Sunday, 20 April 2014 15:33

Women's Event Finals at the 2014 NCAAs

Arkansas' Katherine Grable won the FX (9.9625) and tied for the vault title with LSU's Rheagan Courville to lead all competitors in Sunday's Event Finals at the 2014 NCAAas.  Florida's Bridget Sloan won bars while OU's Taylor Spears won the beam.

Vault

Second up, Arkansas' Katherine Grable drilled a round-off half on to pike front half off to a 9.975.  Later, in the second group, Courville stuck a Yurchenko layout full.  OU's Haley Scaman did her version of the Yurchenko Layout Full for third, also stuck but slighly less dynamic.

Bars

Bridget Sloan hit her Ray release and double layout to near-perfection for the win.   Samantha Shapiro of Stanford showed similarly beautiful toe point and precision, but had a slight pike down on her double layout dismount.  Teammate Kristina Vaculik also showed beautiful lines for third, and also had shape issues on her double layout. 

Beam

OU's Taylor Spears ended the beam competition with the win, smoothly hitting her difficult Onodi to Korbut combination.  Just a shade behind was Lindsey Cheek of Georgia, showing beautiful lines throughout.  However, she lacked a bit of amplitude on her switch split and slightly piked down her gainer layout full.  Three gymnasts tied at 9.8875.  Madeline Gardner of Oregon State went very early and had a small shuffle on her dismount.  UGA's Mary Beth Box showed confidence and precision while LSU's Sydney Ewing showed a powerful backhandspring layout to two feet.  NU's Jamie Schleppenbach nailed her two switch splits, as the four ended in a tie.  All three had small checks or form issues that held them back from the top. 

Floor

Arkansas' senior Katherine Grable hit her Arabian in front tuck 1/2 out mount to pick up another title.  Her two titles were Arkansas' first ever.  Three gymnasts tied for second:  Joanna Sampson of Michigan, Haley Scaman of OU and Maile'Ana Kanewa of OU.  Sampson showed the evening's best double layout and best double pike dismount, but showed a slight foot separation on the landing of her leap series.  Scaman hit another great double layout as well but had a deduction on her jump serie.  Teammate Kanewa stuck (no lunge) her pike full-in and double pike dismount, but her second pass lacked amplitude.   

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Full Results

Vault Results
PlaceGymnastTeamScore
1 Katherine Grable Arkansas 9.9750
1 Rheagan Courville LSU 9.9750
3 Haley Scaman Oklahoma 9.9667
4 Maileana Kanewa Oklahoma 9.9417
5 Lindsay Mable Minnesota 9.9333
6 Bridget Sloan Florida 9.9167
6 Lindsey Cheek Georgia 9.9167
8 Olivia Courtney UCLA 9.8750
9 Sachi Sugiyama Michigan 9.8667
9 Georgia Dabritz Utah 9.8667
11 Brandie Jay Georgia 9.8500
12 Ashleigh Gnat LSU 9.8250
Uneven Parallel Bars ResultsTop
PlaceGymnastTeamScore
1 Bridget Sloan Florida 9.9375
2 Samantha Shapiro Stanford 9.9250
3 Kristina Vaculik Stanford 9.9000
4 Mackenzie Caquatto Florida 9.8875
5 Rheagan Courville LSU 9.8750
6 Kim Jacob Alabama 9.8500
6 Alaina Johnson Florida 9.8500
6 Lindsey Cheek Georgia 9.8500
9 Shona Morgan Stanford 9.8375
10 Taylor Spears Oklahoma 9.8250
11 Joanna Sampson Michigan 9.7625
12 Samantha Peszek UCLA 9.1000
Balance Beam ResultsTop
PlaceGymnastTeamScore
1 Taylor Spears Oklahoma 9.9250
2 Lindsey Cheek Georgia 9.9000
3 Madeline Gardiner Oregon State 9.8875
3 Mary Beth Box Georgia 9.8875
3 Sydney Ewing LSU 9.8875
3 Jamie Schleppenbach Nebraska 9.8875
7 Kristina Vaculik Stanford 9.8750
8 Jessie DeZiel Nebraska 9.8625
8 Chayse Capps Oklahoma 9.8625
10 Alaina Johnson Florida 9.8500
10 Hollie Blanske Nebraska 9.8500
12 Sarah DeMeo Alabama 9.8375
12 Mackenzie Caquatto Florida 9.8375
14 Emily Wong Nebraska 9.7500
15 Kim Jacob Alabama 9.3750
16 Hanna Nordquist Minnesota 9.3000
Floor Exercise ResultsTop
PlaceGymnastTeamScore
1 Katherine Grable Arkansas 9.9625
2 Joanna Sampson Michigan 9.9500
2 Maileana Kanewa Oklahoma 9.9500
2 Haley Scaman Oklahoma 9.9500
5 Kim Jacob Alabama 9.9375
6 Diandra Milliner Alabama 9.9125
6 Lara Albright Oklahoma 9.9125
8 Lauren Beers Alabama 9.9000
8 Jessica Savona LSU 9.9000
8 Emily Wong Nebraska 9.9000
11 Becky Tutka Utah 9.8500
12 Brandie Jay Georgia 9.7875
13 Nansy Damianova Utah 9.7375
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