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Post Meet Commentary: NCAA Championships (Thurs Session1) (Thursday, April 24, 2008)
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Alabama Crimson Tide at NCAA National Championships (Thurs Session 1): Post Meet Commentary

The Crimson Tide returned to the Super Six in magnificent fashion this afternoon with a second place score of 196.650, joining Florida (196.900) and LSU (196.525) in Friday Night's finals against Georgia, Utah and Stanford for the right to compete for the championship trophy.  Alabama was able to overcome adversity on the beam (Ashley O'Neal - two uncharacteristic falls) and uneven bars (Casey Overton - missed the regrasp during her pak salto transition element) by countering with five very solid scores on these events.  Freshman Kayla Hoffman earned first team All America honors on vault while sophomore Morgan Dennis claimed her second first team honor on floor exercise and sophomore Kassi Price nabbed first team honors on the uneven bars.   Here are more highlights from the afternoon session:

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Casey Overton Tallies A Bama High 9.825 BM
Kassi Price Earns 1st Team AA On Bars With A 9.925
Morgan Dennis Is 1st Team AA On FL With A 9.925
Brittany Magee Adds 9.775 To The Bama BM
Balance Beam Score Post Meet Commentary on Skills Executed and Deductions
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1 Casey Overton 9.825 Front aerial, switch leap to straddle jump, bhs to layout step-out (beautiful), full turn to sheep jump, switch side straddle jump, very nice, bhs to full twist, sticks the landing. Could not ask for a better start for the Crimson Tide, effortless routine from start to finish.
2 Ashley O'Neal 8.600 Bhs to layout step-out (falls on second element) - switch leap to straddle jump, punch front - nice, falls also on her double front dismount - this unfortunately looked like a tentative routine from start to finish and you cannot be tentative on the balance beam.
3 Ricki Lebegern 9.700 BHS to layout step-out - right on! Leg lift but she stays on - switch leap to straddle - switch side leap - very nice - full turn - side Somi - very nice - dismounts with a round off to double twist and nails the landing! She is thrilled and runs off the podium to high five her teammates and coaches.
4 Brittany Magee 9.775 Dance move pose and back walkover (head) onto the beam - so elegant; one arm bhs to layout step-out - beautiful - front aerial walk over - terrific; switch leap to pike jump, awesome; gainer bhs layout is solid, 1 1/4 turn with leg horizontal - dismounts with a round off to 1 1/2, one step forward.
5 Kassi Price 9.800 Front aerial to beat jump - bhs to layout step-out - slight shoulder shift - switch leap to wolf jump looks good; full turn - wolf front aerial - to beat jump - dismounts with a round off to double tuck - sticks the landing!
6 Morgan Dennis 9.750 Front aerial (leaves out beat jump, slight shoulder check); bhs to layout step-out, slight foot lift; switch leap to straddle jump to beat jump combination; switch leap to beat jump - switch side jump - nice; dismounts with a round off to double tuck - nails the landing!
Team Total 48.850
Bye2 Bye2 Bye2
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Floor Exercise Score Post Meet Commentary on Skills Executed and Deductions
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(Rotation 3 - Bama on Floor (3.0 MB))
1 Ashley O'Neal 9.800 Opens with a front tuck through to round off to double tuck - excellent! Follows with a front through to front full twist to front layout - nice - straddle full to wolf full - finishes with a double pike - good landing, confident smile to end.
2 Kaitlin White 9.800 Opens with a front through to a front double twist - just pulls it around and stays in bounds - follows with a double pike - a little leg lift due to her super amplitude but she stands it up chest high - finishes with a front punch layout to immediate Rudi - excellent landing. 
3 Ricki Lebegern 9.850 Beautiful opening triple twist! Follows with a front-front full twist - to front layout - just a little off center relative to the corner - finishes with a double pike - perfect landing! Huge smile from her to close out. 
4 Kassi Price 9.850 Opens with a terrific 2 1/2 to punch front tuck - second pass is a triple - goes in a little flat but she lands it well - finishes with a double tuck - great landing again.
5 Kayla Hoffman 9.875 Opens with a pike full in - nails it! Follows with a 2 1/2 to punch front layout - excellent landing. Boogey time - switch leap to split full combination - finishes with a double pike - excellent, controlled landing.
6 Morgan Dennis 9.925 Opens with a double layout - awesome as usual on the amplitude and landing; follows with another E pass - tuck full in - one step back to balance the landing - finishes with a tuck through to double tuck - great landing, impressive difficulty displayed.
Team Total 49.300
Vault Score Post Meet Commentary on Skills Executed and Deductions
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1 Casey Overton 9.825 Starts with a Yurchenko 1/1 - nails the first vault up for the Tide.
2 Brittany Magee 9.775 Yurchenko 1/1 - tiny check step but she lands it well-centered, beautiful form in the air as well. 
3 Kaitlin White 9.750 Yurchenko 1/1 - sticks the vault but lands it a little chest down - not sure how the judges will view it but the Tide fans here are ecstatic. 
4 Ricki Lebegern 9.800 Yurchenko 1.5 - tiny check step on the landing of this more difficult vault, knees bent a bit in flight as well. 
5 Morgan Dennis 9.825 Yurchenko 1/1 - beautiful vault in the air but she scoots back on the landing. 
6 Kayla Hoffman 9.900 Yurchenko 1/1 - nails her vault with superb form, toe-point as usual. 
Team Total 49.125
Bye1 Bye1 Bye1
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Uneven Bars Score Post Meet Commentary on Skills Executed and Deductions
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1 Kaitlin White 9.825 Completes the full turn to Gienger, pak salto, sticks the landing of the double tuck out of another full turn. 
2 Ricki Lebegern 9.850 Great routine but she takes a small step on the tuck full in - straddle Jaeger out of a front giant - handstands looked very good. 
3 Casey Overton 9.300 Great routine going until the pak salto - she missed her grip on the low bar, weight behind her too much, so she went shooting under. Finishes with a full turn to double tuck.  Dang.
4 Morgan Dennis 9.900 Comes right back and nails her bars routine to show support for Casey. Beautiful front giant to pike Jaeger and a gorgeous stuck double front dismount. Dee Dee Foster is going hoarse right behind us, she is yelling so loud.  Highest score on this event ever for the Jersey gal.
5 Kayla Hoffman 9.875 Really nice form on the full turn to Tkatchev and just misses sticking the double layout, one step back but awesome distance on the landing from the high bar. 
6 Kassi Price 9.925 Beautiful routine from the sophomore - big Hindorff, free hip giant to hs, stuck double layout dismount. 
Team Total 49.375

Final: 196.650


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Ricki Rocks FL For A 9.85
Kaitlin White Whirls To A 9.80 FL
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Morgan Gets Full Extension And Scores 9.90 On Bars
Ricki Lebegern Swings To A Swift 9.85 Bars Score
Kayla Hoffman Adds A 9.875 FL
Casey Salutes And Posts A 9.825 VT
Kassi Price Leaps For A 9.85 FL
Ricki Lebegern
Brittany Magee Beams To A 9.775
Ashley ONeal Scores 9.80 On FL
Kayla Hoffman Hits A Tkachev And 9.875
Ashley ONeal
Casey Overton Pirouettes
Morgan Dennis
Kaitlin White Stretches Her Pak For A 9.825
Kaitlin White Vaults To A 9.75


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