06. February 2005  
Las Vegas / USA  
Artistic Gymnastics

US Winter Cup: Durante on Top

David DURANTE (USA)

The number 9 of the 2004 US all-around championships, David Durante was the winner of the 2005 USA national start event of artistic gymnastics, the WINTER CUP, held in Las Vegas last weekend.
The 24 years old Durante (USOTC) topped Minnesota's Guillermo Alvarez and Houston's Todd Thornton.

International Gymnast reported, that the competition followed the updated FIG Code of Points, with each routine starting from a base score of 8.4. ...
USA Winter Cup 2005
2005, February 4th, Las Vegas

Men's All-Around
1. David Durante (USOTC) 53.815
2. Guillermo Alvarez (Minnesota) 53.115
3. Todd Thornton (HGA/GymMasters) 52.865
4. Alexander Artemev (5280 Gym) 52.632
5. Casey Sandy (CAN) 52.299
6. Wes Haagensen (Illinois) 51.548
7. Clay Strother (Minnesota) 51.182
8. Jonathan Horton (Oklahoma) 51.181
9. Justin Laury (Michigan) 50.848
10. Jamie Henderson (Oklahoma) 50.832
....
(- 85 participants and Canadian guests)

(The competition concludes Saturday night with the event finals)