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University of Illinois Athletics

2017 Men's Gymnastics Roster

25 Tom Gibbs

  • Ht./Wt. - /
  • Position AA
  • Hometown London, England
  • High School Tiffin

Biography

Career Highlights

  • 2016 CGA First Team All-American Scholar-Athlete Selection
  • 2017 CGA Second Team All-American Scholar-Athlete Selection
  • 3x Academic All-Big Ten (2015, 2016, 2017)
  • One career all-around title won

Career Highs

2017
Pommel Horse: 14.100 (at NCAA Finals, 4/22/17)
Still Rings: 14.100 (at Arizona State, 1/21/17)
Parallel Bars: 14.200 (2x, last at Oklahoma, 3/18/17)
High Bar: 14.200 (vs. Ohio State, 3/24/17)

2013-2016
Floor Exercise:
14.700 (vs. Penn State, 2/14/15)
Pommel Horse: 14.850 (at Air Force w/ California, 3/5/16)
Still Rings: 15.000 (vs. Michigan, 3/12/16)
Vault: 15.150 (at Ohio State, 1/24/15)
Parallel Bars: 14.650 (vs. Penn State, 2/14/15)
High Bar: 14.600 (vs. Nebraska, 3/8/15)
All-Around: 86.050 (vs. Nebraska, 3/8/15)

Senior - 2017

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • CGA Second Team All-American Scholar-Athlete Selection
  • Saw action in 11 meets for the Illini
  • Competed at Big Ten and NCAA Championships

Junior - 2016

  • Co-Captain
  • CGA First Team All-American Scholar-Athlete Selection
  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Registered career high scores on pommel horse (14.850) and still rings (15.000)
  • Tallied 14 top-five finishes across all events on the season

World University Games - Gwangju, South Korea

  • Finished 33rd in the all-around
  • Helped Team Great Britain to a 14th place finish at the Games
  • Scores: FX-12.575, 73rd; PH-12.650, 45th; SR-112.550, 68th; VT-14.525, 17th; PB-13.900, 38th; HB-13.450, 34th; AA-79.650, 33rd

Sophomore - 2015

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Posted career-best marks in all seven categories during the season
  • Competed on vault for the Illini at the NCAA Championships (14.500)

Freshman - 2014

  • Competed in eight meets on the year
  • Had nine top-five finishes during the regular season
  • Set career high on still rings vs. Ohio State (14.400)
  • Set career high on vault vs. UIC (14.800)
  • Set career high on parallel bars at the Windy City Invitational (14.300)
  • Set career high in all-around at UIC (82.550)

High School/Club

  • Placed fourth at the U-18 British Championships, third at the U-16 British Championships and first in the U-14 British Championships in the all-around
  • Member of the Great Britain Junior National Team from 2008-12
  • Member of the 2013 Great Britain Senior National Team
  • Earned the All-Around Academic Achievement Award in 2012

Personal

  • Born April 9, 1994, in London, England
  • Son of Michiko and Robert Gibbs
  • Has two sisters
  • Studying Civil Engineering

Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

    AA
  • 25

    2015Sophomore

    AA
    25
  • 25
    C

    2016Junior

    AA
    25
    C
  • 25

    2017Senior

    AA
    25