2002 Gymnastics Roster

Hilary Thompson

  • Height 5-2
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Fargo, N.D.

Biography

Three-time All-American
 

Collegiate Bests:
Vault9.8754-7-01
Bars9.8752-15-02
Beam9.9753-4-01
Floor9.9753-2-01
All-Around39.453-4-01 & 4-7-01


AS A SENIOR (2002) –All-America second-team selection for the all-around and floor exercise…Finalist for the American Award, given to the top senior gymnast in the nation…Named to the All-Southeastern Conference First Team with her third-place finish in the all-around (39.275)…also tied for second in the league championship's floor competition at 9.90…all-around performer in the first seven meets, but did not compete beam at Alabama…ranked No. 14 among the nation's floor performers with a regional qualifying average of 9.925…owns Florida's season-best floor mark of 9.95 set with runner-up performances in Super Six Challenge and NCAA Central Region Championships…won three event titles in season opener and at March 8 Auburn dual…the all-around title at Auburn was the fourth of her collegiate career…has finished first or second in 10 of the 13 floor competitions this season - including five floor wins…member of the Academic All-SEC Honor Roll.

AS A JUNIOR (2001) - Earned All-America first-team honors in the floor exercise…advanced to the NCAA floor final with mark of 9.90 in team preliminary competition…finished 13th in the floor final (9.338)…all-around performer in every meet…set the Gator All-Time Best balance beam mark of 9.975 to win the March 4 dual at Nebraska…upped her collegiate-best floor mark to 9.975 to win the Rydell High Reunion…won The Dodge Premier with then collegiate-best floor mark of 9.95…shared the NCAA Southeast Region floor title at 9.95…won three beam titles and six floor titles…claimed first collegiate all-around title with a 39.375 at North Carolina State and upped that total to 39.45 to share the Nebraska dual all-around title…matched that collegiate-best all-around total to take second at NCAA Southeast Regionals…named SEC Gymnast of the Week on Jan. 30…turned in UF's season-best marks for all-around (39.45), beam (9.975) and floor (9.975)… seventh in the SEC all-around (39.325)…member of the Academic All-SEC Honor Roll.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2000) - Competed as an all- arounder in every meet but four in 2000…did not compete on uneven bars as a freshman due to right elbow instability, but off-season surgery corrected the problem…turned in collegiate-best bars mark of 9.725 in The Subway Challenge…set collegiate-best all-around total of 39.30 at Boise State to take third overall…runner-up in the Kentucky quad all-around (39.25)…claimed three floor titles, including using a collegiate-best mark of 9.95 to win The Subway Challenge…won the Kentucky quad balance beam contest with a 9.875…matched collegiate-best vault mark of 9.80 at Boise State…despite a knee injury suffered at Michigan triangular, still finished sixth on beam at the Southeastern Conference Championships with a 9.85 to lead the team on the event…member of the Academic All-SEC Honor Roll.

AS A FRESHMAN (1999) -- Matched Florida All-Time Best balance beam mark of 9.95 at Louisiana State to claim the first event title of her collegiate career…also shared the Dodge Senior Night floor title with a mark of 9.90…runner-up in the SunTrust Invitational floor competition with a collegiate-best 9.925…turned in season-best vault mark of 9.80 at Subway Challenge and matched it again at LSU.

PRIOR TO FLORIDA- Three-time all-around Region 4 Level 10 champion (1997, ’93, ’91) plus five-time qualifier for the Junior Nationals (1998, ‘97, ‘96, ‘93, ‘92). . . 1998 Las Vegas Go-For-It Classic all-around champion. . . finished sixth on the beam, 11th on the floor and 22nd in the all-around at the 1997 USA Gymnastics Junior Olympic Championships. . .considers balance beam and floor her best events. . .member of American Gold Gymnastics club and coached by Amy Sahli and Kelli Dronen.

MAJOR -Wildlife Ecology

Historical Player Information

  • 1999Freshman

    AA
    5'2"
  • 2000Sophomore

    AA
    5'2"
  • 2001Junior

    AA
    5'2"
  • 2002Senior

    AA
    5'2"