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Russell Czeschin Class: Senior Hometown: Independence, Mo. High School: Fort Osage HS Height: 6-3 Event: FX, V Club: Great American Gymnastic Express

2009: Placed second on floor (14.900) and sixth on vault (15.300) at the Rocky Mountain Open ... Fourth on vault (15.800) in Nebraska win ... Also placed second on floor (14.900) and third on vault against Texas club team ... recipient of the Chick-Fil-A Community of Champions Award ... Set career high and won event title on vault with a score of 16.100 in win over Iowa ... Came in second on vault with a season high 16.100 in home win against Nebraska ... Set a career high on floor (15.550) placing third on the event in win over Minnesota and Stanford ... Claimed event title on floor breaking previous career high with a score of 15.700 in win over Ohio State ... Tied for third on floor with a 15.350 and finished fourth on vault (16.000) in a win against Penn State. Finished sixth on vault with a score of 15.950 at the MPSF Championship.

2008 NCAA Championships: Earned All-America honors on floor (15.375) for the second straight season ... Tied his career high (15.450) on floor in both the Team Qualifier and Team Finals ... Placed third on floor (15.450) and vault (15.950) in Team Qualifier.

2008: Seventh on floor (15.300) at MPSF Championship ... Tied for third on floor (15.350) and was fourth on vault (15.600) at Penn State ... Placed fourth on vault with a career-best 16.050 against Minnesota ... Also finished fourth on floor (15.200) in win over the Golden Gophers ... Tied for fourth on vault (15.750) at the Pacific Coast Classic ... Tied his season high (15.450) and won his second floor title of the season in Iowa win ... Won the floor title with a season-high 15.450 in home win against Nebraska ... Also placed third on vault against the Huskers (15.750) ... Tied for fourth on vault with a 15.650 against Michigan ... Fourth on floor (14.600) and vault (15.600) against Nebraska and Air Force ... Placed second on floor (14.900) and vault (15.500) at the Rocky Mountain Open.

2007 NCAA Championships: Earned first career All-America honor with a 9.525 on floor at the event finals ... Tied for second on floor in the team finals, tying his career high with a 9.65 ... Tied for 19th on vault with an 8.9 in the team finals.

2007: Runner-up on floor with a career-high 9.65 at MPSF Championship ... Second on vault (9.2) and third on floor (9.4) in win over Iowa ... Fifth on floor (8.45) and vault (8.6) against Texas and Washington ... Won his first event title of the season with a 9.45 on floor at Nebraska ... Also tied for fourth on vault (8.8) against the Huskers ... Fourth on vault (8.95) and fifth on floor (9.4) at No. 1 Michigan ... Took third on floor against Nebraska and Air Force with a 9.5 ... Finished third on vault (8.2) in the event finals at the Rocky Mountain Open.

2006 NCAA Championships: Hit a career-high 9.575 on the vault during NCAA team finals ... Finished ninth on the vault (8.475) in the NCAA event finals.

2006: Finished third on floor exercise (8.85) at Rocky Mountain Open ... Took vault (9.25) title and tied with classmate Chris Brooks for floor exercise championship (9.05) in Air Force win ... Named Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Gymnast of the Week following Air Force win ... Tied for second on the vault (9.15) and finished third on floor (9.1) versus Michigan ... Took third on the floor (9.2) and vault (9.35) in Ohio State win ... Took vault title with a 9.25 at Pacific Coast Classic ... Tied teammate Reed Pitts for third on the vault (9.25) in win over Nebraska.

Club/High School: Attended Fort Osage High School ... Competed for Wally Meierarend at the Great American Gymnastics Express ... Finished third on the vault at 2003 Junior Nationals ... Four-time first team scholastic All-American ... Received the All-Fort Osage award all four years of high school.

Personal: Full name is William Russell Czeschin ... Born in Independence, Mo. ... Son of Bill and Mary Czeschin ... Has two older sisters, Amy and Sarah ... Also recruited by Illinois-Chicago, Illinois, Nebraska and Iowa ... Majoring in health and exercise science.