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At Stanford: Dan helped lead the U.S. national squad to a third place finish at the 2003 Pan-American Games in the Dominican Republic...He advanced to the event finals in the vault at the Pan-Am games...Finished 11th in the All-Around competition at the 2003 U.S. Gymnastics Championships...He also finished sixth in the floor exercise event finals with a score of 9.375 and tied for fifth in the vault (9.625)...Four-time NCAA All-American...Placed eighth in the All-Around at the 2003 NCAA championships (53.525)...He was also fourth on the vault and seventh on the floor at the 2003 NCAAs, with scores of 9.462 and 9.087, respectively...One of nine gymnasts in Stanford history to win an individual NCAA championship, taking the 2002 NCAA title in the vault with a score of 9.487...Placed second on vault at the 2002 MPSF championships (9.450)...Helped Stanford to the 2001 NCAA Championships, where he earned All-American honors on vault after posting a 9.087 in the event finals to place sixth...Scored a career-high 9.350 on vault on the first day of 2001 NCAA competition to advance him to the individual event preliminaries...Also competed on the floor in the individual preliminaries...Member of the USA Senior National Team...Team Captain this season.
In High School: Attended James W. Robinson Secondary School in Fairfax, VA...Set the all-time national high school record in All-Around at the 2000 High School National Championships...Scored the first 10.0 in Virginia high school history (2000 - high bar)...Named to the All-Metropolitan team four times...A three-time All-Met Gymnast of the Year...A two-time US Junior National Team member, where he placed 7th in the All-Around at the 2000 USA Championships and finished 4th on floor and vault at the 1999 USA Championships.
Personal: Majoring in Biological Sciences...Plans to be an orthopedic surgeon or oncologist...Son of Thom and Lorna Gill...Has two brothers, Ted and Jon.
Gill's Year-by-Year High Scores
| Year 2001 2002 2003 | Floor 9.125 9.375 9.550 | Horse 8.550 8.300 9.125 | Rings 8.300 8.450 9.000 | Vault 9.350 9.700 9.550 | PB 8.550 9.150 9.100 | HB 8.600 9.300 9.600 | AA 51.225 52.250 54.825 |