GYMN-L Digest - 29 Jul 1995 to 30 Jul 1995

There are 28 messages totalling 942 lines in this issue.

Topics of the day:

1. Kerri!!!
2. Kerri Strugg! (2)
3. Nationals Qualifications
4. Olympic Festival and nationals
5. US classic report #3
6. USOF Commentary? (2)
7. WOW! What a fast meet! (2)
8. USOF men's events
9. haircut
10. USOF Report (2)
11. USOF stuff
12. USAGYMNASTICS TRAINING CENTERS
13. Olympic Festival (5)
14. USOF
15. Olympic trials in Wooster MA
16. Tanya Maiers
17. Gymn on GNN
18. Smiles from Kerri
19. USOF AA RESULTS
20. Russian Gymnast

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Date: Sat, 29 Jul 1995 23:05:50 -0400
From: ***@AOL.COM
Subject: Kerri!!!

I totally agree with everyone's excitement about Kerri's win. She's always
been one of my favorites. She has won one other senior all-around title-the
1993 American Classic. This was the world trials for that year. Shannon did
not compete (she was previously qualified to the worlds), but Kerri won, and
Dominique Dawes was second.
-Emily

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Date: Sat, 29 Jul 1995 23:59:23 -0400
From: ***@AOL.COM
Subject: Re: Kerri Strugg!

> I know she won Junior Nationals once, but
has she gotten

Actually, I believe she was secong in 1990 to Hilary Grivich

:-)
Mara

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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 01:57:09 -0400
From: ***@AOL.COM
Subject: Re: Kerri Strugg!

<<I know she won Junior Nationals once..."
<<Actually, I believe she was second to Hilary Grivich in 1990.>>

I looked it up, and we're both wrong! The 1990 Junior National Championships
were as follows:

1) Hilary Grivich
2) Larissa Fontaine
3) Dominique Dawes
4) Kerri Strug

I was thinking of the 1990 Junior American Classic, which is what Kerri won.

Ann Marie

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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 10:40:48 -0400
From: ***@AOL.COM
Subject: Nationals Qualifications

Looking at the list of National's qualifiers yesterday, it seems the only
possible ways to qualify to National's were World Team, American Classic, and
U.S. Classic. Does this mean there is no way for Kim Zmeskal and Jennie
Thompson to compete next month? If this is so, why would they not have shown
up for/not completed the U.S. Classic? Seems pretty self-destructive to me.
-Emily

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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 10:30:35 -0500
From: ***@VAXA.CIS.UWOSH.EDU
Subject: Olympic Festival and nationals

Date sent: 30-JUL-1995 10:25:37
First of all, YEAAAA KERRI! I've been on her side ever since
1992 when (in my opinion) she was jipped out of all-around finals.
She is a terrific gymnast. I'm really happy to see her do well, and to
see her bars work back up to par (was a little weak at world trials
the last time I saw it). She's a gutsy kid, and I'm eallu glad to
see her win this

1)Was watching the men's yesterday (will watch the women's today)
and,, like usual, the scopres were inflated for everyone. Seems to
be a common occurance at the Festival.

2) The men don't seem to be that weak. While a medal at worlds
(team) seems out of the question, I really don't see them having
too much trouble qualifiying

3)And this regarding nationals and qualifiers. Jennie (I think)
was injured. Mybe Kim was also? Both are recovering from pretty
serious injuries. KIm might have made the team, but personally
I don't think Jennie Thompsdon could keep up, judging from the
last time I saw her, which, granted, was last summer at nationals.

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Date: Fri, 28 Jul 1995 16:30:27 -0400
From: ***@AOL.COM
Subject: US classic report #3

I had a *REALLY* tough time figuring out who was who,so most of this report
is beam and floor(events I was closest to.)

1st Rotation

Kelly Parkinson(FX)-2 and 1\2 punch front,front full(bent legs),2 1\2
twist(small stumble)

Audra Steinbrook(BB)-fell off on two sloppy layouts,punch front(wobble),but
punched a beautifull double pike dismount

Jeanette Antolin(BB)-ff,layout,ff,layout(stuck),incomplete popa,oak tree(with
flight!) to back hip circle

Katie Dyson(FX)-full twisting shusunova,handspring front full punch front;2
1\2 twist(stumbled a few steps out of bounds);front full-great dancer for
being so young

Nicole Kilpatrick(BB)-ff,layout,ff(fall);front aerial;neat full twisting fish
jump;triple full dismount(incomplete)

Jennifer Carrow(FX)-front full immed. front full;double twisting front;two
and a half twist

Tanya Vexler(FX)-high full in;sat down a 2 1\2 twist;very labored double full

Robin Phelps(BB)-front tuck;two bh to double tuck(very similar style and body
type to that of her sister)

Rebecca Whitehead(FX)-used Chelle Stack's 92 music;front thru to powerful
triple full;two and one half twist punch front(*almost* stepped out);triple
full(a tad short);interesting choreography

Jeanette Antolin-crisp pike full in;a *true* layout pike;handspring front
full punch front


2nd rotation

Katie McFarland-ff,two foot ff,big layout to two feet;front(slight balance
check);power flip flops to double tuck(two steps)

Katie Dyson(V)-layout yurchenko-low and loose

Nicole Kilpatrick(FX)-full in pike;whip thru to 2 1\2;triple full(almost put
hands down);used a different version of Shannon's old music

Katie Taylor(BB)-two layouts;bounding leaps;open tuck front;korbut;three back
handsprings to double tuck;looked very confident up there

Jennifer Carrow(V)-handspring double full(I hate this vault!)

Robin Phelps-(FX)full in pike(easy);front full front layout;2 1\\2 punch
front;kick-ass set!

Kendall Beck(bb)-ff,layout,tuck back(nary a wobble);low leaps;fish jump
immediate layout;sissone immed rulfova(little off center);ff ff triple
full;tough set but needs to clean up form

Rebecca Whitehearst(V)-handspring front(steps on both)

Audra Steinbrook-(FX)full in pike(Scared the hell out of me.In warmups she
barely made on around to her face.She pulled this one around *somehow*Is
Kristie Phillips giving her pointers?)front layout,front layout;front full
with awful leg form;music-"pink panther" although I'll take Elena
Shevchenko's routine over this one anyday.

3rd rotation

Alexa martinez-(FX)whip thru to triple full;rudi;front full to layout stepout

Some unidentified gymnast did a full pirouette to piked yaeger *in between*
the bars.Wowsers.

Breane Rutherford(BB)-two layouts;flip flop full(fall)

Ashley Lamb(FX)-full in to all fours;triple full(nowhere close)

Robin Phelps(V)-handspring pike front w\half twist(clean with step)

Kristen Jensen(BB)-double tuck dismount

Audra Steinbrook-once again I thought she was going to eat the mat on her
layout yurchenkos,but she pulled them around

Kelly Parkinson-reverse hect(nice late straddle);cal hop immed. straddle
back;double front(just about knocked herself in the face when her right leg
popped up on her landing)

Anna Gingrinch(FX)-1 1\2 twist to 2 1\2 twist

katie Dyson-(UB)-reverse hect;weak straddle back(nowhere near a handstand but
she *is* tiny);effortless double lay(she's got about an hour air time before
she hits the ground)

Jeanna Rice-(FX)-full in;whip immed. 2 1\2;triple full

Katie McFarland-(FX)-double layout (fall);full in;whip thru to triple
full;this girl has style!

Becky Meldron(BB)-front on;round off layout;oak tree from valdez position

4th rotation

Breane Rutherford(FX)-full in;2 1\2 punch front;2 1\2 twist(out of control)

Kristen jenson(FX)-arabian double;2 1\2 punch front(step out)used Kristen
McDermott's music

Robin Phelps-(UB)reverse hect;blind change(leg seperation) double front
dismount

Rebecca Whitehearst(BB)-front on;ff layout ff(bent legs on all three
skills);nasty oak tree;front immed back handspring

Kelly Parkinson(BB)-mounted with ff on immed ff ff;almost slipped off on oak
tree

Audra Steinbrook-two low reverse hects(one facing in,the other facing
out)smooth double layout dismount

Katie Dyson-FF FF Layout;double pike

Katie Christensen-crashed a double layout and hurt her knee.She did a little
dance and then went for a leap and couldn't finish.(I was having Becky
Cameron flashbacks from "American Anthem" only Katie actually fell on a
difficult trick!Yeah,Becky stood up a double back and double full dismount
but fell on a jump double turn and aerial.Yeah...I know it could happen.)She
was having a great meet up until this mishap.

Tanya Vexler(BB)-straddled the beam(ouch) on two layouts

Next report:World university trials(yeah I know I lied last time,but get over
it)

Billy

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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 11:17:56 -0600
From: ***@RMII.COM
Subject: USOF Commentary?

Hey Gymners,

The US.Olympic Festival has been pre-empted in Houston because
apparently our CBS affiliate has local obligations that they chose to
fulfill on this weekend. (boo hiss) Could someone write up the TV
coverage of the meet for me and other Gymners who were not able to
watch it on TV (for example, for our ever-growing group of
international subscribers)? Or better yet, if someone attended the
meet, I'd be interested in hearing any impressions.

Thanks to Billy for filling us in on the US Classic!

Rachele

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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 10:57:03 -0700
From: ***@ACCESSNV.COM
Subject: WOW! What a fast meet!

I'm going to have to write to CBS and the Olympic Festival and see how
they manage to do it. An entire meet in 45 minutes with a break in the
middle to showcase the men. WOW! ;)

Boy if we could do that in the Las Vegas Gymnastics Invitational we could
bring in even more gymnasts and get done in one day.

On a more serious note, I think Keri Strugg did an excellent job. I
thought those Juniors did pretty good too, look out 1996 and 2000 olympics!

Greg Young

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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 11:53:34 -0600
From: ***@RMII.COM
Subject: USOF men's events

Results from the AP wire:

Saturday final results from the men's gymnastics competition at the
Coors Event Center: Individual Events

Floor
1, Jay Thornton, Augusta, Ga., (North), 9.85 points
2, Sean Contreras, Lincoln, Neb., (West), 9.70
3, Mike Moran, Windsor, Conn., (North), 9.55
4, John Macready, Los Angeles, (South), 9.45
5, Derek Leiter, Lincoln, Neb., (North), 9.40
6, Dave Frank, Cinnaminson, N.J., (West), 9.30

Pommel Horse
1, Brian Yee, Houston, (North), 9.80
2, Rob Kieffer, Austin, Texas, (South), 9.60
2, Richard Grace, Omaha, Neb., (East), 9.60
2, Tyler Vogt, Jacksonville, Fla., (South), 9.60
5, Jay Thornton, Augusta, Ga., (North), 9.50
6, Derek Leiter, Lincoln, Neb., (North), 9.25

Still Rings
1, Mike Moran, Windsor, Conn., (North), 9.70
2, Dave Frank, Cinnaminson, N.J., (West), 9.60
2, Tyler Vogt, Jacksonville, Fla., (South), 9.60
4, Jay Thornton, Augusta, Ga., (North), 9.50
5, Richard Grace, Omaha, Neb., (East), 9.45
6, Rob Kieffer, Austin, Texas 9.55

Vault
1, Richard Grace, Omaha, Neb., (East), 9.65
[AP doesn't list any more results for this or PBars]

Parallel Bars
1, Richard Grace, Omaha, Neb., (East), 9.9

Horizontal Bars
1, John Macready, Los Angeles, (South), 9.90
2, Freddie Umali, San Jose, (East), 9.60
3, Rob Kieffer, Austin, Texas, (South), 9.05
4, Jay Thornton, Augusta, Ga., (North), 9.00
5, Richard Grace, Omaha, Neb., (East), 8.75
6, Derek Leiter, Lincoln, Neb., (North), 8.55

Notes & Quotes:

--Grace [re his success at USOF]: "It's going to give me a lot of
confidence going into the U.S. Championships. I didn't hit all the
routines I wanted, but I'm a little more prepared."

--Yee entered the festival competition just two months after
undergoing wrist surgery. "I needed this competition to prepare for
the nationals. These meets give us a lot of confidence."

--Grace [re men's gymnastics losing its luster since the U.S. team
last won the gold in '84]: "We're at an all-time low. There's nowhere
to go from here but up."

--Macready [re the same topic]: "Even when we do get TV coverage, it's
negative. The cameras like it when we miss. And the public likes the
girls. All they have to do is go out there and be cute. Everyone wants
to take them home. No one wants to take us home."

[end]

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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 14:03:41 -0400
From: ***@UMICH.EDU
Subject: Re: USOF Commentary?

I will try to write out the scores etc if possible, I am taping CBS here
in Michigan...we'll see how much they show...

Anjel

> Hey Gymners,
>
> The US.Olympic Festival has been pre-empted in Houston because
> apparently our CBS affiliate has local obligations that they chose to
> fulfill on this weekend. (boo hiss) Could someone write up the TV
> coverage of the meet for me and other Gymners who were not able to
> watch it on TV (for example, for our ever-growing group of
> international subscribers)? Or better yet, if someone attended the
> meet, I'd be interested in hearing any impressions.
>
> Thanks to Billy for filling us in on the US Classic!
>
> Rachele
>

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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 14:06:41 -0400
From: ***@UMICH.EDU
Subject: Re: WOW! What a fast meet!

I know...and they ask why men's gymnastics is not as widely known in the
US...we'll see how much they highlight the women...Grace seemed good, too
bad about the fall on FX, Macredy seemed to be doing better...ditto for
Yee and Kiefer...
Good luck guys, keep it up.

Anjel

> I'm going to have to write to CBS and the Olympic Festival and see how
> they manage to do it. An entire meet in 45 minutes with a break in the
> middle to showcase the men. WOW! ;)
>
> Boy if we could do that in the Las Vegas Gymnastics Invitational we could
> bring in even more gymnasts and get done in one day.
>
> On a more serious note, I think Keri Strugg did an excellent job. I
> thought those Juniors did pretty good too, look out 1996 and 2000 olympics!
>
> Greg Young
>

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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 11:06:58 -0700
From: ***@IX.NETCOM.COM
Subject: haircut

In the Olympic Festival, I saw Kerri with a new haircut. How long has
she had it likr that. I like it short. I looks neat.

MArgi :)

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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 13:14:02 -0500
From: ***@VAXA.CIS.UWOSH.EDU
Subject: USOF Report

Well, here's my report on the USOF. Hopes this offers some insight.
I was really impressed by a lot of thing, you'll see what?

1st Rotation
Nice to see some of the gymnasts who WERE using Hristakieveas swtiching
to higher rated vaults now that it has been devalued. Brink's 1 1/2
twister was really powerful, if a bit overrotated.

I absolutely LOVED Strug's new floor routine. I love that particular music
(Hall of the Mountain King) I believe, and not only was the tumbling
good, but her dance was really shartp, except for the last 10 seconds, which
I will attribute to the altitude. It's probably the best routine I've ever
seen given her.

On the high difficulty note:
Jami Danzchters floor, Melinda Brambridges beam (with a smile, even)


2nd Roatation
HEHE. I rather like how CBS labeled it, the "MASH report". However, there
was nothing funny. Those injuries looked to be really painful. If I had
not known Kullikowski was ok, I woulda been really worried. She was
lucky to escape with what she did. Strug did almost the same thing
last year, and that was with a fraction of the power behind it. And
did Rowe finish? That fall looked painful. I also offer sympathies to
Kristy Powell, who looked really upset, which I can uderstand.

What was the deal with the 9.700 on Strug's vault? I know the vault
was devalued to 9.9, but the score was still low. It was a terrifc
vault, and deserved more.

Brink was overmarked on bars. Form breaks on her giants, and the transition
to low bar was labored, to saw the least.

I will go into more detail when I am done, but Atler really impressed
me, especially when she missed her first vault then nailed her second.


3rd Rotation
Alter double layout, Dantscher's double double off bars. TERRIFIC!

Strug's bars were very solid, and better than last year, but the
scroe was a little high. 1993 was better.

It would be really nice to see some better choregraphy by the juniors
on floor (ie Brion)

That new Bud Light commerical is really annoying :)

4th Rotation
Alter's beam was SOOOOO agressive. WOW. I was really impressed by the
maturity she showed, not just here, but everywhere.

Nice to see the 1/2 Yurchecnko's being done, being done to the fullest.

God, Strug looked nice on beam. Closest thing to perfect form I
have seen with her on beam in a very long time. the 9.65 was low.

I like Brink's floor music. What was it? I've heard it before (someone
from Alabama used it at nationalsd) and CBS used it during their broadcast.

*giggle* Kerri's voice still sounds sooooo young.


General Impressions

Overall, I was impressed by a lot of things. The Juniors appeared comfortable
and confident, and their level of difficulty was great. Also, form was much
better than skme SENIORS! I like difficuly, but form is good, too, and its nice
to see it not being neglected.

As for floor music, well, some people can do classical, some need modern. I
think the elite coaches need to lighten up and quit picking music for the
judges, and pick for their athletes.

I don't wanna sound TOO impressed, but Atler really awed me. She looked so
poised and confidenty, and the difficulty and form weren't bad, either.

As usual, I was not impressed by CBS' coverage. Like usual, they skimped.
I wish they would learn from their mistakes. AND COULD SOMEONE PLEASE
CLUE IN MCNAMARA ABOUT FRONT TUMBLING VALUES!!!! If I hear "not a real
difficult pass" one last time, I will puke. I know it isn't physically
as hard, but it is still a D element (rudi)

To tie it up, Strug was great, no question, she derseved this. She really
seems to be responding to her new coaches, and I think was underscored
on vault and beam. nationals should be QUITE interesting. Way to go
Kerri, you earned this.

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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 14:35:30 -0400
From: ***@AOL.COM
Subject: USOF stuff

DId anyone else catch Richard Graces tattoo? A Keebler elf on the rings. It
cracked me up!
Well, Kerri set a festival score high on UB 9.975. Love the haircut.
Heather Brinks music-sounds very un-dynamo to me. A lot of
cheerleaders/dance teams use that music.
VERY short program. Felt a little cheated there, but maybe PRIME will show
more gymnasts in its coverage tonight.
Thats it!!
Anne

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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 14:38:24 -0400
From: ***@NETINS.NET
Subject: USAGYMNASTICS TRAINING CENTERS

My daughter is going to USA GYMNASTICS TRAINING CENTER camp at Mount Holyoke
College, South Hadley, Mass on August 13. Anyone know of anyone else going
to that camp, or anyone been there before? Please write back, or E-mail me.
Thanks.

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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 14:40:47 -0400
From: ***@AOL.COM
Subject: Olympic Festival

I dragged myself out of bed at the insane hour of 10 am this morning to be
sure to catch the festival, but my local CBS affilate decided to show an
afternoon of paid programming instead! However, for me and anyone else lucky
enough to get SportsChannel Chicago, gymnastics is on tonight at 6 pm central
(or check Prime listings if you get that).

Ann Marie

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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 15:08:24 -0400
From: ***@UMICH.EDU
Subject: USOF

hi...
to add on to Rachele's men's scores....

Vault:

1. Richard Grace, Omaha, Nebraska, (East), 9.65
2.(Tie) Brian Yee, Houston, (North), 9.50
2.(Tie) John Macready, LA, (South), 9.50

Parallel Bars:

1. Richard Grace, Omaha, (East), 9.90
2. Rob Keiffer, Austin, (South), 9.70
3. Brian Yee, Houston, (North), 9.55

And as a side note, Macready is right about the TV public liking the
girls more, but John, I for one would "take you home" anytime...

Anjel

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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 14:48:37 -0600
From: ***@ZEPHYR.MEDCHEM.PURDUE.EDU
Subject: Re: USOF Report

I agree that Strug was the best gymnast on the floor at the USOF (that I saw
via CBS), but I don't think that she was miss scored on vault or beam. On
Beam she was lucky. She lost balance on the oaktree and she had to fight,
and then she took a big step back on the dismount. Vault- well perhaps she
may have scored higher ona second attempt, but 9.70 looked okay.


I was much more concerned with the gymnast who through the front full
on vault. Talk about form errors and twisting on the horse. Her legs were
bent and twisted and when she left the horse.


Brink was overscored on bars and floor. It is hard to believe that she
outscored Strug on floor considering Strug "dropped out" of her double
layout (Julianne) and Brink was bouncing all over the place on her
foward landings.

I have to admit, however, that the true stars of the meet were the juniors.
They clearly showed that the US does have alot of up and coming talent.

BTW: FAVORITE EXERCISE was the junior (Brion?) who on floor did:
Double layout, piked full-in, and closed with a whip to a triple full.
She may not have the best landings, and her dance was stock, but she's
got the potential. (Plus, its nice to see a front tumbling devoid FX
routine. (reminds me of the 80's


Jeff

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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 14:59:31 -0500
From: ***@VAXA.CIS.UWOSH.EDU
Subject: Olympic Festival

Someone asked earlier what an Oaktree is. I think they are playing off
a comment made about Milosovoci's Omelianchik's. It's a back handspring
1/4 to handstand.

And I think Mihini Bhardwaj is still at Brown's. It's just all the
athletes in the report were listed from their hometowns.

I still think, given a 9.9 start value, Strug's vault score coulda
been higher. And she fought that mistake on beam, covered it well.
Given the rest of the scores, I think a 9.700 or even a little higher woulda
been appropriate. Did she compete in finals?

Brink's floor score was fine, if a LITTLE high. Not that high that I would
really complain. Strug had the misfourtune of comepeting in the first
roation of floor, so...

Can someone please answer me a couple of real quick questions? Who
exactly is graudting off of Michigan'sd and alabama's teams? And what
ever happened to Shelly Engel and Molly Shawen? OH! And before I forget,
why wasn't Kim Kelly competing bars at nationals? Certainly, she could
have been expected to bring in a 9.800 or better; she had been all season.

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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 14:42:58 -0500
From: ***@A1.MEC.MASS.EDU
Subject: Re: Olympic trials in Wooster MA

The Olympic Trials will take place the 27-30 of June of 1996.
Are you sure they aren't in Boston,MA? That is what I heard.
One more thing, does Cornell University have women's gymnastics, if so, is there
a possibility that it might be cut like it was before?


Tammy

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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 16:35:17 -0400
From: ***@UMICH.EDU
Subject: Re: Olympic Festival

Hi..
I follow University of Michigan Gymnastics
Those who graduated this past year:

Beth Wymer :(
Kelly Carfora
Li Li Leung
May May Leung
Diana Ranelli
Debbie Berman

I haven't heard about our incoming class yet.

Anjel

> Someone asked earlier what an Oaktree is. I think they are playing off
> a comment made about Milosovoci's Omelianchik's. It's a back handspring
> 1/4 to handstand.
>
> And I think Mihini Bhardwaj is still at Brown's. It's just all the
> athletes in the report were listed from their hometowns.
>
> I still think, given a 9.9 start value, Strug's vault score coulda
> been higher. And she fought that mistake on beam, covered it well.
> Given the rest of the scores, I think a 9.700 or even a little higher woulda
> been appropriate. Did she compete in finals?
>
> Brink's floor score was fine, if a LITTLE high. Not that high that I would
> really complain. Strug had the misfourtune of comepeting in the first
> roation of floor, so...
>
> Can someone please answer me a couple of real quick questions? Who
> exactly is graudting off of Michigan'sd and alabama's teams? And what
> ever happened to Shelly Engel and Molly Shawen? OH! And before I forget,
> why wasn't Kim Kelly competing bars at nationals? Certainly, she could
> have been expected to bring in a 9.800 or better; she had been all season.
>

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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 17:21:32 -0400
From: ***@AOL.COM
Subject: Tanya Maiers

Hi Gymners!!!!

A Colorado Aerial level 10 friend of mine told me about Tanya. She had broken
her elbow, but she was "looking great in the gym" and was going to compete in
US Classic. In training before they were going to leave, she hurt her foot,
although I don't know exactly how, it must of been serious enough that she
couldn't compete.

As soon as I get more info on this, I'll post something, but untill now,
let's wish Tanya the best of luck in the future!!!!

Jessica

PS, is there any way that she can compete in Championships??? Does anyone
know anything on that????

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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 22:26:02 BST
From: ***@IC.AC.UK
Subject: Gymn on GNN

Just a small note to say that our Gymn WWW page was mentioned in one
of the Global Network Navigator (GNN) page on the WWW. The
description was put very sweetly:

"Go to the Gymn forum, a Web site devoted to gymnastics. Lovingly
maintained by Rachele Harless, the Gymn forum covers current events
in all parts of the gymnastics world."

For those who are interested, the address of this GNN page is:

http://gnn.com/gnn/meta/sports/other/misc.html

There are of course lots more links for various sports available in
GNN.

Sherwin

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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 14:25:46 +0000
From: ***@EFN.ORG
Subject: Smiles from Kerri

After watching today's coverage of the Olympic Festival, I just
wanted to add to my previous post that I saw more genuine smiles from
Kerri Strug today than I have seen in all her past meets combined.
It seems like her new coaching situation is proving to be very
positive for her. Good for her though, she deserves it!

Maybe this borders conspiracy theory, but I always wondered if her
coaches ever really gave her their complete support, seeing as Bela
was probably hedging his bets on Kim and Steve was undoubtedly doing
the same with Shannon. Are there any coaches out there who can
respond to this question, how do coaches handle training two (or
more) potential competitors without favoritism? Is it possible?

Thanks!

Katie Jaye

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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 19:01:41 -0400
From: ***@UMICH.EDU
Subject: USOF AA RESULTS

Hi all-
I just watched the all around, and I must also chime in that Kerri looked
so good..she seems so much more mature now as well as confident..
She was so consistent, I was really impressed..Especially bars, where she
had high difficulty and has learned to swing really smoothly.

I just read the post from Jennifer Eisenbart. I really agree with your
comments. I have never seen Vanessa Atler before and I was impressed..A
13 year old from California...

All Around:

1st Rotation:

Kerri Strug 9.800
Jamie Dantzsher 9.775
Heather Brink 9.775

2nd Rotation:

Heather Brink 19.55
Kerri Strug 19.50
Jamie Dantzsher 19.40
Vanessa Atler 19.40
Gail Kachura 19.275

3rd Rotation:

Kerri Strug 29.475
Vanessa Atler 29.200
Heather Brink 29.125
Gail Kachura 29.100
Jamie Dantzsher 29.000

4th Rotation - Final Results

Kerri Strug 39.125
Heather Brink 38.950
Vanessa Atler 38.750

East won the team competion.

Juniors were really impressive- especially Alexis Brion. She had
difficult passes for a junior.

I have never seen Kerri smile so much.
It is nice to see.

After the competition, Kerri remarked:

"During the competition, I wasn't thinking about (the injury) much
because of adrenaline, so it really didn't hurt much."


Rythmic:

All Around: Jessica Davis
Rope: Jessica Davis
Hoop:(Jr's only) Laura Lily
Ball:(Sr's only) Jessica Davis
Clubs: Jessica Davis
Ribbon: Jessica Davis

If I get any of the individual results I will post them.

bye;
Anjel

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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 19:13:19 -0700
From: ***@IX.NETCOM.COM
Subject: Olympic Festival

Am I the only one that was disapointed on the coverage of the Olympic
Festival this year? They kept coming into the middle of people's
routines and Julianne McNamara talked A LOT during the floor routines.
I just wanted to hear the music and enjoy it. Also they only showed
about 4 routines per rotation considering it was taped and could have
shown a few more people. I know they had a lot to cover but in '93 they
had a nice long and good competition.

Does anyone know if and when they are planning on showing the apperatus
finals? Does anyone know the results?

Bye for now! See ya later.


Margi :)

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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 22:47:20 -0400
From: ***@UMICH.EDU
Subject: Re: Olympic Festival

I was disappointed with the coverage also..but what can you do.
I would have liked to see more coverage of gymnasts like Mina Kim,
Mohini, etc. but they as usual only show the top gymnasts...
I taped it thinking they might show more than they did, considering that
the tv guide said they'd be showing gymnastics (and nothing else). Oh well.
Hopefully National's coverage will be longer.

Anjel

> Am I the only one that was disapointed on the coverage of the Olympic
> Festival this year? They kept coming into the middle of people's
> routines and Julianne McNamara talked A LOT during the floor routines.
> I just wanted to hear the music and enjoy it. Also they only showed
> about 4 routines per rotation considering it was taped and could have
> shown a few more people. I know they had a lot to cover but in '93 they
> had a nice long and good competition.
>
> Does anyone know if and when they are planning on showing the apperatus
> finals? Does anyone know the results?
>
> Bye for now! See ya later.
>
>
> Margi :)
>

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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 22:48:32 -0400
From: ***@AOL.COM
Subject: Russian Gymnast

Does anybody remember a Russian gymnast by the name of Sergey Khizhniakov who
competed around 1978-1980.

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