2000: Competed in every meet, as a specialist on vault and floor … recorded the second-highest average on the team in both events … scored no lower than 9.525 on vault in 12 appearances, and no lower than 9.625 on the floor last season …. recorded a career-high 9.825 on the vault on February 15, during a meet with Pittsburgh, placing second … finished second on the vault three times during the season … recorded a season-high 9.875 three times during the year … earned her third letter. 1999: Earned her second letter ... competed in every meet on vault and floor exercise and all but two on the balance beam ... winner of the 1999 Spirit Award ... MSU’s fifth-best beam and floor worker with averages of 9.345 and 9.577, respectively ... scored no lower than 9.425 in 12 vault appearances ... career-high of 9.750 on balance beam came on Feb. 13 at the Spartan Invitational. 1998: Competed in every meet but one for the Spartans ... a vault and floor exercise specialist ... set season-high of 9.725 twice on the vault v. Michigan on 3/6 and v. West Virginia on 3/11 ... scored a 9.900 on the floor exercise in MSU’s record-setting team performance on 3/14 ... 9.666 season average on the floor was third-best on the team ... sixth-best vault average at 9.564 ... tied for first on the floor v. Kent State University on 2/6 (9.800) ... tied for third on the floor at Hobie’s Spartan Invitational on 2/21 (9.825) and at Michigan on 3/6 (9.800) ... also third on the floor v. Ohio State and Western Michigan on 3/14 (9.900). Pre-MSU: Competed at Levels 9 & 10 at the YMCA Nationals in 1997 ... took first place on the beam at the Nationals while placing fourth on the vault and floor exercise ... placed second in the vault at the Junior Olympics in 1997 ... placed first on the floor at the 1996 Junior Olympics. Personal: Born Jan. 5, 1979, in Youngstown, Ohio, she is the daughter of Thomas and Patricia Ruane ... majoring in kinesiology. |
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