Rotation one:
Sophina DeJesus, vault: FTY with a hop.
Casey Jo Magee, bars: HIt routine with stuck full in tuck dismount.
Mackenzie Caquatto, beam: Jump on. Side somie, small wobble. Front aerial, bhs, layout, solid. Switch half. Front pike somie. It is amazing how much more calm and confident she is on this event. Switch, back tuck. Side aerial. Double full, tiny hop. Huge cheers.
Hallie Mossett, floor: Overrotates Arabian double front and runs off the floor. Nearly stuck double pike to end.
Jessie DeZiel, vault: STUCK DTY. Great job!
McKenzie Wofford, bars: Stalder full to Maloney, great, clear hip to bail, nice, to Ray, Toe sfull to Tkatchev, toe blind to Jaeger, terrific, hafl turn to giants and full twisting double tuck, tiny little hop. Very good start!
Jordyn Wieber, beam: Side aerial. Back full, great. Bhs, bhs2.5 with a small hop. Huge applause -- she must have hit the rets.
Brandie Jay, floor: Stumbles on opening full in pike. "Smooth Criminal." OOB agian on 2.5 to punch front dismount.
Grace McLaughlin, vault: Touch.
Shawn Johnson, bars: Clear hip, toe full to Geinger, hopt o Jaeger, toe stalder to bail to toe hecht to high, giants and PUTS HANDS DOWN on full twisting double layout. Just didn't land it right. Oh....she was under so much pressure, and ... ugh.
Bridgette Caquatto, beam: Jump on. Jumps. Front tuck half, nice. Punch front, good. Bhs, layout, shoulder angle is way off and she falls. Switch side.
Lauren Beers, floor: "Phantom of the Opera?" Arabian double front, good. Double pike?
Amanda Jetter, vault: Touch.
Alicia Sacramone, "bars": Touch.
Anna Li, beam: Nothing.
Aja-Monet Sims, floor: Nothing.
Jessica Howe, vault: Didn't see it.
Aly Raisman, bars: Toe stalder to Maloney, doesn't catch right and takes intermediate swing. Caught Jaeger close but OK. Full to Tkatchev and somehow she gets lost on her hop change and ends up straddling the bar and finally breaks swing and has to completely start over, though she doesn't get down. Casts and does a double front dismount. First time we've seen Aly blow a competition routine that I can remember.
McKayla Maroney, beam: Punch front, bhs, layout. Punch front, bhs swingdown. Tourjete half. Side aerial. Overturns her turn a little but is OK. Back tuck. Side somie. A very quick worker on this event! Switch half. Jumps. Double tuck with big step back.
Jaclyn McCartin, floor: "Requiem for a Dream." Double tuck to open, deep squat landing it. 1.5 to front layout.
Sophia Lee, vault: FTY, stuck.
Gabrielle Douglas, bars:Jump to high, toe stalderm, full to Tkatchev to Pak, Ray to high, inbar blind to front stalder to stalder fyll to full twisting double tuck, STUCK. Huge ovation for that routine! 14.95.
Chellsie Memmel, beam: Her handstand to splits mount. Jumps: split, wolf. Piked barani, low but made it fine. Front aeiral to straddle full, great. Slightly too long to set up her Arabian, but she does it, gets her hips off, and then is somehow just fine. Because she's Chellsie Memmel. Illusion. Front tuck, bhs, layout. Switch half. Roundoff, double pike with a step. Hit routine! 14.7.
Sabrina Vega, beam: Long wait for her at the end of this first rotation...Simple mount. Switch half, back tuck. Side aerial, very nice. Front aereial, bhs, layout, terrific. Punch front, little wobble but is OK. Switch, back pike, small check. Full turn, well done. Scissone. Very good routine so far. Almost comes off on switch ring. Whew. Bhs, bhs, double pike with a small step back. Not bad. Could have been a tiny bit better, but really not bad at all.
Rotation two:
Notes: After one rotation, Wieber and her 15.2 on beam are leading the pack. Second is Douglas (14.95), followed by DeZiel (14.8) and Memmel (14.7). Johnson is 11th, Raisman last at 14th. So Memmel is the top AAer so far.
Brandie Jay, vault: DTY, stuck! Layout Pod.
Jessie DeZiel, bars: Didn't see it.
McKenzie Wofford, beam: Side aerial, back layout. Onodi, small check, sheep. Switch, scissone. Roundoff, bhs, double pike, step back (large). But hit routine.
Jordyn Wieber, floor: Touch.
Lauren Beers, vault: Scary moment when she didn't get the block she needed and barely got a Yurchcenko tuck around (landed on her hands and knees).
Grace McLaughlin, bars: To estalder full. Toe blind ot Jaeger, good. Bail to Ray. Toe stalder to blind to double front with a step.
Shawn Johnson, beam: Bhs, bhs, layout to two feet, was off in the air and comes off the beam. Oh dear...Punch front, sheep, not too bad. Back tuck, bhs. Switch side half. Full turn with leg up, almost loses it again but stays on. Switch, Gainer, back pike. There's the Shawn of old! Roundoff, double pike dismount.
Bridgette Caquatto, floor: Sits down her last pass, a double pike, and goes OOB, after a front double full to front full, full in pike and 2.5 twist. Sigh.
Aja-Monet Sims, vault: Didn't see it.
Amanda Jetter, bars: Hop change to Jeeger. Ricna, full turn to Pak, stalderwork on low bar, Maloney to high to bail. Blind to double front. Hit routine.
Alicia Sacramone, beam: Hit routine! Front pike on. Punch front. Bhs, layout to two feet. Punch front. Bhs, bhs, double pike. 15.2.
Anna Li, floor: Touch.
Jaclyn McCartin, vault: Hurts her right ankle vaulting. Being attended to on the mat. May be the Achilles.
Jessica Howe, bars: Geinger. Toe hecht to high. Rather low full in tuck.
Aly Raisman, beam: Jumps on. Punch front, solid. Bhs, layout to two feet, solid. Tourjete half. Front pike, back layout stepout. Switch half, pause, back tuck. Side aerial, wanted to connect to switch leap, back tuck but stopped after aerial. Rest of series was OK. Roundoff, Patterson with a step forward.
McKayla Maroney, floor: 3.5 twist. Competing to "Those were the days," with violins. Catchy. Arabian double front. Switch, Tourjete full, a little wild. 1.5 to double tuck.
Hallie Mossett, vault: FTY.
Sophia Lee, bars: Fell on low bar element.
Gabrielle Douglas, beam: Scratch.
Chellsie Memmel, floor: Huge Arabian double pike, almost overrotated, small step forward. Double full -- no double layout. Tourjete full. 2.5 to front layout, stuck. The traditional choreo, including headspring, that has been in her routine since 2003...Double pike, step back.
Sophina DeJesus, vault: Didn't see it.
Casey Jo Magee, beam: Really fought for this routine in places (side somie), and won each time. Cartwheel, gainer double full off the end to close the routine.
Sabrina Vega, floor: Hit routine! Full in pike. 1.5 to double tuck. Double turn with leg up. Double pike to end. Arabian music, good for being lyrical to and posing to, which is good for Vega, as she is good at both those things.
Mackenzie Caquatto, floor: Scratch.
Rotation three:
Notes: After two rotations, it's Wofford, Vega, Memmel and Maroney in the AA. Fascinating!
Bridgette Caquatto, vault: FTY. She played it safe and didn't go for the double. Smart move.
Lauren Beers, bars: Hands down on double front dismount.
Grace McLaughlin, beam: Didn't see anything except an Onodi. It was a good Onodi, though.
Shawn Johnson, floor: Touch.
Anna Li, vault: Touch.
Aja Monet-Sims, bars: Wiler half to bail to toe hecht to her move, a Wiler to immediate Commaneci. Didn't see the dismount, but it was well received.
Amanda Jetter, beam: Hit routine, I believe. Made her standing Arabian, at the very least. Didn't see most of it.
Alicia Sacramone, floor: Triple full, easy. Arabian double front, huge and OOB. Double turn with leg up to full turn going the other way. Switch ring, Tourjete full. 2.5 to front layout, very nice, small hop back. Switch side half. Double pike, OOB again. Some things don't change. Sac's springiness is one of them.
McKayla Maroney, vault: Touch.
Jaclyn McCartin, bars: Scratch.
Jessica Howe, beam: Didn't see it.
Aly Raisman, floor: Alicia is standing in the corner to catch her if necessary...1.5 to Arabian double front to punch front. Great. Arabian double pike, stuck with a scissone! Switch ring to Tourjete full. Crowd finally starts clapping along to Hava Nagila. Triple full, almost all the way around. Switch half, bounces out of it. Double pike with a hop back. Her tumbling is well received, her dance still has a ways to go. But there's no denying her talent on this event...and ability to hit when necessary.
Chellsie Memmel, vault: FTY, easy. Small hop.
Hallie Mossett, bars: Didn't see it. 13.1.
Amanda Jetter, beam: Switch side. Straddle full. Setting up for a standing Arabian, very good!
Gabrielle Douglas, floor: Touch.
Sabrina Vega, vault: WOW Vega did a casual DTY! Whoa there. Did not see that coming.
Brandie Jay, bars: Toe stalder to Maloney, bail to toe hecht, Markelov, full turn to Shushunova, giants to full in tuck, stuck (feet apart). Nice routine from Brandie.
Sophina DeJesus, beam: Front aerial, bhs, layout. Side aerial. Switch to back tuck, very nice. She's totally rocking this. Comes off on punch front. Shoot! Front pike somie. Bhs, bhs, double tuck, landed a bit low but made it around. Too bad about the fall. That was a good routine.
Casey Jo Magee, floor: "Austin Powers". Really seems to be enjoying the choreo before she tumbles. Double pike, step back. Switch, Tourjete full. Good choreo -- this works well with how she moves. Front double full second pass. Whip half to Rudi. Triple turn. Last pass: 2.5, a little off but doesn't put a hand down. Nice routine!
Mackenzie Caquatto, vault: Touch.
Jessie DeZiel, beam: Front aerial, bhs, layout. Full turn. Switch, straddle 1/4. Side aerial. Front somie, fights to stay on a little bit, but is OK. 2.5 twist with a step back, just a little underrotated.
McKenzie Wofford, floor: A tango that we hear quite a lot of. Very good full in pike to open. Double pike, small step forward. Tourjete half. 1.5 to front layout. Her senior debut is going really well. 2.5 twist to end. Nice routine. This is a sophisticated piece of music, and she really still looks her age. But she performed above it. After her journey, beginning at some gym that wasn't WOGA and going to WOGA and then leaving WOGA and going to Zenith Elite and committing to Oklahoma, she's had quite a journey. She's looking good.
Jordyn Wieber, vault: Touch.
Rotation four:
Alicia Sacramone, vault: She did a Rudi in warmups and was a tiny bit underrotated and didn't look happy about it....this one is a very nice, businesslike Rudi with a little hop. Awesome vault, as always. FTY, tiny little hop.
Anna Li, bars: Toe full almost overbalanced to Khorkina II, Shushunova, terrfific, hop full to Geinbger. Jaeger, a little close, Pak, half turn and shoots off! What happened there? Even Anna looks stunned. It was going so well...giants to full twisting double layout, small hop.
Aja-Monet Sims, beam: Didn't see it.
Amanda Jetter, floor: Scratch.
Aly Raisman, vault: Amanar! Barely made it around. Bent legs. I didn't think she had the height coming off the horse, but amazingly, she got it around.
McKayla Maroney, bars: Touch?
Jaclyn McCartin, beam: Scratch.
Jessica Howe, floor: A dreamy, soft piece of music....that isn't hers. Howe looks at the judges and steps off the floor. Oh, here we go...I guess it is hers after all. D.double pike, two steps back. Front layout to Rudi. 1.5 to front layout full. Pretty stag leap. Full turn with leg up in the corner.
Gabrielle Douglas, vault: Scratch.
Chellsie Memmel, bars: Maloney to bail to Ray, full turn to Tkatchev, excellent. Blind to jam through to double front! Oh, yes! Chellsie is waving to the crowd with both arms. Great routine! She is back.
Hallie Mossett, beam: Double tuck dismount.
Sophia Lee, floor: "Requiem for a dream." Double pike to end.
Casey Jo Magee, vault: FTY, small hop. Nice in the air.
Sabrina Vega, bars: Jump to high, hop change, front stalder ful to Geinger, great. Stalder full and loses her swing, has to stop and kip off. Pike Tkatchev. Tkatchve. Bummer. Bail to Ray, ginats and full in tuck dismount with a small hop. Too bad!
Brandie Jay, beam: Nice double tuck dismount, just a little movement of the feet.
McKenzie Wofford, vault: FTY, small hop.
Mackenzie Caquatto, bars: Jump to high, hop change, Jaeger, Church, Pak, Maloney to bailt to toe full, great, to toe hecht to high, Tkatchev, she's going great, full in tuck with a small step forward. Big hug from Jiani Wu as she gets down.
Lauren Beers, beam: Didn't see it.
Sophina DeJesus, floor: Scratch? Looks like floor's done...
Shawn Johnson, vault: Scratch.
Jordyn Wieber, bars: Wiler to Wiler half to Maloney to clear full to bail to Ray, toe full to Tkatchev, very nice. Giants to a double double tuck, a tad low on landing, with a small step, but hey, she made it. Very nice routine with most impressive connections. This should give her confidence going into the U.S. Championships.
Jessie DeZiel, floor: Full in pike. 2.5 twist. Cool headspring in her choreo. Fairly strange music, rather "Stomp"ish meets "Mission Impossible." Big applause as she lands her last pass. She did a nice job all-around today. Welcome to elite, kid.
Bridgette Caquatto, bars: Long wait for her by the bars....Stalder full to Khoorkina II, Jaeger, Toe half, improvises with half turn, Ricna? Church, bail to low, toe hecht to high, double layout with the smallest movement of feet. Hugs all around from the Legacy Elites. End of competition.
Grace McLaughlin, floor: Scratch.
8: 59 p.m.: Final standings:
Vault: 1. Sacramone 2. Jay
Bars: 1. Wieber 2. Douglas 3. B. Caquatto 4. M. Caquatto 5. Wofford
Beam: 1. Wieber and Sacramone 3. Raisman 4. Wofford 5. Memmel
Floor: 1. Raisman 2. Vega 3. Sacramone 4. Memmel 5. Maroney
AA: 1. Raisman 2. Memmel 3. Wega 4. Wofford 5. Lee
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