2000 Gymnastics Roster

Chrissy Van Fleet

  • Height 5-1
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Orlando, Fla.

Biography

11-time All-American
2000 SEC Gymnast of Year
1999 SEC Beam Champion
Four-time All-SEC

 

Collegiate Bests:
Vault: 9.95Gatorade SEC Showcase (2-27-98)
  NCAA Super Six  (4-18-97)
Bars: 9.975NCAA Region II (4-10-99)
Beam: 9.925Four times
Floor: 9.95Three times
AA: 39.65SunTrust Spectacular (2-18-00)

AS A SENIOR (2000) - Earned All-America second-team honors for vault (9.85/t8th in Session I) and uneven bars (9.825/t7th) at the NCAA Championships…finishes UF career as an 11-time All-American, moving her into a tie with Kristen Guise for the Gators' top spot for career All-America accolades…nominee for the 2000 Honda Award for gymnastics…named the 2000 Ben Hill Griffin Award winner, a honor given annually to UF's top male and female athlete…first Gator to win an NCAA Regional all-around title since Janice Kerr claimed her second consecutive in 1988…also won the NCAA Region V balance beam title by matching collegiate-best mark of 9.925…shared the Southeastern Conference Gymnast of the Year award with Alabama's Andreé Pickens and Auburn's Sarah Wentworth…runner-up in the SEC all-around (39.425), bars (9.90) and floor (9.90) competitions…second UF gymnast to earn All-SEC honors each year of collegiate career, joining UF Hall of Famer Elfi Schlegel (1983-86) as the only Gators to earn the honor four times…won back-to-back SEC Gymnast of the Week awards…set collegiate-best all-around total of 39.65 en route to winning The SunTrust Spectacular…claimed 19 event titles as a senior - including six all-around crowns…turned in season-best vault mark of 9.925 in claiming The SunTrust Spectacular title…among the top three uneven bars performers in all but three meets in 2000, including four wins…posted season-best beam marks of 9.90 in consecutive meets (at Boise State, The SunTrust Spectacular)…in final national rankings, holds No. 9 and No. 19 spots for all-around and bars, respectively…matched collegiate-best floor score of 9.95 when claiming the Gatorade Conference Showcase title…missed only the second all-around performance of her collegiate career at Kentucky due to a hip flexor strain…won her third consecutive floor title (9.875) at Michigan triangular.

AS A JUNIOR (1999) – Earned three All-America second-team honors at the NCAA Championships – all-around (9th/39.325), vault (5th in session/9.85) and balance beam (t7th in session/9.85)…SEC Championships’ balance beam champion, matching collegiate-best mark of 9.925…runner-up in the SEC all-around competition (39.525)…member of the All-SEC team…NCAA Region II Championships’ uneven bars champion with a collegiate-best 9.975…also second in Region II all-around (39.50)…winner of five all-around competitions, including the SunTrust Invitational where she set her collegiate-best all-around total of 39.55…placed second or third in four other all-around competitions…winner of five uneven bars, four floor exercise, three vault and one beam titles in 1999…claimed the SunTrust Invitational floor crown with a collegiate-best 9.95…third in Louisiana State balance beam competition with collegiate-best score of 9.925.

AS A SOPHOMORE (1998) – Earned All-America first-team honors by finishing tied for eighth overall in the vault (9.925) and tied for seventh in the balance beam (9.85) during the NCAA Championships’ team competition…won three all-around competitions and second in three others…sixth in SEC all-around competition to earn a spot on the All-SEC team for the second consecutive year...fourth in both the NCAA Southeast Region all-around (39.30) and uneven bars (9.90) competitions...missed first all-around competition of collegiate career at the season-opener in Kentucky due to an ankle injury keeping her out of the floor lineup...earned 10 event titles in 1998...shared Gatorade SEC Showcase vault title with a collegiate-best mark of 9.95…collected only balance beam title of the season at the Gatorade SEC Showcase vs.  LSU, posting a collegiate-best mark of 9.925...won two consecutive floor exercise titles in 1998, earning second title at the Dodge Invitational with a season-best mark of 9.925.

AS A FRESHMAN (1997) - Earned four All-America honors at the NCAA Championships...All-America first-team selection for fourth-place NCAA all-around finish (39.425)...also advanced to the NCAA Individual Event Finals for the uneven bars and balance beam to earn two additional first-team honors...in NCAA Event Finals, took eighth in beam (9.75) and 12th in bars (9.45)...also an All-America second-team selection for floor exercise with a mark of 9.825 in NCAA Championships’ team competition...won two all-around competitions -- Dodge Invitational (39.225) and SunTrust Senior Night (39.40)...also won one uneven bars and three balance beam titles in 1997…earned All-SEC honors for fourth-place finish in the SEC all-around competition...competed as an all-arounder in every meet in 1997.

PRIOR TO FLORIDA - 1996 National Team member...1996 Level 10 regional all-around, uneven bars and vault champion...Florida State Level 10 all-around, balance beam and floor exercise champion in 1995...set personal-best all-around total of 38.75 at the 1996 Gasparilla Classic...recipient of 1996 Florida NAWGJ Memorial Award…1995 Fourth Regional Elite Zone all-around champion...took fourth in 1995 Level 10 Senior Nationals vault …trained at Brown’s Metro and coached by Jeff Wood. 

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Historical Player Information

  • 1997Freshman

    AA
    5'1"
  • 1998Sophomore

    AA
    5'1"
  • 1999Junior

    AA
    5'1"
  • 2000Senior

    AA
    5'1"