Gymnastics

If one of your goals for throwing a birthday party for kids is to tire the tots out, Kyle Gayner's mobile gymnastics could be the perfect entertainment. "I go everywhere," said Gayner, who travels to locations such as schools and birthday parties, while training kids on the bars, vault, trampoline and balance beam, and incorporating face painting and balloon making. "I do not coach serious, competitive gymnastics," she added. "My work is with the little guys and give them strictly a lot of love, guidance, motivation and fun. That's how I teach.

"I'd like to run cross-country, because it's a good sport, and my brother did it before me." COLIN GLABE, 14 Irvine "Basketball, because my brother plays it, too. He teaches me." MOLLY MCWHERTOR, 6 Costa Mesa "Well, I do track and gymnastics and not much else. I've always kind of liked to try swimming and diving." ALLISON KRUGMAN, 11 Newport Beach "Skateboarding, because there's a skate park right by my house." AXEL EATON, 10 Newport Beach "Soccer, because it's fun, and I like going to games with other people."

Club affiliation: Santa Ana Country Club Residence: Costa Mesa Birthplace: Pasadena Age: 51 Golf handicap: 6 Favorite golf moment: Shooting a 67 gross (60 net) in a member/guest tournament in June 2003, a year after father, Phil, passed away. "It was the best round of my life," Arnold said. "For four hours worth, I felt dad's presence." Favorite club to use: Putter Favorite course to play: Ballybunion Golf Club in Kerry, Ireland Family: Wife, Lorri; sons, Nathan, Graham, Chase Noteworthy: Currently serving one-year term as Santa Ana Country Club president and is in his third year on the club's board of directors.

o7The Daily Pilot asked students in Woodland Elementary's sign-language class: "What sign would you use to represent yourself?" f7"A B on your heart, just because I like to care for people and animals." Brittany Lambert, 11, Costa Mesa "Make an R around your little finger for gymnastics, because I've been taking it a long time." Roxy Wills, 10, Costa Mesa "Writing with an R, because I like to write stories." Rosalie Deliz, 9, Costa Mesa "An E by my cheek, because I do really big smiles."

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Junior Sam Mikulak, a Corona del Mar High alumnus, won his second career NCAA all-around crown and helped the University of Michigan men's gymnastics team capture its fifth NCAA title in program history Saturday at Penn State. Mikulak, a U.S. Olympian and the Big Ten Gymnast of the Year, won the all-around with 91.150 points, ahead of teammate Adrian de los Angeles' 88.350. Mikulak, the 2011 NCAA all-around champion, won the high bar (15.65) and finished second in the parallel bars (15.350)

CDM PLAYS SATURDAY The Corona del Mar High girls’ volleyball team will face top-seeded Redlands East Valley for the championship of CIF Southern Section Division II-AA Saturday at 4:30 p.m. at Cypress College’s gym No. 2. The Sea Kings (21-7), the Pacific Coast League champions, will be trying to capture their first CIF title since 2004. They lost in the finals two years ago and reached the semifinals last year. CdM defeated PCL foe Beckman in five games Tuesday to advance to the CIF title match.

Rick Devereux At high school pole vault competitions, athletes waiting for their turn to jump can be seen getting mentally prepared through a variety of methods. Some bob their head and lip-sync to music playing on their headphones. Some jog through the correct technique on unused portions of nearby runways. Some sit apart from their competitors in order to better concentrate on the task that lay ahead. But there might also be a girl with black, tightly-braided ponytails who does not look as intense as the other girls.

Bryce Alderton The records are stacking up for 21-year-old Jennifer Parilla of Newport Beach. The gymnast and Orange Coast College student won the 2002 USA Gymnastics -- Trampoline and Tumbling National Championships that ended Aug. 10 in Cleveland, Ohio, claiming the gold medal in the Senior Elite Competition for the third time in her young career. In winning the Sr. Elite Trampoline title, Parilla set three United States national trampoline records -- performing two triple-somersaults in the same routine, setting the highest degree of difficulty ever performed (14.7)

Fashion Island celebrates the grand opening of its spectacular Mediterranean-theme Carousel Carnivale, with Venetian scenes on the carousel rounding board, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Free rides and fun will help celebrate the new carousel. The Carousel Court, next to Robinsons May, will look like an Italian marketplace. There will be street performers, face painting, gelato, Italian goods, fresh fruit, flowers and more. Retailers will offer discounts and promotions throughout the weekend.