David Sender SENDER WINS men’S all-arOUND TITLE AT 2008 VISA CHAMPIONSHIPS eam Chevron’s David Sender of Arlington Heights, Ill., won the men’s all-around title at the 2008 Visa Championships at Reliant Park in Houston. Sender, also took top honors on vaultT and qualified to the U.S. Olympic Team Trials- Photo - Steve Photo Lange - © Steve Gymnastics. Jonathan Sender, 22, won the all-around title with a six-event Horton total of 180.700. Team Chevron’s Jonathan Horton of Houston was second at 180.450, followed by Team Chevron’s Joey Hagerty of Rio Ranchero, N.M, at 180.300. David Durante and Raj Bhavsar rounded out the top five in the all-around. Both days of the men’s competition counted equally toward the final score. Sender, who is coached by J.D. Reive and Thom Glielmi at Stanford, had two very consistent days. He won the vault with a total of 32.450, with Sean Golden coming in second at 32.350, and Bhavsar and Morgan Hamm tying for third at 32.100. Sender, who won the vault crown in 2004 and 2006, solidly landed his Yurchenko 2-1/2. He was fourth in the floor exercise and horizontal bar, fifth on still rings, and eighth on parallel bars. Photo - Steve Photo Lange - © Steve “I was thrilled to win the all-around, but more importantly I proved to the selection committee that I can do two nights of steady gymnastics,” said Sender. Paul Hamm had a comfortable cushion in the all-around after day ㄰ one, scoring 3.70 points over his nearest competitor Hagerty. However, Hamm injured his hand on the last event, parallel bars, and could not 㤵 compete during day two of Visa Championships. Joseph “My hand was jammed on parallel bars and I felt a shift in the bones,” 㜵 Hagerty Photo - Max Morse Hamm said. Hamm, who fractured the fourth metacarpal on his right hand, petitioned to compete at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials and his petition ㈵ 2008 Visa Championships - Reliant Arena was accepted. The individual event champions for 2008 were: Morgan Hamm, floor 㔀 Houston, Texas - May 24, 2008 exercise; Yewki Tomita, pommel horse; Kevin Tan, still rings; Sender, vault; Justin Spring, parallel bars; and Hagerty, horizontal bar. 22 USa GYMNaStiCS JULY • aUGUST 2008 啓䄭䝍刭䩵汹♁畧畳琭㈰〸 呵敳摡礬⁊畮攠ㄷⰠ㈰〸′㨲㔺㐱⁐䴀 Morgan Hamm debuted an air flare, which he described as Photo - Max Morse a break-dancing move, in his ™ Men’s Visa Championships Results floor routine that earned a total CLUB/SCHooL PRELIM FINAL TOTAL of 31.350, garnering him his 1 David Sender Team Chevron 89.700 91.000 180.700 third national floor title. Steve 2 Jonathan Horton Team Chevron 89.450 91.000 180.450 3 Joseph Hagerty Team Chevron 89.750 90.550 180.300 Legendre, was second at 31.300 Competition Equipment and Mats: 4 David Durante Team Chevron 88.800 90.150 178.950 and Horton was third at 30.800. American Gymnast can fully 5 Raj Bhavsar Team Chevron 89.700 88.550 178.250 Tomita earned his second 6 Alexander Artemev Team Chevron 88.600 89.550 178.150 7 Guillermo Alvarez Team Chevron 88.800 89.150 177.950 pommel horse title with a two- service gymnastics clubs with a full 8 Todd Thornton Team Chevron 87.800 88.850 176.650 day score of 30.150, finishing line of equipment and mats. 9 Sho Nakamori Stanford 87.600 88.100 175.700 ahead of silver-medalist Tim 10 Tim McNeill Berkeley 85.850 89.750 175.600 11T Kyson Bunthuwong Berkeley 89.050 84.500 173.550 Raj Bhavsar McNeill at 29.900 and bronze- 11T Danell Leyva * Universal 87.650 85.900 173.550 medalist Clay Strother, at 13 Steve Legendre Oklahoma 86.800 86.550 173.350 29.550. On the still rings, Tan 14 Bryant Hadden Stanford 85.250 86.800 172.050 15 Alexy Bilozertchev * OSU Boys 85.600 86.050 171.650 turned in two very consistent days, earning a 16.650 and 16.700, Training Equipment and Mats: 16 Taqiy Abdullah-Simmons Oklahoma 84.450 86.150 170.600 to clinch his third straight title with a total score of 33.350. Horton 17 Ryan Lieberman Stanford 83.350 84.550 167.900 finished second at 31.850, and Bhavsar and Golden tied for third at 18 Tyler Mizoguchi HGA 84.100 83.700 167.800 Perfect for home or 19 Edward Mesa * Universal 84.450 83.200 167.650 31.100. 20 Josh Dixon Stanford 82.200 84.700 166.900 Spring’s 30.900 earned him his first U.S. parallel bars title. gym use! Alexander Artemev was second at 30.650, and Durante was third Photo - Steve Lange at 30.600. Hagerty posted a 31.00 to win the horizontal bar individual event crown. Durante was second at 30.200, followed by Morgan Hamm at 30.100. The 10 men who qualified for the senior men’s national team based on the points system and will advance to the U.S. Olympic David Team Trials are: American Gymnast is owned Durante - Alexander Artemev of Lakewood, Colo./Team Chevron and operated by Olympian - Raj Bhavsar of Houston/Team Chevron - David Durante of Garwood, N.J./Team Chevron Steve McCain and World - Sean Golden of Camden, N.J./Team Chevron Motor Development: Team Member Jay Thornton. - Joseph Hagerty of Rio Ranchero, N.M/Team Chevron Get your gymnastics supplies - Jonathan Horton of Houston, Texas/Team Chevron Skill shapes for all Motor Development needs. - Morgan Hamm of Waukesha, Wis./Team Chevron from the company who knows - Paul Hamm of Waukesha, Wis./Team Chevron gymnastics. - David Sender of Arlington Heights, Ill./ Team Chevron - Kevin Tan of Fremont, Calif./Team Chevron Dealer for the following Brands: The remaining four members of the national team were selected by the Men’s Program Committee: Alexander Artemev - Guillermo Alvarez of Denver/Team Chevron - Tim McNeill of Falls Church, Va./University of California – Berkley - Justin Spring of Burke, Va./Team Chevron - Yewki Tomita of Tucson, Ariz./Team Chevron. 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