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Talent Opportunity Program (TOP) TOPs is a talent search and educational program for female gymnasts, ages 7-11, and their coaches. The TOP program is designed to find "potentially" talented athletes and enhance the information flow and educational opportunities to the athletes, parents, and coaches to help improve the athlete's training. During the summer, gymnasts are evaluated on physical abilities at the regional level. From the more than 3,000 participants, approximately 300 gymnasts, ages 9-11, qualify to participate in the National TOPs testing.
At National Testing the gymnasts perform physical abilities tests including cast handstands, leg lifts, shoulder flexibility, split flexibility, sprint, rope climb, vertical jump, handstand hold and press handstands as well as perform required skills on each of the events including vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise. The scores are tallied and the top 16-20 gymnasts nation-wide are named to the TOPs National Team. The next 20 girls in ranking order make up the TOPs "B" Team.
The National Team Members and the "B" Team Members will then travel to Bela Karolyi's Ranch in Houston, Texas, in December for a National Team training camp conducted by the USA Gymnastics National Coaching Staff. In 2005, Gym World EAST coach Tricia Ogle was appointed by USA Gymnastics to serve as the Arizona TOPS state manager. Additionally, Tricia was a member of the USA Gymnastics National Staff at the 2006 & 2007 TOPs National Testing in September in Houston. Congratulations Tricia! "It takes enthusiasm to get started, it takes committment to finish!"
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Delaney Schnell, 3rd
Grade, Alexis Monier, 3rd Grade,
Marley Murrell, 4th Grade,
Camille Prikosovits, 5th Grade,
Alexis Nevins, 5th Grade,
and Natasha Trejo, 5th Grade,
qualified for the 2007 USA Gymnastis National TOPs
Testing, which took place October 5-7, in Houston Texas
at the Women's National Team training Center located at the Bela Karolyi
Gymnastics Camp.
TOPs is a Talent Opportunity Program for female gymnasts ages 7-11 and their
coaches. During the summer, gymnasts are evaluated on physical abilities at
the state or regional level. From the more than 3,100 participants, 300
gymnasts qualify to participate in the National TOPs testing. From here
approximately 60 gymnasts will make up the TOPs National Team.
Those who qualify to the TOPs National Team will, once again, be invited to
attend a training camp this December in Houston, Texas, at Karolyi's
Gymnastics, home of well-known gymnastics coaches Bela And Martha Karolyi.
The Karolyi's coached Nadia Comaneci, Mary Lou Retton, Kim Zemeskal, Kerri
Strug and many other World and Olympic Champions.
USA Gymnastics Elite Program Manager Gary Warren said, "The TOPs program is
definitely working. With more than 50% of the current National Team and 2 of
the 2004 Olympic Tram having been National TOP Team Members, marks the
success of the program.
From here at Gymnastics World East - Great job Delaney, Lexie, Marley,
Camille, Nevins and Tasha, your
lives are definitely a reflection of your attitudes!
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