Indianapolis- Two-time Junior National Champion Kristal Uzelac headlines the U.S. women’s squad that will face Romania and China at the 2001 Pontiac American Team Cup, March 30-31 at 7:00 p.m. at the Neal Blaisdell Center. The team was named at a national team training camp that concluded yesterday at Karolyi’s Gymnastics in Huntsville, Texas.
U.S. Women’s Line-up
- Terin Humphrey, 14/Bates City, Mo./Great American Gymnastics Express
- Ashley Kelly, 17/Tulsa, Okla./Krafft Academy
- Ashley Miles, 16/San Antonio, Texas/Harris Unlimited Gymnastics
- Carly Patterson, 13/Baton Rouge, La./World Olympic Gymnastics Academy
- Kristal Uzelac, 14/Johnstown, Pa./Parkettes
- Hollie Vise, 13/Dallas, Texas/World Olympic Gymnastics Academy
“The competition in Honolulu foreshadows what we expect to see at the 2001 World Championships,” said Bob Colarossi, President of USA Gymnastics. “It is the first time since the 2000 Olympic Games that these teams have competed together so we are looking forward to a fantastic competition.”
Competition Update
Following is the roster for the 2001 Pontiac American Team Cup:
MEN
- Paul Hamm, 18/Waukesha, Wis./Swiss Turners, 2000 Olympian
- Morgan Hamm, 18/Waukesha, Wis./Swiss Turners, 2000 Olympian
- Sean Townsend, 22/Dallas, Texas/Team Texaco-Houston, 2000 Olympian
- Mike Dutka, 22/Fairless Hills, Pa./Team Texaco-Houston, 1997 World Team Member
- Brett McClure, 20/Mill Creek, Wash./Team Texaco-USOTC, 2000 Olympic Trials
- Guard Young, 23/Provo, Utah/University of Oklahoma, 2000 Olympic Trials
- Terin Humphrey, 14/Bates City, Mo./Great American Gymnastics Express
- Ashley Kelly, 17/Tulsa, Okla./Krafft Academy
- Ashley Miles, 16/San Antonio, Texas/Harris Unlimited Gymnastics
- Carly Patterson, 13/Baton Rouge, La./World Olympic Gymnastics Academy
- Kristal Uzelac, 14/Johnstown, Pa./Parkettes
- Hollie Vise, 13/Dallas, Texas/World Olympic Gymnastics Academy
Romanian Team
MEN | WOMEN |
Marian Dragulescu * | Andreea Ulmeanu |
Rares Orzata * | Melina Druta |
Ioan Suciu * | Alexandra Barac |
Dorin Petru * | Carmen Ionescu |
Constantin Covaci | Silvia Stroescu |
Dan Potra | Sabina Cojocar |
Chinese Team
MEN | WOMEN | |
ZHAO Zhe | HUANG Mandan* | |
YOU Yanan | LING Jie * | |
DAI Tengfei | PENG Sha | |
LIU Jinyu | ZHOU Lan | |
XIE Jianhui | KANG Xin | |
FENG Jing |