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Elia Aird
- Position:
- Vault, Beam, Floor
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Winter Garden, Fla.
- High School:
- Windermere
- Major:
- Exercise Science
Awards & Honors
2025 (Senior):
Prior to Rutgers: JO National Qualifier...Club Gymnastics 2008-2021...top 3% in high school graduating class.
- 2023 WCGA Scholastic All-America
- 2023 and 2024 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
- 2023 and 2024 Academic All-Big Ten
- 2022 Big Ten Gymnast to Watch
| CAREER HIGHS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VT | UB | BB | FX | AA |
| 9.875 | 9.875 | 9.850 | 9.900 | 39.200 |
2025 (Senior):
- Placed 3rd out of 24 (9.800) in Vault at the Rutgers March Quad (03/07).
- Placed second on vault at MLK Jr. quad (1/13) with a 9.750
- Tied career high on beam (9.850) at American Gold Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Classic (1/4), helping the beam team score a 49+ for the first time in a season opener.
- Scored a 9.850 (floor) at the Big Ten Championships, matching her season high score (3/23).
- T-1st of 12 (vault) in a dual with West Virginia (3/10)
- Scored a 9.800 on bars to tie for the title, earning T-1st of 24 in a Quad-meet with Cornell, West Chester, and Ursinus (3/2)
- Scored a season-high 9.850 on bars, tying for 3rd of 24 in the New Hampshire Quad Meet (2/11/24).
- Scored a 9.775 (vault), 9.700 (bars), 9.800 (beam), and 9.850 (floor) for her new career high, over Iowa (2/8).
- Returned to the all-around this season, improving her career-best with a 39.125 against Penn State, surpassing her previous standard of 38.975, against Iowa (2/8).
- Finished second in Vault, with a score of 9.850, pushing Rutgers to another 49.025, the second consecutive week with the Scarlet Knights above a 49 in the event, in a dual-meet with Illinois (2/4).
- Scored a 9.775 in Bars, ranking T-5th of 12, against Illinois (2/4)
- Stuck a 9.875 career-high tying vault to place first in the event, her first event victory of 2024, over Maryland (1/19).
- Returned to all-around duty with a 38.625, paced by a 9.800 on bars in a dual-meet with Maryland (1/19).
- Recorded career-high 9.875 on vault in regular season finale victory over UPenn & West Virginia, contributing to a program-record team score of 196.875 and tying the school vault record with a 49.272 (3/12).
- Set a new bars PR (9.875) at the Georgia Quad (1/16), placing third in the event.
- Recorded career-highs on bars (9.800) and beam (9.850), tying for the beam title at Rutgers' home opener on 1/14.
- Competed in the all-around for the first time in her collegiate career at the Super 16 Collegiate Challenge in Las Vegas.
- Recorded a career-high 9.900 on floor exercise at the Super 16 to place third in the event.
Prior to Rutgers: JO National Qualifier...Club Gymnastics 2008-2021...top 3% in high school graduating class.
Personal: Daughter of Irma and Gabre Aird...has three siblings Gabriel, Joshua and Imani... brother Gabriel ran track at the University of Florida.
Emily Leese - 9.95 Floor | Big Ten Championships 3/20/2026
Saturday, March 21
Gabrielle Dildy - 9.95 Floor | 3/13/2026
Thursday, March 19
Emily Leese - 9.9 Floor | 3/13/2026
Monday, March 16
Rutgers Athletics Launches the Athletic Excellence Fund
Monday, October 06
