Illinois All State Team 2006 - 2007

Level 4 Level 5 Level 6
Basilio Leopoldo Lakeshore Max Andriouchenko Lakeshore Josh Zeal Buffalo Grove
Matthew Szot Aerial John Diveris Lakeshore Yaodi Hu Lakeshore
Andy Villasenor Lakeshore Adrian Metcalf Buffalo Grove Alex Diab Premier
Ryan Stunard Lakeshore Nicholas Bauer Premier West Connor Adamsick Libertyville
Luka Sisauri Crystal Lake Cobey Pava Lakeshore Malik Donley 3D Gymnastics
Matthew Kurecki Dynamite Alex Villasenor Lakeshore Danny Graham Premier
Peter Morrison Chicago Park District Truman Job Buffalo Grove Jerome Redmond Chicago Park District
Taylor Cervantes 3D Gymnastics Michael Paradise Bartlett Charlie Pavlak Premier West

 

Memo from Dennis McIntyre

Please give this important information wide distribution within your constituent areas.

 

Two areas of important information:

  1. New December version of the FIG Code of Points – Please read the memo below from NGJA National Technical Vice President Dan Bachman. The memo makes note of the newest posted version of the FIG Code of Points and also references the attached document which points out the differences between the new December 06 code and the March 06 version. I want to thank all the members of the NGJA who worked so hard and quickly to review the new version of the code and put this summary document together. This is a great time saving tool for all coaches and judges and it is much appreciated. Also as a reference, here is the link to the NGJA website: http://www.ngja.org/
  1. Junior Elite Qualification to the Visa Championships – There continues to be quite a few questions concerning the process for qualifying to the Junior Elite Division at the 2007 Visa Championships. In order to clarify this for everyone, here is the process:

·         The top three athletes in the 14-15 age group and the top three age eligible athletes in the 16 – 18 year old division at the Winter Cup Challenge will automatically qualify, within their respective age division, to the 2007 Visa Championships in the Junior Elite Division.

·         The top three athletes in the 14-15 age group and the top three age eligible athletes in the 16 – 18 year old division at the Junior Olympic National Championships will automatically qualify, within their respective age division, to the 2007 Visa Championships in the Junior Elite Division.

·         The remaining 12* athletes in each age division will qualify to the 2007 Visa Championships through competition at the 2007 National Qualifier. To be eligible to compete at the National Qualifier in the Junior Elite Division an athlete must submit, with his registration form, scores from a USA Gymnastics Sanctioned competition (not including the Winter Cup Challenge) where he was judged using FIG rules and officiated by judges with an NGJA Nationally certified or higher rating. The Men’s Program Committee (MPC) may determine that the field for the Junior Elite Division at the National Qualifier needs be limited to a specific number of athletes. In that case, athletes may also have to submit a video of their routines for evaluation in order to qualify to compete at the National Qualifier.

* Note: If there are athletes who place in the top three at the Junior Olympic National Championships who have already qualified to the Visa Championships through their placement at the Winter Cup Challenge, then their position from the Junior Olympic National Championships will be added to the number of athletes who qualify to the Visa Championships from competition at the National Qualifier.

 

For USA Gymnastics,

Dennis McIntyre

Men's Program Director

dmcin@usa-gymnastics.org

317-829-5634 office

317-490-4256 cell

317-237-5069 fax

 

All,

Recently, the FIG Technical Committee updated the Code of Points (December 2006 version). It is now posted on the FIG website. Ken Achiron also has a direct link to it on the NGJA website. I highly recommend that everyone prints off this new code since there are now 4 different versions (Oct. 2005, March 2006, May 2006, and now Dec. 2006) and there have been many updates (especially vault values) since the beginning. This applies to all programs (USAG, NCAA, & JO).

In order to help everyone see the differences from the previous code, attached is a document showing what is new, deleted, or slightly modified. This is also posted on the NGJA website.

I would appreciate your help in spreading the word in your regions. I have a lot of people's e-mail addresses, however, there are a lot of coaches & judges that I am missing. Please inform everyone in your area regarding this information.

Lastly, there have been many questions regarding how HB is evaluated. In order to help everyone visualize how elgrip giants are being evaluated, there are 6 videos on the NGJA web page with a written analysis. Please take time to review as well. 

As you can see, there is a lot going on. Therefore, as information becomes available to us, we will do our best to keep everyone informed. In the meantime, continue to check the NGJA web page for future updates.

 

Dan Bachman

NGJA Technical VP 

 

 

 

2006 Visa Championships

Four Gymnasts from Illinois will be competing at the 2006 Visa Championships this August.  For more information or for ordering tickets click here.

Illinois Gymnasts competing in the Visa Championships
Ben Baldus-Strauss, Winfield, Ill./Bartlett Gymnastics (16-18)
C.J. Padera, Winfield, Ill./Bartlett Gymnastics (14-15)
Sean Regan, Libertyville, Ill./Buffalo Grove Gymnastics (16-18)
David Sender, Arlington Heights, Ill./Stanford University (Sr.)  

 

All State Camp - August 27th @ Ultimate Gymnastics

    On Sunday August 27th, Ultimate Gymnastics will be hosting the Illinois All State Camp from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM.  The camp is for compulsory level gymnasts and costs $50 (Lunch and a T-shirt are included).  All Illinois All State Team members can attend for free. 

The 2005 - 2006 Illinois All State Teams

Level 4 All-State


             Christian Dalisay                               Midwest Academy
                    Max Andriouchenko                          Lakeshore Academy
                    John Sreenan                                    Lakeshore Academy
                    Joey Menzel                                      Premier Oswego
                    Michael Guftason                              Premier Downers Grove
                    John Diveris                                      Lakeshore Academy
                    Coby Pava                                        Lakeshore Academy
                    Isaiah Richardson                            Premier Oswego

Level 5 All-State

Malik Donley                                     Beverly
Andy MacDonnell                             Lakeshore
Ravi Patel                                          Lakeshore
Jarome Redmond                            C.P.D.
Ryan Alsip                                         Beverly
Jacob Guth                                        Buffalo Grove
Joseph Brice                                     Buffalo Grove
Aaron Mudlong                                  Bartlett
Benjamin Hecht                                 Palmers

Level 6 All-State

Elijah Klaber                             Buffalo Grove
Yaodi Hu                                    Lakeshore Academy
David McDonald                      Bartlett Gymnastics
Justin Valecek                          Beverly Gymnastics
John Heiser                               Premier
Troy Mather                               Premier
Marlon Vernon                          Chicago Park District
Arie Feltmen-Frank                  Buffalo Grove

 

 

 

Region 5 and J.O. Nationals

      First, I would like to congratulate everyone on another very successful season.  Illinois had a great showing at Region 5 Championships and J.O. Nationals.  From the looks of our lower level gymnasts at the State Championships, we should expect to become even stronger in the up coming years.  I’ve put together some stats from Region 5 Championships and some highlights from J.O. Nationals.  Illinois produced a number of Regional Individual and All-Around Champions, along with a couple of J.O National Champions

USA Gymnastics Illinois Boys Region 5 Champions

 

Individual Champions

Level

Age Group

Name

Gym

Events

6

8 to 9

Elijah Klaber

Buffalo Grove

FX, SR, PB, AA

6

10 to 11

Justin Valecek

Beverly Gymnastics

SR, AA

6

10 to 11

Marlon Vernon

Chicago Park District

FX, HB

6

12 +

Jason Gaides

Beverly Gymnastics

PH, AA

7

10 to 11

Matt Foster

Premier Gymnastics

PH, HB, AA

7

12 +

Timmy Kosanda

Midwest Academy

FX, PB, HB, AA

7

12 +

Bryan Sanoshy

Gym Spot

SR

8

14 – 18

Justin Maxwell

Chicago Park District

SR, VT, AA

9

12 to 13

Craig Hernandez

Buffalo Grove

PH, PB

9

12 to 13

Scott Weidermeyer

Aerial Gymnastics

HB

10

16 to 18

Ben Baldus – Strauss

Bartlett Gymnastics

PB, HB, AA

 

Percentage of Champions:   Illinois 43%   Ohio 28%   Michigan 18%  Indiana  7%  Kentucky 4%

 

 

Team Champions

Level

Age Group

Name

6

12 +

Palmer’s Gymnastics

9

12 to 13

Buffalo Grove Gymnastics Center

10

14 to 15

Bartlett Gymnastics Center

10

16 to 18

Buffalo Grove Gymnastics Center

10

All Ages

Bartlett Gymnastics Center

 

                                                    USAG J.O. Nationals

 

All Around Finals Qualifiers

Level

Age Group

Name

Gym

Place

   9

12 to 13

Jacoby Rubin

Buffalo Grove

19th

   9

12 to 13

Craig Hernandez

Buffalo Grove

22nd

   9

12 to 13

Danny Berandini

Buffalo Grove

30th

  10

14 to 15

C.J. Padera

Bartlett Gymnastics

13th

  10

14 to 15

Anthony Sacramento

Buffalo Grove

25th

  10

14 to 15

Josh Wokurka

Bartlett Gymnastics

35th

  10

16 to 18

Thomas Kelly

Buffalo Grove

5th

  10

16 to 18

Ryan Lieberman

Buffalo Grove

6th

  10

16 to 18

Ben Baldus – Strauss

Bartlett Gymnastics

11th

  10

16 to 18

Luke Stannard

Ultimate Gymnastics

18th

  10

16 to 18

Mike Behles

Bartlett Gymnastics

26th

  10

16 to 18

Alex Buscaglia

Aerial Gymnastics

29th

 

 

Individual Event Qualifiers to All Around Finals

Level

Age Group

Name

Gym

Event

9

12 to 13

Jake Hartman

Premier West

PH

9

12 to 13

Mark Panhorst

Bartlett

PH

9

12 to 13

Logan Bradley

Premier

PH

9

12 to 13

Isaak Kruspe

Premier

SR

9

12 to 13

Benjamin Kepchar

Lakeshore

SR

9

12 to 13

Michael Strathern

Bartlett

PB

9

12 to 13

Michael Strathern

Bartlett

HB

9

12 to 13

Wasef Burbar

Buffalo Grove

HB

10

14 to 15

Matthew McGrath

Bartlett

FX

10

14 to 15

Brett Lazarus

Buffalo Grove

SR

10

14 to 15

Matthew McGrath

Bartlett

VT

10

14 to 15

Aaron Eyster

Bartlett

VT

10

14 to 15

Blaine Klaczak

Premier

PB

10

14 to 15

Ben Rudolph

Bartlett

PB

10

16 to 18

Joel Snyder

Buffalo Grove

PH

10

16 to 18

Nick Greiesbach

Buffalo Grove

PH

10

16 to 18

Bear Banley

Buffalo Grove

VT

10

16 to 18

Joel Snyder

Buffalo Grove

PB

10

16 to 18

Bear Banley

Buffalo Grove

HB

10

16 to 18

Joel Snyder

Buffalo Grove

HB

 

USA Gymnastic's All Americans from Illinois

 

Level 10 Ages 16 to 18

Name

Gym

Event and Place

Ryan Lieberman

Buffalo Grove Gymnastics

Still Rings 4th, High bar 4th

Alex Buscaglia

Aerial Gymnastics

Vault 2nd

Thomas Kelly

Buffalo Grove Gymnastics

High Bar 2nd

Ben Baldus – Strauss

Bartlett Gymnastics

High Bar 6th

 

Level 10 Ages 14 to 15

Name

Gym

Event and Place

Matthew McGrath

Bartlett Gymnastics

Floor Champion

C.J. Padera

Bartlett Gymnastics

High Bar 5th

Anthony Sacramento

Buffalo Grove

Still Rings 6th