So in the US Classic, two girls for LSU competed, Olivia Dunne and Elena Arenas.

Olivia had a nice floor routine, needs to clean up the landings but she had been dealing with ankle injury. Had an awesome bars routine, she was doing great until the last segment, she completely fell short on a handstand which to me incurred a .300 deduction minimum to me and she had a pirouette right before the dismount that she completely messed up on, that part was at least .500 of a point. She hit it in practice well just accidentally messed it up. Beam she scored a 14.000 which is extremely impressive, a couple balance checks but she is a beamer. She only competed a full on vault during the classics, I expect an upgrade sometime soon.

Elena did well despite being held back lately and coming back from a few injuries. Really beautiful bars routine, an amazing bar worker, needs to continue to fix the slight leg seperations. She got hammered on floor by the judges. She had a great Double Twisting Yurchenko, among one of the highest vault scores in the classic. She had a little too much power and had a step on the landing.

At the classic, most the girls were dealing with injuries and getting back into competition form, its been a while. A lot are doing new routines with upgrades so the kinks were expected to be seen this meet. Also the judging was extremely harsh at times, Elena got a ridiculous floor score even though her landings weren't perfect. The judges were extremely harsh with the deductions for almost everyone.

Also with the new code, the scores are much lower so if you see that the scores are in the 13's, its fine. 13's are the new 14's, 15's the new 16. They have changes the requirements for routines and the difficulty values, now you will see a lot more variety in routines since you can't repeat some of the same skills.

P&G Championships are in August!

Elena Arena Vault

Elena Arena Bars

Olivia Dunne Balance Beam

Olivia Dunne Bars