Conference Championships Live Blog – March 21, 2026

Bless us all in this time of overstimulation.

We’ll start with the day sessions for the lower-ranked teams in their various conferences.

Up first, Penn State, Ohio State, and Iowa are still potentially in the mix for regional seedings, but we won’t know if they actually are until we get the results for Cal, Clemson, and Auburn later. So still kind of blind there. More of the details here.

Pitt’s result in ACC session 1 is the most pressing because they have a clear Make It Or Break It: 195.650 and they’re definitely in.

SEC Session 1 is mostly for Rivalry Grrrr Things, but there are still a lot of regional seeding moving parts that these scores will have significant influence on. We just won’t really be able to parse that until everything is over. Because there’s a bye rotation at this one again (sigh), I like the desktop version of virtius since you can clearly see the rotations and who’s on a bye when.

Meanwhile the scores for Big Tens are coming in via raven.

Day Sessions

Big Ten Session 2

Leary – VT – Penn St – very strong stick on yfull, just a bit of soft legs and leg separation and pike. 9.775. Let’s keep that scoring energy.

Dean Linke representing the Big Ten heritage by pronouncing it “Maygie Ball.”

Ball – BB – Iowa – hits candle mount – bhs loso, holds it, a bit of feet – split to straddle 1/2 – gainer full, hop back. Some foot positions but secure

Saville – UB – Maryland – toe on to maloney, leg sep. connects to pak – small angle in 1/2 turn on low – a little back position in hs – DLO, step forward

Guevara – FX – Ohio St – very solid 1.5 to front full – switch side 1/2 to popa – back 1.5 to loso, controls it, some soft legs in twist

Latronica – VT – Penn St – yfull, solid dynamics, bigger bounce back – 9.750

Rojas – BB – Iowa – nice style before full turn, chest – hits loso series – lean forward on split 3/4 – good stick gainer full

Bingham – UB – Maryland – short hs – clear hip – hits tkatchev, good height, flexed feet – leg separation and short of vertical on bail – strong final hs – DLO, hop back

Kaempfer – VT – Penn St – y1.5 is landed, somewhat short with hop back and knees. 9.725

Belman – FX – Ohio St – good height on double pike, meaning fully out of shot – front full to lay, under control – tour jete 1/2 to popa, good positions, step back out of it – double tuck, a little deep but holds control

Tyson – BB – Iowa – full turn, smooth choreo out – bhs bhs loso, hit – split to straddle 1/4, solid control – 1.5 dmt, a little low, hop forward

Ruffing – UB – Maryland – jaeger to overshoot, hit – closer hs on high – DLO, hop back

Cash – VT – Penn St – nice stick on yfull, good distance, slight pike

Smith – FX – Ohio St – double pike, lands under control – switch 1/2 to popa, pulls it around – wolf double, also around – front pike to double tuck. chest down step forward

Tran – BB – Iowa – aerial to loso, smooth – switch to switch 1/2 to beat, a little back leg shortness, secure elements – full turn, little check – nice stick on gainer pike.

Reade – UB – Maryland – hits gienger with some form on catch, is able to connect to overshoot, close and kind of off rhythm but works through it – DLO, some leg separation, step back

Johanson – VT – Penn St – yfull, solid, small hop back, some pike, similar to others.

Uh oh, Cash stuck but then Johanson didn’t. Might sticks be…not contagious??????

Grimes – FX – Ohio St – double pike, pulls it out, chest a little forward, quick hop to present – 1.5 to layout, clean layout position – switch 1/2 to wolf full are both short of leg position, so should get a couple deductions there – double tuck, bounce back

Turner – BB – Iowa – hits candle mount – gainer bhs bhs loso, nice – switch to split, very nice split positions – 1.5 dmt, hop forward

Dennis – UB – Maryland – rushes first hs – blind to piked jager to overshoot is solid – toe pike 1/2, chest down, hop back

Piedrahita – VT – Penn St – Omelianchik very good, strong amplitude and maintains pike position, small hop forward

Vetter – FX – Ohio St – double tuck is very good, chest up, controls step back – tour jete 1/2 to popa to popa is around clearly – lay to rudi, hit securely as well, a little softer position

Schriever – BB – Iowa – full turn, comfortable – bhs loso. step back wobble to control – switch to switch, long pause before but hit – gainer full, stuck

Komoroski – UB – Maryland – jaeger, good foot position – pak, small leg sep – short hs on high – DLO is a big struggle, piking and deep landing, large lunge forward, near knee down

Coleman – FX – Ohio St – FTDT, strong landing, under control, chest up, small shin separation moment – switch side, so high, to popa, so high she had to arm control the switch side – side somi – front tuck through to double tuck, controls the step back. Very strong, A couple things, great tumbling. Very Mya Hooten. One judge went 10, which is excessive for that one.

After 1
Ohio State 49.400
Iowa 49.275
Penn State 48.950
Maryland 48.550

Strong first rotations for Ohio State and Iowa. Penn State solid on vault, but, you know, yfulls. Scoring also not as loose there. Maryland with some issues on bars as Reade and Komoroski finished with half-misses and no one had 9.8s before that.

Rotation 2

Grimes – VT – Ohio St – yfull, good distance, pretty big bounce back

Johanson – UB – Penn St – hits first hs – toe on to tkatchev, close but hit – rushes hs on high – pak, hit – 1/2 turn after vertical on cast on low – hits hs on high – DLO, good height, small leg sep, bounce up in place.

Bingham – BB – Maryland – hits loso series – cat leap to side aerial, little lean check – beat to split jump 3/4, pretty far under split – 1.5, hop forward

Tran – FX – Iowa – rudi to loso under control, good legs in loso – switch ring 1/2, and it’s real – front lay to front full, quick dance out – switch ring is correct, into tour jete 1/2. Excellent.

Pomager – VT – Ohio St – yfull, strong stick, good hip position

Reade – BB – Maryland – bhs loso, solid – switch 1/2, under split – full turn – switch to pike jump, leg sep – 1.5 dmt, step forward

Monahan – UB =- Penn St – good hs – toe on to maloney to pak, lacked some back swing in maloney but through it – FTDT, some legs, slide back –

Turner – FX – Iowa – wolf double is around and a little more – double pike, good height, chest forward – switch 1/2 to popa popa is around – back 1.5 to layout, has to tuck around the layout, not enough amplitude

Smith – VT – Ohio St – y1.5, medium bounce forward

Engelmayer – BB – Maryland – best to split ring, secure, a little under split – bhs loso, secure, slight knee softness – full turn, arm correction – holds the side aerial 2 feet, secure – side aerial 1.5 dmt, step back

Leary – UB – Penn St – good first hs – high jaeger to overshoot, legs together – solid hs on high – giant full, a little past, into double tuck, good stick

Tyson – FX – Iowa – rudi to loso, I think stayed in bounds but the visuals of the extra mat made it look odd – good straddle position – front 2/1 lacks control, bounce slide forward – switch 1/2 to wolf full is well completed –

Martin – VT – Ohio St – y1.5 is strong, nearly holds the stick with an arm circle quiver, good distance

Piedrahita – UB – Penn St – good fhs – toe on to maloney to pak, nice pak position – a bit of angle on 1/2 turn on low – shorter hs on high – FTDT, small slide back.

Defrees – BB – Maryland – bhs loso wobble, step back and turn to the side correction – side aerial, hit – cat leap to switch side, angled split with a waver – 2/1, legs apart, hop back

Schriever – FX – Iowa – double pike, good position, controls step back, chest slightly forward – back 1/2 to rudi, same, does well to control the step – switch 1/2 to wolf full wolf full, a little out of control

Vetter – VT – Ohio St – yfull, good position and power, bounce back

Cash – UB – Penn St – blind to piked jaeger, good height – hits hs on high – bail, legs together – good hs on high – giant full a little past, into double tuck, arm circle and a step back

Dennis – BB – Maryland – bhs loso solid – aerial, knee, wobble afterward, lean to the side – split to sheep, short back leg on split, little check – gainer full, hop back

Coleman – VT – Ohio St – yfull, good height and open position, bounce back

Henderson – FX – Iowa – bounces back on FTDT – switch side to popa popa – front tuck through to double tuck, chest down, controls the step back

Latronica – UB – Penn St – little hesitation to start – piked jaeger, hit – bail, legs together, gets hs well – solid hs on high – toe on to toe pike 1/2, great height, some leg sep, good stick, chest up

Komoroski – BB – Maryland – bhs loso, hits securely – aerial, small waver, good front knee position there – switch to split, hit, good toe – 1.5 dmt, hop forward

DePaola – FX – Iowa – front 2/1 to stag, under control well, some leg crossing in 2/1 – rudi to loso, solid – tour jete 1/2 to popa well completed, clearly around

After 2
Iowa 98.600
Ohio State 98.425
Penn State 98.050
Maryland 97.250

Iowa takes advantage of floor to move ahead, but we’ll see how they get through vault. We’ve seen just one vault hit 9.850 so far.