(GYM) Gymnastics 2024 - 2025

MCB51 · Jan 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM

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You don't have to pay to get the best gymnastics coverage as this is the free side of the site.

I love CJR, just wish she'd put the pedal to the metal earlier. This year, she has no choice with UF going to the PMAC next Friday night.
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Glad you posted that our side is free..

MCB51 · Jan 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM

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What is your opinion about not accepting the Sprouts meet ( I think that was what it was called)

ETGator1 · Jan 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM

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@ETGator1
What is your opinion about not accepting the Sprouts meet ( I think that was what it was called)
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I was going to look up OU's schedule later, but I can answer this now. I'm glad UF rejected the invitation. Like in softball, Oklahoma City is basically a home meet for the Sooners which is where the meet is this year. UF is scheduled to perform at Oklahoma as part of our SEC schedule. No need to face that burden twice. LSU on the other hand has OU coming to Baton Rouge, sort of like a home and away situation.

Looking ahead, UF will be even more loaded next season so I hope UF will choose to accept if invited again so long as the meet isn't in Oklahoma City.

As you can tell, I don't much like Oklahoma for all of the positively biased coverage they get from the media, College Gym News at the top of the list.

gymgator1 · Jan 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM

Victoria was flagged for being out of bounds just before she started her first tumbling pass. The yellow flag went up and was reported to the head judge after Victoria completed her routine. I watched the replay of the meet, and her left heel was maybe a centimeter over the line.

manigordo · Jan 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM

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Views from watching at home in front of my 65" big screen tv:

VAULT - I've read that tough scoring on the vault has replaced the tough scoring on the bars from 2024. We'll see if the lower vault scores show up throughout the season. To get the top scores, gymnasts have to get height/distance off the beam and get sticks. UF has too many 10.0 start values to allow anyone who doesn't in the lineup for anything other than an exhibition.

-Anya Pilgrim 9.80 deserved between 9.85 to 9.90. The judges took a .2 deduction for a hop forward.

-Leanne Wong looked great with just a bunny hop. Her 9.875 was too low. I was thinking 9.925 before the score was announced.

-Ly Bui was allowed to start her vault before her time. None of us watching at home got to see the vault. Ly is an outstanding bars worker too.

-Danie Ferris's 9.95 was perfect. I have no idea where the judges found the .05 deduction. I don't care if it was the first meet, Danie deserved a 10.

BARS:

-Sloane Blakely and Anya Pilgrim performed beautifully.

-Riley McCusker needs to reestablish her confidence. Given that she missed all of the 2024 season, I'm not concerned for bars or beam moving forward.

-Skye Blakely is an outstanding addition to bars regardless of her 9.725. Either the mat wasn't placed properly, or Skye missed her dismount as practiced daily. She landed half on and half off the mat stepping backward likely causing a .15 to .20 deduction. Either way, look for 9.9+ moving forward. Skye had 1 handstand when she was up there so long that I thought she was going to order a cup of coffee before dismounting.

-Leanne Wong started her string of 3 straight 9.95s on the bars. In retrospect, Leanne won the meet for UF.

BEAM:

-What can you say when 49.50 is the top score to date on the beam in the nation after all of the top teams opened in week 1. I did think Anya Pilgrim did better than 9.875. She was rock steady.

-Ellie Lazzari was subbed in for Riley McCusker who was moved down to an exhibition. Riley actually scored .025 higher than Ellie who had her score dropped.

FLOOR:

-Victoria Nguyen's 9.75 on floor is a head scratcher. Her floor music is a bit somber, reminds me of what Leanne Wong did last season, but she looked good to me. If anyone has seen follow up comments on Victoria's score, please let me know. It's like she missed an element to score than low:

EDIT: Dr. Sam speculated that Victoria may have stepped out of bounds, but she didn't see it. First, a step out is a .1 deduction. Second, I had an outstanding view of her routine, and I didn't see a step out either plus the announcers didn't say anything about her stepping out or the red flag raised. To get that low at 9.75, Victoria had to have missed an element.

-Taylor Clark was so excited she was almost out of control at times. Coral energy and she will be 9.9+ all season. Taylor is outstanding on vault too.

-Sloane Blakely was rock steady on bars, beam, and floor after getting her low score of the meet on vault. For the opening meet, Sloane's AA score of 39.50 was very good.

-Leanne Wong was outstanding at 9.95. I thought Leanne's floor score and Danie Ferris' vault scores were both 10s.

General Comments:

Ellie Lazzari had both her beam and floor routines dropped. Ellie can be one of the best beam workers in the nation. I think she should concentrate on being a beam specialist. After last season, I was already thinking get Ellie's best at what she does best. Last night was a confirmation of that to me. As always, I hope she proves me wrong.

gatornharlem was being reluctant to speak up about scheduling, but I can't be reluctant to speak up about how UF approached the floor lineup changes last night. First, I thought Selena Harris-Miranda should have been on floor, a 4th AA. Second, taking Anya Pilgrim off AA to insert Lori Brubach was a horrible decision. The decision was so bad that UF blew a big lead on floor of all events and came within .025 of tying and .050 of losing a home meet that should not have been in doubt.

I guess that this is my annual rant that CJR doesn't start the season with a killer instinct. UF is fortunate to not be 2-1 this morning which would have been entirely on CJR. I don't agree with KJ Kindler using so many AAs, 5 last week, but she trains her team to go for the jugular from meet 1 insofar as winning and losing is concerned. I like exhibitions for gymnasts who can't earn their way into the lineups. If someone is close to the lineups, understandable, but I didn't see that last night.

Danie, Leanne, and Skye did not look happy at the post meet presser about the way the meet turned out. When CJR said it was okay to make the change to the floor lineup, my thought went immediately to give Lori an exhibition instead of allowing her 9.175 to almost cost UF losing the meet to Michigan State.

Two years ago, CJR blew off a very close meet at Oklahoma changing the floor lineup, so this isn't the first time this has happened. Please CJR, go for the win, the jugular, when you get the chance to do so. In nitty gritty time in future meets, it will serve to make our top gymnasts stronger.

Yes, I realize that the score last night doesn't matter when we get to calculating the NQS. However, I'd like to see our gymnasts happy about a solid performance instead of having to answer questions about low scores by the media.

LSU? We will not be seeing anything like last night in the PMAC. UF has proudly won 6 straight SEC Regular Season Championships, so the SEC is important. UF has a little tweaking to do this week as the close meet last night was on CJR rather than the gymnasts.
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I disagreed with you 2 years ago arguing that CJR was right. I do not disagree this year. Her choices of who was participating and in what position were baffling. Your comments seem spot on to me.

ETGator1 · Jan 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM

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Victoria was flagged for being out of bounds just before she started her first tumbling pass. The yellow flag went up and was reported to the head judge after Victoria completed her routine. I watched the replay of the meet, and her left heel was maybe a centimeter over the line.
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Did you agree with the 9.75 score? Seems excessive if the heel barely out is a .1 deduction.

ETGator1 · Jan 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM

ocalaman said: ↑

Stats page looks very different from in years past.
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Like the stats page previously used. You click on the gymnasts score to see both judge scores.

gymgator1 · Jan 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM

ETGator1 said: ↑

Did you agree with the 9.75 score? Seems excessive if the heel barely out is a .1 deduction.
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huunterhound · Jan 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM

So....is there a way to maybe swap the equipment around to make each rotation move to the next nearest station still keeping the floor on the end and $ seats as is? It was just very congested especially with 4 teams but even in a dual it had issues. There wasn't even a line of sight on some apparatus between score table and athlete as we had other people relaying the signal to start i just didn't like tge layout at all and hopefully it can be tweaked a little

gymgator1 · Jan 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM

Yes, I agree with the 9.85 score. She had a slight hesitation between her double front and the leap on her first tumbling pass, and the judges will always deduct for a hesitation. She had her usual gorgeous routine after that first pass. She is an exquisite dancer, and her routine highlights her dancing ability.

gymgator1 · Jan 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM

huunterhound said: ↑

So....is there a way to maybe swap the equipment around to make each rotation move to the next nearest station still keeping the floor on the end and $ seats as is? It was just very congested especially with 4 teams but even in a dual it had issues. There wasn't even a line of sight on some apparatus between score table and athlete as we had other people relaying the signal to start i just didn't like tge layout at all and hopefully it can be tweaked a little
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I heard that the NCAA and TV dictated the equipment layout. However, I also think money entered into the equation - so take your pick for the reason.

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