The most important story on the Thursday of Championships is … what 3 teams move on to the Super 6 Team Finals. And what 3 teams are finished for the season.
From Session 1 of two today:
LSU, Nebraska and Oregon State did not make the cut.
UCLA 196.875
Utah 196.625
Oklahoma 196.550
Nebraska 196.175
Oregon State 196.050
LSU 196.025
LSU was the team that most impressed me today … until Beam. Last rotation. Two girls fell. They counted a routine with a fall for Team.
The best live blog coverage is Anne on Gymnastike. If you prefer, it goes out to Twitter, as well: follow gymnastike. (Still no twitter hashtag for this meet. Who’s in charge of social media for the NCAA? It’s 2010.)
UCLA was very shaky compared to the dominating meet they had at Regionals. Bars could certainly be better. Anchor Mizuki Sato fell on Beam, but they still pulled off a 49.125
The loudest fans were from Utah. Perhaps it helped. No team was more over-scored than Utah on Bars. I was embarrassed for that judging panel.
Actually the Bars scores were awful throughout the meet. Nobody was “ranked” except the very best few routines. It’s time NCAA fixes the Bar regulations.
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