Feb. 20, 2005

Recap

LINCOLN, Neb. -
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UTAH VS. NEBRASKA

Feb. 20, 2005


TEAM TOTALS

1. Nebraska 196.650

2. Utah 196.600


NEBRASKA                       UTAH
VAULT                          VAULT
Brittney Williams      9.800   Gabriella Onodi      9.675
Desire Sniatynski      9.800   Jessica Duke         9.750
Michele Zabawa         9.775   Nicolle Ford         9.550
Stephanie Carter       9.875   Ashley Postell       9.925
Emily Parsons          9.925   Rachel Tidd          9.825
Richelle Simpson       9.875   Annabeth Eberle      9.900
VT: 49.225; Running: 49.225    VT: 49.075; Running: 98.175
Utah vault notes:
Gabriella Onodi looked good in flight and on her landing
but it looked like her legs were bent coming off the board.
Nice vault by Jessica Duke. She got some nice amplitude.
She had a half step back on her landing.
Nicolle Ford had no amplitude and landed short. Our
problem tonight seems to be a lack of zip.
Cancel that ... Ashley Postell's vault was a beauty. She
had huge amplitude and stuck it perfectly. Her form
was great. I liked the 9.95 from the one judge.
Annabeth Eberle followed Ashley with perhaps her best
vault of the season. No mistakes that I could see. She
had to work to keep from stepping out of her landing,
but she succeeded and didn't move.


BARS                           BARS
Emily Parsons          9.725   Katie Kivisto        9.825
Michele Zabawa         9.850   Kristen Riffanacht   9.275
Richelle Simpson       9.800   Annabeth Eberle      9.775
Brittney Williams      9.775   Ashley Postell       9.825
Kristi Esposito        9.800   Nicolle Ford         9.850
Desire Sniatynski      9.775   Rachel Tidd          9.825
UB: 49.000; Running: 98.225    UB: 49.100; Running: 49.100
Utah bar notes:
Katie Kivisto started things off really well. No errors that I could see. Good handstands.
Kristen Riffanacth's routine didn't start at a 10.0 I don't think. She didn't fall, but she had problems going onto the low bar and her
foot might have hit the ground.
Annabeth Eberle hit all of her elements just fine
but she was a little slow  on the top bar near the end of her routine.
Ashley Postell cruised through her routine, straight legs, good
release moves. She had a step back on her landing.
Nicolle Ford had a really nice routine. I can't tell you where the deductions came on this one. They weren't obvious enouugh.
I missed the first half of Rachel Tidd's routine because I'm
some trouble getting scores. She looked great on the last half
and stuck her landing.



BEAM                           BEAM
Stephanie Carter       9.675   Gabriella Onodi      9.30
Michele Zabawa         9.800   Kristen Riffanacht   9.850
Emily Parsons          9.900   Rachel Tidd          9.825
Jamie Saas             9.900   Nicolle Ford         9.850
Richelle Simpson       9.900   Annabeth Eberle      9.775
Kristi Esposito        9.200   Ashley Postell       9.950
BB: 49.175; Running: 147.400   BB: 49.250; Running: 196.600
Utah beam notes:
Gabriella Onodi hit her mount and her series cleanly, but
fell on a leap. Too bad because the rest of her routine was
very good.
Kristen Riffanacht had a little wobble on her mount but
recovered nicely. Her series was especially solid.
Rachel Tidd was just off enough to create some potential
problems and a wobble or two. But she hung on and had
not mid-major mistakes and a nice stick on the landing.
Nicolle Ford looked perfectly calm the entire way through
this routine. She had the teeniest lean/step on landing.
Annabeth Eberle had a perfect mount but then had two balance
checks and a step on her landing that cost her.
With the Nebraska men's and women's teams both competing,
not many people were watching Ashley Postell, which is too
bad. She was incredible and received a 9.95 from both judges.


FLOOR                          FLOOR
Kristi Esposito        9.800   Katie Kivisto        9.175
Jamie Saas             9.775   Gabriella Onodi      9.750
Stephanie Carter       9.850   Nicolle Ford         9.800
Brittney Williams      9.750   Rachel Tidd          9.875
Emily Parsons          9.925   Ashley Postell       9.900
Richelle Simpson       9.900   Annabeth Eberle      9.850
FX: 49.250; Running: 196.650   FX: 49.175; Running: 147.350
Utah floor notes:
Katie Kiviso had a huge long wait before the judges signaled
her to start. I don't know if the delay affected her. She
did fine until her last pass, when she landed short and couldn't
quite stay on her feet.
Gabriella Onodi had a really nice routine. She seemed to hit all
of her elements cleanly.
Nicolle Ford sailed through this routine, hitting all of her
tumbling and her dance was nice.
I barely got tos ee any of Rachel's routine but what I saw
was really good. She had a lot of power and stuck every
big element except for a little skitter coming out
of the third pass.
Ashley Postell's floor routine was flawless to my
"untrained" eye. She was absolutely right on with everything.
No bent knees, no steps, big tumbling, beautiful dance.
Annabeth Eberle was almost as good as Ashley. She maybe lost
just a little pop at the very end of her routine, but didn't
make any errors of note.