| Kelly Labowitz |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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| High School:
Lower Merion
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| Height:
5-0
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| Event:
Vault, Floor
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| Gymnastics Club:
Metzler's Gym Beez
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| 2002 SCORING | Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor | All-Around |
| Pittsburgh | 9.600 (t-4th) | | | 9.425 (9th) |
| New Hampshire | 9.000 (t-10th) | | | 9.450 (10th) |
| William & Mary | 9.450 (t-6th) | | | 9.800 (6th) |
| Yale | 8.850 (12th) | | | 9.750 (7th) |
| URI Invit. (5 teams) | 9.425 (t-10th) | | | 9.475 (21st) |
| Maryland | 9.575 (10th) | | | 9.275 (10th) |
| George Washington | 9.825 (t-4th) | | | 9.875 (t-7th) |
| Temple | 9.550 (t-3rd) | | | 9.600 (t-5th) |
| Penn State, Maryland | 9.525 (t-10th) | | | 9.600 (t-14th) |
| LSU, Centenary | 9.650 (10th) | | | 9.650 (t-14th) |
| A-10 Championship |
Career Highs:
Vault: 9.800 (Atlantic 10 Championships, 3/27/99)
Bars: 9.850 (vs. Auburn, 2/14/99)
Beam: 9.475 (at Rutgers w/New Hampshire, 2/10/99)
Floor: 9.950 (Atlantic 10 Championships, 3/18/00)
All-Around: 38.700 (vs. Auburn, 2/14/00)
Season Outlook
Prime contender for Atlantic 10 title in floor exercise after winning silver medal as sophomore and finishing fourth last year….Also a threat in vault.
Shares school record in floor exercise (9.950 in 2000)….Has also earned fourth best score ever on uneven bars (9.850 in 1999).
2000-01 (Junior)
Placed 4th in floor exercise at Atlantic 10 championships March 24 with season-high 9.875, then-third highest mark in team history and now fourth highest….Tied for 13th in vault with 9.550.
NACGC Academic all-American.
Tied for 2nd in floor exercise (9.750) in Jan. 20 dual-meet win over Maryland, ranked 14th in final Division I poll.
Placed 2nd on floor (9.875) in dual-meet loss at UMass.
1999-2000 (Sophomore)
Shared silver medal in floor exercise with school-record 9.950 at Atlantic 10 championships March 18 at UMass.
Individual qualifier for NCAA Regional in floor exercise...Earned a 9.625 at regional.
Earned season-high 9.750 in vault, still her second highest total ever, in dual meet at William & Mary on March 13.
Won floor exercise at Feb. 20 URI Invitational with season-high 9.875, then third best mark in school history and now fourth best.
Competed in vault, bars and floor at every regular-season meet.
1998-99 (Freshman)
Just missed two medals at Atlantic 10 championships March 27 with 4th-place ties in both vault and floor exercise, topping Rams in both events….Scored 9.800 in vault (still her career high) and 9.850 in floor exercise, then the fourth highest total in school history and now fifth highest.
Tied then-school record with 9.850 on uneven bars (still her career high) in Feb. 14 dual meet against Auburn….Mark now tied for fourth on school’s all-time list….Tied for 2nd in meet.
In same meet, tied for 1st in floor exercise with season-high 9.900, then second highest score in school history and currently fourth highest.
Won floor exercise in first three collegiate meets with 9.700 against Brown (Jan. 10) and UMass (Jan. 16) and 9.600 against Kent State (Jan. 23).
Competed in 12 of 13 meets, including eight as an all-arounder.
Club/High School
Competed at USAG Level 10 regionals four straight years (1995-98) for Metzler’s Gym Beez, under coach Earl Metzler.
Placed 6th on vault at regionals in 1997.
Alternate for USAG Level 10 nationals in 1997.
Personal
Full name: Kelly Lynn Labowitz.
Born March 5, 1980 to Kathy and Lloyd Labowitz in Bala Cynwyd, Pa., just west of Philadelphia.
Graduated from Lower Merion High in 1998.
Majoring in sociology at URI with minors in psychology and leadership studies.
Career goal: Marriage and family therapist.
President of Ram Choices, campus organization promoting intelligent use of alcohol among student-athletes.
Has coached gymnastics over summer.
Best Skills
Vault: Handspring front pike
Bars: Giant 1/2 healy, Geinger
Beam: Front tuck mount
Floor: Double tuck, 2-1/2
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