Live Tweets: Florida vs. Missouri (2/10/23)
What time is it? It's @GatorsGym Link to Pink time.
I am in the O'Dome tonight, so please say hi if you see me! I'll try to catch anything fun that is happening from inside.
I love that Florida announces all their World AA and Team medalists as such. What a roster.
Sav is still in her boot but no more scooter!
VT Lineup: Richards, Wong, Blakely, DiCello, Thomas, and Clark.
Looks like V is the 7th on vault. She did a nice full in the warm up.
Richards VT: Good control on the 1.5 with a small hop forward. 9.825.
Wong VT: A little under rotated on the Pod this week with her chest down and has to take a step forward. 9.725.
Blakely VT: Great 1.5 with a small hop this week. Good improvement. 9.875.
DiCello VT: Great 1.5. Almost gets the stick with a small hop forward. A little knees in the replay. 9.900.
Thomas VT: BIG 1.5. Hop forward this week. 9.90.
Clark VT: Full with a big hop back. 9.85.
Waiting on Chloi's score. They flashed a 9.95 for one judge which we know is not right lol. If a judge truly gave that full a 9.95 (which is what is flashing on the live scores and in the arena) I have no words.
Blakely VT: Nice maloney to pak. Good pirouette. Double front cowboyed with a step forward. 9.825.
Nguyen UB: Great handstand. Good maloney to pak. a little messy on the half. Drills the double lay dismount. 9.925.
DiCello UB: Huge Ray. Good pak, nice Vl. Great handstand on top of the bar. Holds on to the stuck full twisting double tuck. 10.0.
Thomas UB: Great pak to maloney. Gorgeous VL. And she sticks it too. 9.95.
Wong UB: Beautiful handstand, stunning combo. VL with legs glued. A tiny arch on the last handstand but a perfect dismount. 9.95.
Richards UB: Looks good on the release from the side. Her handstands look good this year. Tries to hold the stick with a lean. 9.85.
DiCello, Thomas, and Wong going back to back in person is really special. All have the capability of being perfect every week.
As always, I'll give you my honest assessment so I would not have gone 10 with the lean on the dismount. But, really congrats to her on an amazing routine she will keep getting better every week and I know it.
Blakely BB: Hits the series. Really strong on the switch leap to switch half to beat jump. Wobbles on the full turn. Stuck gainer full. 9.85.
Lazzari BB: Great triple series. So solid. Perfect leaps, really extends past 180. Full turn good. BHS to 1.5 with a small hop. Goodness when she gets that dismount it's going to be something. Really surprised to see one of the judges threw a 9.70 for that. I must have missed something. Media does not have the best angle. 9.775.
Nguyen BB: beautiful onodi to bhs. Y turn by itself this week. Switch leap to split jump. BHS 1.5 looked like there was a little slide. 9.875.
DiCello BB: Candle mount, great. Clean double wolf. Beautiful leaps. A little lean on the series but she doesn't move. Great front aerial. BHS gainer full tiny slide. 9.975.
Thomas BB: Switch leap mount. Split leap. Turn. Doesn't seem quite as crisp. Great series. Beat to Korbut, great. No front aerial to two feet this week. Looks stuck with a lean. It's another 10.0 for Trinity. It was a really great routine and the judges are having themselves a night.
Wong BB: Gorgeous leap series. Perfect bhs loso. Really crisp on the full turn. Nice front aerial to beat jump. Double full with a little hop. Absolutely stunning on the beam.
You can tell Celestine has dance training and that her brother choreographed her routine. Just excellent in person.
The overscoring just makes me so annoyed because it makes my commentary look like it doesn't match the routines. The same reason we hear the commentators stop pointing stuff out. It's so unfortunate and bad for the sport. I just want score separation and actual deductions. Florida is obviously my favorite team and I want to see them get big scores. But, I'm not going to sit here and pretend I don't see deductions lol.
DiCello FX: Big step out of the front double full but I wasn't as scared for the landing as last week. Really strong on her leaps. Great combo pass. Very strong lead off for her. Such a great night for her.
Baumann FX: 1.5 to front full. Legs were quite messy on the front full. Beautiful staddle leaps. Nice double pike, looked like a little slide of the front foot. 9.90.
Richards FX: Great double lay landing with some leg sep. She looks so much stronger this year. 1.5 to front full really really nice. Now I feel like that should outscore Baumann's routine, but it isn't higher than a 9.90 so I don't know what the judges will do. 9.90.
Wong FX: Great Dos Santos without the stag!! Her height was really impressive in person. Beautiful Popas. Gorgeous combo pass. That was one of the routines of the night. 9.975.
Thomas FX: Her presence has matured so much every season. Her details. Stunning double lay. Clean leaps. Perfectly stuck on the combo pass. Truly one of the greatest to ever do college gymnastics. 9.975. Of all the routines, that should have been the 10.0.
Blakely FX: She gets the landing on the double arabian this week! Good leaps, would like more release on the ring in combination. Hits the combo!!! Finally she gets it this season. Huge hugs from the team. Lol at the O'Dome booing for her 9.975. A great score.