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Post Meet Commentary: Arkansas (Friday, February 08, 2008)
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Alabama Crimson Tide vs Arkansas Razorbacks: Pink Meet Notes

The Alabama Crimson Tide (196.775) and the Arkansas Razorbacks (195.950) put aside their SEC rivalry and joined hands to celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness while providing some impressive gymnastics along the way this past Friday Night in Coleman Coliseum.  It was the second week in a row that the University of Alabama sold out the Coliseum for a gym meet and Bama is now leading the nation at this point in the season for average attendance at just under 14,000.  Alabama's stellar performances once again on vault this week finally garnered the higher scores, including a 9.95 from freshman Kayla Hoffman, a 9.90 from sophomore Ricki Lebegern and a 9.875 from Casey Overton for her best Y 1/1 in two years of competition at the Capstone.  The Tide kept going strong on the uneven bars (49.350) with superb efforts from sophomore Kassi Price (9.95), senior Terin Humphrey (9.90), Kayla Hoffman (9.875) and senior Kaitlin White (9.85, with one judge scoring it as a 9.90).  A little stumble on the balance beam (48.850) was headed off with a respectable final team showing on the floor (49.175), adding to a gratifying win overall.  The GymTide will take a rare week off to rest a bit, upgrade their routines and prepare to enter the Tiger's Den in Baton Rouge on February 22nd for LSU's inaugural Pink Meet.  Here are the highlights from the meet against the Razorbacks: 

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Kaitlin White: Uneven Bars: 9.850
"Great routine - amazing form and amplitude on the Gienger release and the Pak Salto, excellent final handstand right on top of the high bar before her last pirouette to a double tuck dismount, stuck chest high. One just scored this a 9.90."
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Casey Overton scores 9.85 on FL
Kassi Price scores 9.8 on BM
Vault Score Post Meet Commentary on Skills Executed and Deductions
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Brittany Magee
View the video for vault: Brittany Magee: 9.825 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for vault: Brittany Magee: 9.825 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.825 Tightly executed Yurchenko 1/1 vault with a small controlled step on the landing.  Very nice form in the air, greater amplitude achieved this week as well.
2 Kaitlin White
View the video for vault: Kaitlin White: 9.800 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for vault: Kaitlin White: 9.800 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.800 Nice explosion off the vault table but elbows were bent a little on push off and she was off center from the table on landing.  Vault looked solid in the air, good rotation and distance gained.
3 Casey Overton
View the video for vault: Casey Overton: 9.875 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for vault: Casey Overton: 9.875 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.875 Tight form, great amplitude, well centered-landing on her Yurchenko 1/1.  By far her best vault effort since arriving at the Capstone.
Ricki Lebegern
View the video for vault: Ricki Lebegern: 9.900 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for vault: Ricki Lebegern: 9.900 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.900 Stuck the Y 1/1 - slightest bend forward on landing to hold the stick.  Great form and rotation in the air and distance achieved was excellent as well.
Kayla Hoffman
View the video for vault: Kayla Hoffman: 9.950 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for vault: Kayla Hoffman: 9.950 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.950 Another week - another stick - this was the Y 1/1 score she should have received last week.
Morgan Dennis
View the video for vault: Morgan Dennis: 9.850 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for vault: Morgan Dennis: 9.850 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.850 Small controlled hop back and a little pike down as well on the landing of the Y 1/1, but what great amplitude and rotation she achieved in the air.  
Ex Megan Mashburn
View the video for vault: Megan Mashburn: (Exhibition:9.600) (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for vault: Megan Mashburn: (Exhibition:9.600) (Normal Bandwidth)
9.600 pike ½ twist (landed chest down, step to the side)
Team Total 49.400
Uneven Bars Score Post Meet Commentary on Skills Executed and Deductions
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Morgan Dennis
View the video for bars: Morgan Dennis: 9.775 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for bars: Morgan Dennis: 9.775 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.775 Not sure why this routine scored this low - major amplitude gained on the pike Jaeger, handstands were within required degrees, smallest of checks on the landing of the double front dismount.  First up blues?
Kaitlin White
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9.850 Great routine - amazing form and amplitude on the Gienger release and the Pak Salto, excellent final handstand right on top of the high bar before her last pirouette to a double tuck dismount, stuck chest high. One just scored this a 9.90.
Ricki Lebegern
View the video for bars: Ricki Lebegern: 9.375 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for bars: Ricki Lebegern: 9.375 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.375 Deductions occurred primarily in two places: she caught her straddle Jaeger (regrasp) too close in to the high bar, grazing her eyes and losing a few eyelashes in the process.  She had to stop her momentum on the bar (did not jump off though) to kip cast back up and complete her routine, landing the full in dismount with a jammed step forward, chest down a bit as well.  So even though she was given credit for the completed release, she received heavy deduction for stopping on the bar (execution error considered tantamount to a fall).  There were other small form errors here and there as well.
Kayla Hoffman
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9.875 Threw the 1 1/2 with a little ankle switch flair on top of the high bar but kept going with confidence, hitting a nice Tkatchev and a toe shoot straddle transition back to the high bar, stuck the double layout with excellent distance from the high bar.
Terin Humphrey
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9.900 Another terrific set - 1/2 turn to front giant to Khorkina release, just missed sticking the double layout perfectly.  
Kassi Price
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9.950 Great handstands, Hindorff, pirouetting on top of the bar, excellent double layout dismount.
Ex Jacqueline Shealy
View the video for bars: Jacqueline Shealy: (Exhibition:9.700) (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for bars: Jacqueline Shealy: (Exhibition:9.700) (Normal Bandwidth)
9.700 Tkatchev w/ Comaneci dismount chest high, no steps.
Team Total 49.350
Balance Beam Score Post Meet Commentary on Skills Executed and Deductions
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Casey Overton
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9.825 Her standard confident set - was looking like a 9.90 plus score until she popped the dismount landing up and forward a step (bhs to full twist off the side), going for the stick.  
Amanda Montgomery
View the video for beam: Amanda Montgomery: 9.500 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for beam: Amanda Montgomery: 9.500 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.500 Trouble on the opening flight series, first element: front handspring (balance check) to side aerial, losing bonus connection and devaluing her set from the beginning.  Rest of routine was a little tentative in areas and she needed a little more amplitude on her leaps and jumps, tiny hop on the running front full twist dismount as well.
Ricki Lebegern
View the video for beam: Ricki Lebegern: 9.875 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for beam: Ricki Lebegern: 9.875 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.875 Very nice set - only balance check observed was during the side Somi (bent forward a bit with small arm wave to balance after landing); very nice dismount - round off to double twist.
Kayla Hoffman
View the video for beam: Kayla Hoffman: 8.800 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for beam: Kayla Hoffman: 8.800 (Normal Bandwidth)
8.800 Had trouble with the opening flight series, falling on the second element (layout step-out) and shortly after this on the switch leap to two straddle jumps (second jump missed right foot and had to sit down on one knee before hopping off); rest of the routine was rock solid, including a switch leap to switch leap combination and she stuck the impressive bhs to two-footed bhs to double twist.  Coach prepped her quickly afterwards to put it immediately out of her mind and get ready for a big effort on floor exercise, which Kayla did in magnificent fashion.  Better days ahead on this event.
Kassi Price
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9.800 A leg lifted on the front aerial was her only obvious balance check - nice flight series of the bhs to layout step-out (knees were a little bent in flight); switch leap to wolf - full turn was no problem this week - wolf front aerial to beat jump could have used a little more amplitude - strong round off to double pike, a little leg separation in flight and on landing but basically stuck it.
Morgan Dennis
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9.850 Excellent form and amplitude on the front aerial and the flight series of the bhs to layout step-out this week; switch leap to straddle (second element needs more amplitude and flexibility), running side straddle leap also could use more amplitude - very nice round off to high double tuck dismount - small check on the landing, chest high.
Team Total 48.850
Floor Exercise Score Post Meet Commentary on Skills Executed and Deductions
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Ricki Lebegern
View the video for floor: Ricki Lebegern: 9.825 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for floor: Ricki Lebegern: 9.825 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.825 Opened with a super high double tuck, great landing (tuck was opened just a tad bit, possible form error deduction here); second pass of a front-front full twist to front layout - a little too much power propelled her forward on one foot but she was still well-centered and in control of the landing; finished with a perfect double pike this week.  Score arguably should have been a little higher.
Casey Overton
View the video for floor: Casey Overton: 9.850 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for floor: Casey Overton: 9.850 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.850 Give her two weeks to totally change her routine and voila! you get a 9.850 score.  New music (Shannon Hrozek's from 2002) and dance moves, along with a change in some of her tumbling passes proved to be the secret formula to success.  Opened with a round off to whip back through to a double tuck (great amplitude and control on the landing of the second element); followed with a round off to whip 1/2-to punch front layout; ended with a whip 1/2 to whip full twist - all tumbling passes and dance sequences executed with a noticeably improved confidence level in Casey; in the post-meet interview she admitted that this routine and music seem to fit her better and she is already working on tumbling upgrades to include a whip through to a double pike or even a pike full-in.
Kaitlin White
View the video for floor: Kaitlin White: 9.150 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for floor: Kaitlin White: 9.150 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.150 Opened with the more difficult E pass this week (front punch layout to immediate front double full - landed confidently but just missed going out of bounds; second pass of a double pike, great landing and position in the air; last pass was where she apparently slipped a bit on her opening running front punch layout, leaving her to compensate with a simple front tuck salto and two steps forward and out of bounds.  So she lost credit for the last pass and had to be deducted for the out of bounds, as well as overall execution errors on this series.  Still, 9.150 is a tad harsh, don't you think?
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 Opened with a 2 1/2 to punch tuck, nice control - form on the first element could be a little tighter; great second pass of the double tuck (excellent amplitude and landing); finished with a double pike, little leg split on landing.  Great dance, smiling was better this week at key points.
Kayla Hoffman
View the video for floor: Kayla Hoffman: 9.900 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for floor: Kayla Hoffman: 9.900 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.900 Much better amplitude this week on the opening pike full in - followed with a terrific 2 1/2 to punch front layout; finished with a beautiful double pike -  nice dance and crowd engagement all the way.  
Morgan Dennis
View the video for floor: Morgan Dennis: 9.725 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for floor: Morgan Dennis: 9.725 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.725 Added more difficulty this week - opened with another soaring double layout, followed with a perfect tuck full in (landed on a dime); last pass of the front tuck through to round off to back handspring to double tuck showed a little fatigue - two lunging steps forward to save it, chest down - new music splices and additional crowd-pleasing dance moves will keep her in contention for individual honors during the post-season.
Team Total 49.175
Final: 196.775
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Brittany Magee hits 9.825 on VT
Morgan Dennis
Jac Shealy
Amanda Montgomery in flight
Kaitlin White
Kayla Hoffman
Terin Humphrey returns with a 9.9  bars
Kassi wins bars with a 9.95
Casey leaps to a 9.825 BM score
Ricki Lebegern kites to a 9.875 BM
Morgan nails her pike Jaeger
Jac demos her -sky-high Tkachev
Amanda tallies 9.5 on BM
Kaitlin twirls to a fine 9.85 
Kayla finishes with a 9.9 FL
Ricki in mid-release
Terin receives congrats
Kayla pirouettes to a 9.875 
Ricki blasts a 9.9 VT
Ricki leads off FL
Kayla wins VT with a 9.95
Kassi leads the Tide on bars 
Morgan scores 9.85 on BM



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