KELLY PHILLIPS

Birthday: February 23, 1986 Height: 4'10" Past Results Journal Official Website

Gymnastics:

Beam is Kelly's best event, with lots of difficulty. She says, "If I had enough room, I could do everything on beam that I can do on floor because of my natural sense of balance." The event that she says is hardest for her is hardest is bars. Floor is her second best, then vault.

Biography:

Kelly began gymnastics at age 3. She progressed rapidly at her local club to become one of the top Level 10 gymnasts in her state by age 13. At age 14 she joined the ranks of Jr. Elite. At age 15 she joined Topopolilly's Senior Elite Team and competed at the Olympics. Kelly continues her journey in gymnastics in hopes of someday getting a gold at Olympics or Worlds. Kelly lives at Topo, but comutes home once a month to Ohio to visit her mom, dad, and sister Alexis who is also a competitve gymnast at a local club. Kelly also enjoys long walks, horse back riding, shopping, and ice skating.

In the News:
Intersquad - May 25, 2002
My Day in the Gym
French Telecom Trials
Christmas Jam
Christmas Cup

ROUTINES

Primary Vault: Polozkova
Second Vault: Yurchenko 2 1/2 (10.0)

Uneven Bars:

hecht vault over low bar to catch high bar mount+ kip cast hs+ giant+ 1/1/2 piroutte+ ricna+ pak salto(layout)+ stalder+ khorkina transition to high bar+ uprise to hs+ giant+ 1/1 piroutte+ 1/1 double layout dismount
SV: 10.0 (+.2)

Balance Beam:

front pike mount+ run punch front+bhs+back layout+ dance+ double turn+ cartwheel+arabesque hold+ dance+ popa, 1/1 bhs+split leap+ dance+ bhs+1/1 back tuck+ artistic dance+ round off+ arabian double front dismount
SV: 9.6

Floor Exercise:

ro+bhs+bhs arabian double layout; dance; popa+2/1 wolf jump+2/1tuck jump; fhs+1/1 double front tuck; artistic dance; ro+bhs+2 1/2twisting layout+1/1 front layout; artistic dance, triple turn; ro+bhs+bhs+double pike, dance, pose
Floor Music: Pour Some Sugar On Me (Instrumental) - Def Leppard
SV: 10.0