2017 Gymdogs
Sydney Snead 5-2 | Sophomore Raleigh, N.C. | Sonshine Gymnastics sydneysnead | sydney_snead
Natalie Vaculik 5-2 | Junior Whitby, Ontario, Canada | Gemini Gymnastics natalie_vaculik | natalie_vaculik
2017 (Sophomore): Recipient of the Don Leebern, Jr. & Don Leebern, III Scholarship Endowment and the Suzanne A. Yoculan Gymnastics Scholarship Endowment.
2017 (Junior): Recipient of the Clyde Bohler Memorial Scholarship Endowment.
2016 (Freshman): All-SEC Freshman Team selection after she claimed a 9.85 on bars at the SEC Championship in North Little Rock...Appeared in 15 of 16 meets on both vault and bars, missing the Athens NCAA Regional...Appeared in the team’s floor lineup 13 times...Won an event title in her first-ever collegiate meet with a season-best 9.9 on bars...Claimed a season-best 9.9 on vault twice, against LSU and at Utah...Season-high of 9.875 on floor, set against then-No. 1 Florida and matched against Auburn...Season RQS of 9.88 on vault, 9.87 on bars and 9.85 on floor...Winner of the Anysia “All-In” Unick Award...Recipient of the Jennifer Moree Gymnastics Excellence Scholarship. Club: Trained at Sonshine Gymnastics under Heidi and Milan Stanovich ... two-time JO National Team member (2012, 2014), and placed second in the all-around and vault in 2014 ... placed first on vault and beam at the 2014 state meet and was the all-around, vault, beam and floor champion at the regional meet ... earned the highest level 10 all-around score in the country with a 39.3 in 2013, and received a perfect 10 for a 1 1/2 yurchenko on vault. Personal: Born May 30 ... daughter of Scott and Michelle Snead ... has a brother, Tyler, and two sisters, Kaylee and Laney ... father played baseball at NC State and went on to play in the minor leagues in the Cincinnati Reds’ organization ... mother was a cheerleader at NC State. Sydney Snead’s Career Results 2016 (Freshman) Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor All-Around at #7 Michigan 9.875 9.9 -- 9.825 -- at #16 Arkansas 9.85 9.2 -- 9.775 -- #24 Stanford 9.825 9.825 -- 9.85 -- at #15 Missouri 9.875 9.8 -- 9.8 -- at #23 Kentucky 9.65 9.875 -- 9.85 -- #1 Florida 9.825 9.9 -- 9.875 -- #5 LSU 9.9 9.825 -- 9.7 -- #1 Oklahoma 9.85 9.875 -- 9.85 -- at #3 Alabama 9.875 9.85 -- 9.825 -- #8 Auburn 9.825 9.85 -- 9.875 -- at 7UCLA/16Stanford 9.875 9.8 -- 9.75 -- at #5 Utah 9.9 9.775 -- 9.85 -- SEC Championship 9.825 9.85 -- 9.775 -- NCAA Semifinals 9.8 9.8 -- -- -- NCAA Super Six 9.85 9.8125 -- -- -- Total 147.8 146.9375 -- 127.6 (422.3375) Average 9.8533 9.7958 -- 9.8154 -- RQS 9.88 9.87 -- 9.85 -- Event Titles 0 1 -- 0 -- Season High 9.9 9.9 -- 9.875 --
2016 (Sophomore): Competed on bars in all 16 meets...Appeared in the vault lineup for the first eight meets of the season and in the beam lineup for a span of 10 meets...Won an event title at Missouri with a 9.875 on bars...Season-high marks of 9.825 on vault, 9.875 on bars and 9.85 on beam...Competed on vault, bars and beam for a span of four meets from Jan. 29 to Feb. 20...Received a 9.8375 on bars at the NCAA Semifinals and a 9.825 at the Super Six...Season RQS of 9.755 on vault, 9.85 on bars and 9.81 on beam...Recipient of the James E. And Peggy A. Hickey Memorial Scholarship. 2015 (Freshman): Competed on bars in all 14 meets, on beam in 12 meets and vault 11 times ... one event title ... earned Freshman All-SEC honors with a 9.85 on bars in the SEC Championship ... scored a pair of 9.9s on bars and beam (tied for first) vs. No. 4 Utah ... First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll ... recipient of the Suzanne A. Yoculan Gymnastics Scholarship. Club: Placed first on bars at the Elite Canada competition in 2014 ... came in second and led Canada to a second place finish at the 2013 Massilia Open in France and was fifth at the Massila Masters international competition ... placed fifth on bars at the Cottbus World Cup in Germany in March 2014 ... finished second in the all-around at the 2013 Canadian Championships ... trained at Gemini Gymnastics under Elena Davydova and Valery Yachybekov. Personal: Born March 12 ... sister, Kristina, was a gymnast at Stanford and member of the Canadian national team at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Natalie Vaculik’s Career Results 2015 (Freshman) Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor All-Around #8 Michigan 9.825 9.775 9.6 -- -- Missouri 9.775 9.8 9.675 -- -- at #15 Denver 9.75 9.775 9.7 -- -- #14 Kentucky 9.8 9.825 9.85 -- -- at #3 Florida 9.8 9.75 9.725 -- -- at #3 LSU 9.9 9.75 9.8 -- -- at North Carolina 9.775 9.875 9.25 -- -- #5 Alabama 9.875 9.85 9.825 -- -- at #7 Auburn 9.825 9.825 9.875 -- -- #18 Arkansas 9.8 9.725 9.775 -- -- #4 Utah 9.8 9.9 9.9 -- -- SEC Championship -- 9.85 9.25 -- -- NCAA Regional -- 9.8 -- -- -- NCAA Prelims -- 9.8 -- -- -- Total 107.925 137.3 116.225 -- -- Average 9.8114 9.8071 9.6854 -- -- RQS 9.825 9.845 9.815 -- -- Event Titles 0 0 0 0 0 Season High 9.9 9.9 9.9 -- -- 2016 (Sophomore) Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor All-Around at #7 Michigan 9.8 9.775 -- -- -- at #16 Arkansas 9.825 9.85 -- -- -- #24 Stanford 9.775 9.825 -- -- -- at #15 Missouri 9.675 9.875 -- -- -- at #23 Kentucky 9.65 9.85 9.775 -- --
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