March 28, 2003
PROVO, Utah -
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UTAH VS. BRIGHAM YOUNG
Mar. 28, 2003
Meet begins at 7:00 p.m. MST
FINAL TEAM TOTALS
1. Utah 197.400
2. BYU 196.025
BYU UTAH VAULT VAULT Meghan Donahue 9.725 Kim Allan 9.700 Megan Pessoa 9.800 Kylee Wagner 9.825 Lindsay Butterfield 9.775 Veronique Leclerc 9.925 Jaime Mabray 9.875 Kristen Riffanacht 9.900 Kirsten Pauga 9.875 Melissa Vituj 9.875 Trisha Ashton 9.875 Annabeth Eberle 9.950 VT: 49.200; Running: 49.200 VT: 49.475; Running: 99.000
BARS BARS Lisa Willis 9.825 Kristen Riffanacht 9.825 Kirsten Pauga 9.800 Dominique D'Oliveira 9.900 Jaime Mabray 9.325 Annabeth Eberle 9.925 Lindsay Butterfield 9.900 Melissa Vituj 9.875 Brogan Jacobsen 9.900 Veronique Leclerc 9.875 Kari Lords 9.650 Kim Allan 9.950 UB: 49.075; Running: 98.275 UB: 49.525; Running: 49.525
Utah bar notes: Kristen Riffanacht looked smooth and hit her handstands and dismount. OK, Dominque D'Oliveira probably would have gotten a 10.0 if she hadn't been the second competitor up. Wow what a routine. Annabeth Eberle had a HUGE release move, about five feet in the air, and absolutely nailed her handstands and dismount. Melissa Vituj did a nice job but was probably was deducted for being a little short on one handstand. Veronique Leclerc turned in one of her two best routines of the year according to this "expert." The only thing I saw was a small step on her landing. Kim Allan was just unbelievable. She was so high and clean it was amazing. I didn't see one thing wrong.
BEAM BEAM Lisa Willis 9.650 Gritt Hofmann 9.475 Meghan Donahue 9.775 Natalie Nicoloff 9.750 Kirsten Pauga 9.850 Kylee Wagner 9.425 Lindsay Butterfield 9.800 Kim Allan 9.800 Jaime Mabray 9.225 Annabeth Eberle 9.875 Trisha Ashton 9.175 Melissa Vituj 9.900 BB: 48.300; Running: 146.575 BB:48.800; Running: 197.400
Utah beam notes: Gritt Hofmann fell onto the beam coming on her flight series aerial (not sure if that's the right name, but you get what I mean. The rest of her routine was very nice. Natalie Nicoloff impressed the judges by somehow staying on the beam on two different occasions. Kylee Wagner had just a sensational routine going until she fell on the little one handed back walkover. Kim Allan gritted her teeth and struggled through her routine with just a few bobbles. Annabeth Eberle showed her first little bobbles of the night on a beam that's creating all kinds of problems for Utah. None were big or too scary. Melissa Vituj absolutely dominated the beam. I thought her routine was head and shoulders the best of the night for both teams; not just barely.
FLOOR FLOOR Lisa Willis 9.875 Veronique Leclerc 9.875 Kirsten Pauga 9.850 Kylee Wagner 9.850 Lindsay Butterfield 9.875 Kristen Riffanacht 9.900 Candace Slater 9.900 Gritt Hofmann 9.850 Jaime Mabray 9.950 Annabeth Eberle 10.00!!!! Brogan Jacobsen 9.775 Melissa Vituj 9.975 FX: 49.450; Running: 196.025 FX: 49.600; Running: 148.600
Utah floor notes: Veronique Leclerc had a great second pass and finished up strong. She had a little hop coming out of her pike double back. Kylee Wagner had a new first pass, great tumbling throughout. The step out was overruled. Kristen Riffanacht hit all of her big tumbling in one of her better floor routines. Gritt Hofmann had a great routine, saving her second double back with just a little stumble. Annabeth Eberle absolutely was perfect and the judges agreed. So did the entire crowd, even the BYU fans. What a routine. AB Rules! Melissa Vituj switched her routine around to end with an E, and she was right on. Her leaps looked like Shannon Bowles reincarnated.