For the top scores of week 8, it’s the 39 routines that got a 10.000, a 10 from one judge, or a consensus 9.950 from both judges. Deep breath.
The 10.000s
Lexy Ramler – Vault – Minnesota
Trinity Thomas – Bars – Florida
Trinity Thomas – Floor – Florida
The 9.975s
Lexy Ramler – Bars – Minnesota
Lynnzee Brown – Floor – Denver
Cally Nixon – Bars – Kentucky
Ellie Lazzari – Beam – Florida
Leah Clapper – Beam – Florida
Abbey Miner-Alder – Floor – BYU
Maile O’Keefe – Beam – Utah
Sierra Brooks – Vault – Michigan
The 9.950s
Hannah Scharf – Floor – Arizona State
Sanya Glauber – Bars – Maryland
Lexy Ramler – Beam – Minnesota
Kinsey Davis – Bars – Nebraska
Audrey Davis – Vault – Oklahoma (10.000/9.900 split)
Audrey Davis – Bars – Oklahoma (10.000/9.900 split)
Lynnzee Brown – Bars – Denver
Maggie O’Hara – Bars – Arkansas
Kennedy Hambrick – Beam – Arkansas
Lexi Graber – Beam – Alabama (10.000/9.900 split)
Alyona Shchennikova – Vault – LSU
Kiya Johnson – Vault – LSU
Haleigh Bryant – Floor – LSU
Megan Roberts – Vault – Georgia
Rachel Baumann – Floor – Georgia
Savannah Schoenherr – Vault – Florida
Alyssa Baumann – Floor – Florida
Derrian Gobourne – Floor – Auburn (10.000/9.900 split)
Brittney Vitkauskas – Floor – BYU (10.000/9.900 split)
Cristal Isa – Beam – Utah
Abby Paulson – Beam – Utah
Jaedyn Rucker – Floor – Utah
Nia Dennis – Bars – UCLA
Margzetta Frazier – Bars – UCLA
Sierra Brooks – Beam – Michigan
Clair Kaji – Beam – Iowa
Ava Verdeflor – Bars – Penn State
The 9.925s
Emily Glynn – Vault – Denver (10.000/9.850 split)
I’m sure everyone here will agree…
All of these scores were legit (NOT)!
Unpopular opinion:
Schennikova’s vault > Ramler’s vault
Both are good, but in terms of whether either should have gotten a ten – Schennikova’s by a mile. Big-10 does get its overscores from time to time, lol.
Totally. Ramler is obviously a dream but her vault gets a little messy at times. Alyona’s vault is actually really really good. Her technique and form on vault are almost perfect and definitely contends for one of the best 1.5s of the season tbh. I actually wouldn’t be that mad if she gets a 10 at some point on vault.
Also, Alyona’s floor is actually quite good too. Her legs are together on all her tumbling, she hits her leaps, just some moments of flexed feet here and there.
I love Ramler and I have been a big, big critic of Schennikova and the scores she has received this season, but I agree! That vault was great and I actually wouldn’t have been upset if they would have given that one a 10. And it goes to figure that the one time Ramler gets a 10 this season is when I don’t really think she deserved it. I think the judges are just trying to troll us.
What’s cool is Schennikova went up after a fall.
Gotta love those 10.00/9.90 splits but a 10.00/9.85 split is truly delicious.
I mean a 1.5 tenth split is okay if it’s 9.25 or 9.1 after a fall, but honestly. There should be a big difference between perfection and 9.85!!
Glauber’s bars were do NOT a 9.95. Who on earth judged it? This is no slight to her and a good bars set, but the deductions are very obvious.
Regionals will be interesting because I wonder if some of these gymnasts who are routinely getting 9.9+ this year will be shocked by normal scoring at regionals.
. . . Or maybe everyone will get 198 and Nationals will be insane.
Well don’t forget that these regular season meets there are only two judges per event, where as regionals will have four, and nationals six. Most of the time at dual meets only four judges are hired and they judge two events each VT or UB and then switch to BB or FX.
Alyona should have gotten a 10. I’m fine with Lexy getting a 10 too.