WoodwardWestGym: BLOGGING IS BACK

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

BLOGGING IS BACK

Hey Friends,
Sorry for the lack of blogging but I'm back in the interweb world :] I'll try to keep this updated as best as I can, promise... Still not sure if anyone reads this but hey, it's worth a try, right? Ha.

Talk soon,
Linnea

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Jeppe Bach, member of the Danish National Team

Mircea Badulescu, Romanian Olympic team coach; International Gymnastics Judge for 22 yrs. Men’s gym; Head Coach at UC Santa Barbara

Aubree Balkan, U.S. Senior Trampoline & Tumbling National Team, athlete at Bounce California

Raj Bhavsar, 2008 USA Men’s Olympic Bronze Medal Team, 2002 NCAA All-Around Champion, member of the 2001 and 2003 World Championship Silver Medal Team

Doug Boger, 5 time World Champion on DMT; National Coach for DMT; Double-Mini Coach of the Year 2008

Pablo Capote, Venezuelan Olympian

Geoff Corrigan, 2005-2008 USOTC Men Resident Team, 2007 USA VISA Championship, 4th place Parallel Bars; 2006 USA VISA Championships, 4th place High Bar, 6th place All-Around

Jamie Dantzscher, member of the 4th place U.S. team at the 2000 Olympics; UCLA Bruins gymnasts; 28 perfect 10s; All American Honors 15 times; Earned 3 Pac-10 Individual titles; been part of 3 NCAA Championships 1st place team with UCLA

Geoff Eaton, owner of Desert Devils, Mesa, AZ

Jason Gatson, 2004 U.S. Men’s Olympic Silver Medal Team; was on the Junior National Team 1992-1997; was on the Senior National Team 1997-2000, 2003-2004

Jennifer Hanson, 3x NCAA All-Around Champion; 8x Individual Champion; 3x Honda Broderick Award Recipient; Inducted into the University of Kentucky Hall of Fame; Inducted into the State of Kentucky Hall of Fame; Named NCAA Most Outstanding Gymnast In Honor Of 25th Anniversary Of Women's Championships
“I love working up at WW because I not only get to help young girls learn an awesome sport but I also get to show them how to do skills in a different way because I get to perform it for them. This inspires me to stay in shape and give the girls a positive role model”

Thomas Kent, member of the Danish National Team

Num Kutz, 2006 NGJA Western Region Judge of the Year award; 4th cycle of FIG brevet; 2005-2007 JO NAL, pommel horse; 2005 Frank Endo SCGJA Judge of the Yearl 2004 JO NAT, floor

Brett McClure, 2004 U.S. Men’s Olympic Silver Medal Team; Assistant Coach, Air Force Academy Men’s Team; U.S. National Pommel Horse Champion; All-Around Silver Medalist; 2003 World Artistic Championships Team Silver Medalist

Melissa Metcalf, aspiring junior international elite gymnast who trains at Desert Devils in Arizona under Geoff Eaton; qualified to her first VISA Championships after placing 8th in the all-around at the May Elite Qualifier; she then finished 20th in the all-around and tied for 8th on uneven bars at VISA Championships in Boston, MA.

Kiara Nowlin, 1st place in both tumbling and double mini at VISA Championships, back to back first place victories in the Junior Elite Division; member of the 2009-2010 USA Gymnastics National Junior Team in Tumbling and Trampoline; 1st place in both Double-mini and Tumbling at 2009 Canada Cup; was named 2009 USASF Gold Medal Young Athlete Merit Scholarship Recipient

Nicolaj Berner Pedersen, member of the Danish National Team

The Platt Brothers; Boone, Cy, and Cheetah, an outrageous blend of acrobatics, dance, comedy and music brought to life by three talented and exceptional brothers, their performance style has accrued critical acclaim for its extraordinarily unique presentation as an eclectic explosion of family friendly entertainment; semi-finalist on America’s Got Talent

Kristy Powell, 2003-2008 performer at Cirque de Soliel, La Nouba, specializing in the flying trapeze; 1997 World Championships Team Member and Individual All-Around finalist; 1997 National All-Around Co-Champion

Elise Ray, 1996 Junior Pan American Championships 2nd all-around and 1st uneven bars and floor exercise; won both the U.S. National Championships and the Olympic Trials in 2000; attended the University of Michigan, leading her team to the Super Six finals in 2005, and winning a silver on beam and gold on the balance beam (2002) and uneven bars (2004) events; she has performed in the Cirque du Soleil show "O" in Las Vegas; has three uneven bars skills named after her in the Code of Points.

Alicia Sacramone, 2008 Olympics: 2nd team; 4th vault; 2008 US Olympic Trials: 1st vault; 5th beam; 5th floor; 2008 Visa Championships (US Nationals): 1st vault; 2nd floor; 3rd beam; 2007 World Championships: 1st team; 3rd vault; 2nd floor; 2006 World Championships: 2nd team; 2nd vault; 2006 World Cup: 2nd vault; Sacramone competed one of the most difficult vaults in the world: a front handspring Rudi, a front tuck to immediate back tuck on beam, and a full-in and Arabian double front on floor

Yevgeny Sapronenko, Latvia National Team Member; silver medal on vault at the 2004 Olympics

Kerri Strug, 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist; 1995 World Championships Bronze Medalist; 1994 Team World Championships Silver Medalist; 1993 World Championships Event finalist; 1992 Olympic Bronze Medalist; 1992 World Championships Event finalist; 1991 World Championships Silver Medalist

Charlie Tamayo, youngest member of the Cuban National Gymnastics Team; Junior Pan Am competitor; 3-time World Team Member, winning bronze and gold honors on vault; Two-time Olympic and three-time Pan AM Team Champion; the FIG Code of Points lists the Arabian double front layout as a “Tamayo,” named after Charlie

Igor Vihrovs, National Team Member for Latvia; holds the country’s only gold medal; won the floor exercise at the 2000 Olympic Games; was awarded a Latvian stamp

Guard Young, 2004 Olympic Silver Medalist (Team); 2003 U.S. National Championship Silver Medalist (P Bars); assistant coach at the University of Oklahoma from 2000 – 2005, team won 3 NCAA National Championships in 2002, 2003, and 2005; currently director of gymnastics and the boy’s head coach at Technique Gymnastics

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