ICYMI, Too

Pundit had a house full of guests for several days. All’s quiet and back to normal. But, of course, the un-blogged weekend of trampoline news was quite eventful. Here’s a tidy wrap-up:

To the surprised no one, Kat Driscoll added another British title to her mantle. In her last major competition before the Olympics next month, she held her composure against some of the best women trampolinists in the world – her teammates. This made the GB Nationals a great opportunity to experience intense competition once more before the big day in London.

Many of the rest of the National GB titles went to first time Senior National Champions, such as Nathan Bailey. He triumphed in the Men’s Individual Trampoline event beating former Champion James Higgins who struggled early in the competition. The full results are linked below.

2012 GB Trampoline, DMT, Tumbling and Synchro Results

In the US, the National Championships for Senior Tumbling and DMT and Junior Elite Trampoline and Synchro were held on July 5-7 in Long Beach, CA. Men’s Tumbling Champion, Kalon Ludvigson, set a US record for difficulty in tumbling, performing his World Record tumbling pass (two layout full-in, full outs through to a Miller) to win the US National Tumbling title for the 7th time.

USAG Ludvigson Article

Full US DMT, TMB, JR. OLYLMPIC results, photos and videos

Ludvigson’s Winning Tumbling Pass

* In case you were wondering, the Senior Elite Individual Trampolinists and Synchro Teams competed separately a week earlier, June 26-27, in San Jose, CA at the same event as the US Artistic Gymnastics Championships. All US Olympic gymnasts – artistic and trampoline – were announced in San Jose. As you may know by now, Savannah Vinsant and Steven Gluckstein will represent the US in London in the trampoline events.

Finally, decorated US National Trampoline Coach and Delegate Jeff Hennessy celebrated 60 years of marriage to his beautiful wife Ruth on July 5th. They celebrated with their children in New Orleans, LA.

For the sake of full transparency, these are my parents.