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Post Meet Commentary: Denver (Saturday, February 08, 2003)
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Vault

Gymnast Type/Value Score Commentary
Shannon Hrozek Front Pike 9.90 9.850 Excellent height, distance and she stuck her landing.
Mari Bayer Yurchenko 1/1 10.00 9.900 Nice form and height in the air and a solid landing after the full twist.
Kristin Sterner Yurchenko Half off front full layout 10.00 9.850 Just one tiny shuffle of a foot on the landing, otherwise a solid vault.
Stephanie Kite Pike ½ twist 10.00 9.775 Excellent explosion and height.  Form deductions likely taken during flight and landing.
Dana Pierce Yurchenko  1/1 10.00 9.875 Her first competitive vault was a winner.  Great explosion off the vault table and excellent distance on the landing, with one foot back.
Jeana Rice Yurchenko 1/1 10.00 9.900 Very nice form during flight and landing, small scoot back.  Landed chest high.
Total   49.375  

Uneven Bars

Gymnast Score Commentary
Shannon Hrozek 9.825 One of her best routines so far this year.  Perhaps a small deduction for the slight ankle separation as she was flowing down through her Gienger release from the high bar and for just missing her final handstand (the judges do expect absolute perfection of Alabama after all).  Her dismount had both somersaults way above the high bar and she nailed the landing.
Michelle Reeser 9.700 She rotated very confidently through this routine but the deductions likely came on separated ankles during her giants and for not reaching vertical during her transition to the low bar.  She also had one step back on her landing of the somersault back over the high bar.
Larissa Stewart 9.750 Her score in week two of competing on this event has already increased by .10.  The rotation was very fluid and confident but she did miss some of her handstands and the Tkatchev release needed a bit more amplitude to garner the higher score.  However, she nailed the double layout dismount to the delight of her teammates and coaches, who engulfed her with hugs.
Kristin Sterner 9.800 Reaching vertical on her handstands remains Kristin's primary challenge at this point because she threw both release moves just fine and landed the double front with only a small foot check to balance.
Dana Pierce 9.250 Dana was on her way fast to her best bars routine of the year until she slipped a bit on the toe-on front tuck dismount, resulting in her propelling her body like a missile across the mats to land on her foo foo.  Inverted giants and a booming Tkatchev release were the highlights and she reached vertical on all but one handstand. 
Jeana Rice 9.900 An excellent routine, perhaps deducted for flexing her feet during the half turn on top of the high bar as she went into her two inverted giants; a small one foot check on the landing of the full in dismount.
Total 48.975  

Balance Beam

Gymnast Score Commentary
Michelle Reeser 9.825 Her flight series (ff, layout, Korbut) had great extension and amplitude.  Nice leap series with good toe point, extension and amplitude as well (switch leap to two straddle jumps). 
Dana Pierce 9.825 Very nice flight series and the switch leap to two straddle jumps; she had small balance checks on some of her dance moves and took one step on her dismount.
Shannon Hrozek 9.725 Flight series (third element - layout) gave her a little trouble as she bent slightly at the waist to maintain balance.  She was subsequently tentative on her leap series and took a shuffle step on her double twist dismount. 
Kristin Sterner 9.900 No problems in this routine but for the first time she left out the wolf to immediate back pike combination (this was planned) but had enough bonus combination to start from a 10.  Her double pike dismount was by far her best effort of the year (slightest shuffle on landing).
Mari Bayer 9.925 No obvious deductions in this routine.  What was really amazing about this set was the noise that burst out by the Denver crowd at the very moment she was going into her front aerial to bhs to Korbut combination.  The savvy freshman did not flinch.
Jeana Rice 9.900 Beautiful flight series of ff, layout, layout.  She experienced some trouble on the wolf full and completed a ¾ wolf instead, with a little bending at the waist.  Nice dismount of a double twist.
Total 49.375  

Floor Exercise

Gymnast Score Commentary
Lauren Holdefer 9.775 Three super double backs (first in the pike position, second and third in the tuck), with excellent height and good form each time. 
Mari Bayer 9.725 She bounded back two steps on the opening pass of a double pike (great height) and completed the second and third passes with no major difficulty.  There was a hint of some fatigue because she was just a little bit off at certain points with the music and the tumbling was not as crisp as we have seen heretofore from Mari.  The altitude will therefore be used as the official excuse. 
Shannon Hrozek 9.775 She also encountered a little problem with the floor at Denver on the opening pass of a double pike.  This was the first time in two years that we have ever seen Shannon struggle on her double pike, she is always in command of this tumbling pass.  Her new dance elements were executed with more confidence this week but she was off her music a bit towards the end.
Stephanie Kite 9.850 She completed the more difficult opening pass (front through to a double to a punch front) with no problems and completed the second and third passes with extra energy.  The 1 ½ wolf jump was done exceptionally well.  We thought this routine was underscored a bit.
Kristin Sterner 9.875 Two double pikes (boomed the final one like the Romanians!) and excellent dance and presentation. 
Michelle Reeser 9.875 Excellent opening pass of a double pike and her second pass was a front, front , front full.  Landings were crisp and she received enthusiastic applause from the partisan crowd along with the Bama Nation fans in attendance.
Total 49.150  

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