Women's Program: Women Kick-off Fall Competitive Season Carly Janiga, Marcia Newby and Liz Tricase started the fall competitive season off with a World Cup competition in La Serena, Chile. Desert Devil's Carly Janiga was the big winner for the U.S. Women as the World Cup Copa La Serena competition concluded in La Serena, Chile. Following the "Winner's Finals" where the top 3 qualifiers from the semi-final round face-off, Janiga took 1st place on both VT and FX, and added a second place finish on BB. Marica Newby of Excalibur Gymnastics took 2nd on VT and 3rd on FX, while Illinois Gymnastics Institute's Liz Tricase added a 3rd place finish on UB. Results VT 1 - Carly Janiga (USA) 9.200 2 - Marcia Newby (USA) 8.950 3 - Merly DeJesus (UBRA) 8.6620 UB 1 - Laura Van Leeuven (NED) 9.370 2 - Daniele Hypoilito (UBRA) 9.000 3 - Elizabeth Tricase (USA) 8.650 BB 1 - Zuzana Sekerova (SLO) 9.000 2 - Carly Janiga (USA) 8.5250 3 - Daniele Hypolito (BRA) 8.400 FX 1 - Carly Janiga (USA) 9.250 2 - Daniele Hypolito (BRA) 9.225 3 - Maria Newby (USA) 8.625
Paul Hamm won the America's Cup in gymnastics in 2008. Hamm was the first American male to win the world all-round championship.
Anju Bobby George
Very simply, to win an NBA championship and to be the world's first billion-dollar athlete.
Very simply, to win an NBA championship and to be the world's first billion-dollar athlete.
This was the first unranked team to win the championship
He won the cruserweight championship first
Jim Thorpe
Not sure
His first major championship was The Masters, in 1997.
They won their first championship at Madison Square Garden in 1970.
The University of Oklahoma did not win any national championships in 2010. The last time a sport at the university won a national championship was the 2008 gymnastics team.
My idol, Serena Williams was the first black woman to win a major tennis championship.