Raj Bhavsar was the only American to advance to the finals at this weekend's Moscow Stars World Cup. In the preliminaries, he debuted his new skill on parallel bars, the "Bhavsar." Similar to a Tkachev, Raj goes practically the entire length of the bars before he regrasps. In the finals, [...more]
USAG announced the 2009 Level 9 JO National Team, made up of 14 gymnasts. Region I has five members on the team, while Cypress Academy (Houston) is the only club team with two members. The team was chosen based on their performances at the 2009 JO Nationals held earlier this month in Cincinnati, OH. [...more]
It's great for the community when local newspapers take the time to interview unique athletes within their circulation area. More often than not, these papers choose to fill up their sports pages with stories about the local high school quarterback, point guard, pitcher or 100 meter champ. Well, Mercer Island, WA has a unique athlete, and the Mercer Island Reporter happened to take notice of 2009 Level 10 (14-15) JO National pommel horse champion Dominic Morris. A gifted high school quarterback or point guard may perform great feats, but how often does he win a [...more]
It has been almost two weeks since the conclusion of the 2009 Men's JO Nationals, and the YouTube videos keep trickling in. MeetScoresOnline (MSO) has been scouring YouTube for videos to be embedded in the meet scores for that event. So far, here is what has been posted so far. [...more]
Four members of the U.S. Men's Senior National Team will be competing at the Moscow Stars World Cup May 29-30. Oklahoma Assistant Coach, Rustam Sharipov will accompany the team. These gymnasts will be competing on individual apparatus for World Cup points and prize money. [...more]
The Arizona State Men's Gymnastics Team, coached by Scott Barclay, is an excellent example of a successful program that continues to excel despite being kicked in the teeth back in 1993. Prior to that, the ASU program succeeded for 25 years as a fully-funded Division I entity under Coach Don Robinson. Thanks to Title IX, the program was unfairly axed, but was soon resurrected as an unfunded club team, and has been coached by Barclay ever since. Sun Devil Gymnastics was forced to organize as a non-profit 501-C3 booster club consisting of 7-9 board members. Fundraising consists of booster club memberships and donations, corporate sponsorships and team fundraising events. One such event was the recent [...more]
The 2009 Men's JO Nationals concluded today in Cincinnati with the individual Event Finals. World Cup's John Orozco continued to dazzle as he incredibly won national titles on five out of six events to go along with his All-Around title. Orozco won on floor, rings, vault (tied), parallel bars and high bar. His 2nd place finish on pommel horse prevented a clean sweep in the Level 10 (14-15) age division. SCATS' Sam Mikulak also had a spectacular day by placing [...more]
