Florida, LSU, and Georgia Make it to the Super Six!

1. Florida: 197.775
2. LSU: 197.325
3. Georgia: 197.150
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4. Minnesota: 196.375
5. Illinois: 195. 700
6. Stanford: 194.700

Florida:



As expected the #1 Florida Gators made it to the Super Six, but the margin between first and second was not as large as predicted. LSU was only 0.45 away from the Gators.

Although, the Gators came out on top they were not without mistakes. Florida’s first competitor of the competition, Kiersten Wang, fell on her neck during her floor routine putting the pressure on everyone that followed. Bridgette Caquatto, who replaced injured senior Randy Stageberg, anchored on floor and the freshman came through for the team.

Florida posted a 49.525 on bars, its highest score on the event at an NCAA Championship, and scored its third highest total in school history on vault with a 49.45.

LSU:



LSU started off on beam and increased their momentum and scores through each rotation. LSU was holding on to the third spot at the halfway point, and were only 0.35 ahead of fourth and only 0.475 away from second. The Tigers went lights out on their last two rotations and began a stick fest on vault that continued to bars. Their bar score of 49.475 is a new season high for the Tigers.

Georgia:



Georgia was second to Florida after the third rotation by only .300, but their scores did not hold up and LSU pushed them to third. The Gym Dogs were only .050 away from their season high bar score with a 49.50. This will be Georgia’s 18th Super Six appearance and their first since 2009.

Minnesota:



This was only Minnesota’s third appearance at NCAA’s in school history. The Gophers were sitting in fourth and knocking on the Super Six door at the halfway point with a solid 98.00. Their scores would not hold up against the powerhouse SEC teams.

Illinois:



Illinois made only their third NCAA appearance as well. Elizabeth McNabb made her surprising season debut on bars scoring a 9.750. The team posted their highest beam score at an NCAA Championship, a 48.975.

Stanford:



Stanford had a very disappointing meet losing senior Ivana Hong to a knee injury on vault in the second rotation. With two falls on bars they were forced to count one. After Ivana’s injury they only had five available gymnasts to compete beam and were once again forced to count a fall. All of these falls cost them a spot in the Super Six.

All-Around:




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Session 1- Rotation 6

LSU annihilated bars, which is usually their weakest event. They were nailing routines and landings one after the other and the fans were going crazy! Wyrick and Morrison scored over a 9.90. The tigers totaled a 49.475 on bars pulling ahead of Georgia in the final standings.

Georgia was fighting for every landing resulting in a 49.45. Davis and Cheek scored 9.9’s, and the Dog’s only dropped an 9.825.

Illinois scored a solid 49.2 with a 9.9 from Weinstein.

Stanford couldn’t hold it together at the end and only had 5 gymnasts available for beam and were forced to count another fall for a 48.525.

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Session 1- Rotation 5

Florida finished out their meet with a solid performance on the balance beam. Rachel Spicer had a few wobbles and did not connect her leap series scoring only a 9.4. The Gators were able to drop her score and total a 49.475. Bridget Sloan and Marissa King scored 9.90’s and Mackenzie Caquatto put up a huge 9.95.

Stanford had a very rough bar rotation and was forced to count a fall. Ivana Hong was not in the bar lineup and was replaced by Rebecca Wing. Stanford bar score was a low 48.20.

Georgia’s Noel Couch gave them their high score on floor with a 9.875. The Dog’s scores were pretty consistent with each other and they only dropped a 9.80 totaling 49.225.

Minnesota’s Lindsay Mable contributed yet another 9.9 to help her team vault total to a 49.175.

Total:

Florida: 197.775
Minnesota: 196.375
LSU: 147.85
Georgia: 147.70
Illinois: 146.50
Stanford: 146.175


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Session 1- Rotation 4

Florida and LSU decided they were both going to have a stick fest! What a great 4th rotation!

Florida’s Bridget Sloan and Alaina Johnson scored matching 9.925’s on bars, but Mackenzie Caquatto’s routine was lights out for a 9.95. Florida totals a 49.525.

LSU was just stuck landing after stuck landing on vault, with Rheagan Courville scoring a 9.95. Their vault total was 49.50.

Minnesota had a wonderful floor rotation with Mable scoring a 9.9, and totaling a 49.2.

Illinois had a huge fall from Weinstein dropping a 9.0 for a 48.975.

Total:

Florida: 148.30
LSU: 147.85
Stanford: 147.20
Minnesota: 146.5
Georgia: 98.475
Illinois: 97.975


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Session 1- Rotation 3

Reagan Courville’s long beautiful lines and stuck landings on floor scored a massive 9.9. Although Lloimincia Hall only scored a 9.875, during her routine the arena was the loudest yet. LSU totaled a huge 49.35.

The beam scoring has been very strict throughout the session and little bobbles killed Georgia’s scores, dropping a 9.6 from Sarah Persinger. Brittany Rogers’ unique back handspring quarter to a one arm double stag, was the highlight of their rotation. Shayla Worley’s elegant lines scored a 9.825. The Dogs beam total was 48.975.

Stanford’s Ivan Hong injured her knee when she landed short on her vault. No word on how serious the injury is. Stanford totaled a 48.95.

Illinois dropped Kato’s 9.525, for a bar total of 48.675.

Totals:

Florida: 98.775
Georgia: 98.475
LSU: 98.350
Minnesota: 98.00
Stanford: 97.975
Illinois: 97.525

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Session 1- Rotation 2

Florida had some trouble catching those landings on vault, with little hops adding up. However, Alaina Johnson, Ashanée Dickerson, and Kytra Hunter scored a 9.9. The team vault total was a 49.45.

Stanford dropped Ivana Hong’s 9.7 after she had trouble landing a couple of her tumbling passes. The Stanford floor total was 49.025.

Georgia put up some huge numbers on bars with Shayla Worley’s 9.9, and Chelsea Davis’s near perfect 9.95. These are definitely the routines to beat. The Gym Dogs scored a high 49.5 for their bar total.

Minnesota had an incredible beam rotation dropping only a 9.75. Nordquist’s 9.9 helped the Gophers to a 49.150.

Totals:

Florida: 98.775
Minnesota: 98.00
Georgia: 49.5
Standord: 49.025
LSU: 49.00
Illinos: 48.85


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Session 1- Rotation 1:

The first rotation brought a huge surprise for the #1 Florida Gators when starter on Floor, Kiersten Wang, fell on her neck during her front layout front half. She continued with the routine to score a 8.825 and appears to be uninjured.

Marissa King stuck a beautiful double layout to contribute to the team’s floor total, 49.325.

LSU had a very solid beam rotation, with an exceptionally beautiful stuck Arabian by Rheagan Courville. The team’s beam total was an even 49.0.

Minnesota averaged 9.7’s throughout the bar rotation and dropped a 9.225 for a total of 48.25.

Illinois hit some great vaults with a few steps on the landings for 48.85.

Nebraska’s Emily Wong looked scandalous in a backless red leotard. Her high-flying back handspring back handspring layout series scored her a 9.875.


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The competition is less than an hour away and the gymnasts are wrapping up their warm-up! The teams competing in prelims session 1 are #1 Florida, #4 Georgia, #5 LSU, #8 Minnesota, #9 Stanford, #16 Illinois.

Session 2 will begin today at 6pm PST. The top three teams from each session will advance to the Super Six Finals.

The random draw for session 1 is as follows: