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MATTHEW LIEBLERJOHN
MATTHEW LIEBLER1998 Team Captain
Career/Personal: 1998: Jody captained the Flames last season. A season that saw many ups and downs. Plagued with a nagging wrist problem, the Dr's found a break in it. With three weeks left on the season Jody qualified to the NCAA East Regional. Unable to workout under Dr's advice, Jody was fitted with a special brace. The brace worked well and Jody went on to qualify to the NCAA National Championships at Penn State where he place 22nd.
1997: In his rookie season, saw action on all six events as well as in the all-around...was UIC's top vault finisher with a personal best 9.60 against Iowa and Ohio State which also equaled the squad's season high...took home third place on the vault at the National Independent Championships with a 9.50...at NCAA Regionals, had UIC's second-best vault score with a 9.45 and third-best horizontal bar score with a 9.10...landed a career-high 9.55 on the floor exercise in a dual meet with Michigan State...grabbed first place on the vault with a 9.50 and first on the pommel horse with a 9.60 in a dual meet with Michigan in Mid-March...
Personal/Prep: Earned one varsity letter as a diver at Saint Andrews High School and finished 10th at the Florida state diving championships in 1996...majoring in Communications...born January 12, 1978...son of Dr. Frederick and Muffy Liebler. Jody's outside hobbies are traveling and anyhing related to sports.
coached by Russell Foster at Olympic Gymnastics Center
1997 Highs Career Highs
Floor Exercise 9.550 - 2/22/97 9.550 - 2/22/97
Pommel Horse 9.600 - three times 9.600 - three times
Still Rings 7.900 - 3/23/97 7.900 - 3/23/97
Vault 9.600 - 2/8/97 9.600 - 2/8/97
Parallel Bars 9.000 - 2/8/97, 3/1/97 9.000 - 2/8/97, 3/1/97
Horizontal Bar 9.500 - 2/1/97, 3/1/97 9.500 - 2/1/97, 3/1/97
All Around 53.000 - 3/23/97 53.000
- 3/23/97