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GYMNAST PROFILES
ANA
KENDAL
PADURARIU
POSTON
5-3 / Freshman
Whitby, Ont., Canada
Sinclair Secondary School
Gemini Gymnastics
5-1 / Senior
Foothill Ranch, Calif.
Trabuco Hills HS
Azarian Gymnastics
Club
2021
Canadian National Team member from 2015-20 … 2018 World silver medalist on
balance beam … Also qualified for beam finals at the 2019 World Championships …
All-around silver medalist at the 2019 World Cup in Stuttgart … Won four medals at the
2019 Canadian National Championships, winning uneven bars, placing second in the
all-around and on beam and placing third on floor exercise … Also won gold medals
in the all-around, bars, beam and floor at the 2019 Elite Canada … Repeated her allaround and beam wins at the 2020 Elite Canada and also placed second on floor …
Won gold on uneven bars at the 2019 International Gymnix … Placed second in the
all-around at the 2018 Elite Canada and was runner-up on uneven bars at the Canadian
National Championships … Competing in the junior level, she swept the all-around and
all four events at the 2017 Elite Canada and at the Canadian Championships … Won
beam gold and vault bronze at the 2017 Jesolo Trophy … All-Around silver and floor
bronze medalist at the 2017 Gymnix Junior Cup … Won four gold medals (all-around,
bars, beam and floor) at the 2016 Pan American Championships … Won the 2016
Canadian junior all-around, bars and beam titles … Trained at Gemini Gymnastics.
Competed on vault and beam in every meet and earned highs of 9.875 on each event
… Earned Top 3 finishes three times on vault and once on beam in 2021 … Named
a WCGA Scholastic All-American for the third time in her career … Received Pac-12
Academic Honor Roll distinction … Earned the Athletic Director’s Academic Excellence
Award for making the Director’s Honor Roll every quarter at UCLA.
2020
WCGA Scholastic All-American … Selected to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll …
Placed third on vault with a career-high-tying 9.9 on vault against Cal … Tied for fifth
on vault with a 9.85 against Utah and has scored 9.775 or higher on her last five
vaults … Contributed 9.8 on vault and 9.75 on beam at Arizona State … Recorded
a career-high 9.9 on beam vs. Arizona, receiving a 9.95 from one judge … Finished
third on both of her events against the Wildcats, scoring 9.85 on vault and 9.9 on beam
… Tied her career-high on beam with 9.85s at Stanford and at BYU … Captured her
first event win, taking first place on vault against Boise State with a career-high 9.9,
and also scored 9.875 on beam in an exhibition … Selected to the Pac-12 Academic
Honor Roll … Named to the Director’s Honor Roll all three quarters.
Personal
Favorite apparatus is balance beam … Describes her greatest athletic thrill as landing
her beam routine in the finals of the 2018 World Championships … Admires Ellie Black
… Chose UCLA because of its prestige academically and its gymnastics atmosphere
between athletes and coaches … Fluent in three languages (English, French and
Romanian) … Full name is Anne-Marie Padurariu … Parents: Cristinel and Aida
Padurariu … Has an older brother, Rares … Will be studying Physiological Science.
2019
Earned 9.850 on beam at Stanford, placing fifth in her collegiate debut on the event
… Tied for third on vault with a 9.800 on her vault collegiate debut Jan. 21 against
Arizona State … Scored 9.850 on vault in an exhibition performance at the Collegiate
Challenge … Named to the Director’s Honor Roll all three quarters.
2018
Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association Scholastic All-American … Performed
an exhibition on floor at Cal in her UCLA debut … Director’s Honor Roll member all
three quarters.
Club
Qualified for the JO National Championships in 2017 and 2016 … Placed second on
beam, third on floor and fourth in the all-around at the 2017 Region 1 Championships
… In 2016, she was runner-up on vault and earned a fourth-place finish on bars at
the 2016 Region 1 Championships … Won the beam title and was runner-up in the
all-around and vault at the 2016 State meet … Captured State titles on vault and
beam in 2014 and placed second on beam, third in the all-around and fourth on bars
… Four-year team captain at Azarian Gymnastics.
Personal
Lists her greatest athletic thrill as winning the 2018 NCAA Championship … Admires
surfer Bethany Hamilton and hockey player Pavel Datzyuk … Hobbies include hiking,
going to the beach, listening to music and reading … Used to play baseball on an allboys team because she was too competitive to play on the softball team … Favorite
apparatus is balance beam … Parents: Erick and Michele Poston … Has a younger
sister, Kady … Full name is Kendal Rae Poston … Born in Mission Viejo, Calif. …
Political Science major with aspirations of entering the business world.
Best Marks
V - 9.900, 2x, last 3/8/20
BB - 9.900, 2/9/20
FX - 8.950 (ex.), 2/10/18
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