Third Rotation - Balance Beam

Beam (Third rotation) - 48.825
1. Janet Anson - 9.800 - Very strong routine overall, despite a misstep or two. Fantastic spinning, twisting dismount.
2. Megan Barnes -9.750 - Barnes caught herself from potentially falling early and completed a solid routine. Her dismount involves her walking halfway across the beam and suddenly corkscrewing into the air from the middle of the beam. Great dismount that completely takes you by surprise
3. Jasmine Thompson -9.800 - Excellent routine. She had complete control of the crowd, which is difficult to do on beam.
4. Jade Kvach - 9.625 - Great routine. Kvach is as dependable as they get. She's similar to John Paxson when he played for the Chicago Bulls. In solid play and dependability, I mean. She certainly looks better than John Paxson.
5. Ashley Alden - 9.825 - Coming in to this meet, she was tied for 9th nationally on beam, and she should be ranked higher after this performance. Excellent routine, maybe ISU's best of the season thus far.
6. Katie Sweetin - 9.650 - Listed as an alternate, she's replacing Ashley Kent after Kent's leg injury on bars. Sweetin is a more than suitable replacement and she performed strong here.

Nebraska looked strong as always on the floor exercise, earning a 48.975, widening its lead. Emily Parsons is still ridiculously good and with certainly battle Janet Anson all season for Big 12 Gymnast of the Year honors.

After three rotations, Nebraska leads 146.700 - 146.275. Iowa State needs to pull out something special on floor exercise and hope for Nebraska to count falls on beam to win.