Posted by Richard
on 7/3/2009, 5:18 pm, in reply to "1989 OSU Yearbook - Gymnastics"
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Another extraction from e-yearbook.com ... where they have scanned yearbooks and used ocr to read the text ... tried to clean-up the text as much as possible (some is lost though).
Links to the Booster Club websites' Alumnae pages included (where available, ... 6 of 14) ... I had e-mailed two of the other 8 ... and FOUND(!) the missing one(!, though haven't tried contacting her yet) the "Most Valuable Gymnast" of 1987!
(388 characters short of 10,000 this time!
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Text from Page 212
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> Freshman sensation, Joy Selig, flies through the air during her floor exercise during West Regional Championships.<
A MAKING OF WINNERS
The Oregon State gymnasts has a big reputation to live up to. After a twelfth place ranking at the end of the 1987 season, the Beavers were already looking forward to 1988. "Even in the best of places there is room for improvement," head coach Jim Turpin had noted. He was hoping to place close to, if not in, the top five at nationals. "One of my long-term goals is to try to always be in the top five (teams) in the country."
These goals were not as long-term as Turpin may have believed. At the end of the 1988 season the OSU Beavers came out of the NCAAs with a seventh place ranking and a relatively young team, still ready to improve with following years. "Anytime you have two freshmen earn All-American honors, you know you are set for years," Turpin announced confidently. Turpin was referring to Joy Selig, a 5'-1กจ freshman from Placerville, California who placed second on her floor exercise with a score of 9.7, and Jami Sherman who earned a 9.4 average on her two vaults to place fifth at the National Gymnastic Championships in Salt Lake City. Of Selig, Turpin could only give praise. "She's a very stable, consistent gymnast with a great dance background. That greatly improved our floor situation." Selig was a primary recruit for the Beavers and proved her worth time and time again. Jami Sherman was a walk-on from Portland, Oregon who made some impressive performances. She had competed in national competitions before as a member of the gymnastics team at Multnomah Athletic Club.
OSU made sweeping victories over the likes of Arizona and BYU, but clearly their greatest upset came in the West regional competition where they defeated top- ranked UCLA. "The win at Regionals just added to the team's confidence and it's reflecting in our practice performance," claimed Turpin. Launa Hipwell, a sophomore from Grandview, Idaho was also a strong contributor to the team. She made a great showing against Brigham Young, scoring an overall total of 37.30 for the Ail-Around competition. She was voted OSU's most valuable gymnast in 1987.
The team was a young one which meant that upcoming seasons had big things to look forward to. Made up primarily of freshmen and sophomores, the OSU gymnastic squad still had some good things in store. The outnumbered seniors were continually high in their showings during the year. All had been to nationals three times and their experience and knowledge were very beneficial to the team as a whole. Debbie Marland, senior, had spent a year away from competition in 1986 as a result of having major surgery done on her left knee. The surgery had come about because of an injury she had received at a Florida dual meet during a vault run. Back on her feet the following season, Marland made great steps in the floor exercise and beam routines.
Carol Schroeder, second of the three seniors, made her way from Billings, Montana to excel at Oregon State in the vault, bars and beam events. She was the recipient of OSU's award for outstanding achievement because of her 37.45 career best effort at the NCAA Regionals in Seattle Though hampered by a knee injury, Schroeder only missed one meet and was soon up award-winning level. All-American Tina Barnes was the 5'-2กจ senior who had great impact upon the team Her consistently high performances in the all-around vault and bars stabilized he leadership position for the Beavers.
The other members of the team made the differences in achieving the sixth seeded position at nationals. Dawn Howk, Soomi Kim Kim Rushing, and Amy Starr all freshmen walk-ons, have competed in the various clubs they had been involved in before coming to Oregon State All had performed for their high school teams and were powerful links in the Beaver chain. A freshman from Moss Beach, California, Shannon Hohenschuh was a hard worker and dedicated team member. " What impresses me most about Shannon is her work ethic," said Turpin. "She was head and shoulders better than anyone else at her club and yet I've never seen anyone work as hard as she does. She's very aggressive." Rounding out the rookie squad was the 5'-3กจ freshman Linda Pierce. (continued on page 214)
Text from Page 213
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>Karin Nakano, a sophomore from Boise, Idaho, performs a scissor kick high above the Gill Coliseum floor during her balance beam routine.<
>Showing supreme concentration on the uneven bars is All-American senior Tina Barnes.<
"We know where we are, where we've been and where we're going." (Jim Turpin)
>The Oregon State University Gymnastics enters Gill Coliseum prior to the West Regional Championships where they placed first overall.<
SIDELINES
Gymnastics Dual Meets
Won 7 Lost 0
OSU ---------- OPP
182.10 --- Stanford 176.00
185.05 --- California 176.15
186.10 --- Washington 186.00
187.50 --- Seattle Pacific 179.40
186.10 --- Arizona 182.20
186.05 --- Bringham Young 182.25
187.05 --- Utah State 174,35
Text from Page 214
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>Kim Rushing shows courage and concentration as she soars above the balance beam during their competition against California.<
>Debbie Marland salutes the audience with her charm before beginning her floor exercise.<
MAKING WINNERS
"She was a real boost to the program," Turpin commented on the young lady from Seattle, Washington. (Linda Pierce) "She was easily the most outstanding talent available to colleges in the Northwest in 1987."
Veterans of the team included junior Monique Munson and sisters Karin and Kristen Nakano. Munson combined a nursing major with her athletic program and was able to maintain both with equally great skill. Originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, Monique attended high school in Sacramento, California before arriving in Corvallis. The Nakano sisters from Boise, Idaho both had a great deal to do with the strong showing of OSU. Both excelled on the bars, with Karin's bars routine at San Jose State making the OSU all-time top 10 for the event. The two were high achievers in the area of academics receiving 3.89 and 3.95 GPAs respectively.
Jim Turpin, voted as the Pac-10 Conference Coach of the Year was very pleased with the efforts of the team." I just have a feeling about this team," he said. "They are physically and mentally tough and they know what it takes to get the job done." Having been the OSU gymnastics coach for three years, Turpin claimed that he had not felt as confident about a team as he did of this one in his 20 years of coaching. "They didn't have crazy expectations," he noted. "They worked within realistic goals. As long as you are working within your limits, you should be able to go out and perform well."
Their seventh place finish at the NCAA championships was as close to Turpin's goals as they could get. "This is not the same team that went to nationals last year in any way, shape or form," Turpin said. "We've rewritten the record book and those who were there last year have learned from the experience."
Now that the team had come so close to achieving the aims that had been set for them at the beginning of the season, what next? "The recognition for Oregon State is outstanding, Turpin announced. "We known where we are, where we've been and where we're going. To have this confidence now how could you ask for more?กจ Look forward to a new definition of perfection.
Text from Page 215
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>Karin Nakano displays her talent as she prepares her dismount from the uneven bars.<
"As long as you are working within your limits, you should be able to go out and perform well." (Jim Turpin)
>Striking a graceful pose on the balance beam, Carol Schroeder thrills the crowd with another outstanding performance.<
Go Beavs!!,
Richard
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