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Women’s
Program is excited to announce its first annual “Future Collegiate
Gymnasts Showcase” to be conducted in conjunction with the 2004
Jr. Olympic Nationals in Kissimmee, Florida. We hope that this
event will encourage your team to bring any additional eligible
Level 9 and 10 athletes to enjoy the National Championships. They
can cheer on their teammates and Regional friends who do qualify and
then have the opportunity on Monday, May 3rd to show off
their own gymnastics abilities at the “Showcase.”
Collegiate
coaches typically are present at JO Nationals to observe the high
school age athletes. This year they will stay one more day to get an
up-close look at so many other wonderfully talented athletes. This
is a great opportunity for your gymnasts to catch the eye of the
collegiate coaches. Please be aware that those athletes who compete
at Nationals may also register for this event. Perhaps they’d like
to show off new skills they’ve been working on but did not include
in their routine at Nationals due to lack of consistency.
Please check
out our website at http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/women/2004/collegebound.html
for more specific information and online registration. Each athlete
must complete the Athlete information form and register online. This
info will be compiled and put on a CD for all the collegiate coaches
who have registered.
Club coaches
attending the “Showcase” with an athlete are invited to a Sunday
night “Wine & Cheese mixer” with the collegiate coaches in
order to find out more about their university and its gymnastics
program.
Don’t miss
it!! Here’s your chance to assist your athlete in finding the
right collegiate program.
Dear Ms. Kelly,
My name is Tandra Knight and I am a
Towson University Gymnastics Alumni (1991) and Towson Athletic Hall
of Fame Member. Unfortunately, Towson University's new
president, Dr. Robert Caret, has decided to eliminate the Women's
Gymnastics Program starting next season. I am devastated that
this may be the end of such a highly successful athletic and
academic gymnastics program. For being such a small university
on the east coast, Towson has proven itself to be one of the top
programs in the nation for the past 20 years. Coach Richard
& Lynda Filbert have been nothing short of brilliant with their
recruiting and development of the gymnastics program, producing
All-Americans, Academic All-Americans, Conference Championships and
NCAA Regional and National Appearances. It would be a shame to
watch Towson University's only nationally recognized sports program
disappear. However, as many of us close to collegiate gymnastics
know, our sport is endangered. Apparently Dr. Caret and,
athletic director, Dr. Wayne Edwards would rather focus their
attention and money on Men's Football and Basketball, two programs
at Towson that have never had success even at the local level.
To comply with title IX they have also decided to drop Men's
Swimming and Diving, and possibly Track & Field, but will add
Women's Golf. This is why we need your help. Several alumni
and I are organizing a massive letter/e-mail writing campaign to
gather support to Save Towson Gymnastics! We have already
involved the local media, appearing on Channel 11 news last Friday
night and a sports talk radio program tonight. Anyone across
the country can listen or call-in to the radio show tonight by
tuning in to 1090 AM (Baltimore) or logging on to www.wbal.com
at 7:30 pm and clicking on the "Listen Live" icon in the
right hand corner (takes a few minutes to upload). Listeners
can call-in to 410-467-WBAL or 1-800-767-WBAL. I know this is a lot
to ask, but could you be so kind as to forward this e-mail and
attached information to as many gymnastics friends that you
know. We need everyone to become involved and show their
support of Tiger Gymnastics by e-mailing Dr. Robert Caret,
President, rcaret@towson.edu
and Dr. Wayne Edwards, wedwards@towson.edu or snail-mailing to
Towson University, 8000 York Road, Towson, MD 21252. I have attached
a flyer which highlights some of the many athletic and academic
achievements of Towson's Gymnastics Program. We have also set
up an e-mail address, savetowsongymnastics@hotmail.com , for people
to ask questions or share their comments and suggestions.
Please help us Save Towson University Tiger Gymnastics!
Anything you can do would be much appreciated.
Thank you so much,
Tandra (Tandy) Knight, tandra_k@hotmail.com
240-338-3355 (cell) former Hill's Gymnast (Kelli Hill) TU Alumni
(1991)
(posted 01/28/04)
2004
SENIOR GYMNASTS
Good Luck with your new life.
Seniors, please keep in touch with us. Thanks.
Forms:
Illinois
Graduating Senior Gymnast - Individual Form
Illinois
Graduating Senior Gymnast - Club Form
Lindsay Beechy
Level 9 / Gym-Kinetics
Courtney Butler
Midwest Academy of Gymnastics
Awarded full scholarship to University of Denver
Corey Cusenza
Level 10 / Spring Hill Gymnastics
Liz Davis
Champaign County YMCA
Jackie Fogli
Level 10 / Illinois Gymnastic Institute
Awarded full scholarship to Utah State
Casey Horberg
Champaign County YMCA
Ashley Howe
Level 10 / Tumbling On, USA
Awarded scholarship to UIC
Nicole Kirby
Level 10 / Gymnastics Etc
Katie Kluga
Level 10 / Illinois Gymnastic Institute
Awarded full scholarship to University of Missouri
Jill Kowalski
Midwest Academy of Gymnastics
Awarded full scholarship to Kent State University
Christie Kurtz
Level 10 / Gym-Kinetics
Michigan State U.
Katie Lieberman
Elite / Illinois Gymnastic Institute
Awarded full scholarship to University of Michigan
Amy Potrawski
Level 10 / Illinois Gymnastic Institute
Awarded full scholarship to Seattle Pacific University
Jennifer Rice
Level 10 / Gym-Kinetics
Awarded scholarship to Northern Illinois U.
Shanelle Richardson
Champaign County YMCA
Illinois State University
Liz Tricase
Elite / Illinois Gymnastic Institute
Awarded full scholarship to Stanford
Amber Whitecotton
Level 9 / Spring Hill Gymnastics
(posted 07/07/04)
The Gift of Life
Read about how Shawn Bowlden, a coach from St.
Charles Gymnastics Club gave the priceless gift of one of his
kidneys to Margaret Koczwara, also a coach at that club.
Link
to the Daily Herald
Article in Adobe
Acrobat format
UPDATE:
Hi all:
Maria and Mama left at 3:00am Nevada time on the air ambulance to
RIC.
So you know where to direct your prayers and energy, she will be at:
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
345 E. Superior St.
Chicago, IL 60611
Mama might be staying in the city. Will let you know more when I do.
Thanks again for support and prayers. Maria is progressing every
day.
Any messages? I am headed down there this afternoon...
my love and prayers to you all,
megan
UPDATE:
Hi All;
Thank you so much for your thoughts and prayers for my little
sister Maria.
I am here at the hospital in Reno, watching miracles happen every
day. They
thought she would die, they thought she would have brain damage,
they
thought she would never feel or move again. So far, with all the
hope and
prayers, Maria has beat all odds. She is here, she is herself and
she is
improving every day: Yesterday, she was breathing on her own for
15 hours.
She has movement in her left leg, she is starting to be able to
make a fist
with her left hand and these movements are slowly migrating to her
right
side. They have determined that the cord was not severed, just
badly bruised
and swollen, but, even so, with a spinal cord injury it is
impossible to
predict how recovery will progress, or if it will continue to
progress at
all.
So please, PLEASE keep praying for Maria and her continued daily
strength
improvements. She knows it will be a long hard road to recovery,
but with
your support and prayers she can keep experiencing the miracle of
movement
and she can continue to believe in herself and her full recovery.
We are not sure how much longer she is going to be in Reno; we are
doing
everything possible to be able to move Maria back home to Chicago,
but it is
a long, confusing and expensive process.
If you would like to send your thoughts or support to Maria,
please e-mail
me. I can print out your message and bring it back to her room to
read to
her--not as cute as a "get well" card, but a heck of a
lot faster.
Again, all your support is huge, thank you!
Love,
megan
(posted 07/07/04)
Maria Mazzocco, a gymnast from Palatine High School
class of '96 was a talented club gymnast. With her athletic
talent and drive she taught herself to snowboard and went on to
become the women's snowboarding champion in 2003. She was
living in Mammoth California this summer. This Sunday she had
a bad accident, fell and broke her neck. She is paralyzed
right now and so I am asking for support and a prayer from the
gymnastics community and anyone who remembers, went to school with
or knows Maria through other activities. Thanks in advance for
your time and prayers for her recovery.
Terry Theobald
Washoe Medical Center
ICU Room 152
77 Pringle Way
Reno, NV 89502
(posted 6/21/04)
Certification
of Judges
(posted 3/08/04)
2004 Training Camps
Supercamp
Aug 13-15 (possible 2 different locations)
Hotshot
Sept. 10-12
HighTech
Oct 1-3
Forward Progress
Nov. 5-7
Location Naperville Gymnastics, Naperville, IL
If anyone is interested in
hosting one of the camps please contact Dan Miller @ 815-730-7453
or email me at aerialarena@peoplepc.com.
I will be sending out specifics for each camp along with
registration info soon.
Thanks,
Dan the Coach
(posted 02/23/04)
Member
Services Update March 2004
(posted 11/01/03)
Note
to Meet Directors:
Please email all meet results to Cyndi Zimmerman at gymmom4@aol.com.
These results will then be posted on the calendar
page as an Adobe Acrobat document.
(posted 10/14/03)
USA
Gymnastics Sanctioned Event Insurance Coverage Updates for
Registered Athletes and Professional Members
(posted 4/18/04)
To Friends of Grete Treiber (the Hungarian Queen!)
Grete is retiring from Indiana State Univ. after a 46 year career of
teaching Physical Education and coaching Women's Gymnastics. As we
are sure all of you remember, Grete hosted several of the USAG
National Compulsory Workshops, was a Brevet judge for years, judging
several international competitions, and was a pioneer for Women's
Collegiate Gymnastics. Grete was inducted into the Hall of Fame in
1988 for her many contributions to the USAG Women's Gymnastics
Program.
Since many of us are not able to attend her retirement /celebration
at Indiana State Univ. in Terre Haute on May 7, we wanted to give
Grete a scrapbook filled with letters of congratulation or fun
memories from her many Gymnastics friends all over the country. If
you could get your letters to us by APRIL 25. That
will give us time to assemble the scrapbook and get it to Grete in
time for her retirement celebration. Please include your address
and/or phone number with your letter for Grete. You can send your
letter any one of the following ways – mail, fax, or e-mail. We
look forward to hearing from you to make Grete’s retirement even
more special.
Send e-mails to Sandy Oldham: sewold@aol.com
Or send your letters by mail to: Betty Axelson-McClelland
20 Covered Bridge Rd
So Barrington, IL 60010
FAX: 847-382-5640
“Dahling,” as Grete would say, THANK YOU For
any note or letter you can send the “Hungarian Queen” -- we know
it will mean a great deal to her!
If you have any questions, feel free to call Sandy Oldham at
847-961-6476 or Betty Axelson-McClelland at 847-382-7487
(posted 11/06/03)
NEW
WEBSITE FEATURE
Please note that scores from all meets will be
posted on this website in Adobe Acrobat format. To view these
scores, please go to the calendar page. A SCORES column has
been added. If there is a YES in the column for a specific
meet, those scores have been forwarded for posting. Click on
the word YES to view these scores.
(posted 11/06/03)
Kristina Comforte has
qualified for the Trophee Massilia Meet in Massilia, France to be
held Nov 21-23
Picture
USAG
article
The annual Trophée Massilia features team, all-around, and event
final competition.
USAG decided the assignments following a camp held at the women's
national training center in Texas last weekend. Attending the Trophée
Massilia with Vise will be Kristina Comforte, Ashley
Jenkins, Allyse Ishino, Courtney McCool, and Alicia
Sacramone
(posted 11/01/03)
LEVEL
5 STATE MEET REALIGNMENT LISTING
(posted 10/08/03)
Picture of Leonard Issacs posing with
former gymnast and new USAG inductee into the Hall of Fame
(posted 11/16/03)
CHARLES
POND
Charles
"Charlie" Pond (1915-2003)
- Charlie Pond, one of America's great gymnastics coaches, passed
away peacefully at his home in Dewey, Arizona recently (October, 30,
2003). He touched the lives of most of the great gymnastics and
acrobatic performers in the latter half of the Twentieth Century...
Former U of I coach
(posted 8/19/03)
IN
MEMORIAM
John Brinkworth long time coach and Judge has passed
away on Wednesday August 13 at 1:30. John was a true friend of
our sport and a GREAT guy. John will be missed in and out of the gym.
(posted 12/17/03)
David
Moskovitz
David Moskovitz died on Friday Dec. 12, 2003. Dave’s car hit a
patch of ice on a rural highway in Pennsylvania. He lost control of
the car causing him to hit an embankment and roll off the highway.
Dave was a high school gymnast at York Community High School in
Illinois during the early 1980’s. He earned the honor of being the
"Most Outstanding Illinois High School Senior." He was an
Illinois State finalist in several events and an All-American. Dave
later when on to compete for Ohio State University. At OSU, Dave was
a member of the 1985 NCAA Championship Team. Dave had a successful
career in gymnastics. He became involved with USA gymnastics and was
one of the front-runners in developing the USA Gymnastics safety
certifications. He had also been involved with the general
gymnastics program for USA gymnastics.
Dave leaves behind him a wife, Lynn, sisters Peggy and Bonnie and
his mother. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Dave, his family and
friends that he left behind.
(posted 6/21/03)
SCHEDULE
FOR CONGRESS
Host
Hotel: Double Tree Guest Suites Downers Grove
2003 Illinois State Clinic
(posted 5/30/03)
COMMITTEE CHAIR NOMINATIONS
The following positions are up for
re-election: Level 5 Chair , Level 7 Chair,
Level 9 Chair, JO Chair, and Safety Chair. Please fax
your nominations by June 10th to Terry Theobald at (847)949-3903.
All resumes must be received by June 10th.
The election of the Illinois State
USAG Committee Members is done on a staggered year system in May of
every year. Each elected member: a)serves a two year term b)has one
vote c)must be nominated by a USAG professional member and must
first have given permission to be nominated.
Your Committee members are important people in Illinois. They are
responsible for decisions that affect your gymnasts and your program
He/she should be able to make decisions for the betterment of all
gymnasts and gymnastic programs. Your Committee members should be
people who are capable of effectively representing your views and
suggestions to the State Committee and Chairman. This enables the
State Chairman to better represent the state of Illinois at Regional
and National meetings.
Duties of:
Level Chairperson:
1)Be present at ALL Committee
meetings 2)Be knowledgeable of the rules that govern the particular
level he/she represents 3) Be available to answer questions his/her
particular level 4)Track all registered athletes at his/her level
5)Administer and oversee your particular level’s Sectional/State
competitions 6)Submit monthly reports to secretary for publication
in newsletter 7)Be a member in good standing with the National
Office.
Safety:
1)Be present at ALL Committee
meetings 2)Have detailed knowledge of the Safety requirements as it
pertains to national R&P and Equipment standards. 3) Have
detailed and first hand knowledge of the legal system and how it
relates to the sport of gymnastics. 4)Close relationship with the
national office. 5)Access to Pentium computer and secure email
address. 6) Fax machine that is confidential. 7)Be a member in good
standing with the National Office. 8)Understanding that the position
has an area of confidentiality.
JO Chair:
1)Be present at ALL Committee
meetings. 2) Complete knowledge of the USAG and Illinois R&P’s.
3) Must have been a former Illinois Committee member. 4) Access to
Pentium computer and secure email address. 5) A fax machine that is
confidential. 6) The understanding that this position has an area of
confidentiality. 7) Be able to make decisions for the good of the
entire USAG program and to be able to differentiate between that and
their own interests. 8) Order awards for all state series meets. 9)
Must assist the Level chairs and the State chair of their
activities.
NOMINATION
FORM
(posted 4/14/03)
Region
5 April 2003 Elite Newsletter
(posted 02/11/03)
MEMO FROM: Wm A. Sands,
Ph.D., C.S.C.S.
Chair - Exercise Science & Sports Medicine
(Kinesiology)
California Lutheran University
I'd like to sound an alarm to help Southeast Missouri
State in efforts to save their gymnastics program. Information from
Southeast Missouri is below. If you can help, please contact them.
An online petition is referred to below:
http://gosoutheast.ocsn.com/
sports/ w-gym/ semo-w-gym-body.html
Here’s
the website to petition to keep it…
http://www.petitiononline.com/
ru4semo/ petition.html
(posted 4/03/03)
2003-2004 INFO
State Series Meet dates
set
The 2004 Regional meets will be:
April 2 - 4, 2004 - Level 9 and 10 Regionals
April 15-18, 2004 - Level 8 Regionals
Bids due by May 29th, 2003.
Click here for
bid form in HTML
Click here for bid form in
Adobe Acrobat format
(posted 4/29/03)
JUDGES BRUNCH AND
OPEN HOUSE
WHO: ANYONE INTERESTED IN JUDGING & THOSE PREPARING TO TEST UP
WHEN: SUNDAY, MAY 4TH AND/OR JUNE 1ST, 2003 9:00 AM - NOON
FOR MORE
INFORMATION CLICK HERE
LEVEL 10 REGIONAL
NEWS
Level
10 Regional Results
We congratulate all the
Illinois gymnasts who competed at Level 10 Regionals with a special shout-out
for the following girls who qualified for Nationals!
Jr A
Gina Nuccio / Aerial Gymnastics Arena / 1st AA
Vanessa Zamarripa /
Midwest
Twisters / 2nd AA
Jr B
Anna Li / Naperville Gymnastics Club / 1st AA
Tricia Wilson / Aerial Gymnastics Arena / 2nd AA
Jessica Prousa / Naperville Gymnastics Club / 7th AA
Danielle Ikoma / Aerial Gymnastics Arena / 8th AA
Holly Reichard / American Academy of Gymnastics / 9th AA
Jr C
Jamie Custer / Aerial Gymnastics Arena /
2nd AA
Natalie Pavela / IGI
/ 4th AA
Kristin Perchatsh / Aerial Gymnastics / 5th AA
Huneth Lor / Naperville Gymnastics Club / 7th AA
Lindsey Schultz / Energym Sports Campus / 8th AA
Laura Woolf / Buffalo Grove Gymnastics / 10th AA (2nd Alt)
Jr D
Julia Zimmerman / Buffalo
Grove
Gymnastics / 5th AA
Mariska Botterman / Gym-Kinetics / 8th AA (Alt)
Sr A
Bianca Puello / Southern
Illinois Gymnastics / 2nd AA
Sarah Specht / Midwest Academy / 4th AA
Jessica Jenne / IGI
/ 8th AA (Alt)
Sr B
Katie Burke / American
Academy of Gymnastics / 2nd AA - tie
Katie Kluga / IGI
/ 5th AA
Courtney Butler / Midwest Academy / 8th AA (Alt)
Sr C
Amie Olaes / IGI
/ 1st AA
Lindsay Borkan / American Academy of Gymnastics
/ 2nd AA
Lindsey Murphy / Energym Sports Campus / 4th AA
Jessica Jaworowitz / Energym Sports Campus / 5th AA
Amanda Pezzullo / IGI
/ 8th AA (Alt)
Sr D
Leah Concannon / Gym-Kinetics /
4th AA
Meghan Cronin / Energym Sports Campus / 5th AA
Bobbie Zimmerman / Midwest Academy / 7th AA
(posted 4/06/03)
ATTN: MEET
DIRECTORS
Please email NorbertIL@aol.com
the dates of your major Out of House Invitational i.e. Gateway , IGI
Chicago Style
* The Deadline for this is MAY 1st IN HAND
This is the new Priority 1 Level that we will use to Establish
the Meet Schedule for the 03-04 Season
Priority 1 Submissions
Dates to remember
April 2, 3, 4 2004 Level 9, 10 Regional Meet
April 16, 17, 18 2004 Level 8 Regionals
The State Calendar will follow
2003 AGE DIVISIONS FOR LEVEL
9 & LEVEL
10 REGIONAL & NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
(posted 4/17/03)
Attention All Gymnastics Clubs in Illinois,
Iowa, Missouri
There are KAT and MELPD
workshops being held in Peoria,
IL.
What are the KAT and MELPD
Programs?
A KAT (Kinder
Accreditation for Teachers)
workshop is a full day of focused and productive preschool teacher
education. The workshop covers teaching philosophy, understanding
the preschool-age child, safety considerations unique to young
children, warm-ups and games that make classes fun, class
management and discipline skills, and much more! The KAT
workshop offers education and certification for the
preschool/movement education teacher at your school. Since USA
Gymnastics launched the KAT course in 1995, it
has set national standards for teaching gymnastics to young
children. As club owners, program directors and coaches, it is
highly recommended that you and/or your preschool program
director/manager earn this certification.
The MELPD (Movement Education
and Lesson Plan Development)
workshop is an extension of the KAT workshop and
consists of five hours of preschool teacher education. The overall
emphasis of this workshop is to provide instructors with the
necessary knowledge to develop preschool gymnastics lesson plans,
emphasize developmentally appropriate practices, fundamental skill
development, and much more!
The KAT and MELPD workshops are
being held at River City
Gymnastics, in Peoria, IL
on May 3rd and 4th,
2003. The deadline for this course is April
19th, 2003.
If you would like to attend you can register with USA Gymnastics
at 1-800-345-4719 or return the
attached from via US Postal Mail or Fax.
The price of KAT for Instructor and Professional
members is $100.00. The price of KAT for
non-members is $150.00. The price of MELPD for
Instructor and Professional members is $75.00. The price of MELPD
for non-members is $125.00. If you are planning on taking
both the KAT and the MELPD on
the same weekend you will receive a discounted rate. The price for
both workshops for Instructor and Professional members is $150.00
and the price for non-members is $225.00 Non-members will receive
a complimentary USA Gymnastics one year Instructor membership. You
must be at least 16 years of age to attend.
If the required minimum of registrations is not met; these courses
will unfortunately be cancelled. Take advantage of this unique
opportunity and register today!
Now is the perfect chance to invest in furthering your gymnastics
education. Take the KAT and MELPD workshops this year.
LEVEL 9 EASTERNS
RESULTS
We congratulate all the
Illinois gymnasts who competed at Level 9 Regionals with a special shout-out
for the girls who qualified for Easterns ! Click here to view
list
(posted 4/03/03)
WHAT'S NEW ---
WHAT'S NEW you ask?
When it comes to this website, just about EVERYTHING is new ...
The menu items have been reorganized to make it easier to find the information
that you are looking for. Take a few minutes to look around and you will
see everything that was here before plus a few new added goodies! If you
click on any of the four menu bars to the left a drop-down menu appears with
further menu choices. Click on the State Series menu bar to glance at
the latest information available for those meets. The two beams to the
right will take you right to two of the most accessed pages - the calendar and
the club listing. Watch the bar at the top of the page for gymnastics
quotes and the box to the right for gymnastics trivia.
We hope you will like the changes - be sure to let us know your thoughts.
Contact Us
SOME NEW FEATURES:
- At-a-glance look at State Series Meet Information
- Improved R&P manual section directly on the website
- Printer-friendly versions of calendar and club listing
- Newsletter mailing list for pro members
- New forms like a score sheet for use in meet programs and
individual use
- Downloadable club listing
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