Utah-Michigan live scoring, commentary, streaming.
March 22, 2008
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -
Scores and commentary from tonight's meet between Utah and Michigan will be posted here live. You will need to hit your reload/refresh key for updates. Introductions are scheduled to start at 4 p.m. Mountain Time. The first scores should begin to appear around 4:15 p.m. MT.
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MICHIGAN UTAH VAULT VAULT Kari Pearce 9.875 Nina Kim 9.850 Lindsey Bruck 9.875 Daria Bijak 9.825 Sarah Curtis 9.850 Kyndal Robarts 9.875 Katie Lieberman 9.800 Annie DiLuzio 9.875 Tatjana Thuener-Rego 9.800 Kristina Baskett 9.875 Nellie Kippley 9.150 Ashley Postell 9.950 VT: 49.200; Running: 49.200 VT: 49.425; Running: 98.825 Utah vault notes: Nina Kim came oh-so-close to holding her landing long enough for a stick. That was the big dedution on an otherwise impressive vault. Too bad Daria Bijak had a small hop on her landing because what a vault. She got the oohs and aahs from the crowd yet again. Beautiful vault by Kyndal Robarts. Tough scoring. Our vaults are almost off the mat they are so big. That might have been Annie DiLuzio's best vault this year. Kristina Baskett's vault was really clean, but probably didn't hold up as well in the scoring because she didn't have the height or amplitude of the previous four. Those vaults were just huge. Ashley Postell could have gotten a 10.0 on that vault, although a 9.95 is plenty good. She was way up, perfect form, stuck the landing cold.
BARS BARS Lindsey Bruck 9.825 Nina Kim 9.850 Sarah Curtis 9.850 Jessica Duke 9.825 Jordan Sexton 9.400 Daria Bijak 9.900 Tatjana Thuener-Rego 9.875 Gael Mackie 9.775 Becky Bernard 9.925 Kristina Baskett 9.925 Kylee Botterman 9.775 Ashley Postell 9.900 UB: 49.325; Running: 98.525 UB: 49.400; Running: 49.400 Utah bar notes: It was hard to tell Nina Kim has been out of the bar lineup for five weeks after that foot injury. Really nice, clean routine. She got a 9.90 from one judge. Jessica Duke had a great routine, big swings, good execution. She had a hop on her landing. Daria Bijak had a big time routine. The only thing I saw, and I don't think it's a big deduction, was she bent back a little on a handstand after standing it up straight. Really nice, big routine. Gael Mackie was great on the bars, performing big difficulty well. She seemed to get gassed at the very end and had a large step on her dismount. Kristina Baskett's routine was really pretty and smooth. All of her handstands, release moves, etc. were right on. She nailed her landing. Ashley Postell returned to form on this routine. After some issues the last two meets, she looked really confident and smooth today. One judge gave her a 9.95 and the other a 9.85.
BEAM BEAM Megan Moore 9.850 Jamie Deetscreek 9.775 Sarah Curtis 9.675 Annie DiLuzio 9.800 Kelsey Knutson 9.825 Kristina Baskett 9.825 Becky Bernard 9.900 Nina Kim 9.825 Lindsey Bruck 9.350 Daria Bijak 9.925 Jordan Sexton 9.350 Ashley Postell 9.950 BB: 48.600; Running: 147.125 BB: 49.325; Running: 197.425 Utah beam notes: Jamie Deetscreek had a little issue on basically a gimme move early in the routine and I was afraid it would throu her off. She did have a big balance check after her series, but stayed on and got stronger as the routine progressed. Annie DiLuzio had a monster beam routine going until her dismount when she took a step. I bet she'd have scored a 9.95 without the step. Kristina Baskett just flowed through her routine. The only little break didn't interfere with it. She landed one pass and one foot failed to land on the beam. But it didn't interupt her progress and Ithought it was remarkable. Nina Kim also had a fabulous routine going until a funny looking break, from which she recovered nicely to finish strong. And yet some more fancy footwork from Daria Bijak. She did a nice job catching her punch front with both feet and just tore it up other than that little miscue. Ashley Postell was methodical in showing the beam who is the boss. She had a big fan club after that routine.
FLOOR FLOOR
Nellie Kipley 9.825 Beth Rizzo 9.825
Sarah Curtis 9.875 Nina Kim 9.825
Lindsey Bruck 9.850 Daria Bijak 9.825
Katie Lieberman 9.875 Kyndal Robarts 9.850
Kylee Botterman 9.775 Annie DiLuzio 9.875
Ashley Postell 9.900
FX: 49.200; Running: 196.325 FX: 49.275; Running: 148.100
Utah floor notes:
Beth Rizzo put on a nice show for her big
fan club. She can clean up her landings a
bit.
Nina Kim came in as last minute replacement
for Kristina Baskett. I'm guessing Kris's feet are
hurting, but that's just a guess. Nina again
did a nice routine on an event she hasn't done
for six weeks.
Daria Bijak had plenty of pop but had a few errors
in that routine. She cowboyed her tuck double front
and kind of skittered on the mat at the end of her
routine. Still, her routine was impressive simply
for what she does and how she does it.
Kyndal Robarts had a great routine, worthy of the
9.90 that one judge gave her. She just dropped from
the sky on her double Arabian, ended with a perfectly
landed piked double back and was clean in her
dance and other tumbling.
Annie DiLuzio's routine was solid but I thought
she had trouble building up steam on her tumbling
passes. She completed them, but that's what it
looked like.
There was only one thing that wasn't perfect on
Ashley Postell's 9.90 routine. She had a step to
the side when landing her gigantic double Arabian.
