Auburn at Kentucky 2/22/02

by Greg

Meet report derived from the broadcast on Fox Sports South.  As always, + denote direct combinations on FX.  Connected elements on other events are spaced with commas.  Semicolons indicate gaps in skills listed, which are usually A level and nonvalue skills.  Common abbreviations include:  bhs= backhandspring, hs=handstand, lo=layout, ro is roundoff, etc

You'll get the idea...

This broadcast was just one hour, thus you get roughly three routines per event.  Kentucky competes with tremendous difficulty and power, especially on their strongest events (from this broadcast), vault and floor.  Their form and execution suffered at times, but their routines (shown here) had high compositional quality, with varied and interesting skills.  Auburn has struggled with injuries, but the gymnasts here were up to the task.  They competed with solid routines with a good level of difficulty.  Those who viewed the broadcast know that the coaches' interviews gave some interesting insight into the team dynamics.   

Rotation 1

Kentucky:  Vault

Gore:  Pike front (big vault, large step)  9.775

Primault:  Pike Front 1/2 ("flat" postflight, landed with chest low)  9.875

Gales:  Pike front (big, soft knees, step)  9.8

Auburn:  UB

Pate:  Hecht, kip cast hs (leg sep), giant full, Gienger (leg sep), overshoot hs; kip straddle cast hs, giant, giant, double pike/layout  9.8

Lancaster:  Hecht, kip straddle cast hs, giant blind, front giant healy, front giant haely, Jaeger (bent knees), overshoot; kip straddle cast  hs, giant full, gi, toe front 1/2 (step; hit foot on last giant, breaking her toe)  9.825

Clark:  glide kip, hop on, kip straddle cast hs, free hip 1/2 (short), front giant 1/2 (arms bend, stall and leg sep in hs), Tkachev (nice recovery), straddle back hs; kip straddle cast hs, giant, giant, full in  9.75

Rotation 2

Kentucky:  UB

Lemp:  glide kip, hop on, uprsie, giant full, Tkachev, straddle back hs (short); kip straddle cast hs, giant full, giant, front 1/2  9.925

Primault:  glide jam, uprise, giant full, Gienger (form), kip straddle cast hs 1/2, counterswing, straddle back hs, kip cast hs, blind, front giant 1/2, double tuck  9.825

Joy:  glide kip, hop on, uprise, giant full (not in hs), Gienger, kip cast hs 1/2 (not in hs), counterswing, straddle back hs, toe on straight body hecht (very nice transition), kip cast hs (leg sep, short), giant, giant, double layout  9.9

Auburn: V

Cantrell:  Handspring 2/1 (short 1/8th, 3m step)  9.7

Littrell:  Pike Cuervo (very clean, twisted too early from the horse, step)  9.85

Clark:  Yurchenko Full (piked, soft knees, step)  9.85

Rotation 3

Kentucky:  BB

Joy:  front tuck mount (shuffle); ff, ff, whip (two foot bhs... perhaps the fastest and most aggressive I've seen... she builds power through the series like you would expect her to punch into a dismount!); switch, wolf 3/4; double stag with head back, wolf; ro, double tuck (step)  9.8

Primault:  front tuck mount; switch side 1/4; bhs, lo; straddle, Popa; gainer layout, wolf; ro double tuck  9.7

Smith:  Silivas mount; switch side, 1/4 turn, wolf, bhs, lo (smooth); switch, bhs 1/4 to hs (not to hs, saved it quickly); 3/4 straddle (toe form); switch, sheep; front tuck full  9.75

Auburn:  FX

Brannam:  Rudi; wolf 1/1+split 1/1; whip 1/2+front full; switch side+wolf 1/1 to prone (interesting); front full+tuck front  9.8

Clark:  full in (step OOB); switch+Popa; back lo 2/1+front tuck; switch side+Popanova; double tuck (off balance step)  9.75

Pate:  whip+double tuck; switch side+Popanova (low); Rudi (very clean); high energy dance; straddle+straddle; front full+front tuck  9.875

Rotation 4

Kentucky:  FX

Joy:  whip+back lo 5/2; whip+double tuck; switch+tuck 3/2; whip 1/2+front full  9.825

Primault:  triple full; switch+front aerial; front stepout, fhs, Rudi; switch side 1/2+Popa (short)+Shous 1/2; back lo 2/1  9.875

Gales:  double layout (big, nicely done); switch +front tuck+straddle; front full+front tuck; Strug+Popa; double tuck  9.95

Auburn:  BB

Clark:  bhs,lo,bhs; straddle, straddle; wolf one leg to lo side somi (late turn); ro, double back  (low, step)  9.7

Lancaster:  wolf one leg, switch side (very nice); bhs, lo, lo; switch, straddle, straddle; ro, double full  9.875

Cantrell:  (joined in progress) bhs, bhs, lo; split 1/2, split 1/4; split 1/1; cw gainer lo 1/1  9.85