MEET WEEK 16Thursday, April 174:30pm ET/
1:30pm PTNational Semifinal 1
OklahomaFloridaMissouri
Alabama
Teams29:00pm ET/
6:00pm PTNational Semifinal 2
LSUUtahUCLA
Michigan State
Who’s ready to college gymnastics themselves some college gymnastics?
Victoria Nguyen already won the earlier training session today for connecting a fall on her front 2/1 to two log rolls directly into Kaylee Bluffstone.
The flame throwers are a little farther away from the gymnasts walking in now so that they don’t almost give Maile O’Keefe a heart attack anymore.
The teams are allowed to have more gymnasts with them on the floor now at nationals, and it feels like there are roughly 600 more people. Some of these coaches have definitely thrown in fake names for the intros.
Everyone was told they could start the touch, and then told to stop and then told to start the touch again. So it’s going great.
Rotation 1
Paradise- VT – Alabama – pretty large hop forward on y1.5. 9.8125
Sievers UB – Alabama 0 good shap to pak – hits hs on high – FTDT, can’t hold onto stick with step back. 9.825
Draser secure loso but flexed feet – switch to switch 1/2 – 1.5, step forward. 9.825
German with a larger hop forward on her 1.5
Light finishes FX with a small slide back on double pike. 9.7875
Pederson – UB – OU – hits hs on low – maloney too pak, legs together – a little past on 1/2 turn on low – DLO, good stick
Pilgrim – BB – Florida – good candle mount – bhs loso, solid foot position, small lean adjustment – full turn – cat leap, lower amplitude, to aerial, hit – switch to split – sticks gainer full
Horton shows good control on FTDT – opens up nice and early out of double back but has too much time and bounces back
Bunagan VT -0 Alabama – more controlk on y1.5 but also landed shorter with a step to the side – 9.850
Fatta with one short hs on high and a small hop back on DLO, otherwise solid.
Nguyen very smooth on onodi to bhs – switch to split, good split positions – 1.5 dmt, hop forward
Kvamme – VT – Alabama – y1.5, short locked leg landing with step back
Wong – BB – Florida – switch to split leap good – aerial, connects to split jump – bhs into loso, secure landing – full turn, smooth – gainer tuck full super low chest down lean and a step forward. 9.800.-
Gladieux – VT – Alabama – good distance on y1.5, leg separation on the block and a hop forward
Celestine – FX – Missouri – FTDT, little leg separation at the end, chest up well – split leap full to jump full to pike shushnova, some travel, solid splits – double tuck bounce back
Harris solid on bhs loso bhs – straddle 1/4 position is good – 1.5 dmt, good stick. Nice one.
Audrey Davis with step to the side on bars dismount today.
Hudson – VT – Alabama – medium bound forward on y1.5, good position in the air.
Arana – BB – FL – secure loso with some foot flexing – switch to switch 1/2 with a check, a couple smaller but there check hesitations in this one – gainer full step back
Range for Audrey Davis from 9.750 to 9.950.
Little hop forward from Ady Wahl on her y1.5
Moore – FX – Missouri – DLO, controls her step, chest down – tuck jump full – switch 1/2 to popa, around – front through to double tuck, good control again but chest lower.
After 1: Oklahoma 49.400, Florida 49.300, Missouri 49.225, Alabama 49.125
Hierarchy intact after the first rotation. Florida a little shaky on beam again, and then there was that time Leanne almost fell on her dismount and went 9.8, but saved by a strong one from Harris. Missouri keeping it close to Florida but probably needed more on floor.
Hooten – FX – Minnesota – FTDT, good position, chest forward landing – 1.5 to excellent front pike – double tuck, chest up, controls we – switch side, under but looked better, into popa
I’d like to thank the citizenry for causing me to miss every single routine in that rotation because they can’t sit down ever.
Rotation 2
Griffin – VT – Missouri – y1/1, good open, hop back, little pike at the end
Gladieux a bit late on giant full into double tuck, small rebound. 9.775
Davis – BB – OU – bhs loso, secure, some position – aerial, nice – beat to split ring, hit – 2/1, legs crossed, chest lower, step forward
Nguyen front 2/1, leg crossing into nice sissone – back 1.5 to layout, lower amplitude on layout, solid control
Tanskanen – VT – Misspuri, good power on tsuk full step back
Hudson with a leg break on shaposh, a little short on hb handstand – FTDT, does a bit of a Leanne, chest well down on lean and a hop forward
Fatta – BB – OU – bhs loso with a little check – side aerial, hit – hitch kick to switch side, a little crooked, secure – switch to split – gainer full hop back
Tisler – VT – Missouri – good lift on yfull, hop up in place
Pederson is off beam on her side somi. It begins?
Walker has to work hard to pull back a handstand on high –
Horton – VT – Missouri – way short on y1.5 and sits it down
Florida being medium-fine-normal on floor so far is the class of the rotation because the wheels are falling off for everyone else.
Bowers BB – OU – hits korbut – full turn, good – bhs loso, smooth, good foot positions – switch 1/2, secure – 2/1, stuck with some leg crossing
Wong – FX – Florida – DLO, huge bounce back OOB –
Moore hits y1.5 with hop forward
Wells – BB – OU – switch kickover is hit but a wobble lean to save it – switch split jump is hit securely – loso series, another lean correction but stays on – 1.5, holds stick with little lean. A critical stay on for them. She gets a 90 minute hug from KJ. One judge went 9.9 which…
Good dismount stick from Fuller on bars.
Celestine pretty large lunge forward on 1.5
Torrez- BB – OU – wolf jump, hit – side aerial to loso, hit, small waver – gainer full, stuck. Oklahoma survives beam.
Clark – FX – Florida – good high straddle jump – DLO, bounce back, keeps it in bounds – front tuck through to double tuck, chest pretty far down, hops to present.
Greaves catches Church a bit close but works through it, nice stick on FTDT
After 2: Oklahoma 98.750, Florida 98.650, Missouri 98.350, Alabama 98.2875
Theme so far is that Oklahoma and Florida are having…fine competitions, at least they’re able to drop the weak ones, but Alabama and Missouri are making enough mistakes that they’re still falling behind. Feel like beam mistakes are being kept too close to the good hits.
Rotation 3
Pilgrim VT – pretty rough landing on y1.5 with lunge forward, near knee down –
Lacoursiere – BB – Alabama – swings right through vertical on her candle mount to hip support – stag ring, check – aerial, little waver in bhs – full turn, hit – holds onto stick on 1.5
Davis under rotated on front 2/1 to start her floor.
Bui – VT – Florida y1.5 hop forward
Kvamme – BB – Alabama – kickover waver wobble into split jump – bhs loso series, good feet, secure landing – switch to split – 1.5 dmt, hop forward
Nguyen – VT – Florida – large bound forward on y1.5
Sievers – FX – OU – double pike, good position, little rebound – double tuck –
Solid stick on gainer full from Ladanyi on beam.
Moore step back on FTDT on bars.
Ferris wins best supporting actress on a vault for trying to sell that landing but she came in short and couldn’t hold the stick position.
Mueller – FX – OU – front tuck throught to double tuck, some check position, secure –
Hudson leans through aerial to bhs series on beam – hop to the side on 1.5 dmt.
Wong – VT – Florida – ro 1/2 on pike 1/2, pretty large bounce back, not as much trouble as the other events but a pretty large bounce
Kelly sticks double tuck on bars.
Gladieux secure on bhs back pike series, some feet – aerial with an arm wave correction – switch to split –
Fatta hits a solid front 2/1 to stag.
Harris – VT – Florida – under on y1.5, short landing, not much distance, step back
Adams – BB – Alabama – wolf triple is hit – aerial, leg up wobble – bhs loso, secure landing – switch to split, secure landing – gainer full, chest well down, hop forward
Bowers – FX – OU – front 2/1 to front tuck, good pass, stuck landing – double pike, little rebound – split leap to switch 1/2 to wolf full, around well –
Titarsolej – UB – Missouri – toe on to maloney to pak,legs together well – solid 1/2 turn on low – short hs on high – giant full, good finish into double tuck, holds the stick. 9.9375
Torrez – FX – OU – DLO, good height, small leg separation – split leap full to wolf full, around – frot tuck to double tuck, rebound
After 3: Oklahoma 148.275, Missouri 147.800, Florida 147.725, Alabama 147.4875
The big news, a strong bars from Missouri and a rough-burger of a vault rotation for Florida has seen Missouri move just ahead after three.
Good tkatchev from Mundell, hits bail, legs together – DLO, little pike down to hold the stick
Ulrich – FX – Denver – secure landing on DLO, chest down – switch side to popa, good use of DISTRACTION HANDS during popa – clean lay in combination – double pike, chest down, hop
Still an uphill battle for Missouri as Florida goes to what should be their best score, but those vault landings have made things interesting.
Rotation 4
Pederson – VT – OU, step forward on y1.5,
Pilgrim 0 UB – Florida – hits pak – van leeuwen – hop forward FTDT
Wier – BB – Missouri – aerial, small waver wobble – bhs loso hit – split to split 1/2 to beat, a little under on split 1/2 – gainer full, holds stick
Lacoursiere low on her rudi with a kind of staggered landing, tucks her front lay before the front full
Torrez – VT – OU – medium hop forward on 1.5
Blakely – Ub – Florida – rixna to pak is hit, some leg break in pak – double front 1/2 with a staggery landing and two small steps, could really go to town on those steps if they wanted. They didn’t want to 9.8625.
Celestine – BB – Missouri – bhs through to side aerial combo is secure – punch front, solid – split to split 3/4 is hit – cat leap to gainer full, can’t hold stick with step back. 9.8125
Wells – VT – OU – a little short on her y1.5 with step back
Jackson – BB – Missouri – aerial, hit, keeps moving to bhs – step back on gainer pike
Wong finds her gymnastics when she needs to with a stuck DLO.
Sears low on DLO but pulls it out –
Fatta also shorter on y1.5 with a step back
Harris – UB – Florida – hits ray – solid hs on high legs together on bail – toe on, bp, to DLO, pike, lower landing, hop forward
Mueller – VT – OU – saved it despite not having her usual amplitude, step to the side
Stuck gainer full for Addison Lawrence gets her to 9.9125
Kelly – BB – Missouri – aerial into bhs, smoothly done – switch to split is good – side aerial, feet but solid again – wolf wavers on the final turn but pulls it around – stuck dismount, rival stuck dismounts with her and Arana on bars.
Bowers – VT – OU – y1.5 solid, smaller step forward than most
Missouri down on Florida now wit one to go. Needs Hu magic.
Hu – BB – Missouri – y spin, hit – aerial to aerial, hit split jump to split 3/4, under control – gainer pike, good stick. Standing O from our section for that one.
McCusker – UB – Maloney to pak good feet – vn leeuwen, hice – hits hs on high – stalder to double tuck, bounce back.
9.9875 for Hu! That should do it!
9.8675 for McCusker will keep Florida below Missouri as Oklahoma and Missouri will advance.
OOOOOOOH. Really thought Missouri had too many bounces on floor and lunges on vault in the first half of this one, but they tightened it up at the end as Florida had that vault rotation.
Nice rudi to straddle jump from Smith on floor to finish out this session, very clean one. Big 9.9375 for her.
FINAL: Oklahoma 197.550, Misspuri 197.300, Florida 197.200, Alabama 196.825
Bowers leads the AA with 39.7125, Ferris leads vault with 9.900 because very few could really vault today, but you feel like that won’t hold up. Bowers, Titarsolej, Wong, and Arana all went 9.9375 on bars. Believe Wong has the tiebreak if that score holds up. Hu’s 9.9875 leads on beam. Bowers and Torrez 9.950 on floor to lead, and Bowers has the tiebreak.
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