INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Clare Brunson of Riverside, Calif., and Michael Rodrigues of Livermore, Calif., who were fourth in the mixed pair at the 2005 World Games, headline the U.S. delegation that will compete in the 2006 Flanders International Acro Cup, April 13-16, in Puurs, Belgium.

Other senior national team members competing in the Flanders International Acro Cup, which is an important event leading up to the World Championships, are: Julian Amaro of Victorville, Calif., and Tyler Spray of Livermore, Calif., who compete together in the men’s pair; and Mariah Henninger, who competes in the women’s group with junior national team member Allysha Kidd and Tisa Penny, all of whom are from Livermore.
Brunson and Rodrigues, the reigning U.S. senior elite mixed pair champions, won last year’s Machuga Cup in Krasnodar, Russia. Amaro and Spray are the 2005 senior men’s pair national champions, and while both Kidd and Henninger were national titlists last year, they had different partners in the women’s group.
The event features four competition divisions, World Cup, senior, junior and age group (based on age and level of expertise).

U.S. delegation for the 2006 Flanders International Acro Cup

Listed information is name, hometown, club, event, level and partner in parenthesis.


California
  • Devin Aguilar, Riverside, Calif./Empire, Mixed Pair, Senior (Jon Gaiter)
  • Kristen Allen, Livermore, Calif./Wings USA, Mixed Pair, Senior (Brian Kincher)
  • Julian Amaro, Victorville, Calif./Wings USA, Men’s Pair, Senior (Tyler Spray)
  • Kyle Bloom, San Jose, Calif./Aerial Tumbling & Acrobatics, Mixed Pair, Age Group (Madeline Bones)
  • Makela Bogowitz, El Dorado Hills, Calif./California Acrosports Team, Women’s Group, Junior (Caitlin Cusano, Paula Kidwell)
  • Madeline Bones, San Jose, Calif./Aerial Tumbling & Acrobatics, Mixed Pair, Age Group (Kyle Bloom)
  • Clare Brunson, Riverside, Calif./Mission Hills Acrobatics, Mixed Pair, World Cup (Michael Rodrigues)
  • Caitlin Cusano, El Dorado Hills, Calif./California Acrosports Team, Women’s Group, Junior (Makela Bogowitz, Paula Kidwell)
  • Cassidy Dolstra, Tracy, Calif./Wings USA, Women’s Pair, Age Group (Jordan Rozsa)
  • Jon Gaiter, Riverside, Calif./Empire, Mixed Pair, Senior (Devin Aguilar)
  • Mariah Henninger, Livermore, Calif./Wings USA, Women’s Group, Senior (Allysha Kidd, Tisa Penny)
  • Allysha Kidd, Livermore, Calif./Wings USA, Women’s Group, Senior (Mariah Henninger, Tisa Penny)
  • Paula Kidwell, Fair Oaks, Calif./California Acrosports Team, Women’s Group, Junior (Makela Bogowitz, Caitlin Cusano)
  • Brian Kincher, Livermore, Calif./Wings USA, Mixed Pair, Senior (Kristen Allen)
  • Michaela Meyer, San Jose, Calif./Aerial Tumbling & Acrobatics, Women’s Group, Age Group (Michelle Meyer, Elizabeth Morris)
  • Michelle Meyer, San Jose, Calif./Aerial Tumbling & Acrobatics, Women’s Group, Age Group (Elizabeth Morris, Michaela Meyer)
  • Marina Mihov, Pleasanton, Calif./Wings USA, Women’s Group, Age Group (Kristen Sanchez, Samantha Olivenica)
  • Elizabeth Morris, San Jose, Calif./Aerial Tumbling & Acrobatics, Women’s Group, Age Group (Michaela Meyer, Michelle Meyer)
  • Courtney Olivencia, Los Banas, Calif./Wings USA, Women’s Group, Junior (Jordan Seto, Allysa Sanchez)
  • Samantha Olivencia, Los Banas, Calif./Wings USA, Women’s Group, Age Group (Marina Mihov, Kristen Sanchez)
  • Tisa Penny, Livermore, Calif./Wings USA, Women’s Group, Senior (Allysha Kidd, Mariah Henninger)
  • Michael Rodrigues, Livermore, Calif./Mission Hills Acrobatics, Mixed Pair, World Cup (Clare Brunson)
  • Jordan Rozsa, Livermore, Calif./Wings USA, Women’s Pair, Age Group (Cassidy Dolstra)
  • Allyse Sanchez, Livermore, Calif./Wings USA, Women’s Group, Junior (Courtney Olivencia, Jordan Seto)
  • Kristen Sanchez, Livermore, Calif./Wings USA, Women’s Group, Age Group (Samantha Olivencia, Marina Mihov)
  • Jordan Seto, San Jose, Calif./Wings USA, Women’s Group, Junior (Allyse Sanchez, Courtney Olivencia)
  • Lauren Speers, San Jose, Calif./Aerial Tumbling & Acrobatics, Women’s Group, Age Group (Camille Strawn, Haley Stalions)
  • Tyler Spray, Livermore, Calif./Wings USA, Men’s Pair, Senior (Julian Amaro)
  • Haley Stalions, San Jose, Calif./Aerial Tumbling & Acrobatics, Women’s Group, Age Group (Camille Strawn, Lauren Speers)
  • Camille Strawn, San Jose, Calif./Aerial Tumbling & Acrobatics, Women’s Group, Age Group (Lauren Speers, Haley Stalions)
Louisiana
  • Nicole Barrilleaux, Metairie, La./Fliptastics, Women’s Group, Junior (Ravenne Eschette, Alexis Thidodeaux)
  • Ravenne Eschette, Belle Chasse, La./Fliptastics, Women’s Group, Junior (Alexis, Thidobeaux, Nicole Barrilleaux)
  • Alexis Thibodeaux, Harahan, La./Fliptastics, Women’s Group, Junior (Nicole Barrilleaux, Ravenne Eschette)
Maryland
  • Erica Prestipino, Rockville, Md./Xtreme Acro, Women’s Pair, Age Group (Stefanie Walden)
  • Erika Sundberg, Bethesda, Md./Xtreme Acro, Women’s Pair, Junior (Keisha Padello)
  • Stefanie Walden, Derwood, Md./Xtreme Acro, Women’s Pair, Age Group (Erica Prestipino)
Missouri
  • Tori Harms, Kearney, Mo./Rising Star Acro Club, Women’s Group, Age Group (Selena Harms, Arielle Ziegler)
  • Selena Harms, Kearney, Mo./Rising Star Acro Club, Women’s Group, Age Group (Arielle Ziegler, Tori Harms)
  • Kayla Huesgen, Rosebud, Mo./Mid America Acro & Tumbling, Women’s Group, Age Group (Amber Kottwitz, Ariel Walsh)
  • Amber Kottwitz, Owensville, Mo./Mid America Acro & Tumbling, Women’s Group, Age Group (Ariel Walsh, Kayla Huesgen)
  • Ariel Walsh, Rosebud, Mo./Mid America Acro & Tumbling, Women’s Group, Age Group (Kayla Huesgen, Amber Kottwitz)
  • Arielle Ziegler, Lathrop, Mo./Rising Star Acro Club, Women’s Group, Age Group (Tori Harms, Selena Harms)
Virginia
  • Keisha Padello, Arlington, Va./Xtreme Acro, Women’s Pair, Junior (Erika Sundberg)