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Post Meet Commentary: NCAA Central Region Championships (Saturday, April 12, 2008)
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Alabama Crimson Tide Claims 23rd Regional Championship Title in Norman, Oklahoma

The Alabama Crimson GymTide (197.300) secured their 26th consecutive trip to the NCAA Gymnastics Championships in Athens, Georgia with a four event sweep that still left them hungry for more accolades, the best of which will come potentially in two weeks.  During the South Central Regional on the campus of Oklahoma, sophomore Morgan Dennis (39.625) led the charge with her career-best all-around performance, followed closely by sophomore Ricki Lebegern's (39.300) strong effort on all four events.  Sophomores Kassi Price (9.90 on bars and beam, 9.85 on floor), Casey Overton (9.85 on beam and vault) and junior Brittany Magee (9.90 on beam and vault) continued to showcase post-season pluck and grit on their signature events while senior Kaitlin White (9.80 on bars, 9.85 on floor, 9.875 on vault) and freshman Kayla Hoffman (9.75 on bars, 9.875 on floor, 9.925 on vault) paced them with their own brand of polished performances.  Here are more highlights....

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Ashley O'Neal: Floor: 9.850
"Super solid front tuck through to bhs to double tuck - nice amplitude - huge smile on the landing - front -front full twist to front layout - nice - now time to sell with her special boogey moves - finishes with a well-controlled double pike and a final dance gesture."
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Casey Overton Starts The Bama BM At 9.85
Cassie Martin Tallies 9.50 On Bars
Morgan Totals 39.625 To Win The AA
Brittany Magee Nails A SC Regional Best BM With 9.9
Bye Bye Bye
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(Rotation 1 - Bama on Bye1 (3.5 MB))
Uneven Bars Score Post Meet Commentary on Skills Executed and Deductions
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(Rotation 2 - Bama on Bars (3.6 MB))
1 Kaitlin White
View the video for bars: Kaitlin White: 9.800 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for bars: Kaitlin White: 9.800 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.800 Full turn to Gienger release, pak salto, full turn to double tuck - sticks the landing but has to hold it in place by bending forward a bit at the waist. 
2 Ricki Lebegern
View the video for bars: Ricki Lebegern: 9.850 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for bars: Ricki Lebegern: 9.850 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.850 Front giant to straddle Jaeger - handstands and rotation speed throughout look solid - tuck full in dismount - slight foot shuffle on the landing as she fought very hard to keep from moving. 
3 Cassie Martin
View the video for bars: Cassie Martin: 9.500 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for bars: Cassie Martin: 9.500 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.500 Encounters trouble on her final elements moving into the dismount and ends up having to take an extra half turn swing back down, breaking her form in the process before having to kip back up. She finishes with a solid toe on 1/2 tuck (out) dismount. 
4 Morgan Dennis
View the video for bars: Morgan Dennis: 9.875 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for bars: Morgan Dennis: 9.875 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.875 Pike Jaeger out of a front giant and she sticks the double front dismount. 
5 Kayla Hoffman
View the video for bars: Kayla Hoffman: 9.750 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for bars: Kayla Hoffman: 9.750 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.750 Throws a super full turn to Tkatchev and nails her double layout but has to bend the knees a bit during the salto in air because she just brushed the high bar with her toes and had to compensate mid-air accordingly.  Amazing that she pulled it around from the look on Bryan Raschilla's face.
6 Kassi Price
View the video for bars: Kassi Price: 9.900 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for bars: Kassi Price: 9.900 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.900 Beautiful Hindorff to free hip giant back to hs and a stuck double layout dismount. Very nice routine.
Team Total 49.175
Balance Beam Score Post Meet Commentary on Skills Executed and Deductions
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(Rotation 3 - Bama on Beam (3.1 MB))
1 Casey Overton
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9.850 Completes the flight series, leap series, without a glitch; full turn to sheep jump and she nails the landing of the bhs to full twist dismount.
2 Ashley O'Neal
View the video for beam: Ashley ONeal: 9.575 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for beam: Ashley ONeal: 9.575 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.575 Flight series - perfect bhs to layout stepout - switch leap to straddle (little hesitancy and shoulder shift) - full turn - punch front (tuck ) - perfect - dismounts with the most difficult move in NCAA - a running front double punch tuck - bounds forward on the landing with a large lunge but does not touch down - that will still be anywhere from 3-4 tenths deduction.
3 Ricki Lebegern
View the video for beam: Ricki Lebegern: 9.725 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for beam: Ricki Lebegern: 9.725 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.725 Flight series of bhs to layout step-out - perfect. Switch leap to straddle jump - a little balance check but she keeps moving - nice side straddle leap - full turn - side Somi - balance wave of the arms at the waist - another switch leap to straddle jump executed to more completely connect the two but again she seems a little tentative and does not complete it smoothly enough - double twist dismount - check step on landing. 
4 Brittany Magee
View the video for beam: Brittany Magee: 9.900 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for beam: Brittany Magee: 9.900 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.900 Beautiful flight series of the one arm bhs to layout step-out and a front aerial - pinpoint accuracy - switch leap to pike jump - terrific - gainer bhs - looking really good - full turn with leg horizontal to another 1/4 turn with dance move to keep the flow going - finishes with an excellent dismount of the 1 1/2 twist off the end of the beam. Great gut check performance by Magee.
5 Kassi Price
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9.900 Throws the front aerial to beat jump and bhs to layout step-out flight series - switch leap to wolf jump looks good - full turn - wolf front aerial - nice - round off to double tuck dismount - nails the landing!  Solid effort.
6 Morgan Dennis
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9.875 Front aerial to beat jump - nice. Flight series - bhs to layout step-out to another layout stepout - perfect! Switch leap to straddle jump - looks good - switch side leap straddle - very nice - round off to double tuck - one step back on the landing. Whoosh! 
Team Total 49.250
Bye Bye Bye
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Floor Exercise Score Post Meet Commentary on Skills Executed and Deductions
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(Rotation 5 - Bama on Floor (3.0 MB))
1 Ashley O'Neal
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9.850 Super solid front tuck through to bhs to double tuck - nice amplitude - huge smile on the landing - front -front full twist to front layout - nice - now time to sell with her special boogey moves - finishes with a well-controlled double pike and a final dance gesture.
2 Kaitlin White
View the video for floor: Kaitlin White: 9.850 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for floor: Kaitlin White: 9.850 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.850 Opens with the difficult front punch layout through to a front double full twist - step back to balance the landing but still keeps it under control - comes back with a double pike - step back to balance but landed it chest high - she finishes with a front to immediate Rudi - great smile to finish,
3 Ricki Lebegern
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9.850 Opens with a triple twist - nice control on the landing - one step back to balance - head high - front -front full twist to front layout - very nice - split leap to split full combination - finishes with a double pike - step back to balance the landing - great form in the air - on time with the music too. 
4 Kassi Price
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9.850 Opens with a 2 1/2 to punch front tuck - great landing as usual - follows with a double tuck - lands it chest high - super control - ends with a difficult double pike - chest down a bit, legs also separated - moves into the final dance element and salutes the judges. 
5 Kayla Hoffman
View the video for floor: Kayla Hoffman: 9.875 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for floor: Kayla Hoffman: 9.875 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.875 Opens with a difficult pike full in - nice control - 2 1/2 to front layout - gorgeous in the air and on landing - huge smile now - split leap to split leap full jump combo with excellent toe point and extension - finishes with a double pike - has to check her landing forward on one foot - chest down a bit, hence the step forward - routine was looking great up until that point, so they will have to deduct for that execution flaw while she still gets rewarded for the difficulty and form on her first two passes.
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 Double layout (E) to open - superb as usual. Follows with the second E pass of a tuck full in - awesome control in the air and on landing - switch leap to switch leap full combo - finishes with a tuck through to bhs to double tuck - awesome again! Where do you take off? Big hug from the Bama coaches and a loud Roll Tide Roll can be heard from the large Bama contingent behind us.
Team Total 49.350
Vault Score Post Meet Commentary on Skills Executed and Deductions
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1 Casey Overton
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9.850 Nails the opening vault Y 1/1 for the Gym TIde. Patterson and Raschilla slam her with the high fives (one judge scored it a 9.90).
2 Brittany Magee
View the video for vault: Brittany Magee: 9.900 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for vault: Brittany Magee: 9.900 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.900 Y 1/1 - best we've seen from her in a good while - she certainly warmed up her technique enough to earn it in competition and she is rewarded accordingly.
3 Kaitlin White
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9.875 Comes right back with her own stuck version of the Y 1/1  - best since her freshman year at nationals. One judge scored it a 9.95.
4 Ricki Lebegern
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9.875 Y 1.5 - powerful in the air - shifts the slightest bit on the landing from our angle.
5 Morgan Dennis
View the video for vault: Morgan Dennis: 9.950 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for vault: Morgan Dennis: 9.950 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.950 Another perfectly stuck Y 1/1 - crowd behind us yelling "10" - unbelievable performance by the Tide on this event - Morgan gets the big score of 9.95 for her great amplitude and stuck landing chest high.
6 Kayla Hoffman
View the video for vault: Kayla Hoffman: 9.925 (HIGH Bandwidth) View the video for vault: Kayla Hoffman: 9.925 (Normal Bandwidth)
9.925 Sticks her Y 1/1 with truly effortless form in the air - one judge scored it a 10.
Team Total 49.525

Final: 197.300


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Ricki Lebegern Racks Up A 9.85 Bars Score
Brittany Magee Shares The BM Title With Kassi At 9.9
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Ricki Keeps The Tide Rolling With A 9.85 FL
Kaitlin And Coach David Celebrate A 9.875 VT
Ashley O'Neal Dances To A 9.85 FL Score
Kassi Price Adds 9.85 To The Bama FL
Brittany Launches Her Super 9.9 VT
SR Kaitlin Tallies A Fine 9.85 FL
Kassi Price Wins SC Regional Bars With A 9.90
Morgan Dennis Pikes Thru To A 9.875
Kaitlin White Scores 9.80 On Bars
Ricki Lebegern Scores 39.30 In The AA
Kayla Hoffman Scores 9.875 On FL
Kassi Takes A Share Of The BM Title With A 9.90
Casey Overton Sprints To A 9.85 VT
Kayla Hoffman Turns For A 9.75
Morgan Dennis Wins VT With A 9.95
Ashley O'Neal Switch-leaps With Super Amplitude


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