2017 Gymnastics Roster
Roster
Madison Preston
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- K-12 International Academy
- Hometown:
- Loveland, Ohio
Career Highlights
Earned a perfect 9.95 score on vault 2/11/17
2016 NCAA Regional Vault co-champion
Pac-12 Freshman of the Week 2/2/16
2014 Level 10 National vault champion
Best Marks
V - 9.950, 2/11/17
BB - 9.775, last 2/6/16
FX - 9.925, 2/6/16
2017
Recorded four individual victories on the season, three on vault and one on floor โฆ Earned a perfect score on vault Feb. 11 vs. Stanford, scoring 9.95 for her 9.95-start valued Yurchenko layout full โฆ Tied for second on vault at NCAA Regionals with a 9.85 โฆ Won vault vs. UNC with a 9.9 and added a season-best 9.9 on floor โฆ Stuck her vault at the Feb. 20 tri-meet and tied for second with a 9.875 โฆ Missed three meets with an ankle injury and returned on Feb. 11 to hit a perfect 9.95 on vault, a new career-high and a meet-winning score โฆ Won both events that she competed vs. Arkansas, taking first on vault with a 9.9 on a stuck Yurchenko layout full, and tying for first on floor with a 9.875.
2016
NCAA Regional vault co-champion with a career-high-tying 9.9 โฆ Competed on vault in every meet and placed first three times โฆ Competed on vault at the NCAA Championships and stuck her vault in the Super Six, scoring 9.825 โฆ Scored 9.85 on floor at Pac-12 Championships, her first time competing on floor in over a month โฆ Tied for second on vault vs. Oklahoma with a 9.875 โฆ Tied her career-high with a 9.9 on a stuck Yurchenko layout full on Mar. 6 โฆ Tied for first on vault with a 9.85 vs. ASU โฆ Hit a career-high 9.9 to tie for first place vs. Oregon State โฆ Pac-12 Freshman of the Week Feb. 2 after scoring career-highs on all three events she competed, with a 9.85 on vault to place second, a 9.775 on beam in her collegiate debut on the event, and 9.925 on floor to kick-start UCLAโs comeback win โฆ Made her floor exercise debut at Arizona and scored 9.875 โฆ Earned a career-high 9.825 on vault at Florida and also made her debut on floor in an exhibition, scoring 9.825 โฆ Anchored vault for UCLA in the season opener, scoring 9.775 to tie for fifth vs. Alabama.
Club
Won the 2014 Level 10 National vault championship with a score of 9.9 โฆ Fifth in the all-around and first on vault at the 2014 Region 5 Championships โฆ Won the all-around and vault and placed second on beam and floor at the 2014 Level 10 State Championships โฆ Won a total of three all-around Level 10 State titles from 2012-14.
Personal
Favorite apparatus is vault โฆ Describes her biggest athletic thrill as hitting one of her best vaults ever and scoring 9.9 to win vault at the 2014 JO Nationals โฆ Admires Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson โฆ Interested in art โฆ Full name is Madison Ann Preston โฆ Parents: Paul and Shari Preston โฆ Has two older brothers, Taylor and Parker โฆ Born in Cincinnati, Ohio โฆ Undeclared major.
