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2007 Season (Junior): Competed in the pommel horse and parallel bars in his junior season ... Earned All-American honors after finishing third on the pommel horse (9.20) at the NCAA Individual Event Final ... Helped the Cardinal to a third-place team finish at the NCAA Championships with a score of 9.30 on the pommel horse and 8.85 on the parallel bars ... Helped the Cardinal to as second place finish at the MPSF Championships with a first place finish on the pommel horse (9.30) ... Earned a season best score of 9.15 on the parallel and a team high score of 9.40 on the pommel horse at Nebraska ... 2007 College Gymnastics Association Academic All-American ... 2007 MPSF Academic All-Conference.
2006 Season (Sophomore): Participated on pommel horse and parallel bars for the Cardinal ... Helped Stanford to a third-place finish at the NCAA Team Final with performances on the pommel horse (8.0) and parallel bars (8.7) ... Posted a season-best 8.65 on the pommel horse at Oklahoma ... Also notched a career-high score of 9.0 on the parallel bars at Oklahoma, tying for third place ... 2006 MPSF Academic All-Conference.
2005 Season (Freshman): Competed in the pommel horse and vault at the 2005 NCAA Qualifier in New York, tying his season-best of 8.85 on the vault ... Scored a 9.5 on the pommel horse for a first-place finish versus Air Force ... Also finished second on the parallel bars at Air Force with a score of 8.975.
In High School: A four-time Academic All-American ... Member of the Junior National Team in 2004 ... Claimed the 2004 National Pommel Horse championship in Class 1.
Career Bests:
Pommel Horse - 9.5
Vault - 8.85
Parallel Bars - 915
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Getting To Know ChrisHarper
| Born: | |
| Parents: | Robin and Andrew |
| Major: | Communication |
| Nickname: | Harp, Harptown, Harpes |
| The best thing about Stanford is: | The campus |
| My favorite place on campus is: | KA |
| Ten years from now I hope to be: | Working for the FBI |
| My favorite class at Stanford: | Intro to American Law |
| Something people would be surprised to know about me: | I was born in England. |
| The place I would most like to visit: | London |
| My favorite pre-meet rituals are: | Don't have any. |
| Stanford Men's Gymnastics will be fun to watch this year because: | We are ranked #1. |
| My greatest athletic moment was: | All-American in 2007 (3rd in NCAA on Pommel Horse) |
| The athlete I admire most: | Derek Jeter |
| The current or former Stanford athlete I most enjoying watching perform: | Joshua J. Goldman, M.D. |
| Since coming to Stanford, I have learned: | Way too much to list here. |
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| Favorite food: | Anything Italian |
| Least favorite food: | <![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> |
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| Favorite movie: | High Fidelity |
| Favorite TV show: | The Office |
| Favorite actor: | Bill Murray |
| Favorite actress: | Natalie Portman |
| My ultimate SportsCenter highlight would be: | 2008 NCAA Champions |
| My favorite musical group: | The Format |
| The best advice I ever received was: | Keep your head up. |
| If I could invite three people to dinner in history, they would be: | <![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> |
| I'd like to switch places for a day with: | <![if !supportEmptyParas]><![endif]> |
| If I could bring anything from my hometown to Stanford it would be: | A football team |
| If I had one CD to listen to it would be: | "Dog Problems" by The Format |
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