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2002-2003 BOYS TEAM NEWS 2003 Camp QCG had a great camp with over 50 gymnasts from 3 states. It was a great time for all. Thanks again for the visiting coaches: Chris Tollin, Josh O'toole, Sean Sawyer, Greg Ganim, and Bo Morris. Pictures QCG Grad to compete for USA Stanford Gymnast, Marshall Erwin, has been chosen to compete at the 2003 World University Games. USA Championships DJ returned to competition at the USA Championships. He finished 5th on Parallel Bars and 21st AA in the Senior Division. Former QCG gymnast, Marshall Erwin, won rings. 2003 Banquet Another great year was celebrated at our banquet. Seniors - Alex Schutte, DJ Bucher, Aaron Rakes and Bill Brash gave great speaches. Thomas Cocks, Cory Osborne and Mathew Petruso win most improved awards. Ari Shifman, Cory Weeks and Aaron Rakes won most coachable Pictures Norm and Sherri Get Married Congrats to Norm and Sherri for getting married. Pictures Whittle Continues the QCG Tradition Julian Whittle was placed on the USAG Jr National Team at the Jr. Nationals. Julian is the 6th QCG National Team Member. Others were Jon Bleisener (90), Mike Morgan (93-95), Matt Metzger (96), DJ Bucher (97,98,01-03) and Aaron Rakes (99,01). Julian placed 13th AA and 5th on Rings at the Jr. Nationals in the Class 3 division. Harrison is National Champion! John Harrison (Junior Elite 1) scored a 9.5 on the vault to become the 2003 Jr National Vault Champion. Rakes Wins 3 Medals at Nationals Aaron Rakes finished 9th place in the All Around at the 2003 Jr National Championships. Aaron also made Parallel Bars (5th) and High Bar (6th) finals in the Junior Elite 1 Division. Four Finalists at Nationals Queen City placed 4 gymnasts in finals at JO Nationals. Aaron Rakes (JE1) on all around, p.bars and high bar. John Harrison on Vault. Andy Sauber in the all around and Julian Whittle in the all around and rings. Nationals Results Pictures QCG Academic All Americans Five Queen City Gymnasts have been named Academic All Americans by USA Gymnastics. A gymnast must be recommended by their coach and a teacher and maintain a 3.5 GPA. John Lane, John Harrison, Alex Schutte, David Ortiz and Aaron Rakes are Academic All Americans. Heading to Nationals Queen City will be sending 8 gymnasts to Nationals in Augusta, Georgia. The boys competed at Regionals, Junior Elite 1's won the team competition. Aaron Rakes, John Lane, John Harrison, David Ortiz, Alex Schutte, Andy Sauber, Matt Vultaggio and Julian Whittle will be going to Nationals. Regional Results Class 6's score 165.45 for 2nd Place at State Jeremy Siegel (pictured) wins All Around, Floor, Vault and Highbar Matthew Alverado wins Pommels and finishes 2nd AA Tommy Dietz wins rings and places 2nd AA Daniel Corgan wins High Bar Class 5s finish 2nd at State The Class 5's finished 2nd as a team Cory Osborn finishes 5th AA, Eric Wilkes 6th Connor Hundley wins vault and p.bars and finishes 4th AA Class 4's 2nd at State The Class finished 2nd place in the team and Taylor Nelson wins rings and finishes 2nd on floor and 3rd All Around Matt Petruso wins Highbar and finishes 2nd on Vault Class 3s At State Julian Whittle wins Pommels, Rings, Vault and All Around Bill Brash wins Rings and finishes 2nd AA Junior Elites at State The Junior Elites won the team competition at State Meet other highlights inluded: Aaron Rakes (pictured) winning the All Around, Floor, Pommmels, Pbars and High Bar John Harrison (pictured) finishing 3rd AA and 1st Vault David Ortiz tieing for 3rd AA John Lane finishing 3rd high bar DJ Bucher competing exhibition on floor and pommels (9.7) Marshall Erwin Nissen Award Nominee QCG Almumni Marshall Erwin is one of 7 gymnasts nominated for the Nissen Award. The Nissen Award is the Heisman Trophy of gymnastics. The Stanford gymnast was the 2002 NCAA National Ring Champion. QCG Hosts Summer Camp Queen City is hosting a summer camp for boys August 8-10. This is open to competitive gymnasts that are class 5 or above. Camp Information Regional Ranking Indiana is doing a fun ranking of our region's gymnasts. The listing is not complete, there may be errors, but its just for fun. Check it Out Circle of Stars The boys competed at the Circle of Stars Competition in Indianapolis. Highlights included All Around Champs Jeremy Siegel (Class 6), Julian Whittle (Class 3), Andy Sauber (JE 2) and Aaron Rakes (JE 1). Results. Regional Update Regional Meet was listed wrong on the schedule. The correct date is April 12-13. Blaine Wilson Invite Results for the Blaine Wilson Invite are posted. 2003 Winter Cup Aaron Rakes competed against the best gymnasts in the country and came in 16th AA. This was Aaron's highest finish at this prestigious event. Results. 2003 Black Jack Invite The optional boys traveled to Las Vegas and had a great showing. Andy Sauber (Junior Elite 2) and Julian Whittle (Class 3) finished 2nd AA. John Harrison (Junior Elite 1) finished 5th AA. Results 2003 Winterfest Junior Elites win the team title with Aaron Rakes winning the all around. Class 6 Mathew Alverado and Class 3 Julian Whittle also win the all around. Results. Thanks, for a Great Winterfest Just wanted to thank the Boosters for running a tremendous meet. I can't believe we had 430+ kids and I was home on my couch by 5:30 on Sunday. A Special thanks to Brad Price and Vicki Brash for doing such a good job. Also thanks to the set up and tear down crew, the scorers and the hospitality committee that kept the coaches well fed! Keith P.S. Scores will be uploaded this week. GTCO Invite Class 5's and 6's both finished 2nd place in the team. Great Job Guys! Class 6 Results 2003 Hyde Park Invite The Class 5 and 6 teams competed at the Hyde Park Invitational and both teams finished in 2nd place. Class 5 Cory Osborne (pictured) won the all around. Class 6's Jeremy Siegel and Paul Montague placed 2nd in the all around. Results 2003 Whitfield Invitational The optional boys competed in Michigan. Andy Sauber (JE2) and Julian Whittle (Class 3) both won the all around. Aaron Rakes (JE1) and Taylor Nelson (Class 4) finished 2nd in the AA. Results 2003 Windy City The optional team went to Chicago for the Windy City Invite. There were over 700 competitors. QCG had a great showing. Andy Sauber (pictured) won the All Around in Junior Elite 2. Aaron Rakes (JE1) and Julian Whittle (Class 3) finished 2nd in the all around and Taylor Nelson finished 6th AA (class 4). QCG results - All results Whitfield Scholarship Recipient Congratulations to Aaron Rakes for receiving the Whitfield Scholarship. The scholarship is given each year to a top gymnast in the region to be used for training expenses. Aaron becomes the third QCG gymnast to win this scholarship. Other winners were Michael Morgan (1995) and DJ Bucher (2002). Metzger a StarHawk Former QCG member Matt Metzger has been named a StarHawk at University of Iowa. The StarHawks team is a collection of student-athletes at the University of Iowa who truly represent the very best the intercollegiate athletics program that the UI has to offer. Press Release 2002 Intersquad QCG started off the season with the intersquad. It was the first time for the new class 6's to compete. Congrats to John Harrison's team for winning the meet! Additional pictures have been added Future Wolverine and Buckeye Aaron Rakes has accepted an athletic scholarship to the University of Michigan. DJ Bucher accepted a scholarship to Ohio State University. Aaron will be enrolling in the fall of 2003 and DJ will begin college in the fall of 2004.. Congratulations Aaron and DJ! Future Stars Taylor Nelson (pictured) competed in the 10-11 Regional Future Stars and finished 5th AA. He has qualified on to Nationals in Colorado Springs and hopes to qualify to the Future Stars National Team. Conner Hundley (7th AA) and Alex Hoersten (2nd AA) competed in the 8-9 yr old division. Great job guys! Schedule Updated The 2002-2003 Schedule is online. It is the final version. The intersquad date has been set - December 14. DJ and Keith Honored by USAG DJ Bucher was one of 4 gymnasts selected to try out for World Championships on Parallel Bars. Two gymnasts will be selected to compete parallel bars for the USA. Keith Pettit was named the National Developmental Coach of the Year for USAG. Article Orders for Uniforms Due September 1 Get your order in this week for your uniform. DJ Becomes Sr National Team Member DJ Bucher placed 9th at the USA Championships and becomes Queen City's first Male Sr. National Team Member. Aaron Rakes finished 10th and 2nd on Vault in the Jr Elite 1 Division Results Read the 2001-2002 Boys Team News Read the 2000-2001 Boys Team News