Katherine Grable
Katherine Grable | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Country represented | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Level | College | ||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Arkansas Razorbacks | ||||||||||||||||||||
Former coach(es) | Phyllis and Dale Hardt of Oshkosh Gymnastics Center, Oshkosh, WI | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Alma mater | University of Arkansas | ||||||||||||||||||||
Katherine Grable is an American gymnast. Competing as a gymnast for the Arkansas Razorbacks, Grable capped off her career by winning both the Vault and the Floor at the 2014 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships, also attaining second in the All-Around.
She won on Floor with a score of 9.9625, while her score of 9.975 on Vault (tied with Rheagan Courville) was the highest in the history of the NCAA championships for that event.[1]
2014 was Katherine's fourth trip to the NCAA Event Finals – and also the last meet of her college gymnastics career. Previously, she had qualified twice on Floor and once on Beam. Her highest finish had been sixth on Floor in 2013, with a score of 9.8875.[2] After winning the NCAA title in two events for 2014, she commented: “It has been a dream of mine for my floor and vault routines to be recognized during my time as a Razorback. To win both events in the final meet of my career is surreal.”
At various points in time, she has done better than she initially thought possible. Looking back on her entry into the Razorback program, she said, “When I first came in, I was just oblivious to everything. I just kind of came in – I never really thought, as a freshman, that I'd have an impact on the program.” [3]
In an interview just prior to the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Championships (in March 2014), when asked about trouble with her hip, Katherine replied that she had been “having trouble with it all year” and had been doing “the least amount of skills possible, just trying to keep it as healthy as possible.” Asked about the likely impact of this in the SEC competition, she said that she had been dealing with it all year, since before the season started” and that this was just another day. Asked about specific goals, she said that she wanted to do well in her routines and that in her last SEC competition, she just wanted “to really have fun”.[4] At the competition, following a vote of all the coaches, she was named SEC Gymnast of the Year.[5]
She was the gymnastics stunt double for Haley Lu Richardson in the film The Bronze.
References
- ^ "René Lyst Bio". TheSunDevils.com. Archived from the original on 2015-10-04. Retrieved 2015-10-03.
- ^ "Katherine Grable Vies For Two NCAA Titles In Final Meet". Arkansas Razorbacks. 22 July 2014.
- ^ "Katherine Grable: A Decorated Career Winds Down". The Arkansas Traveler.
- ^ "SEC Gymnast of the YEAR Katherine Grable says her hip injury won't be a factor at SECs". FloGymnastics.
- ^ "Katherine Grable Named SEC Gymnast of the Year". FloGymnastics.
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- 1982: Mary Ayotte-Law (Oregon St.)
- 1983: Kim Neal (Arizona St.)
- 1984: Maria Anz (Florida)
- 1985: Lisa Mitzel (Utah)
- 1986: Lisa Zeis (Arizona St.)
1986 Penney Hauschild (Alabama) - 1987: Kim Hamilton (UCLA)
- 1988: Kim Hamilton (UCLA)
- 1989: Kim Hamilton (UCLA)
1989 Corrinne Wright (Georgia) - 1990: Joy Selig (Oregon St.)
- 1991: Hope Spivey (Georgia)
- 1992: Missy Marlowe (Utah)
- 1993: Amy Durham (Oregon St.)
1993 Tammy Marshall (Mass)
1993 Heather Stepp (Georgia) - 1994: Hope Spivey (Georgia)
- 1995: Jenny Hansen (Kentucky)
1995 Leslie Angeles (Georgia)
1995 Stella Umeh (UCLA) - 1996: Heidi Hornbeek (Arizona)
1996 Kim Kelly (Alabama) - 1997: Leah Brown (Georgia)
- 1998: Karin Lichey (Georgia)
1998 Stella Umeh (UCLA) - 1999: Marny Oestreng (Bowling Green)
- 2000: Suzanne Sears (Georgia)
- 2001: Mohini Bhardwaj (UCLA)
- 2002: Jamie Dantzscher (UCLA)
2002 Nicole Arnstad (LSU) - 2003: Richelle Simpson (Nebraska)
- 2004: Ashley Miles (Alabama)
2004 Courtney Bumpers (North Carolina) - 2005: Courtney Bumpers (North Carolina)
- 2006: Kate Richardson (UCLA)
- 2007: Morgan Dennis (Alabama)
- 2008: Courtney McCool (Georgia)
- 2009: Courtney Kupets (Georgia)
2009 Ashleigh Clare-Kearney (LSU) - 2010: Brittani McCullough (UCLA)
- 2011: Geralen Stack-Eaton (Alabama)
- 2012: Kat Ding (Georgia)
- 2013: Joanna Sampson (Michigan)
- 2014: Katherine Grable (Arkansas)
- 2015: Kytra Hunter (Florida)
- 2016: Nina McGee (Denver)
- 2017: Ashleigh Gnat (LSU)
2017 MyKayla Skinner (Utah) - 2018: Katelyn Ohashi (UCLA)
2018 Maggie Nichols (Oklahoma) - 2019: Kyla Ross (UCLA)
2019 Alicia Boren (Florida)
2019 Lynnzee Brown (Denver)
2019 Brenna Dowell (Oklahoma) - 2021: Maile O'Keefe (Utah)
2021 Lexi Graber (Alabama)
2021 Anastasia Webb (Oklahoma) - 2022: Trinity Thomas (Florida)
- 2023: Jordan Chiles (UCLA)
- 2024: Aleah Finnegan (LSU)