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Post Meet Commentary: LSU (Friday, February 22, 2008)
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Alabama Crimson Tide vs LSU Bengal Tigers: Post-Meet Notes

Here are the post-meet commentary notes from a great show-down between these two SEC foes - it was a close meet but the Tide remained confident going into the final rotation on balance beam, bringing home the victory with super solid efforts. Congratulations to junior Cassie Martin for her successful return to the uneven bars rotation (9.750) and junior Brittany Magee for hitting 3 for 3 that same night (vault - 9.85, floor - 9.75, beam - 9.875).  We were also pleased to see freshman walk-on Megan Mashburn successfully exhibit on the floor exercise.  Without further ado...

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Kassi Price: Floor: 9.850
"Other than a little leg split on some of her tumbling passes, this was a great effort, belied by the score. Judges are being stingy on floor in general this year - hopefully Kassi will have her triple in place by next week's meet against Florida."
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Morgan Gives The Tide A 9.875 FL
Kassi Price
Ricki Lebegern
Kayla Hoffman

Uneven Bars Score Post Meet Commentary on Skills Executed and Deductions
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Ricki Lebegern
View the video for bars: Ricki Lebegern: 9.675 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for bars: Ricki Lebegern: 9.675 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.675 Missed a few handstands and the dismount of a full in was landed chest down with a rather jarring step forward.  Nice straddle Jaeger release.
Cassie Martin
View the video for bars: Cassie Martin: 9.750 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for bars: Cassie Martin: 9.750 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.750 Solid routine but rotation could have been faster to maximize her score - no problems with the toe on to Tkatchev to pak Salto and she nailed the Comaneci dismount but needed to do it immediately out of the final giant 1/2 turn to obtain her combination bonus.  Great to see her back out there on this event.
Morgan Dennis
View the video for bars: Morgan Dennis: 9.800 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for bars: Morgan Dennis: 9.800 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.800 Missed vertical on two handstands, nice pike Jaeger, one step on the double front dismount.
Kaitlin White
View the video for bars: Kaitlin White: 9.825 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for bars: Kaitlin White: 9.825 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.825 Excellent effort - Gienger release, pak Salto, stuck the double tuck dismount out of a full turn - rotation needs to be faster to garner the higher score.  Pirouetting was solid again this week.
Kayla Hoffman
View the video for bars: Kayla Hoffman: 9.350 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for bars: Kayla Hoffman: 9.350 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.350 Toe slipped on the low bar as she moved into the straddle shoot move and she had to brush her feet on the mat as a result and kip back up.  Lost bonus with the missed element and technically the foot scuffing on the low mat was deducted heavily, like a fall from the apparatus.  The dismount with super solid - double layout - beautiful form and execution.
Kassi Price
View the video for bars: Kassi Price: 9.875 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for bars: Kassi Price: 9.875 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.875 Great routine from start to finish, Hindorff release being the most difficult element thrown in the meet on this event; just missed perfect vertical position on one handstand, stuck the double layout dismount.  
Ex Jacqueline Shealy
View the video for bars: Jacqueline Shealy: (Exhibition:9.500) (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for bars: Jacqueline Shealy: (Exhibition:9.500) (Normal Bandwidth)
9.500
Ex Amanda Montgomery
View the video for bars: Amanda Montgomery: (Exhibition) (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for bars: Amanda Montgomery: (Exhibition) (Normal Bandwidth)
9.525
Team Total 48.975
Vault Score Post Meet Commentary on Skills Executed and Deductions
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Casey Overton
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9.800 Yurchenko 1/1 - powerful block off the table, good rotation in the air, well-centered, but hopped back on landing
Brittany Magee
View the video for vault: Brittany Magee: 9.850 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for vault: Brittany Magee: 9.850 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.850 Yurchenko 1/1- her best effort this year.  Terrific form maintained from start to finish, good amplitude and the landing was stuck chest high. Higher score was deserved.
Ricki Lebegern
View the video for vault: Ricki Lebegern: 9.850 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for vault: Ricki Lebegern: 9.850 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.850 Yurchenko 1 1/2 - slightest check on landing this new vault with one foot shift forward.  Score did not reflect how difficult and really good this vault was executed.
Kayla Hoffman
View the video for vault: Kayla Hoffman: 9.775 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for vault: Kayla Hoffman: 9.775 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.775 Yurchenko 1/1 - looked great in the air but she opened up a little early and ended up jamming the landing a bit as she went for the stick.
Kassi Price
View the video for vault: Kassi Price: 9.850 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for vault: Kassi Price: 9.850 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.850 New vault this week - Hristakieva - stuck it first time out but needs to improve form in flight to garner the higher score.
Morgan Dennis
View the video for vault: Morgan Dennis: 9.825 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for vault: Morgan Dennis: 9.825 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.825 Landed chest down a bit and off-balance with a step back.  Great amplitude in the air but may have been overscored in relation to the previous vaults.
Ex Megan Mashburn
View the video for vault: Megan Mashburn: (Exhibition:9.800) (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for vault: Megan Mashburn: (Exhibition:9.800) (Normal Bandwidth)
9.800
Team Total 49.175
Floor Exercise Score Post Meet Commentary on Skills Executed and Deductions
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Ricki Lebegern
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9.825 Excellent height gained on the opening double tuck, a little too much forward progress on the second pass but kept it in bounds (front-front full twist to front layout); ended with a very solid double pike.
2 Brittany Magee
View the video for floor: Brittany Magee: 9.750 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for floor: Brittany Magee: 9.750 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.750 Whip through to double pike - and the second pass of a double tuck were well executed this week.  Finished with a weaker dismount that brought down the overall starting value - a front through to a front full twist.  Brittany had a spark to her this week and really sold this routine well.  If she can add more difficulty this could be a routine the Tide can depend on down the road.
Kaitlin White
View the video for floor: Kaitlin White: 9.725 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for floor: Kaitlin White: 9.725 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.725 Opening pass of the front through to a double front full - had to bend at knees a bit to control the landing but she stood it up - nice double pike for her second pass - finished with a punch front layout to immediate 1 1/2 (Rudi) - solid landing as well.   Routine choreography seemed off a bit between the 2 and 3rd passes so this might have caught the judge's eyes as well.
Casey Overton
View the video for floor: Casey Overton: 9.775 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for floor: Casey Overton: 9.775 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.775 Whip to double tuck to open, double pike for second pass (chest down, step forward to balance landing) - finished with a whip 1/2 to whip full twist - step to the left to control the landing as well.  Choreography also was not in balance with the music at spots.
5 Kassi Price
View the video for floor: Kassi Price: 9.850 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for floor: Kassi Price: 9.850 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.850 Other than a little leg split on some of her tumbling passes, this was a great effort, belied by the score.  Judges are being stingy on floor in general this year - hopefully Kassi will have her triple in place by next week's meet against Florida.
6 Morgan Dennis
View the video for floor: Morgan Dennis: 9.875 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for floor: Morgan Dennis: 9.875 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.875 Great effort with all three tumbling passes - double layout, double tuck (tuck through to round off entry) - ended with another solid double tuck.  Dance was well-received by the partisan Bengal Tiger crowd.  
Ex Megan Mashburn
View the video for floor: Megan Mashburn: (Exhibition:) (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for floor: Megan Mashburn: (Exhibition:) (Normal Bandwidth)
9.8 Good effort for her first floor routine.  Double pike to open - front-front full to front tuck - bounded forward several steps out of the third element but stood it up - finished with a double twist.  Music is really a good match - just needs to polish up her choreo and dance elements.
Team Total 49.075
Balance Beam Score Post Meet Commentary on Skills Executed and Deductions
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Brittany Magee
View the video for beam: Brittany Magee: 9.875 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for beam: Brittany Magee: 9.875 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.875 Great routine - only balance check occurred with the one-arm bhs to gainer layout step-out (slight shoulder shift down but quickly recovered); very nice front aerial and the gainer layout step-out near the end of the routine; stuck the round off to 1 1/2 twist.  
Casey Overton
View the video for beam: Casey Overton: 9.850 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for beam: Casey Overton: 9.850 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.850 Small hop on the dismount cost her the higher score (bhs to gainer full twist off the side).  Excellent rhythm and extension/toe point throughout the other elements.
Amanda Montgomery
View the video for beam: Amanda Montgomery: 9.750 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for beam: Amanda Montgomery: 9.750 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.750 More confidence and consistent pacing this week - tiny hop on the front full twist dismount - leaps could use a little more flexibility and amplitude.
4 Ricki Lebegern
View the video for beam: Ricki Lebegern: 9.825 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for beam: Ricki Lebegern: 9.825 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.825 Good routine - slight balance check at the waist on the side Somi - nice dismount of the round off to double twist.
5 Kassi Price
View the video for beam: Kassi Price: 9.825 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for beam: Kassi Price: 9.825 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.825 Solid effort - trouble encountered on the wolf front aerial (dropped shoulder and had to take a step to balance landing, which was low) - double pike dismount, one step.
Morgan Dennis
View the video for beam: Morgan Dennis: 9.375 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for beam: Morgan Dennis: 9.375 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.375 Great routine going with the bhs to layout-layout flight series looking rock solid.  Had trouble on the switch leap to straddle jump combination (fell after completing the second element and losing balance).  Finished strong with a stuck round off to double tuck dismount.
Ex Kayla Hoffman
View the video for beam: Kayla Hoffman: (Exhibition: 9.650) (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for beam: Kayla Hoffman: (Exhibition: 9.650) (Normal Bandwidth)
9.650 Better effort this week - some slight balance checks here and there during a few of the leaps (switch leap to straddle-straddle combination) - strong dismount of the bhs to two-footed bhs to double twist.
Ex Cassie Martin
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8.850 Did not catch the score but two falls occurred that would have put the final tally below a 9.00 - first one occurred on the side aerial and the second one on the front aerial later in the routine.  Flight series of bhs to layout step-out, running side straddle leap looked good - also completed the switch leap to straddle jump with very nice amplitude and form.
Team Total 49.125
Final: 196.300
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Megan Mashburn
Kaitlin White
Megan Exhibits On VT
Cassie Swings For A 9.75 Bars Score
Morgan Tallies A 9.8 On Bars
Kassi Nails A Layout For 9.825
Brittany Magee
Morgan Dennis
Amanda Montgomery
Kayla Pirouettes On Bars
Cassie Martin
Amanda Scores 9.85 On Beam
Casey Overton
Kaitlin Is Dynamic On Bars With A 9.825
Casey Adds A 9.775 FL Score
Ricki Ties For A Bama Best 9.85 VT Score
Brittany Scores 9.75 On FL
Jac Shealy


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