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Brunson and Rodrigues headline the 2005-2006 Acrobatic Gymnastics National Team
Clare Brunson of Riverside, Calif., and Michael Rodrigues of Livermore, Calif., headline the 2005-06 acrobatic gymnastics senior national team, which was announced after the conclusion of the Acrobatic Gymnastics National Team Trials, held in conjunction with the 2005 Visa Championships in Indianapolis.
Others who made the senior national team are women's group – Angela Hatch of Pleasanton, Calif., Mariah Henninger of Livermore, Calif., and Kelly Topp of Pleasanton, Calif., who compete for Wings USA; and mixed pair – Andre Solodar of San Jose, Calif., and Xiau-Ling Wee of Monte Sereno, Calif., who compete for Paramount Tumbling & Acro Gymnastics. Both teams earned all-around gold medals at the Acrobatic Gymnastics National Team Trials.
Northern California Sports Academy men's pair Julian Amaro of Pleasanton, Calif., and Tyler Spray of Livermore, Calif., also earned a spot on the senior national team with their silver-medal performance at the team trials.
The junior national team members are Wings U.S.A. women's group Carleen daSilva of Castro Valley, Calif., Cassidy Dolstra of Tracy, Calif., and Allysha Kidd of Livermore, Calif., who won the all-around gold medal in the junior division.
Brunson and Rodrigues won the all-around mixed pairs gold medal at both the national team trials and the Acrobatic Gymnastics National Championships, July 21-29 in Louisville, Ky. They also competed at the World Games in Duisburg, Germany, earlier in July. Rodrigues points to the full schedule as a factor in their success.
"For nationals we were actually competing right before at the World Games so we really just trained for that and then carried it over to national championships and team trials," Rodrigues said.
List of Acrobatic Gymnastics national team members
Senior team
Julian Amaro, Northern California Sports Academy, Pleasanton, Calif.
Clare Brunson, Empire, Riverside, Calif.
Angela Hatch, Wings USA, Pleasanton, Calif.
Mariah Henninger, Wings USA, Livermore, Calif.
Michael Rodrigues, Empire, Livermore, Calif.
Andre Solodar, Paramount Tumbling & Acro Gymnastics, San Jose, Calif.
Tyler Spray, Northern California Sports Academy, Livermore, Calif.
Kelly Topp, Wings USA, Pleasanton, Calif.
Xiau-Ling Wee, Paramount Tumbling & Acro Gymnastics, Monte Sereno, Calif.
Junior team
Carleen daSilva, Wings USA, Castro Valley, Calif.
Cassidy Dolstra, Wings USA, Tracy, Calif.
Allysha Kidd, Wings USA, Livermore, Calif.
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