Shire has 13 Big 12 Gymnast of the Week honors.
 
Shire has 13 Big 12 Gymnast of the Week honors.
  
 
No. 2 Shire Gymnast of the Week, Again

Shire named Big 12 Gymnast of the Week for third straight week

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March 8, 2010

COLUMBIA, Mo. - The Big 12 Conference has named senior All-American Sarah Shire (Columbia, Mo.) the Big 12 Gymnast of the Week for the third straight week. It is the sixth time this season the honor has gone to Shire. She now has 13 Gymnast of the Week awards to her name.

Shire won her seventh all-around (39.675) title of the season while helping Missouri to its highest away meet score (196.200) of the season in a win over Southeast Missouri and Alaska. The senior also won the vault (9.925), bars (9.875), beam (9.925) and floor (9.950) titles, making it a sweep of all the individual titles. Her score on vault matched her season high and she now has 20 career all-around titles.

Shire is currently ranked second nationally in the all-around and ranks in the top-25 on all four events, including a tie for third on beam and a tie for eighth on floor. Her career-high and school-record 39.725 in the all-around is the highest all-around score by any gymnast this season.

The No. 14 Missouri Tigers travel to Illinois this Saturday, March 13, for a meet with the No. 13 Illini that is set to begin at 2 p.m.

 

 

Shire Finishes Second on Floor

04/24/2010 - W. Gymnastics

GAINSEVILLE, Fla. - Senior four-time All-American Sarah Shire (Columbia, Mo.) competed in the event finals on vault and floor of the NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships. Shire finished tied for second on floor and fifth on vault ending her collegiate gymnastics career and leaving as the most decorated gymnast in Missouri history.

Shire Named Honda Award Nominee

04/24/2010 - W. Gymnastics

GAINSEVILLE, Fla. - Senior All-American Sarah Shire (Columbia, Mo) has been named one of the four finalists for the 2009-2010 Gymnastics Honda Sports Award for the top collegiate gymnast. Shire was selected by the NACGC/W coaches as one of the four nominees along with Susan Jackson of LSU, Carly Janiga of Stanford and Brandi Personett of Penn State.

Shire Earns All-America Honors at Nationals

04/22/2010 - W. Gymnastics

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -The Missouri Tigers fought hard throughout the NCAA National Championship semifinal but were not able to finish in the top three to advance to Super Six. The team scored a 194.600 to finish sixth in the evening session. Senior All-American Sarah Shire (Columbia, Mo.) earned All-American first team honors on vault (9.925) and floor (9.900) and second team honors on bars to become Missouri's first four-time All-American.

Tigers Set Out for Nationals

04/21/2010 - W. Gymnastics

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - At the beginning of the year the Missouri gymnastics team sat down together to discuss their goals for the season. The two biggest goals included winning the Big 12 Championship and qualifying as a team for nationals.

Drass, Shire meet with media

04/21/2010 - W. Gymnastics

Missouri Head Coach Rob Drass and senior Sarah Shire met with the media in the NCAA National Championships' pre-meet press conference