Alabama: 197.00
Oklahoma: 196.600

1st - Ashley Priess of UA
2nd - Shire of Mizzou
3rd - Morgan Dennis of UA
4th - Perry of Mizzou and Jackson of OU
6th - Geralen Stack-Eaton of UA and DeProspero of OU

Vault: Kayla Hoffman (UA) 1st with Melanie Root of OU; Priess, Dennis and Stack-Eaton tie for 3rd
Bars - 1st - Kayla Hoffman (UA); 6th Place: Sarah Shire and Adrienne Perry (Mizzou); 4th - Hollie Vise, Mary Burke, Ashley Priess,
Beam - 1st - Ashley Priess (UA); 2nd - Kassi Price and Caitlin Sullivan (UA) and Sarah Shire of Mizzou; 6th - Morgan Dennis with a host of other gals from a variety of teams
Floor - 1st - Morgan Dennis of UA; 2nd - Ricki Lebegern of UA; 3rd - Smith, Jackson, Flanery of OU; 6th - Kinder, Stone of OU; Shire and Perry of Mizzou; Priess of UA and Kristin Teubner of Central Michigan

Alabama and OU will advance to the NCAA National Championships
Missouri finishes third with a 196.00 team score.
Central Michigan is in fourth with a 194.950
New Hampshire is in fifth with a 193.650
Maryland is in sixth with a 192.725

Ricki Lebegern - falls on her flight series - pressure immediately on the rest of the crew - switch leap to straddle jump - side switch straddle leap - side Somi - no problem - double twist dismount - tiny hop back. Score: 9.275
Caitlin Sullivan - shoulder mount handstand - split leg scale pose - switch leap to straddle - nice - bhs to layout step out - awesome - full turn - hitch kick to front aerial to stag jump to gainer full twist - stuck it! That's teamwork! Score: 9.900!
Kassi Price - gainer front walkover onto the beam to side pose - front aerial to back handspring - nice! full turn - side Somi - very nice - switch leap to wolf - wolf front aerial - to flutter jump - dismounts with a round off double twist - small hop - Bama crowd is on their feet cheering loud to welcome her back! Score: 9.900
Geralen Stack-Eaton - steps back on the bhs to layout stepout to balance the landing and then steps forward as well but stays on - front aerial to sheep jump - another balance check - dismounts with a round off to 1 1/2 - sticks the landing. Score: 9.750
Morgan Dennis - nice bhs to layout stepout - switch leap to straddle jump - front aerial - works down on the beam - round off to double tuck dismount - one step back on the landing. Score: 9.850
Ashley Priess - sheep jump - switch leap to two straddle jumps - front aerial to back Korbut dive - very nice - full turn with leg horizontal - dismounts with a switch leap followed by a gainer full twist dismount, sticks the landing! Big gasp and cheer from the crowd (of relief!!) Score: 9.950 Team score: 49.350 Great teamwork Bama!

Ricki Lebegern - front giant to straddle Jaeger - tiny check of one foot in place on the tuck full in dismount - landed chest high - Score: 9.775
Rachel Terry - hop 1/1 to hop 1/2 - check of one foot back on the tuck full in dismount. Score: 9.775
Geralen Stack-Eaton - Tkatchev to pak salto - full turn to double tuck - tiny hop in place on the landing. Score: 9.800
Kayla Hoffman - huge routine! gorgeous Tkatchev - stuck double layout - big smile on the sophomore's face. Score: 9.950!
Morgan Dennis - hits the first handstand perfectly - huge front giant to pike Jaeger - nice bail to handstand - just misses perfect on the final handstand - slight check in place of the double front Arabian - Score: 9.800 (booo! the crowd is not pleased with that one!)
Ashley Priess - great routine from start to finish - toe on toe off to toe on toe off to Tkatchev to pak salto - Khorkina - double layout - slightest shuffle on the landing. Score: 9.90
Team: 49.225 Running score of 147.65 after their third event.

Oklahoma finishes on vault with a 49.175 - final team score of 196.600.

Missouri finishes on beam with a 49.00 even - Shire hit a 9.90 to close, Perry a 9.85 - they have a final team score of 196.00



OU is on the vault, Missouri on beam, Central Michigan on floor

OU on FX - 49.325 Mizzou on UB - 49.350 NH on BB 48.825 Maryland on vault 48.500

OU - Stone - double pike to open - 2 1/2 to punch tuck - solid - closes with a Rudi - a little off on the landing and to her right to balance it but stands it up. Score: 9.85
DeProspero - 2 1/2 to punch layout on mat - lands with step back and to the right to balance. Double pike to follow (pretty) - closes with another double pike - very high, nice landing as well. Score: 9.800 - she was deducted on the first pass and possibly for doing two double back pikes?
Kinder - whip through to a double tuck - nice landing - comes right back with another double tuck - rudi to close with a little balance shuffle at the end. Score: 9.850
Flanery - rudi to shushonova to close - Score: 9.875
Jackson - double pike to open on floor - whip 1/2 to whip full - double tuck to close. Solid! Score: 9.875 (two 9.90s, a 9.75 a 9.85)
Kristin Smith - double pike - whip 1/2 to whip full - 2 1/2 to close - very nice routine. Score: 9.875 Team score: 49.325 147.425 after 3 rotations

Missouri, despite being 19th on the uneven bars at the end of the regular season, end up scoring a 49.350 on this event. Nice stuck landings helped - Hatcher and Burke scored 9.90s.

Maryland struggled with their vaults - 48.500 as a team
New Hampshire did pretty good on balance beam - 48.825 as a team - had one fall by Keeley Smith that they were able to throw out.

Maryland is at 96.225

Alabama will be on a second bye in rotation four. OU is on floor, Missouri on bars, New Hampshire on balance beam and Maryland on vault. Central Michigan is on a bye as well.

Geralen Stack-Eaton - sticks the Yurchenko 1/1 just like in warm-ups earlier. Huge smile on her face. Score: 9.85 (first up blues)
Rachel Terry - Yurchenko 1/1 - chest down, step forward - twisting in the air slowed. Score: 9.650
Ashley Priess - Yurchenko 1/1 - stuck it! Big smile on her face as well. Score: 9.85 (one scored it a 9.90)
Ricki Lebegern - Yurchenko 1.5 - one deep knee bend forward - never seemed to spot the ground - Score: 9.60
Kayla Hoffman - Huge Yurchenko 1/1 - tiniest shuffle back - Score: 9.900
Morgan Dennis - Yurchenko 1/1 - big hop back but huge in the air and great distance. Score: 9.85 Team score: 49.100

Alabama moves to the vault in rotation three. Central Michigan is on beam, Maryland on floor and New Hampshire is on bars.

OU is at 98.100 after completing bars and beam (on a bye in rotation three)
Missouri is at 97.650 after completing floor and vault (also on a bye in rotation three)

Ashley O'Neal - excellent opening pass landing of a front tuck through to a round off to double tuck - front-front full twist to front layout - very nice - straddle full to wolf full - closes with a double pike - super landing. Score: 9.825

Caitlin Sullivan - double pike to open - excellent - Double tuck - balance step back - really selling her dance in this routine - cat leap double to cat leap 1 1/2 - closes with a front-front-to front full tuck (should have been a front full in layout position, bent knees a bit as she was coming out of it) - lunges forward and out of it with a leg scale - that will be a deduction for execution. Score: 9.700

Geralen Stack-Eaton - opens with a double front Arabian - awesome! Front-front-front layouts - very nice - closes with a strong double pike - Score: 9.825

Ricki Lebegern - opens with a double tuck - super - front-front full twist - front layout - very nice - nails the final double pike - spells out B-A-M-A in front of the Ten Troupe - great routine - Score: 9.900

Ashley Priess - double tuck to open - 1 1/2 to front layout - gorgeous in the air and landing - closes with a double pike - super! Score: 9.85

Morgan Dennis - gorgeous double layout to open - cat leap 1 1/2 - tuck through to round off to double tuck - great landing - split full leaps in combination - closes with a double tuck - awesome finish! Bama fans on their feet cheering her routine. Score: 9.925

Alabama is in shiny metallic crimson red with a huge silver grey A scripted logo on the bodice front - their warm-up leo had the A in houndstooth print. Looks great!

Central Michigan is in cranberry with a beige ribbon undulating on the front and onto the back.

OU - 49.125 Missouri - 48.925 Maryland - 48.525 NH - 48.225

OU - DeProspero on bars - Tkatchev - double layout - one step back on the landing. Score: 9.75
OU - Root - pretty lines - Tkatchev - double front dismount - large step forward and almost right under the high bar. Score: 9.775
OU - Kinder - sticks the double layout - legs apart - nice lines as well - 9.775
OU - Jackson - shaposh - Tkatchev - double tuck dismount - stuck. Feet flexed throughout, some leg separations, but more aggressive routine. Score: 9.825
OU - Ferguson - straddle Jaeger - touched mat on lower shoot over - full in - stuck. Score: 9.850 - did four judges miss her two feet hit that mat?
OU - Vise - nice routine - pike Jaeger - stuck double tuck. Score: 9.900 Team: 49.125

NH - Steinberg throws a Hristakieva vault - jarring step back on the landing - legs a little separated during flight as well. Score: 9.600 - rest of vaults score 9.60, 9.65 and one a 9.725.

Missouri - Hatcher - triple twist to open - falls on her final pass. Score: 9.075
Alex Gold scored a 9.700 before her. Guider a 9.750. Burke: 9.775
Sarah Shire - opens with a super high double pike - rudi - cat leap 1 1/2 - finishes with a double tuck - major cowboy but right in front of the Mizzou fans, who love it! Score: 9.85
Adrienne Perry - double pike to open - rudi - double tuck to close. Score: 9.85

Oklahoma is in shiny red metallic and white with a thin black band separating the bodice and lower torso areas. Maryland is in black and red, Missouri is in black with metallic yellow tiger stripes in a chevron design on the front and sleeves. New Hampshire is in navy blue with parallel silver sequin stripes on the bodice at a diagonal angle.

The #3 Alabama Crimson Tide Gymnastics Team is coming off their sixth SEC Championship title and yet tonight must put all the warm fuzzy feelings associated with that incredible victory aside and shift focus to the most important competition of the season - the regional qualifying meet, where only the top two scoring teams will advance to the NCAA Championships in Lincoln, Nebraska. Alabama knows the slate is wiped clean for all six teams competing here tonight and this means the Tide must be on their toes and hit six for six on all four events to control their destiny. Bama has a bye before starting on two of their best events, floor and vault. They can make a strong statement right out of the chute if they perform like we saw two weeks ago in Nashville on these events. The Tide will then rotate out on a second bye before returning on their final two events, uneven bars and balance beam. Bama will need championship type performances from their top all-arounders, Priess, Dennis, Lebegern and Stack-Eaton on these last two events, along with Kassi Price, who is replacing steady junior Casey Overton as she continues to rehab her shoulder. The crowd has arrived in good numbers to support the current SEC Champions, so let's see if the gals can give the home fans an even better performance than we saw in Nashville. Roll Tide!

for the march in. Bama looks ready to go. Judges start coming in to take their seats. Crowd is spread out, not expected to be large due to three other sports being in action, including baseball and women's softball. More fans are streaming in though.

New Hampshire will be on floor, Central Michigan will be on vault and Maryland will be on uneven bars.

On balance beam, expected competition order - Lebegern, Sullivan, Price (!), Geralen Stack-Eaton, Dennis and Priess.

Casey Overton will be held out due to one of her shoulders locking a bit where sutures from a previous surgery are shifting during some of her moves, which reduces her flexibility needed to complete forward and backward movements.

OU moves to their final event, vault, Missouri to their final event on balance beam and Central Michigan will be on floor.

Warming up in expected competition order on bars for the Crimson Tide: Lebegern, Terry, Geralen Stack-Eaton, Hoffman, Dennis, and Priess, with Mashburn in the 7th position.

Working extra hard on dismount landings for maximum scoring.

Maryland on vault, Missouri on bars and New Hampshire is on balance beam. Central Michigan is also on a bye with the Tide in rotation four.

while the managers are setting up the springboards - giggling in response to David Patterson's raised eyebrow regarding no unnecessary risks please!!!

Warming up vault in expected competition order: Geralen Stack-Eaton, Terry, Priess, Hoffman, Lebegern and Dennis, with Mashburn in the 7th position.

While Alabama is on vault, Maryland is on floor, New Hampshire on bars, and Central Michigan is on balance beam.

Lebegern will vault the 1.5 Yurchenko in the fifth position tonight. Geralen Stack-Eaton sticks two Yurchenko 1/1 vaults in a row. Hoffman and Priess looking very sharp with their Y 1/1s as well.

Alabama has just started their 15 minute extended warm-ups after the first bye - Bama starts the meet on the floor exercise.

Warming up for the Tide on floor in the expected competition order: O'Neal, Sullivan, Geralen Stack-Eaton, Lebegern, Priess, Dennis, with Price in the seventh position, Pearson in eighth. Team looks focused and ready.

Oklahoma (9th) will be on balance beam while the Tide is on floor, Missouri (15th) will be on the vault, Central Michigan will be on bars.

Alabama is wearing a new shiny metallic crimson leo with the official A logo on the front in houndstooth print - sequins abound near the neckline. This is the first time we can recall in modern time (say the past 25 years) that Alabama has had any logo print on their leo. It is very stylish and eye-catching. We'll see if it shows up in the official competition leo or a variation.