The final two teams to make the Gainesville regional final will be decided tonight with No. 4 Florida and No. 13 Missouri being the top contenders. Florida will be favored with any semblance of a normal meet being at home. While a team like Georgia has the score ceiling to contend with Missouri for the second spot, the consistency has not been there with a rough meet as recently as the SEC championships. Iowa State was not expected to make it to the second round, and will be able to go into the meet with nothing to lose.
The conclusion of this session will give us all of the various individual qualifier scenarios and there are top contenders in this session. That stacked bars session from session one continues to session two with Lily Smith and Mara Titarsolej both scoring 10s this season. Clemson’s Molly Arnold has recently put up a 9.975 and will contend in that event along with the back half of that Missouri vault lineup. The vault spot will likely be determined by who sticks. If Sienna Schreiber does not qualify with her team or as an all arounder, a beam spot is a very real possibility.
Rotation 1: Florida vault, Iowa State bars, Georgia beam, Missouri floor
Draser (UF): Closed shoulder angle on the table for her Y1.5. Soft knees and lack of amplitude, but stuck landing. 9.925
Schell (ISU): Feet on the piked jaeger. Hit the bail. Right on top of the bar in the giant full and feet on the double tuck, but great landing. 9.775
Schreiber (UMO): Controlled the step out on the opening pass. Flung way back on the back layout out of the Rudi. Went into another jump and couldn’t tell if she was out of bounds or not. Great amplitude on the leap combo. 9.85
Morgan (UGA): Solid full turn. Hit the loso series. Very slow sissone to switch half connection and big leg up wobble. Leg up wobble on the side aerial too. Leg crossing in the back 1.5, but stuck. 9.8
Pilgrim (UF): Better amplitude than Draser on the Y1.5 and cleaner leg form. Large hop forward on the landing. 9.9
Battle (UGA): The Missouri crowd was standing up blocking my view of the first jump, but a hit switch to split. Feet on the bhs loso series. Feet on the bhs gainer full as well, but a stuck landing. 9.875
Horton (UMO): Leg corssing on the full in, but controlled the lunge. Great amplitude on the switch side wolf full. Opens early on the front tuck through to double tuck, but hits the landing really well. She was just really high. 9.825
Ferris (UF):Really high Y1.5, but slightly under and a hop back. 9.9
Loyim (ISU): Arch on the first handstand and caught the piked jaeger colde. Hit the pak though. Arch on the last handstand as well. Sticks the double layout dismount. 9.725
Wong (UF): Small hop on the half on half off piked. 9.9
Celestine (UMO): Feet on the full in. Hit the our jete half to split full. Clean step out on the back 1.5 to front layout. Very high double tuck and solid landing. 9.875
Lazzari (UF): Great height on her Y1.5, but too much power and takes a couple of large steps out of it. 9.725
Scott (UGA): Waiver on the full turn. Slow connecting the fhs to bhs loso. Clean switch bhs combo. The switch to split was good too. Large step forward on the front full. 9.825
Basuel (ISU): Great first handstand. Nice distance on the jaeger, and hit the bail. Nice finish to the giant full and feet on the double tuck with a small slide back. 9.85
Moore (UMO): Piked down the double layout a bit, but controlled the landing. The height on the triple leap combo improved with each additional jump. Feet on the tront tuck through to double tuck. 9.9
Wells (CU): Feet on the jaeger, but well connected to the overshoot. Feet and low landing on the FTDT, but stuck. 9.825
Clark (CU): Slighlty low on the double layout landing, but controlled. Great height on the tour jete half to split full. Fell on the front tuck after the front layout front full. 9.1
After 1: Florida 49.575, Georgia 49.450, Missouri 49.300, Iowa State 48.975
Florida started lights out on vault with many clean landings. Georgia also had a fairly clean beam rotation highlighted by a 9.95 by Lily Smith. Missouri would have been looking for more on floor, but the gap is not much. Iowa State improved on its bars score from yesterday which will be a win.
Rotation 2: Missouri vault, Florida bars, Iowa State beam, Georgia floor
Schreiber (UMO): Slight closed hips in her Yfull and has a hop back on the landing. Good amplitude. 9.825
Blakely (UF): Hits the Maloney, but misses the bar with her right hand on the pak regrasp and falls. Step forward on the double front. 9.35
Fitzgerald (UGA): Leg crossing in the Rudi loso, but clean landing. Showed off the finish position on the leaps. Feet on the double tuck, but the lung was controlled. 9.85
Davis (UMO): Great height and open hips in that Yfull. Hop back. 9.85
O’Brochta (ISU): Love the tick tock mount. Bent elbows on the bhs and knees on the connecting loso losos. Hit the switch to split. Clean landing n the split half. Leans forward to hold the piked gainer stick. 9.825
Griffin (UMO): Big hop back on that Yfull. Most distance and height though and a open body position. 9.8
Nguyen (UF): Clean Maloney and a little archy on the pak. Great last handtsnad and hopped forward on the double layout dismount. 9.85
Celestine (UMO): Small hop on the Y1.5. Great height and distance. 9.9
LaClair (UGA): Wonky legs in the back 1.5 through to double full. Clean switch side half to straddle. Bent knees on the Rudi to loso. Almost didn’t get the loso around. 9.75
Lazzari (UF): Low tkachev, but good toe point. A little close on the pak, but kips out. Short last cast. Multiple mini steps on the dismount. 9.725
Bergstrom (ISU): Smooth cat leap to front toss combo. Some feet on the at. Hit the switch to split. Clean standalone split jump. Stuck the tucked front full with a wide stance. 9.9
Horton (UMO): Great height and open body position on the Y1.5. A small hop forward. 9.9
Draser (UF): Clean Maloney to pak combo. Hit the last handstand. Large step back on the double layout. 9.85
Wahl (UGA): Feet on the full in. Hit the tour jete to wolf full. Under on the front tuck through to double tuck and lunges forward. 9.8
Pilgrim (UF): Clean leg form on the Maloney to pak. Looked to have mistimed the release for the dismount, but sticks the FTDT. 9.975
Snyder (UGA): Flung back on the back layout after the Rudi, but stayed in bounds. Over turned the switch half in the jump combo. Low chest on the double pike, but controls the lunge. 9.875
Wong (UF): Great height in the Maloney to pak as well as the VL. Takes a small step forward on the double layout dismount. 9.9
Smith (UGA): A little tlarge of a step on the front double full. The back 1.5 to front layout was controlled. Nice position in the switch side to wolf full. Great control on the Rudi to split jump. 9.925
Arnold (CU): Low chest on the full in, but controlled lunge. Clean switch half to wolf full. Steps back out of the back 1.5 to front tuck.
After 2: Florida 98.875, Georgia 98.750, Missouri 98.675, Iowa State 98.325
Florida avoided a disaster after an early rotation fall. Georgia was able to maintain a lead while on floor up against Missour’s strong vaults, but will need to keep up this momentum. Iowa State had a strong beam rotation and is looking at a great team score at this current pace.
Rotation 3: Georgia vault, Missouri bars, Florida beam, Iowa State floor
LaClair (UGA): Big hop back on the Yfull. Not the most distance. Good hip position. 9.8
Draser (UF): Feet on the loso series. Hit the switch half series. Clean full turn. Step back on the back 1.5. 9.9
Bruns (UMO): A little far from the bar in the jaeger, but connect to the overshoot with good body tension. Sticks the double layout. 9.9
Smith (UGA): Hop back on her full, slight closed hips. Not the most amplitude. 9.825
Blakely (UF): Smooth front aerial to bhs. Feet on the slplit to switch half to beat. Step back on the gainer full. 9.875
Scott (UGA): Biggest Yfull of the bunch, but a similar sized hop back. 9.75
Cooke (ISU): Barely stayed in the bound on the step out of the front double full. Not perfect rotations on the triple leap combo. Clean landing on the back 1.5 to front layout. 9.825
Marshall (UMO): Super high jaeger, caught with bent elbows and lost some body tension on the connecting shootover. Stuck the FTDT that was sky high. 9.875
Nguyen (UF): Big bend at the hips on the Onodi bhs combo. Great split position on the switch to split. Leg crossing in the back 1.5, but stuck. 9.825
Battle (UGA): Great height with some knees on the Y1.5. Big hop forward. 9.875
Wong (UF): Smooth switch to split leap. Lifted the front foot on the bhs loso. Clean full turn. Hit the front aerial to beat jump. Leg crossing on the double full and scooted her feet together. 9.925
Moore (UMO): Very high tkachev, not the most turnover, but connected to the shootover. Sticks the FTDT. 9.9
Lazzari (UF): Clean bhs loso loso. Hit the switch to split. Slight waiver on the full turn. Stuck the gainer full. 9.95
Titarsolej (UMO): Great form on the Maloney to pak. Hit the cast half and giant full. Stuck the double tuck. 9.95
Adams (ISU): Bounds out of the front layout to Rudi. Clean jump combo and the split full was nice and high. Some feet, but controlled landing on the double tuck. 9.85
Wells (CU): Feet on the full in, but it was controlled. Each leap on the triple leap combo got higher. Controlled the back 1.5 to back double full which was a little low in amplitude.
After 3: Florida 148.450, Missouri 148.150, Georgia 148.050, Iowa State 147.525
Florida maintained the lead on beam, but a hoppy vault rotation moved Georgia behind Missouri going into the final rotation so this one is going to be close.
Rotation 4: Iowa State vault, Georgia bars, Missouri beam, Florida floor
Finnegan (UGA): Great Ray. Good toepoint. Whips the pak a little. Sticks the FTDT. 9.85
Nguyen (UF): Great momentum into the sissone out of the front double full. Hit the leap positions well. Clean Y turn. Great amplitude on the back 1.5 to front layout. 9.925
Wills (ISU): Piking throughout the full with a small hop back. 9.8
Davis (UMO): Overrotated the full turn. Slight adjustment on the bhs loso.Clean fron toss. Hit the straddle to sheep. Stuck the sky high gainer full. 9.9
Lazzari (UF): Slight step on the front double full. Soft knees in that. Hit the rotation on the tour jete half to Popa to Popa. Great controlled landing on the back 1.5 to front layout. 9.9
Wahl (UGA): High Maloney to pak combo. Floated the double layout and a small hop back. 9.8
Pilgrim (UF): Stepped forward out of the back 1.5 throught to double tuck. Not the most controlled leaps. Held onto the double pike too long and fell. 9.15
Griffin (UMO): Solid full turn. High front toss and slow connection before the bhs. Clean switch leap to switch jump to beat jump. Hop on the back 1.5. 9.85
Blakely (UF): Bounces into the lunge with a low chest on the front tuck through to double tuck. Hit the Switch ring half. Solid landing on the back 1.5 to front full. 9.9
Bergstrom (ISU): High Yfull, but loose form and a steap forward. 9.8
Scott (UGA): Clean Toe on tkachev to pak. Great height. Sticks the dismount with a low landing. 9.85
Schaffer falls on beam for Missouri
Parker (ISU): Big stuck Tfull. Great body position. Not the most distance. 9.85
Wong (UF): Pikes down the double layout, but controls the lunge back. Hit the leap combo. Hits the whip half to front full with low amplitude. 9.925
Lily Smith (UGA): Great height and pasted legs on the Maloney to bail. Sticks the FTDT. 9.975
Draser (UF): Feet on the front tuck throught to double tuck with a controlled lunge. Hit the double wolf turn. Clean switch ring to switch half. Controls the double pike. 9.825
Schreiber (UMO): Clean bhs loso. Lean on the switch half. Clean split jump to split 3/4s. Sticks the gainer full. 9.9
Balser (RU): Hit the jaeger. Clean pak. Small hop forward on the double layout.
FINAL: Florida 197.925, Missouri 197.525, Georgia 197.425, Iowa State 196.575
Georgia had a solid bars rotation, but was unable to overcome the deficit to pass Missouri. Iowa State improved its team score from yesterday and will end the season on a high note. Florida and Missouri will be moving on to Sunday and will compete against Utah and Michigan State to try to earn a spot at nationals.
VT: Nguyen 9.95
UB: Pilgrim, Smith 9.975
BB: Smith, Lazzari 9.95
FX: Nguyen, Wong, Smith 9.925
AA: Smith 39.675
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