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Post Meet Commentary: Florida (Friday, February 29, 2008)
(Alabama: 197.225; Florida: 197.125)
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Alabama Crimson Tide vs Florida Gators: Post Meet Commentary

The #5 Alabama Crimson Tide (197.225) narrowly defeated the #3 Florida Gators (197.125) Friday Night in front of another enthusiastic crowd at Coleman Coliseum, bringing home the victory on the floor exercise with a final set of electrifying performances.  Sophomore Kassi Price (39.500) tied for first place in the all-around with Gator junior Corey Hartung and threw a new vault (9.85) and a triple twist on the floor (9.90) to help bolster the team's chances to pull off the offset.  Senior Terin Humphrey returned to the uneven bars (9.725) line-up but appeared to be still experiencing some discomfort during her routine.  Senior Kaitlin White (9.875) and freshman Kayla Hoffman (9.950), along with sophomore Morgan Dennis (9.925) and sophomore Ricki Lebegern (9.875) all contributed in magnificent fashion on the final event to ensure the final outcome.  Here are some of the post-meet notes regarding the routines...

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Kayla Hoffman: Floor: 9.950
"Great landing of the pike full in (E) - 2 1/2 to punch front layout - right on time with the music and in the corner - Sassy dancing - beautiful leaps - switch leap to straddle full combo - finished with a double pike, another great landing. Crowd loves this routine."
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Kayla Wins The FL With A 9.95
Casey Overton Whips Up The FL Crowd
Nothing To BM Says Ricki Enroute To A 9.85
Vault Score Post Meet Commentary on Skills Executed and Deductions
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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 Strong Y 1/1. Nails it and just floats in place, no steps forward or back.
Kaitlin White
View the video for vault: Kaitlin White: 9.775 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for vault: Kaitlin White: 9.775 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.775 Gets good amplitude on her Y 1/1 but takes a step on the landing.
Ricki Lebegern
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9.875 Y 1 1/2 - great vault! Tiniest one half step forward and well-centered!
Kayla Hoffman
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9.950 Yurchenko 1/1 - stuck - great amplitude and form mid-air as usual.
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 Hristakieva - stuck - form deduction (body arch during descent of the layout full off element).
Morgan Dennis
View the video for vault: Morgan Dennis: 9.900 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for vault: Morgan Dennis: 9.900 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.900 Great Y 1/1 as well, slight step in place on the landing - nobody gets higher than Morgan.
Ex Megan Mashburn
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9.750
Team Total 49.450
Uneven Bars Score Post Meet Commentary on Skills Executed and Deductions
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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 Really worked hard to complete the pirouetting on top of the high bar and hit all the handstands; slight split on the Gienger, nice pak Salto, stuck the double tuck dismount chest high.
Ricki Lebegern
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9.825 Redeemed herself well on this event after last week, this time hitting her handstands, the straddle Jaeger and she stuck the dismount as well (full in).   Nice toe point and extension.
Morgan Dennis
View the video for bars: Morgan Dennis: 9.700 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for bars: Morgan Dennis: 9.700 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.700 Beautiful pike Jaeger, appeared to hit the handstands well but may have missed the critical last one; and one step on the double front dismount was deducted as well, along with cowby form on this element.
Kayla Hoffman
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9.750 Trouble again with the 1 1/2 pirouette, over-arched and had to 1/2 turn again in order to avoid a break;  completed another 1/2 turn to giant to Tkatchev - double layout - hop back on landing, great form and extension throughout.
Terin Humphrey
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9.725 What a warrior! She had to actually improvise part of her routine near the release series, that required her to leave out the 1/2 turn front giant but still allowed her to rotate back under to complete the Khorkins; as a result she also missed perfect vertical on two handstands near the end; hop back on the double layout also deducted - the judges conferrred for several minutes afterwards because one judge wanted to give it a start value of 9.90 while the other argued the 10 start value position.
Kassi Price
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9.850 Completed a huge Hindorff, followed by a free hip giant to handstand, nice bail to handstand transition to the low bar and a stuck double layout.  This score reflects how tight the judging was on this event for both teams.  
Ex Cassie Martin
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9.775 Received a 9.775 for her exhibition routine on bars, taking one slight step back on the landing of her Comaneci, this week completed in tandem with the front giant 1/2 turn to toe-on to 1/2 dismount.  Completed a smooth toe-on to Tkatchev to pak Salto combination. 
Team Total 48.975
Balance Beam Score Post Meet Commentary on Skills Executed and Deductions
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Casey Overton
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9.800 Front aerial to start - slight check at the shoulder - switch leap to straddle - bhs to layout step-out - sheep jump - side straddle jump - very nice - dismounted with a bhs to gainer full twist - small hop on landing.
Amanda Montgomery
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9.725 Full turn - front walkover to side aerial - beautiful - split full leap - front aerial - slight step in place - switch leap to wolf full to beat jump - wolf full - running front full twist dismount - nice landing!
Ricki Lebegern
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9.850 Flight series looks good - switch leap to straddle - side straddle jump - solid - full turn - side Somi - bent again at the waist but she does not wobble - nails the double twist dismount out of a round off and the crowd cheers heartily.
Brittany Magee
View the video for beam: Brittany Magee: 9.850 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for beam: Brittany Magee: 9.850 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.850 One arm gainer bhs to layout step-out - front aerial - super - switch leap to pike jump to tuck full jump - awesome - gainer layout stepout - slight check at the shoulder - dismounted with a round off to 1 1/2 - step forward on landing.  Great flow in this routine as usual.
Kassi Price
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9.900 Front aerial to beat jump - bhs to layout step-out switch leap to wolf - full turn - nice - wolf front aerial to beat jump - solid - dismounted with the difficult double pike - one step back.
Morgan Dennis
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9.875 Front aerial - beat jump - bhs to two layouts - crowd loved it - switch leap to straddle - gets it this week - Running side straddle jump - nice - round off to double tuck dismount - one step forward, nice in the air.
Ex Kayla Hoffman
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9.775
Team Total 49.275
Floor Exercise Score Post Meet Commentary on Skills Executed and Deductions
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Ricki Lebegern
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9.875 Opened with a double tuck - super high and confident - front handspring-front full twist to front layout - perfect timed landing with the music! Smiling all the way - dance elements - switch leap to straddle full jump - finished with a double pike - perfect landing!  Decided to hold the triple out this week and go for consistency.
Casey Overton
View the video for floor: Casey Overton: 9.675 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for floor: Casey Overton: 9.675 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.675 Whip through to a double pike and came right back with another double pike - finishes with a whip 1/2 to whip full - just in bounds - deductions on the second pass (head down, chest low, controlled step forward) and the balance check on the final pass that almost led to clear out of bounds step.
Kaitlin White
View the video for floor: Kaitlin White: 9.875 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for floor: Kaitlin White: 9.875 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.875 Front through to a front double full - (E) -  able to keep it in bounds - super high double pike and a great landing for her second pass - nailed the front through to a Rudi - chest high, no steps - great routine from Kaitlin.
Kayla Hoffman
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9.950 Great landing of the pike full in (E) - 2 1/2 to punch front layout - right on time with the music and in the corner - Sassy dancing - beautiful leaps - switch leap to straddle full combo - finished with a double pike, another great landing. Crowd loves this routine.
Kassi Price
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9.900 Opened with a 2 1/2 to punch tuck - great control in the air and on landing - second pass this week was a terrific triple (E) - cat leap double to cat leap full - finished with a double pike - another strong landing and overall very crowd-pleasing performance.
Morgan Dennis
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9.925 Opened with a stupendous double layoutdouble tuck for her second pass - bounced back a bit  on one leg to control the landing but well within bounds - front tuck through to a double tuck - landed with better control right within one beat of the final dance salute to end on time.  Crowd was on its feet by this time, showing its appreciation for great efforts from both teams.
Team Total 49.525
Final: 197.225
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Morgan Finishes The Bama FL With A 9.925
Kassi Dances To A 9.9 FL
Jennifer Iovino Greets The Tide-Tykes
Amanda Leaps To A 9.725 BM
Kassi Price Wins BM With A 9.9
Kayla Kicks The Crowd Into High Gear
Kaitlin White Leads Off Bars With A Fine 9.825
Kayla Hoffman
Terin Humphrey
Morgan Dennis
Cassie Martin Exh Bars For A 9.775
Brittany Magee
Terin Pirouettes To A 9.725
Brittany Reaches For A 9.85 BM
Amanda Montgomery
Kaitlin Ties Her Best FL For A 9.875
Ricki Happliy Crushes Three Passes And Scores 9.875 On FL
Casey Overton Begins The Bama BM With A 9.8
Morgan Gets 10 Troupe Going


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