Margzetta Frazier

Margzetta Frazier
Full name	Margzetta Bryantina Frazier
Nickname(s)	Marz
Born	(2000-02-25) February 25, 2000 (age 25) [1] Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height	5 ft 2 in (157 cm)
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	United States
Years on national team	2017–18 (USA)
College team	UCLA Bruins (2019–24)
Training location	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Club	Parkettes (Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.) (2015–2018)
Head coach(es)	Janelle McDonald
Former coach(es)	Donna and Bill Strauss Valorie Kondos Field Chris Waller
Music	"Din Daa Daa" by Kevin Aviance (2019)
Medal record Representing the   United States FIG World Cup 2018 Birmingham All-Around Representing the UCLA Bruins NCAA Championships 2019 Fort Worth Team

Margzetta Bryantina Frazier (born February 25, 2000) is an American artistic gymnast. She was a U.S. national team in 2017 and 2018 and was the 2018 Birmingham World Cup silver medalist. She is currently a member of the UCLA Gymnastics team. She is the older sister of Emjae Frazier.

Elite gymnastics career

Frazier competed at the 2017 U.S. Classic where she competed on the uneven bars; she finished fourth behind Ragan Smith, Alyona Shchennikova, and Trinity Thomas and tied with Marissa Oakley. ^[2] Later that summer Frazier competed at the 2017 National Championships where she placed fifth in the all-around and on uneven bars, eighth on balance beam, and seventh on floor exercise. ^[3] Due to her performance she was named to the national team. In September Frazier attended world trials, but was not named to the world championship team.

In February 2018, Frazier was named to represent the U.S. at the Birmingham World Cup. ^[4] This would be Frazier's first international assignment. While there Frazier won the silver medal behind Russia's Angelina Melnikova, finishing with a score of 53.932. ^[5]

Frazier did not plan at competing at the 2018 National Championships, but did so at the request of team coordinator Tom Forster. At the national championships she finished thirteenth in the all-around, tied for eleventh on uneven bars with Ragan Smith, tied for eighteenth on balance beam with Maddie Johnston, and placed tenth on floor exercise. ^[6]

Collegiate gymnastics career

On November 9, 2015, ^[7] Frazier committed to the UCLA for the 2018–19 season. ^[8]

2018–19 season

Frazier joined the UCLA Bruins women's gymnastics team in the 2018–19 season. She primarily competed on uneven bars and floor exercise throughout the season. At the Pac-12 Championships Frazier helped UCLA come in first and individually she won silver on the uneven bars. ^[9] At the NCAA Championships Frazier helped UCLA finish in third place. ^[10] Frazier made the NCAA All American team on the uneven bars. Frazier was rewarded with multiple Pac-12 Freshman of the Week titles.

2019-2020 season

Frazier made her collegiate all-around and beam debut at the Collegiate Challenge on January 4, scoring a 39.4. ^[11] This performance led to her selection for the first-ever Pac-12 Coaches' Award. ^[12]

Regular season rankings

Season	All-Around	Vault	Uneven Bars	Balance Beam	Floor Exercise
2019	N/A	N/A	19th	N/A	34th
2020	N/A	N/A	10th	N/A	N/A
2021	18th	107th	6th	101st	37th
2022	N/A due to injury
2023	N/A	234th	35th	N/A	47th
2024	N/A	N/A	80th	N/A	N/A

Personal life

Frazier was born on February 25, 2000, to parents, William and Tina Frazier. She has three siblings: eMjae and Billie, who are also gymnasts, ^[13] and Tytan, a soccer player. Tytan and Billie also do track and field. ^[14] She attended Timber Creek Regional High School and graduated in 2018. ^[15]

Competitive history

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
Junior
2014	American Classic				4
	P&G National Championships		28	13	28	27	17
2015	P&G National Championships		19	11	18	25	19
Senior
2016	US Classic		4	6	14	17	6
	P&G National Championships		15		20	20	15
2017	US Classic				4
	P&G National Championships		5		5	8	7
2018	Birmingham World Cup
	U.S. National Championships		13		11	18	10
NCAA
2019	PAC-12 Championships			17			19
	NCAA Championships				9
2020	PAC-12 Championships	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA [16] [17]
	NCAA Championships
2021	PAC-12 Championships		4				9
2023	PAC-12 Championships				10		9

References

1. "USA Gymnastics - Margzetta Frazier" . Retrieved June 6, 2016.
2. "See the results for the 2017 U.S. Classic gymnastics event on FloGymnastics.com". www.flogymnastics.com. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
3. "2017 P and G Event Results" (PDF).
4. "USA Gymnastics selects gymnasts for three World Cup events".
5. "Frazier wins the silver medal at Birmingham World Cup".
6. "2018 P and G Results" (PDF).
7. "Margzetta Frazier commits to UCLA for the 2018-19 season" . Retrieved June 6, 2016.
8. "2018-19 Frazier to UCLA - CollegeGymFans.com" . Retrieved June 6, 2016.
9. "UCLA defends Pac-12 gymnastics championship". Pac-12 Conference . March 23, 2019. Archived from the original on March 24, 2019.
10. "2019 NCAA gymnastics championships -- Oklahoma Sooners vault to title". ESPN . April 20, 2019.
11. "UCLA Places Second at Collegiate Challenge". UCLA. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
12. "Frazier Earns First-Ever Pac-12 Coaches' Choice Award". UCLA. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
13. "eMjae Frazier, Atlantic Coast Gymnastics - MyMeetScores.com" . Retrieved June 6, 2016.
14. "Billie Frazier, Bright Stars Gymnastics - MyMeetScores.com" . Retrieved June 6, 2016.
15. "Security Check Required". Facebook . Retrieved June 6, 2016.
16. "Pac-12 statement on men's basketball tournament, Pac-12 sport competitions and Pac-12 championship events". Pac-12 Conference . March 11, 2020. Archived from the original on March 12, 2020.
17. "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns". NCAA . March 13, 2020.

External links

• Margzetta Frazier at the International Gymnastics Federation
• Margzetta Frazier at USA Gymnastics