2009 Season: An all around performer at 11 meets • earned first-team All-Big Ten honors • finished fourth in the Big Ten in the all around • was the Big Ten runner up on bars • tied for fifth place on beam at the Big Ten meet • was the top scorer for the Gophers on bars at six meets • won four event titles on the uneven bars during the year • tied with Kristin Furukawa for the team’s top season-average bars score (9.835) • her bars score counted toward the team score at every competition in 2009 • was Minnesota’s highest scorer on floor at six meets • won three floor titles in 2009 • tied with Carmelina Carabajal for the top floor score of the season after scoring a career-best 9.95 against Iowa (3/14) • tied for No. 3 on Minnesota’s all-time top floor performers list • ranks fourth in the all around among Minnesota’s all-time top all arounders • the all around champion at three meets.

2008 Season: Performed in 10 competitions, missing four meets with a knee injury • was an all around competitor at four meets • tallied all around scores above 39.0 at two meets • saved her best all around performance of the season for the last meet, earning a personal best all around score of 39.175 at the NCAA Regional Championship, narrowly missing a trip to the NCAA Championship • notched the team’s best vault score of the season with a 9.850 against Oklahoma (3/22) • was the team’s top scorer on vault at two meets, including the NCAA Regional Championship (4/12) • competed on bars in eight meets • earned a personal best mark of 9.825 against Illinois-Chicago (2/23) to place second • performed on beam in four meets • earned a career-best mark with a 9.800 against Oklahoma (3/22) • matched her best beam score with a 9.800 at the NCAA Regional Championship (4/12) • competed on floor in nine meets • set a personal-best mark with a 9.825 against Illinois-Chicago (2/23) • had the team’s second-highest average score on floor with a 9.761.

2007 Season: Competed on vault, bars and floor at all 13 meets during the season • was a beam and all around competitor at 10 meets • letterwinner • tallied the team’s second-highest all around score with a 39.125 at Utah State (3/17), earning a second-place finish • owned three of Minnesota’s top five scores on vault of the year • tallied a 9.900 on vault in the meet against Washington to set a personal-best score and tie for second place • placed among the top three on vault at four meets, including wins in the meet against Iowa (2/24) and at Utah State (3/17) • tallied an average vault score of 9.646 for the year • earned her best floor score of 9.825 three times – against Iowa (2/24), at Iowa (3/4) and at Utah State (3/17) • compiled a season-average score of 9.710 on floor • earned her best bars score of 9.775 twice, at Arizona (2/2) and at Iowa (3/4) • took first place on bars at the Best of Minnesota (2/10) with a 9.725 • had an average bars score of 9.619 • was Minnesota’s highest scorer on beam at the Big Ten Championships, with a personal-best mark of 9.800 to tie for eighth place.

High School/Club: A 2006 graduate of Tartan High School • competed for Perpetual Motion, and competed for the Tartan gymnastics team her junior and senior seasons • won the all around, floor exercise, and bars titles at the 2006 Junior Olympic state meet • wont the floor title, and finished second on the bars, fourth on the beam, and fifth on the vault at the J.O. regional championship in 2006 • went on to the J.O. National Championship, where she placed seventh on the floor, and eighth on the beam and in the all around as a senior • a Minnesota state competition qualifier in every event in 2005, where placed second on the bars • an all-conference, all-section, and all-state honoree • set the Minnesota State High School League record with a score of 38.55 in the all around • the all around champion at the section meet in 2005, and won the all around at every regular season competition during the year • voted as her team MVP, and was featured as a Pioneer Press Athlete of the Week • missed the 2004 season due to an injury • qualified as a Junior National elite gymnast in 2003 • won the vault title at the 2003 Dragon Gymnastics Meet, and competed at the Elite Podium Meet, but missed part of the season recovering from her injury • became a Level 10 gymnast in 2002, and won the all around, vault and floor at the Junior Olympic state meet, and went on to take first place on the beam at the Junior Olympic Region IV meet • she finished 12th in the all around at the 2002 J.O. Level 10 National Championship • led her team to the Level 9 state championship in 2001, and won individual titles on the vault, bars, beam, and in the all around • a three-sport letterwinner at Tartan, also competing in cross country and track in addition to gymnastics • qualified for the state cross country meet as a junior • earned all-conference honors in track, and was named honorable mention all-conference in cross country as a sophomore.

Personal: Majoring in political science with a minor in communications • was an honor roll student all four years of high school • earned the Athletic Academic Award in 2004 and 2005 • lists singing, dancing and acting as hobbies • daughter of Barbara and Anthony Russell • has two brothers, Anthony and Tyler • born Sept. 8, 1988.