JULY 2, 2009

Here is an interesting article on Carly Dockendorf and her pole vaulting achievement this past weekend.(Carly was a UW gymnast and last year was an assistant coach at SPU.) Read more

6-30-09 New ad up on Classifieds.

National Team Members:
Baely Rowe, AGC and Kelsi Blalock, Gym East

Joint JO Technical Meeting Minutes May 18, 2009

Meet schedule for next season is up on Meet Schedule link. This is very tentative. Please contact Jan Urfer for any FALL meet info or changes. Barb MacAfee only does winter/spring.

Big Congratulations go out to our own REGIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR: Kelle Riley, LEGA. Way to go Kelle!

New Rules for 2009-2010 Optionals
(Cheat Sheets, score sheets, symbols charts, JO Requirements, etc. This link will take you right to USAG. These forms are being updated constantly. The beam symbols sheet was updated 5-29-09!)

ORDER YOUR CODE TODAY AT USAG

New ad posted on Classifieds link!

CLARIFICATIONS REGARDING SERIES

Here are our Level 4 Sectional State Teams!

Photos by Timeless Images
NORTH	EAST
SEATTLE	SOUTH

Congratulations to all participants at Level 10 Nationals in Puyallup.

Congrats to Kailie Ponto: National Beam Champion (Leading Edge) and National Team Members Baely Rowe (AGC) and Kelsi Blalock (Gym East)! Results

Great Job on the meet AGC!

Westerns Results

Congratulations to Western Champions:
Jordan Widener (LEGA) Senior 1 FX champ
Kayla Shira (AGC) Senior 7 champ on Bars, Beam, FX, AA (2nd VT)

Great job girls!

Congrats to all and thanks for a great job at 5/6 State! Results

Winners:
Level 4 Sectional Meet: North
Level 5:Small: AGC
Level 5:Large: Grace
Level 6:Small: LEGA
Level 6:Large: Gym East

Please send any feedback on our level 4 system(Gold/silver/bronze and sectional team meet) to your area rep or USAG WA.

The USAG WA board is now accepting input toward the selection of state meet judges for the 2009-2010 season. Please contact your area representative with any feedback you might have by May 27th

Congratulations to Laurie Reid for being re-elected to the Regional JO Program Committee Chairman position.

Congrats everyone on a fantastic showing at Regionals! RESULTS

We had many Regional Champs (60! many with multiple event winnings)
(updated 4-27)

Congrats to our Washington Level 8 Regional Team Champs - AGAIN!

It was fun in Whitefish, Montana!

Local College News:
Big Congrats to two local gymnasts who compete for SPU - Brianna Schwartz (Gymnastics Unlimited) won the National Bars title at USAG Collegiate Nationals in New Haven, CT. Kaysha Heck (CEG), also medaled on the bars. She received a third-place.

UW news: Head gymnastics coach Joanne Bowers was named Regional Co-Head Coach of the Year.

Congratulations to all participants in the Optional State Meet! Results and Regional Qualifiers can be found at http://metropolitangym.com/
Team winners were:

Level 7: AGC
Level 8: LEGA
Level 9: Metro
Level 10 LEGA

Due to confidentiality, no meet results may be posted on a website with birthdates or USAG numbers, and the host club must have listed that the meet results would be posted PRIOR to the meet in their meet information. Meet Directors Memo from Kathy Feldmann & Kathy Kelly 1-11-09 concerning posting of athlete's personal information. (Age groups may be posted.)

NOTICE: Clubs that have been victims of embezzlement / fraud from the inside are asked to contact Loree Galimore at LGALI@usa-gymnastics.org .  An article is being written to help club owners prevent these situations from occurring. All information will remain anonymous.

All USAG State Meet Judges were chosen for their assignments based on the following criteria. This information can be found in the USAG Washington handbook.
STATE MEET JUDGES
To be eligible to be a State Championship Judge, you must have an Optional rating. For compulsory state meets, you must have had your optional rating for a minimum of three years. For the optional state meet, you must have had your level 10 rating a minimum of five years.To be eligible to be a Head Judge at a State Competition a judge must have held a level 10 or higher rating for the previous six consecutive years prior to the State Championship.The USAG Washington board bases their State Championship Meet Judges selection on the following criteria:
1.State Professional Member Input
2.Years and Judging Experience
3.Current Judges Rating
4.Current Judges Data
5.Education (State, Regional and National Clinics, Workshops, Etc)
6.Regional Participation at Training Camps
7.In-Gym Hours
8.Volunteer/Service time
9.Number of meets judged at that level.
10.Judges availability and desire to judge the meet.
11.Involvement and contribution in WA. State programs.
12.Follow through on contractual agreements from previous years.

13.Sectional Balance
Follow all guidelines per NAWGJ and USAG rules and polices for Championships.

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