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2000: One of the nation's top h-bar performers … had a meet high in the h-bar in the first three meets of the year, finishing with a 9.500 at UCSB, 9.750 in a meet vs. UCSB and Stanford, and a 9.650 at Stanford … scored a career best and tied a meet high in the p-bars (9.650) vs. Stanford … finished 17th overall at MPSF championships with an all-around score of 47.500 … placed fifth in the h-bar at the NCAA West Regionals … scored a career high in the floor exercise (9.400) and vault (9.575) at the at the NCAA championships.
1999: Was developing into a reliable, five-event gymnast before breaking a finger in practice prior to Cal's meet vs. Illinois ... registered a career-high 9.800 on the p-horse at the UCSB Invitational, Cal's top score on that event in '99 ... opened the season with an h-bar victory (9.650) vs. Stanford ... finished first on horse (9.550) and second on vault (9.150) at the Cardinal Open ... took top honors on horse (9.650) and h-bar (9.750) the following week at UCSB.
1998: Placed third in the NCAA horizontal bar individual final with a score of 9.7625 to earn All-America honors ... made his collegiate debut at the UCLA Invitational ... in just his second meet, tied for first on the h-bar and tied for second on the p-horse with a pair of 9.800s ... placed in the top three in at least one event in every meet ... competed throughout the postseason on h-bar and posted a 9.700 in the NCAA team final.
Previous: Member of the Junior National Team from 1992-95 ... trained under Ted Woltz at Spitz Gymnastics.
Personal: Dave Adam Eskildsen … hobbies include music, camping and studying ... prepped at Casa Roble High in Orangevale ... parents are Pam and Steve Eskildsen of Folsom ... born Oct. 3, 1979 in San Jose.
Eskildsen's Career Bests
Floor: 9.400 NCAA Cham. - 3/31/00
P-Horse 9.800 UCSB Invite - 3/6/99
Vault: 9.575 NCAA Cham. - 3/30/00
P-Bars: 9.650 Stanford - 2/19/00
H-Bar: 9.800 Gold's Challenge - 3/7/98
