Nickname: Jess, Duckey
Residence: Jacksonville, Fla.
Date/Place of Birth: Feb. 4, 1984 (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Club: International Rhythmic Gymnastics
Coach: Efrossina Anguelova
School: Home School
Year in School: 9th (Fall '98)
Years on National Team: 2 (1997-98, 1998-99)
Began Gymnastics: 1993
Favorite apparatus/Event: All the events
Hobbies: Reading, ballet, swimming, movies
Jessica has three pets; a dog, Precious; a cat, Kit-Cat; and a bird, Angel. She also has a younger brother, Peter, and two younger sisters, Bethany and Ruth. Ruth is also a recreational gymnast at International Rhythmic Gymnastics. Jessica was Clara in the 1997 Nutcracker. She was also a memeber of the First Coast Senior Apprentice Group.
International Competition
1998 Junior Pan American Championships ; 1st-AA
1998 International Tournament, Isreal ; 13th-AA
1997 Junior Pacific Alliance Championships, Colorado Springs, Colo.; 1st-Team, 4th-AA, 5th-hoop, 6th-ball, 6th-ribbon
National Competition
1998 U.S. Rhythmic National Championships, Colorado Springs, Colo.; 2nd-AA, T1st-rope & ribbon, 4th-hoop, 1st-ball
1998 Western Open, Downers Grove, Ill.; 1st-AA (jr. div.)
1998 Eastern Open, Tampa, Fla.; 1st-AA (jr. div.)
1998 Rhythmic Challenge ; 2nd-AA
1997 Rhythmic National Championships, Houston, Texas; 5th-AA, 5th-rope, 2nd-hoop & ball & ribbon (junior division)
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