Ashley Miles
5/21/2002 12:00:00 AM | Gymnastics
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Alabama Highlights:
2005 ?? junior
- Became the second gymnast in history to score two 10.0s during the NCAA Super Six Team Finals - turning in perfect marks on the vault and the floor exercise
- Scored four 10.0s during the season, three on the vault and one on the floor, running her career total up to 11, an Alabama record
- Spent a majority of the regular season ranked No. 1 in the nation on the vault and floor exercise
- Won her third consecutive NCAA Regional floor exercise and vault titles
- Also won the NCAA Regional all-around and uneven bars titles
- Won SEC titles on the vault, uneven bars and her third consecutive floor exercise championship
- Won seven all-around, 10 vault and nine floor exercise titles during the season
- Has won 16 postseason championships during her career, including three NCAA, five SEC and eight NCAA Regional championships
- Named SEC Gymnast of the Week a league-best four times
- Inducted into the University’s elite women’s honorary XXXI
2004 ?? sophomore
- NCAA Vault and Floor Exercise Champion
- First Alabama Gymnast to win back-to-back NCAA titles (vault) since Dana Dobransky won the balance beam in 1992 and 1993
- First Alabama gymnast to win two NCAA apparatus titles in a single year
- Scored three 10.0s on the season, two on the vault, against Florida and at Kentucky and on the floor exercise at the SEC Championships to defend her title
- Posted a career-best 9.925 on the uneven bars against Florida and at the NCAA Championships Preliminaries
- Won all three postseason floor exercise titles, repeating as SEC and NCAA Regional Champion
- Defended her NCAA Regional Vault Championship
- Scored 9.95 or better on the vault nine times
- Academic All-SEC
2003 ?? freshman
- NCAA Vault Champion
- Scored two 10.0s at the NCAA Championships, both on the vault, tying the NCAA Record on that event
- Earned All-American honors on the vault and floor exercise
- Won the NCAA Central Regional floor exercise title with a 10.0, tying the NCAA Record on that event
- Won the NCAA Central Regional vault title, scoring a 9.95
- Won the SEC floor exercise title marking the first time a Tide freshman won a league title since Katherine Kelleher’s 1989 vault title
- Clinched Alabama’s 2003 SEC Championship with a 9.975 on the floor exercise, winning the event and earning All-SEC honors
- Scored a 10.0 on the vault at her very first meet at Coleman Coliseum (vs. Auburn 3/1)
- Out of 28 routines scored 9.9 or better 24 times, including 16 marks of 9.95 or better
- Scored 9.95 or better nine times on the floor exercise, a stretch that included a 10.0 at the NCAA Central Regional and three 9.975s
- Came back from an injury that sidelined her for four meets in the middle of the season and scored a 10.0 on the vault her first event back
Prep Highlights:
- Four-year member of the U.S. National Team, 1997-98, 1999-2002
- Helped the US National Team to a bronze medal at the 2001 World Championships
- Led the United States to a gold medal at the 2002 Spring Cup in Burlington, Ontario by collecting gold of her own in the all-around and balance beam and silver on the floor exercise and vault
- Helped the US National Team to a gold medal performance at the 2001 American Team Cup and the 2000 International Team Championships in Honolulu, Hawaii and Syracuse, NY respectively
- Took fifth in the all-around, second on the vault and fourth on the uneven bars at the 2001 U.S. Gymnastics Championships
- Finished fourth in the all-around at the 1999 Japan Junior International Championships
- At the 2001 U.S. Classic, took sixth in the all-around, fourth on the uneven bars and fifth on the vault
- Took 13th in the all-around and third on the vault at the 2000 U.S. National Championships
- Won the all-around at the 1997 Monja Blanca Invitational where she also took first in the floor exercise, second on the vault, balance beam and uneven bars
Personal Information:
- Full name: Ashley Rae Miles
- Parents are Milton and Sherine Miles
- Brothers: Daniel and Joshua - Sister: Lauren
- Born March 3, 1985
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