Described at the time as the premier gymnastics invitational in the country, the 1984 edition of the Oregon State-Shanico Inn-Vitational was held at Gill Coliseum on February 24-25. Competing at the meet were gymnastics squads from Alabama, Arizona, Brigham Young, Missouri, Ohio State, UCLA and Oregon State. Individual competitors included the following All-Americans: Laurie Carter (OSU), Patti Rice (Alabama), Tracy Rinker (Ohio State), Donna Kemp (UCLA), Tracy Curtis (UCLA), Eliesa Walton (BYU), Karen Stephens (Arizona) and Gayle Anderson (Missouri).
Heidi Anderson, a transfer to OSU from Penn State, where she had also achieved All American honors, won the uneven bars, balance beam and all-around competitions at the Shanico competition. At the conclusion of the 1984 season, Anderson won an individual national championship in the balance beam. OSU finished fourth at the Shanico meet with a score of 178.00.
Digitized from five Umatic originals held in the News and Communication Services Motion Picture Films and Videotapes (FV 057:549 - FV057:553), Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries.
