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UTAH: Clutch performer is at her best in the postseason ... has hit 12-of-12 routines in two years of NCAA Championships' competition ... as a junior this year, she hopes to regain the all-around position she held as a freshman ... has hit 92-98 career routines... member of Utah's Student Athlete Mentors (SAMS).
2007-Career-tying 9.90 beam score in the Super Six helped propel Utah to a runner-up finish at the NCAA Championships ... competed on vault, bars and beam in every meet ... developed into one of the best beam workers on the team in the last half of the season - scoring a 9.85-or-better in the last six competitions (seven total 9.85 or better scores on beam) ... scored a career-high 9.925 on bars at Utah State on Feb. 9 ... season-high 9.875 on vault three times ... hit 42-45 routines ... made the Athletics Academic Honor Roll.
2006-All-arounder hit all eight routines at the NCAA Championships ... 39.225 all-around score tied for 11th in the Super Six field ... also had the sixth-best beam score (9.85) and seventh-best vault score (9.90) in the Super Six ... placed fourth all-around at the NCAA Regional championships ... 39.50 all-around high against BYU ... went all-around in the final nine meets and scored above a 39.0 in all of them ... best apparatus score was a 9.925 on vault and floor ... 2 victories (both on floor) ... hit 50-53 routines ... made the Dean's List.
CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year USA National Team member ... did not compete in 2005 ... placed first on the balance beam at the 2004 American Classic and won the all-around at the 2003 Podium Meet and the 2002 Crystal D'Arc in France ... also earned top six finishes at the 2002 USA Gymnastics Championships (6th), the 2003 Golden Lilia in the Ukraine (5th) and the 2004 FL Gymnastics Open in Luxembourg (3rd) ... won the uneven bar title in Luxembourg ... finished 16th in the all-around at the 2004 U.S. National Championships ... Houston native moved to Rowlett, Texas (near Dallas) to train at the World Olympic Gymnastics Academy under coaches Evgeny Marchenko and Natasha Boraskya. ... home schooled (received degree from Alpha Omega High School).
PERSONAL: Daughter of Sanya and Jong Wook Kim ... parents are immigrants from South Korea ... sister Jenny ... enjoys drawing ... visited South Korea with her mother in the summer of 2006 ... art major ... full name is Nina Song Yi Kim ... born Nov. 3, 1986.
Kim's Career Highs
All-Around 39.50 vs. Brigham Young, Mar. 24, 2006
Vault 9.925 vs. Brigham Young, Feb. 24, 2006
Bars 9.925 vs. Utah State, Feb. 9, 2007
Beam 9.90 vs. Brigham Young, Mar. 24, 2006
9.90 at NCAA Championships, Apr. 27, 2007
Floor 9.925 vs. Brigham Young, Mar. 24, 2006
Outside The Gym
Miles from home: 1,197
Along with English: I am fluent in Korean
The gymnast I pretended to be as a child: Was different every day
Hardest skills I've ever performed: Round-off full beam mount and back handspring full on the beam
You don't know this about me: I love shoes (especially high heels)
My outside interest: I love to go to art galleries
Favorite subject in school: Art
Favorite animal: Giraffe
Favorite food: Mom's Korean food
Favorite gymnast: Gritt Hofmann
