Bowling Green State University Athletics
2026 Gymnastics Roster
Thornton, Keira
Keira Thornton
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Elliott Hudson College
- Hometown:
- Leeds, United Kingdom
Bio
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Bowling Green |
2025 | Sophomore
- Academic All-MAC
- Appeared in all 12Â of BGSU's meets
- Was in the floor lineup in all 12 meets and bars 11 times
- Also saw time on vault lineup nine times
- Shine in the MAC Championship with a 9.850 on floor
- Set a PR on bars with a 9.800 against Kent State and Wilberforce
- Eight times had a score of 9.775 or greater on floor
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- WCGA Scholastic All-America
- Appeared in all 13 of BGSU's meets
- Made collegiate debut against Illinois State
- Appeared on vault and floor in all 13 meets
- Appeared on bars in 12 meets, twice on beam and twice in the all-around
- Hit her season high on vault (9.750) twice, including at Pitt and Kent State
- Was part of the vault lineup that set the team program record at Pitt (49.250)
- Notched a PR on bars at the MAC Championship (9.800)
- Recorded her season high on floor three times (9.875), which included at CMU, at LIU and at Kent State
- Eight times scored a 9.800 or better on floor
- Had two third-place finishes on the year
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 Elliott Hudson College |
Leeds, United Kingdom |
- Attended Elliott Hudson College
- Member of British Team Champions in 2019 and 2023
- English National Team (2018, 2019, 2020)
- Fifth place Leverkusen Cup in Germany (Team)
- Fourth place Olympic Hopes in the Czech Republic (Team)
- Fourth place Olympic Hopes in the Czech Republic (Individual Floor Final)
- Three-time National Team Champion (Club Team & Yorkshire Regional Team)
 Personal |
- Daughter of Kristy and Tim Thornton
- Father is a sports journalist and mother is a gymnastics coach
- Favorite athlete is Addie Martin on the BGSU softball team
BG Gym : Coach Emmons Post Mac Championship 3.22
Saturday, March 22
BG Gym Postmeet 3.2
Sunday, March 02
BG GYM PostMeet 2.2
Sunday, February 02
BG Gymnastics Postmeet 1.26
Monday, January 27
