Winter Cup Live Blog

Elite. How does that go again? And did Cottbus already fulfill our quota for landing a dismount and then tripping on the side of the mat and falling over?

15 senior elites have traipsed to Kentucky this weekend to try to get an international assignment while we all watch and point.

The competition is streaming for free on USAG’s youtube, and the live scores are on that cat website that works 59% of the time.

I also intend to have UCLA @ Illinois up at the same time, so if Winter Cup starts to lag, this will serve as a Did Jordan Chiles Get Another 10.000 tracking app.

Claire Pease had a balance check on introductions. Paul Jude opens with a loose hot mic “OH MY GOD” to introduce his commentary. Nailing it.

Paul Juda: THERE’S A DOG HERE
Trinity Thomas: I literally do this professionally

Rotation 1

Sath – BB – switch mount to split ring, wobble, won’t get ring position credit – mount combos 5ever – bhs loso loso – switch, small pause before switch 1/2, arm wave check – aerial, larger leg up wobble – side aerial, foot movement check – wolf double, hit, arms it around – bhs bhs 2/1, chest down, gets it to her feet. Stays on.

Other Bald Coach here with the GAGE athletes

Pease – VT – strong on the DTY, chest a little forward, small hop, good one

Pease – VT 2 – Lopez is hit, pike at the end but shows the layout early, big bounce back, solid

Krob – UB – weiler 1/2 to stalder full, a little past, connects to maloney to clear hip to Ray, nice combo there, fingertips maloney but keeps going – pak – van leeuwen, larger leg separation – DLO, leg sep, little lean to hold it. Solid. 13.750 is a significant number.

Moreau – VT – Yfull is high and open, ready for more, bounce back

Milton – BB – switch mount to split leap, under split – wolf 1.5, pulls it out – side somi, keeps it on, lean forward – bhs loso, pretty solid, some soft knee – switch to switch side, arm circle – sissone to split, hit – 1.5 dmt, hop forward

Anzola – VT – yfull, fine, some pike. lunge back

Richardson – UB – maloney to giant full to pak, some leg separations in here but hit – toe shoot to high – blind to jaeger, slightly close – cast 1/2 is past handstand – DLO with a full straddle, hop

Esponda – VT – DTY is very good, just a little hop up. She’s ready. 14.300

Trinity pretending she doesn’t know what it’s like to stick. Paul is pretending like he doesn’t know what gymnastics is.

Rivera – VT – DTY is landed to her feet, a little shorter than the Esponda or Pease vaults, chest farther forward, but hit, not too large on the hop

Stassi – BB – loso mount, wobble, keeps it on the beam – side aerial to loso, hit, bends the knee in loso – switch to straddle to bhs, secure, no check, short positions – aerial, under rotated, big save, large lean wobbles to both sides but stays on – switch side, small adjustment – double tuck, landed, bounce back

Bullock – UB – front stalder 1/2 to inbar shap to pak, good, legs together – inbar full to van leeuwen, good height – inbar 1/2 to jaeger, hit – small back position adjustment on hs – FTDT, gets it to her feet, lunge back. Really strong on the bars, gave away some on dismount, but good. 14.400

Looking back at Rosa on bars – piked jaeger is close but hit – stalder to pak – shorter hs on high – toe on to van leeuwen, small leg greak – giant full FTDT, step back

Damelio – UB – she was off right from the start – short handstand into a tight weiler and has to hop off – resumes and gets the weiler 1/2 – now does the Seitz, hits it, into pak – maloney to gienger, a little low but caught – toe full, past vertical – blind to double front, sits it down. Got the Seitz but felt like the whole world was about the Seitz and missed the rest of the routine.

Fulcher – BB – bhs mount, hit but arm wave and knee position – bhs loso, secure, tucked position – aerial to split jump to straddle – side aerial, hit – wolf double is very solid – sideward straddle roll – switch, good attention to back leg – switch 1/2, also nice amplitude, not tight rushing like most have – double tuck, a couple steps back. The back leg is getting her in a lot of places but some good amplitude/leap moments

Rose – BB – switch mount, hesitation, wobble – switch to split, a little under – wolf triple is comfortable – side aerial to loso, confident, small goot adjustment – aerial, holds it, small waver, avoids major issue – straddle jump from side – 2.5 dismount, bounce forward. Good hit. Started tentative but pulled it together for a hit.

Looks like UCLA/Illinois does not have functioning live stats, but UCLA got stuck in the 9.8 zone for their bars rotation, Chiles struggling on a cast hs on low and had to recast. UCLA stuck on 49.250 on bars. Illinois had to count a short Y1.5 lunge back on vault to go sub 49.

After 1
1) Bullock 14.400
2. Esponda 14.300
3) Pease 14.250
4) Rivera 14.150
5) Krob 13.750

Bullock’s bars the win of that first rotation. Got a little off on dismount, but very strong inbar elements to build the difficulty. Krob also competitive on bars, a routine to keep an eye on. Esponda winning the DTY race in that rotation group was also a big deal for her season.

Rotation 2

Milton – FX – popa is around well – DLO, gets it to her feet, shuffles back, possible OOB couldn’t see the line, pikes down at the end – switch and tor jete 1/2 – front full to lay, comfortable – switch 1/2 – wolf single – front pike to double tuck, chest down, step forward

Moreau – UB – weiler 1/2 to maloney to clear hip to Church to pak, ooooh it was going so well but tucks and straddles the pak and hits the mat – resumes with van leeuwen and hits – giant full – DLO is solid, little hop. Alllmost a very impressive combination to start, just got away from her at the end. But the pieces were there.

Anzola – UB – stalder full, a bit late – hits hs on low – maloney, gets it into stalder – Ricna, can’t get the grip and falls – resumes with pak – van leeuwen – hit, some leg separations – DLO, step forward

Richardson – BB – bhs loso, small check – wolf double, gets it around but tucks at the end to do so – aerial, small adjustment – side aerial, chest down, somewhat bigger wobble – switch to split to bhs, nice – double pike, bounce back

Esponda – UB – toe full, solid finish into maloney to gienger, some form but through it – short hs on high – blind to jaeger, hit – pak, straddles it – van leeuwen, caught – double tuck, hop forward. Kind of a leg separation and handstand adventure but survived it.

Fulcher – FX – wolf double comfortable – front full to double tuck, chest down, hop forward – switch ring to switch full, nearly around, solid height and air position – 2.5, some leg crossing, hop to the side – gogean lands staggered and a bit under but not bad – double pike step back

Bullock – BB – full turn – bhs loso, wobble – switch to split 1/2 to bhs, gets the connection, a little tight in split – switch 1/2, secure – side aerial, hit – aerial to split to korbut will also get the series there – side somi, arm wave circle correction – 2.5, step forward

Meanwhile Ashlee Sullivan stuck a Y1.5.

Rivera – UB – weiler 1/2, good form to stalder full to show to Ricna, good – pak, solid leg position – maloney to tkatchev, low but hit – 1/2 turn on high, solid position to finish – FTDT, gets it to her feet, chest down with step. Good one.