USA Trampoline and Tumbling Championships

Champions were named in Double Mini | Synchro Trampoline | Individual Trampoline | Tumbling

The only Olympic event is Sr. Individual Trampoline. USA will send one man and one woman, though I heard the alternates will also travel to Beijing.

MEN’S TRAMPOLINE
1. Chris Estrada
2. Michael Devine
3. Logan Dooley

WOMEN’S TRAMPOLINE
1. Alaina Hebert
2. Erin Blanchard
3. Alaina Williams

The final Olympic Selection event for Trampoline, is scheduled for Kansas City, July 1, 2008

The Tramp and Tumble blog has a nice recap:

Congratulations to the elite (junior and senior) who competed in Houston this past weekend for the USAG Trampoline and Tumbling Elite National Championships. Story here, complete results here.

This was the third of the four events the Sr. Elites are competing in for a shot at the Olympics. …

Elite Nationals (Visa Championships) results

Here is one of the biggest frustrations of trampoline coaches:

… On a related note, the Visa Championships will be televised on NBC on June 8th. Or, I should say, at least part of it will be televised. From the description of the coverage, it will only include the Men’s Artistic from this past weekend. Unfortunate, since the attendance rules at the meet prohibited use of video cameras, presumably to appease NBC who paid for the TV rights. … But if they are not going to show T&T as part of their broadcast, how can we see these athletes in action?

I was there, scrambling to watch T&T, Rhthmic and Artistic meets at two different venues. And Brett, the editor of this site, is quite right. Several times I was cautioned by well meaning volunteers not to videotape the meet. (Only photos are allowed.) And I had a media credential. Unfortunately my media credential seemed only to allow TEXT.

Strange restriction.

I was specifically identified as someone trusted enough to promote VISA Championships. Then my hands were tied in how I could promote the event.

Hey, Tramp and Tumble blog has launched a social network for the global Trampoline and Tumbling community. Check it out. I’ve joined and it seems to work well.