Feb. 16, 2007
ATEHNS, Ga. -
Scores will be posted throughout tonight's meet. You will need to hit your reload/refresh key for updates. Meet introductions will start at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time (5:30 p.m. MT) and the first scores should start to appear at around 7:45 p.m.
GEORGIA UTAHVAULT VAULT Megan Dowlen 9.825 Sarah Shire 9.775 Marcia Newby 9.825 Nina Kim 9.850 Ashley Kupets 9.875 Nicolle Ford 9.875 Katie Heenan 9.925 Kristina Baskett 9.900 Courtney Kupets 9.925 Ashley Postell 9.850 Tiffany Tolnay 9.900 Annie DiLuzio 9.700 VT: 49.450; Running: 49.450 VT: 49.250; Running: 98.275 Utah vault notes: Greg decided to have everyone do their most difficult vaults and everyone hit them for the most part. Annie DiLuzio, who was moved to the end of the lineup to do her double, hit the vault but had a short flight. To start the lineup, Sarah Shire had a really nice vault and stick. Nina Kim had one of her better vaults I've seen. It looked effortless and she really emphasized her stick. Nicolle Ford's vault was right on. It was big, clean and she stuck the landing. Kristina Baskett, ditto on Queenie, but even more amplitude. Ashley Postell dusted off the vault she used to start the season, which is a tough vault and one she often doesn't get credit for her amplitude because she doesn't stick it. She had a step again tonight, like a lot of the Georgia vaulters, but it scored higher than it has in Utah. I already talked about Annie's vault earlier. Sorry I don't know what it's called, but I know everyone has been really excited for her to throw it in competition.BARS BARS Nikki Childs 9.800 Daria Bijak 9.775 Grace Taylor 9.775 Nina Kim 9.725 Tiffany Tolnay 9.825 Jessica Duke 9.750 Katie Heenan 9.875 Ashley Postell 9.900 Kelsey Ericksen 9.850 Kristina Baskett 9.225 Courtney Kupets 9.950 Nicolle Ford 9.875 UB: 49.300; Running: 98.750 UB: 49.025; Running: 49.025 Utah bar notes: We have a very strange view here because we are facing the bars dead on, so I can't really gauge the handstands very well. Daria Bijak looked very smooth and clean throughout and stuck her dismount. Good routine. Nina Kim had a clean, solid routine. She had a hop on her landing. Jessica Duke powered through this one, looking good and aggressive. Hopped on her dismount. Ashley Postell's routine was a flat-out beauty. Kristina Baskett fell hard on her back. It was a pretty scary fall, but she got up and finished. Nicolle Ford just nailed her routine. Since I can't see the handstands from the side, I guess I can't comment on why she didn't score higher, but it was a beautiful routine.BEAM BEAM Grace Taylor 9.800 Jessica Duke 9.100 Megan Dowlen 9.850 Sarah Shire 9.750 Tiffany Tolnay 9.850 Kristina Baskett 9.825 Courtney McCool 9.775 Nina Kim 9.650 Courtney Kupets 9.900 Nicolle Ford 9.850 Katie Heenan 9.900 Ashley Postell 9.825 BB: 49.300; Running: 148.050 BB: 48.900; Running: 195.475 Utah beam notes: Jessica Duke was wobbly from the start and fell in the middle. Just a couple of little balance checks for Sarah Shire in an otherwise nice routine. Kristina Baskett had a mostly clean routine. She had just a couple of small things. I think the biggest thing I noticed was she wasn't as aggressive as usual. Nina Kim had a big balance check and stayed on, but she lost some zip after it. The judges conferenced for a long time on their score. At one point, according to Deseret News reporter Linda Hamilton, they were three-tenths of a point apart. Nicolle Ford really showed some guts on her routine. She went after it with attitude and aggressiveness. She did not pull the second layout in her flick-lay- lay and was mostly clean throughout. I thought Ashley Postell would receive a higher score. She had a small step at the end and didn't do her normal two-foot stick on the tucked front - kind of stepping out of it - but she was totally in control. Anyway, it was a pretty good routine.FLOOR FLOOR Ashley Kupets 9.775 Beth Rizzo 9.775 Grace Taylor 9.350 Daria Bijak 9.625 Courtney McCool 9.900 Annie DiLuzio 9.550 Katie Heenan 9.875 Nicolle Ford 9.300 Courtney Kupets 9.900 Kristina Baskett 9.900 Tiffany Tolnay 9.325 Ashley Postell 9.450 FX: 48.800; Running: 196.850 FX: 48.300; Running: 146.575 Utah floor notes: Beth Rizzo had a really nice routine. Good tumbling, hit all of it. I didn't see much to deduct, so it must have been little things adding up. Daria Bijak had a beautiful first pass that I think was a tuck double front-tuck front. She had a really low second tumbling pass, and that's what cost her. She saved sitting it down, but not by much. Annie DiLuzio threw her Arabian double front to start her routine and it looked great. She went out of bounds at some point near the end, but Suzanne Yoculan was gabbing to Tribune reporter Lya Wodraska, who of course is unfortunately a Georgia alum, and blocked my view. Queenie fell on her double layout to start the routine. My view of Kristina Baskett's first pass was blocked, but the rest of the routine looked great and I assume the first pass did too since she got a 9.90. What a lousy night on the floor. Ashley Postell did a nice triple twist to start her routine, but had planned to throw her double Arabian. Then it went downhill. She almost sat down twice on her second tumbling pass and she finished low. She also pulled something out of her third pass and had a 9.45 start value.