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Rachel is one of the co-captains for the 2005 squad... Honored with First team all-Western Gymnastics Conference on vault in 2004... Was honored with Second team all-WGC on the vault in 2003... One of eight returning letter winners to this year's team... Only local gymnasts on the 2005 team. 2004(JUNIOR)-- Set career-highs on beam (9.750), vault (9.850), floor (9.875), bars (9.925) and all-around (38.700)... Holds two USU top-10 scores on vault and one on bars... 2004 vault average of 9.769 is sixth best for USU all-time... 2004 bars average of 9.739 is eighth best for USU all-time... Took second on vault against Southern Utah and in the all-around at Boise State. 2003(SOPHOMORE)-- Career-high score on vault (9.90) came against Southern Utah and Central Michigan (3/10), where she won the event title... Set career best on bars (9.900) against BYU (2/21)... Career floor score (9.80) was against NC State (3/14)... Had four top-three finishes and was one of three Aggies besides all-arounders (Kilpatrick, Nelson, and Parenti) in that category... Has one event title on the year, tying teammate Meagan Nelson on vault against Boise. 2002 (FRESHMAN)-- Posted a then career-best 9.725 on vault at Southern Utah (March 13), taking second among the Aggies... Competed on floor once, with an 8.600 at Arizona State (Jan. 11) CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL-- Level 10 gymnast for Tom Olsen at Ten-O Gymnastics... Attended Level 9 and 10 regionals... Was a Level 9 state champion for two years... A 2000 graduate of Mountain Crest High School. PERSONAL-- Exercise science major... Daughter of Lane and Debbie Ropelato... Has an older brother and a younger sister... Enjoys watching movies and hanging out with friends.
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