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2004 Women’s U.S. Olympic Gymnastics TeamName Age Hometown Residence ClubCourtney Kupets 17 Gaithersburg, Md. Gaithersburg, Md. Hill’s GymnasticsCourtney McCool 16 Lee’s Summit, Mo. Lee’s Summit, Mo. Great American Gym. ExpressCarly Patterson 16 Baton Rouge, La. Allen, Texas World OlympicMohini Bhardwaj 25 Cincinnati, Ohio Los Angeles, Calif. All OlympiansAnnia Hatch 26 West Haven, Conn. West Haven, Conn. Stars AcademyTerin Humphrey 17 Bates City, Mo. Blue Spring, Mo. Great American Gym. Express

AlternatesAllyse Ishino 16 Santa Ana, Calif. Santa Ana, Calif. Charter Oak GlidersTasha Schwikert 19 Las Vegas, Nev. Las Vegas, Nev. GymcatsChellsie Memmel 16 West Allis, Wis. West Allis, Wis. Salto Gymnastics

2004 Men’s U.S. Olympic Gymnastics TeamName Age Hometown Residence ClubJason Gatson 24 Upland, Calif./Mesa, Ariz Colorado Springs, Colo. Team Chevron-USOTCMorgan Hamm 21 Waukesha, Wis. Columbus, Ohio Team Chevron-OhioPaul Hamm 21 Waukesha, Wis. Columbus, Ohio Team Chevron-OhioBrett McClure 23 Mill Creek, Wash. Colorado Springs, Colo. Team Chevron-USOTCBlaine Wilson 29 Columbus, Ohio Columbus, Ohio Team Chevron-OhioGuard Young 27 Oklahoma City, Okla. Norman, Okla. Team Chevron-Okla.

AlternatesSteve McCain 30 Houston, Texas Colorado Springs, Colo. Team GattacaRaj Bhavsar 23 Houston, Texas Columbus, Ohio Team Chevron-Ohio

All nominations are pending USOC approval.

The Visa U.S. Champio nships and the U.S. Olympic Team Tr ials wereboth a part of the Olympic selection process for men and wome n .F o l l o w i ng the Olympic Tr ials in Ana heim, June 24-27, the wome n

na med Courtney Kupets and Courtney McCool as members of the OlympicTeam fo l l o w i ng their one-two finish at the Olympic Tr ia l s. For the me n ’ sp ro g ram, a fo r mula was utilized, and fo l l o w i ng the Visa U.S.C h a m p io nships and Olympic Tr ia l s, Paul Hamm and Brett Mc C l u re werena med to the Olympic Team based on their one-two finish. Jason Gatsona nd Mo rgan Hamm were also na med to the team by the Men’s OlympicS e l e c t ion Committee.

In July both the men’s and women’s pro g ra ms held an Olympic Te a mS e l e c t ion Camp to na me the re ma i n i ng members of the team.

T he U.S. Wo men's Olympic Team will travel to At he ns with its stro ngest teamin history after na m i ng Carly Patterson, Mohini Bhardwaj, Annia Hatch, andTerin Hu m p h rey to join Kupets and McCool on the women’s ro s t e r.

T he six gymnasts hail from five differe nt clubs, de mo ns t ra t i ng age o g ra p h ic spread of elite caliber athletes and re p re s e nt a cont i nu i ngt re nd of athletes who have lived and tra i ned at ho me thro u g hout the i rc a re e r s. Team alternates will be Alysse Is h i no, Tasha Schwikert andC he l l s ie Me m mel.

Hill’s Gymna s t ic s, Kelli Hill, was na med Olympic women’s team he a d

coach while Ye v ge ny Ma rc he n ko of WOGA was na med as assistant coach.

For the men, Team USA has laid down its challenge to China by na m i ngG ua rd Yo u ng and Blaine Wilson to join Paul Hamm, Mc C l u re, Gatson, andMo rgan Hamm on the Olympic Team. Steve McCain and Raj Bhavsar willserve as the alternates to the Olympic Te a m .

Kevin Ma z e i ka of Houston Gymna s t ics Ac a de my will lead the U.S. teamas the head coach while Miles Avery of The Ohio State University will bet he assistant coach.

USA Gymna s t ics is ex t re mely pro ud of the men’s and women’s OlympicTe a ms and all of the athletes inc l uded in the Olympic Tra i n i ng Squa d s.