Bars (Second Rotation) - 49.275 - Wow, they tore it up tonight
1. Ceilia Maccani - 9.800 - Great routine. Sadly I missed her usually fantastic Tkatchev (the move where she jumps really high off the bar) because a couple Denver gymnasts walked in front of me. It happens.
2. Melanie Tham - 9.675 - Very good routine. She hopped a bit upon landing, but she did a very nice job considering she's not normally in the bars lineup.
3. Jasmine Thompson- Awesome, awesome, awesome. Probably the best landing I've seen on bars this year.
4. Nikki Dilbert - 9.850 - Just tremendous. Iowa State is closing in on another 49.
5. Katie Lasher - 9.850 - Another fantastic routine. She could have extended a handstand or two but otherwise, this was great. She has been working a more difficult dismount in practice, but she didn't use it here tonight. Better safe than sorry at this point in the season.
6. Janet Anson - 9.900 - This was great. Not her best of the year, but still a great routine.
Exhibition - Jen Hornbaker - In the interest of full disclosure, during the fall, Jen actually worked as a copy editor at the Daily, so I've been friends with her since before the season began. A walk-on, she's been working really, really hard in practice, even staying late on occasion. So, to watch her nail this routine, her first routine at a college meet, as well as she did has to rank up with my favorite gymnastics moments of the year. She's very critical of herself, so I believe this is the first time I've seen her smile after finishing a routine all season. I didn't see the actual a score for her routine, but I'm giving her a 10 based on how much she put into reaching this moment. By the way - she's very good at editing articles and has saved stupid errors on our part on more than one occasion.
Denver took a 48.800 on floor and Iowa earned a 48.450 on beam. It looks like they're showing Iowa on the video feed much more than Denver - is this correct? I understand the Cy-Hawk series is important, but from a gymnastics fan standpoint, the people who are actually watching the feed on Cyclones.com are probably more interested in the Denver-Iowa State match up. Am I correct to think this?
After two rotations, here's how it looks:
Iowa State - 98.425
Denver - 97.575
Iowa - 96.750
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