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USA Gymnastics Men's Program Committee Meeting
1998 U.S. Championships - Indianapolis, IN
August 22, 1998

I. Roll Call

Meeting called to order at 4:45 p.m. CST by Chair Marc Yancey.

Members present:
Marc Yancey Chair MPC & Junior Coaches Rep.
George Beckstead FIG Rep. (absent)
Greg Corsiglia Junior Coaches Rep.
Tim Daggett Vice-Chair for Men (absent)
Mark Williams Senior Coaches Rep.
Barry Weiner Senior Coaches Rep.
Chris Waller Athletes' Rep.
Ron Galimore Men's Program Director (voice, no vote)
Dennis McIntyre Men's Program Manager (voice, no vote)
Peter Kormann National Team Coordinator (voice, no vote)

II. Assignments

Upcoming meets were discussed and a rank order of importance was determined.
  1. China Cup - 3 athletes, 1 coach, 1 judge
  2. Chunichi Cup - 2 athletes, 1 coach, 1 judge
  3. Australia Cup - 2 athletes, 1 coach
  4. Canberra Cup - 2 Junior athletes, 1 coach

Using the above rank order of meets, take athletes by rank order from U.S. Championships (i.e. 1-3 China, 4-5 Chunichi, 6-7 Australia). Highest ranked coach for each meet will be the team coach.

Motion-Greg Corsiglia
Second-Chris Waller
Passed 5-0

Send the highest ranked Junior athletes with the highest ranked coach.
Motion-Greg Corsiglia
Second-Barry Weiner

III. OTC Report

Resident athlete USOC reports were distributed. A cover page with summary remarks by Ron Brant was requested.

IV. 1999 World University Games

Participation in the World University Games was brought forward by the College Gymnastics Association. When this event was removed from the schedule two years ago, the college coaches unanimously petitioned the MPC to have this event reinstated . A proposal was given to the MPC toward adding this competition to the USA Gymnastics schedule. Galimore outlined several roadblocks toward this goal, including time constraints, tight competition schedule, the NCAA start scores, lack of competitiveness, depth of team and money. Williams suggested that this would be an opportunity to fulfill the new President's directive by possibly earning some individual medals. Discussion led to the organization of a subcommittee consisting of Barry Weiner, Mark Williams, Doug Van Everen and Chris Waller. The committee will report back at the next conference call.

V. Winter Cup Format

Discussion centered around adding gymnasts to the national team at Winter Cup. It would add to the team depth and give injured athletes or up-and-coming gymnasts an opportunity to make the team in between U.S. Championships. This would also supply a competition to observe the national team athletes' preparations for upcoming meets and the Winter Cup champion would receive an invitation to participate at the Visa American Cup.

The top 3 non-national team athletes placing in the top 10 in the AA will be added unranked to the Sr. National Team, with basic living expenses paid, for a 6-month period.

Motion-Greg Corsiglia
Second-Chris Waller
Passed 5-0

*Participation and performance at the Winter Cup will be considered in the selection of spring and summer events for the national team.

VI. Unranked athletes

National team and former national team athletes who did not compete or complete the competition at U.S. Championships were discussed.

Add John Roethlisberger to the national team in an unranked position for a period of one year and add Yewki Tomita and John Macready to the National Team for a period of 6 months.

Motion-Barry Weiner
Second-Mark Williams
Passed 5-0

VII. Judging Inquiries

The committee talked about scores which were corrected at this championships. Galimore emphasized that the process of using a meet referee has worked well.

VIII. Senior National Team Funding Program

A proposal was submitted by John Roethlisberger to amend the funding document. McIntyre stated it was a good proposal but should be looked at more closely by the funding committee, which generated the original document. This committee would review the proposal and report back to the MPC at the next conference call.

IX. Call for Executive Session

The committee discussed problems concerning the judging of international competitions.
The Men's Program Director shall be responsible for making the international judging assignments with the MPC's approval. The MPC has and will always review and approve or amend the recommendation of the independent selection committee for all other judging selections.

Motion-Marc Yancey
Second-Chris Waller
Passed 5-0

Motion to adjourn-Chris Waller
Second-Greg Corsiglia

Meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m. CST.

This article appears in the September/October 1998 issue of Technique, Vol. 18, No. 9.


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