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USA wins three medals in trampoline at 2009 Flower Cup

he USA claimed three medals – one gold, one silver and one bronze Savannah Vinsant – at the 2009 Flower Cup, an international trampoline competition T held in Aalsmeer, Netherlandsm March 21. Savannah Vinsant of Newton, Texas/Twist-N-Shout, won the gold medal in Class I girls, and Jeffrey Gluckstein of Atlantic Highlands, N.J./Head Over Heels, and of Lake Forest, Calif./World Elite Gymnastics, claimed the silver medal in Class I boys and the bronze medal in Class I men, respectively.

Vinsant posted a score of 35.10 in Class I girls to top Greece’s Lila Kasapoglou and the Netherland’s Pascal Wiebering, who finished second and third, respectively. Gluckstein scored a 36.80 in Class I boys to finish second behind Denmark’s Daniel Prest. Hunter Brewster of Lafayette, La./ Trampoline & Tumbling Express, placed eighth.

The USA finished third, fourth and sixth in Class I men. Dooley’s 39.70 placed him third behind the Netherland’s Fernando Gotschin and Germany’s Martin Gromowski. of Atlantic Highlands, N.J./Head Over Heels, and Michael Devine of Winnebago, Ill./ J&J Tumbling and Trampoline, were fourth and sixth, respectively.

For more information go to www.usa-gymnastics.org Rhythmic Update

Medals for Senior Rhythmic Group Kerber wins three medals The U.S. rhythmic at Coupe du gymnastics group won Pas-de-Calais three bronze medals at the Kalamata Cup, April The U.S. was 11-12, in Kalamata, Greece. represented at the At the Grand Prix in Thias, 21st annual Coupe France, on March 28-29, du Pas-de-Calais, the group also became an FIG rhythmic the first U.S. group to gymnastics compete in the finals at a tournament in Grand Prix event. Calais, France The members of March 21-22, the U.S. group team from North Shore Rhythmic are: 2009 by junior Stephanie Flaksman of Northbrook, Ill.; Marlee Shape of Jasmine Kerber Buffalo Grove, Ill.; Sydney Sachs of Deerfield, Ill.; Sofya and the Senior Roytburg of Brooklyn, NY.; Bianca LaRosa of Brooklyn, NY.; national group, and Megan Frohlich of Marysville, Wash. both of North At the Kalamata Cup, the USA finished third behind Shore Rhythmics. Kerber finished second at 2009 Russia and Greece in the all-around, hoops and rope/ Rhythmic Challenge and the Senior Group won ribbon. The U.S. group posted a score of 35.700 in the all- the 2008 Group National Championships. around, an 18.975 in hoops and a 17.375 in rope/ribbon. At the Calais event, Kerber finished third all- At the Grand Prix, the USA finished sixth in the hoops around in a field of 17, qualified into all four event finals and eighth in the all-around and rope/ribbon finals. finals, was second in ball, third in rope and fourth They scored a 19.950 in hoops and a 17.850 in rope/ in hoop and clubs. The Group was second all- ribbon to earn an all-around score of 37.800. Bulgaria around to Russia and second in both the hoops won all three events. and rope/ribbon during event finals.

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2008 Silver World Medalist earn Three Medals at Acro Cup Albershausen

2008 mixed pair world silver-medalists Kristin Allen and Michael Rodrigues of Livermore, Calif./West Coast Training Center, earned two silver and one gold medal at the 2009 Acro Cup in Albershausen, Germany.

Gold medal in Dynamic (Score: 28.611) Silver medal in Balance (Score: 28.850) Silver medal in All-Around (Combined Routine: 29.067/ All-Around Score: 86.528) Silver Cup for Highest Score in the entire Senior Competition (86.528)

Great Britain’s Nicholas Illingworth and Katie Axten won the gold medal with an 87.057.

The competition featured age-group, junior and senior divisions. In addition to the USA, athletes from 12 other countries competed in the event: Belarus, Bulgaria, England, Germany, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Spain and Switzerland.

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Jason Whitfield Invitational

The 18th annual Jason Whitfield Invitational was held in Ann Arbor, Mich., � Height: 4” � Height: 4” March 14-15. This year, four $3,000 scholarships � Length: 23” � Length: 23” were awarded to the following gymnasts: Jonathan Horton (Oklahoma), Matthew � Width between bars: 14” � Width between bars: 14” Chelberg (Ohio), Andrew Elkind (Colorado) Price: $125.00 Price: $125.00 and Ben Rudolph (Illinois). Elkind and Rudolph were available to accept their awards in person presented by Cathy Whitfield. GYMNOVATIONS GYMNOVATIONS (661) 678-3135 (661) 678-3135 Thus far, the Jason Whitfield Foundation has awarded a total of $156,500 to 59 male gymnasts since 1992. Olympic bound gymnast and junior national www.gymnovations.com www.gymnovations.com team member, Jason Whitfield, died in a motorcycle accident in September, 1991.

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