GYMNASTICS: 2008 Pacific Rim Championships draw determines competition order

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 18, 2008-Fans interested in watching gymnasts from specific countries at the 2008 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships presented by Gillette Venus, March 28-30, in San Jose, Calif., can make their plans because the event's draw has been completed. The USA is in Subdivision 2 for both men's and women's gymnastics and will compete in the evening sessions for the team and all-around finals on March 28-29. In addition to the United States, the other countries competing in the Pacific Rim Championships are Australia, Canada, China, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Peru, Russia, and Singapore. Here's a quick look at which countries will be competing in each session for men's and women's artistic gymnastics. The size of the field requires two sessions, with the all-around and team champions determined by the highest score between the two sessions. The champions will be announced after the evening session. The top men's and women's gymnasts will advance to the individual event finals on Sunday, March 30. Men's and women's gymnastics are at the Event Center Arena at San Jose State University. For rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline, there is one session each day in which all countries compete. Both rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline are located at the McEnery Convention Center. A complete list of all athletes competing in the event, by country, is attached. March 28 Men's gymnastics-team and all-around finals 1:30 p.m. Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Hong Kong, Mexico, Russia 7 p.m. Australia, Canada, China, Japan, USA Rhythmic gymnastics-team and all-around (rope, hoop) 3 p.m. Australia, Canada, China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Russia, USA March 29 Women's gymnastics-team and all-around finals 1:30 p.m. China, Colombia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Singapore 7 p.m. Australia, Canada, Chinese Taipei, Japan, USA Rhythmic gymnastics-team and all-around (ball/clubs, ribbon) Trampoline preliminary rounds 3 p.m. Rhythmic gymnastics-Australia, Canada, China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Russia, USA Trampoline-Australia, Canada, Japan, Mexico, Russia, USA March 30 Men's and women's artistic gymnastics-individual event finals 12 p.m. Juniors, top eight men and top eight women based on performances on March 28-29 6 p.m. Seniors, top eight men and top eight women based on performances on March 28-29 Rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline-individual event finals 3 p.m. Top eight rhythmic gymnasts and top eight trampolinists in each division based on performances on March 28-29 Tickets for the event are currently on sale, and single ticket prices begin at $15 for afternoon sessions and $30 for the evening sessions for artistic gymnastics, with the tickets for rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline beginning at $15. Tickets may be purchased charge by phone at 408.998.TIXS; online at www.ticketmaster.com; at all Ticketmaster outlets; or at the Event Center Arena Box Office. Visa is the preferred method of payment Artistic and rhythmic gymnastics will have team, all-around and individual event competitions. Each team will have six athletes with a maximum of three seniors each. The all-around and individual events will have competition for both juniors and seniors. About the Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships presented by Gillette Venus NBC Sports is broadcasting action from the Pacific Rim Championships on April 13 at 4:30 p.m. ET. The Pacific Rim Championships, previously known as the Pacific Alliance Championships, were held in Honolulu in 2004 and 2006. World champions Nastia Liukin and Chellsie Memmel tied for the women's all-around title in 2006. In 2004, Paul Hamm won the all-around gold medal before becoming the 2004 Olympic all-around champion. In 2007, the San Jose McEnery Convention Center hosted rhythmic and acrobatic gymnastics competition during the Visa Championships. The Pacific Rim Championships is the official championships of the Pacific Alliance Gymnastics Federations. About San Jose State University San Jose State -- Silicon Valley's largest institution of higher learning with 30,000 students and 4,000 employees -- is part of the California State University system. SJSU's 154-acre downtown campus anchors the nation's 10th largest city. For more information, please visit http://www.sjsu.edu. About the San Jose McEnery Convention Center Considered the hub for meetings and conventions in San Jose, the San Jose McEnery Convention Center opened its doors in April 1989. The facility has 432,000 square feet of function space, including a 22,000 square-foot ballroom and 30 meeting rooms. About the San Jose Sports Authority The San Jose Sports Authority is a non-profit organization that serves as the sports marketing agency for the City of San Jose. Since their inception in 1991, they have worked with community partners to bring more than 150 premier events and programs to the San Jose area. For more information, visit www.sjsa.org. About Procter , Gamble Three billion times a day, P,G brands touch the lives of people around the world. The company has one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Gillette(R), Pampers(R), Tide(R), Ariel(R), Always(R), Whisper(R), Pantene(R), Mach3(R), Bounty(R), Dawn(R), Pringles(R), Folgers(R), Charmin(R), Downy(R), Lenor(R), Iams(R), Crest, Oral-B, Actonel, Duracell, Olay, Head , Shoulders, Wella, and Braun(R). The P,G community consists of over 135,000 employees working in over 80 countries worldwide. Please visit http://www.pg.com for the latest news and in-depth information about P,G and its brands. About USA Gymnastics Based in Indianapolis, USA Gymnastics is the national governing body for gymnastics in the United States. Its mission is to encourage participation and the pursuit of excellence in the sport. Its disciplines include men's and women's artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline and tumbling, and acrobatic gymnastics. For more complete information, log on to www.usa-gymnastics.org. # 2008 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships participants First listed by country then by discipline; order of information is name and discipline. Does not include U.S. women's artistic and rhythmic gymnastics teams, which will be announced closer to the event. Australia Mathew Curtis, jr. men Jack Rickards, jr. men Luke Wadsworth, jr. men Joshua Jefferis, sr. men Philippe Rizzo, sr. men Samuel Simpson, sr. men Britt Greeley, jr. women Emily Little, jr. women Tain Molendijk, jr. women Ashleigh Brennan, sr. women Daria Joura, sr. women Lauren Mitchell, sr. women Chloe Hayes, jr. rhythmic gymnastics Cody-Sue Turco, jr. rhythmic gymnastics Jaelle Cohen, jr. rhythmic gymnastics Naazmi Johnston, sr. rhythmic gymnastics Kimberly Mason, sr. rhythmic gymnastics Janine Murray, sr. rhythmic gymnastics Blake Gaudry, jr. men's trampoline Reece Thompson, jr. men's trampoline Scott Brown, sr. men's trampoline Benjamin Wilden, sr. men's trampoline Alexandra Freeman, jr. women's trampoline Aslin Styles, jr. women's trampoline Canada Anderson Loran, jr. men John Hall, jr. men Jackson Payne, jr. men Nathan Gafuik, sr. men Brandon O'Neill, sr. men Adam Wong, sr. men Christine (Peng Peng) Lee, jr. women Charlotte Mackie, jr. women Brittany Rogers, jr. women Nansy Damianova, sr. women Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs, sr. women Kristina Valculik, sr. women Stephanie Beaulieu, jr. rhythmic gymnastics Sarah Briand, jr. rhythmic gymnastics Nerissa Mo, jr. rhythmic gymnastics Alexandra Orlando, sr. rhythmic gymnastics Demetra Mantcheva, sr. rhythmic gymnastics Alexandra Martincek, sr. rhythmic gymnastics Keegan Soehn, jr. men's trampoline Sebastien St. Germain, jr. men's trampoline David Sabourin, sr. men's trampoline Charles Thibault, sr. men's trampoline Kailey McLeod, jr. women's trampoline Samantha Sendel, jr. women's trampoline Karen Cockburn, sr. women's trampoline Rosannagh MacLennan, sr. women's trampoline China Chen Xuezhang, jr. men Fang Lixiang, jr. men Liu Zhanteng, jr. men Liang Mingsheng, sr. men Lu Bo, sr. men Wang Heng, sr. men Cui Jie, jr. women Guan Wenli, jr. women Huang Ying, jr. women Zhang Xin, sr. women Huang Qiushuang, sr. women Tian Mengsi, sr. women Dou Baobao, jr. rhythmic gymnastics Li Jing, jr. rhythmic gymnastics Yang Yuqing, jr. rhythmic gymnastics Deng Senyue, sr. rhythmic gymnastics Ma Qianhui, sr. rhythmic gymnastics Zhou Jie, sr. rhythmic gymnastics Chinese Taipei Lin Wei Ming, jr. men Shu Ping Chien, jr. men Chang Che Wei, sr. men Chen Chih Yu, sr. men Chen Yu Chun, jr. women Lo Yu Ju, jr. women Wu Chen Hsuan, jr. women Chen Chun Min, sr. women Mai Liu Hsiang Han, sr. women Juan Wei Ju, jr. rhythmic gymnastics Ma Yi Ting, jr. rhythmic gymnastics Ling Miao-Yin, jr. rhythmic gymnastics Lai Ying Tzu, sr. rhythmic gymnastics Wang Yi Chieh, sr. rhythmic gymnastics Yu Pei Lung, sr. rhythmic gymnastics Colombia Jorge Hugo Giraldo, sr. men James Brochero, sr. men Jessica Gil Ortiz, sr. women Nathalia Sanchez, sr. women Hong Kong Jim Man Hin, jr. men Poon Chun Kit, jr. men Shek Wai Hung, jr. men Leung Ka Man, jr. women Tsui Lok Yee, jr. women Zhang Wei, jr. women Choi Nim Yan, sr. women Vut Tsz Ying, sr. women Wong Hiu Ying Angel, sr. women Chan Yuen Ching, jr. rhythmic gymnastics Yu Chiu Wing, jr. rhythmic gymnastics Japan Ryotaka Deguchi, jr. men Hiroyuki Imai, jr. men Riku Munakata, jr. men Genki Takeshita, jr. men Takuya Inatera, sr. men Yusuke Saito, sr. men Erica Lynn Danko, jr. women Akiho Sato, jr. women Shizuka Tozawa, jr. women Nanaho Hidaka, sr. women Chinami Otaki, sr. women Tetsuya Sotomura, sr. men's trampoline Yasuhiro Ueyama, sr. men's trampoline Hiromi Hammoto, sr. women's trampoline Haruka Hirota, sr. women's trampoline Malaysia Noor Hasleen Fathihin Hasnan, sr. women Elaine Ee Leng Tan, jr. rhythmic gymnastics Brenda Ka Lye Yap, jr. rhythmic gymnastics Seow Ting Foong, sr. rhythmic gymnastics Jamie Yoke Jeng Lee, sr. rhythmic gymnastics Mexico Javier Balboa, jr. men Asiel Lopez, jr. men Adrian Prieto, jr. men Kalo Traslocheros, sr. men Luis Alberto Sosa, sr. men Aldo Torres, sr. men Patricia Arredondo, jr. rhythmic gymnastics Isha Sanchez, jr. rhythmic gymnastics Alejandra Vazquez, jr. rhythmic gymnastics Geraldine Alarcon, sr. rhythmic gymnastics Rut Castillo, sr. rhythmic gymnastics Fernanda Zertuche, sr. rhythmic gymnastics Daniela Espinosa, jr. women Paula Martinez, jr. women Karla Salazar, jr. women Marisela Cantu, sr. women Elsa Garcia, sr. women Ericka Garcia, sr. women Milton Becuar, jr. men's trampoline Oswado Prieto, jr. men's trampoline Jose Fernando Cajigas, sr. men's trampoline Rene Navarro, sr. men's trampoline Alejandra Fernandez, jr. women's trampoline Monica Tejada, jr. women's trampoline Michelle Garcia, sr. women's trampoline Viviana Ramirez, sr. women's trampoline Philippines Frances Audrey P. Munoz, jr. women Dezirie Saldana, jr. women Ma. Virginia Helen D. Acuna, sr. women Cintamoni D. De Guzman, sr. women Patricia Kathryn P. Paraso, sr. women Maria Victoria T. Recinto, jr. rhythmic gymnastics Danica B. Calapatan, sr. rhythmic gymnastics Sheryll D. Contillo, sr. rhythmic gymnastics Carla Denise O. Dioniso, sr. rhythmic gymnastics Peru Britt Reusche-Lari, jr. women Russia David Belyavskiy, jr. men Nikita Ignatyev, jr. men Igor Pakhomenko, jr. men Dmitriy Gogotov, sr. men Sergey Khorokhordin, sr. men Yury Ryazanov, sr. men Anastasia Grishina, jr. women Viktoriya Komova, jr. women Violetta Malikova, jr. women Lyudmila Grebenkova, sr. women Anna Myzdrikova, sr. women Alena Zmeu, sr. women Elizaveta Bryksina, jr. rhythmic gymnastics Ekaterina Starodub, jr. rhythmic gymnastics Nataliya Bulycheva, jr. rhythmic gymnastics Lina Gnirovskaya, sr. rhythmic gymnastics Kristina Sizova, sr. rhythmic gymnastics Alexander Naumov, jr. men's trampoline Mikhail Mel'nik, jr. men's trampoline German Khnychev, sr. men's trampoline Dmitry Ushakov, sr. men's trampoline Nadezhda Glebova, jr. women's trampoline Ekaterina Shustikova, jr. women's trampoline Natalia Chernova, sr. women's trampoline Irina Karavaeva, sr. women's trampoline Singapore Heem Wei Lim, sr. women Jia Hui Tay, sr. women Xi Hui Tay, sr. women USA Glen Ishino, Santa Ana, Calif., jr. men Danell Leyva, Miami, Fla., jr. men John Orozco, Bronx, N.Y., jr. men Alexander Artemev, Lakewood, Colo., sr. men Raj Bhavsar, Houston, Texas, sr. men Paul Hamm, Waukesha, Wis., sr. men Jeffrey Gluckstein, Atlantic Highlands, N.J., jr. men's trampoline K.J. Heger, Rockford, Ill., jr. men's trampoline Michael Devine, Winnebago, Ill., sr. men's trampoline Chris Estrada, Lafayette, La., sr. men's trampoline Dakota Earnest, Plains, Texas, jr. women's trampoline Nani Vercruyssen, Honolulu, Hawaii, jr. women's trampoline Brittany Dircks, Orland Park, Ill., sr. women's trampoline Alaina Williams, Amarillo, Texas, sr. women's trampoline