On the eve of Ashley Kelly's triumph in the Region III Elite Meet in Colorado in June, she passed her Elite Gold test. The next month she was runner-up in the All-Around at the U.S. Challenge in New Jersey and finished fifth in the All-Around at the U.S. National Gymnastics Sports Festival at San Antonio.

Major Gymnastics Event Slated for Tulsa in 2000 -12/7/97
 
The Tulsa World of Gymnastics will be host to the United States Classic, one of the last phases for determining the next Olympic team, on July 7-8, 2000 at Mabee Center.

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Jenks Gymnasts Will be Honored -12/6/97

 

Jenks' Lisa Colwell and Jennifer Grabowski are among the 89 National Team Gymnasts who will be saluted at the Awards Banquet at the Embassy Suites Saturday night.

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Kelly Helping Elite Gymnasts -12/5/97

Not content to rest on the gold medal success of the U.S. female gymnasts in the 1996 Olympic Games at Atlanta, TOPS program director Kathy Kelly is focusing on the development of athletes for Sydney, Australia, in the year 2000.

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TWOG 7th Grader Colwell Scoring A's in Gymnastics-5/18/97

Five years ago Lauren Colwell accepted Mallory Hamsher's invitation to participate in gymnastics.

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Gymnast Brings Her Life Back into Balance - 1/12/97

When 10-year-old gymnast Ashley Kelly left the Tulsa World of Gymnastics in December of 1994, she did it because she wanted the chance to be a child. When she returned to the gym eight months later, it was because she wanted the chance to be a gymnast.

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Winning Ways - Wallace Vaulting to Gymnastics Success- 5/30/97

Sapulpa - Beth Ann Wallace has come a long way since the time her parents placed her in a gymnastics class when she was just a tot. The 16-year-old Sapulpa resident captured the first-place all-around title in regional gymnastics competition Sunday among some 240 competitors from seven states

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Tulsa Hosting Top Gymnasts In Four-Day Training Camp -12/5/96

USA Gymnastics will bring 86 of the country's potential gold medal contenders to Tulsa for a four-day training camp beginning Thursday. The camp will be held at the Tulsa World of Gymnastics under the scrutiny of the national coaching staff including Olympic coach Mary Lee Tracy.  

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Tulsa Clinic TOP of World For 85 National Gymnasts -12/6/96

Kathy Kelly and Gary Warren of USA Gymnastics scouted the TOP (Talent Opportunity Program) field of 85 gymnasts in Tulsa Thursday. The Tulsa World Of Gymnastics was buzzing with activity as Kelly, the women's program director, and TOP manager Warren supervised the efforts of the age 9-11 girls from all parts of the United States.

Attagirl, Atler 7/9/00 Olympians Dominique Moceanu, Amy Chow and Jaycie Phelps were the crowd pleasers Saturday night, but Vanessa Atler stole the show. The 18-year-old Atler turned in a nearly flawless routine in the uneven bars and floor exercise -- to the delight of 5,509 Mabee Center fans -- to win her first all-around title since the Australia Cup in 1998. To win title, Uzelac's a star on unven bars 7/9/00 It didn't take Kristal Uzelac long to get back into championship form.The defending U.S. junior champion, who returned to Parkettes Gym just eight weeks ago from an elbow injury, posted a 37.437 to win the Junior International competition of the U.S. Classic Saturday afternoon at the ORU Mabee Center. All Grown up 7/8/00 Four years ago Dominique Moceanu was taking the gymnastics world by storm.Today, she is one of dozens of gymnasts hoping to qualify for the U.S. Nationals in two weeks in St. Louis, Mo. Miller vaulted out  7/8/00 Shannon Miller suffered an injury during a practice session Thursday and will not compete in the U.S. Classic Gymnastics Festival at the Mabee Center this weekend. Miller has a hairline fracture 7/8/00 An MRI late Thursday revealed a hairline crack in Shannon Miller's right tibia that will force the Olympic gold medalist to miss the U.S. Classic Saturday night.Miller suffered the injury on a vault earlier Thursday at the Mabee Center. Heroes, hopefuls in town 7/6/00 Entries for the U.S. Classic this weekend read like one would expect for the Olympic Trials. In other words, everyone from Olympic gold medalists to future Olympians will be in Tulsa on Thursday for the U.S. Classic Gymfest. Top Female gymnasts to compete in Tulsa  Can't make it to the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia? Don't fret, at least one event will come to Tulsa before the Games begin. America's top female gymnasts will be in Tulsa for the U.S. Classic July 6-8 at the Oral Roberts University Mabee Center Karolyi begins appraisals 12/13/99 Houston's Bela Karolyi has been involved with gymnastics ever since his early days in the sport in Transylvania more than four decades ago.  Tulsa World of Gymnastics will be host for the July session because the U.S. Classic National Gymfest will be held at ORU's Mabee Center on July 7-8. Karolyi starts work with National Stars - 12/10/99 Kathy Kelly, senior director of Women's USA Gymnastics, welcomed back Bela Karolyi on Thursday as consultant to the U.S. national team. Kelly is in Tulsa for the opening of the three-day Talent Opportunities Program in which 86 national gymnasts from ages 9 to 12 are participating. Tulsa World of Gymnastics is the TOPS official host. 2000 U.S. Classic Meet Awarded to Tulsa 2/1/99 The final chance for Olympic hopefuls in women’s gymnastics to get on the Road to Sydney will be the U.S. Classic, which will be held in Tulsa, Oklahoma, July 7-9, 2000. Tulsa World of Gymnastics will serve as the meet’s official host. Defection Is Vivid To Geza Pozsar -12/14/97 The date was March 30, 1981, and Geza Pozsar, choreographer for gymnasts for six Olympiads, remembered the day vividly. Tulsa World of Gymnastics Home Page