News: Alvarez tops all-around at U.S. Men's Qualifier

Alvarez tops all-around at U.S. Men's Qualifier

June 9, 2007

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., June 9, 2007 – Guillermo Alvarez of Denver/Team Chevron finished at the top of the all-around rankings at the 2007 U.S. Men’s Qualifier at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. The two-day meet was the means for male gymnasts to qualify to compete in the 2007 Visa Championships, scheduled for Aug. 15-18 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.

Scores from both days of competition will count toward team selection for the Pan Am Games and World University Games, which will be named by the Men’s Selection Committee. The teams will be announced in the near future.

To qualify for the Visa Championships, the sport’s national championships scheduled for Aug. 15-18 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif., gymnasts finished in the top three in the individual events or in the top 24 in the points system ranking after the second day. These 24 senior gymnasts join other athletes who have already qualified for the Visa Championships prior to this event. Also, 36 juniors advanced to the Visa Championships from the Men’s Qualifier and will make up the entire junior field for the Visa Championships. All are listed below.

Guillermo Alvarez – USA Gymnastics photo © Steve Lange 2006

In the all-around, Alvarez edged out Jonathan Horton of Houston, Texas/University of Oklahoma, 178.100 to 178.050. David Durante of Garwood, N.J./Team Chevron, was third at 174.900

The gymnasts who finished at the top for each of the six events are: floor exercise, Alvarez and Horton, tied at 30.400; pommel horse, Alvarez, 30.150; still rings, Kevin Tan of Fremont, Calif./Team Chevron, 31.550; vault, Sean Golden of Camden, N.J./Gattaca, 32.350; parallel bars, Justin Spring of Burke, Va./Team Chevron, 31.250; and horizontal bar, Joseph Hagerty of Rio Rancho, N.M./Team Chevron, 30.550

The champions from the junior competition, held on June 8, were: 16-18 year old division -- Russell Dabritz, Rowley, Mass. (all-around), Josh Dixon, San Jose, Calif. (floor exercise), Michael Jiang, Littleton, Colo. (pommel horse), Russell Dabritz, Rowley, Mass. (still rings and horizontal bar), Justin Ebueng, Chino Hills, Calif. (vault); and 14-15 year-old division -- John Orozco, Bronx, N.Y.(all-around, still rings and parallel bars), Donathan Bailey, Lake Forest, Calif. (floor exercise and pommel horse), Jake Dalton, Sparks, Nev. (vault), Glenn McCuen, Plano, Texas (horizontal bar).

2007 U.S. Men's National Qualifier

U.S. Olympic Training Center

Colorado Springs, Colo.

June 9, 2007

Final results

All-Around

1. Guillermo Alvarez, Denver, Colo., 178.100

2. Jonathan Horton, Houston, Texas, 178.050

3. David Durante, Garwood, N.J., 174.900

4. Sho Nakamori, Albany, Calif., 174.300

5. Todd Thornton, Houston, Texas, 172.600

5. Sean Townsend, Houston, Texas, 172.600

7. Bryant Hadden, Wichita, Kan., 171.650

8. Tim Gentry, Plano, Texas, 170.850

Floor exercise

1. Guillermo Alvarez, Denver, Colo., 30.400

1. Jonathan Horton, Houston, Texas, 30.400

3. Joseph Hagerty, Rio Rancho, N.M., 30.250

4. Clay Strother, Jasper, Texas, 30.200

5. Sean Golden, Camden, N.J., 30.100

6. Sho Nakamori, Albany, Calif., 29.900

7. Steven Legendre, Flower Mound, Texas, 29.550

8. Todd Thornton, Houston, Texas, 29.150

8. Viorel Popescu, Glen Allen, Va., 29.150

Pommel horse

1. Guillermo Alvarez, Denver, Colo., 30.150

2. David Durante, Garwood, N.J., 29.950

3. Derek Helsby, Orlando, Fla., 28.650

4. Jonathan Horton, Houston, Texas, 28.500

5. Bryant Hadden, Wichita, Kan., 28.350

6. Clay Strother, Jasper, Texas, 28.100

7. DJ Bucher, Mason, Ohio, 27.850

8. Jamie Henderson, Crosby, Texas, 27.800

8. Todd Thornton, Houston, Texas, 27.800

Still Rings

1. Kevin Tan, Fremont, Calif., 31.550

2. Jamie Henderson, Crosby, Texas, 30.350

3. Jonathan Horton, Houston, Texas, 30.100

4. Bryant Hadden, Wichita, Kan., 29.750

5. Sean Golden, Camden, N.J., 29.700

6. DJ Bucher, Mason, Ohio, 29.550

6. Guillermo Alvarez, Denver, Colo., 29.550

8. Andrew Elkind, Cherry Hill, N.J., 29.500

Vault

1. Sean Golden, Camden, N.J., 32.350

2. Viorel Popescu, Glen Allen, Va., 32.250

3. Justin Spring, Burke, Va., 31.800

4. Jonathan Horton, Houston, Texas, 31.750

5. Zeke Jackson, Latham, N.Y., 31.700

6. Steven Legendre, Flower Mound, Texas, 31.650

7. Clay Strother, Jasper, Texas, 31.550

8. Joseph Hagerty, Rio Rancho, N.M., 31.400

Parallel Bars

1. Justin Spring, Burke, Va., 31.250

2. Sean Townsend, Houston, Texas, 31.050

3. Joseph Hagerty, Rio Rancho, N.M., 30.400

4. DJ Bucher, Mason, Ohio, 29.800

5. Guillermo Alvarez, Denver, Colo., 29.750

6. Clay Strother, Jasper, Texas, 29.450

7. Andrew Elkind, Cherry Hill, N.J., 29.400

7. Jonathan Horton, Houston, Texas, 29.400

Horizontal Bar

1. Joseph Hagerty, Rio Rancho, N.M., 30.550

2. Justin Spring, Burke, Va., 30.000

3. Joe Catrambone, Deptford, N.J., 29.700

4. Todd Thornton, Houston, Texas, 29.450

5. Sho Nakamori, Albany, Calif., 28.900

6. Thomas Kelley, Libertyville, Ill., 28.450

7. Jamie Henderson, Crosby, Texas, 28.250

8. Danell Leyva, Miami, Fla., 28.150

Gymnasts who qualified to the 2007 Visa Championships

NOTE: Included below and top-8 results are the names of the junior and senior male gymnasts who qualified for the 2007 Visa Championships, Aug. 15-18 in San Jose, Calif., through this event. The juniors who qualified will comprise the entire junior field at the Visa Championships. However, the senior male gymnasts who qualifiedat this event are in addition to gymnasts who had qualified for the event prior to the U.S. Men's Qualifier.

Senior division

Andre Berry, Hempstead, Texas, Minnesota Gymnastics

DJ Bucher, Mason, Ohio, Ohio State University

Alex Buscaglia, Cary, Ill., Aerial Gymnastics

Joe Catrambone, Deptford, N.J., University of Michigan

Sergei Dmitriev, Minneapolis, Minn., Minnesota Gymnastics

Andrew Elkind, Cherry Hill, N.J., USOTC

Tim Gentry, Plano, Texas, WOGA

Bryant Hadden, Wichita, Kan., Stanford University

Derek Helsby, Orlando, Fla., Penn State University

David Henderson, Crosby, Texas, Team Chevron, USOTC

Thomas Kelley, Libertyville, Ill., Buffalo Grove Gymnastics

Vladi Klurman, N. Miami Beach, Fla., Penn State University

Steven Legendre, Flower Mound, Texas, WOGA

Danell Leyva, Miami, Fla., Universal Gymnastics

Ryan Lieberman, Lake Forest, Ill., Buffalo Grove Gymnastics

Edward Mesa, Cooper City, Fla., Universal Gymnastics

Sho Nakamori, Albany, Calif., Stanford University

Philip Onorato, Plano, Texas, WOGA

Viorel Popescu, Glen Allen, Va., RRMG

Sean Regan, Libertyville, Ill., Buffalo Grove Gymnastics

Mel Anton Santander, Southborough, MI, University of Michigan

Chris Silcox, San Antonio, Texas, University of Illinois

Todd Thornton, Houston, Texas, Team Chevron, USOTC

John Vogtman, Baltimore, Md., Temple University

Tyler Yamauchi, Sugarland, Texas, University of Illinois

Junior division, 16-18

Anthony Beck, Northampton, Pa., Gattaca – LVSA

Alexy Bilozertchev, Hilliard, Ohio, OSU Boys Team

Ross Cameratta, Independence, Ohio, Gymnastics World, Inc.

Chris Cameron, Winter Haven, Fla., Florida Flips

Russell Dabritz, Rowley, Mass., Yellow Jackets

Bear Danley, Wheeling, Ill., Buffalo Grove Gymnastics

Josh Dixon, San Jose, Calif., Champions Academy

Justin Ebueng, Chino Hills, Calif., Diamond Elite

Eric Haeussler, Redwood City, Calif., San Mateo Gymnastics

Jacob Houder, Pinchurst, Texas, Cypress Academy

Glen Ishino, Santa Ana, Calif., SCATS – HB

Michael Jiang, Littleton, Colo., Chatfield Gymnastics

Tyler Mizoguchi, Houston, Texas, Houston Gymnastics Academy

C.J. Padera, Winfield, Ill., Bartlett Gymnastics

Miguel Pineda, Galloway, Ohio, Hocking Valley Gymnastics

Tim Pittman, Houston, Cypress Academy

David Repp, Albuquerque, N.M., Gold Cup Gymnastics

Neal Thompson, Woodside, Calif., San Mateo Gymnastics

Junior division, 14-15

Dylan Akers, Kingwood, Texas, Cypress Academy

Donothan Bailey, Lake Forest, Calif., Azarian Gymnastics

Alex Bubnov, Fanwood, N.J., Surgent’s Elite

Matthew Chelberg, Athens, Ohio, Hocking Valley Gymnastics

Jake Dalton, Sparks, Nev., Gymnastics Nevada

Mackenzie Dow, Cranford, N.J., Surgent’s Elite

Cameron Foreman, Iowa City, Iowa, Iowa Gym-Nest

Jeffrey Langenstein, San Carlos, Calif., San Mateo Gymnastics

C.J. Maestas, Albuquerque, N.M., Gold Cup Gymnastics

Glenn McCuen, Plano, Texas, WOGA

Sam Mikulak, Newport Coast, Calif., SCATS – HB

Yoshi Mori, Irvine, Calif., New Hope Academy of Gymnastics

John Orozco, Bronx, NY, World Cup Gymnastics

Benjamin Rudolph, Naperville, Ill., Bartlett Gymnastics

Eric Schryver, Richardson, Texas, WOGA

Christopher Turner, Fremont, Calif., WCOGA

Joshua Wilson, Allen, Texas, WOGA

Joshua Wokurka, Lombard, Ill., Bartlett Gymnastics