UC Davis Athletics

2021: UC Davis opted out of the 2021 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic... The NCAA Division I Council adopted legislation to extend the eligibility of student-athletes that compete in winter sports; gymnastics student-athletes will received an additional season of eligibility and an extra year to complete it.

2020: ALL-MPSF FIRST TEAM on uneven bars (9.800), floor exercise (9.825) and all-around (38.690)... Scored third straight OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARD... Finished as team’s overall highest scorer with 367.150 points... Made eight appearances as an all-arounder, hitting 39.200 at San Jose State (Jan. 31), with back-to-back 39.250 scores at Air Force (Feb. 15) and Boise State (Feb. 21)... Became the fifth Aggie to hit that score in consecutive meets, and the first to do so on the road... Earned her third MPSF Gymnast of the Week accolades of the year for that meet, along with Feb. 4 and 15... Scored 9.8 or better 15 times, including a 9.900 on floor at Sac State (Mar. 7)... Averaged 9.813 on floor for the year, never falling below 9.800 from Jan. 17 on... Earned Academic All-MPSF. 

2019: ALL-MPSF FIRST TEAM in the all-around (38.825), ALL-MPSF SECOND TEAM on bars (9.760) and floor (9.780)... One of our Aggies to earn team’s OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARD...  Became first Aggie to break 39-point barrier in her all-around debut, thanks to 39.050 at Seattle Pacific (Jan. 18)... Also made beam debut in that meet at 9.800... Scored 39-plus three more times in March, including season-best 39.175 in home triangular with Air Force & SPU (Mar. 8)... Hit 9.8 or higher five times on beam, four times on bars and four times on floor... Finished strongest on bars: 9.850 in home finale vs. Washington/Illinois/Yale (Mar. 15) then a season-best 9.875 in MPSF Championships (Mar. 23)... Also had floor high of 9.850 in the Mar. 15 quad meet, one week after scoring beam best of 9.850... Academic All-MPSF honoree.

2018: NCAA SALT LAKE CITY REGIONAL QUALIFIER on uneven bars... One of four recipients of team’s OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS AWARD... Tied Sacramento State’s Courtney Soliwoda for second at-large spot with 9.795 RQS but earned the nod due to tiebreaker rules... Opened season with 9.800 on bars at NorCal Classic (Jan. 8), the first of four 9.8-plus scores for the year... Hit season-high 9.850 in home meets with Stanford/San Jose State/SPU (Feb. 2) and Air Force (Mar. 2)... Also appeared in vault lineup in 11 meets, upgrading her routine late in the year... Responded with 9.800 in Sac State road quad meet (Mar. 16), then season-best 9.825 to finish as MPSF runner-up (Mar. 24)... Made seven floor exercise appearances, topping out with 9.825 in Feb. 2 home quadrangular... WCGA Scholastic All-American.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Graduated summa cum laude from Presentation HS in 2017... Competed for Airborne Gymnastics from 2009 through 2017... Began Level 10 gymnastics in 2014, reaching Region 1 championships each year since... Finished T10th, T4th, 5th and 8th on floor at regional from 2014 through 2017, respectively... Also placed T5th on vault at 2017 regional, weeks after winning state title in that event.

PERSONAL: Born in San Jose, Calif... Majoring in mechanical engineering... Parents are James & Elizabeth Landess... James graduated from UC Davis in 1982... Older of two sisters, along with Amelia (16)... Career highlight was winning vault, bars and all-around titles at 2015 NorCal state meet... Top three bucket-list items: work on a film set, skydive, and visit her grandparents’ birthplace in China.

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