Archived live updates: 2012 NCAA Women's Event Finals
Archived live updates: 2012 NCAA Women's Event Finals
Gymnastike was on hand in Duluth covering the 2012 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships. Our team provided live updates through all rounds of competition. Below you can find the archived updates from the Individual Event Finals, complete with quick hits, scores and more! To read in chronological order, start at the bottom.
Megan Ferguson on finishing out her OU career - bit.ly/IJJcTQ
Press Conference EF Winners - bit.ly/J2CDcN
Ding wins FX and UB!
DeZiel with a 9.9.
GSE BB Champion!
9.875 Spinner, great job! DeZiel FX: piked full in strong, 2.5 punch front nice!, very high dbl pike to close!
GSE ties EHH with 9.937. DeZiel up last!
Amanda Spinner BB: bhs layout nice!, split 3/4 solid, switch gainer lay, not as fluid as others, dbl full with hop.
GSE FX: defending champion, dbl arabian great!, 1.5 punch layout, hits a dbl pike to close. Great routine!
9.9 Zam. EHH tiny check on mount, wobble on side aerial to layout, check on illusion, dbl full bad landing. lots of checks.
9.8875 Matusik GREAT JOB!
Zam FX: front dbl full, rudi punch layout, rudi to close. VARIETY???????
Jones 9.925...it was so good.
Hong 9.875, Matusik BB: front aerial bhs NICE!, front aerial to arabesque, very fluid, side flip, gainer 1.5 off end nailed! Another hit!
Dickerson 9.9. Jones FX: 2.5 punch front FULL! Punch rudi to layout, this is awesome!, interesting dance, great last pass! Wow!
Pisani front on, gainer layout, bhs layout great!, tentative leap series, front toss-wolf, stuck bhs to dbl full dsmt!
Dickerson FX: dbl arabian hit!, front to dbl back STICK, big dbl pike to end. Makes it look easy.
DING 9.95! New leader! Hong BB: Press mount, front aerial bhs lay check, wobble side somi, great sheep
Fergie 9.925 BB...not enough to pass GSE. Ding FX: crowd loves her, hits her first passes with ease, great routine!
Megan Ferguson mounts BB: bhs lay lay to knee, lot of work low on the beam, sheep jump slight check, dbl full good landing.
FX: EHH 9.937, Hunter 9.925, Pisani/Ferg 9.862
BB standings: GSE 9.937, Grable 9.862, Priess, Stone, Peszek 9.85.
Group 2: BB: Fergie, Hong, Pisani, Matusik, EHH, Spinner. FX: Ding, Dickerson, Jones, Zam, GSE, DeZiel.
Priess sticks her dsmt. No big errors in that, but not as confident as GSE.
9.937 for EHH...she's in first! Priess BB: nice sheep jump, front aerial, small check doesn't connect anything, 1/1 twist swingdown
Wong 9.825. EHH FX: dbl back, 1.5 lay 1/2-Shushunova, gorgeous dbl pike. Not the same difficulty as others though.
Pisani 9.862. Goes into second.
Wong BB: wobble on bhs lay lay series, nice split 1/1, stuck dbl full dsmt.
GSE: 9.9375 BB! Pisani FX: 1/2-In 1/2-out SWEET!, hits the rudi-punch lay!, Dbl pike, little squat on landing.
BB: Grable 9.862, Stone/Peszek 9.85.
Grable 9.862 in first. GSE BB: pretty leaps, bhs layout, great sheep jump, STUCK Onodi, totally in the zone, sticks 1.5 dsmt. Amazing!
Updike FX: Dbl Pike, feet slide out from under her, 2.5 punch handspring, another fall, STUCK dbl back. Crowd gives her a warm reception.
9.925 Hunter FX.
Grable BB: Love her on this piece. Shame she's injured and has to water down, nailed bhs lay, nice leaps, front toss, stuck dsmt. Love it!
Ferguson FX: 9.862.
Hunter FX: dbl layout NICE!, 1.5-layout-punch pike SO HIGH!, chalk flies through the air after her Chomp!, Open dbl back, nailed it! Wow!
9.85 for Stone BB.
Peszek: standing full, wobble on it...front aerial-back pike stuck, switch-straddle, stuck punch front, overcooked full trn, series to dsmt.
Peszek up on beam...time for her to defend!
Fergie FX: Triple full beautiful! Whip 1/2 to front full layout, nailed it! Awesome dbl full-punch front from Fergie. Awesome routine.
Ha! Never mind..she's actually competing! Nice hit routine, small movement on the dbl twist dsmt.
Sara Stone warming up her BHS Layout Korbut series on BB. Nice to see something a little different.
Samantha Shapiro gets a well-deserved 2nd place on UB! Stanford is really shining at this meet! Hong and Spinner still to come on BB.
Milliner second on VT, Ding in third.
First group on FX: Fergie, Hunter, Updike, Pisani, EHH. BB: Stone, Peszek, Grable, GSE, Wong, Priess.
Recap: Ding repeats as UB Champ (9.9875) and Kytra Hunter is VT Champ (9.875)!
Hunter is VT Champ with a 9.875 average!
Johnson 9.487.
Hunter Yfull with two little steps backwards. That should be enough.
Hunter 9.95 for VT 1.
InsideGym Hunter- UF: 1.5 basically stuck. casual.
Hunter VT: Y1.5, slight hop forward. Best vault yet.
Johnson UB: Lost swing after Toe on Tkatchev, had to rekip. Donezo. DING REPEATS!
Milliner Y1.5...step back. This could be close with her and Ding. Don't know if she'll get the score.
9.825 Gerber it looks like.
Milliner VT: Yfull with a step.
Ding leading VT and UB right now!
Gerber UB: jaeger, giant 1/1 to Pak (nice!), dbl arabian, has to step back.
Shapiro 9.9, goes into second.
Dabritz bails on the 1.5, does a Yfull again. Blehhhhhhhhh.
Dabritz VT: Yfull with a hop.
Shapiro UB: Stanford girls cheering LOUD! Toe Shoot, great HS, jaeger, Pak, 1/1 Twisting dbl STUCK!
Ding a tucked full with a step.
9.825 Caquatto UB.
Ding VT: Yfull, flairs her arms out, but takes a few steps on landing.
Step on dismount from Macko. Not gonna win.
Tucked Yfull from Giblin. Steps out of it.
Stunning Yfull from Giblin. Stuck like a champ!
The three last gymnasts on VT (Dabritz, Milliner, Hunter) all have Y1.5 vaults. That's gonna come down to the end!
Dabritz warms up the 1.5. This will be interesting!
Macko will be first on bars in this second group. Janelle Giblin first on vault.
Dabritz does a Yurchenko 1.5. It'd sure be a nice time to pull that out.
InsideGym Who votes that Caquatto does one of the SIX same bar releases she's capable of? #us
Time for Group 2: VT: Giblin, Ding, Dabritz, Milliner, Hunter. UB: Caquatto, Shapiro, Gerber, Johnson.
King won't defend. Her vaults average to 9.775.
Gutierrez at 9.806 on VT. She's in the lead there.
9.987 for Kat Ding. Don't see anyone beating that mark!
King's landing must've been rougher than I thought. 9.775 first vault.
King Tsuk 1.5, good landing, small adjustment. Ding with lots of TENS!
King now on VT. Another champion from last year.
Ding UB: giant 1/1 to Tkatchev, lovely Pak, she's tad short on a few HS, DRILLED dbl layout.
Kat Ding up now...she'll aim to defend her title from last year.
Courtney 9.887. Goes into first.
Delaney second vault also a layout, step back.
Courtney may pass Olson. I can't do math, but I'll let you know when it's posted!
Dealney VT: Nice Yfull, hop back on landing. Guti got a 9.95 for her first vault!
Courtney UB: Maloney to Overshoot, 1/1 twisting dbl, tiny adjustment on landing. Great job!
9.875 Olson, 9.85 Zamarripa.
Guti throws a Layout second vault, tiny step.
Wow Cheek and Courville tied on VT right now.
Gutierrez sticks a Yfull...reminds me of Kayla Hoffman's technique on that vault, kind of hollows out at the end. Chest slightly down.
Olson gets a long hug from KJ Kindler! 9.85s and 9.9s flashing for Brie!
Brie Olson UB: gaint 1/1to Deltchev, straddlback, 1/1 dbl layout with a tiny step. Good routine, but missed a HS!
Cheek with a tucked Yfull..kind of off to the side and step.
Her teammates are cheering U-G-A! This arena loves Lindsey Cheek!
Cheek VT: STUCK Yfull. Really nice job! So impressed with her.
LSUgym Courville scored a 9.80 on her yurchenko full in her 1st vault. She earned a 9.675 on her 2nd vault, a layout.
Zam UB: Maloney, Stalder to Shootover HS, Toe Up, step on dbl layout. That one hurts.
Courville bobbles the landing of her Yfull. Second vault, just a layout, but a great one!
Zamarripa about to lead off bars. She has the goods to win, but definitely a disadvantage going up first. Ask @CaseyJoMagee
We'll see on VT now: Courville, Cheek, Gutierrez, Delaney, King. UB: Zam, Olson, Courtney, Ding.
I'll do my best to fulfill those requests! Thanks!
I'm taking interview requests for after EF. Any gymnasts you guys are dying to hear from?
Here's a link to the start list for each EF: bit.ly/I0rO1z
Men are descending from the ceiling and introducing the qualifiers. True story.
Katie Matusik (Ariz) and Rachel Updike (Mizzou) are the only EF gymnasts who did not come here with a full team. Such a huge accomplishment!
There are still eight gymnasts remaining in bars finals, so I don't believe an alternate will be put in for Davis.
In case anyone missed it, Chelsea Davis from UGA scratched EF today. She has a fever. No other scratches reported.
Peszek says she may be bringing out the big tricks for BB EF today. Watch out for a standing full from her! bit.ly/IlCZ0A
Some talented freshmen competing today! Dabritz, DeZiel, Courville, Hong, Hunter to name a few!
Who is everyone most excited to see today???
Samantha Shapiro and Stanford have exceeded expectations at this Championship. She's ready for UB Finals! bit.ly/JkktIZ
We're big fans of Matusik at ! It'd also be great to see EHH win it..did you know she's never made EF on beam until this year?
DreCabrillos @ I'm rooting for the underdog Katie Matusik! How cool would it be to have and EF champion from a non qualifying team?!
Pisani is a favorite to win FX. She says she wants to win it for @DavidKuzara her former coach at Arkansas! bit.ly/I2d6Ht
I'm personally hoping that Megan Ferguson can win her first BB title. Here's a look at her first routine of the year: bit.ly/wBQVEs
Bars will be a good battle between Ding, Zam and Alaina Johnson. All three have scored 9.95 on UB already at this meet.
Yes, every champion from last year is back to defend their titles tonight. As if these Nationals weren't awesome enough.
Gymnasts competing in multiple EF: Ding (V,UB) Kytra Hunter (V,FX) Zam (UB,FX), Ferguson (BB,FX) GSE (BB,FX) Pisani (BB,FX) EHH (BB,FX)
And of course, will be providing live updates throughout today's EF!bit.ly/IgaJyr
ESPN3 is back to cover Event Finals...there should be a webcast, just like for the Super Six. Try here: es.pn/I25uAY
Just found out that Chelsea Davis came down with a fever and will scratch from EF today. She was scheduled to compete bars. :(
Here are gymnasts who will be defending their National Titles tonight: Marissa King (VT), Kat Ding (UB), Sam Peszek (BB), Stack Eaton (FX)!
Mizzou Freshman Rachel Updike will compete in the FX Final today! Here's a feature we did on her before nationals! bit.ly/I2VZF9
Looks like Chelsea Davis has scratched from bars finals. Not sure what's happened there.
Who's ready for Event Finals!?! It's going to be a fun way to close out an exceptional NCAA Championship.