Archived Live Updates of 2011 NCAA Championships Event Finals

Apr 17, 2011 by FloGymnastics Admin

The 2011 NCAA National Championships are now complete! Per request I've archived all of my live updates from today's NCAA women's Event Finals. To read in chronological order start from the bottom.

Coach Val tells us what she'll do with that 2nd place trophy, and the status of Zamarripa http://bit.ly/fkT0nj 16 minutes ago
Interview with Aussie Olympian Olivia Vivian of @OregonStateGym after her #collegegym bar finalhttp://bit.ly/houG8L 19 minutes ago
VIDEO: Press Conference w/ NCAA Individual Event Champions - Marissa King, Geralen Stack-Eaton, Kat Ding, & Sam Peszek http://bit.ly/hBmR3d about an hour ago
Thats it! Off to get interviews! about 2 hours ago
Recap: VT Champ: Marissa King, UB Champ: Kat Ding, BB Champ: Sam Peszek, FX Champ: Geralen Stack-Eaton. Congrats!!
Geralen Stack-Eaton is the 2011 NCAA Floor Champion!!! about 2 hours ago
@samanthapeszek is the 2011 NCAA Beam Champion! 9.90 Congrats! about 2 hours ago
Grable FX: great triple twist. 1.5 twist to front full, double pike. great routine. Thats it! Awaiting her score. Stack eaton still leads about 2 hours ago
Mak BB: onodi turn to beat jump, cool! big wobble on front aerial. bhs to gainer layout all over the place. stayed on but not her day about 2 hours ago
Smith FX: pike full in just shy of being laid out! front full front layout, great double pike. Awesome last routine for the 5th yr senior!! about 2 hours ago
Gerber BB: low to beam turn great! switch to split jump, side somi, minor balance check on dance. oops. hs stag to bhs lay out back full dismount about 2 hours ago
9.8875 for Alaina. That puts her 5th. Stack-Eaton still leads with 2 FX routines to go.
Alaina Johnson FX: excellent double arabian, front full to front layout clean, pretty switch ring, double pike. great routine. about 2 hours ago
Natasha Kelley BB: great full twisting bhs. stuck gainer full. Peszek is in 1st with 9.90. Hoffman 9.8875 is 2nd. And 9.90 for McCullough on FX! about 2 hours ago
9.90 for Peszek on BB! She takes the lead! about 2 hours ago
McCullough FX: huge full in tucked, whip half to front full big step, everyone in here is mesmerized by her! good double tuck to finish. love that routine!!
Peszek BB: standing FULL!! chest low but saves it! front aerial, wolf to switch leap to gainer layout, just the dismount… bhs layout step out layout full twist off, small hop. Big routine! Crowd loves it
9.90 for Botterman, that puts her in 9.90 behind Stack-Eaton. 4 routines to go!
Botterman FX: pike full in excellent! clean front full to front pike, whole place is clapping along, double tuck. Another hit set for the AA Champ her final routine!!
Melissa Fernandez BB: smooth side somi, great routine so far! stuck roundoff double twist! Great final routine for the Illini senior. 9.8375
Makayla Stambaugh of OSU is up 1st on FX in this flight: nice 2.5 twist for first pass. Pretty routine. Score - 9.8625. Botterman's next.
At the halfway point Kayla Hoffman leads beam with 9.8875, Stack-Eaton leads floor with 9.9375.
Score for King is 9.850. Thats it for this flight. Defending champ Brittani McCullough is 2nd up in the next flight!
King FX: double layout wonderful! She's really selling it and all other gymnasts are clapping along, cute! punch front to dbl tuck hops back, double pike
Ferguson BB: bhs lay lay, unique choreography. roundoff double full. Her usual routine, didn't pull out any tricks tonight.
Score for McComb is 9.875. That was the final routine of her career.
McComb FX: double pike, 2.5 punch front looked easy, a tad short on triple turn. double tuck, good routine.
MB Lofgren BB: bhs lay step out great and flashes a big smile, front aerial to stag jump, stuck gainer full. Pretty routine. 9.8375
Score for Stack-Eaton is up, 9.9375 that puts her in 1st!
Geralen Stack-Eaton FX: great double arabian! exquisite dance, nice double pike to close. Just like last night's super six routine
Botterman BB: check on standing lay stepout, popa to beat jump, front tuck step back, bhs lay step out, back lay full dismount. about 3 hours ago
Scores for Hoffman range from 9.85 to 9.95 Average = 9.8875. That puts her in the lead so far!
Hoffman BB: she is beautiful to watch, very fluid movements. Wow. no wobbles. stuck gainer full. Great last routine, Kayla!!
Pisani FX: textbook half in half out, double full to gorgeous layout stepout, huge smile, double tuck great control on landing. Wow! about 3 hours ago
scores for Hoffman range from 9.85 to 9.95 about 3 hours ago
Hoffman BB: she is beautiful to watch, very fluid movements. Wow. no wobbles. stuck gainer full. Great last routine, Kayla!! about 3 hours ago
Erin Davis FX: full in landed low, 1.5 punch layout, great double tuck to close. That was the final routine of her career! Good job, Erin! about 3 hours ago
Jacob BB: switch half, bhs lay solid, beat jump to popa, side aerial 2ft, rndoff dbl full hop. gorgeous routine, she smiled the whole time about 3 hours ago
Evenstad FX: great half in half out, front full to front layout half very clean, ended with a rudi small landing errorabout 3 hours ago
Touch warmup over up 1st on FX is Lora Evenstad, Kim Jacob 1st on BB. She scored 9.95 last night about 3 hours ago
Marissa King of Florida is the 2011 NCAA Vault Champion! about 3 hours ago
Sledge VT: high y full, yurchenko layout. King should have the title! about 3 hours ago
Kat Ding of @UGAGymnastics is the 2011 NCAA Bars Champion! #collegegym about 3 hours ago
Martinez UB: overshoot hs, blind full tkatchev to the ceiling! high stuck double lay. Nice set but missed 2 handstands. Kat should have it about 3 hours ago
McAllister 2nd vault was a layout about 3 hours ago
McAllister Vt 1: stuck yfull but came in a bit low about 3 hours ago
1 bar routine to go, Brittnee Martinez of Michigan. Ding still has the lead. 2 vaulters left - McAllister and Sledge. King has lead, 9.875 about 3 hours ago
9.8625 for Stambaugh on bars about 3 hours ago
Stambaugh UB: hect mount, hit hs, blind to jaeger to bail beautiful combo, full in hop on landing about 3 hours ago
Cheek VT 2: stuck yurchenko tucked full about 3 hours ago
Jen Kesler has moved into 2nd on bars with 9.875. Ding still has the lead about 3 hours ago
Cheek VT: yurchenko full almost hung on to the stick but momentum took her backward, quickly saluted about 3 hours ago
Nowak UB: hit hs, tkatchev, blind full right over the bar to overshoot hs, hit hs, DLO let go too early and had to pike down about 3 hours ago
Hoffman VT 2: a layout.. .bummer. It was beautiful though and landed well about 3 hours ago
9.95 from 3 judges, 9.90s from the others. Average = 9.925. here comes the 2nd about 3 hours ago
Hoffman VT 1: textbook stuck yurchenko full! wow. Thats stick of the week quality right there! about 3 hours ago
Johnson UB: ray huge, stalder to overshoot hs, toe shoot, missed hs, double layout step forward about 3 hours ago
Davis VT 2: yurchenko full but landed fairly low and stepped forward about 3 hours ago
If she hits her 2nd vault as usual she should be in the lead about 3 hours ago
Erin Davis wow!! Great yurchenko 1.5. Stood it up well. Only a small step about 3 hours ago
Kesler UB: missed her first handstand, tkatchev to bail, tiny hop on double layout about 3 hours ago
Geralen SE VT: 1st vault pretty yurchenko layout. 2nd was yfull hop on landing about 3 hours ago
DeLaTorre scores all over the place. Range from 9.80 to 9.95.. average is 9.8625. That puts her 3rd behind Ding and DeMeo about 3 hours ago
King has moved into the lead on vault with 9.8750 about 3 hours ago
DeLaTorre UB: hop full to gienger awesome, overshoot hs, toe shoot, a couple short handstands, stuck double layout! about 3 hours ago
King VT 2: tsuk full and flares it out, very pretty but too much power and a big hop back about 3 hours ago
9.90s from every judge for Marissa's 1st vault about 3 hours ago
King VT: wonderful tsuk 1.5! step on the landing. The Florida fans have pulled out a British flag :) about 3 hours ago
Hopfner-Hibbs UB: hit hs, blind full to overshoot hs, khorkina release beautiful, the same DLO as yesterday- early release and steps forward about 3 hours ago
Gutierrez VT 2: yurchenko layout, step back about 3 hours ago
Gutierrez VT: stuck yfull! Great distance. Scores range from 9.85 to 9.95 about 3 hours ago
Touch warmup over. Marissa Gutierrez of Bama is up 1st on vault, EHH 1st on bars about 3 hours ago
Vaults to watch for in flight 2: 4 Bama vaulters Kayla Hoffman, Erin Davis with a full and a 1.5, and Marissa King with tsuk 1.5 about 3 hours ago
Oregon State is just incredible on bars. Makayla Stambaugh just warmup up a beautiful blind change and flared her arm out to jaeger to bail about 4 hours ago
Jen Kesler just warmed a tkatchev to overshoot hs about 4 hours ago
Thats it for the 1st flight. Score to beat on vault is Madison Mooring's 9.8313 and on bars it's Kat Ding's 9.9125about 4 hours ago
Zurales averaged 9.7313. Johnson averaged 9.7875 about 4 hours ago
Geralen SE missed her pak on bars. Came in way to close and took the fall. Bummer about 4 hours ago
2nd vault was a layout! Seriously, Alaina? You used to do a double full!! It was a gorgeous layout though about 4 hours ago
Alaina Johnson VT 1: big yfull, huge block off the table. small hop on the landing. Wonder what the 2nd vault will be... about 4 hours ago
Scaffidi UB: blind full to tkatchev, hit hs, overshoot a tad shy of hs, double layout and kicks out the 2nd flip very nice but takes a step about 4 hours ago
Zurales 2nd vault was a layout. But it was very nicely done about 4 hours ago
Katie Zurales VT 1: big yurchenko full, hop back about 4 hours ago
Score for Vivian is 9.85. Kat Ding still has the lead. Scaffidi is next about 4 hours ago
Ferguson UB: a couple missed handstands, blind to jaeger, blind full to overshoot hs, step forward on full in. Not bad but not her best about 4 hours ago
Borselino VT: great yfull, then low layout about 4 hours ago
Mooring VT 2 was a yurchenko full! nicely done. Score 9.8313. Thats 1st so far about 4 hours ago
Olivia Vivian UB: toe blind change to piked jager, shy a hs, overshoot hs, stuck double front dismount!! about 4 hours ago
McCullough VT 2: yurchenko 1.5 kept legs straight and sat it down :( about 4 hours ago
McCullough VT 1: stuck yurchenko full!!! about 4 hours ago
Wong UB: blind full to gienger to bail, full in dismount that came scarily close to the bar but she landed fineabout 4 hours ago
9.7375 for Schleppenbach. Madison Mooring VT 1: nice yurchenko half twist. small step on landing about 4 hours ago
DeMeo UB: hit hs, half turn to blind change to piked jaeger, overshoot hs, gorgeous stuck double layout about 4 hours ago
Jamie Schleppenbach VT 1: great stuck yfull. VT 2: big yurchenko layout clean in the air and a big hop backabout 4 hours ago
Kat Ding 9.9125 on bars about 4 hours ago
I see a couple 9.95's and a couple 9.90's from the judges about 4 hours ago
Ding UB: hit hs, blind full tkatchev, pretty pak, hs half turn squat on, short hs, stuck double layout! She sticks that every time! about 4 hours ago
Botterman VT 2: I think that was supposed to be a tuck full, but it she forgot to tuck until the very end. Pretty identical to the 1st about 4 hours ago
Wilson scored 9.850 on bars, Botterman got 9.85 for her first vault about 4 hours ago
Botterman VT: her usually great yurchenko full and a controlled hop back about 4 hours ago
Wilson UB: hit ,hs shapsosh to overshoot hs, toeshoot, half turn to inbar gienger, hit hs, step back on DLO. She stuck that the past 2 days about 4 hours ago
Giblin VT 2: yurchenko tuck full. Actually a nice vault. Hopped up on the landing. about 4 hours ago
Janelle Giblin VT 1: nice yurchenko full, small hop back. 9.850 from every judge. about 4 hours ago
If anyone is confused, they have to do 2 different vaults in the NCAA final but they CAN be from the same family of vaults about 4 hours ago
Brittani McCullough warmed up a yurchenko 1.5 but sat it down. Thats it for warmups! Competition starts now!about 4 hours ago
Bars warmup is done. Trish Wilson is getting set for the final routine of her career. about 4 hours ago
Amy Borselino of Arkansas just warmed up a great stuck yurchenko full. However we're told her 2nd vault will be a layout.. about 4 hours ago
Janelle Giblin of Nebraska will be up 1st on vault, Kylee Botterman 2nd. A couple minutes left in the touch warmup about 4 hours ago
Trish Wilson and Kat Ding are coming in with the 2 highest scores (9.925) but will be up 1st and 2nd. Unlucky draw for them... about 4 hours ago
#collegegym Event Finals LIVE Updates here: http://www.gymnastike.org/article/1082-Gymnastike-Live-Updates-Page about 4 hours ago
Girls are marching in. AA champ Kylee Botterman will be in 3 finals - everything but bars. This is her 1st BB final about 4 hours ago
Heres a little preview of what you'll see from Sam Peszek in today's Beam Final ;) http://bit.ly/fLBVOz about 5 hours ago
Brittani McCullough's FX routine is amazing. Everyone stops to watch her dance through in the warmup about 5 hours ago
Sam Peszek just did her standing full up on beam! She actually looked nervous beforehand. But it looks great!about 5 hours ago
Leslie Mak warming up a double turn on beam. This BB final is going to be awesome! about 5 hours ago
Erin Davis warming up some nice yurchenko 1.5's about 5 hours ago
Megan Ferguson is warming up bhs to onodi on beam. looks great! about 5 hours ago
Sam Peszek is warming up standing fulls for beam!!! about 5 hours ago