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The prestigious Iron Man Trophy is presented each year at the Southern California State Junior Olympic Men's Gymnastics Championship.  The title of "Iron Man" is awarded to Southern California Men's Gymnastics Association's Club of the Year, as the #1 ranked club in the State.  The Iron Man point system measures a team's depth, and is calculated by taking scores across all levels, Levels 5 through 10, at the State Championship.  The winner takes home the perpetual trophy, where the coveted award resides until the following year's State Championship, engraved with the year and victor's name.

The following is a list of Iron Man winners since the trophy was established in 1980:

1980 - MATS
1981 - Stalders (now Eric Will)
1982 - California Suns
1983 - California Suns
1984 - California Suns
1985 - MATS
1986 - Irvine
1987 - Glendale YMCA
1988 - California Suns
1989 - Glendale YMCA
1990 - Olympica Suns (California Suns' merge with Gymnastics Olympica)
1991 - SCATS Gymnastics
1992 - Olympica Suns
1993 - US Gymnastics Training Ctr (now Azarian Gymnastics)
1994 - California Suns
1995 - California Suns
1996 - New Hope Gymnastics (Head Coach - Xiaoping Li)
1997 - South Coast Gymnastics (Head Coach - Xiaoping Li)
1998 - South Coast Gymnastics (Head Coach - Xiaoping Li)
1999 - South Coast Gymnastics (Head Coach - Xiaoping Li)
2000 - South Coast Gymnastics (Head Coach - Xiaoping Li)
2001 - South Coast Gymnastics (Head Coach - Xiaoping Li)
2002 - South Coast Gymnastics (Head Coach - Guonian Wu)
2003 - South Coast Gymnastics (Head Coach - Guonian Wu)
2004 - Team LeClub
2005 - SCATS Gymnastics
2006 - New Hope Gymnastics (Head Coach - Guonian Wu)
2007 - SCATS Gymnastics
2008 - SCATS Gymnastics
2009 - New Hope Gymnastics (Head Coach - Guonian Wu)
2010 - Azarian Gymnastics

Article last modified on 5/18/2010