We will see you next year again in Birmingham. In two weeks the Tide will travel to their regional site to try and qualify for the NCAAs. See ya Tide fans!

and the Tide fans are congratulating their ladies. Final team scores: Auburn: 194.325 and Kentucky 194.325: 196.225 for LSU; 196.425 for Florida and 196.925 for Alabama; 197.025 for UGA.

is Suzanne Yoculan. She is getting cheers from her fans.

is Orley Szmuch of Florida. The SEC gymnast of the year is Andree Pickens for the third straight year!!! Well-deserved. We love Andree!

Puckett of Auburn and Aronda Primault in sixth, Cory Fritzinger is in fourth, Hilary Thompson is in third, Nikki Arnstad is in second and Andree Pickens in first. Even UGA fans are standing up and cheering for her.

we have Alexa Martinez in sixth and Andree Pickens winning it all. On floor we have Brion, Tomasek and Pickens with second place honors along with Vexler, Sapunar and Thompson, Orley Szmuch. In first is Marline Stephens of UGA.

we have Degteva and Chelsa Byrd in fifth; Nikki Arnstad and Lindsey Miner in third; Andree Pickens and Marline Stephens in first. On the uneven bars we have: Sharene Mamby, Degteva, Cazeaux, Rowe, Stucky, Shannon Hrozek of Bama in sixth (9.875 scores). In second (9.90) UGA has Sapunar and Byrd, Erin Pendleton of Florida, Natalie Barrington of UA. In first ANDREE PICKENS (9.95).

for 5th, LSU is in fourth, Florida in third, Bama second and UGA in first. It looks like Andree will win the uneven bars, balance beam, and the vault (with Marline Stephens of UGA).

Yoculan is hugging her online people with the camera man following her. Everyone loves a winner!

and are getting ready to announce the final awards. Yoculan is in the stands hugging all her fans. Will she win coach of the year? Stay tuned.

all around title with a 39.725. She just gives and gives and gives for her team.

but have more prizes to try and grab down the road. The crowd is on their feet cheering Bama as they exit the arena.

with Marline getting a 9.95. They have a team total of 49.475 on the floor. Team total of 197.025 (won by one tenth!).

so that does it! Marline Stephens just threw a double layout in major split form. Second pass of a 2 1/2 twist. She ends with a super high double pike.

finishes strongly, grinning all the way (front through to a double twist, ends with a double twist).

for falling out of a dance sequence, the only major deduction we can see.

her routine, landing all three passes (triple, double tuck, double twist).

and the rush is on. That's why you want to be on the floor on the last rotation.

for her floor routine. Vexler is up next.

starts off with a 9.85 for the Dawgs. Michelle Emmons is up next. She is through all of her passes and the crowd is woofing loudly. They can smell blood.

the meet and they will likely get this easily with the difficulty they throw if there are no significant deductions.

gets a 9.925 and we have a total beam score of 48.875. Bama finishes with a 196.925. UGA goes to their strongest event, the floor exercise. Andree finishes with a 39.725 in the all around. What a trooper!

is looking fabulous so far on the beam, throwing her flight series and her front punch. She now has only the double tuck to complete and she nailed it! We may not win it but thank God for Andree Pickens, she has the heart of a true champion!!!

for her beam routine. Jeana Rice is now up and completes her two layouts (one step back). She completes the wolf full and her gymacro series. Now we have the...fall on her standing gainer. Sorry Tide fans, we just gave the dawgs the open door they were looking for.

Sterner is up next and we need this one! She is through her flight series. Argh! She touches down on the beam on her straddle Popa. She is now trying to complete her routine without further deductions; she nails the double pike dismount. Major deductions will be taken for the form break on her straddle Popa. Bryan's face is stone right now.

on the beam, a great performance for her first SEC championship meet. Alexa Martinez is now on the beam. Be brave! Two straddle leaps are right on, as is her front headroll to a stag leap. Gorgeous flight series, straddle Popa and the wolf Popa as well. She dismounts with a rudi after a switch leap to round off and nails her landing!!! We needed that bigtime Tide fans! Awesome!

for her beam routine (they may not have given her credit for the leap series since she had to repeat it). Hrozek is through her flight series and her gymacro. Her leaps series are looking great and she dismounts with a double twist off to the side (one step). Bama is giving away vital tenths and we must have some big scores to follow.

make amends for her bars mishap. She is on with her front punch mount and now comes the flight series. SOLID!Four leaps and a solid front walkover. The wolf jump to a 1/4 dive to handstand is right on and she completes the full turn followed by the gainer dismount out of a back handspring. Hesbeens of Florida gets a 9.825 on her floor routine.

in her beam warmups but Jeana and Kristin look sharp. Florida is at 98.075 after two rotations.

beam as UGA goes out on a bye. Florida is on the floor, Auburn moves to the vault and Kentucky is on the bars. LSU is also on a bye with UGA.

for her beam and UGA has a total of 48.975, 147.525 running score.

receives a 9.5 for her beam routine. Alabama receives a 49.425 on the bars and has a 148.05 running score. Sapunar just got a 9.90 for her beam routine and Cory Fritzinger just stepped out of her flight series but is otherwise staying on.

just had a great routine but took a hop forward on her dismount of a double tuck. Marline Stephens is all over the beam so she will have several deductions. Barrington gets a 9.90 for her routine and Andree Pickens just rocked her dismount and the crowd is on their feet! She gets a 9.95 and they wanted a 10!

bars routine (broke one of her swings and had to redo it) and she also sat down her dismount. The remaining ladies have to go for the gusto to garner the bigger scores or we're sunk. You can do it Bama!

for her opening bars routine and Shannon Hrozek just rocked her routine as well for a 9.875! Vexler gets a 9.875 on beam and Michelle Emmons just finished. Kristin Sterner just nailed her double front dismount but missed one of her handstands. Emmons gets a 9.825.

rocked her routine for a stupendous beginning. ROLL TIDE ROLL!

on the uneven bars to get their scores up even more. We need stuck landings this year to maximize the scores. We're behind ya Bama so let's go! go!

with a 49.100. UGA moves to the beam, UA to the bars, Auburn to the floor and LSU to the vault.

gets a 9.825 for her bars so UGA has a total score on bars of 49.225 and 98.575 is their running score (Simpson's score was increased by .025). Boudreaux of LSU gets a 9.85 for her floor routine. Lindsey Miner of Florida gets a 9.775 on beam. Nikki Arnstad just popped out big time on her triple on floor (and stepped out of bounds as well). She finishes with a double pike and is a little ahead of her music and has to wait to make the final gesture. She receives a 9.75. Dooley of Florida gets a 9.675 on the beam.

Lauren Companioni landed her second pass low (bent at the knees on the final punch front)for a 9.80. Diaz of UGA gets a 9.75 for her bars routine. Cory Fritzinger just finished her routine with a step back on her full in full out.

gets a 9.80 (Carow fell first up). Degteva just stepped out on her second pass on the floor for LSU. Sierra Sapunar just completed a solid bars routine as well for the dawgs. The scores are going up for them. She gets a 9.90. Degteva gets a 9.70 for her floor score. Chelsa Byrd just completed a great bars routine with a step back on her dismount of a double layout.

as are the LSU Tiger fans. She gets a 9.85. Simpson of UGA gets a 9.825 for her bars and Kinsey Rowe a 9.875. Franzella of LSU gets a 9.85 as well.

starts off on floor for the LSU Tigers. She opens with a solid double pike. Loren Simpson is up for the bulldogs and lands her double tuck dismount to the delight of the dawg fans behind her.

and Florida has a 49.150.

leading the Bama fans into a frenzy of cheering for their favorite team as they exit the arena. The coaches just gave a good luck "whammy" over our computer as they followed the team out.

just stepped out big on her opening pass of a double pike, automatic deduction of one tenth. Auburn has a 48.400 on the beam and a total of 96.600.

just threw a double layout on the floor. UGA will be up on the bars next and Florida moves to the beam. Auburn had two falls on the beam and will have to count a 9.3 in their total. LSU will move to the floor.

98.625. They will now move to a bye to rest and think about what their performances need to be on the remaining events. Bama must be brave!

distance and height on her vault and takes a step back on the landing. She is not pleased but gets a 9.80. Andree Pickens is next and she just nailed her vault through the roof (for only about the 50th time!) Roll Tide Roll! She gets a 9.95. Orley Szmuch of Florida just fell off the bars.

just completed a great vault as well (pike with a 1/2 twist)for a 9.80. Alexis Brion is next and we need a big score from her.

Legs were split a bit but she gets a 9.825 for landing it strongly. Jeana Rice is next with her Yurchenko 1/1 and lands it very well for a 9.85 as well.

had falls from their first gymnasts up. Florida's Krissy Dreger completed her routine on bars without mishap. Coach Patterson changed our line-up on the vault. We will start with Erin Holdefer. She nailed that front pike, can't do it any better folks! She gets a 9.85. Keep it going! Raegs is next with our first 10.0 vault. Come on senior! You can do it kippy!

vault and will have to pick up the scores bigtime. Auburn has a 48.200 on the uneven bars and moves to the balance beam. Kentucky is on floor and Florida on the bars.

9.85. Bama has a 49.35, UGA 49.225, LSU 48.975

inserted for Kristin Sterner and lands her double pike beautifully, as well as the double tuck on her second (you go girl!). LSU's Arnstad gets a 9.875 for her beam and Boudreaux a 9.80. Holdefer finishes with another double tuck and gets a rousing cheer from the Bama crowd!

9.80 (three 9.80s and a 9.85). Companioni gets a 9.225 on beam. Michelle just nailed her double pike with a huge grin. Emmons gets a 9.85 for her vault. Michelle is almost through her routine. Rutherford gets a 9.75 for her vault. Beddow of LSU gets a 9.75. Michelle gets a 9.80. Raegan is up next and she just nailed her double front Arabian. Raegs just nailed her double tuck as well and will finish with a front layout punch front. Awesome! Byrd and Fritzinger both get a 9.85 for their respective vaults. Raegan gets a 9.9 for her routine and Andree is up next. Jenkins gets a 9.65 for LSU. Dre is selling her routine bigtime. She nails all three passes and gets a huge hug from her coaches! 49.275 on vault for the Bulldogs. Andree gets a 9.90 (can't figure out where the deductions came from). Brion is looking great until she goes into her final pass (very high double tuck), which she lands just a little forward but recovers beautifully for a 9.90.

and the crowd is pouring it on bigtime! ROLL TIDE ROLL TIDE! Michelle Reeser is up next. Diaz of UGA gets a 9.65 for her vault.

her front through to a double twist and her second pass. The crowd is cheering her on to greatness!

with Stephanie Kite and the crowd is yelling ROLL TIDE ROLL TIDE! Lauren Companioni is already off the beam because of the raucous cheering.

Blood red velveteen with criss-crossing spangles and net sleeves. Very elegant. UGA is wearing red white and blue outfits (they are truly patriotic). Coach Sarah Patterson is wearing a cranberry silk pantsuit. Bryan Raschilla is pumping the girls up on floor, getting them ready to rock and roll to a big score. Auburn is wearing the same outfit they wore at the BJCC meet this year (deep blue and white with a cropped collar). LSU is in purple and black. Raegs just nailed her double front Arabian in warm up. Yoculan is standing right in front of us so we'll have to mind our manners. ROLL BAMA!

"Go Gators, we own the night!" Where have we heard that before? Oh, yeah about two years ago down in Gainesville, when the Tide won the 2000 SEC Championship. Maybe this is a good omen?

(their fans of about 50 are straight across from us). And now we are ready for the star spangled banner to be sung and then we will get this meet underway.

(alphabetical order) and there is a huge roar from the crowd. Auburn is next and you can hear some fans right behind us for the Tigers. Florida is next (their fans are right behind us as well). Georgia is next and their crowd starts woofing (they are across and to our right). They are adorned in red, blue and white warm-ups and are followed by Kentucky.

about freedom(it's an American theme tonight) and the uneven bars are smoking!

you have all been waiting for. We've spotted Coach Yoculan's attire first, which is a solid red pantsuit. More to follow after the lights are relit. "God Bless America" is playing on the speakers and we are waiting for the entry of the teams.

tee-shirts into the stands if our ladies score big tonight. We see Pam Crowe with her two sacks of shirts, so watch out! The tension is building as we move closer to the start of this great competition.

the arena and are now seated at their respective spots. Tony Giles is announcing tonight. Equipment has been provided by Auburn and Alabama at the request of the SEC Office (Roy Kramer himself!).

from showtime and the remaining teams are working on fine-tuning of skills before they head to the locker room.

UGA on floor, Florida on vault and LSU on the uneven bars in the last rotation. UGA will go with Talya Vexler, Sierra Sapunar, Michelle Emmons, Cory Fritzinger, Marline Stephens, Eileen Diaz or Loren Simpson. Chelsea Byrd is not warming up floor.

just threw a beautiful double pike (very high and a nice landing).

and we will be just about ready to start. Bama gets a big cheer from their fans and this in turn starts the gymdawg fans to howling.

from Alexa Martinez. Jeana just nailed her flight series (has to get used to the beam). Nice standing back gainer and a double twist dismount.

switch leap to Korbut (fish flop) by Natalie Barrington (it had great height and extension backwards). Kristin just threw her double pike (one step back).

is to our front and rotates around to our left, which will be great for our ladies since the beam is right in front of them (their final event). Jeana is struggling a bit with her layout series but lands her double twist very nice. Nice flight series by Andree. The double tuck dismount is right on!

Shannon, Raegan, Kristin, Andree, Natalie, Jeana, and Alexa on the beam. Kristin looks pretty confident and will throw her double pike dismount. Shannon is looking good as well.

for warmups and this is where they will end the competition in the fifth rotation (sit out on a bye in the sixth).

is on a mission! She wants to reach every handstand and nail that dismount! Ditto for Tiffany Byrd.

rocks! She just added her combination full turn out of the Hindorff into the Tkatchev!

for the next 15 minutes while UGA moves to the beam, LSU to the vault and Auburn to the floor. Bama likes these bars because Andree and Jeana just threw two great routines. Tiffany, Shannon, Nat, and Raegan are warming up well also.

the music of LSU's Lauren Companioni. This is a very intimate arena and the crowd is almost right down on the floor with the gymnasts. It looks like UGA is going with Kinsey Rowe and Sierra Sapunar on the uneven bars tonight. Talya Vexler, Chelsea Byrd, Cory Fritzinger and Eileen Diaz will round out the team. Loren Simpson is also warming up for Gymdawgs on the bars.

We are once again at Bartow Arena on the campus of the University of Alabama in Birmingham for the conference championship. Alabama is currently on a bye for long warm-ups. We saw them warm up on floor and vault and they are looking solid.