“AFA Gymnastics Coach is a Hall of Famer (KKTV 11 Colorado Springs)” plus 3 more |
- AFA Gymnastics Coach is a Hall of Famer (KKTV 11 Colorado Springs)
- HOST MELAKA EYEING FIVE GOLD MEDALS FROM WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
- W. Gymnastics. No. 21 Washington Gymnastics Heads To Pac-10 Championships (GoHuskies.com)
- LSU cheerleader a finalist in FOX Sports competition (The Daily Reveille)
| AFA Gymnastics Coach is a Hall of Famer (KKTV 11 Colorado Springs) Posted: 23 Mar 2010 03:58 PM PDT Air Force men's gymnastics head coach Kip Simons will be inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame this summer, as a member of the 2010 induction class, the national governing body announced this afternoon (March 23) from its office in Indianapolis, Ind. Simons is one of six inductees into the sport's prestigious hall of fame. "I'm tremendously honored to be selected to the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame," Simons said. "To be recognized among the country's top gymnasts is very humbling. Starting this sport at the age of six, I never dreamed that one day I would be inducted into the Hall of Fame." Simons, a native of Bloomsburg, Pa., competed on the 1994 and 1995 World Championship teams and was a member of the 1996 U.S. Olympic Men's Gymnastics Team. He and his teammates won team gold medals at the 1995 Pan-American Games and the 1994 Pacific Alliance Championships, where he individually earned a silver medal on the still rings. Simons won the still rings title, placed second on the parallel bars and finished fourth in the all-around at the 1996 national meet. During a successful college career at Ohio State, Simons earned numerous honors, including the Big Ten Freshman of the Year and the Nissen-Emery Award, which is given to the nation's top senior gymnast. He was a four-year member of the All-Big 10 team, while earning four Big 10 Conference titles on the parallel bars (1992, 1994), still rings (1992) and high bar (1993). Simons spent five years on the coaching staff at Cal-Berkeley, including four as an assistant coach and one as the associate head coach. Since taking over the Air Force program in 2005, Simons has coached one NCAA All-American (two certificates), one Nissen-Emery finalist, two USAG champions (seven titles) and 12 USAG All-Americans (26 certificates). He received the USAG Coach of the Year and West Region Coach of the Year awards in 2008, as well as the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Coach of the Year award in 2006. Joining Simons in the 2010 induction class are 1996 Olympic team gold-medalist Dominique Moceanu, 1992 Olympic team bronze-medalist Wendy Bruce-Martin and Olympian Jennifer Parilla (2000 trampoline). The class also includes 2004 and 2008 U.S. Men's Olympic team head coach Kevin Mazeika and 2000 U.S. Olympic trampoline coach Robert Null. Ellen Nyemcsik (rhythmic gymnastics) will also be honored with the lifetime achievement award. The USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame inducted its first class in 1959. Based in Indianapolis, USA Gymnastics is the national governing body for gymnastics in the United States. Its mission is to encourage participation and the pursuit of excellence in the sport. Its disciplines include men's and women's artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline and tumbling, acrobatic gymnastics and group gymnastics. The 2010 USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame luncheon and induction ceremony is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 13, as part of the USA Gymnastics National Congress and Trade Show in Hartford, Conn., and will be held in conjunction with the 2010 Visa Championships. "When I reflect on all facets of my life, I realize that the life lessons I have learned and continue to learn are a direct result of my love for the sport of gymnastics," Simons said. "We all know the sport of gymnastics is very infectious. Once you begin heading down the 'road of gymnastics', there is no turning back." Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Posted: 23 Mar 2010 04:31 AM PDT MELAKA, March 23 (Bernama) -- The Melaka artistic gymnastics team, spearheaded by national women gymnast Cheong See Teng, hope to win at least five gold medals in the SUKMA, scheduled in June. Melaka Amateur Gymnastic Federation Datin Rahimah Razali said the Melaka gymnastics squad would be made up of new and old faces like Cheong (17), Tracie Ang (17), Nabihan Ali (19), Tan Ing Yueh (14), Nur Azian Irdahani Abdullah (15) and Loh Hui Xin (17). "We have targetted for five gold medals but expecting for more, just like our target during the SUKMA in Terengganu two years ago," said Rahimah. In Terengganu, despite setting a five-gold target, Melaka won six gold medals from the women's artistic gymnastics, four of the total came through Cheong, Tracie contributed one while the other was won in the team event. She added that Cheong, a Bukit Jalil Sports School student had also won two gold medals when Kedah hosted the SUKMA four years ago. -- MORE SPORTS-SUKMA (GYMNASTICS) 2 (LAST) MELAKA She added that Mikail Gutsalyuk from Uzbekistan who coaches the Melaka gymnastics team, has been with the state team for the past nine years and has been instrumental in the development of the sports in the state. Apart from artistic, three gymnast would represent the state in rhythmic gymnastics, namely Lim Ying, Nurul Fatin Nadia Janudin and Rabiatul Ajlaa Sabarudin Shah, all aged 14 and making their debut in the SUKMA, she said. Melaka as the host of SUKMA are offering 20 gold medals for rhythmic and artistic events to be held at the Merlimau Polytechnic in Jasin. -- BERNAMA FBR NO JRL Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| W. Gymnastics. No. 21 Washington Gymnastics Heads To Pac-10 Championships (GoHuskies.com) Posted: 23 Mar 2010 12:19 PM PDT March 23, 2010
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Pac-10 Gymnastics Championships This Week Live Coverage Last Week Also winning events were Samantha Walior on bars with a career-high tying 9.900, Hatsune Akaogi on vault with a career-best 9.850 and Walior and Kristen Linton on floor, who tied with 9.875s. The Huskies had season highs as a team on bars (49.075) and floor (49.100) en route to the runaway victory to head into the conference championship on a roll. Huskies in the Rankings The Huskies also rank in the top 25 on bars (No. 21) and beam (No. 23) along with ranking 27th on floor and 32nd on vault. UW opened the season in the top-25 for the first time since 2006, coming in at No. 25. Challenging Schedule After facing then-No. 24 ASU, UW got a one-week break from ranked opponents at home against Cal, before picking back up with the tough competition against No. 8 Arkansas. The Huskies finished the regular season on the road against No. 23 Arizona, No. 2 Oklahoma and SPU, reaching season highs in two of the three meets. About the Huskies UW has been led by returning All-Pac-10 performer Hatsune Akaogi, who owns three all-around wins this year. Juniors Samantha Walior, a First Team All-Pac-10 pick on floor last year who leads UW with seven event wins in 2010, Haley Bogart and Kristen Linton have also been solid for a very young team that has no seniors. Scouting the Pac-10 Conference All-arounders to look out for at the conference championships include UCLA's Vanessa Zamarripa, who ranks No. 3 in the nation, along with Carly Janiga of Stanford and Anna Li of UCLA, who rank No. 8 and No. 10, respectively. On vault, Oregon State's Mandi Rodriguez and UCLA's Zamarripa rank tied for second in the country while the Bruins have the country's top two on bars in Li and Zamarripa. Zamarripa also ranks third on beam while Rodriguez is ranked second nationally on floor. Where the Huskies Rank Walior has also been strong on beam, where she rates 10th in the conference and 48th nationally with an RQS of 9.825 and she is also the highest-ranked Husky on floor, ranking 16th in the conference and 69th nationally with an RQS of 9.835. Hatsune Akaogi, meanwhile, has been solid in the all-around, ranking 11th in the Pac-10 and 60th national with an RQS of 38.890. Coming On Strong Things started clicking for UW six weeks ago against Arizona State when they posted their first score of 195.000 or better despite a narrow loss to the Sun Devils. In that meet, the Huskies also recorded their first event scores of 49.000 or better, earning a 49.000 on vault and a 49.025 on floor. The next week, UW topped their best team score in a win over Cal, registering a 195.625, their best since a 196.000 last season in a win over Oregon State. UW also reached season bests on bars (49.025) and beam (48.850) in the victory. The Huskies then topped themselves again at No. 19 Arizona, earning a 195.675 and recording their season high on bars with a 49.050. The Huskies equaled season highs on vault, beam and floor two weeks ago in setting a team high again with a 195.800 at No. 2 Oklahoma and last week they set new season highs on bars (49.075) and floor (49.100) in a win over Seattle Pacific. Hats Off To Hatsune Where she has been her most consistent has been floor exercise, where she earned a career-high 9.825 three weeks ago after scoring 9.800 twice and 9.775 seven times this year. The only time she dipped below a 9.775 was a 9.725 against Arizona State. She has also been solid on vault, recording a 9.800 five times and setting a career high last week with a 9.850 to win the event. She has also earned a 9.850 - her highest score on any event in her career - on bars against UCLA and Cal. Sam the Ma'am While bothered by a heel injury lately and a knee injury for months, the Minnesota native continues to put up solid scores week in and week out. She has been at her best on beam, an event where she ranks 10th in the conference and tied for 45th in the country, scoring a 9.800 or better seven times, including a season best 9.850 against both Utah and Oklahoma and a 9.825 against Arizona to tie for the win. She has also been solid on floor, where she's scored 9.800 or better five times, topping out at 9.875 last week against SPU to tie for the title. More Junior Power Linton, meanwhile, is tied for second on the team with five event wins this year. She's won three times on floor, recording a season-high and tying a career high with a 9.875 last week. She also scored a 9.850 against Arizona State recently and made it back-to-back wins the following week against California with a 9.825. She also set a career-high and recorded her first-ever 9.900 on bars against Cal to earn two victories in the meet before tying Walior for the win with a 9.850 two weeks ago. Rookies Making an Impact Rogers won her first career all-around title last week, scoring a career-high 39.075, recording a career-best 9.700 on beam and scoring at least 9.775 on the other three events. She finished second on vault with a 9.825 and tied for third on bars with a 9.775. She has been a key contributer on vault down the home stretch, receiving a pair of 9.800s and a 9.825 against No. 2 Oklahoma and also earning a career-best 9.875 against Arizona State. She also broke out with a career-best 9.850 on bars three weeks ago to tie for her first career win against Arizona. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| LSU cheerleader a finalist in FOX Sports competition (The Daily Reveille) Posted: 23 Mar 2010 09:10 PM PDT LSU cheerleader Jessica Spitale is trading her pom-poms for the spotlight as she competes for Cheerleader of the Year. FOX Sports is running the tournament with its online show "The College Experiment." FOX Sports asked universities across the country to submit pictures of their cheerleaders. Spitale, a communication studies senior and cheerleading captain, was one of eight chosen to compete from all the submissions. The competition has brackets set up similar to those of the NCAA Basketball tournament. Advancement in the competition is determined through public vote online. Contestants began the "tournament" divided into four geographical brackets: North, South, East and West, and the two cheerleaders in each bracket competed against each other to advance to the semifinals. Spitale competed against a cheerleader from the University of Texas. The winner will then compete against the winner from the North bracket. By the time first round voting closed, Spitale was ahead by about 30 percent. Those advancing in the tournament will be announced Wednesday on "The College Experiment." Spitale is the only actual cheerleader in the competition, she said. "I want to win this award because I'm the only cheerleader. Everyone else are dancers," Spitale said. "If they are going to call it 'Cheerleader of the Year,' it should be a cheerleader." Spitale said she knows students are busy, and it is not likely they will make voting a priority. "I just want to thank everyone who voted," she said. Each contestant filmed an interview, which was posted on the tournament's Web site for voters to view. Spitale said contestants were not given the questions ahead of time. "He just told me to bring all my uniforms to the PMAC," she said. "It was kind of stressful not to be prepared." Spitale said she did not know anything about the contest until a few weeks ago, and she didn't know her photos had been submitted. The winner will be crowned on April 7, after the men's NCAA final game on April 5. Other contestants hail from the universities of Oregon, Southern California and Florida and Oregon State University. A Facebook group called "Vote LSU's JESSICA for Cheerleader of the Year" was started to support her in the tournament and holds the voting information. Spitale said she has been cheering since she was in grade school, and she also did gymnastics and diving. Spitale has cheered for LSU football, men's basketball, volleyball and gymnastics during the past four years. She will continue to cheer for a fifth year. She currently writes for American Cheerleader Magazine.
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