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· December 16, 2004 - A new wallpaper
has been added!
· October 28, 2004 - Bianca's new journal
is up!
· October 24, 2004 - Pictures
from the recent Junior Pan American Games have been added! Bianca plans to
write a journal entry soon as well.
· October 17, 2004 - Congratulations Bianca: 2004
Pan Am Games Bars Champion! She scored a 9.575 in today's event
finals, and also won a silver medal for her floor routine with a
9.625! Congratulations Bianca!!
· October 16, 2004 - Congratulations Bianca,
Morgan Evans, Natasha Kelley, and Kassi Price: 2004 Junior Pan
American Team Champions! They had a total of 111.586 points in
yesterday's competition. Canada finished second and Brazil was
third. Bianca also did very well individually, finishing fourth in
the all-around with a 36.887, and she is in first place on both bars and
floor going into event finals! Full results can be found on USA
Gymnastics.
· October 13, 2004 - Shayla Worley's back is
injured, so she will be replaced by Morgan Evans on the Pan American
team. Get well soon, Shayla! New videos
and animations from 2004 US Classic have been added. There are
also new banners & icons and a new wallpaper!
· October 11, 2004 - Bianca helped the US to a
first place finish at the USA vs. Canada meet this past weekend! By
finishing second in the all-around, Bianca also secured a spot on
the Junior Pan American Team for herself! She was also second on
bars (9.575), beam (9.65), and floor (9.575). She was not able to
debut her new vault (a Yurchenko 1 1/2), but her full twisting
Yurchenko earned a 9.075 for 4th place on the event. Great job
Bianca & GO USA! Natasha Kelley, Kassi Price, and Shayla Worley
will be joining BIanca on the Pan Am team. They soon leave for El
Salvador; competition begins on the 14th. Good luck, girls!
Team Results:
1. USA 113.5
2. Canada 104.6
All-around Results:
1. Shayla Worley (USA) 37.9
2. Bianca Flohr (USA) 37.785
3. Natasha Kelley (USA) 37.8
4. Kassi Price (USA) 37.6
5. Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs (CAN) 36.25
6. Alyssa Brown (CAN) 36.2
7. Jennifer Lezeu (CAN) 34.45
8. Rebecca Simbhudas (CAN) 33.925 |
· September 14, 2004 - Bianca has written a new journal entry,
updating everyone on all her events of the summer! Pictures will be
up soon.
· August 18, 2004 - New pictures from Nationals
are up!
· August 8, 2004 - Pictures
from the recent International Children's Games in Cleveland are up!
There was also an article about the Games in Cleveland's The
Plain Dealer on August 4:
The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio)
Sarah Hollander, August 4, 2004
Team Cleveland Girl Wins 6 Gold Medals
Bianca won five golds in the individual
gymnastic events Sunday. On Saturday, she and teammates Emily
Fiorilli of Solon, Kayla Kmiecik of Avon and Christina Lenny
of Broadview Heights won the gold medal in the gymnastics team
competition. The gold for team gymnastics was the first medal
won by Team Cleveland since the city began participating in
the Games four years ago.
"She competed full blast and she hit
everything," said Terry Gray, who has been Bianca's coach
since she was 6 and is owner of Flytz USA gym in Cuyahoga
Falls.
After the competition, Gray treated Bianca
to a big brownie sundae at Outback Steakhouse, one of the
teen's favorite restaurants. And he let her take a day off
from practice on Tuesday. Bianca, who is home-schooled, will
enter the eighth grade this fall. She joined Flytz gym at the
age of 6 and now trains about 32 hours a week.
"It's really fun," she said.
"And I like competing a lot."
A two-time U.S. National Team member,
Bianca is the second-ranked U.S. junior on uneven bars and
floor exercise and third on balance beam. She placed sixth at
the junior all-around U.S. Championships in Nashville in June.
She has competed around the country as well
as in France and Mexico and hopes to earn a spot on the U.S.
team competing at the Pan-Am Games in San Salvador in October.
Bianca said she hopes to earn a college scholarship through
gymnastics. Cherie Flohr said she's very proud of her
daughter. Bianca doesn't have the natural body for the sport,
Flohr said, but she works hard and has great coaching.
"Some girls are just born to
flip," Flohr said. "Bianca was not one of those
girls. But she just loves it."
The Children's Games gave Bianca experience
for competing away from home, coach Gray said. All athletes at
the Games, even those from the Cleveland area, were required
to stay in dorms. Team Cleveland stayed at a Case Western
Reserve University dormitory.
In all, Team Cleveland won nine gold, three
silver and five bronze medals in baseball, basketball,
gymnastics, soccer, swimming, tennis and track and field.
Bianca's gymnastics teammates also had
success beyond their team medal.
Emily Fiorilli also won a silver in the
all-around and bronze in the balance beam; and Christina Lenny
won the bronze in floor exercise.
Used to high-pressure competitions, Bianca
said she enjoyed the emphasis on fun and cultural exchange at
the International Children's Games.
"I did see a lot more smiles and
personality at this meet," she said.
» Read the article at Cleveland.com
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· August 2, 2004 - Bianca's results
have been updated with scores from the International Children's
Games. Bianca was part of the first place team, and she took first
place in the all-around and all four events! Here's a note from
Bianca's mom, Cherie Flohr:
| This meet was SO MUCH FUN
FOR BIANCA! She has been meeting athletes from all over
the world these past couple of days and trading USA items with
them every chance she gets! I believe she may come home
"shoeless" because she has her eye on a huge flag
from someone who wants her sandles! Apparently Bianca had her
eye on a pair of clogs that the Dutch team had worn during
opening ceremonies. Well, she didn't really have
anything big enough to trade with them to get a pair a clogs -
she just brought little pins and stuff. Well, her coach
knew how much she wanted those clogs and traded his own USA
Jacket for a pair of clogs for Bianca! He is so good to
her! Bianca has been playing at the athlete village, got to
participate in the opening ceremonies (which actually had my
eyes tearing), and making friends from all different sports -
she has some good friends on the USA men's swim team and the
Sweden men's soccer team. She also got to rotate with
the Mexican gymnastics team that she just competed against at
the recent Olympiada Elite competition.
Best of all, she realizes how lucky she is to be living and
training in the USA. Some of the other teams do not have
the money to purchase the girls any bar grips and some don't
even train bars or have spring floors. As far as the
competition went, Bianca hit 7 out of 8 routines. Her
beam routines were beautiful on both days with stuck dismounts
and a stuck back handspring full. And the highlight was
her floor routines - tons of personality and smiles! Her
team, Team Cleveland, USA, won the gold medal and she took the
all around and all event finals. It was a wonderful
"low pressure" fun meet for her to be in and we are
very happy to have been able to watch her having so much fun
and meeting so many wonderful athletes from so many different
countries. |
· July
31, 2004 - Bianca competed in the all-around and team finals of
the International Children's Games today in Cleveland! Bianca, Kayla
Kmiecik, Emily Fiorilli, and Christina Lenny made up
Team Cleveland, which won the team title with a 111.175! Team
Armenia was second with a 107.3, and Mexico was third with 106.525.
Bianca also won the all-around competition! She stuck both of her
vaults for a 9.65 and had an awesome floor routine for a 9.625! Beam
also went well (9.475), and though she had a few problems on bars,
she still scored a 9.15. Her teammate Emily Fiorilli was second in
the all-around behind Bianca's 37.9. For more information on the
International Children's Games, visit their website at
www.childrens-games.org.
· July
19, 2004 - A new wallpaper is up!
· July
18, 2004 - Bianca's schedule and results
have been updated, and new pictures
from 2004 US Nationals have been added!
· July
17, 2004 - Bianca was part of the US team that defeated three
Mexican teams at the Olympiada Elite this past weekend! Bianca, Jana
Bieger, and Natasha Kelley earned a combined total of
110.125 points. Bianca was fourth in the all-around and earned a
bronze medal on bars! More information can be found on USA
Gymnastics.
· June
20, 2004 - Many new pictures from Bianca's personal
albums and this year's Nationals
are up!
· June
16, 2004 - Bianca has written a new journal entry!
· June
15, 2004 - More pictures from this
year's Nationals have been added. Also, Bianca's schedule has been
updated. She has received an assignment from USAG to travel to
Mexico for a competition in July. Bianca has also been chosen to
represent the US at the
Children's International Games in July-August! More information on
these two meets will be available soon.
· June
8, 2004 - Videos from Nationals are up!
Also, Bianca's results and routines
and start values have been updated.
· June 7, 2004 - Bianca made her second US
National Team by finishing sixth in the all-around at this year's US
National Championships! She had a great meet, finishing in the top
three in every event except vault! She won the silver on bars (9.35)
and floor (9.15) and bronze on beam (9.325). Some pictures
from the competition have been added and full
results can be found on USAG.
Congratulations Bianca!
· May 31, 2004 - Bianca will compete in her
second US National Championships later this week in Nashville,
Tennessee! The junior
competition begins on Thursday afternoon with all-around prelims and
event finals. Bianca will begin the competition as the first competitor
on vault. All-around finals take place on Saturday, with the top
12 gymnasts making the US National Team. Good luck Bianca!
You can follow the competition
with quick hits, news, interviews, and pictures on USAG,
IG Online,
and Inside
Gymnastics.
· May
23, 2004 - New US Classic and miscellaneous pictures
have been added. There is also a new wallpaper
up!
· May
19, 2004 - Ten pictures from US Classic
have been added!
· May
15, 2004 - Congratulations Bianca! She qualified to her
second US National Championships today at the US Classic in
Rochester! Bianca was sixth in the all-around and won silver on bars
with a 9.425! If you are in the New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware,
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, or Maine
area, the junior competition will be
televised on CN8, a regional Comcast network, on Friday May 28th at
8pm and Saturday May 29th at 5pm. Click
here for full
results from the competition.
US Championship
Qualifiers:
Cortni Beers
(Krafft Academy)
Jana Bieger (American Twisters)
Meghan Blair (Texas Dreams)
Shavahn Church (SCATS)
Sarah DeMeo (Diamond)
Morgan Evans (Excalibur)
Bianca Flohr (Fltyz USA)
Austyn Fobes (Rebound)
Jennifer Iovino (Hill's)
Natasha Kelly (Brown's)
Nastia Liukin (WOGA)
Samantha Miller (Dallas
Gym Center) |
Shantessa Pama (Gym-Max)
Samantha Peszek (DeVeau's)
Kassi Price (Orlando Metro)
Ashley Priess (CGA)
Brittney Ranzy (Hill's)
Stephanie Seich (Rebound)
Monica Shoji (Hill's)
Deandrea Smith (US Aerial Athletic)
Makayla Stambaugh (Byers)
Taniah Wann (Parkettes)
Shayla Worley (Orlando Metro) |
· May
11, 2004 - Bianca will be in Rochester this weekend for the
2004 US Classic! This competition is used as a qualifier for US
Nationals which will take place in June. Bianca will begin the
competition Friday evening on floor. The top 14 gymnasts advance to
Nationals.
Good luck Bianca!
· April
19, 2004 - Bianca has written a new journal entry
all about her experience at last week's National Training Camp in
Texas!
· April
1, 2004 - More pictures from the 2004
Podium Meet have been added.
· March
28, 2004 - Bianca has written a new journal entry!
· March
8, 2004 - A few pictures from 2004
Podium Meet are up!
· February
28, 2004 - Videos of Bianca's bar and
floor routines from yesterday's competition have been added!
· February
27, 2004 - Bianca had a great competition earlier today at the National
Podium Meet! Just recovering from an injury, she competed every
event except beam. On vault she finished 7th with an 9.000 average
and second on bars with an 8.725. Her highest score of the night, a
9.075 on floor, earned her the title of 2004 Podium Meet Floor
Champion! Also, Bianca and her team of Sam Sheehan, Ashley Priess, and Alicia
Sacramone won the team title!
Congratulations Bianca!
· February
23, 2004 - Bianca will be competing in the National Podium Meet
this weekend in Madison Square Garden! The competition will air live
online through USA Gymnastics' website! Bianca's session begins
around 5:30pm eastern time and the fee to watch the web cast is
$10. More information can be found on USAG.
Good luck Bianca!!
· February
9, 2004 - HAPPY 13TH BIRTHDAY BONX!
· February
2, 2004 - Bianca's competition results
have been updated. She recently competed on bars at the Flytz
Classic, winning the event with a score of 9.775! Bianca's score contributed
to her team's total of 112.425 which placed them third in the Level
10 team competition! Bianca's next competition is the Podium Meet,
February 27th in New York City.
· January
21, 2004 - Bianca has written a new journal entry!
· January
6, 2004 - A new wallpaper
has been added.
· January
5, 2004 - A piece of artwork
has been added! It was done by Emily of www.gympaint.net.
· December 1,
2003 - Website was released! We hope you enjoy the site, and please
sign the guestbook
before leaving!
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