2019 Women's Gymnastics Roster
Syd Townsend
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Conestogo, Ontario, Canada
- High School:
- Robinson Secondary School
Features on Syd
• Townsend Continues Canadian Tradition for U-M Women's Gymnastics (MGoBlue.com)
Career Bests
| Event | Score | Date |
| Vault | 9.925 | 1/13/18 vs. Ohio State |
| Uneven Bars | 9.900 | 3x, last 3/24/18 at Big Ten Championship |
| Balance Beam | -- | -- |
| Floor Exercise | 9.850 | 4x, last 3/24/18 at Big Ten Championship |
| All-Around | -- | -- |
At Michigan
• Enrolled in the School of Kinesiology
• Major is sport management
• All Big Ten (2018: Second Team)
• U-M Academic Achievement Award
• Big Ten Freshman of the Week
• Won the 2018 Big Ten team championship
• Two career event titles, including one on vault and one on bars
• Scored 9.900 or better on seven career routines, including four on vault and three on bars
Sophomore (2019)
• Did not compete in 2019
Freshman (2018)
• Joined the team as a freshman in fall, 2017
• All-Big Ten Second Team
• Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Jan. 18)
• U-M Academic Achievement Award
• Ranks T-38th nationally on vault
• Two event titles, including one on vault and one on bars
• Scored 9.900 or better on seven routines, including four on vault and three on bars
• Led off the Big Ten Championship with a 9.900 on bars and scored 9.850 on both vault and floor
• Tied for the win on bars with a 9.900 to go with a 9.925 on vault against Ohio State
• Earned a win on vault with a 9.900 against Michigan State
• Recorded a 9.900 on vault and 9.875 on bars at the N.C. State quad meet
• Picked up a 9.900 on vault at No. 1 Oklahoma
• Matched season highs on bars (9.900) and floor (9.850) at the Big Five Meet
• Made her season debut against No. 4 Alabama on vault and bars (9.850)
• Competed on floor for the first time against Maryland
Prep
• Graduated from Elmira District Secondary School (2017)
• Two-year honor roll member
National Team
• Canadian Senior National Team member from 2015-17
• Member of the Canadian Junior National Team member from 2012-14
• Helped Canada to a fifth place finish at the 2015 World Championships in Scotland • Bronze medal at the 2015 City of Jeselo Trophy Competition in Italy • Lone representative of Canada at the 2014 Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China, placing seventh on vault and floor and 12th in the all-around • Team gold medal at the Junior Pan American Championships in Aracaju, Brazil in 2014, placing fourth on beam • Helped Canada to a fifth place finish at the 2015 World Championships in Scotland • Twice competed at the Elite Gym Massilia in Marseille, France, earning silver on floor and bronze in the all-around in 2012 • Canadian National all-around and floor champion in 2012 • Silver on vault in her elite debut at the 2011 Canadian Championships
Club/ Junior Team
• Competed for Milton Springers Gymnastics
Personal
• Full name is Sydney Blair Townsend
• Birthday: December 24, 1999
• Born in Burlington, Ontario
• Parents are Marcie and Todd Townsend
• Has one brother, Tyler
