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As a Junior in 2008: An All-American in still rings ... a first-team CGA All-American Scholar Athlete ... participated in all 10 meets ... finished 12th overall at the Winter Cup Challenge (2/9) ... the team's top performer against Nebraska (2/16), taking first on parallel bars (15.2), tying for first on still rings (14.9), and second place with two season-highs on both pommel horse (15.05) and horizontal bar (14.7) ... earned his best all-around score of 87.25 against California (3/8) ... took second on rings (15.7) and posted the best Cardinal performance of the meet, also his season-high, on parallel bars (15.4) at the MPSF Championship (4/5) ... notched season-bests on floor exercise (15.0) at the NCAA Qualifier (4/18) and still rings (15.85) at the NCAA Finals (4/19) ... finished fourth on rings at the NCAA Individual Event Finals ... took 14th in all-around at the 2008 Visa U.S. Championships and had his strongest showing on still rings, in which he tied for seventh place with a combined score of 30.3 (15+15.3).
As a Sophomore in 2007: Posted three scores above 9.0 on floor exercise (9.2), still rings (9.45), and parallel bars (9.1) at the MPSF Championships, helping the Cardinal earn a second-place finish ... recorded a season-best score of 9.7 on still rings at the NCAA Qualifier ... earned a season-best 9.5 on floor exercise at the NCAA Championship, helping Stanford to third place ... posted a season-best of 9.25 on parallel bars and a 9.35 on horizontal bar at the Pacific Coast Classic.
As a Freshman in 2006: Competed on pommel horse, still rings, parallel bars and horizontal bar in his first season ... qualified for the NCAA Individual Event Finals on still rings ... tied for fifth on still rings at the NCAA Qualifier with a score of 9.2 ... helped the Cardinal to a runner-up finish at the MPSF Championships by tying for fifth on still rings with a score of 9.45 and placing seventh on parallel bars with a career-best 9.1 ... posted a career-best 9.65 on still rings against Michigan to finish second ... also earned a season-best 8.55 on the pommel horse against California to open the season.
High School: The 2005 Region III all-around champion ... the 2004 Texas State all-around champion ... a Visa U.S. Championships Qualifier in 2004 ... the 2003 Oklahoma State all-around champion while attending Westmoore HS in Oklahoma City ... finished 10th in the all-around at the Junior Olympic (JO) National Championships, also notching two third-place finishes on pommel horse and still rings ... helped his club team to a runner-up finish at the JO National Championships ... coached by Tom Meadows, Colby Van Cleave, and Mike Dutka.
Personal: Parents are Terry and Gayle Hadden ... majoring in product design.
Getting To Know Bryant Hadden
| Born in: |
Katy, Texas
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| Major: |
Product Design
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| Nickname: |
B-Had
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| The best thing about Stanford is: |
The people
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| My favorite place on campus is: |
My bed
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| Ten years from now I hope to be: |
Out of school
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| My favorite class at Stanford is: |
ME 203
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| Something people would be surprised to know about me: |
I don't have six fingers on my right hand, but my hands are the size of a six-foot-four basketball player
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| The place I would most like to visit is: |
My parents lake house
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| My favorite pre-meet rituals are: |
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| Stanford Men's Gymnastics will be fun to watch this year because: |
Redemption
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| My greatest athletic moment was: |
Competing at the Visa U.S. Championships
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| The current or former Stanford athlete I most enjoy watching perform is: |
Rico
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| Since coming to Stanford, I have learned: |
Way too much to write in this small space, but one is that there are much more important things in life than school and gymnastics
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| The best book I have ever read is: |
The Bible
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| Favorite food: |
My mother's lasagna
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| Least favorite food: |
Onions!!! |
| If I had to cook all of my meals, I'd probably survive on: |
Frozen pizza
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| Favorite movie: |
Anything really
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| Favorite TV show: |
Don't really ever watch this thing anymore
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| My ultimate ESPN SportsCenter highlight would be: |
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| My favorite musical group/singer is: |
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| The best advice I've ever received was: |
Follow your heart and believe in the power of your dreams
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| I'd like to switch places for a day with: |
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| If I could invite three people from history to dinner, they would be: |
Nobody really
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| If I could bring anything from my hometown to Stanford it would be: |
Thunderstorms
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| If I had one CD to listen to it would be: |
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