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Anyone know why Sarah is ending with a RO double back? Opened 101 with the front double full instead of that beautiful double layout she had last year. Normally, I would think no biggie, playing it conservative, but she's got two front passes and one pass where they took the back handspring out. Gosh knows she's never close to OOB, so wondering if there isn't an underlining injury they're protecting by going with front tumbling and removing the extra back handspring?

They truly are a miserable bunch.

People can be so cruel! Let the girl live. I will always be a fan of Bailie Key. Loved her as an elite. Still mad over the fact that she didn’t make the 2015 World Championship team. I had high hopes for her at Bama. The girl has been through so much. People really need to grow up and mind their own business.

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Anyone know why Sarah is ending with a RO double back? Opened 101 with the front double full instead of that beautiful double layout she had last year.

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She only threw the double layout once in competition...at florida...her last meet.

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Does anyone know how Caitlin Smith is progressing on bars? She had a very usable bar routine in JO. Just wondering if maybe she could provide some depth on that event.

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Unfortunately don't think its ever gonna happen. I think she is too far behind between all the injuries she has sustained and battled over the years. It won't be any easier next year when we bring in Aleah, Tori and Kaytlyn. Caitlin is a great teammate though. The girls love her. It will be interesting to see if she continues to train next year or if she steps back into a student manger/coach role.


6 days left! So what are y'all looking forward to the most opening meet on Friday? What concerns you the most?

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But I am most looking forward to seeing all the freshman compete, especially Haleigh. I also want to see if Jay makes good on his promise of controlling his facial expressions. I also want to see who emerges as the true leader of the team. Leadership was something they lacked last season.

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I look forward and am most concerned to how the freshmen handle opening meet. First time is always a unknown but I think they will do fine. They got some of the nerves out at 101 which was big.

On vault, I don't expect a lot of perfect landings but I hope that the vaults are big and clean in the air. I think we will open the first meet with 4 10.0 vaults and then try to develop the other vaults. I think Alyona will be big for us on vault this year along with adding Haleigh.

On bars at 101, overall I was very pleased with handstands and our positions. My biggest concern is dismounts overall. The key to being a consistent 9.9+ scorer is you need to stick dismounts. Alyona still makes me hold by breath with her DLO. I hope Bryant does her 2nd dismount with the half twist. I like our freshmen on bars a lot. If Sami can be more consistent with her dismount, her scores will jump here.

I think beam is going to be wildly competitive this year. I think Alyona and Olivia Dunne are making major statements to get into this lineup. Biggest challenge is for Alyona to be consistent on this event and not come off the beam. I was a bit surprised not to see Bryant at 101 because her form overall is good here. Dunne's form is really good, thats gonna be in the lineup at some point.

Floor I think there is a lot of options to choose from, again I think this could change by the week depending on how practices and meets go. Bryant and Johnson will be a killer end of lineup routines. I feel again, Alyona has really stepped up and has a very nice routine. Should be fun to watch.

Seniors I hope come out strong and lead by example. This team is depending on a lot of youngsters for big routines so I hope they can help with that.

Seeing some Arkansas blogs saying that Emma Jean looks really good thus far. Hoping we get to see her on a couple of events the next two weeks. So proud of her.

Just some updates that impact the upcoming meets vs. LSU on the Arkansas side according to Jordyn Weiber's zoom call.

Kennedy Hambrick and Sarah Shaffer will both be doing the AA. Both are actually really good and have awesome form (which improved even more under Weiber last year). They are Arkansas's best AA gymnasts (both can easily score 9.90 on each event). Hambrick has a gorgeous Y1.5 and Shaffer has a very clean half, which she often sticks. They're probably the strongest vaulters on the Razorback team.

Kiara Gianfagna has a foot injury but hopes to return in the second meet. She is probably their most consistent bar worker after Shaffer.

Arkansas will also rely on their freshmen a lot early on, which I'm hoping means we'll see Emma Jean Kelley on some events.

LSU normally doesn’t release lineups until right before the team goes on the respective events at the meets. I only know of a few schools on the top of my head (OU, Auburn, Utah, UCLA sometimes) that release the lineups the morning/afternoon of the meet.

Regarding the PAC-12, from what I’ve read, the state of California is the biggest issue. With all of the restrictions, some schools have not been able to practice like other schools. UCLA, Cal, and Stanford have been the most affected. Utah has released a somewhat “partial” schedule.