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GYMNAST PROFILES
Personal
BROOKLYN
Favorite apparatus is uneven bars … Describes her greatest athletic thrill as the 2021
Olympic Trials … Admires Kyla Ross, Peng-Peng Lee, and Katie Ledecky … Chose
UCLA because she loved the team atmosphere, diversity, fun dance parties and floor
routines and the strong academic environment ... Enjoys going to the beach, ice skating,
shopping and hanging out with friends … Full name is Emma Lauren Malabuyo … Born
in Mountain View, Calif. … Parents: Ana and Joel Malabuyo … Has an older brother,
Elija, and a younger sister, Eyva … Looking to major in psychology or communications
… Interested in a career as a sports broadcaster or psychologist.
MOORS
5-3 / Freshman
Cambridge, Ont., Canada
Bishop Macdonell Catholic
Dynamo Gymnastics
KATIE
McNAMARA
2021
Redshirted the season and enrolled remotely while training for the Olympics … Earned
Director’s Honor Roll distinction in Fall 2020.
5-4 / Sophomore
Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Univ. of Washington/Mira Costa HS
Waller’s GymJam Academy
Club
WCGA Scholastic All-American … Competed all-around in nine consecutive meets to
end the season … Won the all-around (39.075) and vault (9.875) at Arizona on Feb.
20, becoming the first UW freshman since 2012 to win multiple event titles in one
meet … Recorded multiple career highs against Cal on Mar. 10, earning 39.350 in the
all-around, 9.9 on beam to tie for first place, and 9.875 on floor … Four days later, she
placed second on beam at Cal with a 9.875 … Was Washington’s top competitor at the
Pac-12 Championships, scoring 39.050 in the all-around to place 12th.
Member of Canada’s 2020 Olympic team … Olympic all-around finalist, placing 16th
overall … Advanced to the all-around and floor exercise finals at three consecutive
World Championships (2017-19) … Became the first Canadian gymnast ever to win
the Longines Prize for Elegance in her Worlds debut in 2017, where she placed fifth
on floor exercise and 15th in the all-around … Helped Canada place an all-time best
fourth place in the team competition and placed eighth herself on floor exercise at the
2018 World Championships … Placed seventh on floor exercise and 14th in the allaround at the 2019 Worlds … Took home the floor exercise gold medal at the 2019
Pan American Games … Won the floor exercise national championship in 2021 and
finished eighth in the all-around … Triple medalist at the 2019 Canadian Championships,
earning gold on balance beam, silver on floor exercise and bronze in the all-around …
Bronze medalist on vault at the 2017 Canadian Championships … Earned gold medals
on floor exercise and in the all-around and silver medals on uneven bars and balance
beam at the 2020 Elite Canada … Trained at Dynamo Gymnastics.
Club
Personal
2021 (Univ. of Washington)
Favorite events are uneven bars and floor exercise … Describes her greatest athletic
thrill as winning the Longines Prize for Elegance at the 2017 World Championships …
Admires Kyla Ross and Ellie Black … Chose UCLA because of its strong academics,
amazing athletic program and how campus felt like home … Hobbies include music
and baking … Full name is Brooklyn Chloe Moors … Born in Cambridge, Ont., Canada
… Parents: Christopher Moors and Lisa Rutledge … Has an older sister, Victoria, a
2012 Olympian and two-time national floor exercise champion … Undeclared major.
Two-time JO National qualifier (2018 and 2019) … Won the 2019 All-Around State
championship … Placed third on vault, fourth on beam and fifth in the all-around at
the 2019 Region 1 Championships … Placed ninth on beam at the 2018 JO National
Championships … 2018 Region 1 floor exercise champion and balance beam bronze
medalist … Trained at Waller’s GymJam Academy.
Personal
Favorite apparatus is balance beam … Describes her greatest athletic thrill as competing
at the Pac-12 Championships after watching it on TV for many years … Hobbies include
Surfing, Reading, cooking, watching basketball, and baking … Admires basketball player
Klay Thompson … Came to UCLA because of the team’s energy, prestigious gymnastics
and academic programs and because it’s close to home and in the best city in the world
… Parents: Patty and Keith McNamara … Has an older brother, Leyton, and a twin
sister, Lindy … Full name is Katherine Paige McNamara ... Born in Torrance, Calif. …
Labor Studies major who is interested in a career in law or business.
Best Marks
V - 9.875, 2/20/21
UB - 9.800, 2/20/21
BB - 9.900, 3/10/21
FX - 9.875, 3/10/21
AA - 39.075, 2/20/21
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