Rokhman is from Northbrook, Ill./North Shore Rhythmic Gymnastics Center, and was seventh in the all-around at the 2012 Rhythmic Challenge. The athletes were selected to compete at the 2012 Kellogg’s Pacific Rim Championships based on their performances at the 2012 Rhythmic Challenge.

The athletes who will represent the USA in rhythmic gymnastics at the Kellogg’s Pacific Rim Championships are as follows.

Senior Rhythmic

Junior Rhythmic
Julia Gabuz, Eden Prairie, Minn./NorthWest Rhythmic LLC
Jennifer Rokhman, Northbrook, Ill./North Shore Rhythmic Gymnastics Center
Laura Zeng, Libertyville, Ill./Northshore Rhythmic Gymnastics Center

The 2012 Pacific Rim Championships will showcase athletes from Australia, Canada, China, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Costa Rica, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Panama, Philippines, Russia, and the United States. Considered one of gymnastics’ premier international events, competition at the Kellogg’s Pacific Rim Championships includes artistic (men’s and women’s) gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, and trampoline.

The breakdown by discipline is as follows.

Artistic gymnastics: Australia, Canada, China, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Costa Rica, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Panama (women), Philippines, Russia, USA
Rhythmic gymnastics: Australia, Canada, China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, USA
Trampoline: Australia, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia, USA

Single-session tickets range from $15 to $65, and all-session tickets range from $110 to $250 (including facility fees). Tickets may be purchased at the Comcast Arena at Everett Box Office; by phone at 866-332-8499; or online through Comcastarenaeverett.com. In recognition of Visa’s long-time support of USA Gymnastics, Visa is the preferred method of payment.

The competition schedule is as follows:

Friday, March 16

Saturday, March 17
1:30 p.m. – Men’s Team & All-Around (Sub Div. 1)
3 p.m. – Rhythmic Individual Event Finals
7 p.m. – Men’s Team & All-Around (Sub Div. 2)

Sunday, March 18
9 a.m. – Trampoline Junior Team Competition
11:30 a.m. – Trampoline Senior Team Competition
12 p.m. – Men’s & Women’s Junior Individual Event Finals
4 p.m. – Trampoline Individual Event Finals
6 p.m. – Men’s & Women’s Senior Individual Event Finals
7 p.m. – Synchronized Trampoline Competition

Held every two years, the Pacific Rim Championships were held in Honolulu in 2004 and 2006; San Jose in 2008; and Melbourne, Australia, in 2010. In 2010, the USA won both the men’s and women’s team titles and three of the all-around titles – John Orozco of the Bronx, N.Y./U.S. Olympic Training Center, junior men; Jordyn Wieber of DeWitt, Mich./Gedderts’ Twistars USA, women’s junior title; and Rebecca Bross of Plano, Texas/WOGA, senior women. Past all-around champions include the USA’s Paul Hamm, Carly Patterson, and Nastia Liukin.

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