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18 Kirra Seeley
Coaching Staff on Seeley: She was injured last year and was certainly missed on the floor of competition. She will be back in the three events she is just so stellar in this year – the uneven bars, the floor exercise and the balance beam. 2001--Utah State: Junior co-captain sat out the first seven meets of the season as she recovered from surgery to repair a torn ligament in her right thumb... Made her season debut on the balance beam against San Jose State and posted a 9.725 mark... Recorded a season-high 9.750 on the beam at the Big West Championship meet (3/24/01)... Averaged a 9.332 on the beam. 2000--Utah State: Was a solid three-event competitor for the Aggies... Set a new career high on the bars, turning in a score of 9.850 at the Big West Championships... Recorded season highs of 9.825 on beam and 9.800 on floor... Averaged scores of 9.695 on bars, 9.505 on beam, and 9.700 on floor... Her season average of 9.695 on bars ranks eighth best in school history. 1999--Utah State: Made her prescence felt immediately as a freshman, posting impressive career-highs of 9.85 on bars and 9.90 on beam, both in the Utah/Boise State meet (2/26)... Also had a good meet versus Southern Utah, scoring a 9.85 on bars and beam and a career-high 9.750 on floor... Ranked 72nd in the country on beam with a 9.8125 RQS... Had the eighth-best single season average on bars and the seventh-best average on beam as an Aggie freshman. Club/High School: Level 10 gymnast for Ken Wright, Amy Durham and Wendy Flath at Rocky Mountain Gymnastics… Was an alternate to the national team her last two years in high school… Won the Level 10 regional beam title as a junior… Took home the Level 9 all-around state title as a freshman… An honor roll student all four years in high school... A 1998 graduate of Davis High School. Personal: Full name is Kirra Lynn Seeley... Public health major... Career plans include teaching little kids to wash their hands and brush their teeth... Married to Matt Seeley... Daughter of David and Kathy Degener... Has four siblings... Enjoys painting, snow shoeing, reading, watching movies, running and trying to cook... Chose Utah State because she felt the coaching staff wanted her to compete for them... Birthday is Feb. 24, 1980. Collegiate Bests Bars 9.850 Big West Champ. (3/18/00) Beam 9.900 Utah/Boise State (2/26/99) Floor 9.800 (2) at Texas Woman’s (3/12/00) |
