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[01 Auburn]
[02 Kentucky]
[03 Georgia]
[04 Arkansas]
[05 Denver]
[06 LSU]
[07 Florida]
[08 Auburn]
[09 Penn St, Ohio State]
[10 Stanford]
[11 Oklahoma, UNC]
[12 SEC Championship]
[13 NCAA Regional Championship]
[14 NCAA Championships (Thurs)]
[15 NCAA Championships (Finals)]
[16 NCAA Championships (IND Events)]
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Post Meet Commentary: NCAA Championships (Finals) (Friday, April 17, 2009)
( [Alabama: 197.575] [Georgia: 197.825] [Utah: 197.425] [Florida: 196.725] [Arkansas: 196.475] [LSU: 196.375])
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[Note: continued frim Part1 - Session 2...]
Marching into the Super Six with renewed confidence the next night, Alabama was well aware that there would be little margin of error allowed to seriously vie for the national title. The Tide drew the coveted Olympic rotation, starting on vault with an impressive team total of 49.425. Highlights this time were provided by the freshman-sophomore-junior trio of Priess, Hoffman and Dennis, who matched each other with 9.90 scores. Lebegern garnered a 9.875 for her more difficult Yurchenko 1.5 and Stack-Eaton (9.85) and Terry (9.80) stood up strong Yurchenko 1/1 vaults of their own to set-up their teammates from the #1 and 2 positions respectively. Alabama kept the momentum going on the uneven bars (49.325), where Hoffman redeemed herself from the night before with panache, hitting her Tkatchev and sticking the double layout dismount cold for a 9.90. Dennis (9.90) and Priess (9.875) performed outstanding routines as well and junior Kassi Price successfully returned (9.80) to the bars line-up on her signature event for the first time since a broken finger side-lined her during the second half of the season. The Tide took a bye in rotation three before moving to their final events, balance beam (49.325) and floor exercise (49.500). Teamwork was the order of the day on the beam once again, as the Tide rocked six for six routines, despite the Georgia Bulldog fans who were screaming loudly nearby during their team's vault run. Bama then rotated to the floor exercise, leading off with senior Ashley O'Neal (9.875), who was truly electric with her smile and dance as she tumbled for the final time in a Crimson Tide leo. Her tears were evident after the final pose and salute to the judges - she had managed to perform her best on the night that counted the most. Sullivan (9.875), Stack-Eaton (9.90), Lebegern (9.875), Priess (9.90) and Dennis (9.95) made the Crimson Tide fans proud as well with their final efforts for the 2009 season, despite coming in just short of the tenacious Dawgs (-.250).
The Crimson Tide will now look forward to some well-deserved rest, along with rehabbing some of those persistent aches that go along with the sport. And for junior Casey Overton, a little off-season clean-up surgery will take place soon to help her regain her shoulder flexibility on balance beam, vault and floor exercise for her senior campaign. Alabama will welcome newcomers Marissa Gutierrez (WGA-Texans) and Ashley Sledge (World Class Gymnastics) to the team later in the summer and we will be busy reporting on their skills as well when the official Fall pre-season practices begin in September.
And finally, a huge "Thank You!" to all the loyal, dedicated, persistent fans of this team that never gave up during the 2009 campaign, even when the going got rocky around mid-season. We know that the coaches, gymnasts and their families appreciate your support and view it as absolutely vital to producing winning teams on the gym floor, year in and year out. Please know that you are NEVER taken for granted by the powers that be. Roll Tide!
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Post Meet Commentary on Skills Executed and Deductions
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| 1 Geralen Stack-Eaton |
9.850 |
Yurchenko 1/1 - tiny bunny hop on the landing - nice twist in the air. Score: 9.850 |
| 2 Rachel Terry |
9.800 |
Yurchenko 1/1 - one step back on the landing - nice distance and solid twist in the air. Score: 9.800 |
| 3 Ashley Priess |
9.900 |
Yurchenko 1/1 - nails her landing super solid, just like in the extended warm-ups! Score: 9.900 |
| 4 Ricki Lebegern |
9.875 |
Yurchenko 1.5 - tiniest check on the landing - excellent distance but they are not going to give her as much credit for that more difficult vault. Score: 9.875 |
| 5 Kayla Hoffman |
9.900 |
Tiny shuffle back on her landing of the Yurchenko 1/1 but it looked great in the air - such flair! Score: 9.900 |
| 6 Morgan Dennis |
9.900 |
Much better vault tonight - Yurchenko 1/1 - Score: 9.900 |
| Team Total |
49.425 |
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| 1 Ricki Lebegern |
9.800 |
Great routine - straddle Jaeger - nails the tuck full in dismount like she needed to do to start us off on a great note. Score: 9.800 |
| 2 Kassi Price |
9.800 |
Free hip giant to handstand - nice handstands - Tkatchev release - solid double layout dismount landing. Score: 9.800 |
| 3 Geralen Stack-Eaton |
9.850 |
Great routine - Tkatchev to pak salto to giant 1/2 on the low bar to toe shoot straddle back to the high bar - full pirouette to stuck double tuck dismount. Score: 9.850 |
| 4 Kayla Hoffman |
9.900 |
Beautiful routine tonight - full pirouette to Tkatchev - stuck double layout dismount. Score: 9.900 |
| 5 Morgan Dennis |
9.900 |
Great routine - pike Jaeger - sticks the double front Arabian after struggling with it in the warm-ups. Score: 9.900 |
| 6 Ashley Priess |
9.875 |
Super routine - toe on toe off to another toe on toe off to full turn to Tkatchev to pak salto and a Khorkina release near the end (tiny hop on the landing of the double layout). Score: 9.875 |
| Team Total |
49.325 |
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Post Meet Commentary on Skills Executed and Deductions
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| 1 Ricki Lebegern |
9.875 |
Perfect start off routine for the Tide - hit the flight and leap series - side Somi and nailed the landing of the double twist. Score: 9.875 |
| 2 Caitlin Sullivan |
9.850 |
Great concentration throughout this routine - Dawgs yelling along with Ute fans in her ears - hits the elements but has to improvise a bit on the front aerial to sheep jump - separates these elements and throws in a flutter jump to get her leap combination. Sticks the landing of the round off to 1 1/2 twist. Score: 9.850 |
| 3 Kassi Price |
9.775 |
Hit all the elements but had a shoulder drop on the wolf front aerial - sticks the double twist dismount. Score: 9.775 |
| 4 Geralen Stack-Eaton |
9.850 |
Steady gal - hit the flight and leap series and the four element combination - hitch kick to front aerial to stag leap to immediate gainer full twist off the side - stuck the landing! Score: 9.850 |
| 5 Morgan Dennis |
9.850 |
Hits all her elements - one small step back on the double tuck dismount. Score: 9.850 |
| 6 Ashley Priess |
9.900 |
Excellent routine - very aggressive from start to finish - sticks the landing of the switch leap to gainer full twist off the side as well. Score: 9.900 |
| Team Total |
49.325 |
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| 1 Ashley O'Neal |
9.875 |
Double tuck to open - front-front full twist to front layout - nice - nice straddle full to wolf full combo - finishes so strong - double pike - crying now, her last event for the Crimson Tide. Score: 9.875 |
| 2 Caitlin Sullivan |
9.875 |
Hits the double pike and double tuck very well - finishes with the front-front- to front full twist to leg scale - very nice routine and finish. Score: 9.875 |
| 3 Geralen Stack-Eaton |
9.900 |
Stuck double front Arabian! Warrior! perfect second pass of the front-front-front layouts - cat leap double to Shushonova in straddle position. Double pike to close - superb!. Score: 9.900 |
| 4 Ricki Lebegern |
9.850 |
Triple to open - slight balance check - front-front full twist to front tuck - super double pike to close out strong. Score: 9.850 |
| 5 Ashley Priess |
9.900 |
Opens with a super high and clean double tuck - big smile on her face - ring leap to double stag leap - round off to 1 1/2 to front layout - gorgeous - double leaping turn (straight body position) - finishes with a super double pike and a saucy grin for the judge to her left. Score: 9.900 |
| 6 Morgan Dennis |
9.950 |
Huge double layout - no problems tonight - cat leap 1 1/2 - perfect double tuck out of a tuck through - switch leap full to straddle full combo - closes with a double tuck - perfect finisih. Way to go Tide! 2nd Place! |
| Team Total |
49.500 |
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Ashley ONeal Leads Off The Bama FL With A Personal-best 9.875
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