Florida Gators Regional Finals Live Blog
I am trying something new and putting together all of my live tweets in a blog format!
Are we ready, friends! It's Regional Final time. Let's go GATORS!
Lineup FX: Skaggs, Baumann, Wong, Reed, Thomas, Blakely
Skaggs FX: Great wolf turn, as usual. Controls the landing of the first pass with the double stag again. Beautiful leaps. Nice and normal on the second pass. Nice start. 9.900
Megan Skaggs is the picture of consistency on floor.
Baumann FX: Nice landing on the 1.5 to front full. Good L turn. Leaps are 180. Great step back landing on the double pike. Another good one with nothing obvious. 9.900
Wong FX: Great triple. Good college finish on the second pass. Beautiful double pike. 9.950
Reed VT: Nice DLO with a lunge. Second pass with a little movement on the landing. Really nice landings on the jumps. Nice double pike which could have been a little short. Not one of her best routines on the landings but glad she's healthy. 9.900
Thomas FX: Perfection on the double lay. Nice leap combo. Excellent control on the front full front lay. Another EXCELLENT routine for her. 10.000
Nbd. Trinity's third ten of the weekend.
Blakely FX: A little low and steps forward on the double arabian. Steps out on the double tuck. Really nice on the 1.5 to front lay. 9.725
The first five were great with somewhere to go up! Let's see how vault goes!!!
49.650. Great.
Skaggs VT: Great full, I have no idea what the landing looked like because Adrian was in the way. 9.875
Schoenherr VT: Lands her 1.5 today with a hop forward. 9.875
Wong VT: STUCK pod. 10.000
Reed: STICKS the 1.5. 9.95
Thomas VT: LOOKED stuck to me. WOW. 10.000
OMG SHE DID IT AGAIN.
Blakely VT: Very low on the 1.5 and steps to the side.
After the lackluster vault rotation on Thursday, the Gators are LIGHTS OUT on vault tonight with a 49.700 with 10s from Wong and Thomas. INCREDIBLE. SPECTACULAR.
Blakely UB: Nice handstand, good maloney to pak, nice half pirouette, good handstand, beautiful half, STUCK. One of her best from the whole year. 9.900
McCusker UB: Nice handstand, maloney to pak great with legs together, hits the VL, a little short on the handstand, stalder double tuck hop back. 9.850
Schoenherr UB: great handstand, nice half, stunning jaeger, good bail to handstand, stuck dismount. 9.900
Skaggs UB: beautiful handstand, nice tkachev to pak, good half, stuck dismount. 9.950
Thomas UB: Gorgeous handstand connection. Beautiful VL, a little arched on the handstand. Perfect landing. That shouldn't be the 10 haha. 9.950
Wong UB: Beautiful handstand, floaty on the maloney, a little leg sep on the pak, great handstand, stuck with feet together. 9.975
Florida goes 49.675 on bars. What a night.
Skaggs BB: Hits the wolf turn. Beautiful precision on the leaps. Nice series. Lovely front aerial. Cat leap switch straddle, beautiful. Stuck dismount. What a freaking leadoff. 9.925
Blakely BB: Beautiful series, nice extension. Good switch leap to switch half. Good full turn. Excellent elevation on the side aerial to full, stuck. 9.950
Blakely's routine was stunning.
Baumann BB: Beautiful series. Leaps are extended and precise. Nice front aerial to beat jump. Great side aerial. STUCK DISMOUNT. Do. You've done it so many times tonight. Just do it. 9.950
Wong BB: Stunning leaps. Such fluidity. Great acro series. Clean full turn. A little arm swing on the switch ring. Front aerial. Sticks with a little chest. Great fight for her. 9.950
Thomas BB: Nice mount. Clean. Beautiful series, so sharp. Front aerial. Break. Beat jump to back handspring swing down. Side aerial full, slight movement. 9.950
Clapper BB: Triple series with a little lean. Good leaps. Sticks the landing as well. 9.950
Leanne Wong finishes her night with a 39.875, beating her previous career-high, 38.850!
Trinity Thomas matches her career high AA of 39.900 tonight. WOW.
I think that we need an update to the all-time team standings. Florida scores a massive 198.775 in the regional final which is the third highest score in NCAA history and Florida's highest team score ever. The Gators have never looked better.
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