Jan. 14, 2005

Recap

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UTAH VS. UTAH STATE

Jan. 14, 2005

TEAM TOTALS

1. Utah 195.675

2. USU 193.850


UTAH STATE                     UTAH
VAULT                          VAULT
Meagan Nelson          9.675   Gabriella Onodi      9.750
Katie Omann            9.550   Kristen Riffanacht   9.700
Rachel Ropelato        9.750   Gritt Hofmann        9.300 change
Megan Tschida          9.750   Nicolle Ford         9.875
Rachael Mandy          9.750   Ashley Postell       9.900
Jackie Fogli           9.850   Annabeth Eberle      9.850
VT: 48.775; Running: 48.775    VT: 49.075; Running: 98.000

Utah vault notes:
Gabriella Onodi's vault looked really nice except for a step on her dismount but the start value was raised as only a 9.90.
Kristen Riffanacht was good in flight but leaned forward on her dismount (no step).
Gritt Hofmann sat her landing.
Nicolle Ford was perfect except for a little pinwheel action with her arms on the landing. I thought it was just choreography.
Ashley Postell sick is still amazing. Great air, perfect flight, one half step back on her landing, which was almost at the end of the mat.
Annabeth Eberle scored a 9.90 from one judge. I must not have had the same angle as judge two who saw it as a 9.80. A big vault like Ashley's and no step on the landing.
By the way, Jessica Duke did a really nice vault in exhibition and got a 9.775.


BARS                          BARS
Meagan Nelson         9.625   Dominique D'Oliveira  9.100
Katie Rutherford      9.600   Jessica Duke          9.725
Ashley Barr           9.600   Kristen Riffanacht    9.650
Alex Martin           9.725   Katie Kivisto         9.825
Megan Tschida         9.725   Annabeth Eberle       9.850
Rachel Ropelato       9.475   Nicolle Ford          9.875
UB: 48.275; Running: 97.050   UB: 48.925; Running: 48.925

Utah bar notes:
Dominique D'Oliveira had trouble on her giant blind full and then didn't even come close to catching her Gienger.
Jessica Duke did a really nice job in her first routine as a Ute. Very clean. Nice stick.
I'm going to have trouble keeping up on commentary because my computer is running so slow.
Kristen Riffanacht didn't have any major breaks, but several little mistakes.
Katie Kivisto really swings the bars well. She had a tiny step backwards on her dismount.
Annabeth Eberle's routine was a beauty. Her Tkatchev was gigantic. All I saw wrong was she didn't quite come to a full handstand after it. Great stick in the dismount.
Nicolle Ford had an extremely clean routine with a little step on the landing. 


BEAM                          BEAM
Ashley Barr           9.600   Kristen Riffanacht    9.775
Katie Rutherford      9.650   Katie Kivisto         9.700
Alex Martin           9.450   Gabriella Onodi       9.850
Megan Tschida         9.775   Gritt Hofmann         9.900
Jackie Fogli          9.750   Nicolle Ford          9.950
Liesel Kohler         9.775   Annabeth Eberle       9.725
BB: 48.550; Running: 145.600  BB: 49.200; Running: 195.675

Utah beam notes:
Kristen Riffanacht led off with a very solid, very clearn routine.
Katie Kivisto had two big wobbles but recovered to do her trademark "Kvisito" exquisitely. Nice stick on the landing.
Gabi's routine was just really nice. Everything was pointed and she  hit all of her big stuff.
Gritt Hofmann had one of her best beam routines I've seen. I'll be honest, I've dreaded the side salto since the days of Angie Leonard and I still do, but Gritty nailed it.
Queenie Ford is ready for nationals if she keeps this up. Absolutely a gorgeous routine. Not even a wiggle on her flick flack layout layout.
I am puzzled about AB's score. I must have missed a wobble or two but I thought I was watching very closely. 


FLOOR                         FLOOR
Alex Martin           9.750   Katie Kivisto         9.650
Rachel Ropelato       9.625   Kristen Riffanacht    9.750
Jackie Fogli          9.625   Gabriella Onodi       9.450
Ashley Barr           9.400   Nicolle Ford          9.850
Megan Tschida         9.850   Annabeth Eberle       9.150
Liesel Kohler         9.275   Gritt Hofmann         9.775
FX: 48.250; Running: 193.850  FX: 48.475; Running: 146.475

Utah floor notes:
Katie Kivisto was not as clean as she was as exhibition last week, stumbling a bit coming out of her triple twist and nearly stepping out of bounds midway through her routine.
Really nice routine by Riffy. She is going to keep moving down the lineu if she keeps that up. Lots of good clean tumbling. It looked to me like she might have upgraded already from last week, but don't hold me to that.
Gabi really had her first pass going but skidded at the end and went out of bounds. She didn't fall so I don't know why she was scored so low. I think she must have missed an element.
Nikki had a gorgeous routine. Big double pike and great stick opened the routine and she kept it up from there.
AB got a little too much steam going on the first pass--flying out of bounds and falling on her pike double back.
Gritty should be a ballerina after that routine. On her second double back, she landed on her toes but somehow didn't go down--just landed a little low. The rest of the routine was absolutely beautiful, so that's where her deductions must have been.