Claire Smith

Position:
BBF
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Chapel Hill, N.C.
High School:
Durham School of the Arts

As a Junior: Competed on uneven bars in 12 meets and the balance beam in 12 meets ...Scored a personal best 9.725 and finished eighth at the Governor's Cup...Set a personal best 9.775 on balance beam against William & Mary ...Member of EAGL All-Academic Team... provided depth and experience on uneven bars and balance beam...received NACGC Academic All-America honors.

As a Sophomore: 2005 NACGC Academic All-America...earned a personal best 9.675 on uneven bars against NC State...member of EAGL All-Academic Team.

As a Freshman: Member of balance beam and floor exercise lineups, adding depth on those events...earned 9.725 in floor exercise against James Madison...Member of EAGL All-Academic Team...NACGC Scholastic All-America.

Prep: Level 9 North Carolina all-around and balance beam champion in 2000...finished 17th in all-around at 2000 Eastern Nationals...won balance beam title and placed second in all-around at 2003 Level 10 state meet...finished fourth on balance beam at 2003 Level 10 Region 8 Championships...participated in competitive diving freshman and sophomore year...senior class Valedictorian...member fof National Honor Society...named to superintendent's honor roll freshman year...involved in student government as class treasurer sophomore and senior year and class president junior year.

Personal: Daughter of Michael and Maryann Smith...born December 29, 1984, in Charlotte, N.C....has one older sister, Emily...mother competed on University of Massachusetts gymnastics team...majoring in exercise and sports science and psychology...plans on being a coach.

Personal Bests
Uneven Bars: 9.725
Balance Beam: 9.775
Floor Exercise: 9.725