It’s the end of an era for PAC-12 gymnastics. One team will be crowned the final PAC-12 Champions before everyone jumps ship. For regional implications, this will be the last opportunity for teams to get an away meet score before the post-season. Session one will feature No. 20 Stanford, No. 21 Arizona State, No. 22 Arizona, and No. 27 Washington.
The Cardinals can rise as high as fifteenth in the NQS rankings if they can surpass a 196.600, locking an automatically seeded spot at the Cal regional. Arizona State and Arizona are unlikely to get a seeded spot to regionals, but anything above a 196.700 for Arizona State and 196.850 for Arizona can help them rise in the rankings. Climbing the NQS rankings is really important for Washington, who will want to avoid the play-in round at regionals and are dangerously close to doing so. Anything above a 196.500 will help build the Huskies’ NQS.
Rotation 1: Stanford Vault, ASU Bars, Washington Beam, Arizona Floor
Zeng – Stanford: FTY, stuck, some bent arms on the table.
Reeves – ASU: Jaegar to bail, good amplitude, winds up for the double layout, stuck. 9.850
Strong – Arizona: Rudi to LOSO, great, switch to switch ring half, bounce out of it, 1.5 to full, good control. 9.850
Barbanente – ASU: Good first handstand, picked jaegar to bail, some leg separations catching the release, hop on the double layout dismount. 9.800
Fears – Arizona: Double tuck to open, good control on the switch side to Popa, Rudi with a bound back, 1.5 to full, good control. 9.825
So we’re just not going to see Washington’s beam on this stream I guess?
Widner – Stanford: FTY, bounce back. 9.800
Samiley – ASU: Jaegar to bail, kicks her feet on the ground and is trying to recover then misses the squat on and has to sole circle out of it. 9.650
Deets – Arizona: Front layout to full, controlled lunge, switch full to Popa, nice, double tuck, good chest position on the landing. 9.850
Scharf – ASU: Maloney to Pak, leg separations on the Maloney, late on the half turn, shy on the last handstand, late on the blind full and needs to add another giant before the double tuck. 9.600
Navarro – Washington: Washington lives! BHS BHS LOSO, a little tentative, beat jump to switch side, 1.5 dismount with a hop and some crossed feet. 9.800
Roberts – Stanford: Y1.5, the cleanest vault so far, takes a hop forward. 9.875
Killough-Wilhelm – Washington: Front aerial to BHS LOSO, medium balance check, switch leap to split jump, well connected, aerial to 1.5 dismount, tiny bounce on the landing. 9.775
Nguyen – Stanford: Y1.5, medium step to the side. 9.725
Clark – ASU: Nice first handstand, jaegar, nice amplitude, pak, some leg separations, shy on the pirouette, nice straight arms in the giants, stuck double layout. ASU really needed that. 9.900
Hargrove – Arizona: Full-in, stumble out of it, back half to front full, misses the ring position in the ring leap, her headstand octopus choreography-bit is so cool, double tuck to finish, perfectly controlled landing but chest is down a bit. 9.825
White – ASU: Shap half, orphan-half to bail handstand, good position, my stream cut out but it went 9.900
After 1: Arizona 49.200, Stanford 49.125, Arizona State 49.100, Washington 48.875
Arizona State was able to recover from some troubles earlier in the bars lineup, but a 49.100 is a missed opportunity for the Sun Devils to get a lead on their stronger event. On beam Washington had some struggles and only got a 48.875.
Rotation 2: Arizona Vault, Stanford Bars, Arizona State Beam, Washington Floor
Gutierrez- Stanford: Jaegar to bail, good, nice handstand positions, double-front half dismount, a little low and a hop. 9.850
Pires – Washington: 1.5 to layout, dance series has some feet form issues, double tuck, just stays in bounds. 9.825
Sorrento – Stanford: Maloney to Pak, clean, good position on the half turn, clean double layout with a step back. 9.825
McWilliams – Washington: 1.5 to Rudi, some adjustments on the landing, switch side to Popa, double pike, a little low and has to take a step OOB.
Reeves – ASU: BHS BHS LOSO, clean, switch leap to split jump, front aerial, slight check, tucked 1.5 dismount with a tiny step back. 9.750
Hargrove – Arizona: Y1.5 with a small hop, fantastic vault.
Clark – ASU: BHS BHS LOSO, solid, split to stag jump, connects it well, front aerial, stuck dismount. 9.9
Killough-Wilhelm – Washington: Front double-full, big lunge out of it, 1.5 to layout, underrotated and takes a few shuffles back. 9.825
Scharf – ASU: Off on the BHS LOSO, solid side somi, switch leap to split jump, good, 1.5 dismount, step back.
Fears – Arizona: Floaty FTY, bounce in place.
Innes – Washington: I missed the first pass, a tad short of the split positions in the dance series, 1.5 to layout, good, Rudi to finish, good height. 9.875
Widner – Stanford: Tkatchev, big fight to hold the cast handstand, saves it, blind full to bail handstand, stuck double layout. 9.850
Navarro – Washington: Double tuck to open, clean, switch side to Popa, 1.5 to layout, not a lot of amplitude in the layout, double pike, some knees in the air. 9.850
Neault – Stanford: Good first cast, Maloney to Pak, clean, good pirouette, toe-full to double tuck dismount, stuck.
After 2: Stanford 98.350, Arizona 98.325, Arizona State 98.275, Washington 97.900
Stanford had a strong bars rotation with a 49.225, highlighted by Neault’s 9.9. Arizona State recovered well from a weaker opening bars rotation for a 49.175 on beam.
Rotation 3: Washington Vault, Arizona Bars, Stanford Beam, Arizona State Floor
Tubbs – Washington: Floaty FTY 9.8
Dean – Stanford: Aerial to LOSO, small lean, split to straddle quarter jump, well connected, 1.5 dismount, stuck. 9.9
Lin – Washington: FTY, should get an small amplitude deduction, medium lunge back. 9.8, same score as Tubbs.
Nguyen – Stanford: LOSO LOSO series, aggressive with it, switch to switch quarter, good, straddle to beat jump, biggest wobble so far has been on a full turn, double-full dismount with a hop in place. 9.775
Clark – ASU: 1.5 to layout, good amplitude on the layout, Ferrari leap, double pike, solid, switch ring to switch half to finish.
Killough-Wilhelm – Washington: Nice flared FTY, hop back. 9.850, vault scoring is veryyyy concentrated
Washington’s first three FTYs all went 9.8…
Neault – Stanford: BHS BHS LOSO, solid, beat to ring jump, covers up a wobble, 1.5 dismount, almost has the stick but then takes a step. 9.800
Navarro – Washington: Y1.5, a little off distance and a hop, good amplitude. 9.850
Deets – Arizona: good handstand positions on the blind turn to Tkatchev, bail, hop on the double layout dismount.
Alexeeva – Stanford: Double wolf-turn, clean, BHS LOSO, nice, switch half to beat jump, some feet, gainer full with a step forward. 9.850
Mcdonough – Washington: Stuck FTY, great way to finish this vault rotation. 9.875
Derr – Arizona: Ray, catches close, Pak, clean, clean pirouette, full-in dismount, stuck. 9.875
Widner – Stanford: switch leap to split jump, BHS LOSO, solid, front aerial to split jump, disguises her wobble as an arm swing to connect the split jump, queen things, full turn, arm waver, BHS to gainer full, stuck.
Fears – Arizona: Big Tkatchev to open, bail handstand, small back waver, stuck double layout, great work.
Scharf – ASU: Coming in after White’s 8.975, punch front through to double tuck, lunge back, front full to punch front, double pike, solid.
After 3: Stanford 147.700, Arizona 147.475, Arizona State 147.450, Washington 147.075
Stanford extends its lead over Arizona, but Arizona will be finishing on its strongest event beam, so this could get close.
Rotation 4: ASU Vault, Washington Bars, Arizona Beam, Stanford Floor
Purler – ASU: Half-on front tuck off, hop forward
Fears – Arizona: BHS LOSO, aerial, solid, split jump to stag, a bit slow in the connection, 1.5 dismount. 9.850
White – ASU: FTY, some piking coming down and a hop back.
Lin – Washington: Good first cast, Geinger to bail, leg separations, full-in dismount, low landing and a step to the side. 9.625
Zeng – Stanford: Front layout to Rudi, controlled landing, double tuck dismount, lunge back. 9.900
Mueller – Arizona: Aerial LOSO, check, full turn, check, switch leap to straddle, 1.5 dismount with a tiny hop.
Neault – Stanford: Double pike to open, chest a little down, lunges out of it, good positions in the ring leaps, Rudi, jarring landing, 1.5 to layout to finish.
Killough-Wilhelm – Washington: Jaegar to bail, wonderful, great cast handstands, half turn to double tuck, hop back. 9.925
Smith – ASU: Intends to do the 1.5 but balks and does a Yurchenko layout instead… 9.525
Nguyen – Stanford: Powerful double layout with too much juice and takes a big lunge back, switch side to Popa, 2.5 to front pike to finish, really great power in this routine.
Tubbs – Washington: Good handstands to open, Maloney to bail handstand, double layout with a step back. 9.800
Scharf – ASU: Big FTY, shuffle back.
Roberts – Stanford: Hallie is in the background making hand motions, there’s some sort of music issue, front layout to Rudi, great amplitude, powerful leaps, double tuck to finish, good control. 9.950
Russon – Washington: Jaegar to bail, stuck double layout to finish.
Widner – Stanford: Front layout to full, good, switch full, just gets it around, double pike, bounce back and just stays in bounds. 9.900
FINAL: Stanford 197.175, Arizona State 196.550, Arizona 196.475, Washington 196.325
According to Jim on the broadcast, this is Stanford’s highest score at the PAC-12s since 2008. A 197.175 is very important for this team heading into the post-season. Arizona State and Arizona were neck-in-neck throughout the meet, but Arizona had some flubs on beam to give the lead to Arizona State. Washington had a weaker start on beam, but got the ball rolling throughout the meet.
VT: Fears (Arizona) 9.900
UB: Killough-Wilhelm (Washington) 9.925
BB: Widner (Stanford) 9.950
FX: Roberts (Stanford) 9.950
AA: Widner (Stanford) 39.500
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