LANDOVER, Md. – 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. The three-day competition features acrobatic gymnasts from Australia, England, Kazakhstan, Puerto Rico, the United States and Wales. The U.S. contingent includes a mixture of U.S. senior national team members, Junior Olympic national team members and club representatives.
Nov. 17 – 3-5 p.m., age group competition
6-9 p.m., Freedom Cup Opening Ceremony and competition
Nov. 18 – 4-6 p.m., age group competition
7-9 p.m., junior and senior competition
Nov. 19 – 2-3:30 p.m., age group finals
4-6 p.m., junior and senior finals
U.S. Athlete Delegation for 2005 Freedom Cup
# denotes senior national team
* denotes Junior Olympic national team; AGAGC, denotes age group
California
- Julian Amaro, Northern California Sports Academy/Livermore, Calif., Men’s Pair (w/Spray), Senior#
- Kyle Bloom, Aerial Tumbling and Acrobatics/San Jose, Calif., Mixed Pair, (w/Bones), AGAGC*
- Makaela Bogowitz, California Acro Team/Sacramento, Calif., Women’s Group (w/Cusano, Kidwell), Junior*
- Madeline Bones, Aerial Tumbling and Acrobatics/San Jose, Calif., Mixed Pair, (w/Bloom), AGAGC*
- Hannah Busha, Northern California Sports Academy/Livermore, Calif., Women’s Group (w/Spray, Scheid), AGAGC*
- Clare Brunson, Mission Hills/Riverside, Calif., Mixed Pair (with Rodrigues), Senior#
- Caitlin Cusano, California Acro Team/Sacramento, Calif., Women’s Group (w/Bogowitz, Kidwell), Junior*
- Alayna Davis, Aerial Tumbling and Acrobatics/San Jose, Calif., Women’s Pair (w/Eklund), AGAGC*
- Lauren Eklund, Aerial Tumbling and Acrobatics/San Jose, Calif., Women’s Pair, (w/Davis), AGAGC*
- Jake Kanavel, Paramount Tumbling and Acro Gymnastics/Sunnyvale, Calif., Men’s Pair (w/Martinick), Junior, club
- Paula Kidwell, California Acro Team/Sacramento, Calif., Women’s Group (w/Cusano, Bogowitz), Junior*
- Lukas Martincik, Paramount Tumbling and Acro Gymnastics/Sunnyvale, Calif., Men’s Pair (w/Kanavel), Junior, club
- Michaela Meyer, Aerial Tumbling and Acrobatics/San Jose, Calif., Women’s Group (w/Meyer, Morris), AGAGC*
- Michelle Meyer, Aerial Tumbling and Acrobatics/San Jose, Calif., Women’s Group (w/Meyer, Morris), AGAGC*
- Elizabeth Morris, Aerial Tumbling and Acrobatics/San Jose, Calif., Women’s Group (w/Meyer, Meyer), AGAGC
- Lori Oberst, Aerial Tumbling and Acrobatics/San Jose, Calif., Women’s Group (w/Provazek, Steib), Junior, club
- Jenna Provazek, Aerial Tumbling and Acrobatics/San Jose, Calif., Women’s Group (w/Steib, Oberst), Junior, club
- Michael Rodrigues, Mission Hills/Riverside, Calif., Mixed Pair (w/Brunson), Senior#
- Steffi Scheid, Northern California Sports Academy/Livermore, Calif., Women’s Group (w/Busha, Spray), AGAGC*
- Andre Solodar, Paramount Tumbling and Acro Gymnastics/Sunnyvale, Calif., Mixed Pair (with Wee), Senior#
- Mariah Spray, Northern California Sports Academy/Livermore, Calif., Women’s Group (w/Busha, Scheid), AGAGC*
- Tyler Spray, Northern California Sports Academy/Livermore, Calif., Men’s Pair (w/Amaro), Senior#
- Kelianne Stankus, Mission Hills/Riverside, Calif., Mixed Pair (w/Ward), AGAGC*
- Shauna Steib, Aerial Tumbling and Acrobatics/San Jose, Calif., Women’s Group (w/Provazek, Oberst), Junior, club
- Ryan Ward, Mission Hills/Riverside, Calif., Mixed Pair (w/Stankus), AGAGC*
- Xiau-Ling Wee, Paramount Tumbling and Acro Gymnastics/Sunnyvale, Calif., Mixed Pair (w/Solodar), Senior#
- Laura Ames, Skyview/Mt. Airy, Md., Women’s Pair (w/Hall), AGAGC, club
- Jessica Geppert, TOPS/Columbia, Md., Women’s Group (w/Hilton, Guiel), Junior*, club
- Jessica Guiel, TOPS/Columbia, Md., Women’s Group (w/Geppert, Hilton), Junior*, club
- Kayla Hall, Skyview/Mt. Airy, Md., Women’s Pair (w/Ames), AGAGC, club
- Becky Herzfeld, Emilia’s Acro Gymnastics Club/Columbia, Md., Women’s Group (w/Slavinsky, Randazzo), Junior*
- Jennyfer Herzfeld, TOPS/Columbia, Md., Women’s Group (w/Hill, Walter), AGAGC
- Ariel Hill, TOPS/Columbia, Md., Women’s Group (w/J. Herzfeld, Walter), AGAGC
- Kaitlyn Hilton, TOPS/Columbia, Md., Women’s Group (w/Geppert, Guiel), Junior*, club
- Keisha Padello, Xtreme/Rockville, Md., Women’s Pair (w/Sundberg), AGAGC
- Erica Prestipino, Xtreme/Rockville, Md., Women’s Pair (w/Walden), AGAGC, club
- Ekaterina Randazzo, Emilia’s Acro Gymnastics Club/Columbia, Md., Women’s Group (w/Slavinsky, B. Herzfeld), Junior*
- Kari Rockhill, Skyview/Mt. Airy, Md., Women’s Group (w/M. Summers, N. Summers), Junior
- Roksana Slavinsky, Emilia’s Acro Gymnastics Club/Columbia, Md., Women’s Group (w/Randazzo, B. Herzfeld), Junior*
- Melissa Summers, Skyview/Mt. Airy, Md., Women’s Group (w/Rockhill, N. Summers), Junior
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