Bren, Burner, B-Dog (nbcolympics.com, 06 Apr 2016; usagym.org, 15 Aug 2015)

Swimming, reading, spending time with friends, crafts, cooking. (nbcolympics.com, 06 Apr 2016; usagym.org, 15 Aug 2015)

Athlete

English

Great American Gymnastics Express [GAGE] [Blue Springs, MO, USA]

Al Fong [club] (kshb.com, 18 Apr 2016)

She broke a blood vessel in her eye after a fall at the 2015 US Classic in Chicago, IL, United States of America. (gymnastike.org, 24 Aug 2015)

She broke her hand in 2012 and injured her ankle in 2014. (nbcolympics.com, 06 Apr 2016)

She first went to a gymnastics class in 1997 at Great American Gymnastics Express [GAGE] in Blue Springs, MO, United States of America. (usagym.org, 15 Aug 2015; arabianpunchfront.blogspot.co.uk, 18 Feb 2014)

"I had two older sisters. They were both cheerleaders and they needed to learn how to do a back handspring. My mother was looking for a place to teach them and found Great American Gymnastics Express [GAGE]. They went to the back handspring clinic and she put me in a class. I've been at GAGE since I was age 18 months." (usagym.org, 15 Aug 2015; arabianpunchfront.blogspot.co.uk, 18 Feb 2014)

She trains for up to six hours a day, six days a week (kshb.com, 18 Apr 2016)

US gymnasts Rebecca Clark, Terin Humphrey and Courtney McCool. (nbcolympics.com, 06 Apr 2016)

"When you nail that routine, it's just pure happiness." (kshb.com, 18 Apr 2016)

Awards
She was named the 2015 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year. (soonersports.com, 14 Aug 2015)

General
MEMORABLE PERFORMANCE
She represented the United States of America at the 2015 World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, where she was part of the squad that won gold in the team competition. In qualification, she successfully performed a piked double front somersault in the floor exercise, which is now known as 'the Dowell'. Her floor exercise music also failed to play during qualification, so she performed her routine without accompaniment. "I went because I didn't want to get a zero." (kshb.com, 18 Apr 2016)

UNIVERSITY DEFERRAL
After a year competing in the National Collegiate Athletic Association [NCAA] with the University of Oklahoma in the United States of America, she decided to defer her sophomore year. One of her main motivations for returning to elite gymnastics was to earn a place on the US team for the 2015 World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. "I just felt like I had some unfinished business here." (kshb.com, 18 Apr 2016; gymnastike.org, 24 Aug 2015; beamdreams.com, 09 Jun 2015)