Christina McDonald

Height:
5-1
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Whitby, Ontario

**Two-time All-American**

Collegiate Bests:
Vault:	9.45	3-8-91
Bars:	9.90	Six times
Beam:	9.90	1-18-91 & 3-8-91
Floor:	9.85	3-14-92
AA:	39.00	1-18-91

Retired from collegiate gymnastics in fall of 1992.

AS A JUNIOR (1992) – Competed as an all-arounder five times in 1992, posting her best finish of second (38.25) at the Sun Bank Senior Night…took top honors in five of the 11 uneven bars contests of the 1992 season…matched the Gator All-Time Best bars mark of 9.90 three times in 1992…claimed top honors in three balance beam contests in 1992…earned top-three finishes in five-of-the-10 floor exercise contests she competed in as a junior.

AS A SOPHOMORE ( 1991) – NCAA uneven bars runner-up with a mark of 9.85…also earned All-America honors for placing seventh in the balance beam finals at the NCAA Championships with a 8.95…posted the second-highest all-around score (39.00) in the school’s history in the season opener…tied for top honors in the Southeastern Conference uneven bars competition, matching the meet-record score of 9.85…member of the All-SEC team…took third in both the NCAA Southeast Region balance beam (9.775) and all-around (38.60) competitions…matched the school record for the uneven bars (9.90) three times as a sophomore…set career-best balance beam tally of 9.90 in the season opener and matched it again at the First Union Bank Senior Night…claimed top honors in four uneven bars, two balance beam and one floor exercise competitions in 1991…posted a then career-best floor exercise score of 9.80 twice in 1991.

AS A FRESHMAN (1990) – Took top honors in the Burger King Challenge uneven bars competition with a season-best mark of 9.80…posted a 9.80 to take top honors in the Shands Invitational balance beam competition…claimed top honors in three uneven bars and three balance beam contests in 1990…added the floor exercise to her repertoire after the season’s third meet…runner-up in the Michigan State dual meet’s floor exercise competition (9.60).

AS A FRESHMAN (1989) – Tore right anterior cruciate ligament during her balance beam dismount in the season opener and was forced to sit out the remainder of the season recovering from surgery…redshirted the 1989 campaign.

PRIOR TO FLORIDA – Captain of the 1988 Canadian Olympic gymnastics team…placed second in the 1988 Canadian Olympic Trials to earn a spot on the ’88 squad…second in all-around at 1988 Canadian Championships…took second in both the vault and bars, plus took third in the floor at the 1987 Golden Sands Meet…tied for first in the uneven bars at 1986 Pacific Alliance Championship…bars champion at 1985 Belgium Gym Masters…1983 Senior National all-around champion…coached by Leonid Gravkosky and Debbie Vidmar…member of Winstonettes Gymnastics Club.

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