Morgan Hurd

Morgan Hurd
Hurd winning the World AA gold in 2017
Personal information
Full name Morgan Elizabeth Hurd
Born (2001-07-18) July 18, 2001
Wuzhou, China
Hometown Middletown, Delaware, USA
Height 4 ft 5 in (135 cm)
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Level Senior International Elite
Club First State Gymnastics
College team Florida Gators
(2019 - 2023)[1]
Head coach(es) Slava Glazounov
Assistant coach(es) Cleo Washington
Music Earth Song (2017)
Medal record
Representing the  United States
World Championships
2017 Montreal All-Around
2017 Montreal Balance Beam
Pacific Rim Championships
2018 Medellin Team
2018 Medellin All-Around
FIG World Cup
2018 Chicago All-Around
2017 Stuttgart All-Around
National Championships
2018 Boston All-Around
2018 Boston Uneven Bars
2018 Boston Floor Exercise

Morgan Elizabeth Hurd (born July 18, 2001) is an American artistic gymnast. She is the 2017 World all-around champion and balance beam silver medalist, and a three-time member of the United States women's national gymnastics team (2016-2019).

Personal life

Hurd was adopted from Wuzhou, China when she was 11 months old.[2] At age 3 she was enrolled in gymnastics.[3] Hurd started training at First State Gymnastics when she was in fifth grade.[4] She currently resides in Middletown, Delaware with her mom, Sherri.[5] She is one of the rare elite gymnasts to wear glasses during competition.[6]

Junior career

2014

Morgan Hurd competed in the Nastia Liukin Cup in 2014 where she placed 14th as a level 10.[7] She tied for 8th place at the American Classic in July.[8] At the U.S. Classic Hurd placed 18th behind future fellow National Team member Victoria Nguyen.[9] At the P&G National Championships Hurd finished 29th in the all-around for Juniors.[10]

2015

In 2015 Hurd started with the U.S. Classic where she finished 9th on All-Around and 2nd on Uneven Bars. She competed at the P&G National Championships where she placed 8th in the All-Around, 7th on Floor Exercise, and tied for 4th on the Uneven Bars.[11]

2016

In 2016 Hurd competed at the American Classic where she finished 1st in the All-Around. She competed next at the U.S. Secret Classic where she placed 5th in the All-Around, 1st on Floor Exercise, and 2nd on the Uneven Bars. She competed at the P&G National Championships again and placed 5th in the All-Around, 3rd on Uneven Bars, and 7th on Vault; these results qualified her to the junior national team.[12]

Senior career

2017

In 2017, Hurd was eligible for Senior status. She made her international debut at the 2017 Stuttgart World Cup where she finished third in the all-around.[13] In April Hurd competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy and helped the United States finish first. In July Hurd competed at the U.S. Classic where she placed 6th on balance beam and 2nd on floor.[14] In August she competed at the P&G National Championships where she placed 6th in the all-around, eight on uneven bars, fifth on balance beam, and tenth on floor exercise. Since she finished in the top six in the all-around, she was named to the national team.[15]

In September, Hurd was selected to represent the United States at the 2017 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Montreal alongside Ragan Smith, Jade Carey, and Ashton Locklear.[16][17] At the World Championships in Montreal, Morgan started out on the vault in qualifications, receiving a 14.466. Next she moved to the uneven bars where she scored 14.333. On the balance beam, she scored 13.500 after upgrading to a full-twisting double tuck dismount, qualifying 2nd into the beam finals. She ended qualifications on floor, where she showed great skills and artistry, but fell on her double full for a score of 12.533. Her total all around score was 54.832, and she qualified 6th into the all around final. In the all-around final, Hurd won a surprise victory with a total score of 55.232,[18] 0.1 ahead of silver medalist Ellie Black of Canada and 0.4 ahead of bronze medalist Elena Eremina of Russia.[19] Two days later in the balance beam final, she matched her ranking from qualifications and won the silver medal, behind Pauline Schäfer of Germany.[20]

2018

On December 11, 2017, Hurd was selected to represent the United States at the 2018 American Cup.[21] She competed alongside first-year senior Maile O'Keefe[22] and finished first overall with a score of 56.599.[23] On April 8, Hurd was named to the team to compete at the 2018 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships.,[24] where she won team gold and placed second in the all-around behind Grace McCallum after a mishap on her balance beam dismount.[25] Due to her balance beam accident, she withdrew from the uneven bars and floor exercise event finals.[26]

On July 28, Hurd competed at the 2018 U.S. Classic where she finished third in the all-around behind Simone Biles and Riley McCusker despite falling off the balance beam. She also finished third on uneven bars and floor exercise.[27] In August, Hurd competed at the National Championships where she placed second in the all-around behind Biles, third on uneven bars behind Biles and McCusker, and third on floor exercise behind Biles and Jade Carey. She also placed fourth on balance beam, making her and Biles the only competitors to place in the top four on every event they competed.[28][29] She was named to the national team for the third year in a row.

In October Hurd participated in the Worlds Team Selection Camp. During the competition she placed fourth in the all-around behind Biles, McCusker, and McCallum and on uneven bars, fifth on vault, sixth on balance beam, and seventh on floor exercise.[30] The following day she was named to the team to compete at the 2018 World Championships alongside Biles, McCusker, Grace McCallum, Kara Eaker, and Ragan Smith (alternate to be named in Doha).[31]

Competitive history

Junior

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2014Nastia Liukin Cup1414121510
American Classic814131313
U.S. Classic1829311513
P&G Championships2924232428
2015Buckeye Elite Qualifier41381st, gold medalist(s)11
WOGA Classic7871st, gold medalist(s)7
American Classic3rd, bronze medalist(s)211st, gold medalist(s)1st, gold medalist(s)5
U.S. Classic9262nd, silver medalist(s)917
P&G National Championships8194137
2016American Classic1st, gold medalist(s)42nd, silver medalist(s)54
U.S. Classic592nd, silver medalist(s)261st, gold medalist(s)
P&G National Championships573rd, bronze medalist(s)169

Senior

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2017Stuttgart World Cup3rd, bronze medalist(s)
City of Jesolo Trophy1st, gold medalist(s)10
U.S. Classic62nd, silver medalist(s)
P&G National Championships68510
World Championships1st, gold medalist(s)2nd, silver medalist(s)
2018American Cup1st, gold medalist(s)
Pacific Rim Championships[lower-alpha 1]1st, gold medalist(s)2nd, silver medalist(s)WDWD
U.S. Classic3rd, bronze medalist(s)3rd, bronze medalist(s)73rd, bronze medalist(s)
U.S. National Championships2nd, silver medalist(s)3rd, bronze medalist(s)43rd, bronze medalist(s)
Worlds Team Selection Camp45467
  1. ↑ After crashing her BB dismount in Team Finals, Hurd withdrew from Event Finals

References

  1. ↑ http://www.flogymnastics.com/article/40422-morgan-hurd-commits-to-florida
  2. ↑ "Morgan Hurd's path to gymnastics gold began with 6-hour bus ride". NBC Sports. August 14, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Morgan Hurd On The Rise With 2020 Olympics In Sight". Flo Gymnastics. March 10, 2017.
  4. ↑ Roenigk, Alyssa. "Meet Morgan Hurd, the 16-year-old surprise world all-around champion in gymnastics". espn.com. October 27, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Morgan Hurd". USA Gymnastics.
  6. ↑ Owens, Cassie. "Morgan Hurd, Delaware's unique (and bespectacled) gymnastics world champion". philly.com. January 1, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  7. ↑ "2014 Nastia Liukin Cup Meet Results – Juniors" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. February 28, 2014.
  8. ↑ "American Classic 2014 Meet Results" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. July 5, 2014.
  9. ↑ "2014 Secret U.S. Classic Meet Results" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. August 2, 2014.
  10. ↑ "2014 P&G Championships – Women Day 2" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. August 23, 2014.
  11. ↑ "2015 P&G Championship – Women Day 2" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. August 15, 2015.
  12. ↑ "2016 P&G Championships – Women Day 2" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. June 26, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Morgan Hurd Ready For International Debut At 2017 Stuttgart World Cup". Flo Gymnastics. March 16, 2017.
  14. ↑ "2017 U.S. Classic – Seniors". FloGymnastics.
  15. ↑ "2017 U.S. Women's National Team Named At P&G Championships". FloGymnastics. August 20, 2017.
  16. ↑ "Meet The 2017 U.S. Women's World Championships Team". FloGymnastics. September 20, 2017.
  17. ↑ "USA Gymnastics names U.S. Women's Team for 2017 World Championships". USA Gymnastics. September 20, 2017.
  18. ↑ Price, Karen (October 6, 2017). "In Her World Championship Debut, Morgan Hurd Steps Up To Win Gymnastics All-Around Title". Team USA. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
  19. ↑ AFP (October 6, 2017). "Hurd captures surprise all-around World gymnastics gold". yahoo.com. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
  20. ↑ "Comaneci, J.K. Rowling applaud Hurd as U.S. women end Worlds with pair of silvers". USA Gymnastics. October 8, 2017.
  21. ↑ "Hurd, Moldauer will represent USA at 2018 AT&T American Cup". USA Gymnastics. December 11, 2017.
  22. ↑ "Bower, O'Keefe added to American Cup roster". USA Gymnastics. February 6, 2018.
  23. ↑ "American Cup, Morgan Hurd push gymnastics forward amid sexual abuse scandal". USA Today. March 3, 2018.
  24. ↑ "USA Gymnastics names women's 2018 Pac Rim, Junior Pan Am Championships Teams". USA Gymnastics. April 8, 2018.
  25. ↑ "USA brings home 29 medals from men's, women's individual event finals". USA Gymnastics. April 29, 2018.
  26. ↑ "Pac Rim UPDATE: Hurd Withdraws From Event Finals". FloGymnastics. April 29, 2018.
  27. ↑ "Biles, Wong win all-around titles at 2018 GK U.S. Classic". USA Gymnastics. July 28, 2018.
  28. ↑ "Biles wins fifth senior women's all-around title at 2018 U.S. Gymnastics Championships". USA Gymnastics. August 19, 2018.
  29. ↑ "The Simone Biles Hype Is Real, But Don't Sleep On Morgan Hurd". Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  30. ↑ "Biles wins U.S. women's World Team Selection Camp competition". USA Gymnastics. October 11, 2018.
  31. ↑ "USA Gymnastics announces 2018 U.S. Women's World Championships Team". USA Gymnastics. October 12, 2018.
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