2026 Nationals – Semifinal Live Blog

Pre-meet lineups for the first semifinal: Georgia and Stanford have listed no changes from the regional finals. Florida has DiCello in the all-around, competing floor and not Amelia Disidore. Blakely is on three and is alternate for vault. LSU has McClain on all three of her events. In podium training yesterday, she did bars and beam but not vault.

The PA announcer introducing Georgia with “welcome BACK to nationals” is my favorite maybe-accidental dig. Introducing the team that kind of sucked for a while…GEORGIA.

Florida’s swamp-themed intro video with NO wild animals ANYWHERE? Hm.

Rotation 1

Zeiss – VT – LSU – we’re predicting a 9.850 written down before she goes – solid Y1.5, hop forward, a bit of knees. 9.850 is in.

Backsay – UB – Georgia – good van leeuwen – tries to hold stick on double tuck, leans forward quite a bit. 9.8125

Draser – BB – Florida – bhs loso, secure – switxch, pause check before switch 1/2 – 1.5 dismount, leg separation, holds the stick. 9.850

Robinson on floor, hits double tuck – one of her best ones on the Memmel – double pike, under control. 9.8125

McClain – VT – LSU – yfull, great height, ginger on the landing with a kind of uncertain step back. 9.825

Wahl – UB – Georgia – toe on to maloney, good height into pak, catches a little close but works through it into half turn – DLO, another lean forward to hold the stick. 9.800

Arana – BB – Florida – bhs loso, step back and big wobble to keep it on the beam – aerial,. hit – switch, pause before switch 1/2 to beat – gainer full, holds stick with lean to the side

Walker – FX – Stanford – double pike, too much power, bounce back – good completion on switch 1/2 to wolf full wolf full – front tuck through to double tuck, good control on landing

Woolford – UB – Georgia – good first hs – pak, nice amplitude – tughter hs on low – misses toe on on low bar, has to recast up – van leeuwen is good – stalder to double tuck, forward, hop forward. 9.5875

Everyone is tigggghhhttttttt.

Out of control landing for Roberts on vault gets a 9.70-9.850 range. 9.725

Nguyen – FX – Stanford – strong DLO, crossover back step – front tuck to double tuck, missed her stepout on the front tuck, still got the double tuck to her feet but short landing, chest down. 9.7375

Blakely – BB – Florida – hits wolf triple solidly – leans through a switch 1/2 to beat – hits gainer full. 9.9125

Scott – UB – Georgia – hits Ray to Pak, shuffle back on DLO

Lincoln – VT – LSU – very strong stuck y1.5

Good wolf double from Jung-Ruivivar, whip to double tuck, controls landing –

A couple 10s for Lincoln on vault, mostly 9.950s. 9.9625

Frazier sticks 1.5 dmt on beam.

Snyder – UB – Georgia – Chruch to overshoot is solid – step back on dismount

Drayton nearly follows Lincoln with a stick on vault, small step forward. 9.875

Roberts – FX – Stanford – front tuck throught o double tuck – switch 1/2 to popa, good split and popa completion – front lay to rudi, shows control on step –

DiCello – BB – Florida – wolf double, hit – switch to split is solid – bhs loso, lean wobble – aerial is hit – gainer full, holds landing, little rebound

Reingold – UB – Georgia – good piked jaeger, hits hs, pretty pak – nice completion on 1/2 turn on low – DLO, small movement. 9.925

Chio – VT – LSU – Y1.5, sticks it – she was really struggling in podium and landing short all through warmups, but that was her normal good one. 9.9625. Tied with Lincoln. I would have Lincoln ahead on overall dynamics.

Barbosu – FX – Stanford – whip to double tuck, stuck but chest down – little hop out of front pike on second pass –

Harris-Miranda – BB – Florida – hop forward on 1.5 dismount.

Kellerman – UB – MSU – hits jaeger – bail, legs together solidly – short hs on high – DLO, nice rise, strong landing

Smith – VT – MSU – lands a tad short with a step back, great form

Clark – FX – Clemson – regular DLO, controls the landing – front lay to front full front tuck is stuck

Vetter secure on bhs loso series – beat to side aerial, also solid, some flexed feet to take – sticks gainer full.

After 1
LSU 49.4750
Florida 49.4625
Stanford 49.2500
Georgia – 49.1500

Everyone started by anxiety-peeing on their first couple routines, but the seeded were the ones who found the hits toward the end to reinforce their rankings. Georgia needed a lot more out of bars. That was way weaker than normal.

Rotation 2

Jung-Ruivivar hop back on yfull, holds finish position for 19 years, correct.