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11:50 am. FINAL STANDINGS
1. Addalye VanGrinsven 105.100
2. Kylie Smith 102.350
3. Amia Pugh-Banks 101.950
4. Madelyn Eagle 100.900
5. Eva Doherty 100.850
6. Brooklyn Klauser 100.800
7. Avery Haines 100.450
8. Anslee McCauley 100.400
9. Sydney Williams 99.750
10. Paisley Ritger 99.650
11. Cassie Tan 99.300
12. Sadie Drake 98.950
13. Audrey VanGrinsven 98.750
14. Vivi Crain 98.700
15. Claire Ekart 98.600
16. Espy Chang 98.000
17. Sofie Davtyan 97.900
18. Annabel Melnyk 97.800
19. Gianna Arthur 96.950
20. Hadley Bird 96.200
21. Aulya Daniels 95.750
22. Jazzy Saravia 94.800
23. Amariah Moore 73.000
24. Bailynn Kasprzak 60.600
11:43 am. Annabel Melnyk BB: Nice on the bhs loso! Hit front aerial to jump series, then side aerial with a check. Hit the 1.5 dismount with leg form and feet apart on the landing. 12.250
Aulya Daniels FX: Nice on the wolf turn. Full-in, chest down, hop forward. Switch, low back leg, to tour jeté half. Strong front tuck through to double tuck. Double pike, comes in really low and crashes it. 11.350
Madelyn Eagle UB: Inbar to stalder full, a little late but nice form! Clea Maloney to Pak, back to the high bar for toe half to piked Jaeger, arches over the handstand after and comes off, NOOOO! She was so close. Back on for the double pike, with a hop. 11.700
11:42 am. Kylie Smith UB: Stalder half to straddle Jaeger, nice. Stalder full to clean Pak, toe-on to clean van Leeuwen, full-twisting double layout with a step. Great work! 13.400
11:40 am. Eva Doherty BB: Nailed the flight series. Switch leap. Clean standing back, pauses before the Korbut. Hit the rest, double tuck dismount with a few steps back. 12.200
Audrey VanGrinsven FX: Double tuck, a bit low but gets it around, hop back. Double full, looked like she missed her feet going into it and gets it around but it’s pretty scrappy and the landing is rough, OOB. Think a 1.5 to front tuck was her last pass IIRC. 11.350
11:39 am. Sofie Davtyan UB: Short handstand before the Maloney, low lift, but connects to Pak. Toe-on to toe shoot, missed the first toe-on and took an extra swing. Blind change to big straddle Jaeger, blind full was late, low double tuck, but gets it around with a hop forward. 11.900
11:37 am. Espy Chang FX: Wild on the opening pass, slips and then crashes it. Split jump full was a little short. Double wolf turn. 1.5 is pretty tucked, to front full, also tucks her body significantly and sits it. Switch ring to split ring, low back knee. 10.100
11:35 am. Brooklyn Klauser UB: Toe-on to stalder to Tkachev. Pak, toe shoot, blind full, full-in dismount, some leg form, hop. 12.350
Vivi Crain BB: Hit the front aerial to split ring jump well. Bhs loso with some leg form and a big wobble that she corrects into a passé, queen lol. Scorpion turn with a wobble. Switch to sissone. Side somi, check. Think she did a Yurchenko loop? I turned away for a sec. Side aeiral, slightly short. 2.5, leg form and a big step. 13.000
11:33 am. Sydney Williams VT: Tsuk full, minor pike down but otherwise decent, small hop. 12.800
Cassie Tan FX: 2.5 with crossed ankles and she comes up really short, sits the punch out of it. UGH. 1whip full through to double pike with a small hop. Wolf hop through to switch leap. Double tuck is clean but deep on the landing. 11.900
11:29 am. Jazzy Saravia VT: Yurchenko full, pretty clean, slight pike down, hop back. 13.050
Gianna Arthur UB: Maloney to Pak, clean. Blind change to piked Jaeger. Had a big double layout. Chest slightly down on the landing. 10.800
Paisley Ritger BB: Nooooo, off on the bhs loso. Otherwise hit from what I could see but I missed some skills. 10.650
Sadie Drake FX: Big step forward on the 2.5. Skidded back on the second pass. 12.200
Hadley Bird VT: Minor form throughout and a hop back on the Yurchenko full. 12.950
Avery Haines VT: Clean Yurchenko full, steps into the salute. 13.100
11:26 am. Anslee McCauley VT: Yurchenko full, twists pretty quickly, minor form and a good landing. 12.950
Claire Ekart UB: I missed this! 12.300
Amia Pugh-Banks BB: Bhs loso, solid. A little short in her jumps. Side somi. Wolf turn done smoothly. Front aerial. 1.5 dismount, minor leg from. 12.350
Addalye VanGrinsven FX: Big double layout! Small bounce. Strong full-in. Clean Popa. Switch half through to tour jeté half. Front layout through to clean double tuck. WELL, THERE’S THE CHAMP! 13.700
11:21 am. Rotation 7 Standings
1. Addalye VanGrinsven 91.400
2. Amia Pugh-Banks 89.600
3. Madelyn Eagle 89.200
4. Paisley Ritger 89.000
5. Kylie Smith 88.950
6. Eva Doherty 88.650
7. Brooklyn Klauser 88.450
8. Espy Chang 87.900
11:17 am. Eva Doherty UB: inbar full was a bit rushed and late, some form as well, Komova II to clean Pak, stalder to van Leeuwen, minor ankle form, stalder half to straddle Jaeger, full-twisting double layout, step back. 12.850
Audrey VanGrinsven BB: Check on the side aerial. Hit the triple flight series well! Front aerial to split jump to straddle jump, straddle looked a bit crooked weirdly! Switch leap. Clean 1.5 dismount. 12.900
11:13 am. Sydney Williams FX: Lovely leaps at the start. First pass is a double tuck, big hop back. Leap series was GORGEOUS, second pass hit well. 2.5 was pretty clean. 12.550
Vivi Crain UB: Toe full with some leg form, think a Chow to Pak, some form in the Pak, short handstand before the van Leeuwen, crossed ankles, inbar half to straddle Jaeger, gets the double layout with a stumble back. 12.800
Espy Chang BB: Hit the jump series at the start. Had a big break at the hips on the flight series. Switch leap. Nice on the wolf turn. Little check on the front aerial. Gainer pike dismount, sticks it on her toes with a wobble. 12.050
11:10 am. Avery Haines FX: Really nice whip full through to 2.5! Front double full also gos well, step. Looked like she stuck the double tuck at the end! Nice. 12.600
Paisley Ritger UB: Toe full, Maloney with minor leg form issue but connects to straddle Tkachev, Pak with flexed feet, van Leeuwen with minor form. Big full-in dismount! 12.850
Cassie Tan BB: Break at the hips on the mount, nearly falls but gets it under control. Stumble on the side aerial. Bhs loso, minor leg form but lands it well. Split jump to sissone with a big wobble. Dobule full with some crossed legs. 11.700
11:06 am. Sofie Davtyan VT: Good block on the Yurchenko full, landing was maybe a little deep but not bad. 13.150
Amia Pugh-Banks UB: Nice van Leeuwen, blind change to straddle Jaeger, maybe a little close, gets the Ray as well, Pak with leg form issues, Maloney to Gienger, leg separation as she catches, blind full was good, to big double tuck, great hit! 12.300
Sadie Drake BB: Wasn’t watching this closely but she hit what I saw, had a double full dismount with minor form. 12.150
Hadley Bird FX: 2.5 to front tuck, went a little crooked between the skills but no big errors there! Hit the middle pass and a double pike I believe to finish. 12.700
Kylie Smith VT: Maybe bent elbows on the table from what I could see, but got the Yurchenko full around with a good landing. 13.200
Also had a Yurchenko layout.
11:02 am. Bailynn Kasprzak UB: Nice Tkachev, straddleback, toe-on to toe shoot, nice double layout, small hop. 12.200
Gianna Arthur VT: Yurchenko full, really bent arms on the table, ends up having to tuck it a little in the air but gets the landing. 12.700
Addalye VanGrinsven BB: Full turn, bhs loso, chest a little forward but no big issues, good punch front, switch to straddle to sissone I think straddle as a bit short, high double tuck dismount, step back. 12.900
Jazzy Saravia FX: Front through to 2.5, not bad! Step forward. Small hop back on the double tuck at the end. 11.550
Brooklyn Klauser VT: Yurchenko full, not a ton of power but she’s teeny, hop. 13.000
10:59 am. Madelyn Eagle VT: Yurchenko full, pretty clean! Hop back. 13.100
Annabel Melnyk UB: Didn’t see this unfortunately! 11.250
Aulya Daniels BB: Wasn’t typing but I think this was a hit routine! 11.350
Anslee McCauley FX: Hit everything I saw, the biggest issue I think was the 2.5 at the end, just a bit weak in the air and on the landing. 12.350
Claire Ekart VT: Solid enough Yurchenko full, small hop back. 12.950
Looks like Amariah Moore has scratched after her scary beam fall.
10:54 am. Rotation 6 Standings
1. Addalye VanGrinsven 78.500
2. Amia Pugh-Banks 77.300
3. Paisley Ritger 76.150
4. Madelyn Eagle 76.100
5. Espy Chang 75.850
6. Eva Doherty 75.800
7. Kylie Smith 75.750
8. Cassie Tan 75.700
10:50 am. Avery Haines BB: Switch leap to split jump. Nice extension in the bhs loso. Front aerial, little check. Good side aerial. Pretty clean double full, really solid routine! 12.200
10:49 am. Espy Chang UB: Toe-on to Maloney to Pak, minor leg separation, good handstand before the toe shoot, blind full was pretty well done, blind change to straddle Jaeger, front giants to front layout dismount, step back. 12.300
10:47 am. Sofie Davtyan FX: Front layout through to double tuck, clean but a big hop back OOB. 1.5, does it into a stag. Switch ring to switch half. 2.5 looked pretty clean, steps back. 11.450
Hadley Bird BB: Standing back, a little short in leaps, check on the bhs loso, double wolf turn went well, side aerial went a bit wild but she keeps it on the beam, Double full, nearly stuck, just has a little wiggle but doesn’t move her feet. 11.750
10:45 am. Cassie Tan UB: Hit routine, I wasn’t typing but nothing glaring, had a nice double layout dismount. 12.100
10:43 am. Jazzy Saravia BB: Little check on the full turn. Bhs loso, little check. Came off on something after that. Wobble on her jump series and on the back tuck. Double full with crossed legs. 10.550
Brooklyn Klauser FX: Whip whip to double tuck, bounce back OOB. Good on the 1.5 to front full. Switch half into the corner before the 2.5, got it around well, I couldn’t see leg form. 12.200
10:42 am. Sadie Drake UB: Great handstand before the Endo half to stralder Tkachev, some form in that release, Pak with maybe a little too much arch, short handstand before the stalder full, quite late when she finished, van Leeuwen with some ankle form, stalder to toe-on to high stuck double tuck. 12.500
10:41 am. Anslee McCauley BB: Hit the triple series with a BIG wobble and break at the hips but stays on! Big switch leap to switch half, maybe a little short in the latter. Hit the rest. 12.550
Vivi Crain VT: Yurchenko layout, lacking in power and has a big step back. 12.200
Gianna Arthur FX: Double pike was good. Hit the second pass, then tour jeté into a lil straddle star jump kinda thingy as part of her choreo. Double tuck a little short with a stumble. 11.950
10:39 am. Paisley Ritger VT: Yurchenko full, not the most powerful, but overall not bad in the air, lunge back. 12.750
Addalye VanGrinsven UB: Clean straddle Jaeger, clear hip to Pak, minor hip form, toe-on to Maloney to Gienger, legs pretty glued, noooooo, arches way over on the toe full and can’t pull it back, doesn’t come off but has to change direction and restart her swing. Double layout dismount looked stuck. 11.750
10:37 am. Claire Ekart FX: High and clean double pike, hop back. Switch half through to tour jeté half. Front layout front full with a hop forward. Clean but deep double tuck to finish, hop. 12.200
10:33 am. Aulya Daniels UB: Goes for a big Ray to start but misses the catch sadly. Back on for a blind change to straddleJaeger to Pak, a little low on the Pak but not bad, missed her toes for the Maloney and had to hop off again. Back on for the Maloney to Gienger, leg separation was noticeable there. Toe full, double layout was huge and stuck. 10.600
Amia Pugh-Banks VT: Yurchenko double full, maybe the tiniest bit short today, I feel like she usually has so much power she flies back on her landings…form also a bit soft in the hips and knees. 14.000 (+0.2 bonus)
Also does a Yurchenko full which is cleaner, small bounce back there.
Amariah Moore BB: Wasn’t typing at the beginning but she hit everything I saw, check on the side aerial. Switch leap to split jump to straddle jump and full turn went well. Missed her foot on the second back handspring going into the dismount, slipped, and kinda flew off into a timer-ish, that was low key scary. 10.400
Madelyn Eagle FX: Dobule pike, short with a hop forward. Hit the second pass and a clean double tuck to finish. 12.450
10:31 am. Eva Doherty VT: Mostly clean Yurchenko full, pikes it down slightly but gets the landing with a hop. 12.900
Audrey VanGrinsven UB: Saw a Tkachev, low but nice in the air. Otherwise hit, stuck the double layout! 12.300
Sydney Williams BB: Wasn’t typing but she hit everything I saw! 2.5 dismount had some leg form. 12.850
Kylie Smith FX: Hit the double pike and the second pass. Tour jeté half to switch side half I think for the leap pass. Clean double tuck, hop back. 12.750
Annabel Melnyk VT: Yurchenko full, clean and the landing was SUPER solid, she looks thrilled. 13.350
10:27 am. Rotation 5 Standings
1. Addalye VanGrinsven 66.750
2. Madelyn Eagle 63.650
3. Cassie Tan 63.600
4. Espy Chang 63.550
5. Paisley Ritger 63.400
6. Amia Pugh-Banks 63.300
7. Brooklyn Klauser 63.250
8. Kylie Smith 63.000
10:25 am. Looks like Bailynn Kasprzak has scratched all but bars.
10:23 am. Brooklyn Klauser BB: Nice on the wolf turn. Some leg form on the bhs loso loso, front aerial to split jump to straddle jump, minor things there but nothing severe. Switch leap to sissone. Good side aerial. I had to miss the rest I fear! 12.950
10:22 am. Hadley Bird UB: Toe-on to blind full, some body line form, to Pak, clear hip to toe shoot, maybe a little close, double pike dismount with a step. 10.550
10:18 am. Jazzy Saravia UB: Blind change to fornt giant to piked Jaeger, gets the Pak, toe-on to toe shoot, blind full, high double tuck, steps back. 11.900
Paisley Ritger FX: 1.5 to front full is deep, hop forward. 2.5 to front tuck, slightly deep but not as bad as the first. Switch half. Hop back on the double tuck. 12.400
Gianna Arthur BB: Some leg form throughout the bhs loso. Front aerial, doesn’t connect to split jump or to the back tuck, minor form in each skill. Punch front is solid. 1.5 dismount, leg form and a hop. 12.200
10:14 am. Cassie Tan VT: Yurchenko full, good power, mostly clean in the air, big hop back. 13.200
Ansleey McCauley UB: Toe full to Maloney to Pak, minor leg separation. Has a jump to high bar. Blind change to straddle Jaeger. Step back on the double layout dismount. 12.050
Claire Ekart BB: Front aerial with a wobble, then a stumble as she tried to save it, fall. Bhs loso loso is solid. Switch leap to split jump to straddle jump. Also saw her hit a side aerial, and a deep double layout dismount. 11.500
Amia Pugh-Banks FX: Big full-in, hop back. Think front layout full through to double tuck for the second pass, big hop back OOB. Tour jeté half to switch half. Double pike was strong, good landing there. 13.050
10:10 am. Sadie Drake VT: Yurchenko half-on to back tuck, good landing! 12.400
Also did a Yurchenko full, she’s a little scrappy in that one but looked better than it did on day one, takes a big step to the side off the mat.
Amariah Moore UB: Maloney to Pak, inbar half to Endo half to stalder to Maloney to stalder half to stalder to toe ful, a little late on the latter, double tuck with a hop. 12.650
Madleyn Eagle BB: Check on the side aerial, hit the flight series and back tuck pretty well. Think a 1.5 dismount with a hop forward. 12.550
Annabel Melnyk FX: Clean double tuck, chest down and a hop. Something through to double full for the second pass. 2.5, some crossed ankles and a step. 12.500
10:07 am. Sydney Williams UB: Couldn’t type for this but she hit everything and was lovely while doing it. 12.950
Addalye VanGrinsven VT: Yurchenko 1.5, excellent position on the landing, small hop forward. Also had a lovely Yurchenko full that it looked like she could stick but she needed to take a small step to the side. 13.600
Kylie Smith BB: Switch leap mount with some form and a big stumble. Side aerial, slow to straddle jump, some form in the jump. Full turn. Hit the flight series with a check. Short on the double back dismount, hop forward. 11.850
Eva Doherty FX: Double pike to start, step back. Whip full through to double tuck short and landed OOB. Front tuck through to 2.5, form in the air and a big stumble back. 11.700
10:06 am. Aulya Daniels VT: Super powerful Yurchenko full! Big hop back. 13.100
10:02 am. Espy Chang VT: Solid Yurchenko full, a little piked down. 12.850
Avery Haines UB: Toe half to front half to Maloney to stalder to stalder Tkachev, Pak, good double pike dismount! 13.050
Sofie Davtyan BB: Didn’t see much of this, loved the leap to Korbut series. Good double full dismount, minor leg form but a nice hit. 12.150
Vivi Crain FX: Hands down on the double pike at the beginning. Front layout front full was really short and deep, sat it. Switching to switch half I believe for her series. Deep 2.5 at the end, squats it and stumbles back. Rough start. 10.100
Audrey VanGrinsven VT: Yurchenko layout, small hop back. 12.650
10:00 am. Touch is underway! Should be back in a couple of minutes.
9:53 am. Athlete introductions are underway! Still have the national anthem and touch warmups after this, will let you know when things are about to get started.


