Everett gymnast wins all-around

  • Bob Mortenson / Herald Writer
  • Tuesday, January 8, 2002 9:00pm
  • Sports

By Bob Mortenson

Herald Writer

If this were baseball, he’d be batting 1.000.

Thirteen-year-old Jonathan Chapman of Everett, a member of the Leading Edge boys gymnastics team, earned the all-around title in Class 5 competition at the Washington Open on Saturday at the University of Washington.

Jonathan took first in three of six events en route to a 42.80 all-around. He turned in a 9.2 in the vault, 6.60 on the parallel bars and 8.0 on the high bars.

“He’s been at it for a long time,” coach David Bath said. “He works real hard and it’s just really cool.”

Jonathan finished no worse than third in any of the individual events.

“Everything came together,” Bath said. “It’s pretty rare for someone to do all six events up to their full capability and he did just that. It’s like a hitter going 6-for-6 in baseball.”

Other members of the Leading Edge also fared well, including Aaron Jensen, 11 of Lake Stevens. Competing in Class 6, Aaron’s 9.6 vault, 8.1 parallel and 9.20 high bar scores keyed a third-place finish in the all-around with a 49.30.

Also in Class 6 was Christopher Sabin, 11 of Mountlake Terrace, who placed second on the pommel horse.

In Class 7 competition, Cameron Chielens and Samuel Dean, both 10 of Everett, had impressive debuts. Cameron won the vault with a 9.30 while Samuel took top honors with a 9.40 on the rings.

“We had a new group of kids and they all did a really good job,” Bath said.

Wrestling

Local wrestlers earn spots in Oregon Classic Thirteen members of the USA Everett wrestling team have qualified to participate in the finals of the Oregon Classic this weekend after events in The Dalles and Newberg, Ore., on Saturday. B.J. Alewine, 11, of Marysville took first place at 75-pounds in The Dalles. In Newberg, Joshua Villani, 8, of Everett took second at 65-pounds. Kai VanLeuven, 13, of Lake Stevens claimed second at 120 and Ross Lampers, 14, of Snohomish finished second at 98. The Oregon Classic will be held in Redmond and is expected to draw 1,500 college, high school and youth competitors.

Auto racing

Cox wins Monroe title: Ron Cox’s perfect season has culminated in a championship. The Bothell driver won every heat race and every main event this season, clinching the championship of the winter indoor kart-racing series at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe. Cox is a regular-season sprint-car driver at Deming Speedway. The final race of the Monroe winter indoor series will take pace Saturday starting at 9:30 a.m.

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