Time for another SEC Friday night triple header! First up, No. 17 Kentucky visits No. 3 Florida. Kentucky has gotten off to a slow start this season, so it’s going to be looking for a good score here to move up in the rankings. The Wildcats made improvements on vault, bars and floor in their home opener but struggled on beam, an event that should be a strong one.
Florida is coming off a huge road win at LSU and will be looking to carry that momentum into this week.
Injury notes: Hailey Poland has been out so far this season after rolling her ankle but will hopefully be returning to the lineups soon. Nya Reed is being rested tonight but is dressed out with the team.
Looks like Carol is in the house in Gainesville tonight. Be prepared for some crazy scores!
Rotation 1
Amanda Cheney in the Florida vault lineup tonight in place of Reed. Otherwise, the other 5 are the same as last week.
Alexander (UF) – Huge y full with a bounce back. Can’t believe how much distance she gets!
Stuart (UK) – nice tkatchev to start, and sticks her FTDLO. Great start!
Cheney (UF) – Big y full with a small hop. Glad to see her back! She missed all of 2018 with an injury.
Nixon (UK) – shaposh to bail is good. HUGE double tuck dismount to a stick!
Chant (UF) – Tsuk full with a small hop in place
Kwan (UK) – nice jaeger, some short handstands but near stuck landing to end
Schoenherr (UF) – Sits Y 1.5. Bummer. Could tell she was going for that stick
Dukes (UK) – good tkatchev and pak, slightly close on toeshoot and a small hop to finish
Thomas (UF) – Y 1.5 with a tiny hop. Way to get them back on track!
Hyland (UK) – HUGE tkatchev, and sticks full in dismount. Very nice!
Boren (UF) – Y 1.5 and college salute out of it. Not sure if they will get her for that or not. Too bad Carol isn’t on vault…
Korth (UK) – very nice jaeger, short on a few handstands and small hop on FTDLO.
After 1: Kentucky 49.225; Florida 49.050
Rotation 2
Kwan (UK) – Y full is nice with a small hop
Boren (UF) – nice tkatchev as usual. Sticks DLO dismount! Nice start!
Dukes (UK) – y full. A little short and I think she had a small hop, but the coach was blocking it
Gowey (UF) – nice tkatchev to start, little chest down on DLO but sticks it
Davis (UK) – big y full with a small hop in place
Hundley (UF) – hits shaposh and van leeuween nicely, and sticks full in!
Carol is in the house y’all
Hyland (UK) – small hop on y full.
Thomas (UF) – lovely shaposh to pak to vam leeuwen, and sticks (?) DLO, may have had a slight shuffle. Carol is here though, so…
Stuart (UK) – thorws the Y 1.5 and has just a small step. Nice to see that in the lineup!
Schoenherr (UF) – nice jaeger to start, bail is good and sticks dismount!
Korth (UK) – small hop on Y 1.5 but got lots of distance
Skaggs (UF) – huge tkatchev, small shuffle on DLO.
After 2: Florida 98.775; Kentucky 98.300
Highest UB score for Florida in school history. I mean, Carol, but still cool!
Rotation 3
Skaggs (UF) -wolf turn and leap series is good, and rock solid acro series! side areal to full dismount and stick!
Stuart (UK) – OOB on double pike, and sits her second pass. and crashed her third pass. Looked like it hurt, but she walks away, so I think she’s okay
Hundley (UF) – solid so far. She always looks so confident on beam. Very nice full turn, and sticks her 1.5 dismount!
Warren (UK) – Hopefully she can get things back on track. Nice front double full to start. She apparently was feeling a bit sick today, so glad to see her out here. Nice rudi with a slight chest down, and front full to front tuck to finish.
Boren (UF) – solid front toss and no wobble at all on series. Looking great so far. Small shuffle on gainer full, but that should score well!
Hyland (UK) – Fresh Prince routine. Love it! Great landing on double pike. And a solid 1.5 to front lay to finish. Getting back on track now.
Gowey (UF) – Triple series with a little wobble, but covers. Small hop on gainer full. Not her best routine but should still get a good score.
Dukes (UK) – good double pick to open. Really fun choreography. Solid second pass. And a great double back to finish. Great routine!
Thomas (UF) – Beautiful leaps! AHH! Perfect acro series. Love her one arm BHS! Small wobble on front aerial. And Sticks the dismount! Now just Baumann to finish things off
Korth (UK) – Huge full in to start. Rudi to LOSO is very nice. I love that pass! And great landing on double pike to finish. Great!! One more hit and they can drop Stuart’s
Baumann (UF) – Falls on Onodi. Well, at least the first five already hit. Solid series. She is not letting herself fall again!! College stick on 1.5 dismount. Great fight after the fall! I’m sure she’ll never do it again..
Rosa (UK) – Throws the DLO. Wasn’t sure that they would with the fall. Solid landing but slightly low. Very nice fron lay to front full to end. Nice finish!
After 3: Florida 148.125; Kentucky 147.550
Rotation 4
Stuart (UK) – Redemption time from floor! Very solid acro series. She’s a fighter! Sticks her dismount. Great comeback!
Johnson-Scharpf (UF) – OOB on double pike. Just had too much power. Good front lay to front full. And a good double tuck to finish.
Harman (UK) – First ever college routine for her (sophomore). Very solid triple series to start. Front walkover, slight wobble. Sticks gainer pike dismount.
Hundley (UF) – Love her Greatest Showman music! Whip to double back is solid. Good double pike. Looks like she’s having lots of fun with this choreography. And a great 1.5 to front lay to finish.
Angeny (UK) – Very solid acro sereis to start. Great so far! And slight step on dismount. This beam lineup is on fire!!
Boren (UF) – This is my favorite routine choreography she’s done. HUGE DLO!! Second pass is great! She’s such a great dancer. Huge double tuck to end. Fantastic! That’s gonna get a HUGE score.
Korth (UK) – slight wobble on series but covers well. And another small wobble on back tuck. Leaps were great though! Small hop on double full dismount.
Thomas (UF) – SO PRETTY!! HUGE DLO! Slightly low on front double full, but covers. Hughe double pike to finish. GREAT!
Dukes (UK) – Solid series to start. Very nice routine so far. Small step on dismount. Hit 5 for 5, and now just Hyland to go.
Baumann (UF) – Big double tuck. Decided to play it safe and not do a DLO. Good second pass. Maybe a bit out of control, but covers well. And a solid double pike to finish. Nice!
Hyland (UK) – Very solid so far. Very nice acro series (she fell on it last week). And stuck her dismount. That’s the Alex we know and love!
Gowey (UF) – Very pretty dance. Nice front double full to start. Nice double tuck. Great so far!! 1.5 to front lay is very nice! Great finish. Now they will be able to drop SJS’s 9.6.
Final: Florida 197.675; Kentucky 196.650
Great meet for both teams! Florida needs to continue to clean up its vault landings, but had great rotations for the other 3 event. Kentucky gets itself back on track with a great road score after getting off to a bit of a rocky start. Both teams should be happy about their performances here!
Gonna do a little experiment: If you are reading this tweet at me (@OutrageousBook1) with your favorite moment from the meet!
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