Routine Commentary
2/9/2007 7:00:00 AM | Gymnastics
Feb. 9, 2007
MARYLAND ROUTINE COMMENTARY
Vault
Lindsey Bonomo - handspring front tuck (small hop) 9.65 Marisa St. Louis - handspring front pike (hop) 9.75 Margaux Meeks - Yurchenko Arabian (sat down) 9.325 Candice King - big Yurchenko full (stuck) 9.900 Brandi George - Yurchenko full (low, step fwd) 9.75 Angela Ferg - Yurchenko full (big step forward) 9.65Bars
Meeks - Schaposchnikova; higgins to a straddle back handstand; uprise handstand to giant full turn to a stuck double tuck dismount (few missed handstands) 9.70 Michele Brenner - cast hop handstand, front giant ½, Pak salto; double pike dismount, 9.575 King - giant full to Tkatchev; giant ½ to shootover handstand; giant full to stuck double tuck (by far her best routine of the season) 9.775 George - back stadler, stadler full, straddle back; giant ½, fwd giant 1/2, double tuck dismount, 9.75 Rachel Colon - uprise ½, giant full, giant ½, Geinger; double pike with step forward, 9.75 Allison Dama - giant full, Tkatchev, straddle back handstand, toe-shoot; full twisting double tuck dismount, 9.825Beam
Gretchen Kittelberger - handspring, handspring, layout stepout (balance check); switch leap - straddle jump; straddle jump - Chen; front full dismount Brenner - straddle jump ¾ (check); punch front; switch leap-switch side (wobble); handspring layout stepout (balance check); double full dismount, 9.550 Colon - switch side leap; handspring-handspring-layout step out; pike jump-straddle jump-straddle (lacks extension); double full dsmt, 9.625 Ferg - front tuck mount; handspring layout-stepout layout-stepout; switch leap - straddle jump, 9.75 Talia Tossone - punch front; handspring layout-stepout; front aerial; switch leap - one-arm handspring (balance check); Rudi dsmt, 9.65 George - George I (gainer front aerial); handspring layout step-out; switch leap - split jump; George II (gainer side somi); double tuck dismount, 9.8
Floor Exercise
Ferg - double tuck; front layout- front layout; front full dismount (left out punch front), 9.675 Tossone - double pike; Rudi; front layout - front layout half, 9.6 Brenner - front through to double tuck; front layout-front layout; double pike, 9.775 Kittelberger - pike tuck; whip half to front layout; pike pike (low); 9.725 Morgan Fishbein - 2.5 twists to punch front; whip half to front full; double tuck (sat down), 9.075 George - double pike; front full to front pike; double tuck, 9.85
GEORGE WASHINGTON ROUTINE COMMENTARY
Bars
Gillian Coleman -Giant ½, overshoot ½ to handstand (short), toe-on underswing to high bar; Giant full, giant ½, front flyaway 1 ½ (step) (overall leg form issues)
Maggie Parrack - Clear hip, Gienger; Clear hip ½, swing down between the bars to straddle back handstand ; Double layout (pike down, step)
McKenzie Parrack - Giant ½, straddle back to handstand, underswing to high bar; Double layout (big step back, a little piked throughout the skill)
Christa Devine - Giant full, Tkatchev (bent knees); Giant ½, overshoot to handstand (short) Giant full (leg separation), double tuck (step)
Megan Quinn - Tkatchev (low) ; Giant ½ (very late turn), double front
Abbey Myles - Cast handstand hop to undergrip, front giant healy, front giant healy, straddle back; Double twisting flyaway (step)
Vault
1.Jess Guilbert 9.725 Pike front (very nice, slight knee bend in air)
2.Maggie Parrack 9.55 Yurchenko layout (hop)
3.Carolyn Marckesano 9.725 Pike front (hop, little knee bend in air)
4.Kristen Simpson 9.275 Yurchenko layout half (bent knees, sat down due to under-rotation)
5.Mckenzie Parrack 9.75 Yurchenko layout half (good landing, but knee and hip bend in the air)
6.Emily Howarth 9.65 Front pike (big arch onto the horse, bent knees, big step forward)
GW Floor
1.Mckenzie Parrack 9.55 Roundoff, flip flop, double pike (small lunge forward) Full turn,wolf full, Popa Roundoff, flip flop, double twist, punch front Switch side, Shushunova Roundoff, flip flop, double tuck (big lunge forward due to under-rotation)
2.Carolyn Marckensano 9.45 Roundoff, flip flop, double pike (two steps back out of bounds) Front handspring, front layout, front full (leg form issues) Wolf full, Popa, wolf full Roundoff, flip flop, 2 ½ twist (slightly awkward landing)
3.Gillian Coleman 9.725 Roundoff, flip flop, double pike (very nice) Double turn, wolf full, Popa Front handspring, front full, punch front Front handspring, Rudi (underrotated, big step)
4.Meg Quinn 8.15 Roundoff, flip flop, double pike (very short, fall) Cat leap double, cat leap 1 ½ Front layout, front half (bent legs in air, fell to hands) Double turn, Popa Roundoff, flip flop, layout
5.Jess Guilbert 9.775 Roundoff, flip flop, double pike (nice) Wolf full, wolf 1 ½ Front handspring, front layout, front full (leg form issues) Switch ring, straight jump full to prone Roundoff, flip flop, double tuck (slightly short)
6.Kristen Simpson 9.075 Roundoff, flip flop, double pike (nice) Roundoff, whip half, front layout Cat leap double Wolf full, Popa Roundoff, flip flop, double tuck (very under-rotated, landing on hands, knees, head)
GW Beam
1.Gillian Coleman 9.475 Straddle jump, straddle jump Flip flop, layout stepout(bent knees) Switch side Tuck jump full (balance check, slightly under-turned) Full turn Tuck front full (tiny step)
2.Christa Devine 9.7 Flip flop, flip flop, layout stepout Full turn (wobble) Switch leap, Chen Beat jump, sheep jump (balance check) Gainer layout full (pike down)
3.Carolyn Marckesano 8.9 Shoulderstand mount Full turn (check) Flip flop, layout stepout (wobble) Side aerial ¼ Switch side (lacking in split position) Straddle jump, straddle jump, back tuck (fall) Aerial 1 ½ dismount
4.Lindsay Tom 9.575 Straddle jump, tuck full Handstand step down, flip flop, layout stepout (wobble) Straddle jump (wobble), straddle jump (wobble) Front aerial (bent knees) Full turn (check) Roundoff, 1 ½ twist
5.Jess Guilbert 8.975 Front aerial Flip flop (meant to connect something after) Switch leap (meant to connect something after) Flip flop, layout stepout (balance check) Full turn Beat jump, wolf ¾ Split jump (not enough split), back tuck (fall) Front full (bent knees)
6.Meg Quinn 9.45 Flip flip, layout (bent legs) Full turn Punch front (very low, one foot came off) Straddle jump, tuck full Straddle jump, wolf ¾ (legs low, flexed foot) Tuck front full
