USAG Washington

Technical Committee Minutes May 19, 2008
JO Update 2008-09
Joint meeting committee minutes from 5/19/08 (Administrative, Jr. Olympic, Technical) Includes: NACGC-W report, National office report, Administrative Committee report, NAWGJ report, USA Gymnastics Board of Directors report, Background checks, Media challenges, Code of ethics.

Joint meeting committee minutes from 5/19/08 (Jr. Olympic, Technical) Includes: JO rule changes, Floor exercise concerns, Beam concerns, Uneven bar concerns, Vault concerns, Meet formats, Parent education, East/West & JO National judges.

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Judges' Mileage Reimbursement

Effective July 1, 2008, the rate for mileage reimbursement for judges is $.58/mile to reflect the recent mid-year change in the IRS standard mileage rate for last half of 2008.

2008 USAG National Congress and Olympic Trials - Philadelphia

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Our apologies for inadvertently omitting a Regional Champ from our congratulations - Kayla Pumphrey, CEG, 1 VT. Belated Congrats Kayla!

2008 USAG WA State Meeting Minutes

Our condolences to Linda Lutz and her family on the death of her grandmother from a car accident. Her grandfather is in the hospital with injuries. You may send cards to Linda at PSG, 217 13th St., SE, Puyallup, WA 98372

Bob and Nancy Ito lost their son James recently. Please keep them in your prayers. If you wish to send your condolences, please write them at:
Itos
359 Novara Dr.
Ballwin, MO 63021

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(Bob was a former UW womens gymnastics head coach.)

The Master Meet Schedule for 2008-2009 is now up on the Meet Schedule Link.

Send your meet requests to Patti with the assigning fee if you want to host a meet.

USAG WA 2008 State Clinic Optional For A Day
Great State Clinic - thanks to all the clinicians and Patti and the NWA crew for their hard work and use of their facility.

NEWS ITEM: Former Washington gymnast and owner of Roach Gymnastics, Melanie Roach makes it to the 2008 Olympics in weight lifting!

Congrats to our Level 10 competitors at Nationals this weekend. Special Congrats to Kelsey Morris of LEGA for her JR B 1st place in Vault!

Level 10 Nationals Results

USAG Collegiate Nationals: UW Men's Koveshnikov wins All Around and Crockett brings home a gold medal for vault.

Nomination forms for the July 1, 2008-June 30, 2010 board positions will be sent out May 12th to all pro members. Deadline for nominations: June 12, 2008. If you need an additional form, please e-mail the USAG WA office.

Westerns Results
Congrats to everyone for your hard work all year. Special congrats to Diana Mejia, Naydenov, JrB Bar Champ, and Sarah Wu, Naydenov, SrA Floor Champ!

Tops Testing Dates:

June 28th- Testing at Mid- Columbia 10:00am
July 19th- Testing at Cascade Elite 10:00 am
August 3rd- Testing at Gold Star 10:00 am

Congrats to everyone for a great regional meet. Results are on the Meet Results page.

Many, many Washington State winners in all age divisions at regionals! For all age groups combined, the winners for Levels 8, 9, and 10 were:
Level 8: Alexis Brown, Gym East 1 AA: Jordan Widener LEGA 1 VT; Destinee Davis, Naydenov, 1 UB; Nicole Steele AGC 1 FX; Jenny Kanchanavaleerat, Naydenov 1 BB.

Level 9: Madison Polucky, LEGA, 1 BB, 1 FX, 1 AA

Level 10: Kelsi Blalock, Gym East, 1T UB, 1 FX, 1 AA; Kelsey Morris, LEGA, 1 VT; Dana Bonincontri, Gym East, 1T UB; Kayla Pumphrey, CEG, 1 VT.

USA Gymnastics Women's Program Coach/Athlete Development Initiatives

National and Brevet Judges Course Criteria