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LSU Advancements to 4 on the Floor
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| Not also a plane stuck in the mud might quit this team from getting to the top. The LSU Tigers gymnastics team expanded their amazing run in the NCAA Female\'s Gymnastics Championship to the last act Friday by winning their semifinal with a 197. 4750, the cheapest rating to win a semifinal since 2016. Florida advanced with the Tigers, yet they completed second with a 197. 4000. Cal ended up with a 196. 9125 and ended the period 7th total, tied for the program\'s best, while Denver finished last among groups at nationals with a 196. 5000. Light Beam 49. 2750 (3rd after 1)LSU started the meet by connecting their cheapest beam of light score since Elena Arenas (noticable \"Uh-len-uh Uh-reen-us\") took over the lead-off place. She started points off with a 9. 7375 on which she stopped working to hit any of her divides, had a hip sign in her BHS LOSO and took an unchecked action forward on her roundoff (RO) back 1. 5. She appeared to be most interested in remaining on the beam, which wound up being extremely important in the long run. Alyona Shchennikova avenged her routine from 2021 nationwide semis with a good 9. 7750. She had a hip examine her full turn, brief leaps and a bobble on her side aerial, yet she toenailed her acro collection and stuck her BHS gainer complete. Alexis Jeffrey was among 5 LSU gymnasts making their nationals debuts, and she provided a solid hit with a 9. 8375. She transformed a little bit fast on her cat leap to change side, flexed her feet in her switch side and had a reduced standing front, yet she toenailed her wolf turn, BHS LOSO and RO back 1. 5 as has become the assumption Tigers Store. It still seemed like a low rating, however afternoon session racking up can be biting. Sierra Ballard followed with a 9. 8125 that had some leg type in the BHS LOSO, short divides, an examine the kickover front and a really mild slide of the left foot on the RO back 1. 5 that was very challenging to see personally. Haleigh Bryant brought things to the following degree with her 9. 9375 that had a cheated turn on the straddle quarter but was great otherwise. Aleah Finnegan finished the rotation with a 9. 9125 in her nationals debut. The regimen was ideal up until the dismount, however she carried her energy via her gainer full and hopped out to admire. Chloe Widner really did not have a terrific day on the various other three occasions she completed, but she gained a 9. 9500 on her light beam regimen that stood as the top rating on the occasion till Jade Carey racked up a 9. 9625 at night session. It broke the document for highest possible beam of light score by a Stanford gymnast at nationals and can\'ve gained a 10 or 2 in the evening session. Overall, while the Tigers can\'ve been stronger on beam, they developed their confidence as the rotation progressed and established themselves up for success on the floor. Floor 49. 4750 (second after 2)LSU took the confidence they built off beam and utilized it as a springboard for a great flooring rotation. Sierra led off with a 9. 8000 with what could\'ve been the worst regimen of her period, a comment that\'s even more a testimony to exactly how terrific she\'s been on floor all season than anything else. She underrotated her dual format (DLO) and stepped forward, underrotated her back 1. 5 to front format (FLO) and tipped back prior to ending up the two-pass routine with a hit switch leap to switch over ring. Alyona followed with a 9. 8875. The control on her front dual complete to Arabesque was less than ideal and she was short on her button half, yet her back 1. 5 to FLO was lovely as was her Rudi to divide. Chase Brock racked up a 9. 0000 on her regular, one that looked respectable going right into the final pass. Once more, she had to bail out of that final combination and she dropped, putting the pressure on the remainder of the lineup to hit. KJ Johnson made her nationals debut on flooring after Elena struggled during warm-ups and scored a 9. 8750. She began the regular with a superb full-in, but she fractured her foot in the same place she did after the Florida meet. She kept going, did a wonderful back 1. 5 to FLO that had mild control concerns and finished with a great switch jump to short button side half. Every one of this on a literal damaged foot, all for her group, all without remorses afterward. Aleah complied with up by tying the LSU record for highest possible flooring rating in a nationwide semifinal with a 9. 9625 that ended up as the second-highest flooring rating between both sessions, only shedding on her excursion jete fifty percent turn that she often rips off. The dual Arabian was unbelievable and the back 2. 5 to front put looked better than it had all year. Haleigh rounded off with a 9. 9500 that can\'ve gone higher in the evening session given that all the judges took for was her ring position. The group went nuts for her front dual front landing, one of the most powerful first come on the country when it sticks, and I genuinely resembled jumping out of my seat. Overall, floor team struck again, however they\'ll have to adjust Saturday currently that KJ is verified out. Chase had that odd error on flooring, however it\'s really fluky and difficult to anticipate, specifically when it had not been a trouble in workouts. Safe 49. 2500 (2nd after 3)LSU had their second 49. 250 on safe in the previous 3 satisfies, however they obtained stroke of luck that made it much less meaningful. Elena led off with a 9. 8250 Yurchenko Complete (YF) that had leg separation in the air, a slide back and energy performing the landing. Alyona adhered to with a 9. 8375 Yurchenko 1. 5 (Y1. 5) that had a squatty landing and a scoot forward. Chase kept things opting for a 9. 8500 on her Y1. 5 with an uncontrolled step forward, something that was likewise true of Aleah\'s 9. 8500 on her Omelianchik. She \'d had a hard time to land the safe in the previous day\'s platform training and rested her initial attempt in workouts, but she nailed her 2nd try and seemed to discover her area after that. Bryce Wilson subbed in for KJ on safe with her very own YF and racked up a 9. 8500 that looked rather great to me, but the safe electronic camera angle from the ESPN+ stream was really shocking and I got on the opposite side of the field from the safe. Haleigh secured with a truly weird 9. 8625 on which she came down on the directional guideline and took a step back rather than a hop. This might\'ve had the makings for a tight last turning, yet Denver and Cal transformed their lights out by counting falls on beam of light and bars, specifically. LSU had a 0. 5125 lead over Cal entering into the final rotation and a 0. 8625 lead over Denver. Overall, the Tigers need to clean up vault, this isn\'t going to suffice if they intend to finish exterior of fourth on Saturday. Haleigh\'s block on her vault has me concerned, but she could simply throw away a 10 and shut me up. I have actually seen her do it before. Bars 49. 4750 (1st after 4)The Tigers closed out the meet a really strong rotation. Alexis led off with a 9. 7750 that had bent elbow joints in the Maloney, leg sep in the pak salto and a soft and squatty HIHO on which she stepped out to salute. Alexis puts the high in HIHO, and that forces her to need to brace herself when she lands her dismount to prevent obtaining a reduction for her hips going to or listed below her knees. She really did not do that this time around and it cost her Logan Diggs Jersey. Ashley Cowan shook her nationals debut with a 9. 8750 that shed for bent feet in her Ray and a small step back on her DLO. She stuck that DLO in warm-ups and the whole group went nuts; look out when she does that in competitors for the very first time. Tori Tatum adhered to in Ashley\'s footsteps with a 9. 8750 of her very own that lost for leg separation in her pak and a barely ripped off low bar half turn, yet it might\'ve gone greater after the sun dropped. Aleah adhered to with a 9. 9250 that shed for her arms swinging under to keep her equilibrium and a soft left leg on her dismount. She stuck her Fontaine for the very first time in three months in a definitely clutch circumstance and went nuts afterward. That moment didn\'t secure LSU\'s berth in the finals, however Alyona\'s 9. 8625 did. She flexed her feet in her Ray, did a bad low bar half turn and had some leg splitting up in her stuck dismount, however was great otherwise. I just recently found out that she does not get deducted as a lot for kind errors on her dismount because she\'s refraining a DLO, she\'s doing a JO skill that does not exist in the elite code called a piked-in layout. It\'s a D ability while the DLO is an E skill, which suggests it\'s less complicated to do. Haleigh ended up the fulfill and offered LSU their 2nd victory of the season over Florida with a 9. 9375 that had a much Jaeger catch and bent feet in the double front half, yet it was a triumph lap routine to offer LSU their 2nd 4 on the Floor berth and first given that 2019 when ATVS was last on site to cover the championship. Overall, this was the type of bars rotation LSU requires when they begin the championship game on the occasion tomorrow. Overall meet: Haleigh Bryant ended up as the semifinal leader in the all-around with a national semifinal school-record 39. 6875 that wound up as 3rd total. Aleah made All-American honors on vault, floor and the all-around while Haleigh became the 2nd gymnast in school history to gain All-American honors on all four occasions and the well-rounded, joining April Burkholder in 2005 and 2006. The Tigers did enough to win, yet they need to clean points up for a fantastic surface to an improbable climb. |