We'll see you in two weeks on Saturday, March 31st from Little Rock, Arkansas, site of the 2007 SEC Gymnastics Championship. Roll Tide!

accolades from Chad and Leesa about her steady performance in the lead off position on the floor and especially balance beam since Arkansas. She is beaming with pride. Her parents were here again this week to see her in action, as they have been almost every meet since her freshman year.

Bama gymnasts and coaches are taking photos with the Medalist Club group that rode over by bus. We never take our fans for granted. Salto is there at the end of the photo with his arm around Morgan, no doubt congratulating her for a fine all around performance as well tonight (39.525 winner!).

Way to go Bama coaches, mixing the line-up a bit when needed on floor and beam. Bama still does not have their most difficult routines out there on floor yet with Kassi and Brittany sitting out, but they will have two weeks to prepare for SECs and this will give the gals some time to rest and focus on polishing certain elements in the gym before going up against the challenge in Little Rock on March 31st.

1st Morgan Dennis (39.525)
2nd Terin Humphrey (39.500)
3rd Julia Dwyer (39.475)

Vault: 1st Ricki Lebegern 2nd Terin Humphrey, Morgan Dennis and Julia Dwyer of Auburn
Bars: 1st Kassi Price 2nd Morgan Dennis and Cassie Martin, a UA sweep
Beam: 1st Britt Magee, Terin Humphrey, and Julia Dwyer of Auburn
Floor: 1st Morgan Dennis 2nd Terin Humphrey and Julia Dwyer

a 2 1/2 to punch front. Megan Hill stepped in for Carmen Nelms and had the crowd behind her with her opening double pike but she could not stand up the final pass of a double tuck. Crowd cheers loudly for her efforts. Auburn finishes on floor with a 49.050. Mills received a 9.85 for her floor routine and Puckett a 9.800. Megan Hill scored a 9.100 for her floor routine, again in place of the injured Carmen Nelms. That score will be dropped from their final total. As she was performing her routine, the Alabama team and coaches had moved over to watch her performance and provide support at the edge of the floor, similar to the Tigers' show of respect last year in Coleman Coliseum when Ashley Miles performed her final routine as a senior. Great class shown by both teams.

Bama finishes on beam with a season high of 49.375 and they win it with a final total of 197.375.

Terin Humphrey finishes up for the Tide. Perfect flight series this week of the full twisting bhs to bhs to layout stepout. Nice Omeliantchik - she dismounts with a round off to bhs to double tuck, one step on the landing. Awesome beam Bama!

Full turn leg horizontal all the way around; switch leap to pike jump, awesome extension; punch front, slight shoulder shift to the left; she dismounts with a round off to a 1 1/2 and stuck the landing, chest high. Great performance Britt!

Rocking music again, follows with a whip 1/2 to whip full (front tumbling); lands the final element (double pike) chest way down and forward step to balance but stands it up also. This will be deducted accordingly.

Morgan Dennis is through her front aerial and the bhs to layout step out, the switch leap to tuck full to scissor jump; another switch leap to flutter jump; dismounts with a round off to double tuck - one step back on the landing. Very nice routine! She receives a 9.85.

front-front-front full twist, one step, a little leg split as well; ends with a front to front full twist to front layout.

nice leap series of the switch leap to two straddle jumps, nice switch side straddle leap; full turn; side Somi - nice, slightest check with the hand but keeps moving - and sticks the double twist dismount off the end of the beam. Yahoo!

Front-front full to front tuck; closes with a 2 1/2 but form was very loose. Crowd loves it anyway.

Kassi Price is now on the beam - wolf front aerial to flutter jump or scissor jump as it is sometimes called. Switch leap to split jump 1/4 turn in the air; flight series is right on, full turn to wolf jump looks good; side Somi has a few balance wobbles but she stays on; dismounts with a difficult double pike, one step back on the landing. She receives a 9.725 and was hit hard for the side Somi balance breaks.

LOUD rock music. Double tuck to follow, chest down a bit, step forward on the landing but she stands it up. Finishes with a front-front full to front layout. She gets a 9.725.

She throws the bhs to layout stepout - perfect. Looks a little nervous - switch leap to straddle-straddle series looks good - nice punch front, wiggle at the hips to adjust and she dismounts with them most difficult move, a running double front tuck, nails it! No steps this week.

Team totals after three rotations.

Julia Dwyer gets the 9.90 for her beam. Auburn has a total on beam of 49.025 and a running total of 146.200.

Morgan Dennis is now up for the Tide and opens with a booming double layout, right in front of us. She follows with a difficult full in tuck; just stays in bounds, off center a bit; nice switch leap full to split leap full combination; she ends with a tuck through to a another high double tuck, nails it and the Bama Nation is on their feet - Roll Tide Roll!

always, bhs to layout layout; switch leap to wolf full, one step to balance; punch front, full turn, she dismounts with a stuck double twist. She gets a 9.90.

She opens with a stuck double front Arabian (stuck baby!) and follows with the very intricate and difficult 1 1/2 through to a 2 1/2, another super landing; dance through and some boogeying - she closes with a double pike - super landing again. Great routine.

more wobbles on her flight series, bhs to layout stepout; wobbles also on the front aerial and leaves out a leap - running tuck full off the end of the beam, hop forward. She gets a 9.65.

forward on the landing but she got it all the way around. Follows with a front-front full twist to front pike, very nice but just slightly off the center line, no steps though. Dance through to get the Bama fans involved before she closes with a double pike - beautiful landing! She gets a 9.875.

AJ Mills almost falls on her flight series on beam but stays on with a couple of leg lifts and shoulder shifts. Hitch kick and front aerial, she falls on the second element. Tick tock to gainer full twist dismount, one hop on the landing. She receives a 9.125.

She opens with a double pike - awesome! Really selling it now for the Tide fans and the other Bama gymnasts. Second pass of a round off to whip 1/2 to front full twist, another great pass execution. More boogeying for the fans and she will finish with a front punch layout to a Rudi, right on time with the music! Bama fans love it!

her landing of the tuck full (running). She receives a 9.775.

She opens with a booming double pike, just terrific, no steps. She follows with a Rudi to layout stepout, solid! closes with a front-front full twist to a front layout - perfect landing. Way to go senior! She receives a 9.85.

BHS to two layouts but has a slight shoulder shift to balance the last element; nice straddle to split jump combination; she dismounts with a double tuck, sticks it with a slight split in the legs. She gets a 9.875.

She opens with a front tuck through to a round off to double pike, a little slide back but she stands it up; nice front-front full twist to front layout for her second pass; straddle full to wolf full jump combination; she will finish with a round off to bhs to double tuck - nails it!

Shanna is up first on the beam for Auburn and hits her flight series. Switch leap to straddle jump, full split jump, double twist dismount, nails the landing. Her form (toe point and leg extension) could be better but she hits her skills confidently, so you have to give her credit. She receives a 9.825.

Bama must be strong on the floor exercise and stay in bounds and stand up the difficult skills.

her landing and gets a 9.875. Bama has a team total of 49.350 on vault and running total of 98.575.

Mills gets a 9.75, the judges hit her hard for missed handstands and sloppy form. She did throw two difficult release moves, a pike Jaeger and a full twisting Tkatchev and stuck the double layout dismount.

but judges are not rewarding all of them. Ricki however does notch a 9.90.

Dwyer gets through most of her routine but has split legs on the bail to handstand on the low bar and never brought the legs back together. She threw a full turn to Tkatchev and sticks the double layout for a 9.80.

Lindsay Puckett is through her routine, no major release, sticks the double layout. Missed several of the handstands too. She still gets a respectable 9.775.

Smith took an extra swing after her Gienger release (too close to the bar) and recovers well enough to stick her double layout. She receives a 9.35.

9.85 for White's stuck Y 1/1 and for Price as well.

Lenkiewicz gets a 9.725 for her bars for the Tigers.

and takes two small steps back on the double front dismount. Pike Jaeger was her major release.

Bama fans are on their feet once again - way to go Texas gal!

Brittany Magee exhibits but misses the huge Tkatchev. She remounts and finishes with a nice double tuck, nailing the landing. She receives a 9.10.

routine well, but will be deducted for not being vertical on the last handstand, also for the hop on the landing of the double layout. Crowd was going "ooohhhh!" throughout her routine, as she has nice pirouetting and the Khorkina release and a hop full at the end of her routine. A stuck dismount is what the judges want to see as well from the Olympic silver Medalist.

up and in place on the double layout dismount.

Meanwhile, Auburn had a fall on one of their vaults (Lindsay Puckett for a 9.325) and they will have to count this. Julia Dwyer steps forward on her Hristakieva for a 9.875.

just nailed her double front dismount. Missed one handstand but wow, the pike Jaeger was just awesome! She also receives a 9.85.

And Cassie Martin just aced her routine and the Bama crowd was hushed until she stuck the landing and they are now on their feet: "Yeah!" you could hear them shout!

so she will get deducted accordingly. She receives a 9.675.

Shanna Somero takes a few steps on her Y 1/1 and receives a 9.75.

and with two steps out of it. She looked nervous in the warm-ups. She receives a 9.75.

Ricki Lebegern hits her routine, tiny step back on the landing of the full in dismount.

Great routine until the landing of the double tuck, chest down, one step forward. Argh, her handstands were right on top of the bar except for the final one, just missed perfect vertical. She receives a 9.75.

Auburn will have AJ Mills start them off on the vault. She throws a Y 1/1.

Auburn will only vault five gymnasts tonight, as Carmen Nelms is out from an injury suffered during the 15 minute long warm-up over an hour ago.

Bama is wearing the beautiful bright blood crimson leo from SECs last year, with the white wave undulating around the front in a bow and onto the back shoulder area, also down along the left and right arms.

Auburn is in orange metallic with blue and white sections contrasting the bodice area.

Senior Nicole Barnett is introduced after the rest of the team, joined by her parents.
Senior Jackie Smith next and then Shanna Somero. Congrats to the Tiger seniors.

Vault: Becky Oppenheimer and Mary Lou Dillard
Bars: Brock White and Gail Tourtellote
Beam: Brock White and Mary Lou Dillard
Floor: Becky Oppenheimer and Gail Tourtellote

velveteen warm-ups. Bama fans straight across from us are standing to cheer the Tide on. We have about 200 folks here!

him back with our GymTide media guide. He is now off on the other side rolling around under the inflated Tiger, where the Auburn gymnasts will come out for their introduction. It's time to get this thing started!

for their team's senior night (Jackie Smith, Nicole Barnett, Shanna Somero). The festivities should get started shortly.

Auburn has good difficulty on vault, beam and floor and adequate difficulty on the uneven bars to keep this meet very close, close enough to win in fact if Alabama falters. Alabama has gone three weeks at home and defeated two of the top seven teams comfortably but need to show they can get the big score outside their home arena. Tonight the coaches have challenged them to stay focused and keep their elements precise and clean, as a sloppy meet will yield the victory to the Tigers, who are hungry for their first against the Tide in over 29 years. The Tide will need to use this meet as a practice run for SECs, and this means they must be aggressive but focused throughout. If they do this, they will once again win comfortably for the 91st time over the Tigers.

flight series from Kassi (worked this over and over). Teams will leave the arena and get ready for the competition.

Double back dismounts from Terin, Brittany, Kassi and Morgan and a double front (tuck) dismount will be thrown by our ace in the hole, Ashley O'Neal in the lead-off position.

where we see Ashley O, Casey, Ricki, Terin, Morgan and Brittany, along with Kassi warming up.

as she has not had it crisply all the way around on two tries.

Erin Rightley looks strong with her double pike and the Rudi to layout stepout.

routine).

and Auburn to the balance beam.

Brittany, Kaitlin, Ashley O, Kassi, Erin, Ricki, Morgan, Terin are warming up on floor.

For Auburn on beam, we see Shanna Somero, Julie Dwyer, Lindsay Puckett, Alicia Leikiewicz, AJ Mills, and Amie Goheen.

Nice stick from Morgan Dennis with her Y 1/1 as well!

earlier delay (injury to Auburn gymnast on vault), so they may be a little tentative as well. The coaches are cueing the girls to work on the push off the table and then start working on sticking their landings. Ricki Lebegern just did a perfect stick on that Y 1/1.

Many are wearing the flickering Bama Gymnastics necklace to show support for the Tide. These were given out at last week's meet.

vault. She scored a 9.90 here last year as a freshman.

On vault we will see Morgan, Ricki, Terin, Kassi, Brittany, Kaitlin, Ashley O (no exhibitions tonight).

On bars for the Tigers, we see Julie Dwyer, Aimee Goheen, Alicia Lenkiewicz, AJ Mills, Jackie Smith, Shanna Somero.

Ricki is trying to spot that full in dismount landing to get the maximum score tonight.

Bama resumes their bars warm-up while the Tigers keep going on vault.

to provide support. The fans who are here also clap to provide support and encouragement as well. Back to the long warm-ups!

One of Auburn's gymnasts has been injured during the vault warm-ups and both teams are taking a break to allow the trainers to attend to her. We'll let you know when the teams are back at the long-warm ups.

descend down the steep steps on the direct opposite side of the arena. Historically, the Tigers take the side behind us for the majority of their fans and the Alabama fans take over the opposite. The rest of the arena is closed off on both ends with two huge curtains. A huge inflated Aubie the Tiger is the latest attempt to intimidate the visitors. He's too cute to intimidate! He arches over the far corner to our right and the Tiger gymnasts will obviously run under his chest and between his legs as they are introduced to the crowd. Grrrrr!

for the Alabama Crimson Tide Gymnastics team, as they go against the Auburn Tigers for the second time this year.

Bama is currently warming up on the uneven bars while the Tigers prepare to start the 15 minute warm-up on the vault.

Kaitlin White, Cassie Martin, Terin Humphrey, Kassi Price, Brittany Magee, Morgan Dennis and Ricki Lebegern are warming up for the Tide.