Vault - Kayla Hoffman of Alabama finishes 5th
Bars - Kassi Price of Alabama finishes tied for 8th
Floor Exercise - Morgan Dennis ties for fourth

Floor
Tiffany Tolnay of Georgia - opens with a double front Arabian - nice landing - 2 1/2 to punch tuck front - solid - finishes with a double pike - great landing and a huge smile for the UGA fans in attendance. Score: 9.900

Morgan Dennis of Alabama - opens with a double layout - beautiful, controlled landing - tuck full in for her second pass - step back on landing - closes with a tuck through to round off to bhs to double tuck - nails it! Score: 9.900

Ashleigh Clare-Kearney of LSU - double layout - double front Arabian for her second pass - stepped out on her last pass of a Rudi - that was a great routine going until that point. Score: 9.7625

Courtney McCool of UGA - opens with a front double twist to layout full twist, just pulls it around and steps back to control the landing - double twist for her second pass - finishes with a front double full. Score: 9.9625

Susan Jackson of LSU - opens with a double layout - nice control - back headspring - front double to tuck punch (meant to pike or lay it out) - finishes with a double pike, nice landing. Score: 9.8625

Ashley Reed of Florida opens with a very nice pike full in, double pike for her second pass (on a mat) - closes with a weaker last pass of front-front to front full twist. Score: 9.8750

Kiara Redmond-Sturms of Oklahoma - opens with a double layout but has to take two steps back to control the landing - front-front full landed on a dime - closes with a double tuck. Cute dance moves but the music is a little subdued and gets lost. Score: 9.7625

Kristina Baskett of Utah - pike full in - falls on this first element hard and has to stop her routine - the coaches are attending her and will help her off the floor. No Score

Amanda Castillo of Florida - pike full in to open - cha cha music - whip to bhs to double tuck - solid - punch tuck to stag leap - closes with double pike - nice landing as well. Score: 9.8750

Tasha Schwikert of UCLA - half in half out on soft mat - nice landing - double twist to punch front for her second pass, small hop - closes with a double pike - nails the landing. Score: 9.950

Corey Hartung of UF on floor - front double twist - step forward to control the landing - triple to follow, has to pull it around a tab - ring leap to cat leap 1/2 - whip to 2 1/2, lands it with her weight behind her and has to take a big step back to keep from falling but stands it up with her final move to dance sequence. Score: 9.8250

Nicola Willis of UF - double layout to open - double tuck for her second pass and closes with a double pike - all solid landings and good energy in her dance throughout. Score: 9.9125

Cassidy McComb for UGA on floor - double pike to open - small controlled step back - front-front full to front layout - finishes with a 2 1/2 to punch tuck. Score: 9.8875

Ashley Postell of Utah will close out the floor event finals - double front Arabian to open (on mat), hop forward, closes with a triple - tiny hop in place to control the landing. Score: 9.900

Balance Beam
Melanie Sinclair of UF - full twisting bhs - stops and then proceeds with bhs to layout step-out flight series - full turn - double pike, small step back on landing. Score: 9.8250

Tabitha Yim of Stanford - front aerial - bhs to layout step-out - Onodi - double twist dismount, legs separated on landing but she sticks it. Score: 9.8750

Nicole Ourada of Stanford - bhs to layout layout (bends at waist on the third element) - switch leap to straddle - a little labored - front aerial - full turn - a little tentative as well - bhs to two-footed bhs to double twist, fights to hold the landing. Score: 9.800 - a little high considering the bent waist movement.

Katie Heenan of UGA - bhs to layout - shoulder shift and arm wave a bit after landing - sheep jump - punch tuck - double twist, jams the landing, takes a step forward. Score: 9.7875

Grace Taylor of UGA - one arm bhs to two footed bhs - switch leap to straddle - leg scale - full turn with leg horizontal to gainer bhs - front aerial - bhs to two-footed bhs to layout step-out - sticks the landing. Score: 9.950

Ashley Postell of Utah - punch tuck - bhs to layout step-out - wolf to 1/4 turn handstand - dismounts with a double twist, bent forward at waist to control the landing. Score: 9.900

Susan Jackson of LSU on beam - bhs to two-footed layout - switch leap to straddle - front aerial slight arm wave to balance - tuck front punch - full turn - double tuck, small step. Her routine lacks choreography, but has the difficulty. Score: 9.850

Brandi Personett of Penn State - tuck full turn that ends up going an additional 1/4 - bhs to one arm bhs to layout step-out - nice combination - switch leap to straddle - full turn - beat jump to gainer back layout - round off to 1 1/2 dismount - flowed well. Score: 9.8750

Tiffany Tolnay on beam for UGA - side switch leap - throws leg up and down to balance - bhs to layout step-out - switch leap to straddle - bhs to two-footed bhs to double tuck, one small step on the landing. Score: 9.8500

Emily Parsons of Nebraska - bhs to layout-layout - whipped those saltos! - front aerial - switch leap to straddle jump - punch front tuck - full turn - running Rudi dismount, nails the landing, bent forward at the waist though. Score: 9.900

Ashley Reed of Florida on beam - bhs to layout to bhs flight series - full turn - straddle-straddle combo - switch leap to gainer layout - double twist dismount small scoot on landing - Score: 9.8875

There are 14 qualifiers on floor and 11 on balance beam.

Kristina Baskett of Utah and Julie Dwyer of Auburn tie for second on vault, Michelle Stout of Arkansas is fourth and Alabama's Kayla Hoffman finishes fifth.

Very nice routine, hits all the major elements, including a soaring Tkatchev, Shushanova transition move and a stuck tuck full in dismount. Score: 9.8875

Tiffany Tolnay on bars - Tkatchev - full turn to half turn to double front, step back on the landing, a little stiff-legged also on the landing. Score: 9.825

Kassi Price next on bars - completes the Hindorff and the free hip giant immediately following to handstand, transition handstand looks great, double layout dismount, tiny hop forward and slight bend at the waist to finish. Score: 9.850

Katie Heenan of UGA follows with a super strong routine to close out her career on this event. Straddle Jaeger and a double front dismount, stuck. Score: 9.900

Liz Tricase up next on bars for Stanford - Shaposh transition from low to high bar - free hip giant to hand stand - front giant to Khorkina - double layout - nails the landing but misses a few handstands in between. Solid routine otherwise. Score: 9.8625

Desire' Sniatynski of Nebraska - toe shoot straddle to high bar - double layout - body pikes a bit in the air, hop on the landing. Score: 9.8375

Kylee Botterman of Michigan on bars - full turn to Tkatchev, full twisting double layout dismount, stuck. Score: 9.850

Tasha Schwikert of UCLA on bars - Shaposhnikova, toe shoot straddle transitions from low to high bar, full turn to Tkatchev (beautiful in the air) - sticks the double layout. Score: 9.9375

Ashley Postell of Utah for her final bars routine - straddle Jaeger, pak salto, stalder toe shoot - double front dismount, huge bounce forward on the landing. Score: 9.800

Nikki Childs of UGA completes her final bars routine - 1 1/2 turn to gienger in between the bars - pak salto - double tuck dismount out of a full turn. Score: 9.8875

Kristina Baskett of Utah on bars - Tkatchev, toe shoot straddle to high bar - sticks the double layout. Score: 9.8750

Kristina Comforte of UCLA on bars - 9.900

Becky Bernard of Michigan, junior, on bars - hop full, 1 1/2 turn on bars, toe shoot straddle to high bar, double layout, hops back again. Score: 9.8375

Grace Taylor of UGA on bars - stalder to hand stand to toe shoot straddle to high bar, Ricna release, double layout dismount, one step back. Score: 9.8500

Summer Hubbard of LSU on bars - added a full twisting double layout dismount but hops back with a large bunny step - her Gienger release fish-flopped a bit during re-grasp as well, so there will be form execution deductions. Score: 9.7625

Anna Li of UCLA on bars - Shaposhnikova, toe shoot straddle back to the high bar, soaring Tkatchev (a tiny bit crooked in air but great amplitude) and bends forward on the landing of the double layout to control the stick, waves arms just a bit too. Missed a few handstands as well. Score: 9.8125

Melanie Sinclair of Florida - Hindorff and a Gienger release look solid - double layout dismount, slightest check in place on the landing. Score: 9.8500

Tabitha Yim of Stanford - workhorse routine - made it through after two times almost having to break form - Gienger release, tuck full in dismount, pak salto were some of the highlights. Score:


VAULT
Kristina Baskett starts off and sticks her Yurchenko 1/1. Second vault is a Yurchenko Arabian, slight step back, a little jammed on the landing. Final Score: 9.8438

Michelle Stout throws a Yurchenko 1/1, hop back. We were off air during a computer transition and missed her second vault. Score: 9.800

Kyndal Robarts of Utah fell on her first vault but stands up the Omeliantchik that follows. Score: 9.5375

Kristina Comforte of UCLA throws a Y 1/1 and then sits down the second vault, which looked like she was trying a Podkopayeva. Score: 9.4500

Tasha Schwikert of UCLA hops back on her Y 1/1 and then throws a 1.5 - and sits it down unfortunately. Score: 9.5625

Susan Jackson of LSU - nails the Y 1/1 on a mountain of mats (she is about 5'0) - comes back with a Y-Arabian - hop to the right on landing. Score: 9.8563

Marcia Newby of UGA on vault - Layout Arabian, lunges forward, head down as well. Second vault is a Yurchenko full twist on - back pike off - step back, loose in the air as well but she's happy to be out there. Score:

Yuki Lamb of Oregon State - layout Arabian - hop forward on the landing; pretty in the air; second vault is a Yurchenko layout, jams the landing a bit, step forward. Score:

Kayla Hoffman sticks the Yurchenko 1/1 vault and gets a huge Roll Tide! from the Bama fans behind us. She vaults the Yurchenko layout for her second vault - sticks it but bends forward to control any movement. Score: 9.7625 She received a 9.925 for her first vault.

Julie Dwyer is last on vault and nails the layout Arabian but legs are apart just a bit - crowd cheers for her - second vault - well, she did the same vault but piked it and looks like they will allow it to count as a legitimate second vault. Score: 9.8438 and she ends up tying for second with Kristina Baskett.

(mainly parents and support administration personnel, the rest of our fans are up and to the right, endzone area)are trying to start the wave in the arena. No luck so far but they are dang enthusiastic, especially Kassi Price's father, Paul. He and Dee Dee Foster are just about hoarse from the cheering they've done these past three days.

Teams are now being introduced starting with vault qualifiers - Kristina Comforte, Julie Dwyer, Kayla Hoffman, Yuki Lamb, Marcia Newby, Kyndal Robarts, Tasha Schwikert, Michelle Stout

Uneven bars qualifiers - Kristina Baskett, Becky Bernard, Kylee Botterman, Nikki Childs, Ashleigh Clare-Kearney, Summer Hubbard, Anna Li, Kassi Price, Desire' Sniatynski, Liz Tricase, Tabitha Yim, Tasha Schwikert, Kristina Comforte, Melanie Sinclair, Grace Taylor.

Balance beam qualifiers - Katie Heenan, Susan Jackson, Nicole Ourada, Emily Parsons, Brandi Personett, Ashley Postell, Melanie Sinclair, Grace Taylor, Tiffany Tolnay.

Floor Exercise qualifiers - Amanda Castillo, Morgan Dennis, Corey Hartung, Cassidy McComb, Courtney McCool, Ashley Reed, Kiana Sturms, Nicola Willis.

shown on the jumbotron. Lots of great gymnastics still to be shown tonight, so stay tuned Bama fans.

warm-ups. All contestants are leaving the arena to prepare for the competition in approximately 15 minutes. The vault and balance beam will be the first two events tonight followed by bars and floor.

Alabama has freshman Kayla Hoffman on the vault, sophomore Kassi Price on the uneven bars and sophomore Morgan Dennis will get the chance to defend her floor exercise title from a year ago.

Kayla will vault the Yurchenko 1/1 (10.00 start value) and a Yurchenko layout (9.80 start value) and the results will be averaged. You must vault two different vaults for the event finals and Kayla has not been training the Y 1.5 (her elite club vault) recently to insert that at this late date.