March 20, 2009
PROVO, Utah -
Scores and commentary from tonight's meet between No. 2 Utah and BYU will be posted here live. You will need to hit your reload/refresh key for updates. Introductions are scheduled to start at 7 p.m. MT. The first scores should begin to appear around 7:15 p.m.
BYU UTAH
VAULT VAULT
Madeleine Johnson 9.600 Daria Bijak 9.900
Mickell Merrell 9.650 Jamie Deetscreek 9.825
Jennifer Lezeu 9.650 Kyndal Robarts 9.875
Danielle Goldman 9.750 Nina Kim 9.950
Emiko Ono 9.850 Annie DiLuzio 9.875
Kristina Baskett 9.950
VT: 48.500; Running: 48.500 VT: 49.550; Running: 98.925
Utah vault notes:
That is the best vault I've seen Daria Bijak do
all year. She had a very small step on the landing, but
wow, what a vault. BTW, I called that even before I
saw the score!.
Jamie Deetscreek had good distance and form, but I thought
she was a little low. She had a hop on her landing.
Kyndal Robarts had great amplitude, distance and form
on and off the horse. She had a step on her landing.
Gorgeous vault by Nina Kim from start to finish.
She had a really nice approach ... hit the vault
moving fast.
Annie DiLuzio ran out of that vault. I'm surprised she
she scored that high. She must have gotten a lot of credit
on how big it was in the air.
Kristina Baskett's vault was perfect, period. I refuse
to acknowledge any deductions. The impartial reporters
agree with me. Watch the replay on Greg's email tonight.
BARS BARS Emiko Ono 8.275 Stephanie McAllister 9.750 Danielle Goldman 9.100 Nina Kim 9.850 Megan Donahue 9.725 Jamie Deetscreek 9.850 Madeleine Johnson 9.800 Gael Mackie 9.875 Whitney Olsen 9.475 Daria Bijak 9.875 Megan Lezeu 8.750 Kristina Baskett 9.925 UB: 46.850; Running: 95.350 UB: 49.375; Running: 49.375 Utah bar notes: Good, clean set by Stephanie McAllister. She had a pause on that part where she drops on to the high bar, but it didn't affect the flow or her handstand. Really nice flow to Nina Kim's routine. Handstands were all straight. No big deductions that I could see. Jamie Deetscreek was cruising until her last release move to handstand. She didn't get quite straight on the handstand. It may have been a case where you're not to do a straight handstand. Lya, Linda and I aren't sure. I thought Gael Mackie's routine was awesome from start to finish. Lya said she had a step on the landing. Daria Bijak's routine was a beauty. She looked really strong, swung well, hit nice release moves. She landed with one leg slightly ahead of the other, but that shouldn't have cost her much. Kristina Baskett's routine was about as good as it gets. She leaned out of her landing. I thought she came close to holding it long enough, but I'm guessing that was the deduction.
BEAM BEAM Jessica Villegas 9.525 Kyndal Robarts 9.900 Danielle Goldman 9.075 Gael Mackie 9.700 Madeleine Johnson 9.600 Jamie Deetscreek 9.825 Whitney Olsen 9.750 Daria Bijak 9.825 Jennifer Lezeu 9.800 Kristina Baskett 9.825 Kaylee Gallup 9.825 Nina Kim 9.900 BB: 48.500; Running: 143.850 BB: 49.275; Running: 197.800 Utah beam notes: The only deduction I saw on Kyndal Robart' routine was that she was first up. The judges didn't find much wrong either. Great routine. Gael Mackie got a little tentative, but she made a nice save on one flip, when she was crooked, but stayed up. Jamie Deetscreek moved really fast and smoothly through the first half of the routine. She paused a couple of times on the last half, and had a couple of little things, but mostly this was another really nice routine by Jamie. Daria Bijak had just problem in her routine and she did a nice recovery. She landed her punch front on one foot and had to raise the other leg a little in response. Her leaps are so high I could walk under them and I'm pretty tall. Kristina Baskett had a balance check at the end of her first series. She had another little thing or two, but also had some really well executed elements. No problems of any sorts on Nina Kim's routine. She maybe came off that move where she flips frontwards with no arms a little slow, but not a break worth much in deductions.
FLOOR FLOOR Mickell Merrell 9.750 Jamie Deetscreek 9.850 Jennifer Lezeu 9.525 Kyndal Robarts 9.875 Madeleine Johnson 9.775 Daria Bijak 9.925 Jessica Villegas 9.700 Nina Kim 9.875 Whitney Olsen 9.800 Kristina Baskett 9.950 Danielle Goldman 9.850 Annie DiLuzio 9.975 FX: 48.875; Running: 192.725 FX: 49.600; Running: 148.525 Utah floor notes: Jamie Deetscreek was smooth in her routine. She got a little ahead of her music on her first and last pass, but I'm not sure that matters in ths score. I think the deduction came on a very small skid on the last landinng. Kyndal Robarts was unaffected by a long TV delay. She showed some strong feet on her first pass, landing on the top half of her left foot and not even stumbling. Daria Bijak is super human. First, she just nailed that cool and impossible first pass. Then, on her last pass, she hooked her feet right before her tumbling move and still stuck it. This was awesome. Nina Kim stayed rollinlg. Nice, clean routine. No real deductions to sepak of. Wow is all I can say about Kristina Baskett. What a great routine. She even stuck her tongue out after the second pass. Nailed her tumbling, big smiles, great dance. Count it a 10.0 in my books. Annie DiLuzio finished off a monster floor with a monster routine. Honestly, I think both she and Kristina deserved a 10.0 (Annie did get one, with the other a 9.95). I'm pretty sure she's never totally, dead cold stuck that final landing like she did tonight.
