Thursday, April 16
4:30pm ET/ 1:30pm PT	Semifinal 1 [2] LSU [3] Florida [6] Georgia [7] Stanford	SCORES	ESPN2 Teams1 Teams2
9:00pm ET/ 6:00pm PT	Semifinal 2 [1] Oklahoma [4] UCLA [9] Arkansas [13] Minnesota	SCORES	ESPN2 Teams1 Teams2

Pre-meet lineups for the first semifinal: Georgia and Stanford have listed no changes from the regional finals. Florida has DiCello in the all-around, competing floor and not Amelia Disidore. Blakely is on three and is alternate for vault. LSU has McClain on all three of her events. In podium training yesterday, she did bars and beam but not vault.

The PA announcer introducing Georgia with “welcome BACK to nationals” is my favorite maybe-accidental dig. Introducing the team that kind of sucked for a while…GEORGIA.

Florida’s swamp-themed intro video with NO wild animals ANYWHERE? Hm.

Rotation 1

Zeiss – VT – LSU – we’re predicting a 9.850 written down before she goes – solid Y1.5, hop forward, a bit of knees. 9.850 is in.

Backsay – UB – Georgia – good van leeuwen – tries to hold stick on double tuck, leans forward quite a bit. 9.8125

Draser – BB – Florida – bhs loso, secure – switxch, pause check before switch 1/2 – 1.5 dismount, leg separation, holds the stick. 9.850

Robinson on floor, hits double tuck – one of her best ones on the Memmel – double pike, under control. 9.8125

McClain – VT – LSU – yfull, great height, ginger on the landing with a kind of uncertain step back. 9.825

Wahl – UB – Georgia – toe on to maloney, good height into pak, catches a little close but works through it into half turn – DLO, another lean forward to hold the stick. 9.800

Arana – BB – Florida – bhs loso, step back and big wobble to keep it on the beam – aerial,. hit – switch, pause before switch 1/2 to beat – gainer full, holds stick with lean to the side

Walker – FX – Stanford – double pike, too much power, bounce back – good completion on switch 1/2 to wolf full wolf full – front tuck through to double tuck, good control on landing

Woolford – UB – Georgia – good first hs – pak, nice amplitude – tughter hs on low – misses toe on on low bar, has to recast up – van leeuwen is good – stalder to double tuck, forward, hop forward. 9.5875

Everyone is tigggghhhttttttt.

Out of control landing for Roberts on vault gets a 9.70-9.850 range. 9.725

Nguyen – FX – Stanford – strong DLO, crossover back step – front tuck to double tuck, missed her stepout on the front tuck, still got the double tuck to her feet but short landing, chest down. 9.7375

Blakely – BB – Florida – hits wolf triple solidly – leans through a switch 1/2 to beat – hits gainer full. 9.9125

Scott – UB – Georgia – hits Ray to Pak, shuffle back on DLO

Lincoln – VT – LSU – very strong stuck y1.5

Good wolf double from Jung-Ruivivar, whip to double tuck, controls landing –

A couple 10s for Lincoln on vault, mostly 9.950s. 9.9625

Frazier sticks 1.5 dmt on beam.

Snyder – UB – Georgia – Chruch to overshoot is solid – step back on dismount

Drayton nearly follows Lincoln with a stick on vault, small step forward. 9.875

Roberts – FX – Stanford – front tuck throught o double tuck – switch 1/2 to popa, good split and popa completion – front lay to rudi, shows control on step –

DiCello – BB – Florida – wolf double, hit – switch to split is solid – bhs loso, lean wobble – aerial is hit – gainer full, holds landing, little rebound

Reingold – UB – Georgia – good piked jaeger, hits hs, pretty pak – nice completion on 1/2 turn on low – DLO, small movement. 9.925

Chio – VT – LSU – Y1.5, sticks it – she was really struggling in podium and landing short all through warmups, but that was her normal good one. 9.9625. Tied with Lincoln. I would have Lincoln ahead on overall dynamics.

Barbosu – FX – Stanford – whip to double tuck, stuck but chest down – little hop out of front pike on second pass –

Harris-Miranda – BB – Florida – hop forward on 1.5 dismount.

Kellerman – UB – MSU – hits jaeger – bail, legs together solidly – short hs on high – DLO, nice rise, strong landing

Smith – VT – MSU – lands a tad short with a step back, great form

Clark – FX – Clemson – regular DLO, controls the landing – front lay to front full front tuck is stuck

Vetter secure on bhs loso series – beat to side aerial, also solid, some flexed feet to take – sticks gainer full.

After 1
LSU 49.4750
Florida 49.4625
Stanford 49.2500
Georgia – 49.1500

Everyone started by anxiety-peeing on their first couple routines, but the seeded were the ones who found the hits toward the end to reinforce their rankings. Georgia needed a lot more out of bars. That was way weaker than normal.

Rotation 2

Jung-Ruivivar hop back on yfull, holds finish position for 19 years, correct.

Zeiss – UB – LSU – toe on to maloney to pak is hit – FTDT, hop forward

Gleichowski – BB – Georgia – bhs bhs loso, holds it, small waver from head on – full turn, a little breezy in here – beat to switch 1/2, secure landing – 1.5, hop forward

Disidore rudi to double stag, travel back – back 1.5, leg separation into layout

Barbosu tries to hold the stick on Tsuk full but leans and hops forward

Cowan – UB – LSU – hits first hs – Ray to overshoot – DLO, step back – salutes for 15 hours

Ferris – FX – Florida – DLO, bounce back, some leg separation – 1.5 to layout, under control but lack of rise in the layout to deduct there

Tomlin – BB – Georgia – switch to straddle, hit – triple series secure – full turn – 1.5 dmt is off to the side with a hop to the side

Gronski – VT – Stanford – yfull, good height, but bounce back –

Ulrich – UB – LSU – toe on to maloney, small leg seps there and in pak – hits 1/2 turn on low – DLO, high but chest down with a step forward. 9.775

Woolford – BB – Georgia – wolf double, solid – bhs loso, lean check – switch to split – 2/1, hop back, leg separation –

Frazier – FX – Florida – DLO, solid, pike down at the end, controls the step – strong, usual leap combination – front tuck through to double tuck, pulls out the landing. 9.9375

Soma – VT – Stanford – yfull pretty in the air but a bounce back

Chio – UB – LSU – maloney, small leg sep, hit into bail – a little tighter in handstand – khornina, hit, better final handstand – survives her dismount, gets a little close, chest down, hop

Blakely – FX – Florida – double front to a very out of control stag jump, just stays in, at least, no flag up – rotates dance combination –

Roberts – VT – Stanford – very short on y1.5, stumble back

Mustari – UB – LSU – good hs on low – toe on to maloney to pak, a little close on pak, works through it, small back arch on 1/2 turn on low – shrt hs on high – FTDT, chest down, hop forward

Williams – BB – Georgia – solid landing on layout 2 feet – side somi, solid – beat to straddle 3/4, wobble, leg up – stuck dismount

DiCello – FX – Florid a- FTDT, chest down, secure landing – switch ring to switch 1/2 – back 1.5, small leg separation, into front lay

Nguyen lands a bit short and locked on 1.5, step back

Scott – BB – Georgia – bhs loso, adjustment wobble, covers it, good was off – rudi, little slide back

McClain – UB – LSU – Church to pak, good rhythm – 1/2 turn on low – solid hs on high – FTDT, stiff landing wth adjustment but hit

Harris-Miranda – FX – Florida – front tuck through to double tuck, big bounce back – back 1.5 to 1/2 to stag, arm control

Nice stick from Cameron Smith on vault with a leg stagger

Martin – BB – Arizona – switch to stag ring, solid – bhs loso, solid, some foot position – aerial, good gainer full, chest forward, step

Nikki Smith stryuggles on DLO on bars, chest down, jarred stumble landing –

Vetter – FX – Ohio St – double tuck, good leg position, controls the landing – tour jete 1.2 to popa to popa, rotates it – front lay to rudi, controls back leg

After 2
Florida 98.900
LSU 98.6625
Georgia 98.400
Stanford 98.125

It’s been an adventure so far. LSU struggled through almost that entire bars rotation for just 49.1875, keeping Georgia in this one, just a couple tenths back. Stanford was going to need to land vault perfectly to stay competitive, and this wasn’t that.

If you told me that Florida would get one (1) 9.9 on floor and would be comfortably in the lead…

Rotation 3

Pilgrim – VT – Y1.5, hop forward. 9.850

Good stick from Jung-Ruivivar on stalder to double tuck

Coen – BB – LSU – aerial, leannnnns into beat jump, wobble – bhs loso, secure – 2/1, lands with a stagger stick – still gets a 10 start – 9.7875

E Williams – FX – Georgia – double pike, little backward movement – front lay to front full quick dance out – double tuck

Draser – VT – Florida – out of control on the bound forward on Y1.5

Sorrento – UB – Stanford – toe on to maloney to pak, legs together – hits hs on high – DLO, chest down, step

Bacskay – FX – Georgia – FTDT, controls it, some leg separation – 2.5 to front tuck, controls the step – switch side to a rougher popa, under split

Zeiss opens with wobble on side aerial, lean to the side – aerial, connects to bhs – switch to split, hit – gainer tuck full, stuck. 9.7625

Nice bars stick for Robinson for Stanford, lovely position.

Frazier on vault for Florida – hits DTY with hop back

Wahl with strong control on front tuck through to double tuck landing – tour jete 1/2 to wolf full, arms it around –

Drayton – VT – LSU – switch 1/2, hit – bhs loso, holds securely – switch to split jump – 2/1 hop back

Roberts step back on DLO on bars

DiCello – VT – Florida – lands Y1.5 to her feet, hop forward and some form

Tomlin – FX – Georgia – double arabian, pretty, connects to stag jump – switch 1/2 to popa –

Lincoln – BB – LSU – aerial, check before bhs – tries to rtedo aerial, wobbles again before doing bhs again – switcht o beat – full turn – switch to straddle 1/4 is good, nice height – 1.5 dmt, hop. No acro series there.

Ferris – VT – Florida – lands shortish on y1.5 with a step back

Aquino – FX – Georgia – DLO, controls the front foot – front tuck through to double tuck, drops into it well, chest a bit down – switch 1/2, rises higher into wolf full – 9.9375

Lincoln doesn’t get the acro series, but they’ll have to range conference. 9.425

Soma with a good van leeuwen – DLO, hop back

Harris-Miranda – VT – Florida – Y1.5, also lands a bit short with a hop back

Williams – FX – Georgia – DLO, good control – switch side to popa – front tuck through to double tuck, little rebound, mostly controls

McClain – BB – LSU – sissone to switch 1/2 to beat is hit – aerial to bhs, comfortable – full turn, holds for a year – side aerial, solid – gainer full, close to the beat but stuck. 9.950

Georgia goes 49.5375 on floor to get right back in this

Vetter bigger bounce back on yfull on vault.

Ortiz – FX – MSU – FTDT, bounce back, some leg separation – front tuck through to double tuck, controls landing – switch side to popa, a little under but big improvement.

Chio – BB – LSU – bhs mount, smooth – bhs loso, arm wave correction working out of it, circle – holds the full turn – aerial to split, solid – switch to split, solid – 1.5 dmt, holds stick. 9.8875

Smith – BB – MSU – holds loso series securely – beat to straddle 1/2 – sticks double tuck dmt very well

After 3
Florida 148.125
Georgia 147.9375
LSU 147.9125
Stanford 147.4125

Georgia moves ahead of LSU by a hair after the third rotation, though LSU will favor going to floor compared to Georgia finishing on vault.

Rotation 4

Scott – VT – Georgia – good high yfull, little hop back. 9.850

Frazier – UB – Florid a- toe on to maloney to pak is hit – rushes 1/2 turn on low some – DLO, hop back. 9.825

Dean – BB – Stanford wobble on side aerial loso series

Innes – FX – LSU – front 2/1, good height – back 1.5 to ront lay, also under control – tour jete 1/2 to popa is under on both – rudi to double stag, travel back. 9.8625

Bacskay – VT – Georgia – medium hop forward on y1.5

Pilgrim hits maloney to tkatchev on pak – pak, solid – struggles a little on 1/2 turn on low, past handstand – FTDT, holds stick. 9.875

Landry – BB – Stanford – secure loso series, some foot form –

Ballou – FX – LSU – DLO is short, chest down, step forward – switch side to wolf full – 9.775

Moll – VT – Georgia – nearly stuck Y1.5 but ends up a little short with step back. 9.825

Blakely – Stalder taketchev piked to pak is strong – toe 1/2 to ddouble front 1/2, holds stick. 9.975

Coen – FX – LSU – front 2/1, hit, little slide forward – bounce forward a little more out fo control on front full – 9.850

Robinson good stick on 1.5 on beam.

Very nice stick for Aquino on Tsuk 1/1 for Georgia. 9.925

DiCello – UB – Florida – Church to pak, strong combination – van leeuwen, solid form – flings FTDT a little, some leg position and slide back

Drayton – FX – LSU – DLO, good height, very slight rebound back – front tuck through to double tuck, solid landing. 9.9375

Wahl – VT – Georgia – Y1.5, hop forward. 9.8875

Roberts – BB – Stanford – switch to split is nice – bhs loso, off line some with a check – gainer full, good stick

Harris sticks DLO on bars for Florida

Chio – FX – LSU – FTDT, holds the stick – 2.5 to front tuck, nails the landing, and that’s going to be enough to get it done for LSU. 9.9625

Williams – VT – Georgia – Y1.5, lands shorter with a hop back.

McCusker – salder shaposh to pak, clean – van leeuwen, solid – stalder to double tuck, stuck. Nice. And 9.9875

Barbosu sticks 2/1 on beam to finish for Stanford.

Kellerman chest down on handspring pike 1/2 on vault, hop forward

Lincoln – FX – LSU – bonus routine for LSU – DLO, high, chest a little forward on landing with a step –

Bauman – BB – Michigan – switch to straddle 1/2, leans through beat jump combination a little – side somi is hit – gainer pike, hop forward

Step forward on bars dismount for Vetter.

Smith – FX – MSU – FTDT, bounce back – a little under on switch 1/2 position – front tuck through to double tuck, under control.

FINAL
Florida 197.7875
LSU 197.4375
Georgia 197.2625
Stanford 196.9375

Well. That got a lot more fun than it looked like it was going to after the first rotation. LSU got their “we sorry” result after what happened last year, a LOT of mistakes in this meet and to my memory a weaker performance than the one that got eliminated in the semifinal last year, but Georgia was sooo tight early and didn’t have enough tenths to lean on when finishing on vault. Good Stanford did not really show up until late in the meet today, and by that time it was already over. A great beam made it closer, but they couldn’t get it back.

In the AA, Kailin Chio did pull out the lead from the first rotation after all, though a 39.6125 is not going to be impervious.

Kaliya Lincoln and Kailin Chio are tied for the vault lead with 9.9625. Riley McCusker has the bars lead with 9.9875. Konnor McClain and Ana Barbosu are tied on beam with 9.950. Kailin Chio leads on floor with 9.9625. How many tied national champions on 9.9625 will we haveeeeeeeee?

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The lineup development for the second semifinal is Fatta being on only beam for Oklahoma. Smith is in on bars. Torrez is in for floor in the anchor spot. Now Torrez is also in on vault instead of Blessey.

Oklahoma has gone full Horse Versailles for the opening video. Let them eat toe point. Arkansas’s theme is Zombie Army Takes Over The Quad.

Rotation 1

Wells – VT – Oklahoma – Y1.5, holds onto the stick, little lean, little knees. And we have some judges going leadoff 10. 9.975 to lead the event from the leadofff. Here we go.

Sumanasekera – UB – UCLA – stalder shap to pak, clean – 1/2 turn on low, looked a little short on hs on high – FTDT, solid stick. 9.8875

Ostrum – BB – Minnesota – bhs loso, solid, good foot positions – full turn – switch to leans into straddle 1/4 combo – side aerial

Klein botched the combo in her final pass on floor.

Scheible – VT – Oklahoma – handspring pike 1/2, strong, solid stick, leg separation at the end. 9.950

Webster-Longin – UB – UCLA – maloney, leg separation into pak – good finish position 1/2 turn on low – solid hs on high – shuffle back on FTDT.

Stewart – BB – Minnesota – wobble on split ring jump, lean to the side – aerial, leans through to connect to korbut – wolf single – holds stick on gainer full.

Torrez – VT – Oklahoma – Y1.5, nearly continues the sticks, little hop forward. 9.9375

Something even slightly unexpected happened, so we have to have an extended conference on floor.

Matthews hits pak on bars – van leeuwen, leg separation, good hs on high – DLO, pikes down, hops back and then hops forward again. 9.7625

Moraw hits cat leap to side aerial on beam – beat to split 3/4, solid – gainer full, stuck. 9.900

Estep – VT – Oklahoma – lands shorter on her Y1.5 with a step back. 9.7875

We now have a 9.050 for Klein so the meet can continue

Smith – FX – Arkansas – front loso through to double tuck, high, bounce back – double pike, shows more front foot control

Switch to split 1/2 very nice from Rowray, kickover to wolf jump hit – front gainer full, stuck

Mueller – VT – Oklahoma – resumes the stick parade for Oklahoma, just a little knees and a little back on her heels but solid landing. 9.9375

Barros – UB – UCLA – hits pak – van leeuwen, legs together – DLO, step back. 9.8625

And it’s 9.9625 for Rowray. Leaps won.

Slevin is having a wobbler of a time on beam. Morgan Price hits double pike on floor, chest down but under control – 2.5, slide forward – switch 1/2 to wolf full wolf full. Front lay to front full, little movement.

Pederson – VT – Oklahoma – also sticks her Y1.5. Well, Oklahoma didn’t have a 2024 there. 9.950

Sullivan – UB – UCLA – hits tkatchev to pak – a bit past on 1/2 turn on low – hits hs on high – DLO, piking, absorbs a good stick

Oklahoma vaults 49.750.

Frankie Price – FX – Arkansas – DLO, lands chest down with a rebound back – switch side to popa popa, great height, overturns the rotation on switch side – front full to front lay, slide forward

Slife hop forward on Y1.5.

And Chiles is off on bars on a cast handstand. Well, there goes the all-around.

Lyden – BB – hits wolf – bhs loso gets a little floppy but holds onto it with a lean – cat leap to side side – 1.5 dmt, stuck

Williams – FX – Arkansas – FTDT, good landing and chest position, some leg separation int he air – switch side, overturns into popa – back 1.5 to front full crossover dance slide out.

Padurariu – BB – Utah – wolf double, arm correction to finish it – aerial to bhs, hit – bit of a lean on sheep jump – gainer pike, hop to the side

Neff – UB – Utah – hits gienger to overshoot, good height – DLO 1/1, deep landing, step forward –

Roberson – FX – Arkansas – DLO, a bit larger on the lunge back, keeps front foot down but hits moving back – switch side into popa – front loso to double tuck, controls the step

Brose – FX – Kentucky – round off double pike, controls step – tour jete 1/2 to wolf full, around – front full to front lay, hit – front 2/1, controls the step out

After 1
Oklahoma 49.750
Minnesota 49.3875
Arkansas 49.3000
UCLA 49.2625

So Jordan Chiles fell on bars. That happened. Minnesota did the needed job on beam to get into 2nd. Vault and bars will tell us the most for them. Oklahoma is going to score 205.

Rotation 2

Weaver – VT – Arkansas – clean yfull but two separate small steps back on landing

Pederson on bars with a nearly stuck DLO dismount but then ended up taking kind of a big hop forward trying to hold it

Rosen – BB – UCLA – switch to split, small lean to the side correction – beat onodi, wobble – bhs loso, holds onto it with a bit of a teeter – sticks 1.5 dmts

Saltzmann FX – Minnesota – double pike a little low – front lay front full quick dance out – double tuck, solid landing

Smith – VT – Arkansas – very strong stick on yfull

Murphy – UB – Oklahoma – toe on to maloney to pak, good leg form – a little past 1/2 turn on low – hits hs on high – giant full to double tuck, step back

Barros – BB – UCLA – switch to straddle 1/4, hit – side aerial to bhs is solid – good gainer full. 9.8875

Rowray with a solid front lay to front full second and final pass on floor.

Cucci – VT – Arkansas – Y1.5, good pop, solid stick. 9.9375

Estep resumes the stick requirement for Oklahoma on bars with a stuck FTDT.

Webster-Longin – BB – UCLA – full turn – bhs bhs loso, solid landing – switch to split. solid – hops forward on 1.5

Swartzmiller – rudi to straddle jump, hit – switch side, a ltitle under into popa – back 1.5 to layout, a little low but hit

Klein – VT – Arkansas – lands shorter on her y1.5 with a hop back

Scheible – UB – Oklahoma – hits jaeger, legs together on bail – solid hs on high – FTDT, deep landing, lunge forward. They used up their landings on vault?

Sumanasekera – BB – UCLA – switch and solit, hit – bhs loso, smooth, pretty position – struggles on the tuck 1.5 dismount with a pretty large lunge to the side. 9.825

Gonsiorowski – FX – Minnesota – FTDT, controls step back, some leg position – front tuck through to double tuck

Williams – VT – Arkansas – Y1.5, also a little under with a hop back

Smith -UB – Oklahoma – toe on to maoney to pak, bigger leg separation in pak and a shorter hs on high – gets stick on DLO

Chiles – BB – UCLA – bhs loso, solid – cat leap to switch side, hit – full turn – side aerial, smooth – 2/1, little hop back. Solid comeback routine.

Ostrum front tuck through to double tuck, a little deep but solid – rudi to loso, good control –

Torrez solid on bars to finish the rotation for Oklahoma. Following a near stick on vault for Morgan Price on Y1.5, lean to the side.

Alipio – BB – UCLA – bhs bhs loso, solid – side aerial, hit – split to switch to beat,check lean on beat – gainer tuck full. Stuck

Lyden – FX – Minnesota – back 1.5 to front full, danc eout – solid control on 2.5 landing.

Fink hop forward on Y1.5

Slife – UB – Air Force – maloney to pak good legs together – van leeuwen, loses leg position at the end – FTDT, solid stick

Neff – BB – Utah – side aerial to bhs, hit, smallest teeter – side aerial 2 feet, hit – 1/4 shushunova is solid – solid dismount

Zirbes – FX – Utah – front 2/1, mostly controls the landing, a bit of knee position – switch 1/2 to popa, good foot positions – back 1.5 to front full, good control

After 2
Oklahoma 99.225
Minnesota 98.825
UCLA 98.750
Arkansas 98.675

A successful beam for UCLA keeps Minnesota within sight going to the rotation that should be the opportunity for UCLA to make a move, but Minnesota another strong score. Arkansas had some big sticks in there but didn’t get all the landings.

Rotation 3

Roberson UB – Arkansas – clear hip to maloney to pak, hit – little leg sep on 1/2 turn on low – tighter hs on high – DLO, flung out, hop forward

Stewart – VT – Minnesota Y1.5, some knee, step forward. 9.825

Alipio – FX – UCLA – double pike, chest down, pulls out landing – switch ring to switch 1/2 to wolf full, good – back 1.5 to front lay, some legs on 1.5, lands shorter on lay with slide back. 9.8125

Fatta – BB – Oklahoma – bhs loso, little arm adjustment – switch 1/4, hit – full turn – gainer full, lands forward with feet far apart and holds onto it. 9.800

Moraw – VT – Minnesota – yfull, bounce up

Klein – UB – Arkansas – hits hindorff to overshoot, small leg separation – DLO, hop

Webster-Longin – FX – UCLA – front 2/1, good twisting position, controls step – back 1.5 to layout, nice position, takes it fairly horizontally – switch ring to switch 1/2, good – rudi, little rebound. 9.8875

Wells – BB – Oklahoma – cat leap to switch side aerial, hit – switch to split, tiny rebound adjustment on landing – bhs loso, solid – 1.5, stuck

Good DLO stick from Smith on bars.

Crump – VT – Minnesota – Y1.5, good height, step forward

Barros – FX – UCLA – back 1.5 to layout, little steppy to control – switch full, nice completion – front tuck through to double tuck, hop present – 9.8625

Murphy – BB – Oklahoma – bhs loso, strong – aerial, good – beat to spltiring ring jump, little lean to the side – gainer full, stuck

Campbell for Arkansas lands chest forward on double tuck with a hop.

Slevin – VT – Minnesota – good distance on yfull but a bigger bounce back

Sumanasekera – FX – UCLA – DLO, controls the step – switch ring to switch 1/2 to wolf full, slightly over turns switch 1/2 – back 1.5 to lay taked a litlte off to the side

Pederson – BB – solid side somi, sticks 2/1 dismount

Cucci – UB – Arkansas – toe on to pak, good leg position pak – nice hs on low – bigger leg separation on van leeeuwen – DLO, also lower with a hop forward

Gerdes – VT – Minnesota – Y1.5, lands a little short, step back

Sullivan – FX – UCLA – DLO, high, controls step, good – tour jete 1/2 to popa,not quite around – front tuck to double tuck, a little forward, holds it. 9.9375

Mueller – BB – Oklahoma – hits candle mount – bhs loso, secure – wobble on straddle 1/4 out of switch – 1.5 dmt, off to the side a bit, holds onto stick

Price – UB – Arkansas – toe on to maloney to bail, hit – FTDT, a little deep but good stick

Ostrum – VT – Minnesota Y1.5, very nice stick

Chiles – FX – UCLA – DLO, mostly controls it, little bounce back – tour jete 1/2 to wolf full – front tuck to double tcuk, solid landing.

Torrez – BB – Oklahoma – side aerial to loso is securely landed – gainer full, good

Horton – UB – Missouri – shaposh to pak, clean – DLO, hop back

Neff – FX – Utah – front 2/1 to 1/2 to double stag, good control – switch side 1/2 to 1/2 pike shushunova – back 1.5 to front full, good control

Slife – BB – Air Force – bhs loso, controlled – front tuck, hit with a little lean – 1.5 dmt, stuck

After 3
Oklahoma 148.7625
UCLA 148.300
Minnesota 148.075
Arkansas 147.875

UCLA uses floor to move into the top 2 places, though they’re not distant enough that they can afford a rough vault rotation.

Oklahoma has inquired Fatta’s SV on beam. Her score goes up to 9.8125, but still isn’t a counter.

Rotation 4

Sumanasekera – VT – yfull, little hop back. 9.850

Gerdes – UB – Minnesota – a little short on first hs – maloney to bail, some leg separations, litlte arch on bail – shorter hs on high – FTDT, good stick. 9.800

Park – BB – Arkansas – bhs loso, solid – switch to switch – step forward on dismount. 9.8125

Murphy – FX – Oklahoma – front tuck through to double tuck, leany steppy on landing – back 1.5 to layout. 9.850

Rosen – VT – UCLA – sits down Y1.5, it’s interesting now……

Ostrum can’t hold onto the landing on her DLO with a step back, 2nd up on bars.

Pederson – FX – Oklahoma – front 2/1, slide forward – also a little forward on 2/1

Klein hits standing loso loso securely, some knee and foot position – hop forward on dismount. 9.7875

Webster-Longin – VT – UCLA – lands verrrrrry short with a stumble back, a couple steps, does keep it to her feet, but the door has officially swung open. 9.5875 is an escape.

Crump – UB – Minnesot a- good amplitude on pak – some short handstand positions – DLO, holds onto the stick. 9.9125

Weaver – BB – Arkansas – bhs loso, hit – side aerial, chest down wobble to the side – 1.5 dmt, hop forward

Wells – FX – Oklahoma – front tuck through to double tuck, rebound – back 1.5 to front, a little bouncy but keeps the front foot down

Jenkins – VT – UCLA – Y1.5, lands it, little hops and some knee position. 9.850

Swartzmiller UB – Minnesota – a little lower on jaeger with some position, but solid bail – hits dismount, little rebound but holds onto it – 9.9625 OK now

Cucci – BB -= Arkansas – nice bhs loso series, aerial with a lean to the side – switch to split 1/2 is good – 1.5 dmt, hop forward

Sullivan – VT – UCLA – Y1.5, almost pulled out that landing but didn’t quite have the stick and ended up with two small steps. 9.800

Mueller hits as Oklahoma continues to waltz along through this semifinal.

Slevin – UB – Minnesota – maloney to pak, clean, good leg position – nice hs on low – toe on to van leeuwen, small leg separation – solid hs on high – DLO, step back. That’s going to be enough, isn’t it?

Estep – FX – Oklahoma – front lay to front 2/1, hit, slight knees – switch 1/2 is nice, wolf full gets a little under – 2.5, bounce forward

Chiles – VT – UCLA – DTY is hit, bounce back. 9.8875

Lyden – UB – Minnesota – toe on to maloney to bail, legs together, good form – strong hs on high – DLO, big lean forward past horizontal on landing. Don’t need the score but it will help. 9.850

Morgan Price finishes beam with 2/1, bounce back

Torrez – FX – Oklahoma – in on floor and going for the AA win – DLO, high, strong, small leg separation and rebound – front tuck through to double tuck, rebound back. 9.950 clinches the AA win

Neff – VT – Utah – pretty and high Y1.5, medium hop forward

Roberson – BB – Arkansas – straddle jump 1/2, little lean through combination to back tuck – hop forward on front full dismount

Tran – UB – Iowa – maloney to pak, nice – van leeuwen, nice leg position – DLO, holds onto landing. 9.975 is just behind McCusker.

Slife – FX – Air Force – FTDT, lands it, chest forward, controls step – back 1.5 to front full, controls dance out

Rodriguez – BB – Kentucky – switch to straddle 1/4, hit – bhs bhs loso, solid control – full turn – side somi, secure – 1.5 dmt, stuck. Good.

FINAL
Oklahoma 198.300
Minnesota 197.4625
UCLA 197.275
Arkansas 196.9375

I repeat, Minnesotttttttaaaaaa. Same story as the regional final. Minnesota simply didn’t lose their minds and allowed others to, and this time it was UCLA. UCLA was just enough down on expected score from bars that they could not afford a weak vault, and having to count a 9.5 was not survivable.

AA winner in her first all-around of the season is Faith Torrez with 39.7875. Keira Wells leads off the Oklahoma vault rotation and wins the event title with 9.975. McCusker wins bars with 9.9875. Rowray wins beam with 9.9625. Chiles wins floor with 9.975.