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04/19/2013
Weinstein Advances to Floor Final, Illini Finish 11th in Country
Weinstein tied for first on floor with a 9.9
04/17/2013
NCAA Championships Await #16 Illini
Illinois reaching NCAA's for third time in past five years
04/06/2013
Illini Earn 3rd Ever Trip to NCAA Championships
Illinois finishes second in Regionals with a 196.025
03/27/2013
Illinois Collects 52 Academic All-Big Ten Selections
52 Illini Honored By Conference for Second Time This Year
03/27/2013
Illinois Collects 52 Academic All-Big Ten Selections
52 Illini Honored By Conference for Second Time This Year
02/07/2012
Ohio State Meet 2/4/12
Photos from the women's gymnastics meet against Ohio State at Huff Hall
01/14/2012
Minnesota Meet 1/14/12
Photos from the Illinois women's gymnastics meet vs. Minnesota
01/09/2012
2011 Mixed Pairs
Photos of women's gymnastics at the 2011 Mixed Pairs exhibition meet.
AT ILLINOIS
2012 - Sophomore: Competed on bars, beam and floor at every meet ... Hit 35-of-39 routines ... Won her first title on bars in the season opener vs. Minnesota and totaled 10 top-five finishes ... Notched career highs on bars (9.825), beam (9.850) and floor (9.775) ... Academic All-Big Ten selection.
2011 - Freshman: Competed on bars at 13 meets and on beam at 10 meets, hitting 21-of-23 routines ... Counted her bars score at 11 meets, including a career high 9.825 at the State of Illinois Classic and the Big Ten Championships ... Twice posted a season-best beam performance with a 9.725 against Missouri and at the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional.
High School/Club: Six-time JO Level 10 National Qualifier ... Two-time Region V All-Star team member ... Took eighth in the all-around at the 2010 JO National Championships ... Was second in the all-around, third on vault and fifth on bars at the 2010 Region V meet ... Finished first in the all-around, bars and beam at the 2010 Illinois state meet ... Placed fourth on beam, fifth on uneven bars and sixth in the all-around at the 2009 JO National Championships ... Took eighth on uneven bars and 10th in the all-around at the 2008 JO National Championships ... Finished third on beam at the 2006 JO National Championships ... Member of the 2000 TOPS National team ... Competed for Libertyville Gymnastics... Club coaches were Dave and Angi Rawles.
Personal: Born Oct. 18, 1991 ... Daughter of George and Ruth Fiedler ... Mother was a gymnast at Indiana ... Says she chose Illinois because of "the great academics, stellar gymnastics, and team unity." ... Was on the high honor roll every semester in high school and is among the top 10 percent of her class ... Majoring in Accounting.
Sarah's Career Highs
Bars: 9.825 - (4x, last at Big Ten Championships, 3/24/12)
Beam: 9.850 - (vs. Michigan State, 2/17/12)
Floor: 9.775 - (2x, last at UIC, 2/25/12)
Individual Titles
Bars: 1
Total: 1
The Fiedler File
My best memory as an Illini: Making it as a team to nationals my freshman year
What I've learned from Coach Landrus: Every skill has a drill.
Being a Fighting Illini means: To bleed orange and blue!
Unique/quirky habit of one of your teammates: Liz may or may not be narcoleptic...she can fall asleep anywhere.
Which teammate would you want with you if you were stranded on an island: Elise because she could cook some fabulous food!
First impression when you met your team, has it changed: The girls have such great chemistry and there are no cliques between classes. No.
Favorite event: Bars/Beam
Favorite floor music: Salsa/Latina
Favorite Illini athlete (not on your team): Austin Teitsma (Football)
Favorite post-meet meal: Salmon
Favorite activity outside gymnastics: Crafts and Reading
Favorite thing to do on the quad: Playing capture the flag with the girls
Favorite road trip item/activity: Making some beats with the girls in the back of the bus
Favorite Fierce Five Gymnast: Aly Raisman
Favorite all-time gymnast: Shannon Miller
Favorite sports team: St. Louis Cardinals
Favorite TV show: The Bachelorette
Favorite place to travel to for a meet: My favorite placed we've traveled since I have been here is Arizona.
Pre-meet superstitions: Eat pasta the night before
Plans after Illinois: Get a job in downtown Chicago
Met anyone famous?: Some famous gymnasts, but no movie stars unfortunately
One thing you've dreamt about doing: Starting my own business
If the gymnastics team were to get their own reality show, what would be the name of it: The Kids of Kenney Gym
If you could perform one of your routines anywhere on campus, where would you go? The quad
What movie role would you like to act in: A romance with Ryan Gosling
Actress I would want to play me in a movie about my life: Reese Witherspoon
Name something most people don't know about you: My singing voice is often confused with Christina Aguilera's voice
