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Post Meet Commentary: NCAA Championships (Finals) (Friday, April 25, 2008)
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Alabama Crimson Tide at NCAA National Championships (SuperSix): Post Meet Commentary

Despite drawing the coveted Olympic rotation order (VT-UB-BB-FX), the Crimson Tide was unable to take proper advantage on their first three events, resulting in a sixth place finish in the Super Six Finals here in Stegeman Coliseum on the campus of the University of Georgia.  The Crimson Tide was the only team that had to count a fall on an event (48.425 on balance beam) and yet recovered from the disappointment to navigate the highest score on floor exercise in the sixth rotation among all teams competing (49.525).  Senior Kaitlin White concluded a great career for the Crimson Tide by performing on the uneven bars (9.775) and Floor Exercise (9.850) in the Super Six.  The Tide will now look forward to post-season honors (3 gymnasts reached first team All America status), both athletically and academically, as they close out the 2008 season with the Medalist Club banquet at Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday, May 3rd at 7 pm.  Here are some of the observations recorded during the Super Six Finals:

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Morgan Hits Big For A 9.95 FL
Kayla Hoffman Is Near Perfect On FL At 9.925
Kassi Price Scores 9.90 On Bars
Ricki Is A Hit On FL For 9.90
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Vault Score Post Meet Commentary on Skills Executed and Deductions
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1 Casey Overton 9.850 Yurchenko 1/1 – great vault, stuck the landing.
2 Brittany Magee 9.725 Yurchenko 1/1 - nice in the air, shuffle step back and a quick salute to the judges.
3 Kayla Hoffman 9.750 Yurchenko 1/1 - stuck but bent at the waist. Not sure why the coaches put the Tide's best vaulter up in third position.
4 Ricki Lebegern 9.825 Yurchenko 1.5 - strong landing, but body a bit bent with soft knees from our angle.
5 Kassi Price 9.775 Yurchenko Arabian – despite sticking the vault, there were form deductions that resulted in lower score - body rubber-banded during flight from our angle.
6 Morgan Dennis 9.900 Great Y 1/1 vault, stuck it.  A little pike down but landed chest high.
Team Total 49.100
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 9.775 Starts on bars - hits a great routine - full turn to Gienger to pak salto and sticks the double tuck chest high out of a full turn.
2 Ricki Lebegern 9.800 Front giant to straddle Jaeger looks solid - nice handstands and she sticks the full in dismount.
3 Casey Overton 9.800 Hits her routine tonight like a champion! Full turn to Tkatchev to pak Salto and she sticks the double tuck out of a full turn.
4 Morgan Dennis 9.775 Great routine going until the end - sizable step forward on the double front - that gives the judges room to deduct easily.
5 Kayla Hoffman 9.800 Almost encounters trouble on her bars routine but counters in time with another half-turn giant and finishes with a stuck double layout.
6 Kassi Price 9.900 Finishes the rotation for the Tide with a beautiful Hindorff to free hip giant back to handstand and sticks the double layout chest high with a huge smile on her face as she salutes the judges.
Team Total 49.075
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 - bhs to layout step-out - full turn - sheep jump - switch side leap - bhs to full twist off side - nails the landing. Super consistent this year for the Tide on this event.
2 Ashley O'Neal 9.225 Starts with a bhs to layout stepout - switch leap to straddle - punch front tuck - perfect - running double front dismount - unfortunately, she sits it down again. So difficult but so risky. Would not have minded seeing the coaches put in the running front full twist since she struggled with this dismount yesterday in preliminaries.
3 Ricki Lebegern 9.775 In the line of fire - second day in a row - bhs to layout step-out - perfect - switch leap to straddle jump - switch side leap - full turn - side Somi - great! Dismounts with a round off to double twist - slight foot shuffle on the landing but great composure throughout this routine. Score seems a little conservative considering her composure and the flow of this routine.
4 Kassi Price 9.250 Aerial front walk-over mount – unfortunately, she falls on the second front aerial later in the routine, just a bit too tentative going into this element - bhs to layout step-out looks solid - switch leap to wolf jump - full turn - wolf front aerial - to beat jump looks good – round off to double tuck dismount - one step back.
5 Brittany Magee 9.725 Bends at the waist on her bhs to layout step-out but stays on - front aerial - switch leap to pike jump to tuck full jump combination - solid! Gainer bhs to layout step-out - full turn with leg horizontal - dismounts with a 1 1/2, small step forward.
6 Morgan Dennis 9.850 Will finish up for the Tide on beam - front aerial to beat jump - bhs to layout stepout - beautiful - switch leap to straddle jump - nice - full turn - switch side leap looks terrific - dismounts with a round off to double tuck - shuffle scoot back. Great recovery for the team in the anchor spot.
Team Total 48.425
Bye2 Bye2 Bye2
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Floor Exercise Score Post Meet Commentary on Skills Executed and Deductions
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(Rotation 6 - Bama on Floor (2.4 MB))
1 Ashley O'Neal 9.825 Opens with a double tuck - solid landing - great front-front full twist to front layout - finishes with a double pike - nails the landing without a step back to control. Way to go O!
2 Kaitlin White 9.850 Nails the front double full beautifully - follows right behind with an excellent double pike landed chest high as well - finishes with a Rudi out of a punch front layout - terrific landing again and a fantastic final routine for the Tide from our Texas senior. She receives a long hug from Bryan Raschilla and the Coaches Patterson.
3 Ricki Lebegern 9.900 Very nice opening triple - comes back with a front-front full twist to front layout - ends with a perfect double pike.
4 Kayla Hoffman 9.925 Opens with a strong pike full in - 2 1/2 to punch front layout - landed on a dime - ends with a double pike - perfect landing! 
5 Kassi Price 9.900 Opens with a 2 1/2 to punch tuck - comes right back with a triple for her second pass - nice landing - cat leap double to cat leap 1 1/2 - finishes with a double tuck - a little leg separation on the landing but she stands it up well.
6 Morgan Dennis 9.950 Our showstopper and defending floor national champion will close out on the final event for the Tide - opens with a double layout - gorgeous! Second pass of the tuck full in looks great - finishes with a tuck through to a double tuck - great finish!  Bama finishes the competition with the best floor score by a team and can hold their heads high as they depart the arena.
Team Total 49.525

Final: 196.125


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Brittany Magee
Kassi Adds 9.90 To The Bama FL Score
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Morgan Dennis
Morgan Crushes A 9.90 VT
Ricki Lebegern Is Smooth On Bars At 9.80
Brittany Magee Scores 9.725 On BM
Ricki Lebegern Scores 9.775 On BM
Kassi Price
Morgan Dennis Gets A Bama-best 9.85 On BM
Ashley Springs To A 9.825 FL
Casey Overton
Kaitlin White
Ashley O'Neal
Casey Overton Sheep-jumps For A 9.825 BM
Kayla Hoffman Spins To A 9.80 Bars
Casey Overton Swings To A 9.80 Bars
SR Kaitlin White Finishes Strong For A 9.85 FL


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