No. 5 Utah, No. 12 Michigan State, No. 21 Towson, and No. 26 Maryland will battle it out for two spots in the regional final on Sunday. This session features three conference champions in Utah, Michigan, State, and Towson, and all four teams are capable of a mid 197+ so it is anyone’s meet. Towson is starting on beam which has troubled the Tigers this season, so if Towson is going to contend, it will have to put up a great beam number. Utah has never missed advancing to nationals so Utah will be favored to advance out of this session, along with Michigan State but anything can happen.
This session will also provide benchmark scores to watch for session two in regards to individual qualifiers to nationals. The bars field at these regionals is deep, with two of the top contenders in the session. Isabella Minervini is tied for fourth in the country on the event and with a normal routine, would be a favorite to advance. Lali Dekanoidze of North Carolina who will be rotating with Michigan State will also be a contender with a stuck landing after missing out on a spot last year due to Michigan missing nationals. The floor competition will also be fierce, but Brown’s Julia Bedell will get to compete after the Michigan State floor lineup so watch out for her routine.
Rotation 1: Utah vault, Maryland bars, Towson beam, Michigan State floor
Gilstrap (UU): Big Y full open hips. Slide back. Strong block off the table. 9.8
Gatzendorfer (UM): Archy first handstand, slight leg separations on the Maloney to pak. Short last handstand. Hop foward on the double tuck dismount. 9.675
Beaufait (MSU): Controlled step out of the front double full. Clean positions and hit the finish on the musci with the switch ring to switch half. Hop forward on the back 1.5 to front layout. Clean Rudi to finish. 9.825
Portillo (TU): Feet on the front aerial, but secure. Falls on the loso series. Wobble on the split jump. Repeats it to go into a ring jump which is landed with a lean. Pikes down the gainer full, but sticks it. 9.175
Tucker (MSU): Great amplitude on the Rudi to loso. Great amplitude on the jump combo as well. Larger step on the front double full than you would want to see for no deduction. 9.85
Kondo (UM): Short first handstand. High jaeger to overshoot combo. Bounces in place on the double layout dismount. 9.85
Stephen (MSU): Great landing on the salto to double pike. Off on the rotations in the jump combo. Large step out on the front double. 9.875
Smith (UU): Great form on the Omelianchik, landing comes fast though and she hops forward. 9.85
Girot (TU): Big lean on the bhs bhs loso series.Clean split jump to split quarter. Feet on the tucked 1.5 with a step forward. 9.775
Rucker (UU): Sits down her 1.5 9.325
Harkness (MSU): Hops into the lunge on the full in. Around on the switch to tour jete half to wolf full. High front tuck to double tuck with a strong landing. 9.875
Rothenbuescher (UM): Not the highest jaeger, but well connected to the shootover. Hit the last handstand. Step on the FTDT. 9.85
Smith (MSU): Controlled FTDT. Not the highest jumps on the switch half to Popa. Great amplitude on the back 1.5 to front layout through. Sticks then steps on the double tuck with a little lower chest. 9.875
Weitz had a fall on beam for Towson, so Towson is now counting a fall.
Leblanc (UM): Not a lot of height on the jaeger, Hit the handstand in the bail. Sailed the double layout dismount and has a small hop. 9.825
Schulte (MSU): Moved the front foot on the full twisting double tuck which had some feet too. Great rotation on the switch half to Popa to straddle. Sticks the front tuck through to double tuck. 9.9
Morris (LIU): Close on the piked jaeger, has to muscle up a toe hand, but clean pak. Short last handstand, but sticks the double layout dismount. 9.8
Bedell (Brown): Lunge forward on the full twisting double tuck. Great amplitude on the leaps. Lunge forward on the front tuck through to double tuck as well. 9.65
After 1: Michigan State 49.375, Utah 49.225, Maryland 49.050, Towson 48.500
Towson finds itself far back after one due to counting a fall, but Maryland is only a couple tenths shy of the leaders after a hit bars rotation. Utah did not get the landings in the first rotation, but will be glad to be close to Michigan State who had a strong floor rotation.
Rotation 2: Michigan State vault, Utah bars, Maryland beam, Towson floor
Schulte (MSU): Clean block on the Yfull with not the best dynamics, but just a small hop in place. 9.775
Smith (UU): High pak salto. Clean toe on to VL. Great form in the toe hand to toe front pike half dismount which was stuck with a lean. 9.9
Vaillancourt (TU): High back 1.5 to front layout with a controlled step out. Hit the switch side half to straddle. Great amplitude on the split jump after the Rudi. Great rotation on the second leap combo. 9.8
Hammer (UM): Feet on the loso series. High piked front toss. Slow connection between on cat leap and switch half. The switch half was also short of split. The switch to split was good though. Hop back on the gainer full. 9.875
Zsarmani (MSU): Great amplitude on the Y1.5 and a medium hop forward. Great body position. 9.9
Martin (UM): Controlled the loso series. Big leg up wobble on the cat leap to side aerial. Step to the side on the back 1.5. 9.775
Morgan (UU): Hit the Maloney to Bhardwaj. Clean VL. Stuck the stalder front tuck half. Some formies throughout. 9.95
Stephen (MSU): Huge Y1.5 with a step to the side and over the line. 9.875
Calafati (TU): Hit the opening front double to front pike. Bounce back on the Rudi to back layout. 9.775
O’Keefe (UU): Clean Maloney to pak with great amplitude. Hit the cast half. Cowboy in the double arabian dismount, but sticks it with slight staggered feet. 9.9
Smith (MSU): Another big Y1.5 and she almost stuck it, just had a small step to the side. 9.9
Komoroski (UM): Off on the one arm bhs to loso. Great toe point on the front aerial. Hit the switch to split. Slight adjustment on the full turn. Hop forward on the back 1.5. 9.05
McCallum (UU): Great Maloney to pak to stalder to VL combination. Feet on the FTDT and a medium hop back. 9.9
Kellerman (MSU): Sticks her front pike half. Good position on the block on the table. 9.925
Kogler (UM): Hits the switch to split quarter. Balance break on the bhs bhs loso. Saves it though. Clean switch to split. Holds the landing on the gainer full. 9.825
Halsell (TU): Great landing on the piked full in. Around on the tour jete half to split full. Stutters the feet on the front through to double back. 9.85
Morris (LIU): Great height on the switch to pike jump. Controls the loso series. Solid side somi. Hit the transverse pike half. Step back on the double twist. 9.875
Schaefer (UNC): Clean jaeger. Great handstand on the bail. Short last handstand, but sticks the FTDT. 9.85
Gorgenyi (UNH): Steps forward on the double pike landing. Clean landing on the front full to front pike. Hit the switch side half to wolf full. Slide back on the Rudi. 9.825
After 2: Michigan State 98.825, Utah 98.800, Maryland 98.175, Towson 97.575
Michigan State was landing some huge vaults and that rotation and only lost some of that lead due to a stellar bars rotation. Maryland was able to drop the fall, but will still be quite a bit back. Syd Morris will also be wanting that dismount back as a stick would have had them in the likely individual qualifying range.
Rotation 3: Towson vault, Michigan State bars, Utah beam, Maryland floor
Hoffman (TU): Great height on her Yfull. Not the most open hips, but only a small hop back. 9.825
Schulte (MSU): Great Shaposh to bail combination. Bounces back on the double layout dismount. 9.825
Morgan (UU): Some feet on the bhs bhs loso series. Great leap positions. Hit the full turn. Step back on the front gainer full dismount. 9.9
Belanovski (TU): Low landing on her full. Piked down a bit and landed close to the table with a step forward. 9.65
Zsarmani (MSU): Great height on the pak. Has to re kip before the Maloney to geinger combo. Steps forward on the double layout dismount. 9.725
Osterhout (UM): Feet on the front tuck through to double tuck. Controlled the landing. Short of position on the switch ring to switch half to wolf full. Bounces to the lunge on the double pike. Lowish chest. 9.8
McCallum (UU): Hit the candle. Controls the triple and double wolf turns. Feet on the bhs loso. Hit the split to switch. Soft feet. Sticks the tucked gainer full off the end. 9.925
Vitoff (TU): Open hips throughout the Yfull. Lack of control on the landing and takes a hop and another step. Off directionally too. 9.75
Paulson (UU): Some feet on the beat to side aerial loso. Hit the switch to split jump. Clean full turn. Sticks the gainer full. 9.975
Komoroski (UM): Keeps the front foot down on the Rudi. Barely gets the switch ring to switch ring full around. Really low on the back 1.5 to front layout. 9.55
O’Keefe (UU): Hits the switch to split. Feet on and shoulder dip on the side aerial loso. Cross over step on the gainer full dismount. 9.9
Smith (MSU): Great Maloney to pak. Hits the cast half. Looks to have stuck the double layout. The coach was covering up her feet. 9.95
Tisler (TU): Soft knees on the Y1.5. Good amplitude. 9.925
Gilstrap (UU): Hit the wolf turn. Clean front aerial. Low chest and wobble on the bhs back pike. Hit the bhs gainer full dismount, but this score will be dropped. 9.7
Harkness (MSU): Great leg form on the geinger. Git the bail. Clean last handstand. Coach covering the dismount landing again. 9.9
Martin (UM): Low chest and wonky legs on the full in, but controlled the lunge. Whipped over the front layout after the back 1.5.Short of split on switch half before wolf full. Slid the front foot on the double tuck. 9.8
Dekanoidze (UNC): Hit the first handstand. LEgs pasted on the Maloney to bail with a clean bail shape. Hop back on the double layout. 9.9
Morris (LIU): Great position in the double tuck and hit the landing. Clean tour jete half to wolf full. Hop on the landing. Strong finish to the back 1.5 to front layout. Short on the double pike and hops forward. 9.85
After 3: Utah 148.800, Michigan State 148.175, Maryland 147.175, Towson 146.650
Utah jumped into the lead after a stellar beam rotation, but Michigan State will still be happy with that bars rotation as the lead between the top two and bottom two has widened to a point going into the last rotation.
Rotation 4: Maryland vault, Towson bars, Michigan State beam, Utah floor
Keener (TU): Clean jaeger to overshoot. Not the highest. Good finish to the giant full, but falls on the double tuck. 9.2
Kalefe (MSU): Feet and slight lean on the bhs bhs loso series. Lean on the switch to tucked full. The tucked full wasn’t all the way around. Sticks the carwheel gainer full. 9.85
Rech (UM): Good height, but not the most distance on her Yfull. Stuck the landing though. 9.85
Greene (TU): Greant endo to jaeger to overshoot. The overshoot wasn’t the highest, and lost some body tension. Step back on the double layout. 9.75
Zirbes (UU): Good control on the front double full. Good positions in the switch half to Popa. Stuck the back 1.5 to front full. Some leg crossing. 9.9
Smith (MSU): Feet on the loso series. Hit the switch to straddle quarter. Slow connection. High double tuck with some feet, but stuck. 9.95
Towson with another fall, and MAryland with another stick
Paulson (UU): Great control on the back 1.5 to back 2.5. Hit the front layout to front full. Good rotation on the leaps. Has to tuck the second salto after the back 1.5. 9.85
Schulte (MSU): Only caught the second half. Almost fall on the series. Hits the switch to gainer full. 9.7
Rothenbuescher (UM): Tucked tsuk full with a large step, some feet and leg separation in the air. 9.675
Hong (TU): Hit the piked jaeger. Short on the bail. Great last handstand. Small hop forward on the double front. 9.775
Fall for MSU by Garcia
Rucker (UU): Low chest and stutter step on the FTDT to open. Hit the switch to switch full. Great control on the combo pass. 9.875
Stephen (MSU): Feet and walks out of the high front toss piked. Hit the full turn. Great amplitude, but soft knees on the loso series. Hit the split half. Leg crossing on the back double full, but stuck. 9.9
Morris (LIU): Low amplitude and large step forward on the Yfull. 9.6
Minervini (TU): Hit the tkachev to high pak. Great turnover. Sticks the double layout dismount. Great one. 9.925
McCallum (UU): Feet on the FTDT but controlled the landing. Great switch to tour jete half to Popa. Feet and leg crossing on the front layout to Rudi, and skids the front foot. 9.85
Gorgenyi (UNH): Hits the Maloney to bail to toe shoot. Sticks the FTDT with some feet. 9.9
Donabedian (Temple): Great opening pass Rudi loso. . Really floated the loso. Hit the leap positions. Controlled the front double full. 9.875
FINAL: Utah 197.825, Michigan State 197.475, Maryland 196.350, Towson 195.050
Michigan State overcame a shaky rotation to keep the second position while Utah cruised to the first spot. Utah and Michigan State will be moving on to the regional final on Sunday to compete against the top two finishers from the eveing for a spot at the national championships.
VT: Silberman 9.95
UB: Morgan, N. Smith 9.95
BB: Paulson 9.975
FX: Gilstrap 9.95
AA: N. Smith 39.675
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