• VERONIQUE LECLERC

Biography

UTAH: Former Canadian National Team member is a two-time NCAA All-American … ready to emerge as one of team's best all-arounders … 15 career victories … has "hit" 73-82 career routines.
2002: Second-team All-American on bars … "hit" all six routines at nationals and peaked in Super Six, scoring 9.90 on vault and bars and 9.80 on beam … Super Six bars score tied for third and vault score tied for fourth … tied for 14th on floor in event finals with 9.825 … went all-around nine times, winning at LSU (39.275) … season all-around best was 39.525 on Jan. 18 … set or tied career highs on bars (9.95) and beam (9.90) … 7 wins (1 all-around, 3 vault, 2 bars, 1 beam) … "hit" 43-49 routines.
2001: Second-team All-American on bars … hit 3 of 4 routines at nationals, with best score a 9.85 on vault in Super Six … NCAA region vault runner-up … best freshman all-around debut score in school history (39.675) came in final regular season meet ... 39.675 tied seventh best all-around score ever at Utah ... 8 victories (all on vault) ... five 9.90 bar scores … competed on floor in last two regular season meets ... won vault and tied for second on bars in first collegiate meet ... "hit" 30-33 routines ... NACGC Scholastic All-American (3.80 GPA).
CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL: Five-year member of Canada's National Team ... ninth all-around at 2000 Canadian Olympic Trials ... won all-around, vault and beam and was second on bars at 1997 Elite Canada ... 1997 Canadian uneven bar champion was also fourth all-around and second on vault ... 28th all-around at 1997 World Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland ... placed second on bars at 1998 Commonwealth Games (Canada won bronze medal) ... won all-around and bars at 1995 Canada Games ... 1998 Athlete of the Year by Canadian Gymnastics Federation ... trained at Gym-Richelieu (coaches Michel Charron and Galina Larchina.) ... graduated from Andre-Laurendeau High School.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Charlotte Cote and Andre Leclerc ... two siblings (one brother, one sister) are both musicians ... fluent in French and English ... anthropology and exercise and sport science major ... born June 23, 1981.
Leclerc's Career Highs
A-A 39.675 vs. Brigham Young, Mar. 23, 2001
Vault 9.975 vs. Oregon State, Mar. 10, 2001
Bars 9.950 vs. Brigham Young, Mar. 23, 2002
Beam 9.900 vs. Washington, Feb. 8, 2002
Floor 9.950 vs. Brigham Young, Mar. 23, 2002

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