INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Following the completion of the 2006 Winter Cup Challenge, USA Gymnastics has named its 2006 Senior National Men’s Team.

The 2006 Senior National Men’s Team is comprised of: Guillermo Alvarez of Blackfoot, Idaho/Team Chevron; Alexander Artemev of Morrison, Colo./Team Chevron; David Durante of Garwood, N.J./Team Chevron; Jason Gatson of Mesa, Ariz./Team Chevron; Sean Golden of Houston/Team Chevron; Jonathan Horton of Houston/University of Oklahoma; Brett McClure of Mill Creek, Wash./Team Chevron; Tim McNeill of Falls Church, Va./ University of California – Berkeley; David Sender of Arlington Heights, Ill./Stanford University; Michael Reavis of Tallahassee, Fla./University of Iowa; Justin Spring of Burke, Va./University of Illinois; Kevin Tan of Fremont, Calif./Team Chevron; Todd Thornton of Pearland, Texas/Team Chevron; Yewki Tomita of Tucson, Ariz./Team Chevron; and Jimmy Wickham of Gulfport, Miss./Ohio State University.

At the 2006 Winter Cup, Durante won his second straight Winter Cup all-around title, edging out Horton by two-tenths of a point, and the parallel bars title. Other national team members who won individual apparatus titles are: floor exercise, Reavis; pommel horse, Artemev; still rings, Tan; vault, Wickham; and horizontal bar, Tomita.
Six members of the senior national team were taken straight from the all-around results at the Winter Cup; six more were determined using a points system applied to the Winter Cup results; and the remaining gymnasts were selected by the Men’s Program Committee.

Senior National Team members at a glance

  • Guillermo Alvarez of Blackfoot, Idaho/Team Chevron; 10/24/82 in Denver, Colo.; a recent graduate from the University of Minnesota, where he still trains; third in the all-around at the 2006 Winter Cup; first in team competition and second in the floor exercise at the 2005 Pan Am Championships; floor exercise champion at the 2005 Visa Championships; second year on national team.
  • Alexander Artemev of Morrison, Colo./Team Chevron; 8/29/85; is coached by his father, Vladimir Artemev; at 2006 Winter Cup, won pommel horse and was fourth on parallel bars; just returned to competition following shoulder surgery last summer; 3.5 years on senior national team.
  • David Durante of Garwood, N.J./Team Chevron; 6/26/80; trains at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.; a graduate of Stanford University; won his second consecutive all-around title at the 2006 Winter Cup, as well as the parallel bars crown; member of the gold-medal team at the 2005 Pan Am Championships; and the all-around bronze medalist at the 2005 Visa Championships; fourth year on senior national team.
  • Jason Gatson of Mesa, Ariz./Team Chevron; 6/25/80; trains at the U.S. Olympic Training Center; 2004 Olympic team silver medalist; at 2006 Winter Cup, was third on the parallel bars; was seventh in the parallel bars at the 2005 World Championships; missed most of 2005 recovering from surgery; seventh year on senior national team.
  • Sean Golden of Houston/Team Chevron; 6/13/83 in Camden, N.J.; trains at HGA; is the youngest of six children; at the 2006 Winter Cup, was second in the still rings and vault; was the still rings and vault champion at the 2005 Visa Championships and a member of the 2005 World Championships Team; 1.5 years on the senior national team.
  • Jonathan Horton of Houston/University of Oklahoma; 12/31/85; sophomore at Oklahoma; at the 2006 Winter Cup, was second in the all-around and third in the floor exercise and still rings and third on the horizontal bar; competed on the two teams that won gold medals at the 2005 Pan Am Championships and the NCAA Championships; 2.5 years on the senior national team.
  • Brett McClure of Mill Creek, Wash./Team Chevron; 2/19/81 in Yakima, Wash.; trains at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs; 2004 Olympic team silver medalist; at 2006 Winter Cup, was second on the horizontal bar and tied for fourth in the all-around; just returned to competition following surgery; recently married 1996 Olympic gold-medalist Jaycie Phelps; 7.5 years on the senior national team.
  • Tim McNeill of Falls Church, Va./ University of California – Berkeley; 5/5/86; sophomore at UC Berkeley; All-American on pommel horse and vault as a freshman; was fourth on pommel horse and fifth on vault at NCAA Championships’ individual competition; at 2006 Winter Cup, finished third on the pommel horse; first year on senior national team.
  • Michael Reavis of Tallahassee, Fla./University of Iowa; 8/5/83; is a senior, studying communication studies; at the 2006 Winter Cup, won the floor exercise title and was sixth in the all-around; holds University of Iowa records on floor, vault and the all-around; All-American in the all-around (2005), vault (2004-05) and high bar (2003); first year on senior national team.
  • David Sender of Arlington Heights, Ill./Stanford University; 8/27/85; sophomore at Stanford, studying biology; at 2006 Winter Cup, tied for fourth in the all-around; was second in the all-around, floor exercise and vault at the 2005 Visa Championships and an alternate for the 2005 World Championships Team; second year on the senior national team.
  • Justin Spring of Burke, Va./University of Illinois; 3/11/84 in Houston; senior at the University of Illinois in Champaign; was the horizontal bar titlist at the 2005 Visa Championships; tied for second on the horizontal bar at the 2005 American Cup; was the 2005 NCAA parallel bars champion; member of the 2005 U.S. World Championships Team; All-American in parallel bars (2003-05), high bar (2004-05), all-around (2005) and floor exercise (2003); second year on the senior national team.
  • Kevin Tan of Fremont, Calif./Team Chevron; 9/24/81; is an assistant coach for and recent graduate of Penn State University; at the 2006 Winter Cup, won on still rings and was fifth on the pommel horse; was a member of Penn State’s 2004 NCAA championship team, the Nittany Lions’ first back-to-back NCAA champion on the still rings (2003-04) and a member of the 2005 World Championships Team; third year on the senior national team (also in 1996, 1999).
  • Todd Thornton of Pearland, Texas/Team Chevron; 10/14/82 in Casper, Wyo.; 2005 U.S. all-around champion and all-around finalist at the 2005 World Championships; sixth year on the senior national team.
  • Yewki Tomita of Tucson, Ariz./Team Chevron; 3/15/80; trains at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs; at the 2006 Winter Cup, won the horizontal bar title and was second on the parallel bars and sixth on floor; was the pommel horse champion at the 2005 Visa Championships and a member of the 2005 World Championships Team; fifth year on the senior national team.
  • Jimmy Wickham of Gulfport, Miss./Ohio State University; 2/25/86; sophomore at Ohio State, majoring in exercise science; earned OSU Scholar-Athlete honors as a fr