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2021 Women's Gymnastics

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Darby Nelson

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Ursuline Academy
  • Hometown Cincinnati, Ohio

Biography

Personal Bests
Vault:
9.675 (3/24/18)
Bars: 9.750 (4/13/18
Beam: 9.875 (2/23/20)
Floor: 9.850 (2/25/18)
All-Around: 38.775 (3/24/18)

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 team champion ... First-team All-ECAC on beam ... Competed in all nine meets, including four on vault, six on floor and all nine on beam ... Excelled especially on beam, hitting a 9.875 at the Ivy Classic (Feb. 23) to finish as the Ivy runner-up ... Contributed to Penn's 194.850 at the Ivy Classic, the second-best score in program history ... Also hit a 9.825 on beam against Temple (Feb. 9) ... Hit at least a 9.675 on six of her nine beam routines ... Scored a season-best 9.725 on floor against Temple ... Hit a season-high 9.475 on vault twice during the season ... All 2020 NCAA winter postseason competition was canceled on Thursday, March 12 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.

2019: Appeared in four meets, three on beam and two on floor, battling through an elbow injury … Posted a season-high 9.500 on beam at the Rumble & Tumble (Feb. 17).

2018: USAG second-team All-America all-around ... Second-team All-ECAC on floor ... Competed in all 12 meets on bars, 10 meets on floor, nine meets on beam and eight meets on vault, including six all-around performances ... Notched a season-high of 9.675 on vault at the ECAC Championship (March 24) ... Finished the year with a season-high of 9.750 on bars at the USAG Collegiate Nationals (April 13) ... Season-best of 9.700 on beam came at William & Mary (March 16) ... Season-best on floor of 9.850 came at the Ivy Classic (Feb. 25) ... Posted at least a 9.800 on floor four times ... Season-best all-around score of 38.775 came at the ECAC Championship, finishing fourth. 

High School: Qualified to Level 10 Junior Olympic National Championships in 2017 and 2016 ... Regional and Ohio State qualifier from 2014-17 ... Finished second all-around at the 2017 Ohio state championships ... Achieved First Honors all eight semesters of high school ... Graduated with honors ... Member of National Honors Society and National Spanish Honors Society ... Served as a Special Olympics swim coach and spent time as a volunteer for the Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Sunday School, Relay for Life and at the Ronald McDonald House.

Club Gym: Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy

Personal: Daughter of Kelcey and Barry Nelson.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018Freshman

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  • 2019Sophomore

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  • 2020Junior

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  • 2021Senior

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