- Bridget Sloan
AA
- Height
- 5' 1"
- CLASS
- Freshman
- Hometown
- Pittsboro, Ind. (Sharp’s Gymnastics Academy)
- School
2013 NCAA All-Around and Balance Beam Champion
Eight-time All-American
2013 Honda Award winner
2013 All-SEC First Team
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Collegiate Bests: |
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Vault: |
9.95 |
2-22/4-20-13 |
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Bars: |
9.975 |
Three times |
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Beam: |
9.975 |
3-1-13 |
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Floor: |
9.95 |
3-23/4-20-13 |
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AA: |
39.75 |
Three times |
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AS A FRESHMAN (2013) - NCAA all-around and balance beam champion…first to win World (2009), U.S. (2009) and NCAA all-around titles during career…Honda Award winner as top collegiate gymnast – fourth freshman to win honor in award’s 37-year history…used a 39.60 to become second consecutive Gator to win NCAA all-around title…tenth freshman to claim NCAA all-around in event’s 32-year history…mark of 9.90 won NCAA balance beam final, becoming second consecutive Gator to claim multiple NCAA event titles in a single year…sixth freshman all-time to take multiple event titles in the meet’s history…also turned in marks of 9.90 to tie for second in NCAA uneven bars and fourth in floor exercise finals…equaled collegiate best of 39.75 to lead NCAA Super Six all-around competitors…marks of 9.95 led all Super Six competitors in vault and beam and was second in floor…earned four All-America first team honors (all-around, bars, beam, floor) in NCAA Championships competition…first-team All-American for all-around, bars and beam and second-team in vault in the first National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches (NACGC) All-America regular-season awards…Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Year…equaled collegiate-best of 39.75 to share SEC all-around title…also shared SEC uneven bars and floor exercise wins with marks of 9.95…second in NCAA Regional all-around (39.675) and equaled collegiate bars best of 9.975 for third time to take win…upped collegiate all-around best to 39.75 versus Minnesota – the nation’s third-highest since 2009 and equals fifth-highest in school history…all-around runner-up versus Minnesota and also set collegiate balance beam best of 9.975 to win event title…picked up fourth SEC Freshman Gymnast of the Week honor after Minnesota meet…shared fourth all-around title at Utah (39.70)…also equaled collegiate bars best (9.975) at Utah and won the meet’s beam title at 9.95…awarded her second SEC Gymnast of the Week honor after Utah dual…claimed third consecutive all-around win at Georgia with a 39.60…won Alabama dual all-around at 39.675…shared first collegiate all-around title with teammate Ashanée Dickerson at Arkansas with a 39.55…became first freshman to claim the SEC Gymnast of the Week honor after performance at Arkansas…shared vault title (9.925) with Dickerson versus Ball State…Kentucky dual bars winner at 9.975 and runner-up in vault at 9.95 – both marks collegiate-bests…led team with 22 event titles (seven all-around, six bars and beam, two vault , one floor)…shared Outstanding Gymnast award and also received Newcomer of the Year at team’s post-season banquet…first World Championships’ all-around winner (2009) to compete as a collegiate.
PRIOR TO FLORIDA – 2009 World Championships all-around champion…youngest member of 2008 U.S. Olympic silver-medal team in Beijing, China…finished 11th overall in the all-around during team qualifying competition and contributed a 15.20 vault score in Olympic team final…six-time member of U.S. Senior National Team (2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13)…Senior International Elite competitor who represented the U.S. National Team in 15 international competitions, including on the U.S.’s 2010, 2009 and 2007 (reserve athlete) World Championship teams…six-time Visa Championship medalist (gold for 2009 all-around, uneven bars and floor; silver for 2007 floor; bronze for 2008 bars and 2006 beam)…advanced to World Championships’ uneven bars final twice – taking fourth in 2010 and sixth in 2009…part of U.S.’s 2011 Pan America Games gold medal team with current teammate Bridgette Caquatto…joined another current teammate, Mackenzie Caquatto, on the U.S.’s silver medal 2010 World Championships team…earned a spot in 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, but an elbow injury during warm-up of opening day of competition put her on the sideline…trained at Sharp’s Gymnastics and coached by Marvin…uneven bars and floor exercise are favorite events.
MAJOR – Social and Behavioral Sciences; wants to pursue a degree in Sports Marketing.
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