COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Using a strong performance in the ball event, the United States claimed the gold medal in rhythmic gymnastics team competition at the 1997 Junior Pacific Alliance Championships, held in the Cadet Field House at the U.S. Air Force Academy here Friday morning.
Junior Pacific Alliance Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
Cadet Field House, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Sept. 26, 1997
All-Around Final Standings
1, Tanya Vahala, Australia, 34.950. 2, Rena Arino, Japan, 34.225. 3, Mariel Cruz, Canada, 34.162. 4, Danielle Lord, Tualatin, Ore., 33.950. 5, Jessica Howard, Jacksonville, Fla., 33.826. 6, Gaylee Saliba, Canada, 33.751. 7, Makiko Kitazawa, Japan, 33.464. 8, Sae Takahashi, Japan, 33.238. 9, Heilie Isaacs, Mt. Prospect, Ill., 33.176. 10, Alissa Goldham, Canada, 32.851. 11, Katie Peterson, Australia, 32.550. 12, Alicia Polmanteer, Australia, 32.050. 13, Elizabeth Martinez, Mexico, 32.013. 14, Yun Chia-Hui, Chinese Taipei, 30.814. 15, Gabriela Esquivel, Costa Rica, 26.875
Team All-Around Final Standings
1, United States (Lord, Howard, Isaacs), 100.950. 2, Japan, 100.925. 3, Canada, 100.763. 4, Australia, 99.550.
Group Competition Final Standings
1, Japan, 17.404. 2, Canada, 16.463. 3, United States (Erin Jeffress, Rockville, Md.; Victoria Jones, Rockville, Md.; Amy Ng, Rockville, Md., and Helen Sigalov, Chevy Chase, Md.), 16.283. 3, Canada, 8.192.
Ball (top eight advance to individual finals Saturday)
1, Cruz, Canada, 8.675. 2, Howard, Jacksonville, Fla., 8.638. 3, Arino, Japan, 8.625. 4, Vahala, Australia, 8.475. 5, Kitazawa, Japan, 8.463. 6, Isaacs, Mt. Prospect, Ill., 8.450. 7, Lord, Tualatin, Ore., 8.425. 8, Peterson, Australia, 8.350. 9, Saliba, Canada, 8.300. 10, Martinez, Mexico, 8.225. 11, Goldham, Canada, 8.163. 12, Polmanteer, Australia, 8.100. 13, Takahashi, Japan, 8.000. 14, Yun, Chinese Taipei, 7.788. 15, Esquivel, Costa Rica, 6.950.
Ribbon (top eight advance to individual finals Saturday)
1, Vahala, Australia, 8.850. 2, Arino, Japan, 8.625. 3, Saliba, Canada, 8.563. 4, Howard, Jacksonville, Fla., 8.500. 5, Lord, Tualatin, Ore., 8.475. 6, Kitazawa, Japan, 8.450. 7, Cruz, Canada, 8.425. 8, Takahashi, Japan, 8.388. 9, Goldham, Canada, 8.375. 10, Peterson, Australia, 8.225. 11, Polmanteer, Australia, 8.150. 12, Isaacs, Mt. Prospect, Ill., 8.113. 13, Martinez, Mexico, 8.000. 14, Yun, Chinese Taipei, 7.463. 15, Esquivel, Costa Rica, 6.625.