Feb. 7, 2003

Recap

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UTAH VS. UTAH STATE

Feb. 7, 2003

Meet begins at 7:07 p.m. MST


TEAM TOTALS

1. Utah 197.825 INQUIRY OUT

2. Utah State 196.150

UTAH STATE                    UTAH
VAULT                         VAULT
Jessica Rands       0.000     Kylee Wagner         9.650
Katie Rutherford    9.650     Gritt Hofmann        9.800
Meagan Nelson       9.850     Veronique Leclerc    9.850
Nicole Kilpatrick   9.875     Kristen Riffanacht   9.900
Jessica Parenti     9.850     Melissa Vituj        9.900
Rachel Ropelato     9.700     Annabeth Eberle      9.875
VT: 48.925; Running: 48.925   VT: 49.300; Running: 98.825

Utah vault notes: Kylee does a nice job on her 9.80 valued vault. Gritt Hofmann keeps her streak intact with another good vault. Veronique Leclerc came off the table a little low but otherwise looked great. Kristen Riffanacht looked great in the air. I couldn't see her landing but the team is pumped. Melissa Vituj had another great vault. Annabeth Eberle is big and perfectly straight in the air and sticks her landing. I think she deserved a higher score.

BARS                          BARS
Nicole Kilpatrick   9.875     Kristen Riffanacht   9.825
Meagan Nelson       9.850     Annabeth Eberle      9.700
Nalani Chung        9.900     Veronique Leclerc    9.950
Katie Rutherford    9.925     Melissa Vituj        9.850
Ashley Barr         9.825     Kim Allan            9.950
Jessica Parenti     9.875     Theresa Kulikowski   9.950
UB: 49.425; Running: 98.300   UB: 49.525; Running: 49.525

Utah bar notes: Kristen Riffanacht starts things off well for Utah with her only noticeable error a slight split of her legs on the top bar. Annabeth Eberle got too close to the bar on her Tkatchev and hit her foot but recovered for a nice routine. I didn't see anything wrong with Veronique Leclerc's routine and the judges didn't find much either! Career high for V. Melissa Vituj looked clean throughout and stuck her dismount. Kim Allan's high flying, big trick routine draws cheers. Theresa Kulikowski deserved a 10.0 from this seat. Linda Hamilton concurs! There was not a single error.


BEAM                          BEAM
Ashley Barr        9.675      Kylee Wagner         9.850
Liesel Kohler      9.825      Kim Allan            9.775
Allison Rosenthal  9.250      Gritt Hofmann        9.925
Nicole Kilpatrick  9.825      Annabeth Eberle      9.925
Meagan Nelson      9.875      Theresa Kulikowski   9.950
Jessica Parenti    9.875      Melissa Vituj        9.975
BB: 49.075; Running: 147.425  BB: 49.625; Running: 

Utah beam notes: Kylee Wagner walks through her routine with just a small lean out of her second flick flack and a tiny side step on the dismount. Country Kim Allan did a balancing act near the end to hit her routine. Gritt Hofmann is winning hearts. Ute fans cheer for another nice routine with just a couple of little bobbles but mostly beauty. Only a balance check kept Annabeth Eberle from testing out a 10.0 on beam. Theresa Kulikowski was absolutely phenomenal. Period. Melissa Vituj's series was worth singing about. And she kept it up through the whole routine and stuck the dismount solid. Once the judges got the start value right after Utah's inquiry, she tied her career high.
FLOOR                         FLOOR
Ashley Barr        9.325      Natalie Nicoloff    9.750
Jessica Parenti    9.675      Kylee Wagner        9.550
Allison Rosenthal  9.850      Veronique Leclerc   9.825
Liesel Kohler      9.800      Kristen Riffanacht  9.875
Meagan Nelson      9.500      Annabeth Eberle     9.950
Nicole Kilpatrick  9.900      Melissa Vituj       9.975
FX:; Running:                 FX:49.375; Running: 148.200

Utah floor notes: Natalie Nicoloff opens Utah's floor with a really nice routine that one judge didn't like for some reason. She received a 9.85 from one judge and a 9.65 from the other. Kylee Wagner got dinged super hard for going out of bounds coming off her double back. Veronique Leclerc was clean other than a small step on her second pass. She had a very nice piked double back. Kristen Riffanacht is power under control with great dance. This was a good one! Annabeth Eberle showed incredible tumbling and beautiful dance. This was a hard routine to find a deduction. Melissa Vituj had a lot to smile about on this routine. She was right on.