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She’s listed under WCC on the official USA Gymnastics national team list. also she posted on snapchat saying she had left TD

Congrats to Aleah for making national team!

Scores from camp are available- Aleah did very well on vault and beam and came in 6th of those doing all around. Which vault is it that starts from a 5.2?
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Anyone know why Konnor didn’t make national team because she didn’t show all events yet mykayla only showed one and she did?

P.s. Look at Emma Malabuyo’s scores... :(

Really wish she would leave TD and go to strong L10 gym then move to UCLA asap. She is not making the Olympic team. The worry is she won't even be able to have a college career... good on Barros for making the smart move.

Wouldn’t it be helpful, though, to not start on our weakest event with tight scoring - potentially making a deficit insurmountable? I do generally agree, though, that if you can’t start on vault, it’s best to start on bars to avoid staring or ending on beam. Just wondering if anyone thinks tighter scoring on our bar rotation could take us out of it?

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Wouldn’t it be helpful, though, to not start on our weakest event with tight scoring - potentially making a deficit insurmountable? I do generally agree, though, that if you can start on vault, it’s best to start on bars to avoid staring or ending on beam. Just wondering if anyone thinks tighter scoring on our bar rotation could take us out of it?

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Potentially yes. My thinking is they don't want to throw out BIG scores opening rotation off the bat and backing themselves into a hole with a lot of competition to go.

You don't want your best event (where you can potentially score the most) to be judged tightly. That would require you to have to go above and beyond on some of the other events that you aren't as good on in my opinion. Vault has the highest scoring potential for LSU. If LSU was on vault first, my concern would be they would hold onto those high scores early on. Traditionally this has been the case over the years.

I don't like to start on beam or end on it either. That event generally can make or break the meet for a team. I like our overall rotation. Bars and beam has to bring their A game and try to keep to keep it close. If they can do that, what we have on floor and vault gives us a chance in the end as those events are the big scorers.

How we start on bars will be critical though. If we nail that, it sets up a lot of momentum moving forward. If we struggle significantly, that could also come back to bite us as well.

Anyways, maybe it won't matter at all and they judge routines properly. I do like ending on our best event last.

I am excited for our vault lineup - if we hit the landings the potential is sky high. Anyone know if we are still using Sami or if they are maybe going to try it with Kam - seems at some point you just have to go for broke and, well, that time is essentially now.

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I am excited for our vault lineup - if we hit the landings the potential is sky high. Anyone know if we are still using Sami or if they are maybe going to try it with Kam - seems at some point you just have to go for broke and, well, that time is essentially now.

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I think it depends how practice goes this week and how podium training goes. She was vaulting extremely well last week I heard in practice.

IMO, I think we really messed up not giving Kam at least one more opportunity to perform that vault in front of judges (when it counts). Should have probably given her one more shot while at home last weekend just to see if she really is ready to hit when it counts. We should have done that to truly give her that experience of pressure, as well as giving her confidence that she can hit when it matters. If it doesn't work out, it doesn't work out. Build towards next season with that vault. Just didn't like that we didn't give it a shot.

Is there anyway for us to stay 4, Utah to pass Cal and Kentucky to pass UCLA next weekend so we end up in Salt Lake City rather than West Virginia?

In the head-to-head match-up, Utah came out on top, however, Cal has been improving steadily each week. Also, compared to Utah, Cal has been more consistent week after week on vault and bars, where Utah has struggled to find their landings. Utah has the advantage on beam and floor but not by much if you look at the average scores and high score. The vault and bars vs beam and floor deficits between the two teams put Cal slightly ahead of Utah, especially when it comes down to post-season and being in a pressure situation.