To: All National Qualifiers
From: John Geddert
Re: Region V All Star Team

Dear All,

Please consider this your official notification concerning the procedures for qualifying to the 2001 Region V All Star Team

As many of you already know, the All Star Team is comprised of the top 12 athletes from our Region. These honored individuals will have the opportunity to participate in an international gymnastics event sponsored by Region V. This signifies our gratitude for their dedication and contributions to our wonderful sport. Last years event had our squad traveling to El Salvador for an opportunity of a lifetime.

How does your athlete qualify?

I)      Top 8 Junior Olympic Athletes/ National Elite

• Must have qualified for the 2001 Level 10 Nationals

• Average of your top 4 J.O. meet scores for the 2001 season

• Qualified National Elites may average their top 3 Scores.

• Only one score can be from a home sponsored event

• Must have attended a Region V training camp in 2000.

• An invitational score may only be used once (you may not use both a prelim and finals score from the same invitational)

• Official meet score sheets turned in to John Geddert by July 1,2001-No late entries will be accepted.

• Those athletes who will be moving onto college will still be named to the All-Star Squad BUT will not be considered for the international assignment.

  2)   Top 4 Elite International Athletes               

• Based on the rankings from the Championships of the USA

• 2 Junior and 2 senior spots.

• Those national team members who will be representing the USA in international competition should decline the Region V assignment a) so as to better represent the USA and b) to spread the opportunities around a bit

• Spots vacated will be filled in rank order with a junior replacing a junior or senior replacing a senior.

• If spots remain open they will be filled by a rank order of Junior Olympic Athletes starting with number 9.

I hope this is clear,

Thanks

John Geddert

Region 5 JOPC