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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN VAULTING ASSOCIATION 11845 SKYLINE BLVD., LOS GATOS, CA 95033 www.americanvaulting.org JUNE 2004 Spirit of Vaulting at Gladstone page 4 Nationals Update page 8 Selection Trials Results begin on page 17 Coast Line’s nearly flawless freestlyle performances on Designer Socks earned them the highest average score from three of the four USEF Selection Trials. This team from Santa Cruz, California, coached by Katharina Alongi will be representing the USA at the 2004 World Vaulting Championships in Austria. Photo: Eric Jewett Attention AVA High Point Update all AVA Toni Amoroso, AVA High Point Secretary management’s responsibility to send the Members: I have received many questions regard- overall scores to me. If I do not receive the ing the National AVA High Point placing scores, they cannot be included in the pro- WE NEED and how the vaulter qualified to be on the gram. Last year, I downloaded most of the YOUR HELP! list that was posted in an earlier article in scores from the internet. These scores were Vaulting World. The instruction form is possibly not complete. To avoid future prob- A worm infected the AVA now available online at the AVA web site lems, I am asking that competition manage- data base. It has been cleaned under Forms and is shown below. The form ment send in the scores for the pertinent out but there are some “holes”. explains in detail what is needed to report classes. Please carefully review the scores. This form is also sent to all com- I need to receive the list of overall petition managers when they apply for AVA membership list at http:// scores for Trot and Copper, overall scores recognition, and is included in their com- from round I only for Bronze and overall home.att.net/~avafest —> petition packet. of round I and II for Silver and Gold. If a membership for your club. If The AVA High Point was created to vaulter does not qualify for Round II, then you cannot access the online honor our individual vaulters who attend a their overall round I score will count. These listing, please email the AVA at minimum of three AVA recognized com- are the only scores needed. They need to americanvaultingassn@ petitions. The classes honored are: Gold, be in an Excel or Word document format. Silver, Bronze, Copper and Trot. These yahoo.com or phone 925/370- The reports need to include the vaulter’s classes must be judged by an AVA recog- name, team and level. 2173 for a hard copy to be nized judge in good standing. All score There was some confusion last year faxed or mailed. If you do not sheets from these classes need to be sent to regarding this report so we have created the agree with the listing, please the AVA competition secretary. At the same instruction form to answer all questions. contact the AVA National Of- time a summary sheet with overall scores With the competition year in full swing I fice immediately. With your only should be sent to me at want to be sure that everyone understands [email protected]. help we should have the integ- how the program works and how scores get I have been given the names and dates posted to the AVA High Point Program. rity of the data base restored of the recognized competitions applied for Hopefully this clears up any questions you before Nationals. Thank you. so far this year. In order for scores to be may have had regarding this program. added to my list, it is the competition Thank you for your help! AVA NATIONAL HIGH POINT AWARD Reporting We need to standardize the reporting of scores that are used for the • If these overall scores can be picked out of your competition National High Point Awards. results without any further calculations then that will be suffi- • Scores must be from recognized competitions.*(See exceptions cient otherwise, please provide the averages requested. below) • Failure to provide results to three decimal points and averaged • Scores will only count if the class is judged by a recognized as stated above will result in scores not being counted for the AVA judge AVA National High Point Awards. • Vaulter must do both horse compulsories and horse freestyle (See note below) Awards • The classes to report are: Gold, Silver, Bronze, Copper, Trot • The AVA National High Point Award is calculated by taking (men and women separately for each class). the top three scores and averaging them for the class. • Scores reported are to be to three decimal places per AVA rules. • A vaulter must have three overall scores from the same level • Scores to be reported are an average of compulsories and to be considered. Freestyle. • The top man and woman in each class will be recognized and • For Gold and Silver: If you are doing two rounds of Gold and/ given their awards at the AVA Nationals. Second though Fifth or Silver, give an average of the two rounds. If not all vaulters place AVA High Point will be given a certificate. qualify for round II, please send their round I overall scores. • Return all high point score sheets in Excel or Word format • For Bronze:Horse compulsories and freestyle average round I. with the following information: • For Copper: Horse compulsories and freestyle average. • Vaulter name: first, last • For Trot: Horse compulsories and freestyle average. • Club name • Note: Classes titled Trot and Advance Trot will count, Novice • Level and Beginning Trot will not. • Overall score to three decimals • Note: Scores from an unrecognized trot competition day that • Any questions please contact Sue Detol at: [email protected] follows a recognized day by the same club will count. or Toni Amoroso at: [email protected]. ***The High Point Year begins after Nationals through the next Nationals*** Vaulting World 2 June 2004 President’s Table of Contents AVA High Point Update ......................................2 Message President’s Message Nancy Stevens Brown ........3 The days are longer now, but never long The Spirit of Vaulting Nancy Stevens Brown ......4 enough. Summer is just around the corner, and Look, Line and Thinker many of the first vaulting events of the year Nancy Stevens Brown ..............................4 are successfully in the record books. If vault- Vaulting at the Rolex Mary McCormick .............8 ing was just about competition, you could al- ready begin to measure our 2004 success by Ask the Expert J. Ashton Moore ......................10 the early scores and placings. But, like all Volunteer of the Year Carol Beutler ................11 things in life, vaulting is many faceted and can- Kid’s Page .........................................................12 not be qualified or quantified so easily. Meet the Vaulter - Blake Dahlgren In the past I defined my own role in the Sandy Dahlgren .........................................13 scheme of things by the moments when I was Results - University of Findlay Fest 03/20/04 ..13 teaching. It is then that I felt truly connected Results - FACE off Vaulting Challenge 1 to the current vaulters and also to the history Nancy Stevens-Brown 03/27/04.....................................................14 of vaulting and its yet untapped future. Though Results - UConn Intercollegiate Vaulting Fest I never grew moss on my feet when it came to artistic or creative 04/10/04.....................................................15 opinions I rarely turned to others in our Association to seek advice or First Intercollegiate Fest Adele Dawley ...15 help. Results - DG Bar Vaulting Fest 04/17/04 ........16 When I became President of the AVA I approached that responsi- bility with a different level of enthusiasm, energy and vision than I DG Bar Fest Bob Weber ...........................16 had for teaching. Soon I began to perceive things in the sport that I Results - Sunshine Fest 04/17/04 ...................17 had never before considered or even valued. As I prepared the slide Results - Woodside Vaulter’s Spring Fest show for our 35th Gala, I saw vaulting in a fresh light and gained a 05/02/04.....................................................17 newfound respect and appreciation for all of the many faces and phases Results - Great Falls/Topaz Vaulters of the AVA. Though I still define myself as a teacher, I have become a Mother’s Day Fest 05/08-09/04 ................19 student thanks to the examples of many hard working folks who in- Results - Garrod’s Spring Classic 05/15/04......21 spire me with their dedicated efforts on behalf of the AVA. Results - Garrod’s May Fest 05/16/04 .............23 This is a different way for me to view our Association, one that I Huey Knew Vicki Cleary ..........................26 have come to enjoy. Though I have had many great teams of vaulters Photographer Retires Eric Jewett ....................27 I was never a part of a team. Today I am not only a part of a team, but AVA Directory ..................................................27 I am lucky enough to be part of a truly great team! Countless AVA Calendar of Vaulting Events .............................28 volunteers are totally dedicated hard working visionaries who bring their own skills, creativity, time, money and energy to the table. When If you have any changes or corrections to your mailing address for Vault- the chips are down these multitalented multitasking leaders manage ing World, are having problems receiving your issues, or wish addi- to produce outstanding results. If you are a longtime member of the tional copies please contact the AVA National Office at 5620 Vineta AVA you have benefited and/or contributed to the selfless work that Court, Martinez, CA 94553, phone: 925/370-2173, fax: 925/299-5344, email: [email protected]. The mailing lists are gen- so many devoted folks have donated to our organization.