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Sydney is a level 10 gymnast from First in Flight in Gastonia, NC under coach Elke Williams. Sydney was a member of the 2014-2015 Gymnastics Canada Junior National Team and will be joining the University of Arkansas gymnastics team during the 2017-2018 school year. 

She has competed internationally for Team Canada in Belgium, winning gold and silver medals, and has been compared to Nastia Liukin in an article written by Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG): http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/site/figNews/view?id=972#

Most recently, Sydney was the 2016 Region 8 Champion, earning the highest score of all 600+ athletes present: 38.800.

Gymnastike.com's quotes about Sydney:
- “She’s my pick as the 2016 Olympic team ‘dark horse.'"
- "An amazing amount of focus … she’s like a little machine!"
- "This gymnast caught my eye when I first walked in the arena!"
- "She’s just beautiful on beam!"
- "Sydney Laird… remember that name!"