Maple Valley, Sumner Level 10 Gymnasts Commit to Falcons
May 12, 2005

SEATTLE (May 12) ­ Brianna Schwartz, a state champion gymnast from Sumner (Wa.), and Maple Valley's Danna Nelson, a four-time national qualifier, have signed national letters of intent to compete for Seattle Pacific University next season.

Schwartz and Nelson, both club competitors at Level 10, are the first recruits signed by Coach Laurel Tindall.

Schwartz won a total of four state 4A championships during her prep career at Sumner, including the beam crown earlier this year. She won the floor and all-around as a sophomore and the vault as a junior. This season she was also second on floor and vault, and third in the all-around. Schwartz has qualified for nationals as a member of Gymnastics Unlimited in Federal Way.

Nelson, a competitor for Auburn's Gymnastics Express club, twice won the regional all-around crown and also took titles on floor and beam. She later finished 15th on beam and 21st on floor at the national meet. Nelson, who attends Tahoma High School, qualified for regionals this season but did not compete due to an injury.

Seattle Pacific is one of the top small college programs in the nation with three national championships and 21 top-four national finishes in the last 22 years. The Falcons were third at the 2005 USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championships. They lose three seniors.