re: Centenary at #5 LSU Gym Meet Thread/ LSU Wins- Scores 196.950

Just excited to see three Nationally Ranked programs in the PMAC this Winter/Spring.

Watching the SEC meets early, KJ and Blakely from Florida have actually been the most impressive freshmen so far.

Sunisa Lee and Wong didn't score as well in their debuts

Chase Brock?

So does anyone know why Aleah wasn’t there tonight? And yes, what about Chase?

I’d like to see more of the freshmen and sophomores out there, even taking the spots of some seniors. They will only get better, while the seniors, I think, have reached their potential and have not been very consistent.

Tori and Chase were both there....Aleaha and Kam were out

So…. my overall thought was that I was absolutely crushed that we didn’t get 197, because I was so sure we would after two great rotations. And vault, even though we didn’t have all sticks (and don’t need to right now), showed a ton of promise and the vaults looked great. KJ will be a star there and on floor. Also bars looked much improved in terms of fine details like landings, feet together on dismount, etc. I do agree with an above poster that maybe Sami getting hurt (in the same way, again) put a damper on things, although I wouldn’t say you felt the deflation in the PMAC.

Now beam. I am willing to give it sometime since it was the beginning of the season. But. It.Has.Got.To.Be.Better. Pressure sets out of the wazoo - I am going to withhhold judgment but it is disappointing - and I don’t think regean hasn’t wobbled on her leap series in a year and a half. you won’t win that way.

Floor - sigh, I suppose we would have made 197 without alyona’s weird leap combination mishap, but what a missed opportunity. I know it won’t be close to our ultimate lineup - but does anyone have any word on Bryant? I wasn’t paying attention during warmup so didn’t notice what happened, so let’s cross our fingers that she’s alright. Again, KJ will be a star on this event a d I love her routine. The way scores were flying at florida though (and Michigan yesterday) … we will have a lot of
Work to do to be competitive this year.

I would disagree that our worst rotation is/has been bars. It most certainly was beam last year (bars was probably third or the floor). I will say it looks much improved over last year, though, so I agree.

I also agree that I have hope for this team more than I have had for the previous two years, because we can see where people can fill in the holes - especially in consistency on beam.

Sorry - in my above comment, I meant last year bars was our third worst of the four (not floor). I think you are right our deficit was bars and beam - bars looks much improved, but beam looks much the same.

100 agree that KJ is a superstar. Have a differing opinion on whether the super seniors are solid - but I am hoping for the best!

Had to record it so I didn't post last night.

I live like 15 minutes from Centenarys campus, it is an incredibly tiny school. I didn't know what to expect as far as level of competition, I was surprised they did as good as they did even though they got blown out. I felt so bad for that girl who landed on her but on the Vault. I mean she barely had enough strength to jump to the mat. They shouldn't have her doing that event. She was pretty good on the floor though.

I can't remember. Was Bridget a strong point on beam last year? I felt like she was one of the seniors that was getting a bit of a pass on being inconsistent because Jay was sticking with the seniors. I'm probably wrong, my memory is so bad.

Anything on the injuries? Ligaments can take forever to heal.