Jon Spiro

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Class: Sophomore Hometown: Laguna Niguel, Calif. High School: Capistrano Connections Academy

Height: 5-4 Event: AA

FRESHMAN YEAR (2012): Competed on the still rings during nine competitions...recorded a career-high 14.300 during the first home dual with Illinois-Chicago...also surpassed the 14-point mark against Minnesota (14.000) at Temple (14.100) and during the second meet with UIC (14.200)...also competed on the pommel horse in four meet...scored a personal-best 13.200 in the first UIC meet.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Capistrano Connections Academy...competed at the club level for New Hope Academy of Gymnastics in Fountain Valley, California...coached by Guonian Wu...ranked third in the nation on the still rings two years in a row (2010, 2011)...five-time qualifier to the Junior Olympic Nationals...ranked first on the still rings and second on the pommel horse in Region 1 (California, Hawaii, Nevada, Arizona) during 2011...four-time USA Gymnastics Academic All-American...member of the Level 10 team that won the state championship...also a member of the club team that won the Iron Man Competition (top club in Southern California).

PERSONAL: Full name is Jonathan Scott Spiro...goes by Jon...nickname is "Hollywood"...son of Scott and Patsy Spiro...has one younger brother, Nick, who is also a gymnast...majoring in law......hobbies include going to the beach, anything on the water and being tan...also plays the electric guitar...completed Expeditionary Survival and Evasion Training (ESET) over the summer...also took academic classes and went on leave...has one grandfather who was enlisted in the Air Force for 27 years...also has a grandfather that served in the Air Force for several years as a flight surgeon...favorites events are the still rings and pommel horse...member of Cadet Squadron 20.