gymnastics team intersquad update:

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I know this thread got lost quickly earlier

For those who didn't see it

Your welcome, any questions about this years team?

Sure...who will likely have 10 vaults and E passes on floor? Besides those returning from last year?

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Sure...who will likely have 10 vaults and E passes on floor? Besides those returning from last year?

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Excellent question

Mckenna Kelley's vault is a 10.0 start value and it looked incredible all fall. I will be shocked if she is not in the lineup

Not sure if many know this but Finnegan is training a 1 1/2 which is a 10.0

Lexie Priessman competes a 1 1/2 and looks fantastic

Desiderio can compete a 1 1/2 as well

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LSU OU and Florida look to be the major 3 All can win it with ease, just depends on who performs when it counts

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Look out OU and Florida too

WE COMING! WE COMING!
AND WE AIN'T BACKING DOWN!

So does LSU have much more difficult routines than other schools or am I looking through purple and gold glasses?

So to answer, yes

LSU kills eveyone with difficulty


IMO difficulty is most beneficial on vault and floor

Bars and Beam scores they are way too easy now a days on routines

Beam is literally seems like they don't give a frick

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I noticed you said Desiderio will be competing on floor by post season. Are they taking it easy with her right now? Is she training on vault yet?

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The staff paced her smartly this fall. When she competed at the elite level, her body was beat up. DD IMO is probably one of the smartest when it comes to this stuff. They are trying to make sure she will have a fresh body come April. As of now I have seen her compete vault, beam and floor. I don't expect to really see her on bars, definitely not her event.

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Besides Desiderio, who else in the freshman class can you see eventually competing on floor during their LSU career? This class seems to have more beam workers than power floor and vault workers. I did see a video from Dean in 2015 of her training a DLO on floor. Does she still train that?

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Dean and Campbell are very nice floor workers. DD has raved about Campbell on this event. Dean is excellent on beam, bars and floor. Dean still trains a DLO, Sarah Edwards is extremely powerful and is a little bit of a work in progress on floor

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So of the open spots on each event, who is your predication to fill them?

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On Vault we lose two people, as of now my two people would be Mckenna Kelley and Lexi Priessman. Both have 10.0 start values.

Althouh Sarah Edwards will earn spots in many of the meets this year. DD likes to have more 10 vaults in the lineup


Bars- We only lose shae, Durante seems like a lock. She puts up very high scores every week. She is very clean on this event. She has nice difficulty. She performs a pak salto as a transition from high to low. If you wonder what a pak salto is, its Lexi's transition from high to low bar

But we also have many other people extremely capable on bars. Dean looks very good here. Erin trains here too but I don't see her as a starter in this lineup.

I expect Durante to be a major upgrade over Zamardi


Beam- We lose two people in this area, its ridiculous difficult to even predict as of now. Campbell, Dean and Desiderio all can put up major scores here. If yall remember lauren Li is fantastic on this event as well. She will be in the mix. Lexi has done a nice job but IMO I don''t see her as a starter on this event. It will likely be a freshman or two earning it. Mckenna Kelley is someone to watch as well. I mentioned last year she was incredible on beam but injuries held her back. She could be a contributor here.

In the end, we wont really know until 101 and first meet of the year. We have a lot of options but its a very good problem to have.


Floor- We lose 3 routines.

Edney in my mind is almost a lock here. She returns experience and looks fantastic this fall. Edney's double arabian, her first pass looks very improved and near flawless. That is an E level skill.

That leaves LSU with two.

Desiderio will be too much to keep out the lineup. She was already considered one of the best floor workers in the country prior to LSU. She literally sticks her double layout almost every time, its crazy. She is someone who will put up 9.90's every week

Last spot will be a battle. A lot of capable people. Lexi Priessman could be someone who can be that person. Campbell is also someone to watch. Ruby potentially could but I think DD would prefer one of the freshman. I can't predict that last spot at this point. Too early to tell. A lot of floors are still a work in progress

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Is Sarah Finnegan still training a double layout on floor? I always thought we’d see a double Arabian from her, since she competed a dos Santos!

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She actually is training a double layout now, not sure if we will see it though. She already has nice difficulty.

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I never see any mentions of Standley...is she injured?

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I hate to sound like an a-hole for sayin this but she was added for depth purposes. She received top trainin at Lexi's gym. She has a lot of work ahead to be a contributor for a team like LSU

IMO if she ever contributes it would be next year or junior year.

Bars is probably her best event. She needs to clean up her form. She sometimes rushes her handstands. Not enough amplitudes on release skills, a bit of leg separation

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Last spot will be a battle. A lot of capable people. Lexi Priessman could be someone who can be that person.

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Lexie scares me on floor. We may need her, but I'm literally on the edge of my seat every team she is on floor just praying that she doesn't break herself for good this time. She seems to always have a problem with that last pass.

Overall, everything sounds good and I'm just so excited for season to be right around the corner!