2017 Gymnastics Roster

Erin Long
Erin Long
Erin Long

Claire Boyce

  • Position AA
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Joshua, Texas
  • Club Texas Dreams

Biography

Two-time All-American (1 NCAA/1 NACGC)
2015 All-SEC

 

Collegiate Bests:

 

 

Vault:

9.80 EX

2-14-14

Bars:

9.875

1-16-15

Beam:

9.95

2-13-15

Floor:

9.90

4-18-14/2-27-15

AA:

 

 


AS A SENIOR (2017) – Returned to floor exercise competition in season opener at North Carolina State (9.55)…first performance since 2015 NCAA Super Six team final…posted season floor best of 9.875 versus Georgia…announced retirement from collegiate gymnastics on Feb. 21…remained with team as student coach…received Gator Heart & Soul honor at team’s annual awards banquet…member of Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll…2017 University of Florida Presidential Service Award recipient after recording more than 200 community service hours in a year...National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches (NACGC) Scholastic All-America team selection…member of SEC Academic Honor Roll.
 
AS A JUNIOR (2016) – Sat out season recovering from summer hip dysplasia surgery…member of SEC Academic Honor Roll.
 
AS A SOPHOMORE (2015) –  All-America second-team for balance beam in the NACGC regular-season awards…upped collegiate balance beam best to 9.95 to share event win versus Missouri…shared third in SEC Championships’ beam competition at 9.90 to earn a spot on All-SEC team…opened season with beam win (9.925) at Ball State – same score won event in regular-season finale versus Texas Woman’s University…shared Alabama dual beam title at 9.90…claimed a share of uneven bars (9.85) and beam (9.85) titles at Arkansas…upped collegiate bars best to 9.875 versus Auburn…equaled collegiate floor exercise best of 9.90 versus Kentucky…won seven event titles (six beam, one bars)…member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll…NACGC Scholastic All-America team.
 
AS A FRESHMAN (2014) – Led off Florida’s floor exercise lineup with a collegiate-best 9.90 in NCAA Championships’ semifinal II competition…earned All-America second team honors with 9.90 in NCAA Championships’ semifinal floor competition…season-best balance beam mark of 9.925 shared first at Alabama…performance at Alabama earn the March 4 SEC Freshman Gymnast of the Week…named the Newcomer of the Year at team’s annual awards banquet…NACGC Scholastic All-America team…member of SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.
 
PRIOR TO FLORIDA
2012 Junior Olympic Level 10 – Senior A all-around champion…also second on floor and shared second on bars…member of 2012 JO National Team…2012 WOGA Classic beam champion and runner-up in all-around…uneven bars champion and third in all-around at 2012 Texas Championships…2012 Level 10 Region 3 floor champion and runner-up in all-around…2012 Texas Gymnast of the year…won 2011 Disney Elite Qualifier senior division all-around, beam and floor competitions…2011 WOGA Elite Qualifier floor exercise champion and all-around runner-up, qualifying her as a senior international elite…won floor exercise and all-around runner-up at 2010 Arizona National Elite Qualifier to advance for the 2010 VISA Championships in Hartford, Conn…2010 Texas Elite Qualifier bars champion…in 2009 American Classic competition in San Diego, Calif., won floor exercise, took fourth on bars and seventh in the all-around to advance to the 2009 VISA Championships in Dallas, Texas…took fourth on floor exercise and 17th in all-around at the 2009 VISA Championships-Junior Division…fifth in 2007 JO Nationals Junior A all-around and took third on uneven bars…trained at the Texas Dreams Club in Coppell, Texas…coached by 1991 World Championships’ all-around gold medalist Kim Zmeskal-Burdette and Chris Burdette.
 
MAJOR – Received bachelor's degree in Applied Physiology & Kinesiology- Fitness Wellness in August of 2017.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

    AA
    5'6"
  • 2015Sophomore

    AA
    5'6"
  • 2016Junior

    AA
    5'6"
  • 2017Senior

    AA
    5'6"