42 routines received a 10.000 from at least one judge this week
The 10.000s
Luisa Blanco – Beam – Alabama
eMjae Frazier – Floor – Cal
Olivia Trautman – Vault – Oklahoma (Friday)
Cristal Isa – Beam – Utah
Jade Carey – Beam – Oregon State
Halle Remlinger – Floor – Minnesota
Mya Hooten – Floor – Minnesota
Nikki Smith – Vault – Michigan State (Sunday)
Jori Jackard – Bars – Michigan State (Sunday)
Jordan Chiles – Bars – UCLA
Jessica Hutchinson – Beam – Denver
Lynnzee Brown – Floor – Denver
The 9.975s
Nikki Smith – Bars – Michigan State (Friday)
Chase Brock – Vault – LSU
Haleigh Bryant – Floor – LSU
Haleigh Bryant – Vault – LSU
Technically, the official scores actually say both judges gave her 9.98 (fun?)
Trinity Thomas – Bars – Florida
Makenzie Wilson – Vault – Kentucky
Cassie Stevens – Vault – Auburn
Chloe Negrete – Floor – NC State
Jade Carey – Bars – Oregon State
Sydney Gonzales – Beam – Oregon State
Elexis Edwards – Floor – Ohio State
Mia Takekawa – Beam – Illinois
Jordan Chiles – Beam – UCLA
Jordan Chiles – Floor – UCLA
Jessica Hutchinson – Floor – Denver
Rosie Casali – Floor – Denver
Sierra Brooks – Bars – Michigan
Gabby Wilson – Beam – Michigan
Natalie Wojcik – Beam – Michigan
Gabby Wilson – Floor – Michigan
Olivia Trautman – Vault – Oklahoma (Monday)
The 9.950s
10.000/9.900 split
Skyla Schulte – Bars – Michigan State (Friday)
Andi Li – Bars – Cal
Sloane Blakely – Beam – Florida
Leanne Wong – Floor – Florida
Lauren McPherson – Beam – San Jose State
Maddie Quarles – Vault – Minnesota
Adriana Popp – Beam – Boise State
Baleigh Garcia – Beam – Michigan State (Sunday)
The 9.900s
10.000/9.800 split
Lilly Hudson – Beam – Alabama
A 10.000/9.800 split should be an automatic judges conference. Too far out of line and a big difference between perfection and .2 worth of deductions. Needs to be a discussion between the two judges at the very minimum. Then the judge giving a 10.00 needs to point out every skill that was error free. Judge with 9.800 needs to question the error free with their own error observation. Hudson’s routine is an impossible 10.0. There is a clear wobble and correction after her initial flight series. It is non-debatable and it doesn’t matter where the judges are sitting as it is that noticeable. So the judge that gave the 10.000 is either 1. blatantly cheating and ignoring the obvious deduction on purpose or 2. not able to focus on the routine and score at the same time, so looked down or looked away and missed the wobble.
We saw the Florida meet where Thomas was given a 10.0 and one judge clearly looks down at her paper as Thomas is dismounting without waiting to see if she completely stuck. I just think that NCAA judges are not the most competent judges and if the stories are true that NCAA judges are never invited to coach level 10 meets because they aren’t good enough then it makes perfect sense that the NCAA judges are the bottom of the barrel of level 10 and thus we see the comedic and impossible scores because the judges don’t properly know how to score a routine.