gymn
Digest
Sat, 26 Feb 94 Volume 2 :
Issue 79
Today's
Topics:
1994 Heart of Texas Invitational
additional internet gymnastics
gymn Digest V1
#78
MCD's American
Cup (PR)
odds and ends
Poof !
Scoring programs for local meets (4 msgs)
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is a digest of the gymn@athena.mit.edu mailing list.
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Date:
Sat, 26 Feb 94 12:42:35 EST
From: ***@aol.com
Subject: 1994 Heart of
Texas Invitational
Hey Gymn,
I am
here at the first elite zone qualifier for Region III (Texas, Colorado,
Oklahoma, maybe more).
Capital Gymnastics, the host, has also invited L8,9,
and 10 gymnasts and turned this qualifier into a real meet,
the 1994 Heart of
Texas Invitational.
However, I will only be able to attend the elite
sessions. The elite gymnasts are using this meet
to (hopefully) qualify to
the American Classic in
March. They need a 72.00 in the AA
to get there (60%
compulsories, 40% optionals).
The roster is a very high quality
list. Region III is one of the
more
powerful regions. There are 24 gymnasts competing in the
elite International
division. Eight of them are Cypress gymnasts! Colorado Aerials has four.
Junior (13 and under)
------
*
Alexa Martinez, Becca Whitehurt (Capital)
* Dawnell
Barr, Theresa Kulikowski, Kristy Powell, Doni Thompson (CO Aerials)
* Andree Pickens, Kinsey
Rowe, Ashley Stewart, Monica Flammer (Cypress)
*
Mina Kim (Dynamo)
* Dominique Moceanu (Karolyi's)
* Nekia Demery, Amanda Schuler (Krafft)
*
Tabby Tompkins, Leah Mueller (Spirit of America)
Senior (13 and
over)
------
* Ashley Kever (Capital)
*
Amanda Curry, Eileen Diaz, Jamie Martini, Rachel Rochelli
(Cypress)
* Soni Meduna,
Marianna Webster (Dynamo)
* Jennifer White (Krafft)
Note
that gymnasts who are 13 can compete in either age level.
-=-=-=-=
Impressions of the Compulsory session, Friday night =-=-=-=-
Boy, the
scoring sure is rough! The gymnasts
need a total score of 72.00 to
qualify to the
American Classic in Orlando in March.
That means, of course,
an average score of
9.0 per routine. I saw very few
scores above a 9.0.
The
format of the competition was to have two events competing at the same
time. So it was
pretty easy to keep track of stuff, although quite often
there
would be two awesome gymnasts at the same time.
- Vault
The
compulsory vault is a piked Tsuk
(hit board going forward, half twist to
the horse,
1.5 piked back somi
off). I saw only about two or three
gymnasts
try to open out of the pike, and they
didn't do a particularly good job of
it.
I
have written down that Powell (CO Aerials) and Pickens (Cypress) did very
nice vaults. I
remember that Pickens got a 9.425 for hers.
- Uneven Bars
Lots of falls here.
The nice and tight gymnasts really stood out: all of CO
Aerials, Pickens, Meduna, Moceanu.
Our little buddy Dominique M, who was
smiles
all night long, had the best slip grip to counter hand, hitting a
perfect handstand on the low bar. Powell had a nice fast rhythm, but
she
never hit a handstand throughout the
routine. Doni
Thompson - one of those
gymnasts who literally
*swings* the bars - was clearly the best, although she
bobbled
both the counter hand to low and the dismount (front salto
with a
half twist out) and so received only about
a 9.25 for a beautiful routine.
Diaz was easily the fastest bar worker
there; she cranks around those bars
like it's nothing. Meduna
received a 9.50 for her elegant routine with no
obvious
mistakes.
- Beam
Boy, this was a rough event for many kids. One of the trickiest parts of the
routine is a Valdez, gainer back handspring, back walkover
to one knee. I
did not watch all of the gymnasts, but the ones I did watch
had troubles
connecting these three... very long
pauses in between. The gymnasts I
saw
who were able to successfully connect all
three elements were: Diaz, Powell,
Kulikowski,
and Moceanu.
I have written down here that Martini and Pickens
also
executed nice routines. Moceanu needs to be noted here, too. Her mount
on beam was the best of all that I saw. The mount is a
"thief vault",
basically a hurdle over
the beam. Not one gymnast was able
to keep the
vertical momentum and bring her legs
up to a V-seat except for Moceanu. For
most
everyone who stayed on the beam, it was a hurdle to an immediate back
support. About a
third either over- or under- shot the beam and fell off.
Moceanu, however, did a very nice job on the mount,
stopping in a V and then
lowering her legs to a
back support position. She also did
a nice job of
stylizing the cartwheel, basically
holding her second leg in the air for 1-2
seconds
before bringing it down to the beam. She got a great deal of applause
and a 9.4, surely one of the highest beam scores.
Surprisingly,
there really weren't that many falls from the beam.
- Floor
I did
not see anyone do floor as well as the routines I saw by Borden, Dawes,
and Campi at US Classic last year,
but that would be asking a bit much, I
think. The
gymnasts who did best were Moceanu (yet again),
Kinsey Rowe, Dree
Pickens,
and Meduna. If memory serves me correctly, Kinsey did
a perfect job
of staying with the music. I am not
certain if it was Kinsey, but I do
remember it was
a Cypress girl.
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Other notes:
Soni
Meduna is a very tall gymnast! She must be close to five feet. She's
only
a head below Steve Nunno. She consistently scored very high... I
think
9.0+ on every event.
Most polished
gymnasts (in no particular order): Kulikowski,
Powell, Doni
Thompson, Pickens, Rochelli, Rowe, Martinez, Kim, Curry, Martini, Meduna
Most powerful: Curry, Diaz, Martinez,
Thompson, Powell, Pickens, Demery
Most
improved leotards: Cypress! Thank
goodness they didn't wear those
flashy gold
sequined leos.
They have very tasteful and effective leotards
now...
all black with an exploding white star on the left side of the torso.
In
general, Dynamo gymnasts looked to be in the tradition of Ms. Shannon
Miller
- very serious, intense, graceful, good form, but not particularly
explosive.
Colorado Aerials really impressed
me. They had notably good form and
were
also very graceful, yet they had a lot of
punch. As a team, they swing
awesome bars, vault very consistently, and move through beam
and floor with
confidence. Doni Thompson,
when she's concentrating, looks amazingly angry.
The transformation
between the on-the-beam Doni and the off-the-mats Doni is
pretty funny.
I
wish there were more black gymnasts in the sport. Andree Pickens and Nekia
Demery, the two black gymnasts of the session, were both
such fun to watch;
it was
like watching someone trying to harness raw power.
Cypress, obviously,
had incredible depth. The ability
to field eight
internationals is amazing. Each one of those girls deserves to be
on the
Int'l level too... it's not like they're out of their league or
anything.
They have more, too; for example, the charming Ms. Kaitie Dyson was sidelined
with
a foot injury. Cypress girls have
an All-American look about them...
they look like
they're out there for the fun of it.
While Dynamo is
particularly graceful,
Cypress girls seemed to be the strongest team in the
competition,
with very well-defined muscles, particularly in their legs.
They also had
the loudest and most enthusiastic cheering section - which I
unintentionally sat in the middle of. Sure didn't take long to figure out
which gym they were rooting for. =)
Optionals
are tonight. They promise to be
very exciting!
Rachele
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Date:
Thu, 24 Feb 1994 22:37:08 -0600 (CST)
From: <***@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu>
Subject:
additional internet gymnastics
Does anyone
know of any other electronic gymnastics discussions, mailing
lists, or bulletin boards? I'm not looking for an alternative to gymn,
but there must be more
stuff happening in the world of electronics.
Please let me know what you know
about even if it is via a commercial
host like
prodigy or american online or whatever. Thanks.
And does anyone know
any updated information on Kerry Houston's
recovery.
David
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Date:
Wed, 23 Feb 94 09:39:52 EST
From: <***@american.edu>
Subject: gymn Digest V1 #78
In reply to Felicia's question,
I believe that Nelli Kim became a judge
after 1980. I remember seeing her judge at a recent
competition (can't
remember the name).
I
have been off-line because my computer was in the shop again (a
screen repair and I have a laptop).
Shinjinee
P.S. I met Anil (Rao)
this week in DC.
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Date: Tue, 22
Feb 94 22:31:22 EST
From: ***@aol.com
Subject: MCD's American Cup
(PR)
Press Release from USA Gymnastics:
MCDONALD'S AMERICAN CUP,
FIRST EVER "INTERACTIVE" GYMNASTICS COMPETITION.
The
McDonald's American Cup, one of the most prestigious international
gymnastics meets held each year will be the first gymnastics
event
ever to be carried nationwide via
interactive computer technology.
Recently, USA Gymnastics, the
national governing body of the sport in
the United
States, launched its USA GYMNASTICS ONLINE! in
association
with DELPHI, one of the leading
commercial online services. USA
GYMNASTICS ONLINE! is
a custom service of DELPHI, and is a full
service
online system directed toward the nation's gymnasts, coaches,
judges, officials, and gymnastics fans.
On March 5,
1994, USA GYMNASTICS ONLINE! will carry
"play-by-play"
progress of the
McDonald's American Cup allowing users all over the
nation
to "talk back" by asking questions or commenting live, in
"real
time" in the USA GYMNASTICS
ONLINE! conference section.
The computer
coverage of the event will begin at 2:30 p.m. EST, with
NBC
television's coverage beginning at 4:00 p.m. EST. This will add an
extra dimension to the event as users can watch TV and
"chat" via
computer at the same
time.
"We are incredibly excited by this major technological
first involving
our new interactive capabilities,"
said USA Gymnastics Vice President,
Rod Davis. "Finally, the American
public can participate in the action
to a degree
not possible before, and they can do it live, as the event
is unfolding."
"While the event takes
place," Davis said, "members of the gymnastics
community
who are users of USA GYMNASTICS ONLINE! and DELPHI can
'sign
on' and take part!"
Mark Lavi of DELPHI, and Jan Claire of USA Gymnastics will be
hosting
the computer system event, with special
guests offering comments from
time to time and
responding to users' questions.
Any DELPHI user can access USA
GYMNASTICS ONLINE! from the main menu
by typing GR USA and entering the USA GYMNASTICS ONLINE! CONFerence
area.
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Date:
Thu, 24 Feb 1994 13:45:39 -0500
From: ***@freenet.carleton.ca
Subject:
odds and ends
You can telnet to delphi.com and login as joindelphi
with a password of
zm36az. Other passwords are
published now and then in various delphi
ads.
You will then have the
option to join up.
I thought I'd heard that Nelli
Kim was head of gymnastics for
Belarus and was giving Vitali
Szerbo (sp?) a hard
time. True?
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Date:
Tue, 22 Feb 94 17:52:40 PST
From: "***@us.oracle.com"
Subject:
Poof !
Its short notice.
Im leaving.
Anyone wishing to reach me in the future
can reach me at
***@netcom.com
The oracle
address will vaporize tomorrow.
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Date:
Wed, 23 Feb 1994 16:09:46 -0500 (CDT)
From: <***@BrandonU.CA>
Subject:
Scoring programs for local meets
I suppose this question gets asked
pretty often, but is there a program out
there
(shareware) that people use to keep score at local gymnastics meets?
If it
runs on a MACINTOSH, it would be superb, but if not, IBM will do.
If
there isn't one of these programs floating around, send me your wish list
because i'm thinking of writing
one myself. What kinds of features would
you like
to see in the program? What events do you usually hold, and
do any of them also include a difficulty score?
Thanks
for any replies!
Neil
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Date:
Wed, 23 Feb 94 15:34:19 PST
From: ***@geoworks.com
Subject: Scoring
programs for local meets
I've got a friend who is a Mac programmer
who has written one (it
is sometimes used at UC
Berkeley meets, as he was once on the team). I'm
not
sure if it is shareware (I'm checking with him).
I'll let you know what I find out.
Dave
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Date:
Thu, 24 Feb 1994 23:04:34 -0500 (EST)
From: <***@dorsai.dorsai.org>
Subject:
Scoring programs for local meets
>
>
> I've got a friend who is a Mac
programmer who has written one (it
> is
sometimes used at UC Berkeley meets, as he was once on the team). I'm
> not
sure if it is shareware (I'm checking with him).
>
> I'll let you know what I find out.
>
> Dave
>
>
> > I suppose this question gets asked pretty often, but is there a
program out
> > there (shareware) that
people use to keep score at local gymnastics meets?
> > If it runs on
a MACINTOSH, it would be superb, but if not, IBM will do.
> >
>
> If there isn't one of these programs floating around, send me your wish
list
> > because i'm
thinking of writing one myself. What kinds of features would
> > you like to see in the program? What events do you usually
hold, and
> > do any of them also include a
difficulty score?
> >
> > Thanks for any replies!
>
> Neil
> >
>
I have created a series of
shareware templates for use in Microsoft Excel 4.0
to
score men's meets. The templates
can be used for dual, tri, quad, five or
six way
meets, and can allow you to count either 3, 4 or 5 scores per team.
The
program will accept entry of one, two or four scores and determine the
correct average. In addition it will keep track of the all
around for the
names entered similarly in the
all-around section.
This
is not a standalone program, you must have EXCEL 4.0 in which to
run them. I
wouldn't know if they will work correctly in the Mac version of
Excel. Let
me know if you are interested.
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Date:
Sat, 26 Feb 1994 10:46:17 -0500 (EST)
From: <***@dorsai.dorsai.org>
Subject:
Scoring programs for local meets
Thanks for the site.
The
templates are in the file mscor102.zip
The scoring
templates are now sitting in the /pub/PC directory at the FTP site
***.brandonu.ca
Can you leave them there for awhile in case others want them? Thanks.
Let me know how you
like them.
Thanks
Ken
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