re: Alabama Gymnastics (2024-25)

Moving on:
Florida: 197.700
Alabama: 197.675
California: 197.575
Oregon State: 196.875

Congratulations Ladies!!!

Nice win!

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Me of little faith. Never thought I’d see this squad come this close to putting it all together. So close to overtaking the Gators too.

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Me, too, especially after the first rotation on vault. They started out with all those hops and missteps on their landings. They started out third after that. If not for that, they could've/would've edged out Florida for the overall win and #1 spot. Hoping they get these things corrected for the championship. And, Coach, please make sure all apparatuses are checked for problems or issues before starting events. I will never forget the disaster on the beam for Alabama and vault for Oklahoma last year.

Five of the eight finalists are from the SEC (including Mizzou, who edged out auburn to grab the last spot)

1. LSU
2. Florida
3. Michigan State
4. Alabama
5. UCLA
6. Oklahoma
7. Utah
8. Mizzou

After two rotations in the Tuscaloosa Regional Final, the Alabama gymnastics team sat in third place, trailing by 0.025 points. From there, the Crimson Tide steamrolled through the rest of the quad meet, posting consecutive meet-high scores on the balance beam (49.500, season high) and the floor exercise (49.525) to claim a coveted top-two regional finish and punch its second consecutive ticket to the NCAA Championships Semifinals.

The Florida Gators edged the Tide with a 197.700 and will also advance to the national semifinals. Cal finished third (197.575), while Oregon State took fourth (196.875) to round out the regional final.

Alabama had a gymnast claim a share of the highest individual finish on each apparatus, as Corinne Bunagan secured her second straight 9.900 of the Tuscaloosa Regional on vault and Chloe LaCoursiere tied her career high of 9.950 on bars. The UA All-American duo of Gabby Gladieux and Lilly Hudson both secured a 9.950 during the final two rotations, as Gladieux tied her career high on balance beam and Hudson, performing her final routine inside Coleman Coliseum, earned her seventh 9.950-or-higher score of the season on floor.

Head Coach Ashley Johnston Said
"First of all, I am just so proud of this group for qualifying to the Elite Eight. This has been a huge goal in front of us and week after week, we have talked about never losing the hope, belief or confidence that this team can do it. No matter what anybody on the outside was telling us, they continued to work relentlessly to figure out any, and all, ways to get better and find our edge. I have to say it was our culture – what they've created together and the connection within each person, and their own connection to the mission that I really believe was what drove us to come out on the side that we wanted to be on. It was in the floor corral, Lilly pulled everybody together and they locked in and said, 'take a deep breath'. For me as a coach, watching that from a distance and seeing that this team has the maturity, the skill set and the trust in each other to really come together in the hardest, most challenging moment and find a way to thrive – that is what Alabama gymnastics is all about. I'm so incredibly proud to see that play out in what was such a tough moment and to see them come out with such a huge win".

Congratulations! Good luck moving forward.
RTR

Looks like we’re grouped with Florida, Oklahoma and Missouri

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Hard to see but Bama is in the early session on the 17th. Saw another post indicating they will start on vault (if so, then it should be the same rotation as yesterday: vault, bars, beam, floor)