Trinity Thomas

Trinity Lemyra Thomas (born April 7, 2001) is an American artistic gymnast and a four-time National Team member (2016-Present).[1] She was a member of the gold-medal winning team at the 2018 Pan American Gymnastics Championships, where she also won silver medals in the individual all-around and on the uneven bars, as well as the bronze medalist on balance beam and floor exercise at the 2017 national championships. She is also currently a member of the Florida Gators women's gymnastics team.

Trinity Thomas
Full nameTrinity Lemyra Thomas
Country represented United States
Born (2001-04-01) April 1, 2001
York, Pennsylvania USA
HometownYork, Pennsylvania USA
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior Elite
Years on national team2016 – Present (US)
ClubPrestige Gymnastics
College teamFlorida Gators
Head coach(es)Tony Fatta

Gymnastics career

2011–2012

Thomas commenced gymnastics training in 2008, at the age of 7 – a relatively late start for an elite-level gymnast. In 2011, training at Skyline Gymnastics in York,[2] she was the Pennsylvania state champion for Level 7 in the all-around and on all four pieces.[3] As a result, she skipped Level 8 to compete as a Level 9 gymnast, placing second at the 2012 Regionals.[4] At the 2012 Level 9 Eastern Championship in Maryland, she was fourth in the all-around; she competed against future teammate Sydney Johnson-Scharpf.[5]

2013-2014

For the 2013 season, Thomas moved to Artistic Sports Academy Plus (ASAP) in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and moved up to Level 10; the highest level of the USAG program. She was third at States,[6] ninth at Regionals and,[7] as a result, qualified to the J.O. NIT competition.[8] At the competition, held in Minneapolis, Minnesota,[9] Thomas finished fourth in the all-around and was the National Champion on floor.[10]

In 2014, following her move to Prestige Gymnastics in Lancaster, she only competed three events at the Pennsylvania State Championships.[11]

2015

In February 2015, Thomas qualified as a Junior International Elite gymnast through her performance in the WOGA Classic Elite Qualifier.[12]

2017

Thomas turned senior in 2017. She made her senior international debut at the 2017 City of Jesolo Trophy[13] where she helped the USA finish first.[14] In July Thomas competed at the 2017 U.S. Classic. She only competed on uneven bars and balance where she placed third on each.[15] Later in the summer Thomas competed at the 2017 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships where she placed fourth in the all-around behind Ragan Smith, Jordan Chiles, and Riley McCusker, sixth on bars, and third on beam and floor. As a result, she was named to the senior national team[16] and invited to participate in the Worlds Team Selection Camp.[17] After the two days of trials, she was not named to the worlds team.

2018

In the beginning of the year Thomas was selected to compete at the Tokyo World Cup,[18] where she won silver behind Mai Murakami of Japan.[19] In April she announced her commitment to the University of Florida and their gymnastics team.[20] In August Thomas competed at the 2018 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships where she placed eighth in the all-around, fourth on bars, and sixth on beam and floor, and was once again named to the senior national team.[21] On August 20, 2018 Thomas was named to the team to compete at the Pan American Championships alongside Grace McCallum, Jade Carey, Kara Eaker, and Shilese Jones.[22] There she won gold in the team final and silver in the all-around and on uneven bars.[23][24] Thomas was invited to attend the Worlds Team Selection Camp but declined.[25]

2019

In 2019 Thomas became one of the few gymnasts to train both NCAA and elite gymnastics simultaneously, and the only current American gymnast to do so.[26]

Thomas began competing as a collegiate gymnast for the Florida Gators in the 2018–2019 season.[27] At the 2019 SEC Championships Thomas placed first on vault, second of floor exercise behind Sarah Finnegan of Louisiana State third in the all-around behind Finnegan and Lexi Graber of Alabama. She helped Florida place second overall.[28] During the Regional Finals, the Florida Gators lost, being upset by the Denver Pioneers and the Oregon State Beavers, and thus did not qualify as a team to compete at the 2019 NCAA Championships. Thomas, however, qualified as an individual on floor exercise and uneven bars.[29] At the 2019 NCAA Championships Thomas placed seventh on floor exercise and 30th on uneven bars.[30]

Thomas returned to elite competition and competed at the 2019 GK US Classic in July, opting to only compete on uneven bars and balance beam. On the two events, she placed sixth and seventh, respectively. [31]

At U.S. National Championships Thomas competed in the all-around, where she finished in ninth place. She also placed fourth on uneven bars behind Sunisa Lee, Morgan Hurd, and Simone Biles, tenth on balance beam, and fifteenth on floor exercise.[32] As a result she was added to the national team for the fourth time.[33]

2020

On January 24, in a meet against Louisiana State, while performing on the uneven bars Thomas earned her first collegiate perfect 10.0.[34] The following week she earned her second perfect 10, this time on balance beam, in a meet against Denver and Iowa State.[35] On March 7, in a meet against Penn State, Thomas earned a perfect 10 on floor exercise; she was the second of two gymnasts that season to be awarded the perfect score, the first was Gracie Kramer.[36] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the NCAA cancelled the remainder of the 2020 season on March 12.[37] Thomas was nominated for the Honda Sports Award alongside Kyla Ross (who won the award),[38] Maggie Nichols, and Lexy Ramler.[39]

Personal life

Thomas was born on April 7, 2001 in York, Pennsylvania to parents Titania and Tisen Thomas. Her father, Tisen, was a wide receiver for Penn State University's Nittany Lions football team[40][41] a 1993 graduate.[42][43] She has four siblings; Tesia, a gymnast and swimmer;[44][45] Taleyn, a gymnast;[46] Tristen, a gymnast and swimmer and Tayvon, a swimmer.[47]

Competitive history

Junior

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2015US Classic1613241115
P&G National Championships5
2016City of Jesolo Trophy5
US Classic42
P&G National Championships6101167

Senior

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2017City of Jesolo Trophy
American Classic
US Classic
P&G National Championships46
2018Tokyo World Cup
U.S. National Championships8466
Pan American Championships
2019U.S. Classic67
U.S. National Championships941015
Worlds Team Selection Camp12981012

NCAA

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2019SEC Championship15
NCAA Championships7
2020SEC ChampionshipsCanceled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in the USA
[48]
NCAA Championships

Career perfect 10.0

SeasonDateEventMeet
2020January 24, 2020Uneven BarsFlorida vs LSU
February 7, 2020Balance BeamFlorida vs Denver & Iowa State
February 14, 2020Florida vs Auburn
March 7, 2020Floor ExerciseFlorida @ Penn State

NCAA Regular season ranking

[49]

Season All-Around Vault Uneven Bars Balance Beam Floor Exercise
20195th17th4th14th2nd
2020[lower-alpha 1]2nd14th4th2nd1st
  1. The season was cancelled after the 10th week of competition due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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