1995 Gymnastics Roster

Colleen Johnson

  • Height 5-1
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Willowdale, Ontario

Biography

COLLEGIATE BESTS
Vault 9.90 4-8-95
Bars 9.875 4-3-93
Beam 9.875 1-24-95
Floor 9.875 2-10-95
All-Around 39.275 3-25-95


AS A SENIOR (1995) - Fifth in the Southeastern Conference all-around competition with a collegiate-best total of 39.275...won the Burger King Challenge all-around title with a total of 38.80, giving Johnson an all-around title each season of her collegiate career...set collegiate-best beam (9.875) and floor (9.875) marks as a senior...won the Gatorade Season Opener vault competition with a mark of 9.775 - also won the Burger King Challenge beam with a mark of 9.825...matched collegiate-best vault mark (9.85) in the SEC Championships...member of the 1994 Academic All-Southeastern Conference Honor Roll for the third consecutive season...one of two Gators to compete as an all-arounder in every meet this season. 

AS A JUNIOR (1994)  - Won all-around title in first all-around competition of season, sharing Auburn meet title with teammate Kristen Guise at 38.875...won the SunBank Senior Night balance beam competition with a mark of 9.60...posted season-best floor mark of 9.825 at SEC Championships...member of the 1994 Academic All-SEC Honor Roll for the second consecutive season. 

AS A SOPHOMORE (1993) - Earned All-America second-team honors for the uneven bars by tying for 20th at 9.85 in NCAA Championships team competition...claimed the Minnesota dual's all-around title with a season-best total of 38.95...the Minnesota dual was first all-around competition since injury to right foot on Jan. 31, 1992...took second in the Louisiana State dual meet's all-around competition (38.65)...won the vault (9.65) and uneven bars (9.75) titles at the Minnesota dual...one of three Gator gymnasts that set or matched career-best uneven bars mark (9.875) at the NCAA Southeast Region Championships...sprained left ankle during vault warm-up at the Sun Bank Senior Night and sat out the meet...member of the 1993 Academic All-SEC Honor Roll. 

AS A FRESHMAN (1992) - Fractured four bones in right foot during balance beam dismount at the Jan. 31 Shands Invitational and spent six weeks in a cast...the cast was removed March 12....wasn't expected to return to the Gator lineup until the NCAA Championships, but recovery progressed faster than expected and competed in the UF uneven bars lineup at the NCAA Southeast Region Championships, earning a season-best mark of 9.75...at the NCAA Championships, Johnson competed only in the uneven bars...ranked eighth nationally among all-around performers when injury was sustained...took top honors in the Auburn dual meet all-around competition with a season-best total of 38.75...shared top honors on the balance beam (9.80) with teammate Christina McDonald at the Auburn dual meet...runner-up in the vault at the Shands Invitational with a season-best score of 9.75. 

PRIOR TO FLORIDA  - Member of Canadian National team since 1987...member of Canada's bronze medal 1991 Pan American Games team...took sixth in floor at 1990 and '91 Canadian National Championships...took 12th in 1991 and tied for 11th in 1990 in the National Championships' all-around competition...took fourth in beam and sixth in all-around at 1991 meet in Cottbus, Germany...vault runner-up plus took sixth in all-around at the 1990 Golden Sands meet...beam runner-up and seventh in all-around at 1988 Yugoslavia Invitational...recipient of 1988 Monica Goermann Award, given annually to the top Manitoban gymnast...member of Sport Seneca club team and coached by Brian McVey and Carol Orchard. 

PERSONAL  -  1991 graduate of Earl Haig Secondary...one of two UF representatives on the SEC Student Athlete Advisory Board...majoring in public relations.

 

Historical Player Information

  • 1992Freshman

    AA
    5'1"
  • 1993Sophomore

    AA
    5'1"
  • 1994Junior

    AA
    5'1"
  • 1995Senior

    AA
    5'1"