Claire Boyce

Claire Ann Boyce (born April 25, 1995 in St Louis, Missouri) is an American collegiate artistic gymnast. She currently competes for the Florida Gators women's gymnastics team and has done since 2014.

Claire Boyce
Full nameClaire Ann Boyce
Born (1995-04-25) April 25, 1995
St Louis, Missouri
HometownArlington, Texas
ResidenceGainesville, Florida
Height167.6 cm (5 ft 6 in)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelCollege
ClubTexas Dreams
College teamFlorida Gators
Head coach(es)Jenny Rowland
Former coach(es)Rhonda Faehn
Kim Zmeskal

Early life

Claire Ann Boyce was born on April 25, 1995 in St Louis, Missouri to parents, David and Kimberly Boyce.[1] She has two brothers, Brian and Luke. She started gymnastics classes at the age of two and a half, in 1998, at Great American Gymnastics Express. Later, she moved to Diamond Gymnastics and then, in 2005, at the age of ten, she moved to Edmond, Oklahoma and started training at Dynamo Gymnastics.[2] A year later, Boyce was fourth at the 2006 Level 9 Westerns.[3]

Club gymnastics career

2007–09 Level 10 career, Junior International Elite at GAGE

Claire transitioned to Level 10 for the 2007 season; at the age of eleven. She was sixth at States and second at Regionals during the season.[4] At Nationals, she placed fifth in the all-around.[5] Boyce qualified to Junior International Elite status at the May National Elite Qualifier at the Karolyi Ranch.[6] Later in the month, Boyce participated at the American Classic which was, again, held at the Karolyi Ranch. She placed fifth.[7]

In March 2008, Claire's family moved back to Kansas City and so therefore, she started training at Great American Gymnastics Express again. In 2009, Boyce qualified to Junior International Elite status at the Palm Beach Invitational.[8] Boyce won floor at the American Classic. Later, at the U.S. Classic, Claire finished twenty-second in the all-around.[9] She earned a qualification spot to U.S. Nationals. At Nationals, Boyce finished seventeenth after two days of competition.[10] In addition, she placed fourth on floor exercise; missing the bronze medal by just 0.050 points.[11]

2010–11: International Elite career at Texas Dreams

On March 2, 2010, her personal website announced that she had moved to Texas Dreams Gymnastics in Coppell, Texas training under Chris and Kim Zmeskal-Burdette.[12] In June, she participated in the Arizona Elite Qualifier and finished second in the all-around; tying with Jaclyn McCartin.[13] A month later, Boyce competed at the National Elite Qualifier but competed only two events.[14] At the CoverGirl Classic, Boyce placed tenth in the all-around.[15] Her performances at the previous Arizona Elite Qualifier had secured her a qualification spot to Nationals already. At Nationals, following a rough competition, Boyce was twenty-seventh in the all-around.[16]

Early in the season, Boyce was fourth at the Texas Prime Meet.[17] Later, she finished second in the WOGA Classic.[18] In June, she won the Disney National Elite Qualifier and advanced to Senior International Elite status but, however, she was sidelined for most of the season with a back injury.[19] On September 14, 2011, CollegeGymFans.com announced her verbal commitment to the University of Florida and the Florida Gators women's gymnastics team.[20]

2012–13: Level 10 career

After struggling with back issues, Claire decided to drop down to Level 10 for both the 2012 and 2013 seasons. In 2012, she was third at States and second at Regionals.[21][22] At Nationals, she was the all-around champion for the Senior A division.[23] On November 12, 2012, Claire signed the National Letter of Intent to the Florida Gators program.[24] In 2013, she competed two invitationals but didn't compete once during the Championship season.

College gymnastics career

References
  1. "Claire Boyce's Official Website - About Claire: Biography". Archived from the original on 15 May 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  2. "Security Check Required". Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  3. "2006 Level 9 Western Gymnastic National Championships - MyMeetScores.com". Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  4. "Claire Boyce's Official Website - Gymnastics: Information". Archived from the original on 16 May 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  5. "USA Gymnastics : 2007 Results" (PDF). Usagym.org. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
  6. "2007 May National Elite Qualifier" (PDF). Usagym.org. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
  7. "2007 American Challenge" (PDF). Usagym.org. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
  8. "Palm Beach Invitational Elite Nat'l Qualifier - MyMeetScores.com". Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  9. "2009 Cover Girl Classic : Meet Results : Women - Juniors" (PDF). Usagym.org. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
  10. "2009 Visa Championships : Meet Results : Women - Combined" (PDF). Usagym.org. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
  11. "2009 Visa Championships : Meet Results : Women - Vault Rankings" (PDF). Usagym.org. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
  12. "Claire Boyce's Official Website - Latest News". Archived from the original on 6 March 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  13. "Arizona Elite Qualifier - Compulsory : Meet Results : Women" (PDF). Usagym.org. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
  14. "Hopes" (PDF). Usagym.org. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
  15. "2010 Cover Girl classic : Meet Results : Women - Juniors" (PDF). Usagym.org. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
  16. "2010 Visa Championships : Meet Results : Juniors" (PDF). Usagym.org. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
  17. "Kim Zmeskal's Texas Prime Meet and Legendz Classic - MyMeetScores.com". Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  18. "WOGA Classic 2011 - MyMeetScores.com". Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  19. "Disney Elite Qualifier - Meet Results". Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  20. "2013-14 Boyce to UF - CollegeGymFans.com". Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  21. "2012 Texas Level 9, 10 State Championships - MyMeetScores.com". Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  22. "2012 Region 3 Level 9, 10 Championships - MyMeetScores.com". Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  23. "2012 Womens JO National Championship : Meet Results : Level 10 - Senior A" (PDF). Usagym.org. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
  24. "NCAA Women's Gymnastics NLI Signing Week for the Class of 2013!". gymnastike. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
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