2000: An Academic All-Big Ten selection for the second-straight year … earned her third collegiate letter … competed in every meet … scored a career high on the uneven bars at the Big Ten Championships on March 11 (9.800) … scored a season-high 9.725 on the balance beam in a meet with Pittsburgh and Ohio State on March 4. 1999: Academic All-Big Ten ... earned her second letter ... one of six gymnasts to compete in every meet ... set career bests on the uneven bars, balance beam, floor exercise and all-around ... had the fourth-best average on the team on the bars (9.223) ... scored a career-high 9.775 on the bars vs. Illinois on Jan. 31 ... competed in four all-arounds, hitting a 38.350 at the UCLA Invitational (3/7), second-best on the season ... scored a career-best 38.600 at the Big Ten Championships ... notched a career-high 9.750 on balance beam at the Fox Run Invitational (2/27) ... her floor exercise season high of 9.750 came at the Big Ten Championships. 1998: Named MSU’s most improved gymnast ... competed in seven meets ... also had several exhibitions ... set career marks on the balance beam with 9.450 at Shakespeare’s Festival on 1/18, floor exercise v. Illinois Chicago on 1/25 (9.550) and vault with 9.750 v. West Virginia on 3/11 ... tied for second on the vault at West Virginia. Pre-MSU: Was captain of GTC team in 1997 ... named GTC Gymnast of the Year ... took sixth in the all-around at the USAIGC Nationals in 1994. Personal: Born on June 29, 1979, in Rochester ... daughter of Anthony and Gale Duce ... she has two younger sisters, Kelly, a gymnast at CMU, and Kyle ... majoring in interior design.
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||