Jan. 13, 2010
LOGAN, Utah -
Complete Utah State Gymnastics Notes For CMU Dual/UNH Invitational in PDF Format 
• at #25 Central MichiganRose Arena (5,200)Mount Pleasant, Mich.Friday, Jan. 15, 2010 - 5 p.m. (MT)
• at #30 New Hampshire Invitationalwith #33 Ball State and YaleLundholm Gymnasium (3,500)Durham, N.H.Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010 - 11 a.m. (MT)
ON TAP - Utah State (0-0, 0-0 WAC) will open the 2010 season with a two-meet road trip, beginning with a dual against No. 25 Central Michigan (1-0, 0-0 MAC) at Mount Pleasant, Mich., on Friday, Jan. 15 at CMU's Rose Arena (5,200). The Aggies will continue on to the New Hampshire Invitational at Durham, N.H. on Sunday, Jan. 17, hosted by No. 30 New Hampshire (1-0, 1-0 EAGL) with No. 33 Ball State (0-1, 0-1 MAC) and Yale (0-0, 0-0 ECAC) at UNH's Lundholm Gymnasium (3,500).
IN THE RANKINGS - Three of USU's four opponents this weekend competed last weekend and are in the Troester rankings, as Central Michigan is the highest at No. 25 (191.650), followed by No. 30 New Hampshire (189.725) and No. 33 Ball State (187.425)... Both Central Michigan and New Hampshire registered wins last weekend while Ball State lost... Like Utah State, this will be the first weekend of action for Yale.
Rank Team Avg. Region High25 Central Michigan 191.650 C 191.65030 New Hampshire 189.725 NE 189.72533 Ball State 187.425 C 187.425
IN LAST YEAR'S FINAL RANKINGS - In last season's final Troester rankings, Utah State finished No. 47 with a 192.825 RQS, finishing in the middle of this weekend's four opponents, as Central Michigan was the highest at No. 23 with a 194.825 RQS, advancing to regionals... New Hampshire also advanced to regionals, finishing at No. 34 with a 194.625 RQS... Ball State and Yale joined Utah State in the "did not qualify for regionals" club, as Ball State was No. 52 with a 192.285 RQS while Yale was No. 71 with an RQS of 184.130.
Rank Team NQS Regionals RQS Reg Ave High23 Central Michigan 389.775 194.950 194.825 C 194.182 195.67534 New Hampshire 388.275 193.650 194.625 NE 193.862 196.22547 Utah State -- -- 192.825 NC 191.688 193.82552 Ball State -- -- 192.285 C 191.444 193.35071 Yale -- -- 184.130 NE 177.934 185.200
LIVE RESULTS - Live results for Friday's and Sunday's meets are available by clicking on the "Live Results" link at www.UtahStateAggies.com, the official web site of USU athletics. * Note the link will only work after the start of the meet.
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UP NEXT - Utah State continues its three-match road swing to open the season with its WAC opener at Southern Utah on Friday, Jan. 22 at Cedar City, Utah... The USU-SUU dual starts at 7 p.m. (MT)... The Aggies make their 2010 home debut on Friday, Jan. 29, hosting Boise State in a 7 p.m. (MT) start.
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ABOUT UTAH STATE - USU enters the 2010 season with seven letterwinners returning from the 2009 squad that posted a 1-19 overall and 0-9 WAC record... Highlighting the returners are NCAA Regional participants juniors Lyndsie Boone (all-around) and Jackie Dillon (vault) along with sophomore Erica Huelsmann (floor)... Those three will join with the lone Aggie senior, Heather Heinrich, to lead USU in talent and experience... The Aggies also return sophomore Brandie Dickson, Haley Hogan and Rebecca Holliday... Also returning to the USU lineup are sophomores Chelsea Marquardt and Rachel Flessner who missed last season with injuries... The Aggies also have three "A-list" freshmen in Amanda Corn, Amelia Montoya and Amanda Watamaniuk... USU does not have any all-WAC performers returning from last year's sixth-place Aggie squad, although Heinrich is a two-time all-WAC honoree, earned all-conference recognition in 2007 and 2008.
ABOUT CENTRAL MICHIGAN - The Chippewas are 1-0 after a season-opening 191.650-191.475 victory at Illinois State on Sunday... Senior Katie Simon won three events plus the all-around with a 38.575... Simon also won the vault (9.825), beam (9.700) and floor (9.750)... Simon is one of the six letterwiners returning for the Chippewas from the 2009 squad that finished second in the Mid-American Conference, only .125 behind MAC champion Kent State, and qualified for the NCAA Regionals... CMSU was 19-7 overall and 10-2 in the MAC last season... The Chippewas are led by veteran coach Jerry Reighard, who is in his 26th helm of the CMU program with an overall record of 367-193-3, winning 10 MAC crowns and seven MAC Coach of the Year honors along the way.
ABOUT NEW HAMPSHIRE - UNH, behind a pair of first-place performances by junior Chelsea Steinberg opened the 2010 season with a 189.725-188.925 victory at EAGL foe Rutgers on Saturday afternoon... Steinberg tied for first on vault (9.80), won the balance beam with a 9.725 and finished second on bars with a mark of 9.575... UNH also claimed first-place performances in two other events as sophomore Danielle Reibold won the bars crown with a 9.725 and junior Katie Caliendo took top honors in the floor exercise with 9.80... Senior Helena Diodati tied Steinberg for first-place on vault with a 9.80... The Wildcats, who finished 1-2-3 on vault, bars and beam, and took the top two spots in the floor exercise, did not have any all-arounders... UNH is coming off an 18-12 season that included an appearance in the NCAA Northeast Regionals... The Wildcats return 13 letterwinners, six of which are seniors... UNH veteran head coach Gail Goodspeed has led the Wildcats to four ECAC Championships, appearances in 28 NCAA Regional Championships and two AIAW Regional Championships (prior to NCAA sponsorship), while building a 469-251-2 record.
ABOUT BALL STATE - The Cardinals bring an 0-1 mark into Sunday's quad meet after losing their season opener against Western Michigan, 198.200-187.425... Ball State had three medalists, as sophomore Brittney Emmons and freshman Nicole Allen tied for the vault title with 9.70's, while junior Katelyn Busacker shared the bars medalist honors with WMU's Meghan Donovan, posting 9.70 each, and Emmons tied WMU's Kristine Garbarino for the floor top score at 9.775... Emmons and Bibiana Rodriguez-Lockwood are BSU's two returning NCAA Regional participants... Rodriguez-Lockwood is the defending MAC Co-Champion on the bars... The Cardinals were 4-13 overall and 1-5 in MAC action last season... BSU head coach is starting her third season at the helm of the Cardinal program and has a 5-24 overall record.
ABOUT YALE - Sunday will be the opening action of 2010 for the Bulldogs... Yale returns seven gymnasts from last season's 4-17 squad that finished fourth at the Ivy Classic and seventh at the ECAC Championships... Yale's roster features only two seniors, Allison Mak and Brigitte Kivisto, and one junior, Sherry Yang... Mak is the defending ECAC beam champion, Yale's first ECAC beam champion in school history... Yale adds five freshmen to the squad in Lindsay Andsager, Tara Feld, Stephanie Goldstein, Megan Harada and Chelsea Savit... Yale veteran head coach Barbara Tonry is in her 36th year at the leash of the Bulldogs and has led Yale to 14 Ivy Classic championships since the first league meet in 1977 and was the 1987 NCAA Eastern Region co-Coach of the Year.
NAPERVILLE NATIVES - Utah State sophomore Erica Huelsmann, Central Michigan redshirt-freshman Samantah Piotrowksi and Yale freshman Lindsay Andsager are all natives of Naperville, Ill., but Huelsmann went to Naperville Central HS and competed at the Illinois Gymnastics Institute while Piotrowski went to North HS and competed for Phenom Gymnastics and Andsager went to Neuqua Valley HS and competed for Aerial Gymnastics Club... Ball State sophomore Nichole Sleeper is from nearby Downers Grove, Ill., and competed with Huelsmann at Illinois Gymnastics Institute... However, Hueslmann is out for the season with an injury, but she still travels with the team.
SERIES HISTORY -
CENTRAL MICHIGAN - USU is 1-3-0 all-time vs. CMU, last meeting a year ago when the Chippewas visited Logan for a dual meet, beating the Aggies, 193.025-190.800 in USU's home opener... Friday is the Aggies' second visit to Mount Pleasant and first since 2005, when CMU topped USU, 194.050-191.850... The Aggies and Chippewas met twice in 2003, in a quad-meet at BYU with Southern Utah winning (195.875), followed by BYU (195.425), with CMU third (195.250) and USU fourth (195.225)... USU, SUU and CMU got together for a tri-meet three days later, with the Aggies logging their lone win over the Chippewas with a 195.850 score while CMU had a 195.075 and SUU posted a 195.375.
NEW HAMPSHIRE - The Aggies are 2-0 all-time vs. the Wildcats, meeting them both time in Logan, last doing so in 2008 in a tri-meet win BYU, who won the meet with a 193.725, while USU was second with a 192.425 and UNH was third with a 190.900... The only other meeting was in 1990 in a dual with the Aggies collecting a 188.800-186.500 win over the Wildcats.
BALL STATE and YALE - Sunday is the first-ever meeting between USU and both Ball State and Yale.
NO ALL-WAC RETURNERS FROM LAST YEAR - This is the first time in Utah State's five seasons in the WAC that the Aggies don't have anyone returning that earned all-WAC accolades the previous season... It is the first time since 1992 that USU doesn't have an all-WAC honoree from the previous season after not having any Aggie gymnasts earn all-conference honors at the 1991 conference meet.
THE A-LIST - Utah State's three freshmen's first names all start with A in Amanda Corn, Amelia Montoya and Amanda Watamaniuk.
UTAH STATE RECORD BOOK WATCH - USU returns two gymnasts that have marks in the USU record book in senior Heather Heinrich and junior Jackie Dillon.
Heinrich posted a 9.756 average on vault in 2009, which is No. 13 on USU's season-average list for the event... Heinrich bumps her 9.723 average from 2007 out of the top 20 list.
Heinrich also has the fifth-highest event high score on vault with a 9.850 at Boise State on Jan. 30... She matched her career-high, as she posted that score in 2007 at the WAC Championships, giving her two of the 17 season-best marks on the list.
Dillon's 9.713 bars season-average from 2009 is No. 15 on the Aggies' season-average list for the event, while her 9.732 vault season-average from 20087 is also No. 15 on USU's season-average list for the event.
UTAH STATE PICKED SIXTH IN 2010 WAC PRESEASON POLL - Utah State gymnastics picked sixth in the 2010 Western Athletic Conference preseason coaches' poll, as voted on by the league's six head coaches and released Wednesday, Jan. 13, by the conference office.
Utah State collected seven points to finish one point behind Cal State Fullerton in fifth-place.
Boise State, the 2008 and 2009 WAC champion, received four first-place votes for its 24-point total. Southern Utah garnered two first-place votes, but ended up just two points short of BSU with 22 points. San Jose State captured the third spot with 17 points. Sacramento State finished fourth in the poll with 12 points, while Cal State Fullerton placed fifth with eight points. Utah State was selected sixth with seven points.
This season's preseason poll closely resembles how last year's conference championship meet finished, won by Boise State. Sacramento State was second, Southern Utah third, followed by San Jose State in fourth, Cal State Fullerton in fifth and Utah State placing sixth.
The 2010 Western Athletic Conference Gymnastics Championships will take place at Titan Gym in Fullerton, Calif. on Saturday, March 27.
2010 Preseason Gymnastics Coaches PollRank Teams (1st Place Votes) Points 1. Boise State (4) 24 2. Southern Utah (2) 22 3. San Jose State 17 4. Sacramento State 12 5. Cal State Fullerton 8 6. UTAH STATE 7
UTAH STATE 2009 IN REVIEW
Accomplishments
• Utah State sent five individuals to the NCAA North Central Regional meet (Lydnsie Boone, Jackie Dillon, Nicki Felley, Erica Huelsmann and Nicole Simoneau).
• Utah State placed sixth at the WAC Championships.
• The Aggies finished the season ranked at No. 47.
• Utah State had six gymnasts named academic all-WAC.
• The Aggies placed two gymnasts on the second-team all-WAC.
Second-Team All-WAC
Nicki Felley (All-Around)
Nicole Simoneau (Bars, Beam)
Academic All-WAC
- Lyndsie Boone
- Brandie Dickson
- Nicki Felley
- Heather Heinrich
- Haley Hogan
- Erica Huelsman
Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Scholar-Athlete Award Recipients
- Heather Heinrich
- Erica Huelsmann
- Nicole Felley
- Rachel Flessner
- Devin Markle
HEAD COACH Jeff Richards - Jeff Richards took over the reigns of the Utah State gymnastics program in July, 2008, becoming only the second head coach in the Aggies' history after legendary coach Ray Corn retired after 31 seasons.
Richards, who was born and raised in Logan and is a 1988 graduate of Logan High School, was a student assistant coach at Utah State from 1988-90.
Prior to USU, Richards spent the previous three seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Iowa, where he was named the 2008 North Central Region Assistant Co-Coach of the Year with fellow Iowa assistant, Talya Vexler. The award came after Richards helped the Hawkeyes to a 10-4-1 record, a ranking as high as No. 19 in the national polls and finishing third in the Big Ten.
Richards, who has over 20 years of collegiate gymnastics experience, served as Iowa's main bars coach and spotter for all four events. He was also in charge of travel, equipment and scheduling for the Hawkeyes. In 2008, Richards coached the Hawkeyes to a season-high 49.0 on bars in a dual meet against Iowa State. He also coached senior Katie Burke to a first-place performance on bars against Illinois and Michigan State. Richards also coached freshman Rebecca Simbhudas to first-place performances on bars twice.
Richards began his coaching career as a student-assistant at Utah State from 1988-1990, before transferring to Southern Utah, where he finished his student-assistant coaching duties and earned his bachelor's degree in physical education from SUU in 1995. While at Southern Utah, Richards was an assistant coach for the Thunderbirds under SUU head coach Scott Bauman, also a former USU assistant coach, until 1998. From 1998-2004 Richards was head coach at the University of Wisconsin-Stout and was head coach at Winona State University from 2004-05 before joining Iowa in 2005.
While at Wisconsin-Stout, Richards earned the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year Award for both the 2000 and 2001 seasons, and the National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA) Coach of the Year honors for the 2000 season. He coached seven NCGA All-Americans and eight all-conference award winners at Wisconsin-Stout, leading the Blue Devils to the 2001 NCGA National Championships. UW-Stout broke its team-best score each of Richards' six seasons at the helm.
At Winona State, Richards mentored two gymnasts who qualified for the NCGA National Championships.
During his stint at Southern Utah, Richards helped increase the team score from 170 to 188 in his first year, as well as coaching individual regional qualifiers each year and one national qualifier, and highly increased the Thunderbirds' recruiting caliber.
While at Utah State, Richards helped the Aggies to two appearances in the NCAA Regional Championships in both 1989 and 1990, and coached Tana Davis in the all-around to the NCAA National Championships both seasons. Richards also helped coached all-High Country Athletic Conference honoree Stephanie Green in 1990.
A GLANCE AT THE AGGIES
Lyndsie Boone - A two-time NCAA Regional qualifier (all-around in 2009 and beam and 2008).
LAST SEASON: An NCAA North Central Regional all-around qualifier, finishing 21st with a 36.725... Was tied for 32nd on beam (9.525), 37th on bars (9.250), 41st on floor (8.625) and tied for 41st on vault (9.325)... Finished ninth in the all-around at the WAC Championships (37.450), posting a 9.675 on vault (T-26th), 9.600 on bars (T-27th), 9.125 on floor (34th) and a 9.050 on beam (35th)... Was the Aggies' top all-arounder in the dual with Central Michigan, finishing third with a 38.600, notching a personal-best 9.725 on bars, good for tying for sixth, as well as placing fourth on vault (9.625)... Notched a career-best 9.750 on bars (T-5th) in the dual with Cal State Fullerton... Logged a career-best 38.700 in tying for first in the all-around of the dual with Pittsburgh, matching season-bests on floor and bars with a 9.725 on floor (3rd) and a 9.750 on bars (T-4th)... Won the all-around of the BYU dual with a 38.600 for second AA win, as well as posting a 9.750 on floor (T-3rd) and a 9.725 on vault (3rd)... Was third in the all-around of the home final dual with SUU, logging a 38.600 for the third time this season, also scored a 9.750 on floor, tying season-high... An academic all-WAC selection.
Amanda Corn -
CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL -- Competed for the Tytans Gymnastics Team coached by Jami Sharp and Ray Corn... Competed in optionals for five years
Brandie Dickson -
LAST SEASON: Made USU debut in Kentucky, placing sixth on bars (9.475), finishing third for USU... Tallied a personal-best with a 9.775 on bars, tying for fourth in the Central Michigan dual... Notched a 9.400 (10th) on bars in the dual at Southern Utah... In the dual at Boise State, logged a 9.600 on bars (T-8th)... Tied season-best with a 9.775 on bars in the Cal State Fullerton dual, placing second... Tied personal-best for the third time with a 9.775 on bars, good for sixth in the dual with Utah... Finished fourth on bars (9.725) in the BYU dual... In the home finale dual vs. SUU tied a personal-best with a 9.775 on bars (T-6th)... Tied for 24th on bars at the WAC Championships with a 9.650... Earned academic all-WAC accolades.
Jackie Dillon - A 2009 NCAA Regional qualifier on vault.
LAST SEASON: An NCAA North Central Regional vault qualifier and was USU's top finisher at the meet, placing tied for 18th with a 9.800... Posted a career-best 9.600 on bars (5th) at Kentucky in the season-opener... Logged a 9.700 on bars (8th) and a 9.775 on vault (2nd) in the home-opener dual vs. Central Michigan... Tallied personal-best in the dual at SUU with a 9.800 on bars (T-3rd) and scored a 9.750 on vault (T-3rd)... At the Boise State dual, tallied a career-best 9.825 on vault (3rd), as well as a 9.775 on bars (T-2nd)... In the dual with Cal State Fullerton, tied a personal-best by notching a 9.825 on floor (T-2nd), 9.750 on bars (T-5th) and a 9.725 on vault (T-5th)... Tied a career-high with a 9.825 (T-3rd) on floor in the Utah dual, as well as posting a 9.825 on vault (5th)... In the Sacramento State tri meet, scored a 9.775 on bars (T-2nd)... Earned her first career event win by tying for first on vault (9.775) in the BYU dual, as well notching a 9.750 on floor (T-3rd)... Had a personal-best 9.825 on bars (T-3rd) in the SUU dual, as well as posting 9.800 on vault (3rd) and 9.775 on floor (2nd)... At the WAC Championships, notched a 9.750 on floor (T-20th), 9.600 on bars (T-27th) and a 9.300 on vault (36th).
Rachel Flessner -
LAST SEASON: Did not compete due to an injury... Earned USU Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Scholar-Athlete Award recipient.
Heather Heinrich - A 2008 NCAA Regional participant in the all-around... Two-time all-WAC performer.
LAST SEASON: Missed five meets with illness... Returned in regular-season finale in Southern Utah dual... Competed in three events at the WAC Championships, finishing tied for 12th on beam (9.750), tied for 17th on bars (9.600) and tied for 19th on vault (9.750)... Was third in the all-around in the season-opening meet at Kentucky with a 37.575... Was third on vault in the Central Michigan dual with a 9.725... In the dual at Southern Utah, won the vault (9.800) and finished fourth in the all-around (38.200)... At the Boise State meet, won the all-around with a season-best 38.950, as well as tying for the win on vault (9.850) for second vault win in a row... In the dual with Cal State Fullerton, won a career-best two events, tying for the vault win for the third meet in a row (9.825), as well as tying a career-best on floor with a 9.850... Was USU's top all-around finisher at the Utah dual, placing third with a 38.350, highlighted by a 9.825 on floor to tie for third... Scored a 9.750 on vault (6th) in the home dual vs. SUU in her return to line-up... Earned academic all-WAC accolades in addition to earning the USU Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Scholar-Athlete Award.
Haley Hogan -
LAST SEASON: In the Cal State Fullerton dual, notched a season-best 9.725 on floor (6th)... Posted a season-high 9.725 on beam (6th) in the dual vs. Pittsburgh... In the dual with BYU, tied season-best on beam with a 9.725 (5th)... Had a season-best 9.575 on vault (10th) in the SUU dual... Tied for 15th on beam (9.725) at the WAC Championships, as well as finishing 30th on floor (9.625) and 34th on vault (9.550)... Earned academic all-WAC honors.
Rebecca Holliday -
LAST SEASON: Placed fifth in the all-around with a 36.400 at Kentucky in the season-opener, logging a 9.625 on beam (3rd), as well as a 9.150 on bars (9th), an 8.825 on vault (11th) and an 8.800 on floor (11th)... Notched a season-best 9.825 on beam (T-2nd) at the Southern Utah dual... Scored a season-best 38.500 in the all-around at the Boise State dual, finishing third, tallying season-bests 9.675 on vault (T-9th) and 9.525 on bars (10th), as well as a 9.700 on beam (3rd) and a 9.600 on floor (T-11th)... In the home dual against Cal State Fullerton, posted 9.525 on beam (3rd) and 9.500 on vault (T-9th)... Was fifth in the all-around at the BYU quad meet, with a 37.100... At the Sacramento State tri-meet, placed third in the all-around with a 37.925, tallying a 9.800 on beam (T-3rd), 9.600 on vault (11th), 9.525 on floor (16th) and 9.000 on bars (T-15th)... Was fourth in the all-around in the dual vs. Pittsburgh and scored a season-high 9.725 on bars (6th)... Was USU's top all-arounder in the San Jose State dual, finishing third (37.850)... In the dual with BYU, she was fifth in the all-around with a 37.950, scoring a 9.725 on floor (T-5th), a 9.625 on vault (6th), a 9.400 on bars (9th) and 9.200 on beam (11th)... Missed the home finale dual and the WAC Championships with illness.
Erica Huelsmann - A 2009 NCAA Regional participant on floor.
LAST SEASON: An NCAA North Central Regional qualifier, finishing 22nd on floor with a 9.775... In Aggie debut at Kentucky, posted 9.550 on floor (6th) and 9.400 on beam (5th)... Notched a 9.650 on floor (5th) and a 9.025 on beam (10th) in the Central Michigan dual... Scored a then-season-best on floor for the third meet in a row with a 9.700 (7th), as well as scoring an 8.250 on beam (12th) at the Southern Utah dual... At the Boise State dual, set a new season-best with a 9.775 on floor (T-5th) as well as tallying a 9.075 (11th) on beam... Scored a 9.700 on floor (T-7th) in the Cal State Fullerton dual... In the Utah dual, recorded a season-high with a 9.825 on floor, tying for third, marking the fourth time in five meets topping season-high... Scored a 9.600 on floor (15th) and a 9.450 on beam (12th) at the BYU quad meet... At the tri-meet at Sacramento State, registered a 9.625 on floor (T-12th) and a 9.400 on beam (12th)... Notched a season-best 9.700 on beam (T-7th) as well as a 9.625 on floor (6th) in the dual vs. Pittsburgh... At the San Jose State dual, registered a 9.550 on floor (10th) and a 9.525 on beam (5th)... Notched a 9.800 on floor (2nd) and a 9.625 on beam (9th) in the dual vs. BYU... In the home finale vs SUU, logged a 9.750 on floor (6th) and 9.675 on beam (T-3rd)... Was tied for 26th on floor at the WAC Championships with a 9.700 and tied for 33rd on beam with a 9.200... An academic all-WAC honoree as well as a USU Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Scholar-Athlete Award recipient.
Chelsea Marquardt -
LAST SEASON: Redshirted the season due to an injury.
Amelia Montoya -
CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL: Competed for South Coast Gymnastics Club coached by former Chinese Olympians Xiaoping Li and Jia Wen... Qualified for nationals in 2005... Placed 20th in the all-around at the 2009 Level 10 Senior B Regional meet with a 35.300, also placed11th on beam (9.100), tied for 15th on bars (8.825), tied for 19th on vault (8.975) and placed 23rd on floor (8.400)... At the Southern California State Championships, placed ninth in the all-around for Level 10 Senior B with a 35.275, and was third on floor with a 9.400.
Amanda Watamaniuk -
CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL: Competed for Stars Gymnastics Team from 1997 to 2007... Competed for Gym-Nation from 2007-2009 coached by Patrick Jordan... In 2006, won the Level 9 state all-around championships and the Level 9 national all-around championships... Qualified for the Level 10 regional competition from 2007-2009... At the Level 10 Senior B Regionals she was 20th in the all-around with a 36.500, 17th on bars (9.125), 19th on both beam (8.925) and floor (9.150), as well as 20th on vault (9.300)... Also competed in track and field in high school and earned a varsity letter for pole vault with a personal best vault of 9'6".
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