Gym ends regular season on high note— first W at Neville and season best road score

For nan 2nd week successful a row, nan Missouri Tigers put up coagulated numbers connected nan road, earning yet different season-high (a 197.325) to return down nan Auburn Tigers (196.700) for their first ever triumph successful Auburn, Alabama. With immoderate lineup shuffling, I was intrigued to spot really this 1 would move out. Turns retired it was pretty, beautiful good, and should nan Tigers get their landings successful bid they are going to do rather good successful nan postseason.

Speaking of nan postseason, it is officially here! Mizzou ends nan regular play pinch a .500 grounds successful nan SEC, 4-4, and will caput into nan SEC Championships adjacent Saturday — maine and my KCOU workfellow Ben Hartong will beryllium there!! — arsenic nan 7-seed and return portion successful nan day session. As a speedy reminder, nan SEC seedings are not based connected record, but connected NQS.

If you look astatine nan rankings, it is CLOSE, you guys, truthful nan convention meet will really play into nan location seedings. I’ll person MUCH, MUCH much connected that later.

Let’s get into it.

Using nan aforesaid lineup arsenic Week 10, nan Tigers shined, earning a 49.425 pinch 4/7 sticks. You adhd immoderate much sticky feet and this lineup is earning a programme precocious aliases adjacent to it, nary doubt. I was comparatively adjacent connected my preview prediction (49.550), truthful so acold truthful good.

Makayla led things disconnected and looked fantastic, earning a play precocious 9.90 pinch a stick. She’s really looked bully these past fewer weeks, and is really adjacent to her career-best 9.925 group while astatine Illinois.

Lauren followed pinch a coagulated 9.80 which would beryllium dropped. Her handstands were awesome and each that was missing was a stuck landing; she possibly over-rotated a bit, starring to a measurement back. Olivia’s 9.875 successful nan 3rd spot was her 2nd highest people of nan year, and sewage nan team’s 2nd stick. Maiya besides stuck nan landing, and I conscionable look successful wonderment astatine her handstands; she stays connected apical of nan barroom sooooooo long. Her 9.90 was besides nan 2nd highest of nan season. In nan four-spot, Hannah was possibly a small short connected her past handstand and took a measurement back, earning a 9.825. In nan anchor spot, Kimarra was backmost to her aged aforesaid aft 3 weeks pinch immoderate snaffus, earning a 9.925, besides her 2nd highest of nan season. In exhibition, Kaia earned a 9.775 pinch a measurement backmost (I missed portion of her regular truthful I don’t person immoderate different notes).

As for Auburn, they earned a 49.200 connected vault, led by Paige Zancan’s 9.90 stick. They besides counted 2 9.85 and 2 9.80 scores. They dropped a 9.25 fall.

After One, Mizzou leads by 0.225, 49.425 to 49.200.

On vault, nan Tigers tied their play champion score, a 49.325 (I predicted a 49.350!) pinch a different look to their lineup. While location weren’t immoderate sticks, nan Tigers’ vaults seemed much nether power successful general, and they are getting really adjacent connected nan landings.

Kaia led disconnected for nan first clip this season, taking conscionable a mini measurement backmost connected her pike beforehand half, earning a 9.80. Railey earned her 2nd highest people of nan play pinch a 9.875 connected her Yurchenko 1.5; she took conscionable a mini measurement to nan side. Kennedy went 3rd and had conscionable a teeny shuffle connected her Yurchenko Full, earning a 9.80, which seemed debased for my liking. Hannah moved up to nan 4th slot and was ace solid, pinch conscionable a mini hop. This was her champion vault successful rather a fewer weeks, I consciousness like, earning a 9.90 and co-event title honors. Kimarra moved up from anchor to nan 5th spot, pinch her 3rd 9.875 successful a statement connected her monolithic Yurchenko Full. She took conscionable a mini hop.

Elise landed successful nan anchor spot this week, earning a coagulated 9.875 connected her Y1.5. She had a mini hop forward, and possibly a small spot of bent knees earlier landing, but overall, a really bully vault for her! In exhibition, Dakota earned a 9.75 connected her Y1.5. She had a spot of an uncontrolled landing, stepping to nan side. The Tigers’ 98.750 was their highest people done 2 rotations this season.

Auburn headed to bars, earning a 49.150. The bluish & orangish Tigers were led by Alex Irvine’s 9.95, which gave her nan arena title and a caller profession high. They besides counted a 9.875, 2 9.80s and a 9.725.

Through 2, Mizzou built its lead to 0.400, 98.750 to 98.350.

Friday’s Fab Floor was a bit… disconnected for immoderate of nan lineup, though I do deliberation 2 aliases 3 of nan scores could person gone for higher. The Tigers’ 49.300 was their lowest of nan season, but I’m not concerned astatine each moving forward. We cognize what nan level squad tin do, and their imaginable is limitless.

Railey led disconnected pinch a 9.825, and she possibly had a spot of a ft descent connected her passes? Her landings conscionable weren’t quite arsenic crisp arsenic they usually are. Elise followed, besides earning a 9.825. Her thorax was a small down connected nan first pass, but her 2nd 1 was awesome successful my eyes. Ayla had a amazingly unsmooth outing successful nan 3rd pass, pinch a spot of an unruly landing connected her monolithic double pike to lead it off, and while her 2nd walk was great, her last walk led to a autumn aft she opened early. She earned conscionable a 9.075 that was dropped.

The last 3 Tigers had fabulous routines, starting disconnected pinch an underscored 9.85 for Kaia— 1 judge gave her a 9.80! Her first pass, a monolithic full-in, looked fantastic, and her 2nd walk was besides great. Kennedy earned a 9.90, pinch a monolithic double pike and awesome landings arsenic well.

In nan anchor slot, Hannah was particularly sassy and on-point, and each clip they showed her making oculus interaction pinch nan tv I felt for illustration she was saying, “I’m taking these little scores personally.” Her double layout was monolithic and stuck COLD. Her pike beforehand done to double tuck was UNREAL For this, she earned just a 9.90.

Maiya’s accumulation I didn’t get a bully look at, but she earned a 9.775. The Tigers’ 148.05 was their 2nd highest of nan season, and group them up good going into nan last rotation.

Auburn headed to beam wherever they earned a 49.050. The Plains Tigers were led by Alex Irvine’s 9.90, which was specified a nosy regular that featured a moonwalk and a unsocial one-handed handspring. They besides counted 2 9.875 scores, 2 9.75s and a 9.65.

After three, Mizzou built its lead to 0.650, 148.050 to 147.400.

Heading into nan last rotation, a acquainted sound emerged from Neville Arena, arsenic nan Auburn Tigers apparently do nan Swag Surf betwixt nan 3rd and 4th rotations arsenic well. With Amy retired for nan 2nd meet successful a statement and Addi besides retired pinch an ailment, nan beam rotation looked rather different this clip around. My prediction was beautiful adjacent here— I said 49.200 knowing of nan rotation changes, and they went moreover higher! They besides grounds 6/7 sticks, putting their full for nan meet astatine 11/21, aliases 52%.

Railey took leadoff honors for nan 2nd week successful a row, earning a ace coagulated 9.875 pinch a stick. In nan 2nd spot, Hayli Westerlind made her collegiate regular debut aft performing connected accumulation successful Week 10, earning a 9.800 pinch different stick.

Kaia went third, taking a measurement guardant connected her dismount and possibly being a small short connected 1 of her divided jumps. In nan 4th spot, Olivia earned nan eighth 9.90 of her career, and I was peculiarly impressed by her capacity arsenic her feet were intelligibly disconnected equilibrium aft her broadside aerial and she had NO BOBBLES.

Grace Anne was successful nan lineup for nan 2nd consecutive week, and OUCH! She fell into a divided connected nan beam and that had to wounded really bad; I don’t cognize really she vanished nan regular and stuck nan landing, but she did. Her 9.175 was dropped.

In nan anchor spot, Lauren was magnificent, earning a 9.90 pinch her signature unthinkable triple series, followed by her arsenic astonishing instrumentality and consequent celly. All in installments to Mizzou Athletics for capturing this awesomeness beautiful overmuch framework by frame.

In exhibition, Kennedy redid it aft missing nan first relationship connected her beforehand flip to hit jump. Good leaps. STICK 9.725

As for Auburn, they vanished up connected floor, earning a 49.300. They were led by Marissa Neal’s 9.925, which won her nan arena — HANNAH DESERVED THE WIN!!! — and besides counted a 9.875, 9.85, and 2 9.825 scores, 1 of which tied a profession precocious by Irvine successful her last arena successful Neville. They dropped a 9.725.

After 4: Mizzou takes their first triumph astatine Auburn by 0.625, 197.325 to 196.700.

Post-meet, Shannon said (via @MizzouGym societal media), “That’s a beardown measurement to adjacent nan regular season. Auburn is ever a reliable spot to compete, truthful getting our first triumph present and putting up a 197.325 says a batch astir nan measurement this squad competed. I liked nan composure we showed coming arsenic we caput into nan postseason.”

What a meet for Liv, who earned a 9.875 people connected bars and a 9.90 connected beam connected Friday nighttime successful Auburn. The bars was her 2nd highest of nan play (she sewage 1 9.90 from a judge), while nan beam 9.90 was her 4th this season.

Welcome to nan apical six, Hayli! The freshman, who past week earned a 9.80 successful exhibition, made her charismatic lineup debut pinch nan absences of some Addi and Amy. She was ace solid, again earning a 9.80. Her early successful nan achromatic & golden is bright, and I can’t hold to spot really she progresses.

It was a awesome meet for nan freshman, getting backmost connected nan correct way connected bars pinch a 9.925 and a co-event title. She besides added yet different 9.875 connected her 9.95 Yurchenko Full that is just…. massive. This was her 3rd consecutive 9.875, and her 4th people of getting astatine slightest 1 9.90 from a judge connected vault this season. Can’t hold to spot her put that powerfulness and beauty into a 10.0 SV vault adjacent season!

Just a awesome meet for nan bars specialist, earning a play precocious 9.90, and hitting nan 9.90 people for nan 3rd clip successful her career. This was her 3rd meet successful nan past 4 earning astatine slightest a 9.85, aft not earning that people since Week 1.

Filling successful arsenic beam anchor successful nan absence of Addi Lawrence, LMac was connected fire, earning SIXTH people of 9.90 aliases amended this season. So consistent.

The different 9.90 queen of nan week! Hannah sewage backmost into nan 9.90 class connected vault this week, thing she hadn’t done since Week 3 of nan season. On floor, though I will contend she was underscored, she earned her ninth people of 9.90 aliases higher, including her 5th successful a row!

Now, I’m going to request everyone to transverse their fingers/toes/eyes/appendages, do a seance, sojourn an Etsy witch… basically, allllll nan things to make judge nan postseason landings are STICKY and nan squad is HEALTHY. Oh, and I cannot hold for you to spot nan caller leo adjacent week… She’s glorious.