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Club
Selected Arizona's Junior Olympic Gymnast of the Year in 2008 after placing fourth in the all-around, tying for second on floor exercise and tying for sixth on uneven bars at the 2008 Level 10 Nationals ... Member of the 2008 JO National Team ... All-around runner-up at the 2008 Regional meet ... Placed seventh in the all-around, tied for third on uneven bars, tied for eighth on floor exercise and ninth on balance beam at the 2007 Level 10 Nationals ... 2007 Level 10 Regional all-around champion and state champion in the all-around, bars and beam ... Seventh in the all-around at the 2005 Level 10 Nationals ... Former junior international elite who competed at the 2005 USA Championships and U.S. Classic ... In 2005, won the vault and floor and was second in the all-around at Level 10 Regionals and won the all-around, vault, beam and floor at the State Championships ... Achieved a career-high all-around mark of 38.575 in 2009 ... Trained at Carter's Gymnastics Academy under coaches Jack and Erin Carter.
Personal
Names her biggest athletic thrill as receiving a scholarship to UCLA ... Admires Lance Armstrong ... Favorite apparatus is uneven bars ... Full name is Monique De La Torre ... Parents: Martin and Lisa De La Torre ... Has older siblings Jacqueline and Andrew and a younger brother Philip ... Born Sept. 19, 1990 in Phoenix, AZ ... Undeclared major.
