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Megan Fenton begins her third season as head coach of the UCSB women's gymnastics team. Last year she led the Gauchos to a fifth place showing at the USA Women's Gymnastics National Invitation meet. In her first season at UCSB she guided the Gauchos to a fifth place showing at the USA Collegiate National Championships where four Gauchos were named All-American.
Fenton competed at UCLA from 1992-1995. The 1995 Bruin team finished fourth at the NCAA Championships, highlighted by Fenton's 9.825 score on the balance beam. That year she evolved from a bars specialist to an all-around performer, competing in all-around six times. As a team captain in 1994, Fenton helped lead the Bruins to a top five finish at the NCAA Championships. She earned Pac-10 All-Conference honors on the uneven bars in 1994 and finished the season ranked 13th in the nation on bars.
In 1993, Fenton scored a perfect 10.0 to capture the bars title at the Pac-10 Championships. Her perfect score not only set a new school record but was the first 10.0 by a Bruin on bars in UCLA history. She received First Team All-Pac-10 honors for bars in 1993, finishing with a score of 9.75 or higher in 12 of 14 appearances that year.
Fenton attended Hillcrest High School in Sandy, Utah, where she led her squad to the Utah High School Championship in 1991. She also competed on the club level in Utah, setting a Utah state record on bars with a 9.9 showing in 1990. Fenton was a member of the USGF Junior National Team from 1984-86 and placed first on bars at the 1987 U.S. Olympic Festival.
Fenton received her degree in Math-Applied Science from UCLA in 1996. She resides in Santa Barbara.
