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Strother Named to World Championship Team

08/22/06

By Jeff Teague

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Clay Strother will compete in his first Gymnastics World Championship in October. -

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Clay Strother, the son of locals Mike and Cynthia, has been selected as a member of the U.S. National Team that will compete at the World Championships this October in Denmark.

A 1998 Graduate of Jasper High School, the 26-year-old gymnast has been in the sport for nearly 20 years. Strother is coached by Fred Roethlisberger, and has been a member of the U.S. National Team on four different occasions, but this is his first trip to the World Championships.

Strother specializes in the floor exercise and pommel horse and a 2003 graduate of the University of Minnesota was a back-to-back champion in both in 2001-2002 and ranked number one in the Nation on the pommel horse in 2002.

Strother said his one of his goals was to compete at the World Championships and hopefully next up will be the Olympics.

Darn good since Jasper I know doesnt have a gymastic team