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Post Meet Commentary: Alabama Crimson Tide Takes 3rd at the SEC Championships (Saturday, March 31, 2007)
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The Alabama Crimson Tide Gymnastics Team traveled to Little Rock, Arkansas, this past weekend to contend against three of the most talented teams in the country for Southeastern Conference glory. Despite a solid effort on all four events that saw the team endure three byes between each of their first three events, Alabama was still unable to capitalize on several golden opportunities to push their performances up to the level required to knock off the only two teams that had defeated them so far in the 2007 season (Florida and Georgia).  So the GymTide had to settle for a respectable 3rd Place showing that was still within .175 of the Bulldogs and .325 of the Gators. Coach Patterson was happy to see her young team close the gap but realizes that much improvement is still needed in the area of mental toughness if the Crimson Tide is to seriously contend for their fifth national title in Salt Lake City, Utah.  The first challenge comes in two weeks at the Central Regional Championship hosted by the Tide in Tuscaloosa.  Bama  must be one of the two highest-scoring teams on the night of April 14, 2007, to get the nod for their 25th straight NCAA appearance. Only Utah has more NCAA appearances at 26.  For now, let's review some of the highlights from the SEC match.

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Morgan Dennis: Floor: 9.925
"Super soaring tumbling passes, arguably should have won floor with the more difficult skills (double layout to open, tuck full in to follow, tuck through to ro to bhs to high double tuck, all landed well with excellent amplitude and form). All SEC as a freshman on this event (2nd Place)"
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Ricki Lebegern wings her way to the SEC Beam Championship
Morgan Dennis tallies a Bama best 39.5 AA score
Erin Rightley dances to a 9.825 floor score
Terin Humphrey totals 39.3 in the AA

Bama started the meet on rotation one with a bye and returned to begin their official competition on the Floor Exercise in rotation two.

Bye Bye Bye
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(Rotation one - Bama on 1st bye (1.33 MB))
Floor Exercise Score Post Meet Commentary on Skills Executed and Deductions
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(Rotation two - Bama on floor (1.29 MB))
1 Erin Rightley
View the video for floor: Erin Rightley: 9.825 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for floor: Erin Rightley: 9.825 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.825 Super opening double pike with great height and form.  All landings were crisp, steady.  Scoring was conservative, perhaps in anticipation of more difficult elements coming later in the Tide's line-up.
2 Kaitlin White
View the video for floor: Kaitlin White: 9.800 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for floor: Kaitlin White: 9.800 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.800 Kaitlin also hit each of her passes, highlighted by very polished landings (double pike, round off to whip 1/2 to whip front full twist, running punch front layout to immediate 1 1/2 twist).  She's been a steady force on this event for the Tide and must be recognized for her consistency in delivering each week.
3 Ricki Lebegern
View the video for floor: Ricki Lebegern: 9.850 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for floor: Ricki Lebegern: 9.850 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.850 Solid triple twist to open, just a little off center on the second pass (front-front full to front pike) but the closing double pike was high and smooth as silk on the landing.
4 Terin Humphrey
View the video for floor: Terin Humphrey: 9.750 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for floor: Terin Humphrey: 9.750 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.750 Stepped just over the line on the second pass of the 1 1/2 through to a 2 1/2 twist and this was partially due to her being a little off center of the diagonal pathway into the corner.  She opened with a very nice landing of the double front Arabian and ended with a strong double pike.   Automatic one tenth deduction for the step out of bounds.
5 Kassi Price
View the video for floor: Kassi Price: 9.875 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for floor: Kassi Price: 9.875 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.875 Hit all of her difficult tumbling passes (triple twist, tuck through to ro to bhs to double pike, ended with a ro to bhs to double pike).  However, the judges likely deducted for form errors on the triple (mid-air) and a bit of a jammed landing on the double pikes.
6 Morgan Dennis
View the video for floor: Morgan Dennis: 9.925 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for floor: Morgan Dennis: 9.925 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.925 Super soaring tumbling passes, arguably should have won floor with the more difficult skills (double layout to open, tuck full in to follow, tuck through to ro to bhs to high double tuck, all landed well with excellent amplitude and form).  All SEC as a freshman on this event (2nd Place)
Team Total 49.275
Bye Bye Bye
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(Rotation three - Bama on 2nd bye (1.30 MB))
Vault Score Post Meet Commentary on Skills Executed and Deductions
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(Rotation four - Bama on vault (1.18 MB))
1 Brittany Magee
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9.800 Y 1/1 had nice form in the air; small step on the landing that she tried hard to control.
2 Kaitlin White
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9.850 Y 1/1 - If not for the hop back, this would have been Kaitlin's highest scoring vault of her college career.  Still one of her best.
3 Terin Humphrey
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9.825 Omeliantchik - form was better, landing was centered, but step forward cost her the higher score.
4 Kassi Price
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9.825 Powerful Y 1/1 but limited distance from the vault table and some form errors were deducted.
5 Ricki Lebegern
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9.850 This Y 1/1 looked great in the air but step on landing was whacked hard by the judges.
6 Morgan Dennis
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9.900 Great form, amplitude and distance with the Y 1/1, marred only by the hop back on the landing as well.
Team Total 49.250
Bye Bye Bye
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(Rotation five - Bama on 3rd bye (1.20 MB))
Uneven Bars Score Post Meet Commentary on Skills Executed and Deductions
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(Rotation six - Bama on bars (1.20 MB))
1 Kaitlin White
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9.800 Solid routine, including a very high and tight Geinger release, Pak Salto transition to the low bar, small check on the landing of the double tuck dismount out of a full turn.
2 Ricki Lebegern
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9.800 Her form has really improved on this event - nice straddle Jaeger and a tuck full in dismount had only one step.
3 Morgan Dennis
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9.825 This routine was better than the score indicated.  Mo had amazing amplitude and form once again on the pike Jaeger but the judges seemed more interested in a stuck dismount, which she just missed landing perfectly (double front).
4 Cassie Martin
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9.850 A perfect routine to us - toe on toe off to Tkatchev to Pak Salto; hit her handstands and stuck the double tuck dismount.  Judges want more difficulty on this final element as well?
5 Kassi Price
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9.250 She fell on the very difficult Hindorff release move but finished well.  Form deductions on some of the elements (toe on to 1/2 turn and the free hip circle) likely occurred as well.
6 Terin Humphrey
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9.875 Nice difficulty and beautiful toe point and extension as usual - toe on 1/2 turn to front giant to Khorkina release, full turn and a hop full at the end before dismounting with a double layout, hop back on the landing.  Stick the landing and she was looking at an SEC individual title on bars.
Team Total 49.150
Balance Beam Score Post Meet Commentary on Skills Executed and Deductions
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(Rotation seven - Bama on beam (0.040 MB))
1 Ashley O'Neal
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9.825 Despite a sore meniscus in her right knee, O gave a great performance to lead off for the Tide.  Flight series was super confident (bhs to layout step-out), leap series was just a tad tentative but had no form problems; nice punch front and a terrific double front tuck dismount to close out.
2 Casey Overton
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9.875 This was Casey's best effort since the Georgia meet, she never stopped the routine and except for the small hop on the landing of the dismount (bhs to gainer full twist off the side), this was a perfect routine.  Front aerial, bhs to layout step-out, switch leap to straddle-straddle combination; full turn to sheep jump; running switch side leap were terrific highlights.
3 Ricki Lebegern
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9.925 Magnificent routine from start to finish, elements were polished and so confident;: bhs to layout step-out; switch leap to straddle-straddle; running switch side leap; side Somi, and a round off to a beautiful double twist, stuck the landing cold.
4 Morgan Dennis
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9.850 Very polished routine as well, front aerial to start, bhs to layout step-out; switch leap to tuck full to scissor jump combination; switch leap to another scissor jump; round off to double tuck dismount, one foot check on the landing.
5 Brittany Magee
View the video for beam: Brittany Magee: 9.350 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for beam: Brittany Magee: 9.350 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.350 She struggled a bit in warm-ups and looked tentative on the one arm bhs to layout step-out (fall) but the rest of her routine was rock solid.  She really worked hard to garner the highest score possible just in case Terin stumbled.  Front aerial, switch leap to pike jump, punch front, round off to double tuck dismount, one small step on the landing.
6 Terin Humphrey
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9.850 Terin had a little loose form on the Humphrey mount (threw 2 1/2 turns instead of 3 also) and slightly checked the landing of her final element in the flight series (full twisting bhs to bhs to layout step-out); rest of the routine was solid and she dismounted with the hardest element that night on beam across all teams: round off to bhs to double tuck, small step as well on the landing.
Team Total 49.325

Final: 197.000


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(The full meet coverage (10.32 MB))

Ashley O'Neal
Casey Overton
Kaitlin White
Cassie Martin
Brittany Magee
Kassi Price
Ricki Lebegern scores 39.425 in the AA
Erin Rightley hits her double-pike floor mount
Morgan Dennis glides to a 9.925 floor score
Cassie Martin swings to a 9.85 bars score
Terin Humphrey
Ashley O'Neal flies to a 9.825 beam score
Casey Overton demos a nice manicure enroute to a 9.875 beam score
Kaitlin White sails to a 9.80 on bars 
Brittany Magee
Kassi Price scores 9.875 on floor


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