US Nationals of Wheel Gymnastics 2009

Cornell FREENEY

The 2009 USA National Wheel Gymnastics Championships were held on March 15th in conjunction with Circesteem at Alternatives, Inc., 4730 N. Sheridan Road, in Chicago.
<< New US Champion 2009 is the Vice World Champion (vault) of 2007 (Salzburg, Austria), Cornell FREENEY (< photo, left).
The field of competitors consisted of one Junior Female athlete; Edith Keme, one Junior Male athlete; Dave Ettelson, and four Senior Male athletes; Same Sake, Chris Delgado, Cornell Freeney, and Alan Royston.
Two athletes could not compete due to injuries: Rose Heltzer and Nich Galzin. ...

USA Wheel Gymnastics Team 2009
-lead by the former German world star Wolfgang BIENTZLE as national coach
( 2nd from right)

2009 USA National Wheel Gymnastics Championships
- Chikago, USA; March 15 -
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The competition was exceptional with very promising results of junior athletes:
Edith KEME(15.6), Dave ETTELSON (13.1), and at the elite category Cornell FREENEY (22.75) won All-Around competition in their respective disciplines for their efforts.

Junior athlete Edith KEME, USA ...

Dave ETTELSON, straight line

Cornell FREENEY is a veteran of competition, having won 2nd place in vault and 6th place in straight-line competition during the last World Championships held in Salzburg, Austria in 2007.
The full list of scores for the competition is listed below. Several of the athletes will be travelling to Baar, Switzerland May 18th-24th, 2009 to compete in the 2009 World Championships in Wheel Gymnastics.
Many friends, family, and fans of wheel gymnastics were in attendance, leading to standing room only after the event started.
Judges for the competition were Vanessa Enk (former German National Junior team member and former TSV Taunusstein coach), Maribeth Joy McManus (Circesteem Project Manager), Lisa Brown (USA Competitor 2003, 2005 World Championships), and Evan Brown (USA Competitor 2001, and Judge 2003, 2005 World Championships).

>> 2009 US Champs Results

<< Former World Top Athlet as US National Coach
The National Coach for the USA Team is Wolfgang Bientzle
(< photo, left; 8 World Champion titles, 11 European titles, more than 60 German titles, performer, choreographer, and coach to over 29 World titles, 26 European titles, and 200 German National Title athletes).
(>> ... more about Bientzle)
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