Dylan Carney

	Class: RS Senior
	Hometown: Dartmouth, MA
	High School: Bishop Stang HS

2007 Season (RS Junior):Helped the Cardinal capture a third place finish at the National Collegiate Championships with a 9.70 on the horizontal bar and a season-best 9.10 on the vault in the Team Finals ... Earned All-American honors for his seventh place finish on the horizontal bar (9.05) and a ninth place finish on the vault (8.70) at the Individual Event Finals ... Captured the MPSF conference horizontal bar title with a score of 9.80 ... Posted a season-best floor exercise score of 9.55 at the Stanford Open ... Ranked first in the horizontal bar throughout the year with an average score of 9.78 (.380 points ahead of second place) ... Scored the nations highest horizontal bar mark of 9.95 at the Stanford Open and received the NCAA Gymnast of the Week honor for his efforts ... Selected as an ESPN First-Team Academic All-American ... Named to the MPSF Academic All-Conference team for the third straight year.

2006 Season (Junior): Competed on the floor exercise, vault and high bar for the Cardinal ... Two-time All-American ... Crowned co-national champion on the high bar at the NCAA Individual Event Finals after posting a season-best score of 9.700 ... Also finished sixth on the vault at the Individual Event Finals with a 9.375 ... Led Stanford to a third-place finish at the Team Final by placing fourth on the high bar (9.625) and eighth on the vault (9.350) ... Tied for eighth on the high-bar at the MPSF Championship with a score of 9.05 ... Posted a season-high 9.6 on the floor exercise at the Pacific Coast Classic for second place, also winning the high bar with a then-season best of 9.650 ... Tallied a season-high 9.6 to win the vault versus Michigan in the last home meet of the year ... 2006 MPSF Academic All-Conference.

2005 Season (Sophomore): Participated in the floor exercise, vault and high bar at the 2005 NCAA Qualifier ... Advanced to the individual event qualifier, finishing 33rd on the vault (9.05) and and 46th on the high bar (8.3) ... 2005 CGA All-America Scholar Athlete ... 2005 Academic All-MPSF Team ... Competed in all seven events throughout the season ... Posted a season best or 9.45 in the floor exercise at the Cardinal Open for second place ... Tied for fourth on the vault at the Winter Cup with a score of 9.4 ... Tallied a season-best 51.375 in the all-around at the Peter Vidmar Invite ... Competed in the floor exercise, vault and high bar at the MPSF Championships, placing sixth on the high bar with a score of 8.75.

2004 Season (Freshman): Competed one time as a rookie before suffering a season-ending back injury ... Completed routines on four events in the season opener at the Whitfield Invitational ... Tallied a 9.100 on vault and an 8.950 on floor to help the ninth-ranked Cardinal upset No. 4 Michigan by a margin of 0.075.

In High School: A four-time Junior Olympics competitor, placing third on floor in 2001... Two-time competitor at the USA Championships with a third-place finish on high bar in 2002 and a fourth-place finish on high bar and a 14th-place finish in the all-around the following year ... First-Team Academic All-American at the 2003 Junior Olympic National Championships.

Career Bests:
Floor Exercise - 9.6
Vault - 9.6
Parallel Bars - 8.45
High Bar - 9.95
All-Around - 51.375

Getting To Know Dylan Carney


Parents:	Jay and Vija Carney
Major:	Undeclared
Nickname:	Sometimes people call me Dyran or Die-lan, but that's usually just Sho
The best thing about Stanford is:	The people. Everybody here is interesting, unique and exceptional - it's an honor to live, study and get to be friends with them.
My favorite place on campus is:	The Clark Center
Ten years from now I hope to be:	A doctor, working towards a practical solution to a public health issue, happy, wealthy enough to donate something back to the Stanford Gymnastics program, educating others, still in touch with my Stanford friends and teammates
My favorite class at Stanford:	Human Behavioral Biology by Professor Robert Sapolsky
Favorite thing to do on an off day:	Watch a movie at a movie theater
Something people would be surpised to know about me:	I'm scared of heights; highbar is fine, but standing at the edge of a tall building and rock climbing scare me.
The place I would most like to visit:	India
My favorite pre-meet rituals are:	Visualization
Earliest sporting memory:	Jumping (flipping) off the 20-foot balcony at my club gym onto a 3-foot matt. My mom walked in mid fall and immediately told me if I ever did that again she'd pull me from the sport. Needless to say, I never did that again.
Stanford Men's Gymnastics will be fun to watch this year because:	We have 18 extremely talented and hardworking gymnasts vying for 12 spots on the competition floor, we were ranked 1st in the preseason poll, a couple of our guys will undoubtedly be going to Beijing, and this is the beginning of what will be a long winning streak for Stanford gymnastics.
My greatest athletic moment was:	Nailing my high bar set at the 2006 NCAA Team Finals to help our team finish 3rd, as well as qualifying for individual event finals and bringing my teammate, Eli, to tears.
The athlete I admire most:	Dan Gill, captain of the team my freshman year
The current or former Stanford athlete I most enjoying watching perform:	Cassidy Krug (current diver)
Best Stanford moment:	Driving down Palm Drive on my visit to Stanford and knowing instantly that I belonged here. Finishing my last final exam of my freshman year and feeling the relief of knowing that I'd made it through the hardest part. Studying abroad in Cape Town, South Africa and Bahia de los Angeles, Mexico, with some awesome classmates and great professors. And finally, every time I get to compete for my school is a pretty great moment.
Since coming to Stanford, I have learned:	How to challenge myself, and how to handle challenging situations
The best book I have ever read:	The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand), House of God (Samuel Shem), Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers (Robert Sapolsky), Better and Complications (Atul Gawande)
Favorite Food:	Chicken or Spinach
Least Favorite Food:	All Shellfish
If I had to cook all of my meals, I'd probably survive on:	Burnt break-n-bake cookies
My favorite TV show:	Grey's Anatomy or Nip/Tuck
Favorite Actor/Actress:	Kevin Spacey/Scarlett Johannsen
My favorite musical group:	I like all music - really
The best advice I ever received was:	Lift with your legs, not with your back.
The person or people who have had the greatest influence in my career:	My parents: for always encouraging me and supporting my decisions in the sport. My coaches: for teaching me everything I know about gymnastics. Other non-gymnast Stanford athletes: for always pushing the envelope and raising the bar for all athletes here at Stanford. And finally, my teammates: for their motivation, support and friendship.
If I could invite three people to dinner in history, they would be:	Mahatma Gandhi, Charles Darwin and Jesus
I'd like to switch places for a day with:	The President
My advice to youngsters:	Always challenge yourself, even if it scares you.
If I could bring anything from my hometown to Stanford it would be:	My family
If I had one CD to listen to it would be:	Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane
One wish I would make for the 21st century:	I'd like everyone on earth to be educated at the college level, especially in math, science and economics. I think that if this ever happens, then the solutions to many other substantial problems will soon follow.