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2022 Women's Gymnastics Roster

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Sydney Kraez

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Longmeadow
  • Hometown Longmeadow, Mass.

Biography

Career Highs at Penn
Vault:
9.850 (3/1/20)
Bars: 9.875 (3/19/22)
Beam: 9.800 (2/13/22)
Floor: 9.900 (2/23/20)
All-Around: 39.175 (2/6/22)

2022: First-team All-GEC on vault ... Second-team All-GEC on bars ... Tied for fourth on bars at the GEC Championships with a career-best score of 9.875 ... Also competed on vault and beam at the Championships ... Named the GEC Gymnast of the Week on January 26 ... Named the GEC Gymnast of the Week on February 9 ... Team captain ... Won the all-around with a score of 39.175 against Cornell ... Had the top score in both vault (9.800) and the floor (9.775) versus Cornell ... Competed in vault, bars, beam and floor ... Had a 9.650 on vault, a 9.550 on beam and a 9.725 on floor at the Keystone Classic ... Scored a 9.775 on the vault  and a 9.675 on floor at the Lindsey Ferris Invitational ... Had a 9.800 on vault, a 9.700 on bars and a 9.775 on floor at New Hampshire ... Had a 9.850 on bars and a 9.750 on beam against Cornell ... Had an all-around score of 38.925 at Towson thanks to posting a 9.750 on vault, a 9.800 on bars, a 9.800 on beam and a 9.575 on floor ... Had an all-around score of 38.200 against Ursinus thanks to posting a 9.725 on vault, a 9.725 on bars, a 9.050 on beam and a 9.700 on floor ... Scored a 9.725 on vault and a 9.825 on bars at the Ivy Classic ... Scored a 9.725 on bars at NC State ... Had a 9.825 on vault and a 9.850 on bars at Maryland ... WCGA All-America Scholar Athlete ... GEC Scholar Athlete. 

2021: All 2020-21 Ivy League winter sports were canceled on November 12, 2020 due to the worldwide coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.

2020: Ivy Classic all-around champion ... Ivy Classic team champion ... First-team All-ECAC on vault ... Second-team All-ECAC on floor ... All-ECAC All-Around team ... Competed in all nine meets, in the all-around in eight of them, only sitting out on floor once ... Won the all-around at the Ivy Classic (Feb. 23) with a score of 39.050, the ninth-best score in program history ... Helped contribute to Penn's team total of 194.850 at the Ivy Classic, the second-best total in program history ... Scored the third-best floor score in program history with a 9.900 at the Ivy Classic ... Also earned a 9.825 on vault and 9.750 on beam and 9.550 on bars at Ivies ... Opened the season by winning the vault (9.775), floor (9.800) and all-around (38.725) against Towson (Jan. 12) ... Won bars against Rutgers (Jan. 26) with a 9.750 ... Won vault (9.700) and floor (9.800) and all-around (38.725) against Cornell (Feb. 2) ... Placed third of five teams on vault with a career-high 9.850 at Maryland (March 1) ... In the season finale against Temple (March 6), finished second on floor with a 9.825 ... All 2020 NCAA winter postseason competition was canceled on Thursday, March 12 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.

2019: Broke on the scene as a freshman, competing in all 12 meets with appearances on vault (12), floor (11) and beam (five) … Earned the team-high of 2019 on floor with a career-high 9.875, tied for the fourth-best score in program history, at Lindenwood (March 3) … Earned a 9.825 on vault, the best on the team and tied for the third-best all-time at Yale (Jan. 19) … Won vault at Yale, Rumble & Tumble (Feb. 17), SEMO (March 1) … Won floor at the Pink Meet (Feb. 10), Lindenwood (March 3) … Finished second on floor at William & Mary (March 15) … Finished third on vault at the Teal Meet (Feb. 3) and William & Mary (March 15) … Placed third on floor at SEMO … Guided team to season-high on vault (48.675, Maryland) and floor (48.975, Maryland) … Contributed to setting a program record overall score of 195.075 at Maryland (March 10) … Helped tie the program record on beam with a 49.125 at ECAC Championship (March 23) ... Earned a 9.800 twice on vault, tied for the fourth-best in program history.

High School: J.O. high scores: Vault (9.8), Bars (9.625), Beam (9.5), Floor (9.65), All-Around (37.85) … 2018 Junior Olympic National qualifier, 7th place on Vault … 2016, 2017, 2018 Region 6 Championship and Massachusetts State Championship qualifier … Massachusetts State Vault and Bars Champion … Region 6 Championship Floor Champion … National Honor Society member … First Honors all four years of high-school … President’s Education Award for Outstanding Academic Excellence recipient. 

Club Gym: Daggett Gymnastics

Personal: Daughter of Jeff and Kathleen Kraez … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences

Historical Player Information

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