GYMN-L Digest - 19 May 1996 - Special issue

There are 7 messages totalling 665 lines in this issue.

Topics in this special issue:

  1. Womens Europeans (Senior AA)
  2. Womens Europeans (Juniors AA)
  3. Euros All Around Comp.
  4. TV alert
  5. Results - Euro. Apparatus Finals
  6. HELP LEAP
  7. US Classic, Day Two

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Date:    Sun, 19 May 1996 07:40:53 -0400
From:    ***@IC.AC.UK
Subject: Womens Europeans (Senior AA)

Womens European Championships 1996
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Birmingham, England     16-19 May, 1996.

Seniors All-Around
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Well well well Liliya Podkopayeva snatched it right at the depth from
Svetlana Boguinskaya who was leading in the first three rotations.
Sveta has a lead of 0.082 going into the last rotation, but Lilia
had floor as her last apparatus. Lilia can always tumble but her
current choreography seemed to be much better than her previous
routine's. She was the last to go in the whole competiton and the
audience was amazing as all the attention was focused on her. She did
not disappoint the crowd as she performed a fantastic routine and was
awarded the best score of the competition by with 9.912. Svetlana
(going on vault just before Lilia took to the floor) only scored
9.731.

Lilia's tumbling on floor still included her famous double front
somersault, a front tumbling sequence, and ending with full-twisting
double back. Her dance elements were much better, there were less
standing-around-grasping-for-breath, it seemed that Liliya was at her
fittest at the moment. She later expressed that she was obviously happy
with the results, especially since she did not go to San Juan Worlds
because of an injury.

Svetlana had upgraded the difficulty of her routines a lot. The bars
used to be her worst event and people criticised her for having no
release moves back in 1992. She now had a Tkatchev together with a
double layout dismount. Her beam started with a front somi into
immediate tuck jump. Other elements included a double spin, front somi,
splits into flick/layout/layout, and ending with a double tuck dismount.
Her floor started with a full-twisting double tuck and ending with a
2 and 1/2 twists punch front. She later admitted that she is now
working harder than ever and enjoying herself immensely after a 2 year
break from it. She had left Bela Karolyi's and is now training back in
Minsk.

Lavinia Milosovici again did her stuff quietly and it's another
bronze medal for her. She only qualified for the All-Around final
because the defending European champion Gina Gogean fell just before
her bars dismount during the team competition. Gina lost her grip
in a giant swing just before the dismount and was rather fortunate that
she crashed to the mat on her knees and avoided any injury. Octavian
Belu later emphasised that the gymnasts should be allowed to warm-up
more on the competition apparatus because the gymnasts health-being
should be the major concern and it should not be dictated by TV
schedules demands.

Simona Amanar looked quite solid in fourth place, there were a few very
minor errors which kept her out of the medals but on another day her
performance could well be enough for a top three.

Dina Kochetkova and Svetlana Khorkina both had problems throughout the
competition. Dina was unsteady on the beam, she struggled a lot on
holding a handstand, and again lost her balance on a flick series.
Svetlana's problem was more obvious as she fell off the beam in her
cartwheel into Gaynor combination. Svetlana looked to be lacking her
sparkle that was so crowd-pleasing last year. Her injury may be
bothering her much more than she was letting on, and do not be
surprised if she retires after Atlanta.

Vasilki Tsavdaridou from Greece continued her emergence as a top
gymnast with a good 7th place. She deserves more media attention
and the fact that she comes from a not too fanciable gymnastics
country such as Greece should not hinder that.

Ludivine Furnon was the oly French girl in the AA final (because the
other French gymnasts only did three or less apparatus in the team
comp the day before) but her floor was just so entertaining. The French
floors are the best around in my opinion. They are very sazzy and
expressive with modern dance and great tumbles. Furnon of course
was the first French girl ever to win a apparatus medal when she won
bronze in Sabae Worlds in 1995.

Joana Juarez did well for Spain at 10th, but Yelena Piskoun was
dissapointing down at 11th. Piskoun had been the team leader of
Belarus for the past couple of years and I wonder if Boguinskaya's
comeback has anything to do with it, though the two ladies seemed
quite close (someone told me that Bogie is now training with Piskoun
in Minsk with the same coach).

Britain's best Annika Reeder did well to finish at 13th, seeing that
she only qualified back at 26th place after team comp (the two gymnast
per country rule in the AA anabled her to qualify for AA). She did
not fall off bars but in fact she did a quiet good routine on that
apparatus. Her floor though was not as good as recently but overall
this was a much more all-around performance from her than in recent
meets.

A few words on the team competition... Britain did very well to finish
in 8th place which I think was their highest ever placing. It was
a good team effort as all five girls allowed were used (only Reeder
performed on all four pieces). So a congratulations to Annika Reeder,
Zita Lusack, Jenny cox, Sonia Lawrence and Gemma Cuff. According to the
BBC, it will be Annika and Sonia who will be representing Britain in
the forthcoming Olympic games at Atlanta.

Sherwin

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Date:    Sun, 19 May 1996 07:41:46 -0400
From:    ***@IC.AC.UK
Subject: Womens Europeans (Juniors AA)

Womens European Championships 1996
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Birmingham, England     16-19 May, 1996.

Juniors All-Around
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Alexandra Marinescu of Romania retained her juniors AA title despite
a lack lustre perforamce. I guess she is typically Romanian - solid
instead of spectacular. Instead the crowd were cheering loudly for
Italian Adriana Crisci who was more spectaculor. People wondered
if she would have won if she was from a gymnastically stronger
country. Viktoria Karpenko from Ukraine was third. I was expecting
more from Viktoria but she was not as impressive as I thought she
would be. Elvire Teza of France was third with the highest score of
the competition with 9.775 on bars. Little Elena Zamolodchikova of
Russia was amazing at 5th, she scored well in all apparatus except
the beam where she fell attempting a spectaculor flick series.

Lisa Mason could be Britain's best ever yet! I was not expecting a
British junior girl to do a full-twisting somi on beam, and a
completely stuck double tuck dismount. She went last in compeition
on floor and the crowd was cheering like mad. Her only fault was
on the bars which had always been Britain's worst apparatus. The
otehr British girl Natalia Lucitt also fell on bars. Natalia is
only 12 and I've already seen her in four different meets in the last
couple of years.

Sherwin

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Date:    Sun, 19 May 1996 09:22:29 -0400
From:    ***@ARGONET.CO.UK
Subject: Re: Euros All Around Comp.

I returned late last night from Birmingham very tired, but very fulfilled,
after watching two of the most stunning competitions not seen for a long time
in the UK. I am referring of course to the Senior and Junior European WAG
Championships.


I will not go into a detailed comp report, as this is Sherwin's field, but I
would like to convey some of the flavour of this meet.

The senior competition was certainly of extraordinary quality, with I am sure
was enhanced by the presence of Svetlana Boguinskaia who  transformed the meet
from just another battle of the giants, Podkopayeva vs. Milosovici, to
something which had the audience the edge of its seats right to the last
second of Podkopayeva's stunning fx. To see this elegant young lady return to
compete against gymnasts of another generation not only is unparalled in
Gymnastics but earned  the great respect of the British audience who applauded
her yesterday. The message was " Welcome back Svetlana, we still love you over
here ! "

Also all credit must be given to Annika Reeder, who was in the same group of
gymnasts as Boguinskaia for the rotations, and followed her in the order on
bars and beam. To immeadiately follow a gymnast of Boguinskaia's experience
must have been a daunting experience. This was apparent on the beam where she
had to follow Boguinskaia's almost flawless performance ( slight wobble on the
spin turns ). Reeder battled on through her routine, with a couple of
stumbles, but was obviously relieved when she touched down the landing. This
competition was to be a test of her ability to focus and stay calm, which she
did so sucessfully.

The comp. came to a tantalising  climax with Boguinskaia performing the last
vault and Podkopayeva the last floor ex. of the comp. ( Was this stage managed
? ) Up to this point Boguinskaia had been leading the field so immediately
following Boguinskaia's vault Podkopayeva new exactly what to do on her floor
ex. to take the championship. What followed then was one of the most
incredible display of floor skills which resulted in a standing applause not
only from the audience but also from Boguinskaia herself who was obviously
delighted with Podkopayeva's performance.


The Junior competition was equally as captivating but I do not want to go into
too much detail as I am aware that Sherwin may be reporting this.

However... From a coaches point of view this was probably more technically
interesting ( apart from the moves that coach Adrian Stan performed testing
the A-bars ! Good PR for robustness of Continental bars :)

Because of the size of the gymnasts there was a greater variation of moves
than in the Senior competition. This was most apparent on the vault ( as I was
sitting next to the vaulting horse )  In the Senior comp. nearly all were
Yurchenko based, using the technique to gain the most height of second flight
for the taller gymnast ( Boguinskaia included ). The Juniors, however were
able to perform the full range of Yurchenko, Tsuks and handspring fronts. This
was not only good from the audience point of view, but also gave the coaches
plenty of exercise rapidly changing the springboard positions in the hurried
frenzy of the apparatus warm ups.


I will close now as I did not intend to give a comp. report.

Full scores, as live as possible from the comp., can be found by logging into
the BAGA web page http://www.baga.co.uk/


John

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Date:    Sun, 19 May 1996 09:22:55 -0400
From:    ***@ARGONET.CO.UK
Subject: TV alert

TV alert :


ITV Channel 4 will be screening a programme called " Fair Game " at 8.00 pm
UK time Monday 20th May. which is about coaching techniques in UK. According
to an article in " The Mail on Sunday " today, written by Kim Willsher in
their ' Inside Story ' column, the programme claims that British Gymnastic
Coaching produces ' over worked, underfed Olympic hopefulls whose dreams are
dashed if they do not develop a womanly shape'.

The article also goes on to say :

" While America has introduced new gidelines for women's gymnastics,
folllowing the death of Christy Henrich from anorexia in 1994, Britain has
adopted sterner techniques to produce champions, bringing in Romanian Adrian
Stan as National Coach three years ago. His first move was to introduce weight
and height charts. "

The article also goes on to describe the case of the growth rate of '
identical ' twins where one is alledged to be stunted by gymanstics training
method.

It looks like the UK is going to be subjected to a hot public debate on the
justification of our coaching techniques, similar to what has happened in the
US last year.


There is more seriously which I consider to be a most insiduos piece of
journalism which if true must be thoroughly investigated.

The article claims that quote " In one piece of film, not included in the
documentary, an unnamed coach tells an 'overweight' young gymnast " They
learned at Belsen how to lose weight. You don't eat. ""

This I think is a dreadfull,  true or not, and I am sure that all British
coaches would disgusted at such  things being said.

I think ' The Mail on Sunday ' such be called to task  this one . Who said it
?

Many parents in my Gym Club may have read this article, as will many other
parents of UK gymnasts, therefore we as coaches must be prepared to answer any
questions on our coaching methods which are bound to arise as a result of this
article and programme.


 We must make sure that all the evidence presented in this programme is based
on fact and not media hype. ( It is strange how ' The Mail on Sunday ' have
chosen this weekend to break this story to coincide with the Euro's )


John

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Date:    Fri, 17 May 1996 14:33:30 +0200
From:    ***@MAIL.TELEPAC.PT
Subject: Results - Euro. Apparatus Finals

Spoiler, for anyone who has not watched...

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Here are the medal winners, fresh off the BAGA Pages:

VAULT
S. Amanar       9.774
G. Gogean       9.768
L. Podkopayeva  9.756

BARS
S. Chorkina     9.825
S. Amanar       9.825
L. Podkopayeva  9.825

BEAM
R. Galieva      9.725
G. Gogean       9.712
Y. Piskun       9.650

FLOOR
L. Podkopayeva  9.862
L. Milosovivi   9.862
D. Kochetkova   9.800

Isabel F.
Porto - Portugal

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Date:    Sun, 19 May 1996 09:59:03 -0400
From:    ***@AOL.COM
Subject: HELP LEAP

     I was just wondering if anyone out there has any good drills i can use
to help my
gymnasts do better side split leaps , switch and switch side leaps.
Please post for all
thanks
keep on flippin'
Dave

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Date:    Sun, 19 May 1996 09:36:00 MDT
From:    ***@RMII.COM
Subject: US Classic, Day Two

Senior Internationals:
  1 Jennie Thompson        9.650 9.550 9.675 9.650 38.525   46.230
    Dynamo                 9.450 9.725 9.675 9.750 38.600   30.880
                                                            77.110

  2 Amanda Borden          9.425 9.750 9.725 9.775 38.675   46.410
    Cincinatti             9.625 9.675 9.550 9.250 38.100   30.480
                                                            76.890

  3 Mohini Bhardwaj        9.300 9.375 9.150 8.900 36.725   44.070
    Brown's                9.750 9.725 9.450 9.525 38.450   30.760
                                                            74.830

  4 Andree Pickens         9.375 9.600 9.225 9.000 37.200   44.640
    Cypress                9.700 9.600 9.025 9.100 37.425   29.940
                                                            74.580

  5 Monica Flammer         9.325 9.350 8.950 9.550 37.175   44.610
    Cypress                9.575 9.275 9.100 9.450 37.400   29.920
                                                            74.530

  6 Raegan Tomasek         9.250 8.775 8.950 9.400 36.375   43.650
    Hills                  9.600 9.675 9.450 9.600 38.325   30.660
                                                            74.310

  7 Kristen Maloney        9.025 9.375 9.175 9.350 36.925   44.310
    Parkettes              9.625 8.625 9.200 9.750 37.200   29.760
                                                            74.070

  8 Katie Teft             9.300 9.675 8.700 9.450 37.125   44.550
    Great Lakes            9.475 9.750 7.900 9.675 36.800   29.440
                                                            73.990

  9 Larissa Fontaine       9.400 9.300 8.825 9.000 36.525   43.830
    Hills                  9.550 9.675 9.250 9.150 37.625   30.100
                                                            73.930

 10 Soni Meduna            8.975 9.100 9.025 9.500 36.600   43.920
    Dynamo                 9.325 9.225 9.400 9.000 36.950   29.560
                                                            73.480

 11 Elizabeth Reid         8.975 9.000 8.625 9.300 35.900   43.080
    Karon's                9.675 9.525 8.550 9.450 37.200   29.760
                                                            72.840

 12 Kara Fry               9.225 7.850 9.225 9.225 35.525   42.630
    Parkettes              9.425 8.500 7.900 8.950 34.775   27.820
                                                            70.450

 13 Shannon Bowles         9.225 9.000 8.275 8.550 35.050   42.060
    Atlantic               9.275 9.075 9.025 7.750 35.125   28.100
                                                            70.160

 14 Nicole Bongiovanni     8.875 8.750 7.850 8.475 33.950   40.740
    Cats                   9.150 8.875 8.300 7.625 33.950   27.160
                                                            67.900

 15 Talya Vexler           8.300 8.500 7.950 8.375 33.125   39.750
    Cats                   9.225 9.025 8.800 7.650 34.700   27.760
                                                            67.510

 16 * Marilou Cousineau    8.750 9.150 8.375 8.725 35.000   42.000
    Canada                 9.500 9.150 8.850 0.000 27.500   22.000
                                                            64.000

 17 * Jennifer Exaltacion  9.025 8.450 8.750 8.450 34.675   41.610
    Canada                 9.350 8.225 8.875 0.000 26.450   21.160
                                                            62.770

 18 Dominique Dawes        9.700 8.750 9.525 9.650 37.625   45.150
    Hills                  0.000 9.850 9.700 0.000 19.550   15.640
                                                            60.790

 19 Dominique Moceanu      9.825 9.750 9.800 9.825 39.200   47.040
    Karolyi                0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000  0.000    0.000
                                                            47.040

 20 Lisa Geckle            8.700 8.925 7.700 8.750 34.075   40.890
    Cats                   0.000 7.575 0.000 0.000  7.575    6.060
                                                            46.950

 21 Kerri Strug            9.775 9.200 9.275 9.700 37.950   45.540
    Karolyi                0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000  0.000    0.000
                                                            45.540

 22 Amy Chow               9.550 9.675 9.275 9.325 37.825   45.390
    West Valley            0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000  0.000    0.000
                                                            45.390

 23 Mary Beth Arnold       9.350 9.500 9.000 9.400 37.250   44.700
    Flips                  0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000  0.000    0.000
                                                            44.700

 24 Ashley Kever           8.975 6.275 8.700 8.350 32.300   38.760
    Capital (TX)           0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000  0.000    0.000
                                                            38.760

 25 Amy Shelton            8.575 7.150 8.250 8.250 32.225   38.670
    Desert Lights          0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000  0.000    0.000
                                                            38.670

 26 Theresa Kulikowski     0.000 9.625 9.500 9.700 28.825   34.590
    CO Aerials             0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000  0.000    0.000
                                                            34.590

 27 Shannon Miller         9.675 9.150 0.000 0.000 18.825   22.590
    Dynamo                 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000  0.000    0.000
                                                            22.590

* Guest

Junior Internationals:
  1 Kristin Jensen     Parkettes              9.500 9.600 9.250 9.375 37.725
  1 Jeanette Antolin   Gym-Max                9.500 9.500 9.425 9.300 37.725
  3 Amy Young          Gym-Max                9.600 9.725 8.825 9.525 37.675
  3 Lindsay Wing       Cypress                9.575 9.400 9.325 9.375 37.675
  5 Elise Ray          Hills                  9.350 9.625 9.550 9.125 37.650
  6 Melinda Baimbridge Cypress                9.450 9.500 9.100 9.350 37.400
  7 Kendall Beck       Cypress                9.675 9.150 8.900 9.475 37.200
  8 Robin Phelps       Cincinnati Gym         9.525 9.425 9.150 9.075 37.175
  9 Karissa Chock      Rohnert Park           9.600 8.775 9.075 9.650 37.100
 10 Cami Singer        Colroado Aerials       9.125 9.550 9.000 9.275 36.950
 11 Coreen Murphy      Xtreme                 9.075 9.325 9.150 9.350 36.800 **
 12 Jennifer Carow     Salto                  9.100 9.550 9.000 9.075 36.725
 13 Katie McFarland    Gymstrada              9.650 9.375 8.750 8.850 36.625
 13 Alexa Martinez     Capital (TX)           9.375 8.600 9.175 9.475 36.625
 13 Sarah Dipasquale   Parkettes              9.100 9.475 8.825 9.225 36.625
 16 Rachel Glasmire    Parkettes              8.450 9.625 9.325 9.200 36.600
 16 Katie Taylor       Kentwood               9.425 8.900 8.950 9.325 36.600
 18 Morgan White       American Twisters      8.925 9.425 9.150 9.000 36.500
 19 Alyssa Beckerman   North Stars            8.900 9.375 8.975 9.225 36.475
 20 Allison Stoner     Nat'l Gym Train'g Ctr  9.175 9.350 8.675 9.250 36.450
 21 Anna Gingrich      Capital (TX)           9.450 8.500 8.975 9.500 36.425
 21 Jeana Rice         Gwinnett               9.125 8.625 9.200 9.475 36.425
 23 Ashley Stewart     Cypress                9.500 9.475 8.525 8.875 36.375
 24 Becky Meldrum      Parkettes              9.125 9.450 8.225 9.475 36.275
 25 Cory Fitzinger     Gymstrada              9.475 8.975 8.850 8.825 36.125
 26 Marissa Medal      American Twisters      9.025 9.375 9.025 8.550 35.975
 27 Shannon Watt       American Twisters      9.050 8.800 9.150 8.875 35.875
 28 Michelle Pearson   Karon's                9.350 8.800 8.875 8.750 35.775
 29 Tami Harris        Ocean Tumblers         9.325 8.875 8.800 8.750 35.750
 30 Lenna Doolan       Karon's                9.125 9.325 8.350 8.500 35.300
 31 Emily Chell        Gymcarolina            9.600 7.700 9.000 8.950 35.250
 32 Tara Philips       Cypress                9.275 9.150 8.650 8.150 35.225
 33 * Annie Gagnon     Canada                 8.850 8.475 9.325 8.550 35.200
 34 * Romina Mazzoni   Argentina              9.225 9.200 8.200 8.400 35.025
 35 Nicole Kilpatrick  North Stars            9.150 9.025 7.625 9.175 34.975
 36 Leoandra Willis    Puget Sound            9.450 8.175 9.025 8.250 34.900
 37 Nicole Romano      Parkettes              9.200 9.200 7.900 8.525 34.825
 38 Mary Skokut        Indy School            9.175 8.950 7.650 8.375 34.150
 39 * Julie Beaulieu   Canada                 8.950 8.200 7.750 9.150 34.050
 40 * Amelie Plante    Canada                 9.125 8.000 8.450 7.850 33.425
 41 Rebecca Whitehurt  Cypress                9.375 9.225 0.000 8.950 27.550
 42 Alexis Brion       Gymstrada              0.000 8.425 7.600 9.450 25.475
 43 Christina Knox     Cats                   9.200 8.700 0.000 0.000 17.900
 44 Mina Kim           Dynamo                 0.000 0.000 9.300 8.450 17.750
 45 Kaitie Dyson       Cypress                9.100 8.550 0.000 0.000 17.650
 46 Kelly Parkinson    Cypress                0.000 9.475 0.000 0.000  9.475
* Guest; ** Uniform Deduction

Junior Nationals:
Team

    1 East         361.042
    2 North        356.730
    3 West         354.514
    4 South        345.348

All-Around
  1 Monique Chang     East   8.725 8.975 8.010 8.600 34.310   27.448
                             9.300 9.250 9.175 9.675 37.400   44.880
                                                              72.328

  2 * Laura Santos    North  8.800 9.200 8.950 9.085 36.035   28.828
                             9.400 8.600 8.850 9.025 35.875   43.050
                                                              71.878

  3 Jamie Schell      East   8.325 9.075 8.210 8.585 34.195   27.356
                             9.200 9.150 9.175 9.575 37.100   44.520
                                                              71.876

  4 Tiffany Van Dusen North  8.900 9.125 8.750 9.110 35.885   28.708
                             9.425 8.250 9.200 8.975 35.850   43.020
                                                              71.728

  5 Annabeth Eberle   West   8.750 8.875 8.885 8.800 35.310   28.248
                             8.925 8.875 8.925 9.500 36.225   43.470
                                                              71.718

  6 Christy Ray       East   8.450 9.275 7.950 8.400 34.075   27.260
                             9.300 9.325 9.100 8.900 36.625   43.950
                                                              71.210

  7 Sarah Get         East   8.700 9.375 8.260 8.985 35.320   28.256
                             9.350 8.775 8.375 9.100 35.600   42.720
                                                              70.976

  8 Nicole Lyme       North  8.825 6.150 8.670 9.075 32.720   26.176
                             9.475 9.025 9.275 9.500 37.275   44.730
                                                              70.906

  9 Erin Dooley       East   8.150 8.750 8.250 8.525 33.675   26.940
                             9.150 8.825 9.275 9.350 36.600   43.920
                                                              70.860

 10 Sheehan Lemley    East   8.550 9.025 8.225 8.475 34.275   27.420
                             9.100 8.925 8.850 9.325 36.200   43.440
                                                              70.860

 11 Tasha Schwikert   West   9.050 9.125 8.410 8.425 35.010   28.008
                             9.275 8.325 9.125 8.625 35.350   42.420
                                                              70.428

 12 Emily Coddington  North  8.275 9.075 8.685 8.525 34.560   27.648
                             9.000 9.450 9.150 7.750 35.350   42.420
                                                              70.068

 13 Stephanie Carter  East   8.825 9.075 8.375 8.675 34.950   27.960
                             9.375 8.200 8.750 8.700 35.025   42.030
                                                              69.990

 14 Dana Earls        North  8.575 9.450 7.610 8.825 34.460   27.568
                             9.275 8.125 9.275 8.600 35.275   42.330
                                                              69.898

 15 Maureen La Rocque West   8.600 9.075 8.175 8.725 34.575   27.660
                             9.025 7.225 9.475 9.325 35.050   42.060
                                                              69.720

 16 Brittany Koncak   South  9.175 8.925 8.650 8.525 35.275   28.220
                             8.950 8.325 8.050 9.000 34.325   41.190
                                                              69.410

 17 Kasie Tamayo      West   9.025 8.925 8.050 8.625 34.625   27.700
                             9.375 7.300 8.825 9.175 34.675   41.610
                                                              69.310

 18 Anji Garcia       West   8.800 8.500 7.625 8.800 33.725   26.980
                             8.875 8.850 8.975 8.400 35.100   42.120
                                                              69.100

 19 Jessica Pelz      West   8.150 8.725 8.235 8.425 33.535   26.828
                             8.925 8.425 8.700 8.900 34.950   41.940
                                                              68.768

 20 Amber Melvin      North  8.775 8.125 7.535 7.675 32.110   25.688
                             9.300 8.700 9.000 8.250 35.250   42.300
                                                              67.988

 21 Tanya Powers      South  8.925 9.250 8.710 8.900 35.785   28.628
                             9.350 8.325 7.700 7.400 32.775   39.330
                                                              67.958

 22 Micha Gross       South  8.575 8.400 7.275 8.500 32.750   26.200
                             9.025 7.850 8.500 9.100 34.475   41.370
                                                              67.570

 23 Lindsay Nelson    South  8.300 8.225 7.600 6.875 31.000   24.800
                             8.725 8.700 8.975 8.750 35.150   42.180
                                                              66.980

 24 Kara Kapernekas   North  7.925 8.625 7.410 7.525 31.485   25.188
                             8.725 9.000 8.450 8.600 34.775   41.730
                                                              66.918

 25 Whitney Ferguson  North  8.150 8.625 8.000 7.750 32.525   26.020
                             8.575 9.300 8.200 7.650 33.725   40.470
                                                              66.490

 26 Renee Clark       South  8.300 8.575 7.500 7.900 32.275   25.820
                             8.800 8.575 8.300 7.975 33.650   40.380
                                                              66.200

 27 Cassie Cosgrove   South  8.450 7.975 7.800 8.300 32.525   26.020
                             9.125 8.550 7.400 8.300 33.375   40.050
                                                              66.070

 28 Kristin Uransky   East   4.300 9.100 0.000 0.000 13.400   10.720
                             8.950 9.200 8.750 8.725 35.625   42.750
                                                              53.470

 29 Ashley Miles      South  0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000  0.000    0.000
                             9.400 8.600 8.675 8.750 35.425   42.510
                                                              42.510

 30 Caroline Fluhrer  West   0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000  0.000    0.000
                             8.850 8.375 8.675 8.775 34.675   41.610
                                                              41.610

 31 Whitney Cashwell  South  0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000  0.000    0.000
                             0.000 8.300 0.000 0.000  8.300    9.960
                                                               9.960

* Guest

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