Feb. 14, 2004
Ann Arbor, Mich. -
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UTAH VS. MICHIGAN
Feb. 14, 2004
Note: Please re-check scores on occasion. I am all the way across the gym and up the bleachers from the official scorer. I will post the scores that are flashed and then will change them if necessary when the official scores are couriered over to me.
TEAM TOTALS
1. Michigan 196.725
2. Utah 196.350
MICHIGAN UTAH VAULT VAULT Clare Flannery 9.675 Kristen Riffanacht 9.850 Christina Mantilia 9.750 Veronique Leclerc 9.800 Carol McNamara 9.850 Nicolle Ford 9.900 Calli Ryals 9.900 Melissa Vituj 9.250 Elise Ray 9.850 Rachel Tidd 9.450 Jenny Deiley 9.925 Annabeth Eberle 9.950 VT: 49.275; Running: 49.275 VT: 48.950; Running: 98.300 Utah vault notes: Really nice vault by Kristen Riffanacht, maybe Riffy's best of the year. She had plenty of room off the vault and just a slight step on the landing. Veronique Leclerc just shot off the horse. She was a little low and had a tiny step on her landing. Otherwise a nice vault. No problems for Queenie on vault. Nicolle Ford had a beauty. Great in flight, perfect landing. Melissa Vituj fell to her knees on her landing. Rachel Tidd looked great in the air but fell on her landing--repeat of Mel. Annabeth Eberle had a great vault. Leaned ever so slightly forward on her landing, but no steps, no balance checks, no big lean. Great vault.
BARS BARS Chelsea Kroll 9.075 Dominique D'Oliveira 9.850 Calli Ryals 9.925 Melissa Vituj 9.850 Elise Ray 9.900 Veronique Leclerc 9.900 Jenny Deiley 9.700 Annabeth Eberle 9.850 Lauren Mirkovich 9.850 Rachel Tidd 9.900 Kara Rosella 9.725 Nicolle Ford 9.550 UB: 49.100; Running: 98.375 UB: 49.350; Running: 49.350 Utah bar notes Dominique looked like she was almost floating through her routine. She stuck her double layout dismount nicely. Melissa Vituj had her best routine this year in my opinion. She totally nailed her big time dismount. Veronique Leclerc was right on. She stood all of her handstands perfectly and really flew through the routine. You can't get a better stick on a dismount than she had. Annabeth Eberle had a nice routine, coming just a little short on one handstand and coming a big close to the bar on her big Tkatchev. Otherwise, great! Rachel Tidd had a great routine, no real deductions and great stick on the dismount. I couldn't tell what the judges counted Nicole Ford down for so much on her routine. She had problems throughout, coming close to the bar and not as tight as she normally is, but I don't know where the big deduction came from.
BEAM BEAM Kara Rosella 9.775 Natalie Nicoloff 9.825 Becca Clauson 9.800 Veronique Leclerc 9.075 Lindsey Bruck 9.825 Gabriella Onodi 9.850 Calli Ryals 9.750 Rachel Tidd 9.225 Elise Ray 9.625 Nicolle Ford 9.900 Jenny Deiley 9.800 Melissa Vituj 9.875 BB:48.950; Running: 147.325 BB:48.675; Running: 196.350 Utah beam notes Natalie Nicoloff led off with a very steady routine. In her first beam routine of the year, Veronique Leclerc started beautifully, hitting her series great and looking in charge before going under the beam when she dropped down on it midway through the event. She couldn't quite pull herself up and had to put her feet on the ground. Gabriella Onodi did a great job throughout, especially at the end, when it looked like she didn't have her foot placed properly for takeoff on her dismount, but she handled it anyway. Very impressive. Rachel Tidd looked a little off balance before starting her series and fell on the layout. Nicolle Ford was phenomenal. She had the tiniest of tiny balance checks on one move. That's all. I don't know where the tenth off came. Melissa Vituj was nothing short of perfect on the beam. I guess she really got hit for a hop on her dismount.
FLOOR FLOOR Carol McNamara 9.800 Kristen Riffanacht 9.800 Christine Mantilia 9.800 Natalie Nicoloff 9.800 Becca Clauson 9.875 Dominique D'Oliveira 9.325 Lindsey Bruck 9.875 Rachel Tidd 9.900 Elise Ray 9.925 Nicolle Ford 9.925 Calli Ryals 9.925 Melissa Vituj 9.950 FX: 49.400; Running: 196.725 FX: 49.375; Running: 147.675 Utah floor notes Riffy was really on tonight. For the second straight week she really sold her routine. Tumbling and leaps were both great. I thought she was underscored. Natalie Nicoloff replaced Annabeth Eberle in the floor lineup and did a really nice job for her first floor routine of the year. A.B. has ice on her ankle so she must have re-injured it. Dom must have fallen on her last pass. I was trying to get a score and missed it. Rachel Tidd was marvelous on the floor. Her tumbling, dance, everything was awesome. She received a career-high and could have scored even better with that routine! Note: Annabeth Eberle is out for the final event as well. Stephanie Lim, scheduled to compete last, pulled out because she has a bad cold and is too congested to safely do her routine. Nicolle Ford responded to her drop in the lineup with a big time routine. Like Tidd, she really hit everything in her set, setting the table for ... Melissa Vituj, who got her big fan base cheering with her best floor routine of the year.