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UTAH: Will compete for a lineup spot on all four events ... known for her beautiful dance on floor ... has "hit" 8 of 9 career routines.
2001- Showed great improvement from freshman year, but was hampered by nagging injuries * vaulted in first six meets before foot injury ... career-best 9.75 on vault vs. Utah State ... also competed to count on floor twice, scoring career-best 9.825 both times (Southern Utah, Utah State) ... "hit" all 8 routines.
2000- Competed primarily in exhibition capacity as freshman ... in only routine to count, fell on last pass on floor ... great exhibition floor routine at LSU (9.875) would have tied for first had it been to count ... also did exhibition floor routine in season opener and at ASU Invitational, where she scored 9.75.
CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL: Member of 1998-99 U.S. Junior Olympic National team ... won floor exercise and placed 12th all-around at 1998 J.O. Nationals ... at USAIGC National Championships in Orlando, Fla., won beam and was all-around runner-up ... 1999 Level 10 regional champ ... third on vault and seventh on bars at 1999 J.O. Nationals ... member of region 5 all-star team that traveled to Sweden, where she tied for third on floor ... 1998 Level 10 state champion on vault, bars and floor ... '97 state Level 10 all-around champ was also first on bars and floor ... was selected to demonstrate the J.O. compulsory routines at National Judges Symposium in Indianapolis, Ind. ... trained at Olympic Dreams Gymnastics (coaches Dawn Toussaint, Irina Milogradova, Gary Babjack) ... National Honor Society.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Sandy and Richard Sabo ... mother was a former high school gymnast and track athlete who now coaches gymnastics at J.O. levels 4-10 * father once managed a gym * sister Casey is a freshman gymnast at Kent State ... hobby is reading ... majoring in sociology with criminology certificate ... born Feb. 7, 1981.
Sabo's Career Highs
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Vault |
9.750 vs. Utah State, Feb. 6, 2001 |
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Floor |
9.825 vs. Southern Utah, Jan. 5, 2001 |
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9.825 vs. Utah State, Feb. 6, 2001 |
