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US Classic Live Blog - Junior Session

Time for some live blogging!

This is the junior session of the US Classic. Refresh the page every five to ten minutes for updates!
 Walk out and introductions have finished and we're now singing the national anthem.

1st half of the first rotation will commence shortly.

Jenny Rowland (Florida head coach) is judging vault... just in case you wanted to know.

Here we go, rotation one is starting.

Lilian Lippeat BB CGA -  full turn, wobble on a split leap, BHS to 2 lOSOs, fro aerial. split leap full,  side aerial, balance check, BHS+ BHS+ dbl pike dismount.

Carina Jordan of Prattville YMCA on vault - FTY, chest a bit down

Brooke Butler UB - stadler, nice Ricna, leg seps on a maloney, off on a pirouette.

Cael Bixler FX - Is performing to "All that Jazz" from Chicago. 1st pass, double arabian, sits it down,  1 1/2 step out + double back, sw ring, tour jete,  double pike, chest is on her knees when she lands,  nice double full to end it.

Victoria Smirnoff UB - double front dismount, take a few steps out.

Ellie Lazzari BB - nice press handstand mount,  sw, sw 1/2, back pike,  side aerial + split+ wolf jump,  2 standing LOSOs, wobbles on it but it's gutsy, sheep jump, full turn,  BHS + 2 ft lay i think. Round off + dbl pike

Madeline Williams was on floor, didn't catch her routine.

Brooke Siter, BB -  sw _ sw 1.2, back pike,  a little slow on the connection,  BHS + LOSO, solid,  fro aerial small wobble, side aerial, L turn 1/1, wolf jump +

Jafree Scott -  huge popa to start, love her amplitude,  full in, sticks it cold,  spl jump full,  memmel turn, beautiful flexibility, double arabian,  double back,  sw side + sw side,  double pike, a little short and has to take a big step forward but good routine.

Kayla Di Cello beam - bhs + loso=loso series, spl, split jump 1/2, lots of turning jumps, 3/1 dismount

Kaytlyn Johnson on floor - She has Larisa Iordache's floor music! Double arabian, OOB, 1 1/2 step out to dbl back, l turn, sw + sw side,  2/1 twist,  tour jete 1/1,  double pike, chest a bit down

Time Rotation 1B

I'm trying to find some scoring, but can't right at the moment... may need to do some digging around.

Leanne Wong on floor,  popa,  triple full,  sw 1/2,  double back,  sw ring, tour jete,  2/1 L turn + 1/1 turn, just a full to end.

Jay Jay Marshall, UB toe one + toe shoot, jaeger, tkatchev, looses it on the HB,  full in dismount. Has the best leo. I would totally wear it...

Sydney Barros BB -  triple turn, nice,  front tuck,  split jump full, falls,  BHS + LOSO + handspring fall from the beam,  front aerial,  side aerial + sw + spl, sw 1/2, wobble, BHS + BHS + double back.

Kara Eaker of GAGE had a nice finishing pose on floor...and her leo is purple and that's all I know.

Konnor McClain FX -  DLO, beautiful,  ring jump, 2 1/2 + punch front, almost OOB, tour jete, the wolf turn,  fro 1/2 + fro 1/1, sw ring, double pike, is under-rotated and puts her hands down.

Abigail Scanlon BB - side straddle mount,  double wolf turn,  BHS + LOSO,  sw + sw 1/2,  front aerial,  spl + straddle jump, side somi,  spl 1/4,  side aerial, another turning split jump, 2/1 dismount

Tienne Nguyen FX -  spl jump 3/4,  2/1 twist,  L jump 1/1,  FHS + fro full + stag leap, sw + tour jete, wolf turn 2/1,  double pike, short and puts her hand down,  tour jete 1/2

Selena Harris BB - 1/1 turn,  fro aerial + spl jump + ring jump,  BHS + LOSO, solid,  sw + sw 1/2 + back tuck,  side somi,  spl jump 1/1, 3/1 dismount.

Addison Fatta FX -  full in,  double pike, chest down a bit,  tour jete, fro hS + fro 1/1, wolf turn 2/1,  sw + tour jete 1/2,  2 1/2 dismount.

Rotation 2 starting in a bit. Soooo many turning jumps, it's making me dizzy!

Anna Li and Chellsie Memmel are judging bars, Good times.


Victoria Smirnov is on beam -  1/1 turn,  BHS + LOSO+ LOSO, foot is off on her last LOSO and she falls,  sw + sw 1/2 + back pike and falls,  side aerial,  onodi,  spl + sissone, fro aerial,  sw ring, wobble,  sw ring,  3/1 dismount

I love that there's a gym called "Winners" Gymnastics. Does that mean you can't go there if you're not a winner?

JaFree Scott with a great vault, didn't quite catch what it was

Maeve Hahn UB -  beautiful transitions and lines,  giant 1/2,  double pike.

Leanna Wong VT -  DTY,

Brooke Siter FX - 2/1 twist,  sw ring + tour jete 1/2,  fro HS + fro 1/2,  2/1 L turn + back L turn full,  double back, chest is down and her puts her hands down.

Lauren Little UB -  staldler 1/1 + chow + pak,  maloney + bail,  toe shoot to HB,stalder, 1/2 + jaeger,  giant 1/1, DLO, small step

Kayla Di Cello FX -  sw ring, sw 1/2, fhs + fro 1/2, wolf turn 2/1,  tour jete 1/2, clean double back, hops out of the landing.

Sienna Robinson UB -toe on  giant 1/2 _ jaeger, pak,  toe shoot to HB,  giant 1/1, full in

Shilese Jones FX -  full in, beautiful,  double arabian,  jump L 1/1,  double pike,  2/1 L turn,  tour jete,  double back

Audrey Davis UB -  stalder + toe on + maloney + pak,  toe shoot to HB, toe 1/2, giant 1/1 + piked jaeger, blind change + double front 13.65

Anya Pilgrim FX -  1 1/2 step out + double arabian,  double pike,  sw ring, sw 1/2,  memmel turn full, punch rudi, how very NCAA, Spl jump,  double back. Beautiful routine.

Jay Jay Marshall BB - spl straddle mount,  onodi,  front aerial + spl jump + straddle jump,  BHS + BHS + 2 ft layout, 1/1 turn,  side aerial, is off balance and falls,  sw + sw 1/2, side aerial,  front tuck,  spl ring jump,  straddle 3/4,  BHS + BHS + double back

Madeleine Johnston FX - double arabian,  DLO, comes up a bit short, sw ring + beautiful sw 1/2, nicely split, whip + whip + 2 1/2, sits it down,  tour jete 1/2,  double back,

Rotation 2B to commence shortly

Scores after 1 1/2 rotations-
Rotation 2B -

Konnor McClain VT  FTY, close to the vault

Sydney Barros BB - side aerial,  sw sw 1/2, nice and split, back tuck, BHS+BHS+LOSO, beautiful, floats it,  she's showing shades of sass and I love it

Addison Fatta VT - FTY, nice landing

Annie Beard BB - wolf turn, front tuck,  BHS + LOSO,  fro aerial + spl + side straddle jump,  straddle 3/4, she's got a little spunk this one, sw ring, side aerial, BHS +BHS + 2 1/2 dismount

Abigail Scanlon FX - double pike

Bowers BB wolf turn, sw + sissone

Breanna Nault - UB  toe  1/1, maloney + bail+ toe shoot, giant 1/2 jaeger, full in

Selena Harris FX - Double pike, sw ring,  tour jete full, nice amplitude 2 1/2 + punch front + stag, triple full,  full turn to memmel turn, beautiful,  double back, a tad short. She's from Gymcats

Morgan Trevor UB - toe on toe 1/2, tkatchev,  pak,  toe on to toe shoot to HB, giant 1.2, DLO

Lillian Lippeat FX -  pike full in,  full turn,  1 1/2 step out + double back, chest a bit down, sw ring, ferrari?, 1 1.2 + front punch,  sw 1/2,  double pike,

Brooke Butler BB-  side split mount to bent kneed wolf turn and basically falls out of it, front aerial,  BHS + LOSO,  L turn 1/1,  side aerial,  sw back tuck, spl _ sissone,  double back.

Love Birt FX - Double back.

End of Rotation 2b -
Scores -
1. Audrey Davis, WOGA 27.700
2. Lauren Little, Everest 27.550
3. Leanne Wong, GAGE 27.300

Rotation 3A

Missed the first group

Leanne Wong UB -  in bar shap + pak,  toe on 1/2 + jaeger,  giant 1/2,  giant 1/1, late,  DLO. She even WALKS pretty. Ugh. Can she be senior now? 12.9

Sienna Robinson BB -  BHS + BHS + 2 ft lay, sw sw 1/2 , 1/1 Y turn, BHS = back pike, split jump, falls on a front tuck, wolf jump + straddle jump, 2 1/2 dismount 12.650

Kara Eaker UB -  toe 1/1, maloney + pak,  shap 1/2,  toe on 1/2, jaeger,  DLO, a little pike in the hips but nice landing. 12.95

Abigail Scanlon with an FTY on vault.

Audrey Davis BB -  love that mount,  sw ring, BHS + LOSO,  side aerial,  onodi + split jump,  sw + sw 1/2,  fro aerial + ring leap, round off + 2 1/2 14.1

Time to hurry up and wait while the judges calculate scores for a billion years.

Jay Jay Marshall FX -  DLO full out, 2/1 l turn + 2/1 turn,  pike double arabian, practically laid out,  sw ring,  + sw 1/2,  DLO, short and puts her hands down,   1 1/2 step out + triple. SHE HAS ALIYA's FLOOR MUSIC! 12.9

Gabbie Gallentine BB - 1/1 turn, spl junp, BHS + loso,  spl 3/4,  side aerial,  sw + spl + back tuck sw 1/2, under rotated,  2 1/2

Sydney Barros FX -  sw + sw 1/2, double back to end.

Texas Dreams' leo looks like a Lisa Frank store threw up on it.

Annie Beard  FX- Her floor music is March of the Torreadors from Carmen. spl jump 1/1,  full in,  full turn,  double back,  sw ring , tour jete 1/1,  1 1/2 + front pike,  OMG!!  That fanning herself motion in the corner was so cute! 2 1/2 to end. She's FABULOUS 13.4

time for rotation 3B

Standings -
1. Audrey Davis 41.800
2. Shilese Jones 40.700
3. Leanne Wong, 40.200

Selena Harris - vault y 1 1/2

Addison Fatta UB - nice DLO 1/1 dismount

Jordan Bowers FX - quad turn 1 1/2 + front tuck, wolf turn,  2 1/2

Lillian Lippeat VT - DTY, very impressive for someone so small

Hannah Hagle  UB- giant 1/1 + tkatchev,  pak,  toe on 1/2 + endo, shoot ot HB,  giant 1/2, DLO

Morgan Trevor BB -  BHS+ BHS + 2 ft layout,  sw,  onodi + spl+ sissone,  1/1 turn,  fro aerial + wolf jump,  1/1 turn,  sw ring kinda... discount sw ring BHS + BHS + double pike

Brooke Butler FX -  double back,  2 1/2, L turn 2/1,  sw ring, sw 1/2,  FHS + fro lay + fro pike,  wolf turn,  double pike, lands it to her knees.

Carina Jordan BB BHS + 2 ft layout,  barani, falls,  L turn full, small wobble,  side aerial, takes a few steps out of it, switch side, almost looses her balance on that leap.  round off double pike

Smirnov FX - double pike,  2/1 turn,  sw ring, ring jump,  1 1/2 + front 1/1,  sw 1/2, nice amplitude an split position.  2 1/2

Deiah Marie Moody BB -  front tuck mount, THANK YOU, front aerial, split jump,  sw, sw 1/2,  front tuck,  split ring jump, side aerial + spl jump + wolf jump.  3 /1 twist

JaFree Scott  UB-  maloney pak , toe shoot, toe 1/2, jaeger giant 1/2 DLO dismount.

Maeve Hahn BB fro walk over mt + onodi, BHS+ LOSO,  front aerial split jump, sissone,  sw 1/2,  1/1 turn, pauses, looks like a slight wobble.double back, deep squat on the landing

On to rotation 4.

Standings so far -
1. Audrey Davis, 41.800
2. Shilese Jones, 40.700
3. Madelyn Williams 40.400
4. Leanne Wong, 40.200

Top 25 -

Audrey Davis FX -  pike full in,  double back,  sw ring, tour jete,  1 1/2 + fro lay, wolf turn,  tour jete 1/2,  2 1/2 to end it

Jay Jay Marshall VT - DTY, big air, big step back on the landing.

Sydney Barros VT - FTY, clean, small hop

Konnor McClain BB -  BHS step out + BHS + layout 2 ft,  1/1 turn,  side aerial,  sw + sw 1/2 + back pike,  fro aerial,  tuck full, big wobble but holds on to it,  sits her double pike dismount.  Coach behind her throws his hands in disgust, I think

A gymnast on UB whom I'm not sure who she is.. Ugh.. endo, stalder half, falls on her Komova transition. repeats, giant 1/1 double pike, big bounce,

Watching Fatta on beam and I think I heard the Wonder Woman theme in the background... double back.

Scanlon UB -  toe one 1/2,  tkatchev,  stalder + bail, + toe shoot to HB,  toe on giant 1/2,  giant 1/2, double pike

Breanna Nault FX -  Bare Necessities to dramatic music, double back,  1 1/2 + front 1/1,  sw ring,  tour jete,  FHS + rudi,  floor pounding to double L turn, 2/1 dismount.

Lillian Lippeat UB -  toe on + ray,  toe 1/2 + pak,  stalder BWD + stalder shoot to HB,  full in.

Morgan Trevor FX -  1 1/2 + front layout,  y turn full,  double back, a little short.

Time for rotation 4B.

Carina Jordan FX - straddle jump,  punch double front, BOOM!  pike full in, nice shapes in the air,  sw + sw side,  2 1/2 + front sit down,  2/1 L turn + full turn,  puts the triple full to her knees.

Smirnov with a unique vault, bhs on to the board and then pike off?

Sydney Kho UB -Ray, toe on toe 1/2 + pak + toe shoot to HB,

Madelyn Williams BB - wolf turn,  sissone + splt jump,  spl 1/2,  fro aerial,  side aerial,  BHS + LOSO, nice extension sw, sw 1/2, definitely didn't get that split all the way round, back pike, double pike dismount.

Deiah Moody FX, 1 1/2 + front full,  2/1 twist.

I think the graphics are confused...it said Maeve Hahn was up with Deiah was up on floor and it said Sydney Kho was Shilese Jones. Ugh.

Jafree Scott - BB front tuck,  sw side,  spl + wolf jump,  side aerial,  BHS + BHS+ double back

NOW here is Maeve Hahn on floor,  Semenova turn,  sw, tour jete, 1/2,  front tuck + 2 1/2

NOW here is Shilese Jones on bars -   stalder + pike jaeger, giant 1/1 + pak,  stalder + stalder shoot to HB, double back

Lauren Little FX -  dbl arabian,  3/1 twist,  sw ring,  tour jete,  full turn to Popa, 2 1/2, sw 1/2,  spl full,  double back to finish

Leanne Wong BB - BHS + LOSO series, L turn 1/1,  fro aerial,  side aerial, big balance check,  side somi, has a big balance check and puts her hand on the beam doesn't fall,, BHS + BHS + 2 1/2. She looks disappointed. It's ok! You'll be fine! Don't be sad.

Sienna Robinson FX -  full in,  sw + sw 1/2, nice split positions, memmel turn,  double back, nice scale,  2 1/2 to punch front, cartwheel to Onodi,  1 1/2 step out to Rudi.

The end.

Final results -
1. Grace McCallum 54.150
2. Aubrey Davis 53.750
3. Kara Eaker 53.600

Join me at 5:30 MT (6:30 CT) for the seniors!

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