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Shannon Farrell

Shannon Farrell

  • Height:
    5-5
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Atlantic Highlands, N.J.
  • High School:
    Henry Hudson Regional
  • Prev School:
    Arizona

Summary

Biography

2020 Team Captain
2019 Academic All-Big Ten
2019 9.925 Award (Uneven Bars: March 8)
2019 9.900 Award (Uneven Bars: Feb. 9)
2019 Pom Pom Award

CAREER HIGHS
VT UB BB FX AA
9.825 9.925 9.800 9.800 --

2020 (Senior): Selected as a team captain...competed in all 11 meets...finished the year with a 9.845 NQS on bars...matched her career high on floor with a 9.800 at West Virginia (3/1)...registered a 9.800 on vault at the Big Five meet (2/21), aiding RU in the highest ever team vault score in program history...scored a 9.825 or higher on bars four times...placed first on bars with another season-high 9.875 at Maryland (2/16)...finished first on bars with a season-high 9.875 in the dual meet with MSU (2/8)...contributed an 9.825 on vault at Penn State (1/31)...finished third on bars with a 9.825 in quad meet at home (1/18)...finished second on beam with a 9.750 in team win at Penn (2/26).

2019 (Junior): Competed on uneven bars in all 13 meets with a team-leading 9.835 NQS ... named Academic All-Big Ten (3/20) ... scored as high as 9.925 on uneven bars ... had three first-place finishes ... notched a 9.700 or better in each of the last 11 meets ... also saw action on floor exercise twice ... earned the team's Pom Pom Award ... ended the season with a 9.750 on uneven bars at Big Ten Championships (3/23) ... notched a 9.775 on uneven bars at Cornell (3/17) ... contributed a 9.775 on uneven bars at Kent State (3/10) ... earned a first-place 9.925 on uneven bars, the best score on the event by a Scarlet Knight since 2003, during home quad meet (3/8) ... swung to a 9.725 on uneven bars and added a 9.675 in first floor exercise appearance of the season at New Hampshire (3/2) ... contributed a 9.825 on uneven bars at the Big Five meet (2/23) ... worked to a 9.800 on uneven bars at Michigan State (2/16) ... won uneven bars for the second-straight week with a 9.900 on uneven bars in the win over Penn State (2/9) ... tied for first place with a 9.875 on uneven bars versus Maryland (2/2) ... led the team with a 9.700 on uneven bars at Iowa (1/26) ... added a 9.725 on uneven bars in the home opener against Nebraska (1/19) ... competed on uneven bars in season opener at Cancun Classic (1/4).

2018 (Sophomore): Competed in all 12 meets with 12 appearances on both uneven bars and balance beam and 11 on floor exercise ... led the team with a 9.790 RQS on uneven bars with 11 marks of 9.700 or better and a high of 9.875 ... went as high as 9.800 on floor exercise and balance beam ... scored a 9.850 on uneven bars at the Big Five meet (3/17) ... notched a 9.825 on uneven bars and a 9.750 on balance beam at Temple (3/11) ... picked up a 9.725 on uneven bars at George Washington (3/4) ... totaled a 9.725 on uneven bars and a 9.700 on both balance beam and floor exercise at Towson (3/2) ... improved to a 9.875 on uneven bars and scored a 9.800 on both balance beam and floor exercise in home quad meet victory (2/24) ... added a 9.750 on uneven bars at Auburn (2/16) ... earned a 9.750 on uneven bars and a 9.700 on balance beam at Maryland (2/11) ... led the lineup with a 9.750 on uneven bars versus Ohio State (2/3) ... posted a 9.725 on balance beam and a 9.700 on uneven bars at Michigan State (1/27) ... scored a 9.775 on uneven bars at Nebraska (1/20) ... made collegiate debut in the season opener (1/13) with a 9.725 on uneven bars, also competing on balance beam and floor exercise.

Prior to Rutgers: Spent the 2016-17 season at the University of Arizona … competed 18 years for Rebound Gymnastics … qualified five times for Level 10 Regionals … claimed the Level 10 floor exercise national championship and the Level 9 uneven bars state championship … high school graduating class only included 36 students.

Personal: Daughter of Robert and Diane Farrell, who are both gymnastics coaches … sister, Tiffany, also a coach, was a member of the USA National Team and competed at Arizona … also has two brothers ... a labor studies major.

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