| Gabby Gioia |
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Gioia's PRs
• Pentathlon - 3,771
• Heptathlon - 5,071
• Javelin - 143-0
• Triple Jump - 39-8
Junior Year: Scored 3,652 points in indoor pentathlon at Dick Taylor Carolina Classic • Competed in long jump and pentathlon at Indoor ACC Championships • Threw personal best 143-0 in javelin at adidas Raleigh Relays • Scored at ACC Outdoor Championships with seventh place finish in the heptathlon, also competed in long jump, triple jump and javelin • Competed at NCAA Regionals in javelin • All-ACC Academic honors • Espn The Magazine Academic All-District second team honors
Sophomore Year: ACC heptathlon champion • Penn Relays heptathlon champion • Placed fourth in the javelin throw at the ACC Outdoor Championship • NCAA qualifier in the heptathlon • Earned All-ACC honors • Named to the Dean's List, ACC Academic Honor Roll, ESPN First Team Academic All-District and earned a 4.0 GPA for the spring of 2009 while she was in her heaviest season of competition.
Freshman Year: Scored at the ACC Outdoor Championships with an eighth place finish in the triple jump • Scored in the heptathlon as well with a sixth place finish • Set a new personal-best in the heptathlon at ACCs • Turned in the top triple jump during the outdoor season • Scored at the ACC Indoor Championships in the pentathlon with a sixth place finish • Also competed in the triple jump with a 13th place finish at ACCs • Earned All-ACC Academic honors.
Prep: National Champion in the heptathlon in 2005 and 2007 • National Champion in triple jump in 2007 • All-America in 2007 • Four-time high school MVP • Six-time State Champion • Named state Track and Field Athlete of the Year • Also played basketball • Graduated Cum Laude.
Personal: Undecided in her major • Lists running, ultimate Frisbee, basketball and tennis as her hobbies • Admires Jackie Joyner-Kersee • Favorite food is spaghetti • Favorite TV Show is "Grey's Anatomy" • "Wedding Crashers" is her favorite movie • Gabrielle Hayden Gioia is the daughter of Minna and Brad Gioia • Born in Rome, Ga.
