Silvia Colussi-Pelaez

Photo by: Dave Nishitani/Oregon State Athletics

Photo by: Dave Nishitani/Oregon State Athletics

Photo by: Dave Nishitani/Oregon State Athletics

Photo by: Scobel Wiggins/Oregon State Athletics

Position:
All-Around
Height:
5-2
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Abbey Park HS
Hometown:
Oakville, Ontario

CAREER RESULTS

• 2017 All-America Second Team, Balance Beam
• 2017 Pac-12 All-Academic First Team
• 2016 Pac-12 All-Academic First Team
• 2017 NACGC/W Scholastic All-American
• 2016 NACGC/W Scholastic All-American
• 2015 NACGC/W Scholastic All-American
• 2014 NACGC/W Scholastic All-American

OREGON STATE
Career notes: Silvia Colussi-Pelaez (pronounced kuh-lucy pel-eye-eth; rhymes with Goliath) transferred to Oregon State from Florida in July 2014 ... competed in 41 meets - 38 at OSU, three at Florida ... ‘hit’ 55 out of 57 routines in her career including at Florida.

2017: Earned second team All-America honors on the balance beam … competed in the beam lineup in all 13 meets … joined the floor lineup for the first time in her OSU career at California (2/18) … earned Pac-12 All-Academic First Team honors … ‘hit’ all 20 routines. Championship season: Scored 9.9000 on beam at NCAA Championships (4/14) to tie for seventh in the session earning second team All-America accolades … added a 9.8000 on the floor at NCAAs … posted matching scores of 9.900 on both beam and floor at Pac-12 Championships (3/18) … scored 9.825 on the beam and 9.800 on the floor at the NCAA Champaign Regional (4/1). Regular season: Matched her career-best of 9.900 on the beam at Stanford (2/24) … scored 9.875 on her first floor routine for OSU at California … upped her career-best on floor to 9.900 at Stanford and repeated the feat twice more before Pac-12 Championships – against Washington (3/5) and against Illinois-Chicago (3/11).

2016: Performed in the competition lineup in all 12 meets … ‘hit’ 16 out of 18 routines … earned Pac-12 All-Academic First Team honors ... earned NACGC/W Scholastic All-American honors. Championship season: Performed on the balance beam at Pac-12 Championships tying her career-high with a 9.900 (3/19) … scored 9.850 on the beam at the NCAA Athens Regional (4/2). Regular season: Originally set a career-best 9.900 on the beam against Ball State and Seattle Pacific (3/4) … registered a season-best 9.825 on the bars against California (2/20).

2015: Was in the competition lineup in all 13 meets ... performed 10 balance beam routines and eight uneven bars routines ... ‘hit’ all 18 routines ... earned NACGC/W Scholastic All-America honors. Championship season: Performed on bars (9.850) and beam (9.650) at NCAA Championships (4/17) … scored 9.750 on bars and 9.800 on beam at the NCAA Norman Regional (4/4) ... set career-high with 9.900 on bars at Pac-12 Championships (3/21) ... added 9.725 on beam at Pac-12 meet. Regular season: Scored 9.850 in bars debut at California (2/13) ... established personal-best 9.850 at Stanford (1/26) ... also performed two bars exhibitions and three on beam.

FLORIDA
2014: Competed in three meets performing four routines ... earned NACGC/W Scholastic All-American honors. Regular season: Scored career-best 9.750 on floor at Kentucky (2/7) ... matched her floor mark against Arkansas (2/14) ... recorded 9.700 in her only competitive vault routine at Kentucky (2/7) ... performed in exhibition in five other meets - two on vault, four on bars, two on beam and two on floor.

PREP CAREER: Competed as a member of Spain’s national team at 2013 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium … successfully performed a sideways aerial on balance beam – a first in World or Olympic competition – the skill is now named the Colussi-Pelaez … took third in the all-around and third on vault, balance beam and floor exercise at the 2013 Spanish National Championships … 2013 Gymnix International uneven bars champion … sixth on floor at 2013 Cottbus World Cup … member of Spain’s 2012 team at the London Olympic Test Event ... member of Spain’s 2011 World Championships team in Tokyo … member of Spain’s team at 2012 European Championships in Brussels, competing on bars and beam … competed in 2012 Osijek Grand Prix, winning first World Cup medal with a bronze on floor – also placed fourth on uneven bars and sixth on balance beam … sixth in all-around in 2011 triangular in England with Spain, Portugal and Great Britain – also took fifth on beam … owns dual citizenship and also has competed in the elite ranks in Canada … took 11th in the 2011 Canadian Championships’ all-around … tied for all-around gold at 2011 Canada Winter Games in Halifax … trained at Futures Gymnastics and Oakville Gymnastics under the guidance of Lorne Bobkin, Lisa Cown, Lawson Hamer and Kelly Manjak.

PERSONAL: Born in Toronto … daughter of Carmen Pelaez and Stephen Colussi … has two sisters, Mariana and Elena … honor roll student … earned the Academic Excellence Award at graduation … enjoys biking, skiing, shopping, baking and cooking … chose OSU because of the “welcoming family-like atmosphere, and the caring and supportive coaches” … double-majoring in chemical engineering and environmental engineering.