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- 1980 U.S. Gymnastics Team To Be Honored In Hartford In August
- Auburn Mountainview gymnastics' Jayme Hostetter Auburn Reporter Prep Coach of the Year
- Sports in brief, June 10
- Gymnastics: Jeremy ejected for representing Hong Kong
| 1980 U.S. Gymnastics Team To Be Honored In Hartford In August Posted: 10 Jun 2010 01:20 PM PDT Message from Five Filters: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. USA Gymnastics will celebrate the accomplishments of the 1980 U.S. Olympic gymnastics team on Saturday, Aug. 14, as part of the final day of the 2010 Visa Championships in Hartford. Thirty years ago, the 1980 USGF International Invitational, the alternate Olympic competition for gymnastics, was held at the Hartford Civic Center, now known as the XL Center, after President Jimmy Carter decided the United States would boycott the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. "This group of athletes is so deserving of this recognition," said Steve Penny, president of USA Gymnastics, in a press release. "When we learned that they had never been recognized as a team, we felt that this year's Visa Championships would be the perfect opportunity to do so. Athletes from this team have continued to play an important role for USA Gymnastics, and Hartford is the perfect place for this celebration. Their dedication and determination are worth remembering, and we are proud to commemorate their 30-year anniversary." The members of the women's 1980 Olympic Team are Luci Collins Cummings of Inglewood, Calif.; Marcia Frederick Blanchette of Assomet, Mass.; Kathy Johnson Clarke of Longwood, Fla.; Beth Kline Rybacki of Upland, Calif.; Amy Koopman Enxing of Village of Lakewood, Ill.; Julianne McNamara Zeile of Thousand Oaks, Calif.; and Tracee Talavera Kent of Tallahassee, Fla. Ernestine Weaver was the head coach, and Paul Ziert was the assistant coach. The men's team: Phil Cahoy of Omaha, Neb.; Bart Conner of Norman, Okla.; Ron Galimore of Indianapolis, Ind.; Larry Gerard of Fort Worth, Texas; Jim Hartung of Lincoln, Neb.; Peter Vidmar of Coto de Caza, Calif.; and Mike Wilson of Plano, Texas. Francis Allen was the head coach, with Bill Meade as the assistant. The 1980 U.S. Olympic team was chosen at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Jacksonville, Fla. After President Carter called for the Olympic boycott, the U.S. government organized alternate Olympic-level competitions for each of the sports, and gymnastics held its event in Hartford. Called the 1980 USGF International Invitational, the event featured gymnasts from Canada, China, Federal Republic of Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland and the USA. The members of the U.S. Olympic team who medaled at the event were Frederick (first on vault, second in the all-around and third in both the uneven bars and balance beam); and Galimore (first on vault, third on floor exercise and still rings).. Tickets, beginning at $18 plus applicable fees, for the VISA Championships Aug. 10-14, may be purchased through Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000; online at http://www.ticketmaster.com; at all Ticketmaster outlets; at the XL Center Ticket Office; at the University of Hartford ticket office; or through participating area gymnastics clubs. Five Filters featured article: Into the Abyss. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Auburn Mountainview gymnastics' Jayme Hostetter Auburn Reporter Prep Coach of the Year Posted: 10 Jun 2010 04:24 PM PDT Message from Five Filters: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. Jayme Hostetter wasn't keeping score. With just a few points separating her Auburn Mountainview gymnasts from the first-place Columbia River girls at the state 3A gymnastics team championship, she knew the title was within reach. But the Lions coach had been there before. "It was kind of a repeat of the year before," Hostetter said. Last season, the Lions finished second at the 3A championships after posting a dismal beam performance in their last apparatus of the meet. This season, however, Auburn Mountainview had the advantage of doing the floor exercise last, with Columbia River forced to perform on the always difficult bars. "In bars, you just don't have any flexibility," Hostetter said. "So every time we would put a girl up, they would score an 8.5 and they (Columbia River) would be scoring a 5.5. So we made up ground pretty quick." Even after the final events were over and the official scores were being tallied, Hostetter still had no idea what the score was. Although congratulatory texts from parents in the stands were beginning to light up her phone, Hostetter said it wasn't until a reporter came up to her and broke the news that the Auburn Mountainview gymnastics squad had made history, winning the school's first ever state title. "We were shocked because we knew we were close, but you never know for sure," Hostetter said. "We'd been close before and kind of come out on the short end of the stick. It's so hard to be consistent all the way through." For Hostetter – the Auburn Reporter Prep Coach of the Year – it was another step in a career that begin in 1986. Hostetter, who also teaches biology and chemistry at Mountainview, first hit the mat for Renton gymnastics as a youth. Although a back injury ended her competitive career in her junior year of high school at Kentridge, she continued to coach for local gymnastics legend Gunter Bohrmann, who won nine state titles while coaching at Kent-Meridian High School. "I worked with him for summer camps and things like that," she said. "He was a great man and a great coach." After getting her degree at Whitworth College in Spokane, Hostetter returned to the Puget Sound area and returned to her alma mater to take over the gymnastics program as coach. "Then I came back and started coaching at Kentridge in 1986," she said. She coached the Chargers until 1992, when she stepped down after the birth of her daughter, Natalie. Soon, however, the coaching bug bit again. "I started coaching at the club level, the compulsory level kids," Hostetter said. "It was while she (Natalie) was with them (Auburn gymnastics). It was a way for me to be with her." After a stint as an assistant at the newly opened Kentlake High, Hostetter jumped at the chance to helm the gymnastics program when Auburn Mountainview opened in 2005. "(Coming here) was a gem," she said. For the past five years, with the help of high-caliber athletes such as Lexi Morton, Sunny Lemon, Ashley Perkovich and her own daughter Natalie, Hostetter steadily has built one of the premier gymnastics programs in the state, culminating in the 3A championship this season. Although the team loses Morton, who was seventh in the all-around this season, the Lions will be a favorite to contend for a state championship again next year, with several quality girls returning, including Natalie and Sarah Fiksdahl. That deep, talented lineup fueled the Lions' drive to the title. "I think it's because of our depth," Hostetter said. "For kids like Lexi and Natalie, it's about keeping them in the shape they are in at that moment. Because it's really hard as a high school gymnast to have the time to build brand new skills. There just isn't enough time in three months to do that." Hostetter reiterated that it was important to allow the higher-level club gymnasts the chance to maintain their skills. Hostetter then extends that growth during the school season. "With the other kids, it's about taking the kids and building them as far as you can with their strengths and keeping it as clean as possible," she continued. "My motto is 'Do what you do well.' " In 2010, the Lions did very well, reaching the summit of the 3A state ranks. Auburn Reporter Sports Reporter Shawn Skager can be reached at sskager@auburn-reporter.com or (253) 833-0218, ext. 5054.Five Filters featured article: Into the Abyss. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Posted: 10 Jun 2010 07:36 PM PDT Message from Five Filters: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. TWISTERS TERRIFIC IN KELOWNA Athletes from Abbotsford's Twisters Gymnastics Club brought home 32 medals from the Ogopogo Invitational in Kelowna last weekend. Ashlynn Skulstad was the top women's performer for Twisters, taking gold in every event (vault, uneven bars, beam and floor) en route to the gold medal in the tyro 5 category. Marquita Renaerts (provincial 5 novice) also won all-around gold thanks to wins on the vault, beam and floor. In the national open division, Andry Friesen earned silver all-around by finishing second on vault, uneven bars and floor, while Mia Angus won bronze on vault, uneven bars and beam. Tyro 3 teammates Ashley Perry and Carissa Williams tied for gold on vault, while Shayla Ogloff won silver on floor in the provincial 5 tyro division. Sydney Dick (provincial 3 argo) won silver on vault and beam and added a bronze on floor, and Vanessa Beckmann earned gold on beam and bronze on vault. On the men's side, Kristofer Unipan and Brendon Ansell both won all-around gold in Level 1, while Wayne Hooper and Mark Schmidt won silver. Nikolas Thiessen (Level 3) took gold on floor and rings, and bronze on horizontal bar, winning silver all-around. SPARTANS SIGN TRABER Abbotsford product Janelle Traber has signed with the Trinity Western University women's basketball program. Traber, a 5'9" guard out of MEI, played for the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns in 2008-09 before sitting out last season. "Janelle Traber is a great addition to our program," said Spartans coach Cheryl Jean-Paul. "Janelle also brings a renewed desire to compete at the CIS level and will provide a competitive edge to our roster." BEARCATS HOST V-BALL CAMP Columbia Bible College will be hosting two volleyball camps this summer. The Bearcats girls volleyball camp, for athletes going into Grades 7-11, runs Aug. 23-27. The first annual Bearcats junior boys camp, for athletes going into Grades 6-8, runs Aug. 30 to Sept. 2. For more information and to register, visit columbiabc.edu/athletics. Five Filters featured article: Into the Abyss. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Gymnastics: Jeremy ejected for representing Hong Kong Posted: 10 Jun 2010 05:14 PM PDT Message from Five Filters: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. Gymnastics: Jeremy ejected for representing Hong Kong2010/06/11 Jeremy, 16, was down to compete in five events but was declared ineligible by the organisers after consultation with the Amateur Swimming Union of Malaysia (ASUM) and National Sports Council (NSC). He was deemed to have represented Hong Kong in the Malaysia Open earlier this year.
"Jeremy is a Malaysian, born in Malaysia and is a huge talent. "He represented Hong Kong as a guest swimmer and the Malaysia Open is an invitational event. This action will kill his future," said Fakharudin.
"We have submitted the documents to prove that he is a Malaysian and even the Hong Kong Swimming Association has sent a confirmation that Jeremy is not in their national team. "He could become the next Daniel Bego but he will not have the chance to even see action.
Jeremy was supposed to compete in the men's 50m, 100m and 200m freestyle as well as 50m and 100m butterfly. Five Filters featured article: Into the Abyss. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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