2019 Preview – Pac-12 Roundup

You can find the individual previews for the top-finishing Pac-12 teams from 2018 at the links here.

UCLA (coming soon)
Utah
Cal

But for today, let’s play the lineup game with the remaining Pac-12 teams.


WASHINGTON ROSTER 2019
Seniors
Kristyn Hoffa
VT
FX
  • Competed weekly VT, FX in 2018
  • RQS of 9.875 FX, 9.800 VT
Monica Riley
VT
UB

BB
FX
  • Competed weekly VT, UB in 2018
  • #1 returning UB routine (9.900)
  • RQS of 9.805 VT
  • Competed 1 FX for 9.675, 3 BBs in 2017
Malory Rose
BB
  • Weekly leadoff BB after returning from injury
  • RQS of 9.845
Juniors
Madison Copiak
VT
UB
BB
  • Competed VT, UB, BB every meet in 2018
  • #2 returning score on UB (9.855), BB (9.865)
  • VT RQS of 9.800
Michaela
Nelson
UB
BB
FX
  • Made final 2018 lineups on UB, FX
  • RQS of 9.835 FX, 9.825 UB
  • Competed 1 BB for 9.825 and regularly in 2017
Evanni
Roberson
VT
UB
BB
FX
  • Competed AA in 10 of 14 meets in 2018
  • #1 returning score on BB (9.900)
  • RQS of 9.850 FX, 9.35 UB, 9.820 VT
Maya
Washington
UB
BB
FX
  • Made final FX lineup in 2018
  • #1 returning FX score (9.895)
  • Competed early season UB (9.810), BB (9.780)
Sophomores
Geneva Thompson
VT
UB
BB
FX
  • Missed 2018 season with injury
  • 3rd VT, 5th BB, 2017 JO Nationals
Freshmen
Brenna Brooks
VT
UB
BB
FX
  • WOGA
  • 9th BB, 12th VT – 2018 JO Nationals
  • 10.0-start Omelianchik on VT
Talia Brovedani
  • Will miss 2019 season with injury
Amara Cunningham
VT
FX
  • Galaxy
  • 4th VT, 6th FX – 2018 JO Nationals
  • Has 10.0-start Y1.5 on VT
Madeline McLellan
VT
FX
  • CGC
  • 8th AA, 2017 Gymnix Challenge
Meaghan Ruttan
UB
BB
FX
  • CGC
  • 9th AA, 2015 junior Jesolo
Hannah Vandenkolk
BB
FX
  • Coastal
  • 8th BB, 2018 Region 1s
WASHINGTON VAULT 2019
Lineup locks: Amara Cunningham, Brenna Brooks, Geneva Thompson
Lineup options: Kristyn Hoffa, Evanni Roberson, Madison Copiak, Monica Riley

Washington will hope to trot out a new-look vault lineup in 2019 with a couple freshmen who have competed 10.0 starts in JO competition (Cunningham with a 1.5, Brooks with an Omel) and Geneva Thompson, who sports a strong full in her return from injury. All crucial pieces in the project to get the lineup out of the 9.7s.

WASHINGTON BARS 2019
Lineup locks: Monica Riley, Madison Copiak, Evanni Roberson
Lineup options: Michaela Nelson, Meaghan Ruttan, Maya Washington, Geneva Thompson, Brenna Brooks

Washington returns Monica Riley, who has emerged as a bars star in the past year and will be relied on again for 9.9s atop a lineup that should be pretty consistent with last season’s group. Washington will hope that the spot vacated by Burleson can be filled by Meaghan Ruttan, who showed a lot of potential on bars in her Canadian elite days.

WASHINGTON BEAM 2019
Lineup locks: Evanni Roberson, Madison Copiak, Mallory Rose
Lineup options: Maya Washington, Michaela Nelson, Meaghan Ruttan, Hannah Vandenkolk, Brenna Brooks, Geneva Thompson, Monica Riley

Beam is Washington’s showcase event, but there’s some serious lineup work to do this season without Burleson and Goings to lead the scoring anymore. The 2018-backups like Washington and Nelson have competed plenty of beam before for 9.8s, so there shouldn’t be a dearth of legitimate choices, but the team will also look for the likes of Ruttan and potentially Vandenkolk to come along. Washington needs a couple new people to show that the 9.9 pace won’t be lost in the second half of that lineup.

WASHINGTON FLOOR 2019
Lineup locks: Maya Washington, Kristyn Hoffa, Evanni Roberson
Lineup options: Geneva Thompson, Michaela Nelson, Amara Cunningham, Brenna Brooks, Hannah Vandenkolk, Monica Riley

As on vault, Washington will count on Thompson to provide a little new oomph to the floor lineup. Thompson can join the returning 9.850+s from last season to keep the floor scores edging toward those 49.3s. We haven’t seen a lot of big tumbling from the freshman class, but Vandenkolk has a front 2/1, and several others bring the kind of D-pass-landed-well gymnastics that Washington has thrived on these last couple seasons.


ARIZONA STATE ROSTER 2019
Seniors
Corinne Belkoff
VT
FX
  • Showed 2 VTs (9.438 avg), 1 FX (9.850) in 2018
  • Contributed VT, FX regularly in 2017
Justine Callis
UB
BB
FX
  • Made final BB, FX lineups in 2018
  • #2 returning BB score (9.840)
  • RQS of 9.755 on FX, avg of 9.719 on UB
Anne Kuhm
VT
UB
BB
FX
  • Competed AA in all but 1 meet in 2018
  • #2 returning score on FX (9.880), UB (9.840)
  • RQS of 9.815 BB, 9.815 VT
Katelyn Lentz
VT
BB
FX
  • Competed VT, BB, FX before injury in 2018
  • Avg of 9.800 FX, 9.775 BB, 9.719 VT
Kaitlyn Szafranski
VT
UB
FX
  • Made final lineups on VT, UB, FX following transfer from LSU
  • RQS of 9.845 FX, 9.795 VT, 9.735 UB
Heather Udowitch
BB
FX
  • Made final 2018 lineups on BB, FX
  • RQS of 9.760 BB, 9.690 FX
Morgan Wilson
VT
UB
BB
  • Made final 2018 lineups on VT, UB, BB
  • #2 returning VT score (9.835)
  • RQS of 9.780 UB, 9.775 BB
Juniors
Jessica Ginn
VT
FX
  • Competed weekly VT, FX in 2018
  • RQS of 9.825 FX, 9.790 VT
Morgan Hart
VT
UB
BB
  • Competed 8 UBs in 2018 for 9.800 RQS
  • Showed 1 BB (9.825), 1 VT (9.775), 2 FXs (9.175 avg)
Mekayla Jones
  • Did not compete in 2018
  • Showed 10 FXs in 2017 for 9.740
Graycee Rushton
VT
  • Competed 7 VTs in 2018 for 9.646 avg
Ashley Szafranski
UB
BB
  • Competed UB, BB every week in 2018
  • #1 returning score on BB (9.865)
  • #3 returning score on UB (9.810)
Sophomores
Cairo Leonard-Baker
VT
UB
BB
FX
  • Competed AA in all but 1 meet in 2018
  • #1 returning score on FX (9.905), UB (9.905), VT (9.850)
  • #3 returning score on BB (9.825)
Maya Williams
  • Did not compete in first season
Seniors
Jasmine Gutierrez
BB
FX
  • SCEGA
  • 3rd FX, 2018 Region 1s
Kaitlin Harvey
BB
FX
  • Gold Medal
  • 2nd BB, 2017 JO Nationals
Stephanie Tripodi
VT
BB
FX
  • North Stars
  • 10th FX, 2018 JO Nationals
ARIZONA STATE VAULT 2019
Lineup locks: Cairo Leonard-Baker, Morgan Wilson, Anne Kuhm
Lineup options: Kaitlyn Szafranski, Katelyn Lentz, Jessica Ginn, Stephanie Tripodi, Morgan Hart, Corinne Belkoff, Graycee Rushton

For the most part, Arizona State will be looking at a similar vault lineup to last season. At this weekend’s intrasquad, the team showed 8 vaults, all of which made appearances last season. ASU will expect to get Lentz back into the lineup as she returns from the injury that spoiled the end of her 2018 season, which would restore the supply of six usable vault scores.

ARIZONA STATE BARS 2019
Lineup locks: Anne Kuhm, Cairo Leonard-Baker, Ashley Szafranski
Lineup options: Kaitlyn Szafranski, Morgan Wilson, Morgan Hart, Jessica Ginn, Justine Callis, Graycee Rushton, Katelyn Lentz

Arizona State excelled on bars last season—often the team’s high score—largely because of the introductions of Leonard-Baker and Kuhm to the lineup. Those two will lead the scoring again this season. Bars is the one event where ASU does lose a routine from last season’s regionals lineup, so anticipate some experimentation with those who didn’t quite make the final group last year, Hart seeming a reasonable option.

ARIZONA STATE BEAM 2019
Lineup locks: Anne Kuhm, Ashley Szafranski, Justine Callis
Lineup options: Cairo Leonard-Baker, Heather Udowitch, Morgan Wilson, Kaitlin Harvey, Katelyn Lentz, Kaitlyn Szafranski, Jessica Ginn, Graycee Rushton, Corinne Belkoff

Beam presents ASU’s deepest slate of choices with what I would count as 9 or 10 believable routines, so even though all of the sets from last season’s final lineup do return, there’s room play around. The quest will be to make sure everyone in the lineup is a weekly 9.800, which should be doable this year. Of the freshmen, Kaitlin Harvey was second on beam at JO nationals in 2017 and seems a reasonable nominee to come into the group.

ARIZONA STATE FLOOR 2019
Lineup locks: Cairo Leonard-Baker, Anne Kuhm, Kaitlyn Szafranski, Katelyn Lentz
Lineup options: Jessica Ginn, Heather Udowitch, Justine Callis, Stephanie Tripodi, Corinne Belkoff, Graycee Rushton

As on the other pieces, Arizona State doesn’t have to do much lineup fiddling on floor this season if it doesn’t want to, able to return Lentz to the six and keep everything else the same if the team so pleases. Yesterday’s intrasquad presented very few routines from freshmen, which signaled a lack of alterations to lineups at least at this point. Although, Stephanie Tripodi was excellent on floor in JO, so if she’s able to go, watch out for that routine.


OREGON STATE ROSTER 2019
Seniors
Mariana
Colussi-Pelaez
UB
BB
  • Competed UB every week in 2018
  • #1 returning UB score (9.860)
  • Showed 1 BB in 2018 for 9.725
Mary
Jacobsen
VT
UB
FX
  • Competed VT, UB, FX every meet in 2018
  • #1 returning score on VT (9.845), UB (9.860)
  • RQS of 9.865 on FX
McKenna Singley
VT
UB
BB
FX
  • Competed AA in 10 of 12 meets in 2018
  • RQS of 9.895 FX, 9.840 BB, 9.830 UB, 9.800 VT
Juniors
Halli Briscoe
UB
  • Showed 5 late season UBs for 9.840 avg
Lacy Dagen
(redshirt)
VT
UB
BB
  • Did not show competition routines in 2018 following transfer from Florida
Destinee Davis
VT
BB
FX
  • Made final 2018 lineups on VT, BB, FX
  • #2 returning RQS on BB (9.855), VT (9.840)
  • Showe 3 FXs for 9.858 avg
Sabrina Gill
VT
UB
BB
FX
  • Competed AA in 6 of 12 meets in 2018
  • Made final lineups on VT, BB, FX
  • RQS of 9.840 BB, 9.825 FX, 9.790 UB, 9.790 VT
Lena Greene
VT
  • Competed 8 VTs in 2018 for 9.800 RQS
  • Has 10.0 start
Jaime Law
  • Did not compete in first 2 seasons
Maela Lazaro
BB
  • #1 returning score on BB (9.870)
Isis Lowery UB
BB
FX
  • #2 returning score on FX (9.905)
  • Showed 2 BBs in 2018 for 9.738
Alyssa
Minyard
  • Will miss 2019 season with torn Achilles
Sophomores
Savanna Force
VT
FX
  • Competed 8 FXs in 2018 for 9.695 RQS
Lexie Gonzales
VT
  • Did not compete in first season
Niya Mack
VT
FX
  • Showed 4 FXs in 2018, hitting 3 of 4
Colette Yamaoka
  • Did not compete in first season
Kaitlyn Yanish
VT
UB
BB
FX
  • Competed weekly VT, BB, FX in 2018
  • #1 returning score on FX (9.920)
  • RQS of 9.825 VT, 9.780 BB
Freshmen
Leah Bivrell
  • CGI
  • 5th BB, 2017 Colorado States
Madi Dagen
VT
UB
BB
FX
  • San Mateo
  • 6th AA, 2nd BB – 2018 JO Nationals
Alex McClung
FX
  • The Athletic Edge
  • 14th FX, 2018 JO Nationals
Kristina Peterson
VT
BB
FX
  • Metropolitan
  • 16th AA, 2018 JO Nationals
OREGON STATE VAULT 2019
Lineup locks: Mary Jacobsen, Kaitlin Yanish, Madi Dagen
Lineup options: Lena Greene, Destinee Davis, Sabrina Gill, McKenna Singley, Niya Mack, Lacy Dagen, Savanna Force, Lexie Gonzales

Oregon State will get its traditional 10.0 start from Jacobsen and will expect strong fulls from Yanish and Madi Dagen to produce the most useful scores at the back of the lineup. OSU did add a 10.0 start from Lena Greene last year as well, one that proved hit-and-miss on landing control but typically provided a counting score. This roster should provide a reasonable collection of fulls from which to experiment to find the 9.800s, though we haven’t seen a ton of 10.0 options.

OREGON STATE BARS 2019
Lineup locks: Mary Jacobsen, Mariana Colussi-Pelaez
Lineup options: Sabrina Gill, McKenna Singley, Halli Briscoe, Kaitlyn Yanish, Madi Dagen, Isis Lowery, Colette Yamaoka

The middle core of the lineup from last year remains intact, with Jacobsen, MCP, and Singley all likely to return to the six. OSU also found a useful 9.8 from Briscoe at the end of last season, which helps the lineup project look a little sturdier for this year. I always hope to see Gill on bars because she’s certainly among the most talented bars workers Oregon State has, though it never seems to play out by the end of the season. Yanish and Madi Dagen are possibilities as long as the content gets there, but Oregon State is also trying to develop new routines from Lowery and Yamaoka to ensure that the depth doesn’t drop off and they’re not stuck with some 9.7.

OREGON STATE BEAM 2019
Lineup locks: Sabrina Gill, Maela Lazaro, McKenna Singley, Kaitlyn Yanish
Lineup options: Madi Dagen, Destinee Davis, Mariana Colussi-Pelaez, Lacy Dagen, Isis Lowery, Kristina Peterson, Savanna Force, Lexie Gonzales

An absolute nightmare on beam at regionals is why OSU finished last season ranked a misleading 27th (this was a mid-teens level squad), but even though not having Dessaints on beam anymore is a blow to everyone, the beam reinvention job shouldn’t be particularly dire or urgent. Gill, Lazaro, Yanish, and Singley are all reasonable 9.8s coming back. Madi Dagen was super solid in JO on beam and should be there, and then you have a good half-dozen remaining contenders from which to decide who is the least terrifying through January experiments.

OREGON STATE FLOOR 2019
Lineup locks: Kaitlyn Yanish, Isis Lowery, McKenna Singley, Madi Dagen
Lineup options: Sabrina Gill, Mary Jacobsen, Savanna Force, Destinee Davis, Kristina Peterson, Niya Mack, Maela Lazaro

Oregon State’s floor is the team’s most encouraging lineup scores-wise, presenting legitimate 9.9 possibilities from Yanish and Lowery and a clean new routine from Madi Dagen that should make the six. With no lost routines from last year, we may not see too much change, but I would imagine continuing to try to get Force into the lineup will be a project. She has the difficulty but didn’t have the landing consistency to stay in the lineup last season.


STANFORD ROSTER 2019
Seniors
Taryn Fitzgerald
VT
BB
  • Made final 2018 lineups on VT, BB
  • Avg of 9.694 VT, 9.517 BB
Hailee
Hoffman
FX
  • Showed 8 FXs in 2018 for 9.785 RQS
  • Made final VT lineup in 2017
Nicole
Hoffman
BB
  • Competed 2 BBs in 2018 (avg 9.713)
  • Showed 4 FXs in 2017
Juniors
Kaylee
Cole
VT
BB
FX
  • Competed weekly VT, BB, FX in 2018
  • RQS of 9.800 BB, 9.785 FX, 9.755 VT
Ashley Tai
BB
  • Showed 9 BBs in 2018 for 9.765 RQS
  • Competed VT, FX in 2017
Aleeza Yu UB
BB
  • Did not compete in 2018 with injury
  • Featured on VT, UB, BB in 2017
Sophomores
Kyla Bryant
VT
UB
BB
FX
  • Competed AA in 11 of 12 meets in 2018
  • #1 returning score on FX (9.875), BB (9.870), UB (9.865)
  • #2 returning score on VT (9.830)
Rachael Flam
VT
UB
BB
FX
  • Competed AA in final 8 meets of 2018
  • #1 returning score on VT (9.860)
  • RQS of 9.825 FX, 9.785 BB, 9.735 UB
Grace Garcia
VT
FX
  • Missed first season with injury
  • Has trained 10.0-start Tsuk 1/1 on VT
Taylor Lawson
VT
UB
FX
  • Made final 2018 lineups on UB, FX
  • #2 returning score on FX (9.845)
  • UB RQS of 9.780
  • Showed 4 VTs for 9.669 avg
Lauren Navarro
VT
UB
BB
FX
  • Competed AA in 9 of 12 meets in 2018
  • #2 returning score on BB (9.845)
  • RQS of 9.820 FX, 9.785 VT, 9.770 UB
Catherine Rogers
BB
  • Valiantly showed 5 UBs in 2018 for 8.915 avg
Freshmen
Madison Brunette
VT
UB
  • Metropolitan
  • 6th UB, 2017 JO Nationals
Morgan Hoang
VT
FX
  • Houston Center
  • 9th BB, 11th FX – 2017 JO Nationals
Eve Micco
VT
UB
FX
  • Arizona Sunrays
  • 9th AA, 2017 JO Nationals
Wesley Stephenson
UB
BB
  • Legacy Elite
  • #14th AA, 2017 JO Nationals
Grace Waguespack
VT
UB
BB
FX
  • Gym USA Longwood
  • #12th AA, 2017 JO Nationals
STANFORD VAULT 2019
Lineup locks: Rachael Flam, Kyla Bryant
Lineup options: Lauren Navarro, Grace Garcia, Kaylee Cole, Taryn Fitzgerald, Taylor Lawson, Grace Waguespack, Madison Brunette

There’s no Ebee, and you’re just going to have to deal with it. Stanford does return a 10.0 start from Flam that improved as 2018 progressed, as well as a very reasonable full from Bryant that will be counted on toward the end of the lineup. There’s also a possibility for Grace Garcia to get in there, someone who missed last season with injury but has shown a Tsuk 1/1 in the past. Look for freshmen like Waguespack and Brunette to see time as well if they can bump up the fulls project with a few more 9.8s and fewer 9.7s.

STANFORD BARS 2019
Lineup locks: Kyla Bryant
Lineup options: Grace Waguespack, Eve Micco, Madison Brunette, Wesley Stephenson, Lauren Navarro, Taylor Lawson, Rachael Flam

Let’s be honest, Stanford returns one bars routine from Bryant, and the rest of the spots are entirely up for grabs after the drastic situation last year. In that regard, I expect to see many, many freshmen. Every freshman with the possibility of a bars routine will get a shot, and with very reaslistic options from Waguespack and Micco and Brunette, Stanford will be optimistic that a total lineup refresh can happen. At the same time, I don’t want to close the door entirely on someone like Navarro, who is too lovely on bars to continue being stuck in handstand purgatory. I’m not listing Aleeza Yu in here because of her persistent back issues, but if she were to be healthy, you’d want her on bars.

STANFORD BEAM 2019
Lineup locks: Kyla Bryant, Lauren Navarro
Lineup options: Taryn Fitzgerald, Wesley Stephenson, Grace Waguespack, Rachael Flam, Kaylee Cole,  Ashley Tai

Beam was not really the issue (that often) for Stanford last season, presenting a 49 more often than not and now returning five of the six people who made that final group. Although, with several similar-level 9.8s hanging around the periphery of the lineup and freshmen like Stepenson and Waguespack presenting the ability to push their way in, we may still see a different look to the beam group this year anyway. There’s no reason just to sit on last season’s lineup, and I anticipate a little more competition for spots this time.

STANFORD FLOOR 2019
Lineup locks: Kyla Bryant, Taylor Lawson, Rachael Flam
Lineup options: Morgan Hoang, Lauren Navarro, Kaylee Cole, Grace Waguespack, Eve Micco, Hailee Hoffman, Grace Garcia,

Floor saved Stanford last season on many occasions with an anchor 9.950 from Price that brought the score back into the mid-195s, so I’m a little worried about how things will go this season without her. Stanford will still have big possible routines from Bryant and Flam, and will hope to add at least Hoang with a DLO to the returning group (if not some other freshmen as well) to ensure that floor can still save the meet should things go haywire elsewhere.


ARIZONA ROSTER 2019
Seniors
Haylie Hendrickson
UB
BB
  • Competed weekly UB, BB in 2018
  • #1 returning BB score (9.820)
  • RQS of 9.825 UB
  • Showed 1 FX in 2018 for 9.350
Danielle Spencer
UB
BB
  • Competed weekly UB in 2018 for 9.825
  • Showed 1 BB for 9.700
Juniors
Christina Berg
UB
FX
  • Competed weekly UB, FX in 2018
  • #1 returning UB score (9.865)
  • FX RQS of 9.770
Courtney Cowles
VT
BB
  • Competed regular VT, BB in 2018
  • RQS of 9.750 on vboth
Jenny Leung
VT
BB
  • Competed 4 VTs in 2018 for 9.669 avg
  • Showed 1 BB for 9.725
Maddi Leydin
VT
UB
BB
FX
  • Competed AA in 8 of 12 meets in 2018
  • #1 returning score on FX (9.775)
  • RQS of 9.815 UB, 9.755 BB, 9.745 VT
Heather Swanson
VT
FX
  • Competed frequent VT in 2018 for 9.765 RQS
  • Showed 1 FX for 9.400
Sophomores
Payton Bellows
VT
BB
FX
  • Competed in 6 meets in 2018 before injury
  • Avg of 9.838 VT, 9.720 FX
  • Showed 1 BB for 9.125
Sydney Freidin
BB
  • Showed 2 Bbs in 2018 for 8.988 avg
Laura Leigh Horton
  • Did not compete in first season
Adra Parks
VT
FX
  • Showed 7 FXs in 2018 for 9.750 RQS
  • Competed 5 VTs for 9.715 avg
Freshmen
Kennedi Davis
VT
BB
FX
  • Fuzion
  • 13th BB, 2018 JO Nationals
Asia Rose Duvernay
UB
FX
  • Gedderts
  • 5th FX, 2018 Region 5s
Mackinzie Kane
UB
  • Carters
  • 23rd AA, 2018 JO Nationals
Alivia Kendrick
UB
  • Perfection
  • 13th AA, 2018 Ohio States
ARIZONA VAULT 2019
Lineup locks: Payton Bellows
Lineup options: Maddi Leydin, Kennedi Davis, Courtney Cowles, Jeeny Leung, Heather Swanson, Adra Parks

Key for Arizona this season will be getting Payton Bellows back, a 1.5er who missed the second part of last season with injury. Hers is Arizona’s best vault score and looks to be an essential part of the quest to get back to regionals this year. I also like the full option presented by Kennedi Davis in JO and would look for hers to be an important new vault.

ARIZONA BARS 2019
Lineup locks: Christina Berg, Haylie Hendrickson, Danielle Spencer, Maddi Leydin
Lineup options: Mackinzie Kane, Asia Rose Duvernay, Alivia Kendrick

I’m not worried about Arizona’s bars at the business end of the lineup, where the four returning athletes all sport 9.8+ routines and look like locks to return. I am worried that those four are the only athletes on Arizona’s roster that have ever competed bars in college. That means Arizona will also need to develop some routines from freshmen who didn’t necessarily get giant bars scores all the time in JO. Kane has the composition, so I’d certainly expect to see her on this event, and Duvernay shows some clean potential to make a lineup-ready routine.

ARIZONA BEAM 2019
Lineup locks: Haylee Hendrickson, Courtney Cowles, Maddi Leydin
Lineup options: Kennedi Davis, Jenny Leung, Mackinzie Kane, Sydney Freidin, Danielle Spencer, Payton Bellows

Not having Cindric this season (or Ortiz for that matter) will prove a problem for Arizona, but Arizona did show a bunch of beam routines last season—the majority of the roster getting a chance to show at least one—so there will be possibilities to bring along this year as they gain more time and experience. I do like the options from both Davis and Kane among the freshmen, which will be necessary to fill out the slate of routines—at the very minimum. Arizona would prefer if they prove 9.8y in a way that can replace the lost sets.

ARIZONA FLOOR 2019
Lineup locks: Maddi Leydin, Christina Berg, Payton Bellows
Lineup options: Kennedi Davis, Asia Rose Duvernay, Adra Parks, Mackinzie Kane

Most teams can save their meet totals because of floor. Arizona was not able to do that often enough last season, ranking 44th on floor and going sub-49 in almost 2/3 of meets. Having lost all of the strongest scores from last season’s lineup, this lineup will need significant infusion, including the return of Payton Bellows as well any and all possible freshmen. I expect to see much of Kennedi Davis, who had a front 2/1 in JO, and Duvernay brings clean, open work on D passes that can do well in NCAA. Last season, Arizona had to throw out people to get 9.3s and 9.4s sometimes simply because they were bodies, and the team doesn’t want to have to do that again.


 

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