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April 3, 2001
The NCAA Region 3 Championships Edition
Meet #13 * Sat., April 7 * Lincoln, Nebraska
Participants: Lindsay Davis-Missouri-All-Around Alina Hamm-Missouri-All-Around Leah Gremaud-Missouri-Beam
Team Participants: Nebraska, Washington, Penn State, Oklahoma, Arizona and Illinois State
Start Time: Meet is scheduled to start at 7 p.m..
Via the Web: Live scoring will be provided at www.mutigers.com
Coach: University of Missouri: Rob Drass (Penn State '90) 12-24 at MU (2nd season), 12-24 overall (2nd season).
Three Tigers Make Trip to NCAA Regionals Saturday
Three members of the University of Missouri gymnastics team have qualified for NCAA Regional Competition. Sophomore Alina Hamm and freshman Lindsay Davis qualified for all-around competition while sophomore Leah Gremaud will compete on beam. The competition will take place this Saturday in Lincoln, Neb. with each Tiger competitor rotating with their assigned team. Team qualifiers in the region include host school Nebraska, Washington, Penn State, Oklahoma, Arizona and Illinois State. Hamm will rotate with Oklahoma, Davis with Penn State and Gremaud with Illinois State.
After returning to Regional competition last season for the first time in six years, Mizzou was unable to accumulate an sufficient regional qualifying score to jump into the running in the tough South Central Region. Missouri head coach Rob Drass said that while it would have been nice for the entire team to qualify, but he is excited about the opportunity Davis, Hamm and Gremaud have to move onto the NCAA National Competition.
"We are very pleased to have three qualifiers going to Lincoln," Drass said. "They all have a good shot at doing well and I think it will be a quality experience for Alina, Leah and Lindsay to compete at a very high level."
MU Quick Facts
Three members of the University of Missouri gymnastics team have qualified for the NCAA Region 3 Championships this weekend in Lincoln, NE...Alina Hamm and Leah Gremaud will be competing in Regional Competition for the second time in their careers while freshman Lindsay Davis will be making her inaugural trip to the competition...the Tigers recorded their third highest score of the season at the Big 12 Championships on Mar. 24 in Norman, Okla. finishing fourth in team competition...Hamm continued to excel in the all-around competition with her 39.075 effort.
Big 12 Announces Women's Gymnastics Academic All-Big 12 Team
The Big 12 Conference honored 16 student-athletes who have been named to the 2001 Women's Gymnastics Academic All-Big 12 Team on Tues., Mar. 20. Senior Ann Gietler (Mesa, Ariz.) and sophomore Leah Gremaud (St. Peters, Mo.) were named to the first team while sophomore Shannon Brett (Easton, Pa.) was named to the second team.
"This is a nice honor for our kids and represents their commitment to excellence both in the gym and in the classroom," head coach Rob Drass said.
Nominated by each institution's director of student-athlete support services and the media relations offices, the women's gymnastics academic all-league squad consisted of seven combined first-team members with nine on the second team. First-team members consist of those who have maintained a 3.2 or better grade-point average, while the second team are those who have a 3.0 to 3.19 GPA.
To qualify student-athletes must maintain a 3.0 grade point average or higher either cumulative or the two previous semesters and must have participated in 60 percent of her team's scheduled contests
Head Coach Rob Drass
Now in his second year at the helm of the University of Missouri gymnastics program, Rob Drass looks to continue the upward trend he has set in motion.
Winning a second consecutive Cat Classic championship and returning as a team to the NCAA Regionals for the first time since 1994 made Drass' first season as the University of Missouri's gymnastics coach a successful one. The program effectively transitioned from its first 20 years under the direction of the program's creator, Jake Jacobson.
Under Drass' tutelage, the Tigers broke 16 school records, accumulated 22 individual titles and had three Academic All-Big 12 selections in the historic 2000 campaign. Mizzou's average meet score and Regional Qualifying Score were the highest in school history. The Tigers finished the year at 8-10.
The Veteran Rookie
Derby, Kansas, freshman Lindsay Davis, (her teammates call her "D") has been rock-solid for the Tigers in the all-around competition all season. She is one of seven freshman and seven sophomores to compete for the Tigers this season and experienced great sucess. She averaged a score of 38.520 in all-around competition. She broke the freshman all-around record three times this season most recently recording a 38.975 at Iowa State on March 11. That effort eclipsed her own mark of 38.925 she set at this year's Corvette Cup.
She boasts the Tiger's highest all-around average (38.520) and has set career bests on vault (9.800), bars (9.750) and floor (9.850) over the course of the 2001 season.
Hamm-er Time
The Tigers improved as the season progressed. A major factor in the teams development has been the success of sophomore Alina Hamm. Hamm experienced a mini-midseason slump before setting career-highs on vault (9.775), beam (9.800) and floor (9.875) in the past five meets. She has recorded all-around scores higher that 39.000 four times this season
On Jan. 28 against Nebraska, Hamm served notice to the Tiger faithful in attendance that it was indeed "Hamm-er time." The Springfield, Mo., native recorded then career-high marks on vault, beam and floor on her way to a mark of 39.225, the best all-around score by an MU gymnast in school history. The former record was set in 1999 by Amanda Peterson who slated a 39.175 during the Cat Classic.
Precision Personified
Sophomore Leah Gremaud has been outstanding on beam all season. She finished no worse than second on the four-inch wide apparatus in the past five meets and recorded scores of 9.800 at OU and 9.900 at the Corvette Cup, Iowa State, and Michigan State.
The St. Peters, Mo., native has scored a 9.700 or higher eight times on beam and picked up her fourth beam title of the season of the season at Michigan State. Gremaud also set a school record during the beam competition at the Cat Classic on Feb. 2. She put up a 9.925 to tie the MU record set by Shannon Brown at the Big 12 Championships in 1999.
Totally Floored
The 2001 Tigers have a new choreographer as first-year assistant coach Kira Atkinson assumes the controls. Tiger floor routines will feature everything from the Beastie Boys to music from the soundtrack of "The Last of the Mohicans."
Here is a run down of some of the artists the Tigers will feature on floor at Regionals this weekend.
Alina Hamm: Beastie Boys' "Slow Ride" Lindsay Davis: Rusted Root Medley (Sorry, no Neal Diamond)
Regional Qualifier Career-Highs Career Highs as of 3/24/01
Leah Gremaud -Vault, 9.575 (at Oklahoma 2/25/01) -Bars ,9.825 (twice) -Beam, 9.925 (Cat Classic 2/2/01) -Floor, 9.750 (three times) -All-around, 38.900 (at Oklahoma 2/25/01) Alina Hamm -Vault, 9.775 (at Oklahoma 2/25/01) -Bars, 9.875 (vs. SEMO 1/21/01) -Beam, 9.800 (twice) -Floor, 9.875 (Corvette Cup 3/2/01) -All-around, 39.225 (vs. Nebraska 1/28/01) Lindsay Davis -Vault, 9.800 (Corvette Cup 3/4/01) -Bars, 9.750 (three times) -Beam, 9.800 (Cat Classic 2/3/01) -Floor, 9.850 (twice) -All-around, 38.975 (at Iowa State 3/11/01)
Tiger Records set as of 3/24/01
Lindsay Davis -All-around score by a freshman (38.975 at ISU) Alina Hamm -All-around score MU Record (39.225 vs. Neb.) Leah Gremaud -Beam score MU Record (9.925 Cat Classic 2/2/01)
2001 Tiger Regional Qualifier Individual Titles
Alina Hamm T-1st Bars 9.875 SEMO 1/21/01 T-1st Vault 9.750 at Michigan St. 3/17/01 1st Floor 9.775 SEMO 1/21/01Leah Gremaud 1st Beam 9.900 Corvette Cup 3/4/01 1st Beam 9.850 Iowa State 2/11/01 1st Beam 9.925 Cat Classic 2/2/01
Lindsay Davis 1st Beam 9.800 Cat Classic 2/3/01 1st AA 38.775 SEMO 1/21/01 T-1st Beam 9.725 SEMO 1/21/01
2001 NCAA Region 3 Qualifier Files
4-11 Sophomore Springfield, Mo. (Kickapoo HS)
SOPHOMORE YEAR (2001):Was the Tigers highest scoring all-arounder all season...set the school and sophomore all-around record on Jan. 28 against Nebraska with her 39.225 effort and has won three individual titles this season...recorded 26 top-five performances and has set career-highs on vault (9.775), bars (9.875), beam (9.800), floor (9.875), and all-around (39.225).
FRESHMAN YEAR (2000): Enjoyed a very strong freshman campaign ... competed on vault and bars in every meet , and was up on the beam for the last month-and-a-half of the season ... season-best of 9.725 on vault came in MU's meet at Central Michigan...best bars performance came at Texas Woman's, where she scored 9.775...best beam score of 9.775 was good enough to tie for first place against Oklahoma.
CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL: Trained at Missouri Valley Gymnastics ... was the state champion in the vault and balance beam in 1998, when she was also third on bars and floor and took second in the all-around ...third in the vault in Region 4 in 1998 and a two-time national team member ... USGF career-bests: vault (9.75), bars (9.3), beam (9.6), floor (9.65) all-around (36.85) ... club coaches -- Debbie Ward and Dwan Parkyn ... says Mary Lou Retton was her biggest inspiration in gymnastics.
PERSONAL: Majoring in nutrition and fitness and hopes to become an athletic trainer...daughter of Randy and Shari Hamm...father teaches music at Southwest Missouri State University and mother is a surgical counselor ... born Sept. 20, 1980, in Kokomo, Ind. ... member of the National Honor Society while attending Kickapoo High School and was also a member of Key Club...first name pronounced ah-LEE-nuh.
Meet-by Meet Performance Report Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor All-Around Jan. 7 9.350 8.925 9.600 9.050 36.925 Jan.21 9.725 9.875 8.750 9.775 38.125 Jan. 28 9.750 9.850 9.800 9.825 39.225 Feb. 2 9.725 9.825 9.050 9.250 37.850 Feb. 3 9.700 Feb. 11 9.750 9.050 9.250 9.175 37.225 Feb. 16 9.700 9.825 9.650 Feb. 17 9.750 9.750 9.725 9.825 39.050 Feb. 25 9.775 9.825 9.225 9.725 38.300 Mar. 4 9.700 9.750 9.750 9.875 39.075 Mar. 11 9.675 9.775 9.175 9.150 37.775 Mar. 17 9.700 9.775 9.800 9.750 39.075 Mar. 24 9.650 9.800 9.800 9.825 39.075 AVERAGE 9.688 9.671 9.465 9.566 38.336
TOP-FIVE FINISHES 1st Floor-9.775-SEMO, 1/21/01 T-1st Bars-9.875-SEMO, 1/21/01 T-1st Vault-9.750-Michigan St., 3/17/01 T-2nd Bars-9.825-at Oklahoma, 2/24/01 2nd All-Around-39.050-at Utah State, 2/17/01 2nd All-Around-39.075-at Michigan St., 3/17/01 3rd Vault-9.725-SEMO, 1/21/01 3rd All-Around-9.825-Nebraska, 1/28/01 3rd Beam-9.725-at Utah State, 2/17/01 3rd Floor-9.825-Nebraska,1/28/01 3rd Beam-9.600-Ball State, 1/7/01 T-3rd Vault-9.750-at Utah State, 2/17/01 T-3rd Floor-9.875-Corvette Cup, 3/4/01 4th All-Around-39.075-Corvette Cup, 3/4/01 4th Vault-9.750-Iowa State, 2/11/01 4th Vault-9.850-Nebraska, 1/28/01 4th All-Around-38.125-SEMO, 1/21/01 4th All-Around-36.925-SEMO, 1/21/01 T-4th Vault-9.775-at Oklahoma, 2/24/01 T-4th Bars-9.750-at Utah State, 2/17/01 T-4th Beam-9.800-at Michigan St., 3/17/01 5th All-Around-at Oklahoma, 2/24/01 5th All-Around-37.850-Cat Classic Day 1, 2/2/01 5th Vault-9.725-Cat Classic Day 1, 2/2/01 T-5th Bars-9.775-at Michigan St.-3/17/01 T-5th Vault-9.700-at BYU, 2/16/01
5-1 Sophomore St. Peters, Mo. (Fort Zumwalt)SOPHOMORE YEAR (2001): Academic all-Big 12 first team member...has been spectacular on beam all-season with four championships and seven top two finishes on the four-inch wide apparatus... tied the MU school record earlier this season on beam with her 9.925 performance at the 21st Annual Cat Classic on Feb. 2...recorded scores of 9.900 or higher four times this season and has the second highest beam average on the Mizzou squad (9.562)...competed in all-around competetition for first time in her career putting up a high score of 39.800 at Oklahoma on Feb. 24.
FRESHMAN YEAR (2000): Set the Missouri freshman record on balance beam in her very first meet - 9.85 vs. Iowa State, Jan. 9...had a season-high on floor of 9.75 at the Cat Classic.
CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL: Trained at Team Central in St. Louis, the same club that has produced five former Tigers ... advanced to nationals three times ... was the St. Louis Post-Dispatch prep "athlete of the week" and was honored by KSDK-TV as its prep "scholar-athlete of the week" ... USGF career-bests: vault (9.4), bars (9.4), beam (9.575), floor (9.65) all-around (37.9) ... club coaches -- Scott and Debbie Cusimano and Greg Stefon.
PERSONAL: Majoring in nursing and was a volunteer at St. Joseph's West Hospital ... grade-point average at Fort Zumwalt South High School exceeded 4.0 ... daughter of Rodney and Catherine Gremaud ... born May 11, 1981, in St. Louis ... enjoys shopping and visiting with family members ... pronounced grah-MOD.
Top 5 Finishes 1st Beam-9.900-Michigan St., 3/17/01 1st Beam-9.900-Corvette Cup, 3/4/01 1st Beam-9.850-Iowa State, 2/16/01 1st Beam-9.925-Cat Classic Day 1, 2/2/01 2nd Beam-9.800-at Iowa State 3/11/01 2nd Beam-9.800-at Oklahoma-, 2/24/01 2nd Bars-9.825-at Utah State, 2/17/01 3rd All-Around-38.900-at Oklahoma-, 2/24/01 4th Bars-9.750-SEMO, 1/21/01 T-4th All-Around-38.725-Michigan St., 3/17/01 5th All-Around-38.300-at Utah State, 2/17/01 5th All-Around-37.725-at BYU, 2/16/01 5th Beam-9.800-Nebraska, 1/28/01 5th Beam-9.475-SEMO, 1/21/01
Meet-by-Meet Performance Report Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor All-Around Jan. 7 9.250 9.050 9.100 Jan. 21 9.350 9.750 9.275 Jan. 28 9.525 9.750 9.800 Feb. 2 9.400 9.700 9.925 Feb. 3 9.275 Feb. 11 9.350 9.726 9.850 Feb. 16 9.050 9.825 9.125 9.725 37.725 Feb. 17 9.500 9.825 9.225 9.750 38.300 Feb. 25 9.575 9.775 9.800 9.750 38.900 Mar. 4 9.475 9.075 9.900 9.750 38.200 Mar. 11 9.550 9.900 9.675 Mar. 17 9.400 9.725 9.900 9.700 38.725 Mar. 24 9.450 9.725 9.225 9.725 38.125 AVERAGE 9.406 9.630 9.562 9.725 38.329Bold scores are career-highs
Linsdsay Davis
5-2 Freshman Derby, Kan. (Derby HS)
FRESHMAN YEAR (2001): Consistency has been Davis' key to success...Derby, Kan., native has recorded the highest all-around average score (38.502) and has recorded three individual titles. ...set the MU freshman all-around record three times with the mark currently set at 38.975 recorded on Mar. 11 at Oklahoma and has also slated 26 top-five performances.
Club/High School: Graduated with the silver honors from Derby High School in Wichita, Kansas...was on the 3.5 honor roll...Kansas State High School All-Around Champion in 1999...Finished second in the all-around competition at 2000 USAG Gymnastics Championships and sixth in the vault.
Personal: Enjoys listening to music and hanging out with the team...favorite aspect of gymnastics is that "it always makes you challenge yourself."...Chose Mizzou over Oklahoma, Southeast Missouri, and Denver University.
Meet-by-Meet Performance Report Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor All-Around Jan. 7 9.500 9.000 9.425 8.925 36.850 Jan. 21 9.700 9.700 9.725 9.650 38.775 Jan. 28 9.600 9.700 9.725 9.000 38.025 Feb. 2 9.725 9.700 9.700 9.775 38.900 Feb. 3 9.700 9.800 9.775 Feb. 11 9.500 9.675 9.325 9.750 38.250 Feb. 16 9.650 9.675 9.725 9.675 38.725 Feb. 17 9.725 9.750 9.425 9.850 38.75 Feb. 25 9.675 9.750 9.300 9.800 38.525 Mar. 4 9.800 9.700 9.600 9.825 38.925 Mar. 11 9.725 9.750 9.675 9.825 38.975 Mar. 17 9.650 9.500 9.725 9.850 38.725 Mar. 24 9.775 9.775 9.300 9.750 38.600 AVERAGE 9.671 9.640 9.573 9.650 38.502Bold scores are career-highs
Top 5 Finishes 1st Beam-9.800-Cat Classic Day 2, 2/3/01 1st All-Around-38.775-SEMO, 1/21/01 T-1st Beam-9.725-SEMO, 1/21/01 2nd All Around-38.725-at BYU, 2/16/01 2nd All-Around-Cat Classic Day 1, 2/2/01 2nd Vault-9.500-Ball State, 1/7/01 T-2nd Floor-9.850-Michigan St., 3/17/01 3rd All-Around-38.750-at Utah State, 2/17/01 3rd Floor-9.775-Cat Classic Day 1, 2/2/01 3rd Floor-9.800-at Oklahoma, 2/24/01 4th All-Around-38.975-at Iowa State, 3/11/01 4th Bars-9.750-at Utah State, 2/17/01 4th All-Around-38.525-at Oklahoma, 2/24/01 4th All-Around-38.250-Iowa State, 2/11/01 4th Vault-9.700-SEMO, 1/21/01 4th Vault-9.800-Corvette Cup, 3/3/01 T-4th All-Around-38.725-Michigan St. , 3/17/01 5th Vault-9.725-at Utah State, 2/17/01 5th Floor-9.850-at Utah State, 2/17/01 5th Vault-9.700-Cat Classic Day 2, 2/3/01 5th All-Around-38.025-Nebraska, 1/28/01 5th Bars-9.700-SEMO, 1/21/01 5th All-Around-36.850-Ball State, 1/7/01 5th All-Around-38.925-Corvette Cup, 3/4/01 5th Vault-9.725-at Iowa State, 3/11/01 T-5th Floor-9.825-at Iowa State, 3/11/01