Let’s not forget the final act of this week of gymnastics, the storied battle to see which M is the better-looking M.

Entering the meet, Michigan has a 197.750 and a 197.950 already on its record, while Minnesota opened with a 196.900 last Monday.

Apparently Wojcik is not doing bars today. Cancel the meet. Vore is into the bars lineup for her counting debut.

Rotation 1

Minnesota VT 1 – Gerdes – good amplitude on yfull, small hop back, slightly off direction. 9.800

Michigan UB 1 – Heiskell – good first hs – blind to jaeger, catches very close this time, works through it – pak is well performed – good cast hs on high – giant full to double tuck, stuck. Fine, but gave away ground on the jaeger. 9.825

Minnesota VT 2 – Hooten – Y1.5 – good work on her 1.5 – step to the side and then moves to meet it – a small bit of knees at the end. 9.850

Michigan UB 2 – Brenner – short first hs – blind to jaeger to overshoot, solid amplitude – better final cast hs – DLO, held the landing. Looked like she flung it out but ended up well. 9.900

Minnesota VT 3 – Ramler – Y1.5 – naillled her Y1.5 – great stick, great dynamics. I have .05 for knee/lower leg position but nothing else.

9.975. One judge went 10.

Michigan UB 3 – Morrison – gienger, a tad close but fine – bad camera angle to see anything – clear hip to bail, a little angle on bail catch – DLO, deep landing, hop forward. 9.850

Minnesota VT 4 – Quarles – Y1.5 – also found the stick on hers, Minnesota is vaulting very well – keeps her leg form a bit more than Ramler. Doesn’t bring her heels together before saluting. Some form on block. 9.950

Wonder if they only took for not bringing her heels together on the controlled extension. Oh no, because one of them went 10 and the other 9.900.

Oh, hi the bars broke?

Apparently we’re all OK?

Michigan UB 4 – Wilson – good first hs – blind to piked jaeger, a tad close – slightly overarches her cast hs but brings it back – hits bail hs – final cast hs, little hesitation in getting up there – DLO, good stick. 9.900

Minnesota VT 5 – Loper – well, a third stuck Y1.5 in a row and that was the best one of the three so far. She has legs together on the block and maintains her stretch position.

10.000

Michigan UB 5 – Brooks – good first hs – blind to piked jaeger, solid – rushes next hs  – bail, slight lack of tension on catch – DLO 1/1, saves it well, knees were starting to buckle but she only moves a little. 9.850

Minnesota VT 6 – Koch – brings out a y tucked 1.5, lunge back but hit. 9.725

Michigan UB 6 – Vore – shortish first hs – maloney to bail, solid, maybe a little short of vertical on the bail – hits final cast hs – DLO, stuck. Good work. Improvement over the bars we’ve seen from her before. Tighter positions. 9.900

Minnesota goes 49.575 on vault, which is .025 shy of the program record from 2002. Really excellent Y1.5s in there and a deserved lead after the first rotation.

Michigan was not bad on bars, but not awesome, and still ends up with 49.400. Missed Wojcik of course. Enough given away on handstands and dismounts and close catches there to keep a bunch of them in the 9.8s. Vore got a counting score there, and seems closer to the lineup than I thought she was before this, though it’s a tough one to break into. You could see her fighting for Morrison’s spot at this point.

Rotation 2

Michigan VT 1 – Guggino – sticks her Y1.5, it’s a stick day – little lean to the side to hold the stick – a bit softer than Loper, not quite as far and high. 9.925

Minnesota UB 1 – Remlinger – good first hs – Ray, just a bit of feet – hit hs – toe on to bail, leg break on catch – somewhat shorter on high bar hs – FTDT, stuck, a little under rotated. 9.800

Michigan VT 2 – Wojcik – Y1.5 – little hop forward, beautiful form in the air even stronger than Loper, good power and distance. 9.875.

Minnesota UB 2 – Leneave – I feel like this dude is throwing out numbers that are…not. clear hip to tkatchev, fine – well short on cast hs – bail, hits vertical, little foot quiver – rushing those handstands – FTDT, doesn’t show the stick long enough before her college salute. 9.800

Michigan VT 3 – Heiskell – very good form on her Y1.5 again – hop forward, both feet moving, a little bit of direction. 9.900. For me Wojcik should have been higher than Heiskell.

Minnesota UB 3 – Willmarth – good first hs – Ray, better counter rotation – bail, clear vertical – short final cast hs – giant full, a little late, into double tuck, so high, stuck landing. Some vertical positions but one of the best we’ve seen from her. 9.875

Michigan VT 4 – Morrison – strong stick on her Y1.5 – this is vaulting – holds the stick onto her toes – loses her feet closure by just a tad in the air.

9.975. Yeah, a couple almost deductions in there.

Minnesota UB 4 – Loper – shortish first hs – maloney to pak, gets her grips over on that catch, good cover, a little timing issue on catching the maloney – not quite to vertical on these casts – giant full to double tuck, small hop. 9.900 is high for that one.

Michigan VT 5 – Brooks – another fab Y1.5 landing – sticks it and brings the feels together – holds the stick long enough – a little soft in the knees in the air. 9.950

Minnesota UB 5 – Hooten – blind, a little late into piked jaeger to overshoot, great jaeger, some piked hips in overshoot – rushes final cast hs – FTDT, hop forward. 9.800

Michigan VT 6 – Wilson – hits her Y1.5 – medium hop forward – good everything else. 9.925

Minnesota UB 6 – Ramler – maloney to pak, perfect – good cast hs – van leeuwen – hits another cast – toe on to FTDT, holds the stick with an arm circle. Maybe the first hs was a little short? Grasping for things. 9.950

10 from one judge, 9.900 from the other.

You can justify it, but it remains that if Ramler is 9.950, all y’all should be getting 9.7s.

It’s 49.675 for Michigan on vault. They saw Minnesota’s 49.575 and were like, “That’s cute.”

Jencks doing bars exhibition for Minnesota.

In all, I think the judges did a solid job differentiating between a ton of vaults that would all receive 10s at…certain meets. I had a couple disagreements here and there, but they created a differentiation.

After 2: Michigan 99.075, Minnesota 98.900

Rotation 3

Minnesota BB 1 – Koch – full turn with a large break, major bend at the hips, didn’t quite bend to horizontal I don’t think though (which is a difference between .05 and .20, so it’s a big deal) – bhs loso series is hit – beat to split 3/4, misses split position – kickover to scale, brings it to scale pretty smoothly all things considered – sticks 1.5. Some strong moments, some larger things to take too. 9.775

Michigan FX 1 – Heiskell – double arabian, lands deep but saves it with a step back – 1.5 to layout, good body position – switch 1/2 to wolf full – double pike, control, chest forward. 9.825

Minnesota BB 2 – Tyson – bhs bhs loso series, very secure, some leg form – switch to straddle 1/4, switch is nice, straddle gets to 180, a little piked in the hips – 1.5, lunge forward. 9.775

Michigan FX 2 – Brenner – full in, hit, chest down – 1.5 to layout, dances out – switch side to popa – double pike, lunge back. 9.875

Minnesota BB 3 – Loper – bhs loso, well landed – kickover piked, good ampltiude – switch to straddle 1/4, pretty solid – 1.5, holds landing. Good one. 9.900

Michigan FX 3 – Wojcik – double pike, shows control – split leap full to popa, good leap positions – front 2/1 to front pike, the step is controlled so no risk of OOB – rudi to staddle, good control. 9.925

Minnesota BB 4 – Sonier – candle mount – BUT WAS IT VERY UNIQUE – thank you to Olivia for being like, lots of people do this – bhs loso series, like the feet – full turn, smooth – split jump to split 3/4, short of split and a bend forward at the hips, definitely to horizontal on that one – bhs 1.5, step to the side. Minnesota giving some tenths away in this rotation. 9.650

Michigan FX 4 – Morrison – FTDT, controls the step back – front lay to front full, bounces forward out of it – switch 1/2 to wolf full, good positions shown – double tuck, controls step back on that one. 9.950

Minnesota BB 5 – Pearl – full turn, very slightly overturned – bhs loos series HUGE wobble, waves her arms 755 times and bring sit back onto the beam – cat leap to switch side, crooked – aerial, small lean – switch to split, hit – 1.5, a bit short, step back. Minnesota will now have to count a 9.6 and two 9.775s.

Michigan FX 5 – Brooks – full in, nearrrly showed the stuck landing, smallest slide – front tuck through to double tuck, chest somewhat forweard, hop to the side – split leap full to jump full – double pike, controls the step back. 9.950 is high.

Minnesota BB 6 – Ramler – full turn, good – bhs loso, solidly landed – aerial to immediate beat jump, good – beat to split ring jump, possible littttle lean – side aerial to full, hits landing. 9.925

Michigan FX 6 – Wilson – open full in, does a good jump to hold it and then hop to present to show control despite her chest being a little forward – front lay to front full to front tuck, nice – switch side to popa, clearly around – double ttuck, shows control. Best of the rotation and we’ve had two 9.950s. 9.950 again.

Michigan goes 49.650 on floor, which is pedestrianly .05 down on the program record from last week. Scores got pretty high for me there.

Michigan opens up a large lead on Minnesota now as Minnesota got two good beams from Ramler and Loper but also had to count some lows for a 49.025. They’d need Michigan to count a beam fall now. But beam has been the one question mark for Michigan thus far.

After 3: Michigan 148.725, Minnesota 147.925

Rotation 4

Michigan BB 1 – Morrison – goes for candle mount, rolls past hs and has to muscle a little to get it up there – bhs loso series is nice – cat leap to switch 1/2, little pause to beat, good back leg on switch but front leg a little down – gainer pike, hop forward. 9.750

Minnesota FX 1 – Koch – front 2/1 to front tuck, hit, a little bit of leg crossing – split leap full to wolf full, wrenches them around – back full side pass – rudi, secure landing, and again some loose leg form. 9.925 is very high

Michigan BB 2 – Wilson – hitch kick to the heavens – bhs loso series, little arm wave quiver check – split jump split jump combination – double tuck is good, small hop forward. 9.850

Minnesota FX 2 – Leneave – double pike, good chest position – switch 1/2 to wolf full to little 1/2 hop around because sure – 1.5 to layout, just a hair short, but that was actually good because otherwise she’s going OOB – double tuck is well short, chest down, lunge forward. 9.675

Michigan BB 3 – Guggino – full turn – bhs loso series, hit, good amplitude – split jump to straddle 1/2, a little tight in position, secure landing – cat leap, check, broken connection to side somi, hit – bhs 1.5 dismount, lunge forward. Won’t have her full SV. 9.850? Oh nvm. Straddle jump 1/2 is a D in elite. That’s dumb and I always forget that because it’s dumb. So why is she doing that cat leap at all?

Minnesota FX 3 – Ramler – split ring jump full, the only one who’s allowed to try – 1.5 through to 2/1, good form and control – switch ring to switch 1/2, perfect ring – rudi, hit, pikes it down a little – 1.5 to front layout, hit, slight arch in layout. Good.

9.975. Pretty, but that’s a bit much.

39.825 for Ramler, new high for college gym this year. .025 down on her all-time career high.

Michigan BB 4 – Brooks – bhs loso loso, excellent – switch to switch, pretty good back leg – kickover, chest up well – bhs 1.5, stuck landing. Wonderful. 9.950

Minnesota FX 4 – Remlinger – full in, chest up well, hops to present – switch side to popa, good positions, overturns her switch side some – 1.5 to layout, hit – double tuck, little foot adjustment. Very solid work. 9.900

Michigan BB 5 – Heiskell – cat leap to side aerial, lean to the side, arm wave – switch to switch, more tentative in position than Brooks, another arm wave correction – bhs loso series, hit – 1.5 dismount, hop forward. 9.700

Minnesota FX 5 – Loper – front lay to rudi, good form and height, bounces to present – switch ring to split leap full – 2.5, step forward a little out of control – 1.5 to layout, controls step, good height. 9.925

Michigan BB 6 – Wojcik – aerial, check – switch to split, lovely – bhs bhs loso, no trouble at all – full turn – 1.5 dismount, stuck. Everything perfect except the initial check.

9.900.

Michigan goes 49.300 on beam to get to 198.025, the first 198 of the season.

Hooten only needs 9.875 to set a new Minnesota floor record.

Minnesota FX 6 – Hooten – full in, chest up, solid landing – switch side to popa, does get about exactly to 180 – front full to front pike, like the rise into the front pike, stuck – double tuck, nailed landing. Good work.

Unsurprisingly, Hooten goes 10.000. It was the best of the rotation and they were already throwing the scores out. Maybe the front full a little soft? But good one.

So, that’s 49.725 on floor for Minnesota. A new FX record for Minnesota.

Well, this should be interesting. I’m sure the lack of first-person details about the Alexis Jeffrey situation won’t lead the gymternet to watch every interaction between the UCLA gymnasts and the coaching staff with a magnifying glass on 1/16 speed. That would never happen.

One thing we do know is that Marz Frazier did not travel with the team, suffering a foot injury in last week’s meet that appears to be more serious than originally thought.

In other developments, UC Davis joined this competition at the last minute when its planned visit to Alaska was called off, and the Pac-12 Network intends not to show them and pretend this is a dual meet between UCLA and Oregon State, which should make for a…unique broadcast.

That basketball that’s on the Pac-12 Network right now still has a long time to go, so if you’re watching on TV…try readying the streams.

Moors enters the beam lineup this week for UCLA, replacing Poston. Campbell and Malabuyo replace Frazier and Padurariu on bars. Carey is anchoring everything for OSU again. Jakubczyk joins beam.

Davis has been mentioned on the broadcast. An upset. “You may see them briefly from time to time.”

Rotation 1

Oregon St VT 1 – Chavez – “Generally, if it’s a 10.0, it’s a blind landing.” No. Does a Yfull, solid work, bounce up in place. 9.775

UCLA UB 1 – Esparza – “Getting a bit of a pep talk from Dom Palange.” That’s Emma Malabuyo. good first hs – maloney to pak, solid legs together – hits hs on low – van leeuwen, clean – DLO, stuck landing. Very good start. 9.875

Oregon St VT 2 – Gonzales – full-on back pike – but I thought it had to be a blind landing – lunge back, chest up pretty well. 9.850

UCLA UB 2 – Campbell – some hip angle in first hs – maloney to bail, good bail, some legs on Maloney – stronger cast hs on high bar – 1/2 turn to double front, struggles on landing control with a lunge back and an additional step. 9.700

Oregon St VT 3 – Letzsch – yfull – bounces back on her Yfull, a little piking, feet slightly apart. 9.775

UCLA UB 3 – Malabuyo – maloney to pak, very small leg spearations – really good 1/2 turn on low – rushes final cast hs – DLO, leans way forward to try to hold the landing and a hop, so again will lose a bunch on the dismount. 9.800

Oregon St VT 4 – Yanish – huge yfull as always and some of her better landing control, only a small bounce back. Alisa is basically like, “You know how the SEC Network has the distance measure…” 9.875

UCLA UB 4 – Ulias – toe 1/2 and can’t get over, has to hop off. Restarts her routine – tiioe 1/2 to jaeger, lovely – toe on to bail, small amount of hip pike – good hs on high – DLO, jarring landing shoots her forward, possible hand touch. 9.000

Oregon St VT 5 – Dagen – lands a bit short on her Y1.5 with a lunge back to save it. 9.775

UCLA UB 5 – Chiles – piked thatchev to pak, very clean – hip angle in cast – maloney to gienger, good amplitude for a between bar gienger – good cast hs on high – FTDT, only a little hop in place. Good work. 9.925.

So she has 1.1 of bonus in that routine when she needs 0.6. To answer the question someone had, the Gienger satisfies the turning requirement in her routine because it’s a release with 1/2 turn.

Oregon St VT 6 – Carey – DTY, comfortably completed, bounce back. Yep. 9.900, so they only took for the hop. You could probably take for legs, but DTYs tend to get some form forgiveness.

UCLA UB 6 – Flatley – giant to higgins to jaeger, lovely – solid cast hs – toe on to bail, hit – rushes final cast hs – DLO, hop in place. Good hit. 9.875

Oregon State goes 49.175 on vault, which is a useful number. Yanish and Gonzales had good ones in addition to Carey.

UCLA also goes 49.175 on bars, which they’ll absolutely take, considering the fall in the middle and last week’s performance. Chiles showed improvement, Flatley and Esparza were clean, and Malabuyo should be establishing a place for herself in this lineup as we go.

Davis not done on beam yet, but they are counting a miss, though Otsu also has a 9.900.

Rotation 2

So, UCLA and Oregon State are rotating like a dual meet, even though there’s also Davis. This is throwing me off so much.

Davis went 48.425 on beam.

Moment of bars truth for Oregon Sate now. And kind of moment of vault truth for UCLA.

UCLA VT 1 – Malabuyo – Yfull, some issue on her landing, lands crunched over with a bounce back as well. 9.700

Oregon St UB 1 – Yamaoka – short first hs – toe on to maloney, good – cast, short – toe on to bail, short of handstand – lots of short casts here – giant full, late into double tuck, hop. Got through it this week. Lots of verticals to take. 9.700. Oregon State will take a 9.7 all day.

UCLA VT 2 – Poston – handspring pike 1/2, hits it this time. Chest forward, bounce back, another little step. 9.650. Thought it would be a little higher. I would have had it in the 9.7s.

Oregon St UB 2 – Dagen – short first hs – tkatchev, good height, somewhat close – cast short – bail, hit – short hs – toe on with elbows – goes for a giant full, can’t get it around in time and has to lose form completely and add an extra swing. 8.850

UCLA VT 3 – Flatley – good open position on her yfull, fairly large bounce back. Her dynamics have improvement on that vault. 9.825

Oregon St UB 3 – Domingo – toe on, some hesitation into Ray to overshoot, solid, some legs – better cast hs verticals – blind to front giant 1/2 is jerky, into double tuck, little hop. 9.800

UCLA VT 4 – Moors – handspring pike is a struggle this week, chest well forward with a large lunge forward. 9.650

Oregon St UB 4 – Bird – very short first hs – bail to stalder to toe circle up – short cast hs – tkatchev, good height – again, the handstands aren’t there – FTDT, little hop. 9.750

UCLA VT 5 – Chiles – Tsuk full this week, hit, a little bit of pike in the air, a shuffle back, good distance, not her Yurchenko height. 9.875

Oregon St UB 5 – Jakubczyk – good first hs – blind to yezhova, legs apart – small hesitation on low – maloney to gienger, also good – well short on final cast hs – double arabian dismount, flung a little, gets it around, hop. Good hit, a lot of give-away moments in there, but hit. 9.800

UCLA VT 6 – Campbell – big yfull as always but doesn’t have the landing this week, lands too far forward and hops. 9.800

Oregon St UB 6 – Carey – maloney to bhardwaj, legs right together – van leeuwen, hit – good final cast hs, the first two were borderline – FTDT, little rebound in place.

9.950 for Carey with a 10.000 from one judge. I don’t see the 10 there with the landing and a couple maybe handstands, I’m more with the 9.900 judge.

UCLA 48.850 on vault, which is honestly a solid escape for how many landing problems they had in that rotation.

Oregon State goes 49.000 on bars for the first time since March 6 2020.

After 2: Oregon State 98.175, UCLA 98.025. Davis getting some solid floor numbers so far, nothing lower than 9.7, still with a couple more routines to go. “You might see some of Davis” feels like it was a lie.

Davis goes 48.975 on floor to gain some ground on UCLA and sit at 97.300.

Rotation 3

Alisa says Esparza will be jumping into the floor lineup for Campbell’s spot.

Oregon St BB 1 – Jakubczyk – hits candle mount – cat leap to side aerial, little wiggle hesitation – switch to split, short back leg on switch – bhs loso, secure – 1.5, large lunge forward. 9.775

UCLA FX 1 – Ulias – rudi, controls step, some legs – switch to split 1.5, pulls it around – split leap full to split jump full, around, a little bouncy – 1.5 to layout, not the highest, but laid out on her layout. A few concentration pauses in the middle of choreography. 9.850, surprised it went that high.

Oregon St BB 2 – Letzsch – aerial to bhs, keeps arms moving enough, good extension – switch ring, pretty split 180 but not so much closure, a leg-up check on landing – split to split ring jump, open back leg – side aerial to full, hop back. 9.825

UCLA FX 2 – Flatley – 3/1, nearly fully around, lunge back – front 2/1 is well controlled, into a pretty sissone – swtich ring to switch 1/2, good – 1.5 to layout, solid. 9.850

Oregon St BB 3 – Domingo – aerial, a bit low into back pike but gets it, secure landing – good style on full turn – switch to straddle to split 3/4, good straddle but short on the back leg on the slit elements – gainer full, stuck. Good. 9.925 is a bit much for me.

UCLA FX 3 – Tratz – just a double pike to start, but solid landing – split leap full to split jump full, the leap was a little low but the jump was strong – 1.5 to layout, fine – double tuck, chest down but good control again. Very comfortable work. 9.875

Oregon St BB 4 – Gonzales – aerial to back tuck, again a risky series that’s a bit slow but will get credit – switch 1/2, pause before split jump, some back leg – “the back leg, I want to see it snap” – side aerial to full with a step. 9.850

UCLA FX 4 – Moors – doublr front is very deep, lunge forward, big, keeps it in bounds – high loso side pass – switch ring to switch 1/2 to wolf full, a little bouncy, great ring position – front full to front tuck and falls. So what was the point of this meet again? 8.800

Oregon St BB 5 – Dagen – bhs loso series, secure, feet – switch to switch 1/2, step back and arm wave, some lack of amplitude – side aerial to full, chest forward, arm wave to hold it. Good presence to save some things, but several corrections. 9.800

UCLA FX 5 – Malabuyo – double tuck, drops into it well – 1.5 to layout to a possible attempt at a jump, it was mostly just a four-limb flail – switch ring to switch 1/2, awesome positions – dobule pike, really low, chest forward, hop-present up to try to cover it. 9.775

Oregon St BB 6 – Carey – slightly hesitant on full turn – aerial, again keeps it moving enough into bhs loso – switch, switch 1/2, front leg a bit short, beat jump – a little hesitant in her combinations but fast enough for credit – gainer full, little bounce

Carey goes 9.975. I just don’t see it.

UCLA FX 6 – Esparza – front tuck through to double tuck, chest forward like Malabuyo’s last pass, lunge – switch 1/2 to 1/2 sissone, arm wave control, solid positions – double pike, bounce back OOB – switch 1/2 to a great popa –  9.650

UCLA has to count the 9.650 from Esparza but that’s enough to get to 49.000 on floor. Oregon State goes 49.375 on beam to create a real lead now.

After 3: Oregon State 147.550, UCLA 147.025, UC Davis 146.400

Oregon State’s all-time AA record is Chari Knight’s 39.750. Carey would need 9.925 on FX to tie, 9.950 to beat.

Rotation 4

UCLA BB 1 – Padurariu – solid candle mount – aerial aerial to bhs, small shiver on landing – split jump, walk to full turn – beat to sheep, good actual closure on sheep, wobble – side aerial to full, holds landing, little adjustment. Good. 9.900, scores staying loose on beam.

Oregon St FX 1 – Gonzales – front full to lay, controls landing, some legs – switch 1/2 to 1/2 sissone, some feet on switch – double pike, chest down, little adjustment step – swtich ring to switch 1/2, solid – 9.775

UCLA BB 2 – Malabuyo – wolf single, hit – bhs loso, leg up and arm wave correction – aerial, hit – split jump t0 split ring, great positions, little adjustment on landing – bhs to 1.5, hops together. 9.825. I don’t know how you get the score quite that high.

Oregon St FX 2 – Bird – front lay to rudi to straddle jump, nice height and control on the straddle, a bit of leg crossing – switch 1/2 to popa, high – 2.5, lunge forward, some legs. 9.825

UCLA BB 3 – Moors – a Valdez because of course she does – switch to split, hits her 180s – aerial works through to fhs, a little deep and a a wiggle – full turn, walks out of it to cover – side aerial, solid – fhs rudi, shuffle back, little movement but both feet. A delight. 9.850

Oregon St FX 3 – Letzsch – 1.5 to front full, controls the step out, good height – switch ring 1/2 is not bad at all, back spin – double pike, high, chest a tad forward, presents quickly – a triumph. 9.900

UCLA BB 4 – Poston – she’s back into the lineup with Campbell scratching after that vault landing – beat to split jump 3/4, leg form, secure – bhs bhs loso, wobble, some foot flexing – 1.5, stuck. One of her better ones. 9.875

Oregon St FX 4 – Dagen – front 2/1, pulls it around, control issue with hop tot he side – switch 1/2 to popa, good lift there – front layout to front full, preposterous camera work, looked like a little correction on landing – double pike, good height, some chest position. 9.850

UCLA BB 5 – Sakti – switch directly to bhs loso, hit – switch 1/2, little wobble into beat jump, another little check – cat leap to side aerial to full, full gets ragged in the form and a step back. But good on the beam. Getting rid of the loso loso combination was necessary. 9.825

Oregon St FX 5 – Yanish – DLO, find the landing well this time, pikes down a little to control it – front full to layout, bananas the layout a little, bounce forward – some control bounce on leap combination landing – double tuck, slide back. 9.900, they’re setting it up for a Carey 65.

UCLA BB 6 – Flatley – aerial, works quickly into bhs loso but falls, way off line. That’s what happens when you try to actually connect things I guess – L turn to split jump is nice – switch ring, hit – bhs 1.5, slide back.

Oregon St FX 6 – Carey – double double, slide back, so open – front full to layout to sissone, arm wave correction on the sissone – switch 1/2 to popa is not bad – the old college gymnastics strategy, if she can’t dance keep, just her on the ground most of the time – doubel tuck, nicely done. A couple things you have to take. We’ll see if they bother.

9.975. They barely bothered. There were deductions on the first two passes.

39.800 for Jade Carey in the AA, which is an Oregon State record and ranks 69th place all time in NCAA performances.

FINAL: Oregon State 197.000, UCLA 196.300, Davis 194.700

This is the performance where Oregon State officially said last season was behind them. Also, Letzsch is really good.

UCLA’s 196.300 is a pedestrian score for this team and this roster, but let’s be honest, we all thought it was going to be a lot worse after a week I assume full of Very Important Team Meeting.

I’ll be following a couple meets today, starting with Cal/Washington on the Pac-12 Network, then the Arizona quad meet with Oklahoma, Stanford, and Utah State. In that one, we’ll see how Oklahoma responds to the fall-counting loss at Utah (anger gymnastics please?), as well as whether Stanford is going to continue being a 196 team starting now and establishing itself in the hierarchy ahead of Utah State and Arizona.

First, Cal and Washington, where Cal is also looking to erase a counting beam fall from last week and get toward that 197 mark this time around, while Washington is looking to erase…the entirety of last season as a concept? 

Score and streaming links

In earlier action, Ohio State squeaked by Penn State 196.450 to 196.425 in what was a very useful score for both teams, while Rutgers defeated Maryland 195.550 to 194.925. Maryland led early but had rough beam and floor scores, while Rutgers got 9.925, 9.950 from Joyner and Huang on floor to take the advantage on the final events.

For Cal lineups, Quinn is off floor this week after her fall last week. Williams is slated to enter the beam lineup. Still no Perea, Watterson, Scanlon.

Ohhh, the audio is WAYYY out of sync.

Blum is joining Washington’s vault lineup this week in place of Brooks.

Rotation 1

Washington VT 1 – Blum – hits a yfull, pretty good position in the air, a little pike, bounce up in place, chest a tad forward. 9.750

Cal UB 1 – DeSouza – blind to piked jaeger to overshoot, clean leg positions – maybe a little short on final cast hs – oh took her FTDT very close to the bar, got through it, bounce back. 9.725

Washington VT 2 – Davis – also hits a yfull with chest forward, bounce forward, some more pike. 9.750

Cal UB 2 – Schank – good first hs – blind to piked jaeger to overshoot, took the jaeger close with an elbow bend but worked through it this week – DLO, good stick, piked it down at the end to find the landing. 9.850. Looks like a 9.900/9.800 split.

Washington VT 3 – SKW – great amplitude on her Yfull, large bounce back but should get rewarded for open position and dynamics. 9.750

Cal UB 3 – Li – good first hs – pak, very high – toe on to van leeuwen, small leg separation at the start – giant full, right on top of the bar, to double tuck, littlest rebound in place. Good one. 9.925

Washington VT 4 – Navarro – Y1.5 is solid, finds the landing with a step to the side, a bit of knees at the end, not the biggest/highest. 9.800

Cal UB 4 – Williams – Maloney to pak, good legs on pak – 1/2 turn on low, small amount loose back – strong final cast hs – DLO, bounce back. 9.875

Washington VT 5 – Thompson – giant yfull, large bounce back but everything entil the landing was ideal. 9.775

Cal UB 5 – Bordas – good first hs – blind to jaeger to overshoot, amplitude for days, I feel like people talk about the Jaeger, but the fact that her overshoot isn’t dumpy is the best part for me – cast hs, small back tension moment –  giant full to double tuck, holds the landing. Good one. 9.900

Washington VT 6- Cunningham – nearly finds the landing on her yfull, hop back, again very strong in the air. 9.850, 

Cal UB 6 – Lauzon – lineup change to put her in, replacing Green – short first hs – toe on to maloney to pak, some legs in maloney, clean in the pak – 1/2 turn on low is past handstand – good final cast hs – FTDT, stuck landing. Gave away more form stuff on the bars than the others, but good finish.

Washington 48.925 on vault, which is a touch better than last week.

Meanwhile I looked over at the UNC quad meet to see Helen Hu do a beautiful aerial to scale, as per expectations. She landed short on her gainer full dismount with a step forward which will take away the score, but the rest was ideal.

Cal goes 49.375 on bars, which is also a touch better than last week, dropping the DeSouza score and leading with the 9.925 for Li and 9.900 for Bordas.

Missouri still goes 49.225 on beam to lead the UNC quad meet after 1 event.

Rotation 2

Cal VT 1 – Schank – good open position on her Yfull, little hop back. 9.850

Washington UB 1 – Moody – toe on to maloney to pak, some leg separations – 1/2 turn on low, OK – quite short cast hs on on high – FTDT, chest forward, hop. Solid. 9.675

Cal VT 2 – Li – yfull, larger bounce back than Schank, but also nice position in the air, a little more distance on hers, chest also a little more forward. 9.725 seems tight.

Washington UB 2 – Russon – good first hs – blind to jaeger to overshoot, nice toe point on jaeger – perhaps a bit short on final cast hs – giant full, pauses in the middle but keeps it going, double tuck, hop. 9.725

Cal VT 3 – Clausi – very strong landing on her yfull, clearly stuck – little bit of chest position, little bit of legs on block, but not a lot of stuff to take there. 9.850

Washington UB 3 – Brooks – short first hs – maloney to clear hip to bail, lots of legs on Maloney but gets through the rest of the combination solidly – giant full, also has some hesitation in hers, into double tuck, bounce back. 9.625

Cal VT 4 – Bordas – medium bounce back on her yfull, again solid open position, chest up. 9.850, so they only took for landing there.

Washington UB 4 – SKW – piked jaeger to overshoot, very clean legs through it – rushes cast hs on high a tad – 1/2 to front giant 1/2 to double tuck, stuck. Nice work. 9.900

Cal VT 5 – DeSouza – nearly finds the stick on her Y1.5 but is a little short with a slide back – the usual knees and legs on the block. 9.800.

Washington UB 5 – Thompson – blind to jaeger, hit – short cast hs – bail, small amount of legs on catch – missing a couple handstands here – DLO is well done. 9.875

Cal VT 6 – Lauzon – y1.5 – only barely pulls around the Y1.5, large lunge back. 9.500

Washington UB 6 – Bowles – giant full to an extra giant to deltchev to overshoot, feet in the deltchev but hit – DLO is well short, falls, takes it to her hands and knees.

Cal goes 49.075 on vault. Started well with the fulls but didn’t get the scores they wanted from the y1.5s, so they’ll be slightly down on last week’s scoring pace.

Washington 48.800 on bars, which is also a touch down on last week’s numbers. But nice ones from Killough-Wilhelm and Thompson.

After 2: Cal 98.450, Washington 97.725

Note that the live scores have Williams’ exhibition 9.800 counting, so they’re off for Cal’s vault score.

Missouri 49.325 on floor to be on 98.550 after two events.

Rotation 3

Washington BB 1 – Brooks – kickover to bhs, hit – switch to split, solid 180 positions – aerial, slightly off but continued to beat jump and then had a major break with a bend at the hips – stag jump to gainer full is solid. One large error there. We’ll see how they feel about some of those combinations as well. 9.550

Cal FX 1 – DeSouza – double pike, controls step, chest down – switch side to wolf full, clear finishing positions there – 1.5 to front full, slide forward – rudi to an out of control stag jump covered into some forward roll choreography you know. 9.775

Washington BB 2 – Moody – bhs loso to beat jump, love the immediacy of the beat after the loso – some knee form – switch with a pause before split jump, misses 180 – aerial is solid, into split jump – side aerial to full, bounce back. 9.775.

Cal FX 2 – Bordas – double tuck, chest up – 1.5 to layout, good extension on 1.5, a little large on step out – switch to switch ring 1/2, Alisa isn’t wild about the ring closure, but I’d say it’s fine for credit for NCAA – rudi, some pike. Solid. 9.800

Washington BB 3 – Bowles – side aerial to side aerial, we’ll see about the combination, little pause in between, good extension – split, check into wolf jump 3/4, large lean forward, bend to horizontal – cat leap to gainer front full off the end, shudder forward. I have combination questions on both the acro and dance series, so we could see that score get lowww quickly. 9.550, so they were forgiving on at least one of the series there.

Cal FX 3 – Clausi – high double pike, little bounce back – switch side to wolf full, more like switch side 1/4 to wolf 3/4 – 1.5 to layout to some manner of double stag attempt that didn’t get too high, had to shuffle it into the corner to avoid OOB – double tuck, secure landing, a bit deep. 9.825

Washington BB 4 – Russon – aerial, short, leg-up check – bhs loso is secure – switch to split 3/4, can’t hold on and falls – 1.5 dismount, solid. 8.9

Cal FX 4 – Lauzon – front 2/1 to front tuck is really nice, secure landing and good twisting shape – switch side to popa, shows 180s, a little under rotated – 1.5 through to 2/1, legs at the end on the 2/1, but good control overall here.  9.825

Washington BB 5 – Davis – bhs bhs loso is well done, secure – beat to straddle 3/4, only a little shudder on landing, strong position – aerial, arms moving to beam jump – 1.5, stuck landing. Very good routine. 9.825

A couple tight 9.825s there back to back for both teams.

Cal FX 5 – Li – front 2/1 goes insannne into the stag jump attempt, doesn’t show a stag, just a big lunge out – front full to layout, good height – switch 1/2 to wolf full, a little out of control on landing. 9.900 is the same score as last week, last week’s routine was much better. That’s high for that crazy first pass.

Washington BB 6 – SKW – aerial, basically keeps moving into the bhs loso – kickover to beat, great amplitude on kickover – switch to split, hits her 180s – side aerial 1.5 dismount. Excellent. 9.900

Cal FX 6 – Schank – double pike, secure landing, chest down – double pike is a struggle, chest forward, staggers back on landing – swtich side 1/4 into popas – 1.5 to layout, has to tuck around the layout to find the landing, but does. 9.775

48.600 for Washington on beam there. No counting falls, but a lot of tentative moments and hesitations and SV questions.

Cal goes 49.125 on FX for a rotation that was just a little blah. Fine, but lots of people struggled on their jumps connected out of tumbling passes. Three people had trouble with that today. I thought Bordas and Lauzon looked strong though.

After 3: Cal 147.575, Washington 146.325

Now the live score totals are off for both teams. Yippee hooray.

UNC went 49.350 on beam to close the gap some against Missouri, but Missouri leads after three with a 147.675.

Rotation 4

Cal BB 1 – DeSouza – lineup order change here with DeSouza starting now – cat leap to aerial, held well – bhs loso series, large error, bend at the hips to horizontal – sheep jump, secure landing – 1.5 dismount, stuck. The rest was good, but a big deduction there, automatic 0.20. 9.675

This guy is going with “the Crandalls.” I’d say it’s actually the Howells, but also is it though?

Washington FX 1 – SKW – front 2/1 well done, controls step forward – switch ring 1/2, low front leg – 1.5 to layout, nice amplitude. Good work. She had a great day. 9.850

Cal BB 2 – Clausi – kickover to beat, hit – bhs loso series, hits it this week but with a leg-up check – switch to switch, shows her back leg position – side aerial to tuck full, a little slide back, a little off line. Hit. 9.800

Washington FX 2 – Navarro – double tuck, chest up, solid – switch side to popa, not bad – 1.5 to front layout, a little soft, controls her landings here – double pike, hits the landing, chest down. Solid. 9.875

Cal BB 3 – Li – aerial, good front leg, arms moving into split jump – bhs loso, smooth, small shiver on landing – full turn with a clear wobble – beat to sheep, secure landing – gainer tuck full, can’t sell the stick, chest forward and a step-salute. 9.775

Washington FX 3 – Wickman – punch rudi to 1/2 turn to stag jump – was it intended to be a front 2/1? – switch side to popa, some back leg on switch side – 1.5 to front tuck, some knees – Yeah, I have that as a 9.8 start. 9.600

Cal BB 4 – Bordas – aerial to split, confident – bhs loso, also very securely landed – switch to split – some back foot flexing on a couple of these split jumps – gainer full, little hop back. Best one so far. 9.875

Washington FX 4 – Thompson – whip through to double tuck, takes it verrrry far, at least one foot OOB if not landing OOB, and then a shuffle on landing to get herself back together – front 2/1 final pass but feet slip out from under her with a fall, so that 9.6 will count now. 8.925

Cal BB 5 – Lauzon – awkward moment getting her foot over the beam just hopping on – again tentative check just walking on the beam – switch to split jump, short back leg on split – bhs bhs loso is lovely, good extension – aerial, small lean to hold it – side aerial to full, holds stick, littel lean forward. That was typical gymnast. I cannot put my leg over the beam, or walk on it, but I can do a perfect bhs bhs layout stepout. 9.825

Washington FX 5 – Cunningham – front tuck through to double tuck, secure landing, just some chest position – switch 1/2 to wolf full to wolf full, very clear positions – double pike, solid. Very good. 9.925

Cal BB 6 – Williams – wolf double, little lean forward – bhs loso, secure landing, chest just a little down – switch to split, covers potential hesitation out of switch, so will get the connection – cat leap to side aerial to tuck full, hop back. Good debut. That should be in the lineup. 9.825

Washington FX 6 – Blum – front tuck through to double tuck, good, little hop on landing – switch 1/2 to two popas, short leap positions – double pike, solid. 9.875

Cal will finish on 196.675, which is an improvement on last week’s result and a perfectly fine road score, but not the 197 they would have been going for. They’ll look at those beam and floor scores as areas where they could have picked up tenths.

Washignton ends up on 195.450, which won’t make headlines but is a sign of good improvement. It look them until March last season to start getting 49s on events.

In North Carolina, Missouri took the meet with 196.850 to UNC’s 196.475, right now that’s against GW on 194.825, and Brown on 190.975, still waiting on a couple scores. Both Missouri and UNC will be very happy with those numbers.

Little break until the start of the Arizona quad.

Curious to see how equipped this school-specific stream is for showing all the Oklahoma routines that the gymternet demands.

Audrey Lynn is in the vault lineup today for Oklahoma. Fletcher is in the lineup on bars and floor as well as vault. I always thought that bars was her strongest event in L10, and now at Oklahoma we have an opportunity to praise her bars ability without giving MG Elite any credit.

Arizona starts off with Mueller on vault – pretty sure landing on a yfull, pike throughout

So far we just have the Arizona vault and the Arizona logo. If this feed is Arizona-only I…kind of can’t wait to go on Twitter.

Second vault for Arizona from Fears, more lack of control on landing with a stagger backward.

We’re seeing some of Stanford on bars – a Deltchev anndd goodbye back to Arizona!

Mayberry for Arizona lands very short on her yfull with a lunge forward.

Anyway Oklahoma got 9.875 for Dunn on beam.

Checking on Bowers on beam for Oklahoma – we see a hit switch 1/2 – back to Arizona!

Herry on vault for AZ with a bounce back on her yfull, better chest position.

Liking that our coverage of beam and floor is from a blimp I think.

A double front bars dismount from Stanford, lunge forward. Alexeeva?

Bounce back on Yfull from Nosek – AZ. They finish with a hit y1.5 from Hargrove, but a large lunge forward.

Lunge back on double pike from Jackson on floor for Utah State. Neault finishes bars for Stanford with a little slide back on double tuck. Jackson finished with solid control on a double tuck.

Deltchev! Vault! Double pike! Logo! Vault! Is a really fun live blog experience.

Bryant – UB – Stanford – tkatchev, good – pak, legs right together – great final cast hs – DLO, good, step back.

Davis – BB – Oklahoma – bhs loso, landed securely – split leap to aerial, right on – beat to split ring jump, front leg looked kind of low from this angle but the angles are tough on this stream. Speaking of which, we have now cut to a blimp shot of floor leaps. Can tell a lot from that.

Gutierrez – Ub – Stanford – toe 1/2 is late into jaeger, solid – bail, leg break – short cast hs on high – blind to double front 1/2 out, pulls out that dismount with a bounce back

Love this far shot of Woodard on beam. Now we see her for side aerial to bhs, which is nice. kickover to beat jump, right on – switch to split, hits her 180s – LOVE THE FADE TO BLACK FOR HER DISMOUNT.

OK, this disaster coverage is not worth trying to live blog. My apologies, but if it’s any consolation, I have done nothing wrong, ever, in my life. I’ll keep the feed up and this window open to pop in with any thoughts on things we might happen to see, but I’m not going to try to do whole routines because we haven’t seen any.

Ragan Smith with an excellent hit on beam. Not a check.

OMG there’s commentary? We just learned this.

Smith went 9.975 for her beam to bring Oklahoma to 49.575 for the rotation. So seems like they figured things out from last week. Lotttss of 9.975s again this week.

It’s 49.000 for Stanford. And assuming Utah State went with just 5 on floor because we haven’t seen another, but who knows. 48.900 total there. Oklahoma just has 48 exhibitions on beam I think.

The thing that’s getting me the most is that they HAVE other angles of floor and are choosing to use the blimp shot.

Hargrove went up on bars following a two-fall routine and had a nasty fall of her own, late on a full pirouette on high bar and peeling off right into the low bar. She wasn’t able to finish her routine, which means Arizona is counting a two-fall 8.425 from Kane.

Meanwhile Utah State is done on vault with another 48.900.

Arizona somehow got that bars score to 47.000 with three counting falls and a 1.000. Oklahoma went 49.425 on floor to sit on exactly 198 pace after two events. We saw a cool shot of Kyla Bryant’s lower leg and the floor for a second, so waiting on her score for Stanford’s beam total.

She goes 9.825 for Stanford to go 49.075 on beam. Above 196 pace.