Tory Wilson

Tory Wilson
— Gymnast —
Full name Tory Rose Wilson
Born (1994-03-28) March 28, 1994
Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
Residence Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Level College
Club Gold Cup
College team Utah Red Rocks
Former coach(es) Greg and Megan Marsden
Ed and Kay Burch
Retired 2015

Tory Rose Wilson (born March 28, 1994) is an American artistic gymnast. She was a member of the Utah Red Rocks gymnastics team from 2012 until 2015; when she graduated.

Early life

Tory Rose Wilson was born on March 28, 1994 to parents, Mark and Terry Wilson. She has one sister, Taylor. Her father, Mark, swam for the Northern Iowa Panthers team.

Wilson started gymnastics at the age of four[1] and remained at her original gymnastics club, Gold Cup Gymnastics, throughout her entire club career.[2] Tory graduated from La Cueva High School in 2011, graduating a year earlier than the rest of her class.[3] In August, she started attending University of Utah[4] and was seventeen at the time.

Club competitive career

Wilson won the 2009 J.O. NIT competition.[5] Her first J.O. Nationals appearance was in 2010; placing 9th in the Junior D division.[6] In 2011, her senior year, she qualified to the Nastia Liukin Cup and finished 18th.[7] She then tied for fourth at J.O. Nationals with future Utah teammate, Breanna Hughes.[8][9] Wilson made the J.O. National team.

Tory trained under the tutelage of Ed and Kay Burch at Gold Cup Gymnastics for her entire career.

College career

2012 season: Freshman

Wilson was mainly used on vault during the 2012 season but also found contribution opportunities on floor, with two performances during regular season. She was ranked 43rd nationally at the end of the season.[10] She achieved a season-high, which was then, her career-high, score of 9.950 during the 2012 NCAA Super Six.[11]

2013 season: Sophomore

Wilson impacted the team considerably during her Sophomore season in 2013. She garnered 15 victories during the regular season, four new career highs, and hit 46-49 routines. She won vault in all ten meets during the regular season; making her the first Utah gymnast to ever go undefeated on an event. She scored a perfect 10.0 against Cal Golden Bears.[12] Nationally, she was ranked third on vault[13] and 18th in the all-around.[14]

2014 season: Junior

Wilson was crowned Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year in 2014.[15] During regular season, Tory hit 50-52 routines and had 12 victories. She did a full twisting double layout during a meet against at Washington Huskies, on floor, and was only the third person in NCAA history to have attempted this. At the end of season, Wilson was ranked 2ndT on vault[16] and 12th in the all-around.[17]

2015 season: Senior

Her senior year, in 2015, was bittersweet. During regular season, Wilson contributed significantly to the Red Rocks team and nationally, was ranked 8th on vault[18] and 9th in the all-around.[19] She was having a great season until she suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon and a Lisfranc fracture, which sidelined her for the rest of the championship season, thus not being able to compete at Nationals.[20][21] It was a sad loss for the team as she was one of the team captains, along with senior standout Georgia Dabritz.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.nastialiukincup.com/qualifier/wilson-tory/
  2. ↑ http://www.mymeetscores.com/gymnast.pl?gymnastid=73441
  3. ↑ http://www.utahutes.com/sports/w-gym/mtt/tory_wilson_761700.html
  4. ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/pub/tory-wilson/84/520/846
  5. ↑ http://www.mymeetscores.com/meet.pl?meetid=16063922&gymnastid=73441
  6. ↑ http://www.mymeetscores.com/meet.pl?meetid=16063880&pb=N&session=Multiple%20Sessions%20Combined&level=10&division=JuniorD&gymnastid=73441
  7. ↑ https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_11nlsc_results.pdf
  8. ↑ http://www.mymeetscores.com/meet.pl?meetid=16065137&pb=N&session=Multiple%20Sessions%20Combined&level=10&division=SrB&gymnastid=73441
  9. ↑ http://www.utahutes.com/sports/w-gym/mtt/breanna_hughes_804561.html
  10. ↑ http://troester.com/gym/WRankings/2012/0402/W-V.htm
  11. ↑ https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_12ncaa_teamfinals.html#Utah
  12. ↑ http://www.utahutes.com/sports/w-gym/stats/2012-2013/20130209.html#UTAH
  13. ↑ http://troester.com/gym/WRankings/2013/0401/W-V.htm
  14. ↑ http://troester.com/gym/WRankings/2013/0401/W-AA.htm
  15. ↑ http://pac-12.com/article/2014/03/22/utah-crowned-2014-pac-12-womens-gymnastics-champion
  16. ↑ http://troester.com/gym/WRankings/2014/0331/W-V.htm
  17. ↑ http://troester.com/gym/WRankings/2014/0331/W-AA.htm
  18. ↑ http://troester.com/gym/WRankings/2015/0330/W-V.htm
  19. ↑ http://troester.com/gym/WRankings/2015/0330/W-AA.htm
  20. ↑ http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865624777/Utah-gymnasts-grab-Pac-12-title-but-lose-Tory-Wilson-for-the-season.html?pg=all
  21. ↑ http://pac-12.com/article/2015/03/22/utah-womens-gymnastics-rallies-tory-wilson
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, February 12, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.