Sydney Ewing

Sydney Ewing (born February 16, 1995 in Louisiana) is a retired American collegiate artistic gymnast. She competed in the NCAA for Louisiana State University and their gymnastics team.^[1]

Early life[]

Sydney Ewing was born on February 16, 1995 to parents, Ned and Donna Ewing. She has an older brother, Travis, who was a contestant on the eighth season of The Voice.^[2][3] Her mother, Donna, is a gymnastics coach and was the head personal coach to Sydney throughout her club competitive career. In 2013, Ewing graduated from Lafayette High School.

Gymnastics career[]

Ewing trained at Acadiana Gymnastics Training Center in Lafayette, Louisiana throughout her entire club competitive career.^[4]

2009-13: Club competitive career[]

Sydney moved up to Level 10 for the 2009 season; at the age of fourteen At Regionals, she placed eighteenth in the all-around.^[5] In 2010, she was third at States^[6] and was tenth at Regionals.^[7] At her first J.O. NIT, in Dallas, Texas, Ewing placed tenth in the all-around.^[8] Ewing was Louisiana State champion in 2011.^[9] and was fifth in the all-around and second on beam at Regionals.^[10] At Nationals, she was thirty-fifth in the all-around.^[11] Ewing defended her State title during the 2012 season.^[12] Later, Sydney finished ninth in the all-around at Regionals; advancing to JO NIT.^[13] On June 29, 2012, Ewing committed to Louisiana State University and the LSU Lady Tigers gymnastics team.^[14] At the NIT, Ewing was fifth in the all-around.^[15] Her final season was in 2013; finishing second at Regionals.^[16] At Nationals, she finished thirty-first in the all-around.^[17]

2014–2017: College gymnastics career[]

Throughout the recruiting process, Ewing was offered scholarshipd to the Georgia Gym Dogs, New Hampshire Wildcats and Southern Utah Thunderbirds teams.^[18] However, she decided to walk-on to LSU. She retired from gymnastics on June 7, 2017.

2014 season: Freshman[]

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