CoverGirl Classic 2011 Junior Competition

CoverGirl Classic 2011 Junior Competition

Jul 24, 2011 by Anne Phillips
CoverGirl Classic 2011 Junior Competition
I was in Chicago for the 2011 CoverGirl Classic and live blogged the whole thing. Here are the archived live updates from the junior division. To relive the competition, start from the bottom. 
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  • Kyla Ross is 2011 CoverGirl Classic Junior Champion: Watch the video interview with Kyla Ross after winning the ... http://bit.ly/nV0y3w about 23 hours ago
  • Video interview with 2011 #covergirlclassic Beam Champion Nica Hults of @texasdreams http://t.co/ickdjMa 1 day ago
  • Twitter's having issues. Updates here: http://t.co/vvwbun4 1 day ago
  • All Around Standings:
    1 Kyla Ross 58.850
    2 Lexie Priessman 58.050
    3 Katelyn Ohahsi 57.950
    4 Sarah Finnegan 56.650
    5 Breanna Dowell 55.350
    6 Amelia Hundley 55.30
    7 Bailie Key 54.40
  • WOW! Ohahsi 14.950 with a fall!!! And a 7.00 Difiiculty value. That is amazing. 7.950 execution. Her all around is 57.950, 3rd place.
  • Finnegan FX: 14.50 (5.80/8.70) = 56.650 AA.
  • Ohashi BB: first skill: standing arabian, and she fell. :( Bhs+bhs+back lay full was greatm skug wobble. Front aeral+front aerial+sheep jump. switch half needs work. Amazing pike full in dismount! Should still score very well.
  • Thats it for the competition! Waiting for Ohashi's score, but it looks like Kyla Ross has it!
  • Finnegan FX: half in half out 1st pass. 1.5 turn leg touching her face! to inside turn. Wolf turn. Beautiful dance! Double arabian perfect. 1.5 step out to rndoff bhs 2.5 twist. That was incredible!!
  • Ohashi is next on BB!! Here we goo!
  • Preissman BB: 14.80 (5.50/9.00!) = 58.050 AA. Ross still has the lead! Priessman sits in 2nd.
    Christopherson started out great on bars - wieler kip on low bar. gienger, jaeger. but fell on her full in dismount
  • Simone Biles 13.80 on BB (5.70/8.10)
  • Jordan Stavrou, only competing bars and beam here, on BB now: fluid bhs lay step out. pretty side aerial. onodi. good sheep jump. nearly stuck roundoff double twist dismount
  • Brenna Dowell excellent handspring double front first pass on FX. Landed pretty low on 2nd or 3rd pass (2.5 punch lay, I think) 1 day ago
  • Lexie BB: standing full in on! front aerial+bhs lay, L turn. punch front. short on switch full. Full twisting dbl tuck dismount! Yeah Lexie! 1 day ago
  • Priessman of @CincinnatiGym next on BB. If she hits she can win this. She struggled on her standing full in podium training. Ah Im nervous! 1 day ago
  • Winston VT 14.55 (5.80/8.750). Maxwell finishes her day with a yfull vault. 1 day ago
  • Bridget Dean stuck roundoff double back on beam!! Not too many sticks today so its exciting to spot one! 1 day ago
  • Brianna Brown scored 13.40 on BB (5.30/8.10) 1 day ago
  • Winston VT: huge block off the table. yurchenko double twist, slight pike down 1 day ago
  • Thats it for warmup. Final round of routines for the day!!! 1 day ago
  • Hundley sits in 2nd about 3 points behind Ross with 55.20 AA. 2nd flight warming up now. Priessman & Ohashi will battle it out on beam! 1 day ago
  • Hundley BB 13.55 (5.30/8.25). Brown is up now, looking good so far. Great side somi. Downgraded to double tuck dismount but looks good! 1 day ago
  • Elizabeth Price great on bars! Dynamic shaposh, aggresive routine. 14.20 (5.80/8.40) 1 day ago
  • Marinez 13.85 on BB (5.40/8.45). Guerra FX: 12.75 (5.30/7.45). 1 day ago
  • HUndley BB: super solid but almost fell on her L turn! put her hands down on the beam and save it. Good finish. Bhs bhs 2.5 twist 1 day ago
  • Ross 14.650 on BB (5.90/8.750). = 58.85 AA. In the lead so far. Desch 13.250 on FX = 54.00 AA 1 day ago
  • Claire Hammen sat down double front dismount. Thats a new skill for her. She's too tall now to tap for DLO dismount 1 day ago
  • Wow!! Fassbender huge and STUCK pike full in! oh man.. then next pass she sat down dbl arabian. You can't win 'em all 1 day ago
  • Ashley Foss just a yurcnkenko layout. She's so tiny! First year elite 1 day ago
  • Ross BB: wow swtich ring. front aerial wobble, bhs lay. switch leap+back pike. side aerial big wobble. side somi. front tuck+sheep. Dbl tuck 1 day ago
  • Polina Shchennikova 13.050 of yfull vault 1 day ago
  • Bailie Key super clean yfull vault. She's adorable! 1 day ago
  • @ChelseaD2011 Thanks, Chelsea! We miss you here in Chicago! 1 day ago
  • With 1 to go! 1 Ross 2 Preissman 3 ohashi 4 Finnegan 5 Hundley 6 Fassebender 7 Hults 8 Desch 9 Brown 10 Key 11 Baker 12 Catour 1 day ago
  • Priessman UB: 13.65 (5.60/8.050). Rough bar set for Biles but she stuck a great full twisting double tuck dismount 1 day ago
  • Dowell BB: front aerial to back tuck was going to fall, put her hands down on the beam nearly popped into handstand and saved it!! 1 day ago
  • Winston 13.50 on FX (5.30/8.20). Dean 13.85 on UB (5.30/7.55). McNatt 11.10 on BB 1 day ago
  • Priessman UB: toe full+tkatchev. overshoot to toe shoot. another release that I missed, full twisting DLO dismount 1 day ago
  • Maxwell FX: 1.5 step out through to 2.5 twist. A tad short on triple full. dbl pike 1 day ago
  • Brannan y1.5 vault score 14.00 1 day ago
  • Bridget Dean UB: great piked jaeger, Ray! pretty double lay just a hop forward. Great bar worker! 1 day ago
  • McNatt 2 falls on Beam. 1st was on bhs layout stepout series. I missed the 2nd 1 day ago
  • Winston FX: huge double arabian! 1.5 through to STUCK dbl tuck! simple. clean layout layout pass. high dbl pike. Great comeback from beam!! 1 day ago
  • Briana Brown hit bars! jaeger, big back, full in dismount 1 day ago
  • Eilzabeth Price 13.750 on VT. I didnt see it but assume it was a yfull. She usually competes a double. Hundley 13.70 on UB 1 day ago
  • ... and when I said that was it for rotation 3 I lied, they're in the 2nd flight of rot 3 now! 1 day ago
  • Baker FX: 1.5 to rndoff bhs dbl arabian. Pike double arabian! Lauren Mitchell-like turn. Powerful routine. Thats it for rotation 3! 1 day ago
  • Ross 15.00 on UB (6.00/9.00). Desch BB: 14.15 (5.80/8.35). Polina S FX: 12.35 (4.90/7.45), She fell on her double back 1 day ago
  • Key FX: great 2.5 punch front. Shes tiny! nice double pike. triple full! 2.5 to scissone jump. Wonderful routine! 1 day ago
  • Bars and beam are done. Key next on FX, Fassbender on BB 1 day ago
  • Ross UB: blind to jaeger, overshoot hand to toe shoot. gorgeous, stuck double lay!! 1 day ago
  • Desch BB: bhs+bhs+2ft layout. frnt aerial. switch ring questionable. side somi. solid switch half. wobble on front tuck. bhs+bhs-dbl tuck 1 day ago
  • Ohashi 15.00 on UB (6.30/8.80). Highest bar score of the day 1 day ago
  • Hults FX: pretty routine. front double full first pass. 2nd pass double pike, good height but bounced back on landing 1 day ago
  • Finnegan BB: missed the routine but way over rotated bhs bhs double pike dismount and fell to her back 1 day ago
  • Ohashi UB: toe full to tkatchev, stalder in el grip to jaeger wowza. Crazy looking tucked double double dismount landed low 1 day ago
  • Szafranski of Parkettes only a yurchnko layout 1 day ago
  • First yr elite Alex Marks of Dyanmo is beautiful on beam! Stavrou UB: sky high jaeger! double lay dismount but knees a tad bent 1 day ago
  • Rotation 3 here we go! Christopherson: yfull VT 1 day ago
  • After 2: 1 Preissman, 2 Ross, 3 Dowell, 4 Hults, 5 Biles, 6 Ohashi 7T Hundley & Finnegan 9 Fassebender 10 Brown 1 day ago
  • Thats it for second rotation. Preissman still leads 1 day ago
  • Rough beam set for Winston. She's the last competitor, all eyes on her. Darn. 1 day ago
  • Winston BB: switch leap back tuck a bit too high, hopped around on the beam, thought she was going to save it but she fell :( 1 day ago
  • Bridget Dean 13.150 for yfull VT. Hammen 12.60 on FX (5.0/7.60) 1 day ago
  • Shannon McNatt missed jaeger. Soo close to hanging on. Her teammate Guerra went 12.40 on UB (5.40/7.0) 1 day ago
  • Foss BB: stuck punch front. big 180 switch full! front aerial ooh and fell. bhs lay stepout. noo and a 2nd fall on swich leap back tuck :( 1 day ago
  • Lexie Priessman has moved into the lead, Ross 2nd. A few more routines to go in this 2nd rotation 1 day ago
  • Guerra UB: jaeger, had to stop and redo toe full turn. overshoot. giants to full twisting DLO dismount 1 day ago
  • Baker BB: great punch front, side aerial, patterson dismount! 1 day ago
  • McNeer UB: great pike ray! (the skill she busted her nose on), connected to pak and fell. Back up, and missed jaeger. rough bars day :( 1 day ago
  • Ross 15.250 on VT (6.50/8.850). Fassbender 13.30 on UB (5.50/7.80) 1 day ago
  • Fassbender great Fontaine dismount on UB. Key BB: punch front, roundoff 2.5.. i miessed the rest, too much going on! 1 day ago
  • AMANAR!! And she stood it up! Step sideways off the mat though. Kyla Ross has officially joined the amanar club! 1 day ago
  • Ross is up 1st on vault... amanar or double??! 1 day ago
  • Fans in the stands, what's your favorite leo from today?? 1 day ago
  • Thats it for flight 1. All of today's updates can be find here: http://t.co/dTntAzv 1 day ago
  • WOW 15.050 for Nica Hults of @texasdreams on beam! (6.10/8.95) 1 day ago
  • Finnegan UB: 14.20 (5.60/8.60), Toronjo BB: 12.70 (4.40D). 1 day ago
  • Desch UB: blind full gienger. stalder half to piked jaeger and cant hang on. Bummer. 1 day ago
  • Hults BB: press hs mount, front aerial+bhs lay, switch ring foot flexed, great side somi, pretty aerial. bhs+bhs+2.5 dismount. Great!! 1 day ago
  • Partyka VT: clean yurucheko 1.5. 14.200 1 day ago
  • Dowell UB: 14.050 (5.70/8.35). Huang BB: 10.95 (4.70/6.25). Brannan FX: 13.50 (5.50/8.00) 1 day ago
  • Chrstopherson of Byers FX: opened with a half in half out very clean in the air but bounced out of it. 1 day ago
  • Ohashi scored 14.55 on VT (5.80/8.85) 1 day ago
  • Ohashi VT: yurchenko double. Not super high but man, she can whip those twists around so quickly! 1 day ago
  • Brannan FX: 1.5 to rndoff bhs dble back, great dbl arabian! Missed 3rd pass but landed well. 2.5 stag jump a little wild, but a hit set 1 day ago
  • Dowell UB: toe full, Maloney, toe half to jaeger caught close and broke form. Full twisting DLO dismount 1 day ago
  • Simone Biles VT: big, easy yurchenko double. Looks happy with that! Jrodan Stavrou is scratching vault 1 day ago
  • Boom! Priessman 15.450 on vault! (6.50/9.050). First score over 15 today 1 day ago
  • Nia Dennis let go on her DLO dismount too early and let her knee touch the floor 1 day ago
  • Preissman @CincinnatiGym VT: huge height and quick twisting on her amanar vault! Landed well, just a step. 1 day ago
  • I think most improved award from last year goes to Madi Desch. She looks great. Beautiful pike jaeger on bars! Warmup done! 1 day ago
  • @Kerstin88 No, Skinner is not on the start list and I haven't seen her. Not sure why.. 1 day ago
  • After one, GAGE teammates Brenna Dowell and Madi Desch are tied for the lead with their 14.70's on vault 1 day ago
  • Ernst UB: 12.90 (5.40/7.50), Marinez FX: 12.45 (4.90/7.65). Gymnasts are marching to rotation 2 1 day ago
  • Hundley FX: pike full in big smile, roundoff 1.5 to front full. Right on the music, fun routine. Closed with double tuck. 1 day ago
  • Amelia Hundley of @CincinnatiGym is the last to go on floor. Great kid, and always lights up & smiles during her floor routine. 1 day ago
  • Peyton Ernst was a bit sloppy on bars but fought throughit! Hit set! Bars is done 1 day ago
  • Lauren Marinez is just beautiful on floor. Little stumble out of her 2.5 twist. Closed with a high, quick double tuck. 1 day ago