News and Updates for 2009:
- Nov 15, 2009 - Announcing the 2009 Rhythmic Scholarship Award winners.
- Region 1 - STEPHANIE ROH, Redwood Empire Gymnastics, Petaluma, CA; Santa Rosa Jr. Coll., CA; Major: Biochemistry
- Region 3 - STEPHANIE FLAKSMAN, North Shore Rhythmics, ILL, (has been currently competing Internationally and at World Championships with the USA Group); attending DePaul University; Major: Biological Sciences.
- Region 5 - KATHLEEN DALTON, North Coast Rhythmics, OH, (currently training and competing with Integrity Rhythmics/Anna Loescher, a former REF winner); attending Ohio Wesleyan; majoring in Creative Writing.
- Region 5 - LOUISA ARMSTRONG, Rhythmania, OH, Case Western Reserve University; possibly majoring in Biology & Asian Studies.
- Oct 30, 2009 - New Code of Points 2009-2012 (ENG) is available. NOTE: This file does not download correctly. After downloading it right click, and rename the file with a .pdf extension. Then open with Acrobat Reader v 8.0 or newer.
- Sep 23, 2009 - Latest incarnation of the JO Handbook
- Sep 23, 2009 - Rhythmic Program Committee minutes from Aug 14, 2009
- Sep 23, 2009 - Minutes from Rhythmic Elite Coaches Committee
- August 15, 2009 - VISA Championships Results, Day 3
- Senior All Around Finals
- 1 Ava Gehringer, 2 Rachel Marmer, 3 Julie Zetlin
- Senior All Around Finals
- August 14, 2009 - VISA Championships Results, Day 2
- Junior All Around Finals
- 1 Rebecca Sereda - ISA, 2 Olga Pavlenko - ISA, 3 Jazzy Kerber - NOR
- Senior All Around Finals 2 Events
- Junior All Around Finals
- August 12, 2009 - VISA Championships Results, Day 1
- Junior Event Final Rope
- 1 Olga Pavlenko, 2 Jessica Bogdanov, 3 Rebecca Sereda
- Junior Event Final Hoop
- 1 Rebecca Sereda, 2 Alexis Page, 3 Jazzy Kerber
- Junior Event Final Ball
- 1 Rebecca Sereda, 2 Shelby Kisiel, 3 Jessica Bogdanov
- Junior Event Final Clubs
- 1 Rebecca Sereda, 2 Jazzy Kerber, 3 Olga Pavlenko
- Junior All-Around Qualifier
- 1 Rebecca Sereda, 2 Jazzy Kerber, 3 Jessica Bogdanov
- Senior Event Final Rope
- 1 Ava Gehringer, 2 Rachel Marmer, 3 Julie Zetlin
- Senior Event Final Hoop
- 1 Ava Gehringer, 2 Rachel Marmer, 3 Michelle Milstein
- Senior Event Final Ball
- 1 Ava Gehringer, 2 Rebecca Wallenstein, 3 Julie Zetlin
- Senior Event Final Ribbon
- 1 Ava Gehringer , 2 Rachel Marmer, 3 Julie Zetlin
- Senior All Around Qualifier
- 1 Ava Gehringer, 2 Rachel Marmer, 3 Julie Zetlin
- Junior Event Final Rope
- July 17, 2009 - National Qualifier - competitor list
- July 15, 2009 - 2009 Future Stars
- June 6, 2009 - Level 9 Clarification - June 4, 2009: The RPC approved that all Level 9 juniors and seniors who compete in the 2009 JO Optional Championships will advance to the National Qualifier this year (2009).
- May 26, 2009 - Chicago Cup Schedule, and River Boat Cruise Info
- April 25, 2009 - The Rhythmic Education Fund deadline for applications for 2009, is May 31. Contributions are also needed.
- April 24, 2009 - The Chicago Cup, Jun 18-21 - Broadway Amory, Chicago, IL.
- April 23, 2009 - Info on the National Qualifier, July 18-19, in Plainfield, IN is available on the USAG web site.
- March 31, 2009 - 2009 J.O. Compulsory Championships is scheduled for May 29-31 at Virginia Wesleyan College in Norfolk, Va. More information is available at USA Gymnastics: here
- March 24, 2009 - The latest incarnation of the JO Handbook is available.
- March 23, 2009 - An UPDATED summary of the 2009 MN / IL State meet are available. Also there is no differentiation between out of state and IL state scores. TCR Advanced Group also performed at the meet. Their Scores were Floor 12.95 and Hoop/Ball 12.90.
- Feb 16, 2009 - Results of the Rhythmic Challenge and Inviational are available.
- Jan 20, 2009 - 2009 Regional Congress information and registration
- Jan 19, 2009 - Allowed information for posting meet results on-line
- Jan 7, 2009 - Last call for nominations to the Rhythmic Administrative Committee (RAC). They are due by Jan 15, 2009
- Jan 1, 2009 - Happy New Year
News and Updates for 2008:
- Dec 18, 2008 - Rhythmic Program Committee (RPC) meeting minutes (pdf) from Dec 7 meeting.
- Dec 11, 2008 - Here is the latest JO Provisional Code. This version of the code will be needed for those of you attending the JO Judges Courses this coming weekend.
- Dec 9, 2008 - Results and a photo gallery from the Group Championships are avaiable.
- Nov 18, 2008 - Congratulations to the 2008
- Nov 13, 2008 - The Rhythmic Symposium which coinsides with the Rhythmic I &C has a little twist this year. There will be a session for parents. Read more...
- Nov 11, 2008 - Information the 2009 Rhythmic Invitational and Challege which will be held February 12-15, 2009 is available - MORE
- Nov 4, 2008 - "The JOPC votes to remove the 2 meet minimum requirement for qualification to the state meet for the 2008-2009 season. They do, however, encourage coaches to give athletes as many opportunities to compete prior to their State Championship.", more of same
- Oct 29, 2008 - Registration deadline extended for JO Judges’ Course, Group National Championships & Little Snowflakes Invitational - Read more...
- Oct 27, 2008 - From FIG - As of January 1, 2009, a license will be required for any gymnast wishing to participate in junior or senior competitions;
- Oct 11, 2008 - The 2009 VISA Championships will be in Dallas TX, Aug 12-15. Rhythmic events will be held at the Dallas Convention Center.
- Sept 28, 2008 - Brook Toohey was elected as Rhythmic National Membership Director. Congratulatons!
- Sept 27, 2008 - Code of Points 2009-2012 (PDF) IMPORTANT: There appears to be a problem with the FIG web site. If this file is attempted to be downloaded with any browser other than Internet Explorer, the file does not download properly.
- Sept 23, 2008 - Photos from the Youth Elite Squad in Lake Placid.
- Sep 8, 2008 - List of rhythmic choreographers from USAG.
- July 30, 2008 - Provisional Code for JO (2009) Levels 3-9 is avaiable; Coaches Handbook.
- July 30, 2008 - National team members perform at a Olympics in Chicago 2016 fund raiser
- July 15, 2008 - 2009-2012 FIG COP (English)
- July 4, 2008 - Recent Committee minutes
- June 19, 2008 - Here are the 2008 Future Stars Team, which has been expanded to 40 gymnasts, because of the very large number being tested this year.
- June 9, 2008 - Results from JO Compulsory Championships
- May 26, 2008 - Lisa Wang wins third straight all-around title at the 2008 VISA Championships: Read more ..."
- May 25, 2008 - VISA Championships All Around Finals - Final standings
- May 23, 2008 - Results from the Preliminaries at the VISA Championships
- Article: Lisa Wang wins all four event titles. Lisa says this may be her last meet.
- Junior Prelim
- Senior Prelim
- More scores and Here
- May 19, 2008 - Created a new page for the Rhythmic Education Fund. Visit it using the link on the left.
- May 8, 2008 - Updated forms for the Rhythmic Education Fund Scholarship are available on RhythmicMom for download. The scholarship is available to any rhythmic gymnast with five years of competitive experience, is graduating this year, has applied to an institute of higher learning, and has maintained a 3.00 GPA in high school. Page one of the form includes the guidelines for the award, page 2-5 are the basic application, and page 6 is a recommnedation form to be filled out by your coach, and returned in a sealed envelope. Here is a version of the REF forms that can be filled out on line and printed.
- May 7, 2008 - Results of the National Qualifier are available
- May 7, 2008 - Information packet for the 2008 VISA Championships has been made available to qualifiers. The schedule for the meet is here.
- May 3, 2008 - Rotations for the National Qualifier
- Apr 30, 2008 - Complete results from JO Optional Championships are here.
- Apr 11, 2008 - Compulsory Junior Olympics and Classics Info
- Apr 9, 2008 - Information on the National Qualifer is now available. Future Stars Testing on May 2 at the same location.
- Apr 7, 2008 - Region 3 Results
- Mar 30, 2008 - US wins
fivenine Medals in Rhythmic at 2008 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships. - Mar 19, 2008 - Gehringer, Marmer, Wang named to U.S. Rhythmic Team for Pacific Rim Championships : MORE
- Mar 17, 2008 - Information on JO's and Future Stars Apr 24-27 in Deerfield, IL
- Mar 10, 2008 - IL State results
- Feb 29, 2008 - Meeting Minutes from the Feb 18th RPC and IEC meetings.
- Feb 26, 2008 - USAG has posted this years Future Stars testing schedule. More information will be coming soon according to the USAG posting.
- Monday, April 28th - 9am-12pm - Deerfield, Ill.
- Friday, May 2nd - 4-7pm - New York City
- Thursday, June 5th - 4-7pm - Columbus, Ohio
- Feb 18, 2008 - The Rhythmic Challenge and Invitational Results and more...
- Summary
- Photo Gallery by Steve Lange
- Senior Challenge
- Junior Challenge
- Senior 9/10
- Junior 9/10
- Level 8
- Level 7
- Feb 11, 2008 - Rhythmic Challenge and Invitational Rotations and Schedule. UPDATED on Feb 13th Be sure to read the Important Information on USAG / Rhythmic.
- Feb 1, 2008 - This should have been posted earlier. Rhythmic Technical Committee Meeting of 08/17/2007 with Addendum dated Dec 5, 2007 NOTE: The link on USAG is broken.
- Jan 30, 2008 - FIG has released Newsletter Nr 30 dated Nov 1, 2007. The news letter relates to originalities for group, and individuals.
- Jan 18, 2008
- Rhythmic Program Committee minutes from conference call on Jan 17. This addresses some issues concerning JO Optional Championships.
- Restructure Document is available for review. Will be further reviewed at Feburary meets in Colorado Springs.
- Jan 13, 2008 - Chicagoland 2008 Results are available.
- Jan 11, 2008 - The Junior Olympic Compulsary and Optional Handbook has been updated. 3rd Edition Jan 2008