SEATTLE (July 6) ­ Anissa Madrid, an eight-time state champion gymnast from Kennedy High School, has signed a national letter of intent at Seattle Pacific University.

Madrid shared this season's 2-3A title on floor and was second in all-around, bars and vault. Competing in the Level 10 senior Western Regionals, she placed second on beam for the Metropolitan Gymnastics Club.

As a junior she claimed crowns in the vault, floor and bars. In 2004 Madrid swept all four event titles (vault, bars, beam and floor).

Seattle Pacific lost its top two all-arounders following a second-place national finish, and has now signed five recruits for next year.