Rotation 1: Alabama VT, North Carolina UB, Iowa BB, California FX
Paradise (Bama): Yurchenko 1.5, looked like a stick to me. 9.825
Knower (UNC): Piked Gienger to bail, pretty. Full-twisting double back, fights for the stick and gets it. 9.725
Volpe (Iowa): Bhs loso, leaves super crooked but stays on square. Switch leap to straddle 1/4, solid and pretty lines. Ro 1.5, stuck. 9.725
Mayhew (Cal): Front 2.5 to front pike, great control. Beautiful lines in her switch ring to split half. Ro bhs 1.5 to Brandi to double stag jump, obsessed with this pass. 9.8
Kvamme (Bama): Yurchenko 1.5, small hop forward. 9.8
King (UNC): Nice lines in the Maloney to Pak. Stalder to double back, pretty and fights for the stick. 9.7
Juk (Iowa): Bhs bhs loso, beautifully done. Nice full turn. Pretty full twisting bhs, I LOVE. Nice extension in her leaps. Side gainer full, stuck. 9.825
Keuneke (Cal): Front 2.5 to front pike, a little low on the punch but stays steady. Tour jete full to split full to wolf full, great control. Ro back 1.5 to straddle jump, solid landing and form. 9.8
German (Bama): A little short on the Yurchenko 1.5 but keeps it upright. 9.75
Sitippich (UNC): Pretty Jaeger to bail. Nice swing throughout. Double layout, smallest of hops. 9.8
Tyson (Iowa): Small balance check on her flight but stay with it. Straddle jump to straddle 1/4 (I think), fights for it. Sticks the dismount. 9.8
Williams (Cal): Back double full to straddle jump, pretty. Beautiful extension in her leaps. Rudi to front tuck, a near perfect landing. 9.9
Hudson (Bama): Beautiful Yurchenko 1.5, small hop. 9.85
Fink (UNC): Pretty Jaeger to bail. Nice swing throughout. Beautiful double layout, almost gets the stick. 9.825
Munoz (Iowa): Switch leap to split half, nice and steady. Solid full turn. Bhs loso, slips and comes off. 9.1
Cesario (Cal): Huge full-in to open. Switch half to switch ring, pretty extension. Rudi to front layout, so pretty in the air and nice controlled landing. 9.875
Gladieux (Bama): Yurchenko 1.5, huge hop forward. 9.775
Schaefer (UNC): Solid Jaeger to clear hip handstand. Nice bail and swings. Full-twisting double back, stuck cold. 9.85
Tran (Iowa): Pretty flight. Switch leap to switch half, great extension but small balance check. Nice full turn. Sticks the dismount. 9.85
Frazier (Cal): Nice aggressive double layout to start. Great extension in her leaps. Front through to double back, a wee bit open on her double back but solid landing. 9.95
Bunagan (Bama): Sticks her Yurchenko 1.5 like there was glue on her feet. 9.9
Dekanoidze (UNC): Comes off on her opening handstand. Pretty toe-on to Maloney. Nice connection to her Pak. Double layout, stuck. Beyond gutted to have watched this…I wanted a Lali to nationals so bad. 9.225
Kenlin (Iowa): Beautiful bhs bhs loso. Solid full turn. Pretty leaps and dance. Cartwheel side gainer full, stuck. 9.9
Lauzon (Cal): Gorgeous front 2.5 to front tuck. Switch ring to switch half, such pretty lines and hits over 180. Sticks her last pass and finishes her dance with some fun sass. 9.95
O’Shea (NIU): Yurchenko 1.5, steps to the side but solid. 9.6
Szymanski (BSU): Pretty piked Gienger to bail to handstand, either her bail went high or her handstand was short…I’m not entirely sure. Almost sticks her dismount. 9.775
Ingle (SEMO): Bhs loso, solid and controlled. Pretty extension in her leaps. Overturns her full turn but covers it with dance. Ro 1.5, almost gets the stick. 9.7
St. Clair (WMU): Beautiful back 1.5 to front layout wow. Pretty full turn she works into her dance. I love her intense floor music. Tuck full to switch half, such a cool leap series. Front double full, great control. 9.85
AFTER ONE: California 49.475, Alabama 49.150, Iowa 49.100, North Carolina 48.900
Rotation 2: California VT, Alabama UB, North Carolina BB, Iowa FX
Wiley (Cal): Beautiful Yurchenko 1.5, takes the tiniest hop. 9.85
Gladieux (Bama): Pretty Jaeger to bail. Nice swing throughout. Sticks the dismount. 9.8
Knower (UNC): Bhs loso, hides the balance check. Beat jump to switch half, pretty lines. Nice full turn. Solid front toss. Ro 1.5, gets the stick. 9.825
Tran (Iowa): Back double full to back loso, punches a little crooked but keeps it in bounds. Great extension in her leaps. Pretty Rudi to front layout, great control. 9.8
Mayhew (Cal): Stuck Yurchenko 1.5. 9.85
Hudson (Bama): Maloney to Pak, pretty. Nice swing throughout. Full-twisting double back, small hop forward. 9.75
Valahovic (UNC): Pretty bhs loso. Nice full turn. Great lines in her leaps. Ro 1.5, almost gets the stick. 9.9
Tyson (Iowa): Solid back double full to back loso. Nice high straddle jump. Pretty extension in her leaps. Front double full, could’ve been more controlled on her landing. 9.8
Brown (Cal): A little short in the block on the Yurchenko 1.5. 9.775
Walker (Bama): 9.85
King (UNC): Pretty full turn. Bhs loso, nice control. Switch leap to split 3/4, love the extension she gets. Ro 1.5, small hop. 9.825
Volpe (Iowa): Ro bhs double pike, love how aggressive she is. Switch half to split half to Popa, always a favorite series of mine. 9.85
Frazier (Cal): The famed Yurchenko double full appears again! Takes a small hop forward but solid. 9.8
LaCoursiere (Bama): Pretty Pak to Van Leewen. Nice handstands and lines. Almost sticks the dismount. 9.9
Schulze (UNC): Bhs loso, great control. Solid full turn. Pretty side aerial. I missed her leap series whoopsie. Bhs side gainer full, a little soft in the knees but stuck. 9.75
Munoz (Iowa): Huge opening pass with a controlled landing. Love the amplitude in her leaps. Front through to double back, great height. 9.75
Williams (Cal): Stuck Yurchenko full. 9.875
Fuller (Bama): Super floaty Pak. Nice swing into her Van Leewen. Sticks the dismount. 9.9
Fink (UNC): Pretty switch leap to split jump. Bhs loso, solid. Nice full turn. Almost sticks the dismount. 9.9
Castillo (Iowa): Missed her first pass watching Fink on beam. Love a leap pass to a Shushunova. Huge double back to close out her routine. 9.875
Lauzon (Cal): 9.775
Paradise (Bama): Huge Tkatchv to Pak. Pretty lines throughout. Super high dismount and sticks it. 9.85
Stippich (UNC): Ahhhh a triple series queen, great control on this. Switch leap straddle jump, a little uneasy but no balance checks. Nice full turn. Sticks the side gainer full. 9.875
Turner (Iowa): Great height on her back 1.5 to straddle jump. Switch half to back-to-back split fulls (I think), pretty extension. Rudi to front layout, great control. 9.8
Samuelson (WMU): Solid release from high to low. Nice swing throughout. Double layout, small step. 9.6
Ingle (SEMO): Beautiful front double full to front tuck. Love the early 2000s pop mashup she has as music. Nice control on the Rudi to front layout. 9.825
AFTER TWO: California 98.625, Alabama 98.450, Iowa 98.275, North Carolina 98.225
Rotation 3: Iowa VT, California UB, Alabama BB, North Carolina FX
Masella (Iowa): Solid Yurchenko full. 9.75
Lauzon (Cal): Pretty Pak. Nice pirouette to Van Leewen. Full-twisting double back, small step. 9.9
LaCoursiere (Bama): Front aerial to bhs, solid. Nice full turn. Great extension in leaps. Front double full, stuck. 9.85
Stippich (UNC): Front through to a huge double back, solid. Pretty leaps. Sits her last pass down, sad because it was so pretty in the air. 9.15
Volpe (Iowa): Yurchenko full, small step backwards. 9.6
Newman-Achee (Cal): Maloney to Pak, solid. Pretty swing. A little short on last handstand. Sticks the dismount. 9.825
Rybicki (Bama): Solid flight series. Switch leap switch half, nice extension. So fun to see a forward roll in her dance. Ro 1.5, stuck.
Valahovic (UNC): Beautiful full-in to open. Nice control on her double back. Switch full to Popa (not sure though) to Shushunova, love this series. 9.65
Chambers (Iowa): Pretty Yurchenko full. 9.7
Cesario (Cal): Huge Jaeger to bail. Nice swing. Sticks the dismount. 9.875
Ladanyi (Bama): Pretty lines throughout. Solid full turn. Bhs loso, nice control. Switch leap to split jump, solid. Bhs side gainer full, a little close to the side of the beam and takes a small hop. 9.825
Forbes (UNC): Good height on first pass. Rudi to front layout, nice control on the landing. Nice lines in her leaps. Finishes with a solid double back. 9.825
Tran (Iowa): Yurchenko full, small hop. 9.8
Frazier (Cal): Maloney to Pak, pretty. Nicely stuck double layout. 9.8
Hudson (Bama): Front aerial to bhs, solid. Side aerial to beat jump, small balance check but keeps it in line. Ro 1.5, stuck. 9.85
Knower (UNC): Nice height in full-in. I love her 80s rock style floor music so much. Pretty lines in her leaps. Rudi to front layout, nice control. 9.8
Castillo (Iowa): Solid Yurchenko full. 9.8
Williams (Cal): Solid Pak to Van Leewen. Nice pirouette in between. Sticks the dismount. 9.95
Gladieux (Bama): Pretty front aerial. Switch leap to split jump, nice extension. Stuck the dismount. 9.875
Miller (UNC): Front through to double back, nice control. Switch half to split full to wolf half, great amplitude. A little low on amplitude in the double pike but solid. 9.8
Munoz (Iowa): Pretty Yurchenko full, love how she flares out in the air. 9.8
Brown (Cal): Pretty Pak. Nice pirouette. Makes the Van Leewen look easy. Almost sticks the dismount. 9.9
Adams (Bama): I missed this routine talking to Alabama’s AD *sighs* My apologies. 9.2
King (UNC): I only caught this end of this one because of the above interaction. I love her lines in her leaps. 9.825
Ingle (SEMO): Had a bit of a low chest and stepped forward. 9.575
Reade (UNH): Holy height on her double layout wow. Switch half to wolf full, she twists so easily in her leaps. Nice amplitude and form in last pass. 9.9
AFTER THREE: California 148.075, Alabama 147.675, Iowa 147.125, North Carolina 147.125
Rotation 4: North Carolina VT, Iowa UB, California BB, Alabama FX
Knower (UNC): Yurchenko full, solid. 9.8
Juk (Iowa): Maloney to Pak, pretty. I missed her dismount ugh. 9.75
Cesario (Cal): Bhs loso, solid. Switch leap switch half, pretty lines. Almost sticks the dismount. 9.875
Rybicki (Bama): Ro bhs double back, nice landing. Great amplitude in leaps. Sticks the ro 1.5 dismount. 9.875
King (UNC): A bit of soft elbows going into the Yurchenko full but solid overall. 9.825
Vanney (Iowa): Maloney to Pak, solid. I wish her swing was a little more aggressive. Pretty double layout, small hop. 9.675
Williams (Cal): Front aerial to split jump, nice control. Bhs loso, beautiful lines. Bhs side gainer full, small slide backwards. 9.9
Adams (Bama): Huge double pike to open, the home crowd loves it. Rudi to front layout, great control. Holy cow it’s LOUD in here now. 9.9
Prejean (UNC): Solid Yurchenko full. 9.8
Masella (Iowa): Huge Jaeger to bail, holds on by a fingertip. Last handstand was a little short. Hops backward the dismount. 9.75
Frazier (Cal): Front aerial to back loso, solid. Split jump to ring jump, pretty ring position. Bhs back 1.5, stuck. 9.85
Sears (Bama): A bit of form issues in her first pass. Nice amplitude in her leaps. 9.925
Dekanoidze (UNC): Yurchenko full, small hop. 9.825
Turner (Iowa): Pretty Maloney to Pak. Aggressive handstand positions, love to see it. Small hop on the double layout. 9.8
Scanlon (Cal): Comes off the beam on her flight. Switch leap to switch half to beat jump, beautiful lines. Solid full turn. Takes a small hop on the dismount. 9.275
Walker (Bama): Huge double back to open. This place is electric for Alabama floor. Front full to Barani to switch split jump, love this so much. 9.85
Valahovic (UNC): Solid Yurchenko full. 9.8
Munoz (Iowa): Huge piked Jaeger to bail, looked a little close on the Jaeger catch. Nice position in her double layout. 9.75
Lauzon (Cal): Pretty wolf turn. Bhs bhs loso, makes it look easy. Switch leap to split jump, great lines. Ro back double full, stuck cold. 9.95
Hudson (Bama): The most highly anticipated routine for the crowd starts now. Great height on her opening pass. Switch half to split full, pretty lines. Huge double back to close out her routine. 9.95
Forbes (UNC): Another solid Yurchenko full. 9.875
Tran (Iowa): Maloney to Pak, pretty. Beautiful Van Leewen. Love how aggressive she is on bars. Takes a fairly large step on the dismount. 9.75
Achampong (Cal): I was too carried away watching Gladieux’s routine that I didn’t even realize she was going. 9.9
Gladieux (Bama): Huge full-in to match the intense intro to her floor music. Love the height she gets on her leaps. The crowd is so engaged and just erupted after she landed her final pass. 9.95
Faulkner (WMU): Stuck Yurchenko full. 9.8
Ingle (SEMO): Solid Tkatchev to bail to handstand. Nice swing throughout. Some form issues here and there. Blind full to double back, almost gets the stick. 9.7
Challman (UNH): Huge front double full, could’ve been a little more controlled. Switch half to split full (I think), solid. Back 1.5 to back loso, I always love a back loso connection. 9.825
FINAL: California 197.550, Alabama 197.275, North Carolina 196.250, Iowa 196.000
EVENT STANDINGS AFTER ONE SEMIFINAL:
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