Even after posting a huge season high last week, Kentucky’s spot at SEC Championships isn’t fully secured—though missing out would require a perfect storm of high scores from other contenders and a low mark from the Wildcats. To leave no doubt, Kentucky will aim for a 196.950 to officially clinch a spot. Reaching that number will likely hinge on another standout floor rotation like last week’s, and a dialed-in vault lineup. Keep an eye on Creslyn Brose, who earned a perfect 10 on floor last week and will be looking to go back-to-back.
Florida, on the other hand, is already locked into SECs but has its eyes on a different prize: boosting its NQS for optimal regionals seeding. The Gators already have two home 198s this season and will hope to capitalize on the typically generous senior night scoring to grab a third. Last week, Florida’s beam lineup delivered with five scores over 9.9, including a standout set from Alyssa Arana in just her second beam appearance this year—she’ll be one to watch as she makes a case for a postseason lineup spot.
Rotation 1: Florida vault, Kentucky bars
Pilgrim (UF): Medium hop forward on her Y1.5. Good height off the table and some soft knees. Center on the mat. 9.875
Rizo (UK): Great height and toe point on the jaeger. Hit the bail. Seemed to whip the double layout around, but stuck it. 9.825
Nguyen (UF): About the same height and distance as Pilgrim, but just scooted her feet together on the landing. Some soft knees. 9.95
Riegert (UK):Very high jaeger but lost some toe point at the top. Muscles up the toe hand before the bail. Late giant full, but stuck the double tuck. 9.8
Ferris (UF): Better leg form in the air on her Y1.5 and stuck the landing. A little off to the side on the table but stayed within the lines on the mat. 10
Procasky (UK): Slight leg separation on the Maloney to pak and caught the pak a little close. Stuck the double layout. 9.875
Disidore (UF): Looked to turn a little early on the table for her Y1.5. More distance than the last few, and stepped into the salute quickly. 9.875
Davis (UK): Another high jaeger with good toe point. A little short on the bail and last cast. Sticks the double layout with her legs glued together throughout. 9.925
Wong (UF): Leg separation on the block for the half on half out and took a small hop back. Good dynamics. 9.9
Rodriguez (UK): Not the biggest tkachev, but good toe point. Hit the bail. Floaty double layout with a stuck landing. 9.85
Harris-Miranda (UF): Sticks her Y1.5 as well. Not the biggest of the vaults in this rotation, but go leg form. Turns early on the table. 9.975
Killough-Wilhelm (UK): Not the biggest piked jaeger, but connected right to the overshoot. Took the smallest steps with her right foot on the double layout. 9.825
After 1: Florida 49.700, Kentucky 49.300
Kentucky is well on it’s way to the score it needs to clinch a spot at the SEC Championships next week after a bars rotation with mostly stuck landings. The stuck landings were also seen on vault where Florida stuck half of the vault landings in that rotation which led to a very high team score and the Gators being over 198 pace.
Rotation 2: Kentucky vault, Florida bars
Procasky (UK): Blocked far back on the table, flaired out and took a large step back on that full. Could take for lack of height and distance. 9.85
Pilgrim (UF): Hit the pak. Leg separation on the VL after the toe hand. A lot of distance on the FTDT and sticks it. 9.9
Rizo (UK): Low chest on the landing of that Yfull and a step back. Might have been a little to the side too. Again, not the biggest vault. 9.85
McCusker (UF): Floaty Maloney to pak. A little leg separation on the backswing. Falls on the VL. Great toe point on the stalder to double tuck and hops back. 9.2
Wilson (UK): Low chest and a step back on her front pike half. Not the biggest vault. 9.9
Blakely (UF): Great Ricna to pak connection. Has to turn the cast half into a full and redo it. Tiny step back on the double front half out. 9.875
Magnelli (UK): Best chest position on her front pike half. Still a step back and lacked some distance. 9.85
Wong (UF): Legs glued on the Maloney to pak. Hit the VL. Step back on the double layout. Floats that dismount. 9.875
Noonan (UK): Steps off the mat on her front pike half. Didn’t have clean body position throughout, it seemed whippy and uncontrolled in the air and on landing. 9.75
Harris-Miranda (UF): Great turnover on the Ray. Hit the bail. Holding all the handstands. Gets the toe hand to double layout and sticks it. 9.95
Killough-Wilhelm (UK): Small hop forward on her Y1.5. Good leg form. Less height and distance than some of the Florida vaults. 9.925
Arana (UF): Legs glued on the Maloney to pak. Floats the double layout dismount and sticks it. 9.95
After 2: Florida 99.250, Kentucky 98.675
Kentucky did not find the landings on vault the way that Florida did, but Florida also did not find the landings on bars the way that Kentucky did. Florida will be happy to have recovered from the fall early on in the lineup to hit the rest of the routines which is something the Gators struggled with early on in the season.
Rotation 3: Florida beam, Kentucky floor
Draser (UF): Feet and a slight waiver on the loso series. Not complete split on the switch half after the switch leap. Hit the full turn. Sticks the back 1.5 dismount. 9.9
Procasky (UK): Low landing on the front layout front full. Gets around the switch ring to tour jete full. Lacked control on the double tuck with a couple of stutter steps as she went to lunge.
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Rodriguez (UK):
Wong (UF):
Killough-Wilhelm (UK):
Harris-Miranda (UF):
Brose (UK):
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Davis (UK):
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Rotation 4: Kentucky beam, Florida floor
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