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May 26, 2001: Sean is at the Olympic Training center for a National Team training camp for the next few days!

June 16, 2001: There is information posted at USAG about the 2001 Gym Jam... the new vault WILL be used. Sean will begin the competition on Pommel Horse, going second following Todd Thornton. Also, we have had some emails asking if sean and family was hit by floods in houston. At this point, we have heard that they have not been hit to the extreame, and they are all fine. Thats all we can report, plus this is not seans official website and we don't have contact with sean!

June 25, 2001: Sean is on the cover of Technique magazine for USA Gymnastics. As well as an Article about his rise to the top I believe is in there!

July 1, 2001: Sean did a pretty good job yesterday at the gym jam, considering he didn't compete all events. Sean placed 7th (24.750) out of the pre-qualified athletes, 4th on pommel (8.050), 1st on rings (9.350), 6th on PBars (7.350), and didn't compete the other 3 events.

July 3, 2001: The reason Sean didn't compete all around at the recent gym jam is because of a small strain in his back. We have been told it's nothing serious and he will be in for nationals!

July 11, 2001: Sean is at International Gymnastics Camp this week along with the rest of his "gang"

August 1, 2001: The start lists were posted at USAG. Although they aren't up for some odd reason. Sean will be starting on vault (if my memory is right) I will have more news about it tomorrow!

August 8, 2001: NATIONALS-PRELIMS: After the first rotation, Sean has taken an early lead. He scored a 9.350 on Vault while doing a handspring double front. Only a small step. Moving on to PBars sean scored yet another 9.350. His skills were double pike and double tuck between the bars, double pike. On his third event, High Bar sean did Kovacs, half Takemoto to immediate triple and fell forwards. His score was 8.400. He has now fallen to 2nd place to Jason Furr. On Floor sean did a layout front full to layout front to double front, round 1 1/2 to tuck front full to Rudi, tucked full-in out of bounds. His score was 9.325. He has regained his lead. On Pommel horse Sean had a clean routine to score an 8.400. He's still in 1st. Sean had a VERY solid rings routine to score a 9.350. Sean is in the lead going into Finals!

August 10th, 2001 - NATIONALS-FINALS: Sean got off to a great start on parallel bars by doing kip L, giant, dble pike between, peach hand, double tuck, basket uprsie, back toss double pike dismount with a small tiny hop! He scored a 9.550!!! He kept his lead and is now over 1 point ahead of 2nd place brett mcclure! On Sean's second event he was on High Bar. He did giant full spin on 1-arm inbar stalder, heal jam, highlighted with Kovacs, blind change, into a half takamoto immediately into his dismount which was a triple back, in which he fell forward and put his hands down. He scored an 8.575. He still maintains the lead only now by less then a point! On Floor Sean did Fronthandspring front full front bounder double front, punch front full, punch front full Rudy, then he did russians on the floorm RO arabian tuck, finishes with RoundOff, Flip Flop Full-in STUCK LANDING!! His score was 9.275. He is still in the lead. On pommel horse Sean got an 8.650. He is still in the lead and still by only under a point! On rings sean did a nice back roll to cross, press to maltese, back uprise to maltese (flat), press handstand, front giant front giant hand, back giant to 1/1 twisting double layout. His score was 9.600. The sixth and final rotation sean did a HUGE vault. Took a small step forward, yet is pumping his fist in the air and waving to the crowd, knowing that he just won, his first national title! SEAN MADE THE WORLD TEAM!!!!! The World Team is: Sean Townsend, Brett McClure, Steve McCain, Raj Bhavsar, Guard Young, Paul Hamm. 1st Alternet is Todd Thornton. Sean's Brother!!!!!

August 12th, 2001 - Sean has also qualified to compete at the Goodwill Games later this month!

August 25th, 2001 - Sean just finished competing at the World University Games. The USA Team finished 8th Place over all. With a team score of 163.60. China blew away the competition. Steven McCain as well as Sean moved on to compete in the Individual All Around. Sean had only ONE score under a 9.000... It was an 8.95 on the Pommel Horse. Just to add to his National title he finished 4th Place All Around. Sean is now on his way to Brisband Australia, where he will compete in the All Around at the Goodwill Games, This week! Good Luck Sean!

September 1st, 2001 - Sean just competed in the all around at the goodwill games. He finished 8th all around with a score of 54.574. Although Sean spent most of the meet in the top six, he faltered on floor and finished 8th. Ahead of him, USA Teammate, Brett McClure had the american's highest finish, 4th place. Congrats to Steve McCain who finished 10th. Good Job guys!

September 15th, 2001: It has been announced that ABC *WILL NOT* be airing worlds. Therefor ESPN picked up the Tab and will be airing it on ESPN! So Worlds will be aired, which is good news cause a few weeks ago, it wasn't going to be!

November 4th, 2001: Sorry for lack of news... Sean is in Belgium at the World Championships right now. He is returning to the United States sometime this week. Its been a "rollercoaster of emotions" according to Coach Mazeika. Sean started out with the high of winning the Team Silver medal, a feat that has never been accomplished before by the USA Teams. Heading into the final rotation of the All Around, Sean was right where he needed to be for a medal, two slip ups on the high bar kept him from the podium. Three Days later, in the Individual Event Finals, Sean got the color he came for. Scoring a 9.7 on the Parallel Bars, Sean became the first man ever from the United States to Win the PBars at the Worlds! Congrats Sean!

November 20th, 2001: Sean, along with Todd Thornton, will represent USA in the 2001 Glasgow Grand Prix! It starts on December 14th. For more information about the competition click here. Good Luck Sean and Todd!

December 8th, 2001: at last weekends reeses cup, sean along with yvonne tousk finished in 7th Place

December 14th, 2001: Sean competed in the Glasgow Grand Prix today. After a disappointing floor routine (8.300), Sean came back to make two finals- still ring and parallel bars. Good job, Sean! Sean's brother, Todd, also made two finals, so congrats. to him, too!

January 20th, 2002: Sean is one of 14 finalists in the race for the AAU James E. Sullivan Memorial Award! Congratulations! Other finalists are: Tony Azevedo (waterpolo), Natalie Coughlin (swimming), Michelle Kwan (figure skating), Matt Lindland (wrestling), Stephen Lopez (taekwondo), Ryan Miller (hockey), Toccara Montgomery (wrestling), Brandon Paulson (wrestling), Mark Prior (baseball), Jason Read (rowing), Allen Webb (track and field), Angela Williams (track and field) and Roy Williams (football). Kurt Thomas is the only gymnast to have won, but others have been nominated: Kristen Maloney in 1998; Blaine Wilson in 1997; Shannon Miller in 1996, 1995, 1994 and 1993; Kim Zmeskal in 1991; Brandy Johnson in 1989; Scott Johnson in 1987; Kristie Phillips in 1986; Mary Lou Retton and Bart Conner in 1984; Thomas in 1978; Stephanie Willim in 1977; Kathy Howard in 1975; John Crosby in 1971; Joyce Tanac in 1969; Linda Metheny in 1967; Muriel Davis Grossfeld in 1963; Clara Schroth in 1946; and Alfred Jochim in 1933. Good Luck, Sean!

    Also, Sean will be competing at the American Cup with World and Olympic Teammate, Paul Hamm! The competition takes place on March 2nd! Check the TV Dates page for broadcast times! Good Luck to both of them!

February 21st, 2002: Sean competed at the Winter Cup this year, although he planed on placing in the top at the event, he pulled out after the Parallel Bars were too slippery. USAG Has an interview with sean: here

February 28th, 2002: Good Luck Sean this weekend he competes at the American Cup against the worlds best!

March 7th, 2002: Good Job at the American Cup Sean, Pictures will be coming soon.... On a sadder note, Sean was one of three gymnasts who recently tested positive for drugs... read more about it here... If passed, the gymnasts can have atleast a two year suspension...

April 9th, 2002: Tickets are on sale at USAG for nationals this year. Also, sean was recently at JO Nationals in Florida. He also spent a week with 2000 olympic teammates Paul and Morgan Hamm in WI and trained with them for the week. Paul and Morgan had a blast hanging out with him!

April 20th, 2002: Sean didn't recieve the Sullivan awardm, Michelle Kwan did, yet he is still proud of making it in the top 5. The punishment for Sean, Jason, and Brett has been announced through USAG and they have a 50% decrease of their athlete support cut for a period of three months. They have appolized to the commeitee. Sean was also selected as a member of the 2003 Pacific Alliance Team.

April 29th, 2002: There is an article posted at usolympicteam.com about Sean's rise to the top and the support of the Thornton's. Worth a read!

May 4th, 2002: Congrats to team usa at the Pacific Alliance So far. Sean and team usa won the first day of the compeition and Sean placed 4th in the All Around. Good luck at the finals!

May 28th - June 2nd, 2002: Sean and the rest of the national team have been in Colorado at the Olympic Training Center for a USAG Camp. The camp is preparing them for the Nationals Qualifer which will take place in Colordo Springs at the Olympic Training Center on June 29th. A Picture of all the National Team members can be found by clicking here

June 12th, 2002: USAG has posted the starting lists for the 2002 Nationals Qualifer! Good luck to Sean and the rest of the HGA guys who will be starting off the competition on Parallel Bars! THe competition is the 29th in Colorado Springs!

July 3rd, 2002: Sean competed this past weekend at the 2002 Nationals Qualifier... Although he pulled out of vault Sean had a fairly good meet. A few pictures from the meet can be seen here. More will be coming soon!

July 12th, 2002: USAG has posted the Nationals Start List. Sean will begin his competition on the rings and will be in the same rotation as Teammate Todd Thornton and close friend Blaine Wilson!

August 2nd, 2002: Inside Gymnastics has posted their nationals sections, including many involving Sean... Check below to see all the different sections:
Interview
Notes N Quotes
Preview
USAG also did an interview with Sean and Blaine Wilson the other day... Read that: Here

August 6th, 2002: More articles from Inside Gymnastics involving Sean!
Interview: Kevin Mazeika
training day one
Townsend Ready for Battle
A New Do

August 12th, 2002: Congrats to Sean who finished 5th place in this years nationals. Unable to defend his title, Sean had a rough meet. Sean is getting ready to leave for China on the 14th of August for a competition against the Chineese team. He is going alongside Guard Young, Blaine Wilson, Paul & Morgan Hamm. Good Luck Team USA!!! Here are a few more articles from Nationals!
Hamm is Golden
Paul Hamm Crowned National Champion
Team Chevron Atheletes Cash Bonus

August 18th, 2002: Sean was origionally not scheduled to compete in the Li Ning Cup in China, yet he was in Bejing for a duel meet, and wound up competing in the Li Ning cup as well. Sean finished 3rd on Parallel Bars! No information about the China duel.

August 20th, 2002: In the US China Duel, The Chinese Team outdid The US by about 5 points. Although the US Still hopes to bring home a gold at next years worlds! Sean is now in California getting ready for the USA vs. the World!

August 23rd, 2002: In the USA vs. the World USA yet again was unlucky. Morgan Hamm competd on floor exercise and ended the event injured and pulled out of the competition. Thus leaving USA finishing 10 points behind the world. Sean finished 3rd all around.

September 15th, 2002: Sean as well as the rest of the HGA gang are participating in a softball game in Houston today... Coaches vs. the Gymnasts! Go Gymnasts!

October 12th, 2002: Sean will be a member of the World Team and will compete individually at worlds coming up in November. He will be there along with Paul and Morgan Hamm, Jeff Johnson, and Brett McClure, congrats!

November 19th, 2002: Sean is in Hungry for World Championships! Podium training began yesterday! You can see some pictures and a review of all the men competing at Worlds at Inside Gymnastics.

November 21st, 2002: Scoring a 9.337 on Parallel Bars in yesterdays competition puts Sean in 12th place going into the final round of these World Championships. Sean did not qualify on rings into the semi-finals. In todays semi-finals, Sean had yet another rough day on Parallel Bars, tieing for 8th, yet loosing the tie-breaker. He will be unable to defend his World Parallel Bars title. Congrats to Sean with all of his accomplishments at these Worlds.

December 15th, 2002: At last nights Liukin Invite in Plano Texas, Sean won the Parallel Bars with a score of 9.750. He didn't compete all around yet fell on his high bar dismount. He is headed to Belgium this week for an exhibition.

January 16th, 2003: Sean will be one of four Americans competing in this years American Cup. He will compete with Paul Hamm, Blaine Wilson, and another American to be named at a later date! The comptetion will take place on March 1st.

February 7th, 2003: Sean competed in the first round of the Winter Cup tonight. Sean started out the night with a 9.250 on his parallel bars routine. He had a rough High bar routine scoring a 8.050. Sean then headed to floor where he scored a 9.050. Sean scored an 8.4 on pommels and a 9.40 on rings, and pulled out of vault. Congrats Sean.

February 22nd, 2003: Good luck to Sean and all of his American teammates who are competing next Saturday in the American Cup. Alongside Sean will be Blaine Wilson, Brett McClure, and Guard Young. The competition will be broadcast live on NBC starting at 4:00 PM EST.

March 1st, 2003: Sean started out on Pommel Horse at the American Cup with a few form breaks scored a 9.000. He then had a rough floor routine to score an 8.450. Sean jumped back into competition by scoring a 9.600 on the still rings. Unleasing a new vault Sean pulled through with a 9.300. With a few small errors on parallel bars Sean pulled out a 9.650. On high bar Sean finished with a 9.000 on high bar, missing his triple back dismount. Sean finished just outside of the medals for fourth place. Congrats to Sean's USA Teammate Blaine Wilson who won the competition for the 5th time

March 21st, 2003: Sean competed this past weekend at the World Cup Qualifer in France. He placed 8th on high bar and still rings. Congrats to Sean on a good competition

June 3rd, 2003: Sean did not compete at the Nationals Qualifer, for unknown reasons, although he will be competiting at national championships! His first event will be the high bar and he will end the night on Parallel Bars... GOOD LUCK SEAN!!!

June 8th, 2003: Inside gymnastics has an interview with Sean regarding his recent training and a little bit about his personal life as well. You can view it by clicking here. CONGRATS ON THE ENGAGEMENT!!!!!!!! Also this past weekend Sean competed with Paul and Morgan Hamm as well as a bunch of other Houston residence in a mock competition to prepare for USA's! No scoring actaully took place.

June 19th, 2003: Sean's had a rough few weeks as he's been preparing for the Championships. A few weeks ago he jammed his ankle, although it has healed, last week he fell and wound up in the ER with a concussion and a sprained wrist. Being the stubborn gymnast he is, he refused to stay over night and continued his training the day. Sean is looking onto Nationals which begin tomorrow night!

June 20th, 2003: Sean had a really rough night at nationals as he finished not where he wanted in the all around. He also injured him self slightly on vault, but the extent is unknown!

	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	FX	AA
Prelims/EF	8.750	9.625	9.40	7.900	9.050	-	53.775 (11)

June 23rd, 2003: Sean wound up only competing three events last night at Nationals. Sean had a very rough National Championships this year and has ended the championships with an injured knee. The extent of the injury has been determined minor, so Sean will more then likely resume training soon. Although after his dissappointing nationals, when the World team was named, Sean's name was not announced, USA Gymnastics is keeping Sean home this summer to recover from his many recent injuries. We continue to wish Sean good luck with his gymnastics!

August 16th, 2003: This week Sean is at International Gymnastics Camp alongside his HGA Teammates Todd Thornton and Jason Furr. Sean also spent last week at IGC. Sean will also be making an appearence with Team Gattaca on the 30th and 31st of August at International Gymnastics Camp. Sean's coach, Kevin, is currently in California as head coach of the World Team. Good Luck to Kevin and the Team!

November 28th, 2003: There is an article in the December issue of International Gymnast about Sean and his determination to making the 2004 Olympic team. It talks about what he went through this summer and how he's rebuilding his routines!

December 6th, 2003: Sean competed yesterday at the Chunichi Cup in Japan. He finished 11th out of 12 all around. His scores go as follows:

FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	AA
9.100	8.950	9.250	7.550	9.300	9.500	53.650

Sean is continuing to recover from the injuries he suffered last summer and looks ahead to future competitions.

December 9th, 2003 : The Chunichi Cup has come to a close and Sean came back with a medal! He placed 3rd in the Floor finals, 5th in the vault finals, 8th in the rings finals, 6th in the Parallel Bars Finals, and 6th in the High Bar Finals! Instead of joining the rest of the USA Team at the camp in Colorado Sean along with a few of his USA teammates are joining Japan's National Team for a training camp!

January 6th, 2004: There is an article about Sean and Kevin up on Inside Gymnastics. It talks about Seans plans for the upcoming season! You can view it by clicking: Here.

January 30th, 2004: Sean is in the gym preparing for his first competition since Nationals, the Winter Cup which will be taking place next saturday (February 7th). Sean will begin the competition on pommel horse in the second session! Good Luck to Sean as he makes his first attempt of the year for the National Team!

February 6th, 2004: SEAN WON HIS SESSION AT THE WINTER CUP TONIGHT! Placing second overall, almost catching national team teammate, Blaine Wilson! After years of struggle to get back into competition, Sean is back at it and has regained his National Team Status!: . Here are his scores from the night!

FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	AA
9.350	8.900	9.100	9.850	9.500	9.700	56.400

February 8th, 2004: In last nights event finals competition, Sean proved to his fans that he was back and ready for a spot on the Olympic Team by WINNING the high bar final with a score of 9.750, and WINNING the vault final with a score of 9.85. He also placed third in parallel bars with a 9.50, and fourth on floor with a 9.425. Welcome Back to competition Sean!

March 7th, 2004: Sean finished competing in the Cottubus cup this weekend, Where he did not make it to the finals in any events but qualifed in the semi finals in still rings, vault, and parallel bars. He placed 12th on still rings, 14th on vault, and 10th on parallel bars.

March 28th, 2004: This weekend Sean competed in Ukraine alongside teammates Taqiy Abdullah, Brian Del Castello, and David Durante. As a team the USA finished first, sean won the vault and still rings competition as well. He came close to winning all around but fell off of the parallel bars... Congrats on a good meet Sean!

March 30th, 2004: Sean finished out his competition in Ukrain this weekend with a 3rd place finish on vault, and second place finishes on both high bar and still rings. Way to Go Sean. His next competition will be the Nationals Qualifer on April 24th, at the USOTC in Colorado Springs, CO! In the May/June issue of Inside Gymnastics there will be a feature about Sean and his "Brother" Todd Thornton!

May 5th, 2004: Two weeks ago, Sean competed at the 2004 Nationals Qualifer. Although he had prequalifed to nationals at the Winter Cup, Sean went out and had an awesome competition. He finished 5th place with a score of 53.850! Congrats to Sean on a great competition!

May 31st, 2004: Sean and his "Brother" Todd Thornton are featured in the May/June issue of Inside Gymnastics as the Dynamic Duo. To go along with their article, Inside Gymnastics has produced a video of them training for the upcoming National Championships. To view the video go to this page. This weekend Sean will be competing at the USA National Championships. His first event will be the Vault, beginning Wednesday at 7:00 PM. Good Luck to Sean!

June 2nd, 2004: Sean competing tonight in the 2004 USA Championships Prelims. Sean is currently ranked 8th with the following scores. Finals are on Friday night at 7 PM CST.

FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	AA
9.200	8.700	9.600	9.250	9.325	9.625	55.700

June 4th, 2004: In tonights national competition, sean not only defended his spot on the national team, yet he qualifed to the Olympic Trials as well. He placed 5th all around, just one tenth behind his teammate, brother, and best friend: Todd Thornton. His scores are as follows

FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	AA
9.375	9.200	9.550	9.500	9.500	9.500	56.625

June 24th, 2004: Sean is continuing his awesome season by placing 3rd at tonights Olympic Trials!! His combind nationals/trials score was 78.905 and his individual scores:

FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	AA
9.300	8.950	9.650	9.600	9.500	9.625	56.625

Saturday night will determine who goes to camp, starting at 3:00 PM PST!

June 26th, 2004: In tonights competition Sean placed 3rd all around, although did not secure a spot on the Olympic Team. He and "brother" Todd Thornton did secure spots into the trials selection camp which will take place in mid-July. The final team could be named before that. Sean's scores from today are:

FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	AA
9.350	9.100	9.725	9.200	9.575	9.425	56.375

July 25th, 2004: On the 15th of July the Olympic Team was announced, Sean was not named as part of the Olympic Team, although his foster mom Cindy said "he has other things to move onto, including his wedding in January of 2005". Sean remains in the gym and continues training and has not decided what yet he will do with his career in gymnastics!

August 5th, 2004: In a recent interview with Inside Gymnastics, Sean's coach Kevin Mazekia said that Sean and his brother Todd are already back in the gym preparing for the 2005 World Championships. Sean will not be retiring from gymnastics!!!!!!!! Next weekend Sean will leave for International Gymnastics Camp where he will spend two weeks coaching young campers as well!

September 1st, 2004: Sean will be touring with the Rock 'n' Roll Gymnastics Tour up until the end of September. Their first show was last night and they will be continuing to tour. To view the full list of dates check out the schedule page!

February 8, 2005: Sean competed this past weekend in the 2005 Winter Cup. Although he only competed paralell bars and high bar, he had an awesome showing on each of the events to earn back his spot on the Natinal Team. He was also given an invitation to compete at the 2005 American Cup, which will take place at the end of February. Congrats Sean!

March 4th, 2005: Even though he made an attempt at more than one event, Sean only made it to one event final in this past weekends American Cup. Where he placed seventh overall on the high bar. Congrats Sean! Sean is heading back to Houston to continue to train for the upcoming nationals and world championships!

April 29th, 2005: Sean along with his national teammates Todd Thronton, Jon Horton, Brett McClure, Guillermo Alveraz, and Eric LaMorte will be competing at the French Open later on in May!

May 23rd, 2005: Sean competed at the French International this weekend. He placed 5th going into finals on parallel bars with a score of 9.400. He went onto finals scoring an 8.950 to retain his 5th place standing. He also placed 23rd on high bar with a score of 8.200. He is now back in the gym where he is looking to get ready for the 2005 National Qualifers on June 10th in Colorado Springs!

July 1st, 2005: Last weekend was the USA Nationals Qualifer. Sean is already pre-qualifed to Nationals based on his National Team status, so he only competed three events for some practice. He scored a 26.500 all around. He's now back in the gym practicing for the 2005 National Championships in August!

August 11th, 2005: Sean competed last night at the 2005 USA National Championship Prelims competition. He is not competing all around therefor is not ranked at the top. He only competed vault, parallel bars, and high bar scoring 9.625, 7.700, and 9.175. Tomorrow night is the final night of competition... Good Luck Sean!

August 12th, 2005: Sean competed four events in tonights 2005 USA National Championships. With those four events he managed to place 16th all around. His scores were: Still Rings - 8.725; Vault - 9.400; Parallel Bars - 8.500; High Bar - 8.475. Tomorrow USA Gymnastics will name six more members to the 2005 USA National Team, Good Luck Sean!