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Post Meet Commentary: GymTide Bows to Dawgs in Athens (Saturday, February 10, 2007)
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The Alabama Crimson Tide hit another icy skid at the 21 routine mark on the road, this time against the defending national champions, the Georgia Bulldogs.  As a team, Bama was heading towards a high road score until the last three routines on beam from freshmen Dennis and Price and junior Humphrey went to that gremlin that apparently is riding along with them to meets on the road this year.  The Tide fell to fifth in the polls and will need a strong road score at Arkansas this next week in order to regain their position, as RQS scoring goes into play soon.   Look for the Tide to rebound and wrestle that beam gremlin off the plane before take-off.  Here are some of the highlights from the meet in Athens...

Ashley O'Neal
Casey Overton
Uneven Bars Score Post Meet Commentary on Skills Executed and Deductions
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1 Kaitlin White 9.800 Slight leg separation observed on the Geinger release and one step on the dismount of a full turn to double tuck.  Otherwise a very solid routine.
2 Ricki Lebegern 9.750 Missed a few handstands but hit the straddle Jaeger release and stuck the full in dismount.
3 Cassie Martin 9.850 Very nice form throughout the toe-on toe-off to Tkatchev to pak Salto series and the double tuck dismount had one step on the landing.
4 Morgan Dennis 9.775 Brushed her heels during the glide transition on the low bar, which probably was deducted about two tenths.  Not as crisp on the double front dismount but a beautiful pike Jaeger was a nice highlight.
5 Kassi Price 9.825 Seemed to rush this routine a bit and her pirouetting looked off-center as a result at one point.  Hit all of the big skills though, including the toe-on toe-off 1/2 to Hindorff and the toe-on toe-off 1/1, small hop on landing of the double layout.
6 Terin Humphrey 9.850 Bunny hop on the double layout dismount and just missed perfect vertical position on a few of her handstands. Hop full to Geinger combo looked strong.
Team Total 49.100
Vault Score Post Meet Commentary on Skills Executed and Deductions
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1 Ricki Lebegern 9.875 Stuck the Y 1/1 with a little bend forward at the waist.
2 Kaitlin White 9.800 One step, jammed a bit on the landing of the Y 1/1.  Push off the table is getting better each week.
3 Ashley O'Neal 9.825 Great height and push off the table but landing needs to be more controlled for the bigger score (pike 1/2 twist).
4 Kassi Price 9.825 Hop in place, a little bent forward on the Y 1/1.  She can definitely do better.  Form in the air also was possibly hit by the judges.
5 Terin Humphrey 9.875 Smallest hop forward on the landing of the Omeliantchik (Yurchenko 1/2 twist on - front pike off).  She is getting great height with this vault.
6 Morgan Dennis 9.925 Y 1/1 had great height, distance, small hop on the landing.
EX Casey Overton 9.750 Hristakieva vault looked better in the air and on landing than the score indicates.
Team Total 49.325
Floor Exercise Score Post Meet Commentary on Skills Executed and Deductions
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1 Ashley O'Neal 9.850 All tumbling passes looked solid, opening with a double tuck, front-front full to front layout, closed with a double pike.  Sold it well to the large contingent of her family and friends (O is from Kennesaw, Georgia).
2 Erin Rightley 9.800 Left out the full bonus in her second pass (Rudi to layout step-out, the last element).  Rest of routine was very strong, including the opening double pike (nice height and form as always), and the closing pass of a front-front full twist to front layout.
3 Ricki Lebegern 9.875 What a great routine, opening with a triple twist, followed with a double pike and closed with a front-front full twist to front pike.
4 Kaitlin White 9.750 Added difficulty this week by opening first with the punch layout through to a Rudi (1 1/2 twist) that she landed very well and then following right behind with a double pike (had to step forward to balance the landing, chest down a bit as she went for the stick).  Finished with a round off to whip 1/2 to whip full twist.  Nice presentation but the deduction had to be taken on the second pass.
5 Terin Humphrey 9.875 Opened with a terrific double front Arabian, second E pass to follow of the unique 1 1/2 to a 2 1/2 twist (slightly jammed the landing of the second element here); finished with a very strong double pike.
6 Morgan Dennis 9.925 Soaring double layout to open, front-front full twist to front tuck, finished with a round off to sky-high double tuck.  Very nice tumbling but we need to see that gorgeous smile and eye contact more with the crowd.
EX Casey Overton 9.5 Opened with a beautiful double pike and added difficulty this week with her second pass, a double tuck (landed chest down and forward but stood it up); finished with a round off to whip 1/2 to whip full twist, had to deep knee-bend the landing to stand this final pass up.
Team Total 49.325
Balance Beam Score Post Meet Commentary on Skills Executed and Deductions
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1 Ashley O'Neal 9.850 Impressive lead-off performance after Britt was not getting it done in warm-ups.  Looked confident through the bhs to layout-stepout series, switch leap to straddle-straddle combination; punch front, smallest hop on the very difficult dismount, a punch double front.
2 Casey Overton 9.875 Just a terrific routine from start to finish!  Front aerial, bhs to layout step-out, switch leap to straddle jump, full turn, sheep jump, side switch straddle leap, bhs to gainer full twist dismount, stuck the landing!
3 Ricki Lebegern 9.850 Very confident routine, switch leap to straddle-straddle combination; bhs to layout step-out flight series; switch side straddle leap; side Somi (very nice), double twist dismount, slightest shift on the landing.
4 Morgan Dennis 9.325 Beautiful front aerial to open; then ran out of room just barely on the bhs to layout stepout - layout stepout flight series;  looked pretty solid with rest of routine, including a switch leap to tuck full jump and a double tuck dismount.
5 Kassi Price 9.350 She was looking pretty solid until the flight series (bhs to layout stepout, fell on second element); nice double pike dismount, one step.
6 Terin Humphrey 9.375 Full twisting bhs (completed as a single element); bhs to layout stepout flight series, nice; punch front required her to put one hand down to catch herself and she was not able to stay on;  rest of routine was fine, including a stuck 1 1/2 twist dismount.
Team Total 48.300

Final: 196.050


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Ricki Lebegern
Kaitlin White
Kassi Price
Morgan Dennis
Terin Humphrey
Kaitlin White
Ashley O'Neal
Terin Humphrey
Casey Overton
Erin Rightley


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