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Sidney Field
Sidney Field

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Bothell, WA

High School:
Bothell

Height:
5-3

Birthdate:
07/02/1980

Experience:
2V

Club Team:
Emerald City Gymnastics Academy

Personal
Born July 2, 1980 in Redmond, Wash. ... mother, Nancy, is a bookkeeper ... father, Gregg, is an estimator and project manager ... has two older sisters, Callie and Gretchen ... father played football at Washington State ... sister, Callie, is on the gymnastics team at Seattle Pacific ... cousin, Julie Henning, competed for Husky gymnastics team in 1994-95 ... honor society member in high school.

Washington
One of three juniors on the Husky roster ... a two-time letterwinner ... saw limited competition as a sophomore, but can compete in all four events and as an all-arounder.

2000 (Sophomore): Only appearances came in dual meets at Boise State and at Arizona ... competed in the vault in both of those events ... top score was a 9.675 at Boise State.

1999 (Freshman): Named the team's Rookie of the Year Award winner ... competed in every meet in vault, bars and floor ... also took the floor as an all-arounder for her first two collegiate meets ... showed steady improvement during the season ... top score was a 9.875 on bars at the Pac-10 Championships ... scored a 9.775 on vault vs. Utah ... her best floor outing resulted in a score of 9.850 in UW's dual-meet victory vs. Oregon State.

Previous Experience
Competed for Emerald City Gymnastics Academy ... 1997 regional and state champion ... placed ninth at nationals in 1997 and placed seventh in 1998 ... led team to Region 2 championship in 1998.

Career Highs Vault: 9.775 vs. Utah, 1999
Bars: 9.875 at Pac-10 Championships, 1999
Beam: 9.000 at Arizona State, 1999
Floor: 9.850 vs. Oregon State, 1999
All-Around: 37.925 at Arizona State, 1999

Getting to Know ... Sidney Field

My Nickname: Sid, Vicious, Woogy
The best nickname on the team is: Mine and Texas T for Tanya
Favorite Event: Bars
The gymnastics move I would like to perfect is: Ring jump on beam
Favorite Gymnast: Natalia Luschenova and Yelena Prudanova
Favorite Class at UW: Civil and Environmental Engineering 525 - Soil Dynamics
My Greatest Moment: Piercing my nose
My Biggest Fear: Disappointing others and being lonely
What stresses me out: Messes, disorganization, and having too much homework
The one thing I wish I could change about myself is: To get rid of the bruise on my leg that I acquired my freshman year from falling on a switch leap on beam
My favorite motto is: Don't sweat the small stuff
The one thing about myself that surprises other people is: I'm a big Martha Stewart fan and I used to collect dead dragonflies
Who do you most admire: Frank Lee because he has the most incredible attitude and positive outlook on life; he makes me want to become a better person
Career Goal: Haven't officially decided yet - maybe something to do with advertising and design
My mentor is: Clay Schwenn and Frank Lee
If I'm cooking dinner, we're having: S'mores a la Sidney
The last CD I bought was: Bell Biv Devoe - Poison
If I could be any character from a book, TV, or movie, I'd be: Charlie in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
If I starred in a movie, my leading man would be: Bruce Willis
My favorite web site is: www.mulletsgalore.com
The best book I've read lately: Harry Potter
My gymnastics goals for the season are: Stay healthy and compete in beam at least once
I started gymnastics at age: Five

Field's Meet-by-Meet Results

2000
Meet                  Vault   Bars   Beam  Floor      AA
California               --     --     --     --      --
at Oregon State          --     --     --     --      --
at Stanford              --     --     --     --      --
at Boise State        9.675     --     --     --      --
Ariz. State/SPU          --     --     --     --      --
at Arizona            9.450     --     --     --      --
UCLA/Alaska/Sac. St.     --     --     --     --      --
at Utah                  --     --     --     --      --
at Georgia               --     --     --     --      --
Pac-10 Championships     --     --     --     --      --
NCAA Regional            --     --     --     --      --

1999 Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA Georgia 9.400 9.100 8.250 9.250 36.000 at Arizona State 9.575 9.700 9.000 9.650 37.925 Arizona/Nebraska 9.425 9.700 -- 9.675 -- at UCLA Quad 9.400 9.600 -- 9.575 -- at Boise State 9.600 9.625 -- 9.650 -- STAN/UCDavis/SPU. 9.525 9.675 -- 9.550 -- at Cal. w/SJSU 9.425 9.650 -- 9.600 -- Oregon State 9.600 9.800 -- 9.850 -- at Utah 9.775 9.200 -- 9.725 -- Pac-10 Championships 9.750 9.875 -- 9.750 -- at Seattle Pacific 9.575 8.575 -- 9.250 -- NCAA Regional 9.300 9.625 -- 9.750 --

Go Huskies!