State Chair Newsletter
USAG Utah News
April  29, 2008

 

SACC Chatter

 

Dear Pro-members,
 
 Thank you for your support once again for the State Administrative Committee Chair position. I am excited to begin a new term of office. We have many good things in place in our state and I am optimistic that we will continue to improve in many areas of education and excellence. In order to do this, communication is very important. It is impossible for anyone to keep up on all the changes of coaches in your gyms. In order to reach all our professional membership with e-mail updates and information that comes from the State, Regional and National offices, I need your help. Please encourage all the professional members from your clubs to e-mail me at cbennion@usagutah.com with your club name, the level they are involved with and put “add me to USAG Utah e-mail list” in the Subject line.
 
We will be meeting as a committee on May 12, 2008. Please notify any committee member or myself with concerns or anything you would like discussed or voted on by May 7, 2008.  These are your representatives for State Policies.
The minutes will be placed on the web-site following the meeting.
 
Elections for the State Committee will be held in July. I will send out notification soon.
 
Please read on for the State News including State Meet Bid deadlines and Calendaring Procedures for Competitions this season.
 
Sincerely,
Cathy Bennion
 
 
 
 
 
OPTIONAL STATE MEET
Thank you to the staff of Tytans and their Meet director Amanda Jenkins for all their hard work hosting the Optional State Meet. The competition arena at Utah State really showcased our talented athletes.
 
Congratulations to all the gymnasts that qualified to regionals. We had 55 Level 8, 9 and 10’s enter the meet.
  
Results from State Meet and Regionals are located at our web-site www.usagutah.com
 
 
Congratulations to our Level 9 and 10 National qualifiers! MaryBeth Lofgren, Kylie Sharp and Kana Kobayashi will be representing our region for Level 10.
 
Tasia Wuthrich, Summer Raymond, Bayli Divino, Aimee Waller, Sam Smith, and Karina Starling all qualified to Western Nationals for Level 9.
 
This is a great accomplishment. Good luck to all of you!

 

 
 
Hurray for our graduating seniors!
All are accomplished gymnasts and students. We look forward to watching those that are going on to compete College Gymnastics and applaud all of them for their dedication to the sport.
 
Mickel Merrel All American Gymnastics
Natalie Eyre All American Gymnastics
Kylie Gallacher All American Gymnastics
Ashley Snyder All American Gymnastics
KiLeigh Petersen All American Gymnastics
Kalli Herbert Black Diamond Gymnastics
Taisha Bailey Nebo Gymnastics
Haley Hogan North Davis Gymnastics
Tiana Lund Southern Utah Gymnastics
Carla Keel Southern Utah Gymnastics
 
STATE MEET BIDS

State Meet Bids are due to Cathy Bennion by May 7, 2008.

The State Meet Dates for 2008-2009 are as follows:
Fall Compulsory State: Nov 20-21, 2008
Optional State Meet: March 27-28, 2009
Spring Compulsory Championships: June 19-20, 2009
 
If you are planning to bid on one of these meets, please read the State Meet Host responsibilities in the State Handbook and also the guidelines from Rules and Policies. The Bid Form is available on our State Website with the handbook or at www.usa-gymnastics.org

If you are bidding on the 2009 Compulsory Spring State Meet, you must be able to host it in an outside facility and provide two sets of equipment (one floor) to accommodate 450+ gymnasts.
 
Bids will be voted on by the State Committee on May 12, 2008 and hosts will be notified prior to the calendar meeting in case that makes a difference on whether you will host another meet.
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
OPEN STATE CALENDAR MEETING
May 30, 2008
Black Diamond Gymnastics
Starts at 7:30pm

All Clubs planning to host a meet for Fall, Optional or Spring Season need to have at least
one representative in attendance.
 
We are going to try a draw this year for weekends to host meets.
 
All clubs need to notify Cathy Bennion (cbennion@usagutah.com ) with the number of competitions they intend to host next year.  If you are planning to host a meet in the Fall, Spring and Optional season, then you would email me with the intent to host 3 meets, one in each season.
 
There will be up to 3 drawings:

Drawing #1: Any club or organization interested in hosting a meet will be put into a hat. Names will be drawn out one by one. If your name is drawn, you will select ONE weekend on which your club would like to host a competition. (You may select one weekend only at that time.) If your club wishes to host a second competition, you must wait until drawing #2 to select a second date, etc.
 
Drawing#2: Any club or organization interested in hosting a second competition will be put in the hat and the process will continue as described above. There may be a third drawing if any club or organization is interested in hosting a third competition. (Ex: If you are interested in hosting a compulsory meet in the fall and in the spring as well as an optional meet in the winter, you will want to be in all three drawings. You may select your weekends in any order as the entire year’s calendar will be available for scheduling.
 
The committee strongly encourages clubs to collectively schedule no more than two competitions on a weekend due to availability of local judges. The state cannot and will not deny any organization the ability to host a meet, however judges will be assigned by NAWGJ Utah to the first two competitions on the calendar prior to any other events. Exception: Any competition hosted in an outside facility is eligible to be put on the state calendar rather than going through the above selection process. Please notify the webmaster with your 2009 dates immediately at webmaster@usagutah.com
 
Please direct any questions regarding this calendar meeting to either Katy Heddens or myself.  
 

Gymnasts changing Clubs:
I would like to encourage all clubs that receive a gymnast from another club in our state to make sure they did not leave owing payment to their previous gym. Chances are if they left owing a bill previously, that you may have the same problem if they change clubs again.
 

Spring Compulsory State Championships:
All information regarding the compulsory state meet will be placed on the website by May 12th. Times, sessions and age groups will be determined as soon as all entries are received. The draw will take place as soon as the final qualifying meet of the season concludes and the Level 5 seeding is completed. Everyone should have received a reminder notice from GTC that all entries are due May 7, 2008. If you are not planning to compete at State Meet, please drop Heather a note at hfullmer4@yahoo.com