Regionals Reside Weblog – Day 1

One thing to notice in each meets as we speak: Illinois and Boise State are the upper ranked total, however each Ball State and BYU have the upper whole of apparatuses NQSs. That may inform you that the lower-ranked groups have larger scoring potential total however haven’t at all times put it collectively in the identical meet.

So regionals was beginning nice.

It’s actually been a banner week up to now for satisfying streaming experiences.

For a second we had been a go, we noticed Ruthberg do a toe on on bars, after which we misplaced it once more. BUT WHAT A TOE ON! After which we noticed Molina salute after which misplaced it once more. BUT WHAT A SALUTE!

Do we now have it for actual now?

Mueller vault Illinois, yfull, bounce again, some hip angle and ft. 9.750

Szymanski – UB – Ball State – a bit tshort first hs – large full to a excessive gienger, leg separation on catch, connects to overshoot – large full, a bit previous, double tuck, chest ahead, step. 9.700

Ward – VT – Illinois – y1.5, lands considerably brief with a bounce again, leg separation on the finish and a few knees and course. 9.800

Teter – UB – Ball State – hits first hs – large full, stable end into tkatchev, excessive some kind on the finish, connects to overshoot – a bit shy on hs on excessive – blind to double entrance 1/2 out, small motion. 9.800

After 1:
Illinois 48.875
Ball State 48.800

Scores decrease than the groups could have turn into used to throughout the season, however Illinois will likely be pleased with the margin right here. Ball State usually discovered its finest scores on bars this yr and would have needed a lead after 1.

Rotation 2

Martinez – VT – Ball State – fairly large bounce again on yfull, some pike and ankle place. 9.750

Mueller – UB – Illinois – brief first hs – blind to jaeger, fairly – bail, some hip angle within the air, will get there – higher closing forged hs vertical – DLO, legs aside, holds onto stick. 9.800

Teter – VT – Ball State – handspring entrance pike, enormous .2 certain ahead . 9.675

Denning – UB – Illinois – toe on to maloney, some leg break, into bail, identical, and a little bit of angle on catch – hitting forged positions – DLO, step again. 9.750

Middleton – VT – Ball State – yfull, good way, bounce again and off course. 9.825

Knight – UB – Illinois – toe on to maloney, some leg break however not as massive as Denning, stable legs on bail – hits forged hs on excessive – DLO, slight management adjustment. 9.850

Pfister – VT – Ball State – handspring pike 1/2, good one, very small motion again. 9.900

Ewald – UB – Illinois – blind to jaeger, will get it – stable ft place – pak, excessive however leg separation and a few kind, will get it once more – hits forged hs on excessive – FTDT, step again. 9.750

Ruthberg – VT – Ball State – yfull, pretty small hop to the facet however extra pike than a few of the others, some course. 9.800

Takekawa – UB – Illinois – blind to piked jaeger, good – hits hs on excessive – bail, small hip angle – robust forged hs place – DLO, legs collectively, holds persist with some chest place, good. 9.900

Henry – VT – Ball State – y1.5, hits, fairly massive lunge ahead and a few knee place and course. 9.825

Saltness – UB – Illinois – hits first hs – Ray, good peak, some ft – tight forged hs – fairly pak work – 1/2 activate low – large full on excessive bar may be very very late and couldn’t get her timing into the double tuck dismount, falls

Ball State will decide up some floor on this second rotation now, with a 49.100 on vault to Illinois’s 49.050 on bars.

After 2
Illinois 97.925
Ball State 97.900

Shaping as much as be a great one. You assume Ball State should take a lead on flooring now with Illinois on beam in the event that they’re to have a shot at this one.

Rotation 3

Townes – BB – Illinois – swap to straddle 1/4, good place – cat leap to facet aerial, safe touchdown – bhs loso collection, small lean correction – full flip, small foot placement hesitation – tuck 1/5 dismount, good stick. 9.800

Ruthberg – FX – Ball State – entrance tuck to double tuck, large sure to the foot place in that double tuck – double pike, chest down touchdown with step – swap ring, not a ton of ring place, into swap 1/2, good – rudi to separate bounce with a journey again. 9.800

Knight – BB – Illinois – candle mount hit – swap to separate leap to beat, good again leg in swap, small correction on the beat bounce touchdown – facet aerial to bhs, hit – facet somi, safe – full flip, little overturn – gainer full, holds stick. 9.850

Martinez – FX – Ball State – double tuck, brief touchdown with a lunge ahead – swap facet 1/2 – again 1.5 to 1/2 to modify cut up bounce, some pike place however underneath management – entrance lay to entrance full, brief touchdown, crossover step to cowl. 9.675

Byrne – BB – Illinois – candle mount, hit – bhs loso, some foot place, test on touchdown – straddle bounce, good – beat to sheep bounce, wobble – full flip, hit – 2/1, tries to carry stick however finally ends up leaning ahead after which two small hops, so large touchdown deduction there. 9.700

Pfister – FX – Ball State – double tuck, chest up nicely, good management – swap facet to popa to wolf full, not totally rotated, hits positions – entrance full to entrance pike, hit – double pike, massive bounce again and step to fulfill her again foot. 9.800

Mueller – BB – Illinois – full flip, test – bhs loso, fairly large leg up wobble – swap to modify, test to carry it – beat to kickover, holds onto touchdown management – 1.5 dismount, caught. 9.750

Teter – FX – Ball State – entrance lay to rudi, excessive format, shorter rudi, chest down and a step – double tuck, higher management – cut up leap 1.5, tries to tug it round, compromises the cut up place a bit of – entrance full to put, dance out. 9.750

Ewald – BB – Illinois – one arm bhs to bhs – swap to loso, underneath management – full flip, test correction – cut up bounce to modify cut up bounce to straddle 1/4, additionally safe – rudi dismount, hop again

Middleton – FX – Ball State – excessive double tuck, bounce again – entrance lay to entrance full, underneath management – cut up leap full, a hair underneath, into stable cut up bounce full – double pike, chest up, small motion. Finest chest place and amplitude within the lineup. 9.800

Choose convo about Ewald’s beam. I assume the convo is like, “Why is a one-arm bhs a C once more?”

9.800 for Ewald.

Takekawa – BB – Illinois – facet aerial to bhs, means off line and falls – one other anchor fall for Illinois that may hold Ball State proper on this – swap, excessive however decrease again leg, connects to loso – hits gainer full dismount

Henry – FX – Ball State – entrance tuck by to double tuck, little motion again – swap facet and a bit of on the best way down, into popa – entrance lay to entrance full in the midst of the ground – double pike, brief touchdown, lunge ahead. 9.750

Boise State and BYU getting underway now. Will keep watch over the start of that one as this one stays shut into crunch time.

Each groups go 48.900 within the third rotation, so Illinois will retain they small lead, which they are going to be ok with since they’re heading to flooring.

After 3
Illinois 146.825
Ball State 146.800

That is what we’re on the lookout for from these play-in meets. An thrilling non-dud.

Seems to be like we now have a “how does the…scoring system…work?” delay after the primary vault in Arkansas. McGovern 2nd for Boise State, yfull, a bit of flat off the desk, good way, some pike and a small hop again. She’s after 9.750 for Kho.

Popp third on vault for Boise State – handspring pike 1/2, practically finds the management on touchdown, a bit of motion to the facet – some legs and ft on the finish

Eaquinto third bars for BYU – hits first hs – toe on to maloney to pak, hit, some legs on again swing – 1/2 flip, slight physique place, will get to vertical – DLO, hop again

Vulaj – VT – Boise State – ro full on again pike, medium slide again, stable chest place for this vault

Rotation 4 for Illinois/Ball State

Henry – BB – Ball State – swap to straddle bounce 3/4, safe – some again knee – bhs loso, hit – full flip, hit, little arm adjustment – gainer kickover, hits it with a wobble – bhs 1.5 dismount, step to the facet 9.725

Ward – FX – Illinois – entrance lay to entrance full to entrance pike, safe touchdown – swap 1/2 to wolf 1.5 try, finishes underneath rotation – double tuck, chest down, step ahead. 9.775

Alvarado caught her DLO 1/1 on bars for BYU, which they wanted as a result of they’ve been caught within the 9.7s on bars.

Middleton – BB – Ball State – press handstand mount – swap to modify, arm circle to separate bounce – bhs loso, safe touchdown – cat leap to facet aerial, additionally stable – full flip try that she tries to cowl into 1.5 flip – entrance tuck full, caught. 9.850

Emma Loyim falls in anchor spot for Boise State on vault.

Mueller – FX – Illinois – entrance tuck by to double tuck, some ft, good management – swap full, will get the total flip round sufficient – entrance lay to entrance full, brief, crossover step to cowl into dance – swap 1/2 to wolf full, round. 9.800

Boise State nonetheless has a lead after the primary rotation with 49.000 on vault to BYU’s 48.900 on bars. That’s large for Boise State. BYU could have counted on their bars to be an asset.

Szymanski – BB – Ball State – hits full flip – bhs loso collection, safe, some knee – cartwheel – swap, hesitates after – swap 1/2 to separate bounce, little lean by it however connects – 1.5 dismount, hop. 9.725

Morgan – FX – Illinois – double tuck, underneath management, chest down – cut up leap 1.5 to wolf full ish, didn’t rotate all the best way and a few brief leap positions – entrance lay to entrance full, will get a bit of horizontal however controls her step ahead – 9.775

Teter – BB – Ball State – entrance tuck mount, bobble ahead however retains it on the beam – full flip – bhs loso, hit, knee place in bhs – beat to straddle 3/4, test, underneath place some – entrance lay full, very small touchdown motion. 9.700

Byrne – FX – Illinois – 2.5 to entrance pike, underneath management – swap facet, overturns, into popa, round – straddle bounce – double pike, chest down, step ahead. 9.800

Sufficient passes within the Illinois flooring lineup which might be holding Ball State with a flicker of hope right here.

Ruthberg – BB – Ball State – bhs loso loso, good save, she was completely off on the center aspect with some kind however stayed on the beam, wobbles after touchdown with a leg up, pretends it was a scale – full flip, a bit of over – swap to modify to separate, safe – gainer full, caught. 9.775 is surprisingly excessive for me, retains Ball State alive.

Fitzgibbon – FX – Illinois – entrance lay to rudi, hip angle, chest ahead, hop to the facet – swap facet into cut up bounce full, bonus factors from me for not doing a popa – double pike, chest down, lunge ahead – 9.725

Sumner – BB – Ball State – facet aerial to bhs, hit – aerial, retains shifting to beat bounce – swap to separate – full flip – caught 1.5 dismount with a lean. Some knee and cut up issues however a safe one. Ought to pressure Townes to hit within the anchor for Illinois. 9.850

Townes – FX – Illinois – wants higher than 9.750 – rudi to straddle bounce, good management – again 1.5 to entrance full, underneath management with some knee place – wolf bounce 1.5, underneath rotation – cut up leap full to popa, round. That will likely be sufficient. 9.850

Illinois takes this one by a tenth to advance.

FINAL:
Illinois 195.825
Ball State 195.725

Illinois just a bit deeper there. Fewer routines with fewer inbuilt deductions, ones that you just’re tremendous counting even when the anchor gymnast falls. However boy these anchor falls on bars and beam saved it shut.

Ooooh and Ball State simply obtained Szymanski’s beam raised to 9.775. Doesn’t change the end result however means Illinois gained by solely .050 as a substitute of a tenth, 195.825 to 195.775.

Over at Boise State v BYU. Eaquinto will anchor for BYU on vault with good distance on a yfull, little hop again.9.850

Lopez anchors bars for Boise State, hits piked jaeger, stable legs collectively place on bail – DLO, small motion again. 9.800

BYU will get the lead after the second occasion, additionally going 49.000 on vault, however Boise State goes 48.775 on bars.

After 2
BYU 97.900
Boise State 97.775

Rotation 3

Vulaj – BB – Boise State – bhs loso, holds onto it, some ft – swap to gainer loso, safe – kickover, small lean – 1.5 dismount, little hop. 9.750

Millar-Crossman – FX – BYU – double tuck, bounce again – cat leap to modify facet 1/2 to popa, good foot positions – entrance lay to entrance full, controls the step. 9.800

Kho – BB – Boise State – candle mount, hit – bhs again pike, safe – full flip – sissone to modify 1/2, additionally underneath management – 1.5 dismount, off to the facet, holds onto the persist with a lean squeeze onto toes. 9.775

Matern – FX – BYU – entrance 2/1, controls step, some leg separation – again 1.5 to entrance lay, good place on lay – swap ring, good peak, into wolf hop full – rudi, rebound again like a warmup. 9.800

Loyim – BB – Boise State – bhs loso loso, proper on – full flip, clean – facet aerial, safe – swap to modify, little hesitation earlier than gainer full, caught, good one. 9.900

Dudley – FX – BYU – DLO, tremendous deep touchdown, knee solely barely above the bottom if in any respect, with a lunge ahead – good straddle positions – entrance full to entrance lay, underneath management – double tuck, underneath management. 9.500. With a variety of 9.200 to 9.650, presumably the 9.2 choose saying that was a fall and the others not, however ought to have been a minimum of .3 for that touchdown alone.

Lopez – BB – Boise State – bhs loso, safe, good leg place – full flip – cut up bounce 1/4 to straddle 3/4, good straddle, safe touchdown – kickover, hit – gainer full, small motion. 9.850

Schooley – FX – BYU – swap facet 1/2 – again 1.5 to entrance lay, underneath management, hits lay place – swap ring to modify facet, hit – double tuck, chest up, good management. 9.775

Popp – BB – Boise State – aerial, good, full flip – bhs bhs lay 2 ft, wobble, leg up, retains it on – cat leap to modify 1/2, good consideration to amplitude on cat leap – gainer full, small adjustment. 9.825

Benson – FX – BYU – double tuck, chest up, exhibits management – swap 1/2 to popa, a bit of tight in place however round – entrance lay to entrance full, comes up a bit of underneath, crossover correction dance step – double pike, management once more, chest down decrease. 9.825

Ferguson – BB – Boise State – bhs loso, practically controls, step again shifting out of it – full flip – swap to separate bounce 3/4, underneath cut up – cut up bounce 1/2 from facet, additionally a bit underneath with a test – facet aerial, chest down and a leg up wobble – gainer full, holds onto touchdown, chest ahead

Eaquinto – FX – BYU – excessive double pike, good touchdown management – rudi, rebound again – swap ring to modify 1/2 to wolf full, round – 1.5 and can’t join out of it, tries to straddle tuck round however is means brief and falls. Which means 9.5 goes to rely for BYU.

After 3
Boise State 146.875
BYU 146.600

Large deal for Boise State to take over a lead on beam whereas BYU was on flooring.

Rotation 4

Mason – BB – BYU – full flip, hit – bhs loso, small test – cat leap to facet aerial, holds it – swap to separate, snug – 2/1 dismount, brief with step ahead, leg crossing

Vulaj – FX – Boise State – again 1.5 to entrance full, underneath management, some knee – swap to some cut up leap 1.5 try, however I might say that must be no credit score for cut up, regardless that it gained’t – leg up hop full – double tuck, bounce. 9.725, with 9.650 to 9.850 cut up. One choose did go 9.900 begin

Raesly-Patton – BB – BYU – aerial, wobble, leannnns by it into cut up bounce however a transparent wobble – swap to separate, stable again leg place – bhs loso, test lean – full flip, hit – 1.5 dismount, hop again. Judges speaking about this one. They usually choose 9.500 with a 9.800 begin, so didn’t give that combo. Stunned however not mad. Saved shifting however most likely had one thing like sufficient of a foot pivot in wobble, one of many different issues that may break a combo.

Pascal – FX – Boise State – double tuck, little bounce – swap ring to separate leap full, some underneath 180 positions there – 1.5 to entrance lay, safe touchdown – rudi to separate bounce, underneath management, leg crossing. 9.825

Margraf – BB – BYU – aerial to again tuck, knee on aerial, safe – cat leap to kickover, lean to the facet – full flip – swap to separate bounce, little lean – entrance full, tries to carry persist with one other lean. 9.750

Loyim – FX – Boise State – whip double tuck, chest up, bounce again – swap facet and a bit of into popas, good leap positions, considerably vague on touchdown place – entrance tuck – double pike, chest down, bounce ahead. 9.725

Millar-Crossman – BB – BYU – bhs loso, holds it – cat leap to modify 1/2, additionally underneath management – cartwheel with a bit of lean – hits straddle bounce 1/2 – entrance full dismount with hop. 9.850

McGovern – FX – Boise State – rudi into loso, hit, legs in rudi and a few course – swap 1/2 into popa – double tuck, chest down however controls the touchdown. 9.800

Rollins – BB – BYU – swap, small wobble earlier than straddle 1/4 – aerial, by it into bhs loso, small lean on touchdown – full flip – gainer full caught. 9.875

Ferguson – FX – Boise State – double pike, enormous battle, a number of lunges again OOB – entrance lay to entrance full is underneath management – double tuck, fairly massive step again, simply saved entrance foot down. Effectively, holding it attention-grabbing for us right here. 9.500

Andersen – BB – BYU – bhs loso, stable touchdown, good leg place, chest a bit down – beat to straddle bounce 1/2, good – full flip – cat leap to facet aerial, nicely performed – gainer full, caught. 9.900

Lucas – FX – Boise State – Wants higher than 9.800 now – double pike, stable management – swap facet to popa, hit – again 1.5 to entrance lay, fairly low amplitude, will get it to her ft underneath management – double tuck is low, chest down, step ahead. OK right here we go…….

In fact it’s precisely 9.800 to tie. BYU will take the tiebreak due to higher sixth scores.

Mannnn, now that fall-that-wasn’t counting rating on flooring for BYU with the knee on the DLO looms very massive. I get it, I assumed it was only a tremendous low knee at first too, however on replay it was a knee down.

It shouldn’t take this lengthy to determine that BYU wins the tiebreak, however we additionally need to see if there are SV inquiries (BYU might inquire Raesly-Patton’s beam, nevertheless it wouldn’t change the end result if it goes up)

We wait till the scores are official. Which at all times takes a bit after the meet, however we don’t sometimes have to attend for it or care. You’ve 192 choose routine scores for this meet.

Now BYU is introduced because the winner.

Good work on the primary day of regionals. It wasn’t boring!