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Oklahoma @ Florida Live Blog

Friday gymnastics time has begun!

It's former vs. current national champions! Refresh the page to get all the good stuff!

Jazzy Foberg leads off vault for Florida -  FTY, gorgeous, solid landing. good height, distance. Looked stuck, but not really, that is ok. 9.875

AJ Jackson leads off bars for Oklahoma - feed froze so I missed most of that routine. 9.85

Sierra Alexander VT FL -  FTY, huge height and distance. hop back, 9.825

Anastasia Webb OK UB -  good 1st HS, pak, nice, shap 1/2, legs glued together, blind change + double front dismount, stuck. 9.925

Alicia Boren VT FL -  big y 1 1/2,  bends her legs on the ascent down, but good height and distance. Won't get as high as she is accustomed. 9.875

Stefani Catour UB OK - perfect ray,  toe on + bail, nice HS position,  almost over arches HS, snaps back in a hot second, DLO, stuck. 9.85

Baker VT  y 1 1/2

BRENNA FREAKIN' DOWELL!  Ray,  nice bail,  bit short on the last HS, DLO, solid. 9.85

Rachel Slocum VT FL - hs front pike 1/2, nice height, just hopped on the landing. 9.9

Nicole Lehrmann UB OK - nice form, playing a bit of catch up so I missed some, full in, stuck 9.9

Alex McMurtry VT FL - DTY, so gorgeous, legs crossed a bit in air 10.00

Maggie Nichols church,  pak,  bit short on that HS, nice shap 1/2, DLO stuck. BAM! She's all, oh a 10? Whatever, look what I got going on here. 9.95

Scores after the 1st rotations -
Oklahoma bars 49.50
Florida vault 49.475

This is getting good!

Second rotation - Oklahoma is on vault and Florida is on bars.

Brehanna Showers leads off Oklahoma on vault - FTY, a bit flat, big step back. 9.825

Boren UB -  tkatchev, nice height, toe on, toe on + pak, DLO, small hop. 9.85

Lehrmann VT OK - FTY, not a lot of height, but a good landing. Clean form. 9.875

Baker UB - ray, huge,  bail, some leg seps,  blind change + double front, lots of amplitude, hop on landing. 9.825

BRENNA! VT - y 1 1/2,  good height, bit off to the side, hops on landing 9.875

Foberg UB -  toe on + pak,  shap + gienger, nice, full in, small step. Good routine, 9.9

Webb VT - Omelianchik, small hop, good height, nice control. 9.9

Amelia Hundley UB FL -  shap + pak, very clean,  toe on  + shap 1/2, nice, bit of leg seps at the ankles, DLO, STUCK! Boom. 9.925

Jackson VT - y 1 1/2 is huge, but again, off to the side and hops on the landing 9.875

Gowey UB -  ray, beautiful,  toe on + pak, beautiful, perfect, amazing, DLO, piked down a bit and had a bit hop, Angels sing when she's on bars. 9.85

Swaggie Maggie Nichols does a perfect yurchenko 1 1/2, boom. Swags is on. 9.975

McMurty UB - ray, flexed her feet but good air, bail, Chest a bit down on full in dismount and has a hop forward.9.9

Scores after 2nd rotation -
Oklahoma, 99, vault 49.5
Florida 98.9, bars 49.425

3rd rotation - Florida is on beam and Oklahoma is on Floor:

Meels Hundley leads off beam for Florida -  front aerial + spl jump,  BHS + LOSO,  cat leap + sw side, nice split position,  full turn, solid, round off + 1 1/2, maybe almost stuck, maybe a small hop? 9.875

Showers leads off floor for Oklahoma -  clean double pike, fro full + fro lay, stumbles a bit on landing,  sw ring + tour jete 1/2,  Fro 1/1 + fro 1/1 9.85

Megan Skaggs BB Florida -  side split mount,  wolf turn 2/1,   sw + spl nice,  BHS +LOSO, cat leap + sw side, side aerial +back full, stuck. Fabulous.9.9

BRENNA! FX -  FHS + double front, small hop,  stag leap,  1 1/2 + front full,  tour jete + popa,  front lay + front full.  Kathy made the comment that she's more animated in the past couple of years, I do agree. Considering what we've learned about the Ranch and learned that it is in fact the 10th circle of hell that Dante forgot in his "Inferno." She's embraced the fun and supportive atmosphere of NCAA. 9.925

Boren BB -  front toss,  BHS + LOSO, huge amplitude, uses whole beam, sw + sw side,  cat leap + gainer LOSO,  full turn, small wobble, but covers with an arm wave, cartwheel + gainer full + grapevine 9.85

Webb FX -  fhs + front 2/1, 1 1/2 + front full,  sw 1/2 +  spl jump (I think i made that up because I can't type fast enough, ha). FHS + Rudi 9.925

Gowey BB -  sw + spl,  BHS + LOSO + LOSO,  beautiful, front aerial + sissone that floats in the air,  full turn, gainer full, stuck landing. 9.925

Evy Schoepfer FX -  huge double back, big bounce out,  fro full + front lay, almost missed it, sw ring + wolf hop 1/2,  double pike, stuck. 9.9

Alyssa Baumann BB Fl - Side split mount,  onodi + BHS, love that onodi, sw + sw 1/2,  front aerial + sissone,  full turn,  round off + 1 1/2, coulda held the stick longer... crowd loved it. 9.975

Swags FX -  dbl back,  front full + front LOSO,  sw + sw 1/2,  beautiful double pike.9.975

McMurty BB - spl jump mt, front toss,  BHS + LOSO,  sw + shushunova + back hip circle,  round off + 2/1 twist, stuck. 10.00 the second 10 of the night, and she just beat Bridget Sloan for the most 10's in Florida history.

Jackson FX - full in, goes OOB,  1 1/2 + front full,  sw side + popa,  double pike, chest a bit down and has a slight stumble 9.775

WOW! Going into the final rotation, it's all tied up!
Florida 148.575, beam 49.675
Oklahoma 148.757, floor 49.575

Oklahoma finishes on beam and Florida ends on floor.

Catour leads off beam  -  full turn,  BHS + LOSO, solid,  cat leap + sw side,  hitchkick + front aerial, gainer tuck full on the end. Solid lead off. 9.925

Slocum leads off floor for Florida - whip + double pike,  tour jete full + wolf jump 1/2,  front full + front pike,  fhs + rudi. 9.9

Showers BB -  full turn following some booty shaking choreo,  BHS + LOSO,  sw + beat jump full, balance check, missed her korbut flip,  cartwheel + gainer full. 9.9

Skaggs FX -  1 1/2 + double back, stuck, 1 1/2 + front lay, legs a tiny bit separated, sw side + spl full,  wolf turn full,  double pike, chest a bit down, gator chomp to finish. 9.9

Carly Woodard BB, nice split position on the beam,  full turn,  front toss + BHS,  beautiful scale, sw + spl,  side aerial + back full, beautiful. 9.95

Foberg FX -  full in, big step on the landing,  front lay + front full + front tuck, didn't have enough amplitude but still got that to her feet. Those are some powerful legs,  dbl back, chest a bit down. 9.825

Lehrmann BB - nice shoulder stand mount,  full turn,  front aerial, perfect,  cat leap + sw side,  BHS + LOSO, perfect,  sw + Korbut flip, floats down on beam, gainer full dismount, perfect.9.9

Boren FX - DLO is a bit short, meh,  1 1/2 + front lay is superb,  tour jete + wolf full, double tuck is perfect.  Gator chomp to finish. 9.875

Seriously, everytime they do a gator chomp on floor, I feel the need to take a drink.

Webb BB - full turn,  BHS + LOSO, floats,  cat leap + front aerial,  sw + spl,  side aerial + back full, small hop, beautiful routine otherwise. 9.85

Baker FX - pike double arabian, perfection, huge air, practically open,  clean double back, perfect landing. love her dance, she's so fabulous, sw leap + sw 1/2,  1 1 /2 + front 1/2 + straddle jump that is like a mile high... 9.975

Swaggie Maggie -  BB - front aerial + spl jump,  BHS + LOSO,  sw + spl, perfect amplitude, full turn, round off + 1 1/2, small step on the landing.  9.875

Baumann FX -  double back, perfect,  1 1/2 + front full,  tour jete + popa, double pike, tiny stumble. '

AHH. she needs a 9.925 to win for Florida... it's going to be close! I'm biting my nails....9.925, she won the meet for Florida and broke the Sooners' winning streak by 0.025.

Florida 198.150
Oklahoma 198.125....

Oh wait, there's an inquiry from Oklahoma... got to wait for the FINAL final score...

Okay, the bouncing Florida team and the crowd erupting in pandemonium makes it official, Florida won.
Florida tied Oklahoma on floor, 49.575

I'm so late on the other meets I wanted to live blog tonight, so I'm going to call it good for tonight. I'll be back tomorrow for more gymnastics fun!

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