Stanford All-American gymnast, Sho Nakamori, has launched a new blog that will chronicle his quest to make the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team. The blog, while new, is jam-packed with interesting information about Nakamori's life, interests, and hopes. His about page is a very interesting bio including his fond memories of [...more]
U.S. Olympian Joey Hagerty finished third out of a field of eight at the Champions Trophy event today in Frankfurt, Germany. The competition was the first of four All-Around meets being held this year in German cities. According to Hagerty, it is doubtful that he will compete [...more]
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]
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 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]
The All-Around Finals took place on day 3 of the competition in Cincinnati. In the morning session, World Cup's John Orozco outlasted a very strong field. He was the only competitor to qualify for all six events in tomorrow's Event Finals. Orozco was also the top qualifier in three of the events: vault, parallel bars and high bar. SCATS' Sam Mikulak finished behind Orozco, and qualified in all events except for floor. Mikulak was the top event qualifier on rings. Seven points separated [...more]
Another marathon day of competition concluded with today's level 9 competition. The top qualifiers advance to tomorrow's all-around competition and Sunday's individual event finals. There were no surprises as Orlando Metro's Sean Melton (84.50) edged past Xtreme's Allan Bower (84.10) in what's shaping up to be a replay of last year's all-around finals. Melton also had the day's highest scores on [...more]
The first 14 hours of competition are over for the Level 10s (all age groups). There were three sessions, with the third session involving the regional team competition. The top qualifiers advance to Saturday's all-around finals and to Sunday's individual event finals. The JO Nationals is a qualifying mechanism for the VISA Championships and also determines the makeup of the level 9 Junior National Team. Now for the results! [...more]
