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2000 Canadian National Team Member Signs With Ute Gymnastics Team
4/12/2001 12:00 AM | Gymnastics
April 12, 2001
SALT LAKE CITY -
Crystal Gilmore, a member of the 2000 Canadian Olympic team, has announced her intention to compete for the University of Utah gymnastics team, but it won't be for awhile. Gilmore, who has signed an official letter of intent with the U., plans to continue training and competing for the Canadian National Team. Once she feels she has fulfilled her commitment to the Canadian National Team, she will join the Ute gymnastics team.
"Crystal is an extremely talented athlete and we are thrilled with her decision," said Utah Head Coach Greg Marsden. "Even though she won't join the team immediately, it will be fun to continue to watch her progress and know that one day she will be a Ute. When she completes her commitment to the Canadian National Team, she will make an immediate impact on our program and on the collegiate scene. Crystal is a strong all-around competitor and her international experience will be invaluable."
The native of Cambridge, Ontario, helped Canada to a best-ever ninth-place team finish at the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. She finished seventh in the all-around at the 2000 Canadian Olympic Trials and placed fifth in the all-around at the 2000 Canadian Championships.
Gilmore, 18, has represented Canada at numerous other international competitions, including the 2000 Team Challenge and Mixed Pairs in France, the 2000 Moscow World Stars and the 1998 World Youth Games in Russia, the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg and the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Malaysia, where Canada won the bronze medal.
Gilmore attends Jacob Hespeler Secondary School and trains at Cambridge Kips Gymnastics Club for coaches Elvira Saadi and Vladimir Kondratenko, both former Soviet gymnasts and coaches. Saadi was a two-time Olympic gold medalist and Kondratenko specialized on vault and bars.
To learn more about Crystal Gilmore, visit her web site at http://home.golden.net/~bgilmore/.
Gilmore is the second international level recruit signed by the Ute gymnastics team this year. In the fall signing period, current U.S. National Team member Annabeth Eberle of Reno, Nev., signed a national letter of intent with Utah. Eberle was the most highly recruited American gymnast in this year's recruiting class.
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