USA Gymnastics released the start list for VISAs, which will be held August 12-15 in Dallas. Included on the list for the Senior Division qualifiers are age-eligible Junior Division qualifiers Jake Dalton, CJ Maestas and Alex Naddour. Dalton and Naddour will be competing for Oklahoma next season. Jacob Dastrup, who competed as a Level 9 […] [...more]
The News Transcript published a great story about David Durante’s recent visit to Classic Gymnastics in Marlboro, NJ. Tricia Adamo, one of the owners of Classic Gymnastics, successfully recruited Durante to visit her gym, and Durante was happy to pay back to the local community where he grew up. This visit was all about the […] [...more]
Today's Men's Qualifier at the U.S. Olympic Training Center produced twenty-six Senior Division gymnasts qualifiers for the 2009 VISA Championships. Two Ohio State gymnasts, Brandon Wynn and Jake Bateman, posted the highest scores of the day to lead all qualifiers. Among the top clubbers who qualified to compete in the Senior Division were [...more]
U.S. men's gymnastics action is about to heat up again. The 2009 Men's National Qualifier will take place on Saturday, July 11 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO. The athletes will arrive this week with training sessions taking place on July 9-10. Saturday's competition will be divided into two sessions. The National Qualifier is mostly designed to determine qualifiers to next month's VISAs in both the Junior and Senior divisions. Any gymnast who is 16 or older [...more]
Gymnastike posted an interesting interview with Ron Brandt, the National Team Coordinator for USAG. Brandt discussed the growing amount of scholarship opportunities for men who wish to continue in the sport at the collegiate level. USAG has a scholarship fund which doles out about $30,000 to athletes every year. Fifty percent of the money collected each year is awarded each year, with the remaining half staying in the fund. The fund now has over $700,000, [...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]
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]
