Posted at 10:59 a.m., Friday, December 29, 2006
3 Hawai'i athletes named to trampoline national teams
Advertiser Staff
Three Hawai'i athletes were named to national teams for 2007 and will represent the United States in international competitions in trampoline gymnastics for a second year.They are:
• Matt Moniz, a 19-year-old Leeward Community College freshman, to the senior national double mini-trampoline team.
• Nani Vercruyssen, a 14-year-old freshman at Roosevelt, to the junior national trampoline and double mini-trampoline teams.
• Spencer Dupio, a 15-year-old Roosevelt sophomore, to the junior national double mini-trampoline team.
All three will attempt to qualify for the world championships and international age group competitions in Quebec City, Canada, in November 2007.
Selection was based on the final ranking of U.S. elites according to points earned in national and international competitions in 2006.
They are coached by Dr. Max Vercruyssen and Japan National coach Yukinori Miyata at Hawaii Academy.
