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ASU: Seven-time All-American with a 1997 NCAA Championship in the balance beam on her resume...has emerged as the Devils' top all-around talent...an eloquent and aesthetically pleasing gymnast who possesses unique moves and skills...co-captain. 1999: Earned a First Team All-America selection on the beam as well as Second Team honors on the floor and in the all-around...had an outstanding showing at the NCAA Super Six (Apr. 23), claiming fifth in the all-around with a personal-best score of 39.300...included in that total were scores of 9.9 on the bars (tying her for third with teammate Amy Shelton) and 9.85 on the beam (tying her for sixth with fellow Sun Devil Lea Carver)...opened the season with first place bars finish of 9.850 vs. Washington (Jan. 15) ... after missing the following week vs. UC Santa Barbara (Jan. 22), had impressive three-meet span, which included scores of 9.9 (t1st, at Oregon State, Feb. 5), 9.875 (t2nd, vs. UCLA, Feb. 12) and 9.875 (t3rd, at Stanford, Feb. 19) ... also added a fourth place finish of 9.9 at Pac-10's ... recorded first place balance beam finish of 9.925 vs. UC Santa Barbara ... recorded fourth place finish (9.875) three weeks later vs. UCLA ... paced the Devils in the ASU Uno's Classic (Feb. 26) scoring a 9.95, which marked ASU's second-best score of the season ... Continued to show signature grace last season that has made her one of top floor exercise performers in the nation ... finished second (9.925) behind McNabb vs. UC Santa Barbara ... another runner-up finish (9.925) in Uno's Classic ... again finished in second place (9.925) behind McNabb vs. Pittsburgh (Mar. 7) ... tied with McNabb for first place (9.9) at Ohio State (Mar. 13) ... posted first-place finish (9.95) at Arizona (Mar. 26)...vaulted for the first time in 1999 since first meet of freshman season...posted career-best and first place mark of 9.75 vs. Washington...posted three consecutive 9.7s vs. UCSB, at Oregon State and vs. UCLA, scoring finishes of second, third and fifth, respectively. 1998: Earned All-America honors on beam to culminate another solid year ... sophomore year was punctuated by continued success in the beam and floor exercise events ... All-Pac-10 selection in the floor exercise ... Honorable Mention Pac-10 All-Academic ... notched five scores of 9.9 or better - 9.9, Maui Invitational, 9.9 vs. Stanford, 10.00 at Alabama, 9.95 vs. Arizona and 9.9 NCAA Super Six - to stake her claim as one of the best in the nation in the floor exercise ... finished first or tied for first on the beam five times in 1998 ... 9.9 performance vs. Stanford (Jan. 23), 9.925 at California-quad (Jan. 30), 9.9 vs. Oregon St. (Feb. 6), 9.8 in the Uno's Classic (Feb. 20), 9.85 in ASU-quad (Mar. 6) ... pair of third place finishes - beam (9.775) and floor (9.85) - at Washington (Feb. 13) ... fourth place finish of 9.825 in the floor exercise in the Uno's Classic (Feb. 20) ... scored ASU's third-ever "Perfect 10" in the floor exercise at Alabama (Feb. 27) ... won the bars event in the last two regular-season meets posting a career-best 9.95 in ASU-quad (Mar. 6) and a 9.925 vs. Arizona (Mar. 13) ... third place floor finish (9.975) at Pac-10 Championships (Mar. 21) ... endured a tough meet at the Midwest Regional (Apr. 4) ... fell on bars and floor routine, however bounced back to score a fourth place finish of 9.875 on beam ... scored of pair of 9.825s in the floor and beam events and fell on bars in day one of the NCAA's (Apr. 16) ... recorded a 9.9 in floor, 9.6 on beam and rebounded on bars routine to score a 9.85 in the NCAA Super Six (Apr. 17). 1997: Crowned the NCAA balance beam champion, scoring a 9.9, and becoming ASU's first individual champion in 11 years ... was the NCAA runner-up on bars and in the floor exercise with a pair of 9.9s ... one of ASU's fab-four freshmen who had a phenomenal year in the bars, beam and floor, earning First-Team all-America honors in all three events ... scored a 9.9 or better eight times in nine performances over the three-day NCAA team and individual championships ... the only score less than 9.9 was a 9.85 in floor in the NCAA semifinals ... garnered first-place finishes on bars and beam at the Midwest Regional in Salt Lake City ... competed in first meet at Oregon State (Jan. 17), scoring a 38.225 in the all-around ... posted a career-best 9.925 on the beam at Boise State (Mar. 8) ... scored a career-high and fourth-place finish 9.925 on the uneven bars at the Pac-10 Championships in Tucson, Ariz. High School: A 1996 graduate of James W. Robinson High School in Fairfax, Va. ... member of the Karon Gymnastics Center ... finished 20th in the all-around at the 1996 U.S. Championships ... placed 13th in the all-around at the 1996 American Classic ... recorded an 11th-place all-around finish at the U.S. Classic ... finished seventh in the all-around at the '95 U.S. Classic. Personal: Majoring in communications ... parents are Robert Reid and Swan Phan ... born June 9, 1978...full name is Elizabeth Anh Reid.
Reid's Bests
Year V UB BB FX AA
1997 8.950 9.925 9.925 9.925 38.225
1998 -- 9.950 9.925 10.00 --
1999 9.725 9.925 9.950 9.950 39.300
Highs 9.725 9.950 9.950 10.00 39.300
Person in history (living or deceased) I'd most like to meet: My grandpa
The thing I like best about ASU is: Gammage Auditorium
My favorite class at ASU is (or was): Asian Pacific-American Men and Women
Ten years from now I hope to be: A writer
The last CD I bought was: Dru Hill
What I like best about gymnastics is: Overcoming fear and helping my teammates
The most exciting place I have visited: Hawai'i
My prized possession is my: Teddy bear named Snowball - a 6th birthday present from my mom
One of my pet peeves is: Dinner with no desert
If I'm cooking dinner, we're having: Cinnamon rolls
