At the XXVII Olympiad
in Sydney, Australia, three of the six USA Men's Gymnastics Team came
from Region IV. They are John Rothlisberger, of Minnesota, and Morgan
and Paul Hamm, of Wisconsin. We congratulate them on their extraordinary
success, achieved in circumstances less then optimum! We also extend
our congratulations to their coaches, Fred Rothlisberger & Tom Glielmi,
and Stacy Maloney and their families.
Dan Coon, Region
IV Chairman
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The qualification process for the
Mens 2006 Junior Olympic National Championships
will be in two parts
Part 1: Score Qualification: An athlete may qualify by score in the
following manner:
· All Around Qualifying Score:
Level 9 =
44.00
Level 10 (14-15 yr) = 42.50
Level 10 (16-18 yr) = 43.00
· Multiple Event Score: For 2006 Level 10 athletes
may qualify using their best 5, 4 or 3 event scores
5 Event Athlete Qualifying Score (86 % of all around score)
Level 10 (14-15 yr) = 36.55 points
Level 10 (16-18 yr) = 36.98 points
4 Event Athlete Qualifying Score (70 % of all around score)
Level 10 (14-15 yr) = 29.75 points
Level 10 (16-18 yr) = 30.1 points
3 Event Athlete Qualifying Score (55% of all around score)
Level 10 (14-15 yr) = 23.375 points
Level 10 (16-18 yr) = 23.65 points
Part 2: Qualification by Regional Allotment
It has been determined by the Junior Olympic Program Committee that
there will be a minimum of 720 athletes participating at the Mens 2006
Junior Olympic National Championships. The total allotment per Level
will be as follows:
Level 9: 288 athletes
Level 10 (14-15 yr) 216 athletes
Level 10 (16-18 yr) 216 athletes
The allotment number for each region will be based on the number of
athletes entered into the state meet per level plus any athletes
petitioned into Regional Championships. This number will be determined
following all of the state championships and released prior to the
Regional Championships.
Please note the following concerning the qualification process:
· All athletes, regardless of a regions allotment
numbers, who achieve the qualifying score through all around, 5
event, 4 event or 3 event total will qualify to the JO National
Championships.
Example: Region A has an allotment of 15 Level 10
(14-15) athletes. 17 gymnasts exceed the qualifying score, either as
all around or multiple event athletes. Region A will send 17 gymnasts to
J.O. National Championships.
· All multiple event qualifiers may compete in the all
around at the JO National Championships.
· Any athlete who finishes in the top three on an
individual event at their Regional Championships will qualify to the JO
National Championships.
· Individual Event qualifiers may only compete on the
event on which they qualified at the JO Nationals.
· If a region fails to qualify their allotment of
athletes within a Level, then the remaining allotment slots will be
filled with all around athletes by rank order from that Level.
Example: Region B has an allotment of 15 Level 10 (14-15 yr)
athletes. Only 12 Level 10 (14-15 yr) athletes achieve the qualifying
score which leaves three slots available to the next three rank order
all around Level 10 (14-15 yr) athletes from the results at that
regional championship.
· All qualifiers by score - all around, 5 event, 4 event
or 3 event and specialists combined count to fulfill a regions
allotment.
· 5 event, 4 event, and three event competitors may only
qualify to the JO Nationals by achieving the qualifying score.
· Event specialists may only qualify to the JO Nationals
through event placement.
· Open Regional Allotment positions are filled only by
all around athletes.
· Approved petitions to the JO National Championships are
not part of a Regions allotment number.
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