Denver and Missouri are the two teams entering this meet with week-one experience. Missouri’s strong 196.700 season-opening score placed them No. 5 nationally and should provide a confidence boost heading into this week. Denver, on the other hand, will look to bounce back from a 195.700 performance, their lowest season opener in nearly nine years, marred by three beam falls.
Georgia enters with something to prove. How much impact has new head coach Cécile Canqueteau-Landi already had on the GymDogs? While Georgia showed early season jitters at last week’s preseason intrasquad, they also demonstrated significant improvement, particularly in bars and beam. Lily Smith, the GymDogs’ MVP, only competed on beam and floor at the preseason event. Will we see her take on the all-around in this meet?
For LIU, this meet serves as an important wellness check after significant roster turnover. The Sharks will lean heavily on newcomers to fill in key lineups.
Rotation 1: Denver Vault, Missouri Bars, Georgia Beam, LIU Floor
Brusch – Denver: Stream missed this! But it was a FTY for a 9.850
Howard – Georgia: Off on BHS LOSO, switch half to beat jump, connects it, BHS to stuck gainer full off the side. Not the start Georiga wanted. 9.275
Mabanta – Denver: FTY nearly stuck, lean to the side on the landing. 9.825
Moore – Missouri: toe-on to biggg Tkatchev to shootover, gets the last handstand, full-in dismount with a lunge back. 9.725
Ulrich – Denver: FHS pike-half, great amplitude, some form in the air, hop back on the landing.
Mason – Georiga: Grabbed the beam on a front kick over, pressure is on now for Georgia.
Gleichowski – Georgia: BHS BHS LOSO, falls, switch to switch-half, 1.5 dismount. 9.125
Celestine – Missouri: Maloney to Pak, good, VL good, stuck dismount.
Casali – Denver: Stuck 1.5. 9.850
Turner – Georgia: BHS LOSO LOSO, solid through dance elements, 1.5 dismount with a hop – saves the day for Georgia. 9.800
Titarsolej – Missouri: Maloney to Pak, great, good handstand position in the pirouette, blind full to double tuck, tiny hop. Great finish for Missouri. 9.900
Scott – Georiga: FHS to slowww armmm swiinnng to BHS LOSO, front aerial, small check, FHS to front full dismount, slight hop. Things are back on track. 9.775
Smith – Georgia: Front aerial to back tuck, floaty and solid connection, switch leap to split to beat, good, front toss, small shuffle, stuck gainer full off the side. Fantastic finish. 9.900
Eaker – Georgia: Exhibition, it’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for, full turn, solid, aerial to LOSO, gets it! Switch leap to split leap, good rhythm, cartwheel to gainer full off the side, doesn’t get a ton of amplitude but lands it fine. That should be in the lineup next week. 9.650
Barrington from LIU finishes with a 1.5 to front layout on floor. LIU decides to just go with 5 scores on floor.
After 1: Denver 49.250, Missouri 49.125, Georgia 48.325, LIU 46.750
Looks like the vault judges forgot any other score besides 9.850 exists. Oops! But the Pioneers got off a great start on vault with 3 nearly stuck one-and-a-halfs. Missouri also had a good start on bars highlighted by Titarsolej’s 9.9. On the other hand, Georgia and LIU are starting the meet off on the struggle bus.
Rotation 2: LIU Vault, Denver Bars, Missouri Beam, Georgia Floor
Casali – Denver: Maloney to bail, good, nearly stuck DLO to finish. Great work.
Sanchez – LIU: Yurhcenko layout, some leg form in the air, hop on dismount
Williams finishes with a solid double-tuck on floor for Georgia
Iwai – Denver: Maloney to bail handstand, stuck double layout dismount.
Celestine – Missouri: Following a 9.675 Wier, good aerial to start, bobble on front tuck. Missed the rest but 9.200.
Hebinck – Denver: Ricna to Pak, great, two or three hops on the double layout dismount. 9.750
King for Georgia on floor almost sat her 1.5 to front layout.
Claiborine – LIU: YFull, not too much amplitude and some piking down.
Backsay – Goergia: 2.5 to front tuck, big lunge forwards, back double-full is nice, double pike to finish with a lunge back. 9.850 is a tad high.
Cartwright – LIU: Didn’t get too much push off the table for the full
Ulrich sticks double-layout dismount on bars. 9.875
Acquino – Georgia: Front tuck to double tuck, good amplitude, this floor routine has shades of Soraya Hawthorne’s playfulness, wrenches around wolf jump full, finishes with the hugest double pike done by anyone ever. She’s going to be a star for them. 9.600 with a 9.5/9.7 split
Mundell anchors Denver with a 9.900
Bills-McCoy – LIU: Yurchenko layout, bent arms on the table reducing her block. 9.350
Lawrence – Missouri: Good positions on the split leap, side aerial to BHS with a lean, solid front aerial, step on 1.5 dismount.
Smith – Georgia: Drink every time a commentator says “HER LINES”, opening with a front-double-full, solid, 1.5 to layout, tentative landing but under control, short on the Rudi to finish. 9.875
Hu – Missouri: Arm waver after Y-turn, front aerial to aerial-scale, small waver, stuck gainer pike. Great finish. 9.875
Wahl – Georgia: Opens with a full-in, solid, front tuck to double-tuck to finish. 9.825
Nice exhibition beam from Olivia Kelly.
After 2: Denver 98.450, Missouri 97.700, Georgia 97.325, LIU 94.400
Denver extends its lead over the others after a solid bars rotation. Beam got Missouri and will force the Tigers to absorb Conede’s 9.500. Georgia recovered on floor with a 49.000. LIU will stay behind the pack, held back by vaults that just don’t have the dynamics or difficulty to be competitive.
Rotation 3: Georgia Vault, LIU Bars, Denver Beam, Missouri Floor
Iwai – Denver: Missed this routine but it was a hit. Good recovery from last week. 9.900
Howard gets a 9.825 to open Georgia on vault.
Hogan – LIU: Arch on the first cast, Maloney good, bail is nice, some leg form, late on blind full but connects to stuck double tuck.
Scott – Georgia: Yfull with good amplitude.
Bacskay – Georgia: Powerful 1.5, medium lunge forwards on the landing. 9.800
Welch – LIU: Maloney to bail, misses handstand, saves the blind change with a full straddle, connects into double tuck. Good save. 9.375
Jackson – Missouri: Controlled double pick to open, floaty through the 1.5 to layout, missed the last pass.
Smith – Georgia: 1.5, cleaner than Bacskay’s, slightly off direction and a small shuffle to the side.
Mundel – Denver: Floaty BHS LOSO, beat jump to switch half to split jump, short on split position. 9.825
Acquino – Georgia: Stuck Tsuk-full and fully flares it out! The best one being done in the NCAA? 9.875
Tisler finishes with a 1.5 to layout for Missouri for a hit routine.
Stuck 1.5 for Addie Wahl on vault. 9.925
Ulrich – Denver: BHS LOSO with some knees, switch kick to switch side, a bit short on positions, front aerial to beat, good rythem, gets too close to the beam on the gainer pike dismount and clips her foot and lands it to her knees. 9.350
Horton – Missouri: Big full-in to open, punch front to double-tuck to finish, lunge back. 9.900
Mabanta – Denver: BHS LOSO, leg-up bobble, split leap to switch half, lean, gainer full dismount with a hop. 9.750
Toniolo anchors LIU with a hit routine to finish – just form issues throughout.
Griffin dismounts with a controlled front-tuck to double-tuck. 9.925
Moore – Missouri: double layout with controlled lunge back, gets leap series around, front tuck to double tuck, scoot with the front foot. 9.925
Minard – Missouri: Exhibition routine, great control on layout to Rudi, step OOB on double pike, obsessed with her zombie slug choreography like can we please put her in the floor lineup every week?
After 3: Denver 147.575, Missouri 147.150, Georgia 146.625, LIU 142.100
Denver was able to bypass the beam demons that plagued them last week, coming away with just one fall this week. Georgia was really impressive on vault with two stuck vaults from Aquino and Wahl for a 49.300 ties its season-high vault score from the 2024 season. Missouri had a great time on floor, improving 0.250 from last week with Horton, Griffin, and Moore going over 9.9.
Rotation 4: Missouri Vault, Georgia Bars, LIU Beam, Denver Floor
Mueller – Missouri: Yfull, I think she stuck it? Small lean. 9.775
Howard – Georgia: Church to bail, clean, blind full to stuck dismount. Great start. 9.875
Brusch opens Denver with a hit opening routine. 9.850
Claiborne – LIU: Bobble on full-turn, BHS LOSO, tentative but gets it, switch kick to aerial, short on split positions, front full dismount. Looked nervy throughout this routine.
Wahl – Georgia: Maloney to Pak, good, short on handstand, good last cast, stuck DLO. 9.875
Mundel – Denver: Front layout to full, two small hops to an OOB, some ambitious dance elements, high double tuck to finish. 9.675
Snyder – Georgia: Big church to overshoot, late on blind full to double tuck.
LIU looking a bit nervy on beam.
Moore – Missouri: 1.5 – big lunge forwards and slightly off direction. 9.800
Scott – Georgia: Ray to Pak, floaty, VL, clean, stuck DLO to finish. 9.900
Georgia will drop Fitzgerald’s 9.800 on bars for a 49.350
Celestine – Missouri: 1.5, big amplitude, lunge forwards on the landing. 9.825
Iwai has a bounce back on her double tuck on floor. 9.800
Mabanta – Denver: Layout to Rudi, under control, great split positions in the dance series, miscalculates the timing for her last pass and crashes it. 8.775, will have to count Mundel’s 9.675
Cartwright – LIU: Good split positions in switch side, good LOSO series, chest a bit low on the aerial, double-full dismount with a hop back. 9.750
Ulrich – Denver: Open double tuck, bounces back, 1.5 to layout is controlled, bounce back on the double pike. Good power overall, just needs some more landing control. 9.775
Holmes – LIU: Check on the aerial, BHS LOSO, holds it, grasps the beam on the switch leap but saves it. 8.900
FINAL: Denver 196.575, Missouri 196.125, Georgia 195.975, LIU 188.075
Big improvement for Denver from week one’s performance. The Pioneers still showed some early-season jitters with mistakes on beam and floor, but was able to make up with a strong bars rotation. Missouri will want to forget about this meet’s beam rotation, but showed solid performances on the other events. Georgia’s highly anticipated debut started rough on beam, but the Gymdogs got the ball rolling on the other events, outscoring Missouri and Denver on vault and bars.
VT: Ady Wahl (Georgia) 9.925
UB: Mara Titarsolej (Missouri), Rylie Mundell (Denver), Ja Free Scott (Georgia) 9.900
BB: Lily Smith (Georgia) 9.900, Momoko Iwai (Denver) 9.900
FX: Kennedy Griffin (Missouri), Jocelyn Moore (Missouri) 9.925
AA: Rylie Mundell (Denver) 39.275
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