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UTAH: Came to Utah on an academic scholarship ... valuable contributor has competed at two NCAA Championships * best event is floor exercise * strong tumbler ... floor routine features full-in * also vying for position in vault lineup.
2001- Led off Utah's floor set both nights at NCAA Championships, scoring 9.80 and 9.85 * competed in all but one meet * tied career-best with 9.90 on floor in three straight meets (Feb. 9-16-23) ... made vault lineup four times ... career-best vault score of 9.775 came at Washington ... only "miss" of season was at regionals, when she was docked heavily for step out of bounds ... NACGC Scholastic All-American.
2000- "Hit" every floor routine (14 of 14) as Utah's lead-off competitor ... critical performance at NCAA Super Six, where she scored 9.85 for fourth time of season ... averaged 9.80 ... vaulted against BYU and scored 9.625 ... NACGC Scholastic All-American.
1999- Got first chance to compete to "count" at Oregon State on Mar. 14 and hit both routines (scored 9.65 on vault and 9.75 on floor ) ... competed as exhibition on floor seven times, scoring 9.90 twice ... 9.90 in exhibition at Arizona would have won event had score counted.
CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL: Level 10 gymnast competed at 1998 Junior Olympic Nationals ... at 1998 Colorado state meet, placed first on floor, second on vault, third on bars and fourth all-around ... floor finalist (7th) at 1997 Honeywell International meet in London ... third on floor, fourth on vault and sixth all-around at 1997 Ieper Cup in Belgium ... won vault and floor, second on bars and all-around at Dardano's Friendship Invitational ... trained for Dardano's School of Gymnastics (coaches Larry Dardano, Kevin McMurchie and Rose Wilson) ... member of National Honor Society ... graduated with 4.0 GPA.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Cindy and Jim Tanner ... has two sisters ... coached a diving team at Virginia Vale Swim Club this past summer * was a diver for 11 years ... biology major has pre-med emphasis ... born May 12, 1980.
Tanner's Career Highs
| Vault | 9.775 vs. Washington, Mar. 4, 2001 |
| Floor | 9.900 vs. Brigham Young, Feb. 9, 2001 |
| 9.900 vs. Arizona State, Feb. 16, 2001 | |
| 9.900 vs. Michigan, Feb. 23, 2001 |
