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Show kM',! l I:- f Ik GYMNASTIC HONORS The TAGS Gymnastics Club of Woods Cross closed out the 1976 competitive year with the USGF (United States Gymnastics Gym-nastics Federation) state championships held last Saturday Sa-turday at the University of Utah. LIISA Low, 13, won the compulsory round oi the Class I meet on Fhday with a first on uneven bars, 2nd on floor, 4th on balance beam and 3rd on vault. On Saturday she placed second all-around while teammate Cari Card moved from 8th to 3rd all-around. all-around. Gymnastics is contested on three separate levels. Class III, beginning; Class II, intermediate; in-termediate; Class I, advanced. ad-vanced. Last year the newly : formed TAGS Gymnastics Club won the Class III title, placed second as a team in Class II and qualified Becki : Hambhn for regional and na-: na-: tional competition as a Class ; i. IN 1978 the team again won the Class III title and then added a first at the Class II level - winning by four points over a Salt Lake Club which had not been defeated in three years. The three Class I gymnasts, gym-nasts, Becki Hambhn. Lnsa Lowe and Cari Card all qualified for the regional USGF meet to be held in California on April 16, 17 and 18. INDIVIDUAL state champions cham-pions Class III: Tracy Swenson. 8. She won her first major competition last year as she won the USTA stale tumbling title for the 10 and under novice division. In this year's gymnastics championships cham-pionships as a Class 111, Tracy placed first on floor exercise, 8.15, and first in vaulting, 7.7 and had a combined all-around all-around score of 31.15 to give her a final first place finish. Tracy is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Swenson. CHARLA Newman. 11, placed eighth all-around at the 1975 championships. In 1976 she finished fourth and lied with teammate Michelle Nelson for first place on the uneven parallel bars, 8.25. Charla is a sixth grader at Boulton and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Newman. New-man. Michelle Nelson. 12, won the balance beam competition in both 1975 and 1976 becoming becom-ing the first girl to repeat as a state champion. She also tied for first on uneven bars and placed second in the all-around. all-around. Her score of 32.9 moved her automatically to the Class II level. TEDDIE Endow. II. has established herself as one of the state's best in both tumbling and gymnastics. Last year she placed second in the USTA tumbling meet and only began gymnastics competition during the 1976 season. At the state championships Gaining honors in gymnastics are. front I to r, Kim Sarris. Tracy Swenson. Teddie Endow, Becky Hill. Back, Cari Card, Liisa Lowe, Becki Hamblin, Dana Tingey. Heather Sprake and Kris Kinyon. she won the floor exercise (8.85) and vaulting (8.75) and won the coveted all-around title in the 10-11 division with a 33.60. Her score was the second highest for the entire meet regardless of age. Ted-die's Ted-die's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Bill Endow. Teddie is a fifth grader at Roosevelt. DANA Tingey, 13, was voted vot-ed the outstanding competitor for the state championship. Ms. Tingey garnered firsts on floor, bars, and vault to easily win the all around title with a 34.30. Her 8.5 average per event was a state record as were each of her first place scores. Dana won the 1975 11-12 slate tumbling championships, cham-pionships, competed at the USTA Regionals (Montana. Idaho, Wyoming. Colorado and Utah) and qualified for the USTA national championships cham-pionships in San Francisco. Dana, a seventh grader at Centerville Jr. High, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph La r sen. BECKY Hill, 10. last year placed sixth all-around for the TAGS club and 11th over all at ' the Class III level. She moved up to Class II and in the state meet won the vault (8.6) while placing 2nd on beam (7.3) and bars (8.2) and second in the all-around (31.60). Becki's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Hill. Kim Sarris. 10, last year began at the Class HI level, moved to class and within eight months of competitive gymnastics placed fourth in the all-around for the 12 and under age group. Later that year Kim went on to place first in state tumbling, third in regional, third in the nationals na-tionals (San Francisco) and fourth in the world age group meet (Toronto, Canada). THIS YEAR Kim won the USGF all around title 33.35 by winning floor exercise (8.25), beam (8.15), uneven bars (8.85) and placing third in vault (8.1). Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Sarris are the parents of Kim who is a fifth grader at Muir. Kris Kinyon, 11, took advantage ad-vantage of a new USGF ruling which allows a competitor to compete in an older age group if they become that age during dur-ing the calendar year. KRIS competed in the 12-14 age group and won the uneven parallel bar competition (8.4 compulsory, 7.75 optional) and tied for first on vault (8.4 8.0). Kris also went on to place third all-around (63.15). Kris, a sixth grader at Washington is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Kinyon of Bountiful. Heather Sprake, 16, defeated defeat-ed every competitor in her age division by at least five points as she won the gold medal in three of four events and the all-around. HER firsts on beam (7.25, 6.90), bars (8.05. 6.95) and vault (8.1, 7 95) and a second on fluor (7.85, 7.40) gave her an all around score of 60.35. the third time a gymnast in this division had scored over 60 points. Heather is a sophomore at Viewmont High School. The most difficult competitive competi-tive level contested statewide is the advanced division. Only Class I gymnasts can go on to compete in regional and national na-tional competition. THIS YEAR all three of the TAGS' Class 1 competitors have qualified for the regionals (Los Angeles) to be held in April. The girls are Lnsa Lowe, Can Card and Becki Hambhn. Lnsa Low, 13, won the 1976 USGF title on uneven bars with a compulsory score of 8.75 and an optional of 8 95. She also placed third on balance beam (6 25, 8 55) and floor exercise (8.70. 8.55) and won the silver medal in the all-around with a score exceeding ex-ceeding the national qualifying qualify-ing standard SH.8. LIISA and teammate Cari Card now qualify for the regional AAU junior Olympic meet as a result of their second and third all-around placing. Lnsa is an eighth grader at Mt. Ogden Jr. High School. Her parents are Ralph and Elgene Lowe of Ogden. COACHES for the club include Gonnie Buell. 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