March 30, 2007
PROVO, Utah -
Scores and commentary from tonight's Utah gymnastics meet at BYU will be posted live. You will need to hit your reload/refresh key for updates. Introductions are scheduled to start at 7 p.m. Mountain Time. The first scores should begin to appear around 7:15 p.m.
BYU UTAH VAULT VAULT Brittany Fisher 9.000 Nina Kim 9.800 Kiki Barrett 9.725 Annie DiLuzio 9.900 Hayley Jensen 9.800 Nicolle Ford 9.825 Jenna Kerbis 9.800 Sarah Shire 9.775 Alethea Boon 9.700 Kristina Baskett 9.850 Dayna Smart 9.875 Ashley Postell 9.900 VT: 48.900; Running: 48.900 VT: 49.275; Running: 98.000 Utah vault notes: That's the most flight I've seen Nina have on a vault for awhile. She did take a step on the landing. OK, Annie DiLuzio catches major air on her vaults. That one was huge. Tied her career high. Nicolle Ford looked like she was going to balk but ended up going for it. Her vault was solid, but she stepped back on the landing. Really nice vault by Sarah Shire. Only mistake? She also took a step on her dismount. Beautiful vault by Kristina Baskett. All I saw was she arched her back a lot on the landing, but I didn't know that was a .15 deduction, or any deduction for that matter. Ashley Postell's vault was big league. She had a very small little balance check on the landing.
BARS BARS Lisa Willis 9.700 Nina Kim 9.850 Mckell Poulson 9.750 Jessica Duke 9.775 Aimee Pond 9.775 Daria Bijak 9.825 Alethea Boon 9.800 Ashley Postell 9.375 Kylee Draper 9.475 Kristina Baskett 9.375 Kacie Callens 9.750 Nicolle Ford 9.900 UB: 48.775; Running: 97.675 UB: 48.725; Running: 48.725 Utah bar notes: Nina Kim started out with a nice routine. She held her landing long enough before leaning out. Jessica Duke swung the bars better than I've seen her do in quite awhile, but she didn't stick the dismount. Daria Bijak did a great cover when she got a little stuck on the low bar. Ashley Postell had an amazing routine going and all of the sudden just jumped off the bar and went and re-chalked. Lya and Linda had a better view and they said her grip got turned around. Again, Kristina Baskett looked like she was off to a big score and she suddenly fell from the high bar.
BEAM BEAM Kacie Capra 9.650 Kristina Baskett 9.850 Lisa Willis 9.125 Nina Kim 9.850 Alethea Boon 9.300 Daria Bijak 9.825 Hayley Jensen 9.800 Sarah Shire 9.825 Kaylee Gallup 9.050 Nicolle Ford 9.925 Dayna Smart 9.850 Ashley Postell 9.975 BB: 47.725; Running: 145.400 BB: 49.425; Running: 196.725 Utah beam notes: What I saw of Kristina Baskett's routine was very good except she had a balance check on her punch front. We had to straighten out something with the computer scoring program. Doug and Karen Marshall do an amazing job with the scoring down here and always help me out, even though Utes and Cougars usually don't play well together. For all of you Marky Maypole fans,l he just walked down to the third row in a stunning red robe and sparkly red tiara. Outstanding, aggrssive and confident routine by Nina Kim. Linda Hamilton thinks her deduction came with a somewhat low landing, although she didn't step out of it and it wasn't dramatic. Daria Bijak also moved really well through her routine. Too bad she had a step on the landing, because she was really solid on the beam. She had the teeniest of balance checks on a spin was the only thing I saw on the beam. In the big picture, Sarah Shire had a very well executed routine. It was little bobbles here and there that cost her tenths. Queenie deserved every tenth of that routine, according to the four reporters I consulted. I missed part of it dealing with computer scoring issues, but what I saw was great. When Ashley Postell has her game face on, look out. What a great routine. However, it should have received a 9.95 because she didn't absolultey yperfectly land her punch front. Fortunately, I'm not judging in this case.
FLOOR FLOOR Heidi Poulson 9.850 Beth Rizzo 9.775 Kiki Barrett 9.825 Stephanie Neff 9.225 Lisa Willis 9.100 Annie DiLuzio 9.850 Kylee Draper 9.825 Nicolle Ford 9.850 Dayna Smart 9.875 Kristina Baskett 9.900 Kacie Capra 9.825 Ashley Postell 9.925 FX: 49.200; Running: 194.600 FX: 49.300; Running: 147.300 Utah floor notes: Really nice lead off routine by Beth Rizzo. She has a lot of good tumbling in her routine and hit it all. I thought she looked a little gassed before she headed into her final pass, but she hit her double back nicely. Stephanie Neff was cruising through her routine without any problems and on the very last flip of her very last pass, she stumbled backwards and fell our of bounds. Good move changing Annie DiLuzio's first tumbling pass to a triple twist from an Arabian front. She navigated it nicely, for the most part, and although she did step out of it, it wasn't very noticeablet. Queenie technically "hit" her routine, but she looked flat and was crooked on two passes. I think she was over scored (sorry Queenie). I give it a 9.80. Kristina Baskett got a well-deserved standing ovation. She just nailed that routine. Her full-in and routine-ending double pike were particularly strong. She was really on. Ashley Postell just lit this place up. I expected at least a 9.95. She landed a gigantic double Arabian just in bounds and should have received extra credit for the huge smile that followed. That routine goes down as one of Ashley's best.