The catch this time is that I actually don't know whether the judging was crazy at this meet or not. I avoided social media during and after the meet (which wasn't that hard since I was at Les Mis) in an attempt to make this as unbiased as possible. I glanced at the total team scores before because I had to for this week's imperialism map, and then when I went to YouTube to find this meet, the first recommended video was UCLA's video with a title something along the lines of "Kyla Ross and Katelyn Ohashi score a 10 blah blah blah." So whoops I'm not completely spoiler free, but I know much less going into this than I did last time.
I just want to quickly mention that I am not trying to pick on Oklahoma. It's just that this and the Florida meet are the biggest meets of the regular season, so it's important that they have fair scoring. If there are any other meets you want me to judge, leave them in the comments below!
Disclaimer: I am not a certified judge (as the title says). My only qualification is being a fan for 5 years (and that isn't even really a qualification). Over time, I've (sort of) come to learn what NCAA judges do and don't deduct for.
You can watch the meet here.
Oklahoma Vault:
- Nicole Lehrmann: 0.05 knees, 0.05 hop, imaginary 0.025 deduction because I couldn't tell if she fully rotated the 1.5 (the sideways ish hop indicates that she didn't)
- Anastasia Webb: 0.05 hop, 0.05 knees in air, 0.05 kind of locked knees on landing yikes
- Jade Degouveia: 0.05 amplitude, 0.05 legs apart in air. Awesome distance and landing
- Allie Stern: 0.05 hop, 0.05 distance, 0.05 knees, 0.05 she kind of hops back into the salute
- Olivia Trautman: 0.05 knees, 0.1 hop
- Brenna Dowell: 0.05 hop, 0.025 the form was better than we've seen so far but not perfect
My Event Total: 49.400 Actual Event Total: 49.425
Very little difference between the real judges and I. Nice rotation for Oklahoma, and they'll score even higher once Nichols goes instead of Stern.
UCLA Bars:
- Margzetta Frazier: 0.05 short on first hs, we can see the feet separations from this angle, but probably not from the judge's angle. 0.05 short on final cast to hs, 0.05 step on landing
- Felicia Hano: 0.05 loose back on first hs, 0.05 kind of crazy catch on the overshoot, 0.05 late on full pirouette, that was a kind of stick so I'm taking 0.025 off because some would say it's a stick some wouldn't
- Macy Toronjo: Glad to see her! 0.05 amplitude on Ray, 0.05 bit over on hs after Ray, 0.05 hop on dismount, 0.05 low chest on landing
- Norah Flatley: 0.05 short on first hs, 0.05 late on half pirouette, 0.05 loose back on toe-on hs, 0.05 final cast hs
The first kind of significant difference, but it wasn't anything crazy
- Madison Kocian: 0.1 way over on kip half, 0.05 hop back, 0.05 for form on dismount and she was close to the bar
- Kyla Ross: you know, the usual, nbd
My Event Total: 49.275 Actual Event Total: 49.300
Overall there was little difference, on some scores I was higher and some I was lower. Kyla is magical enough to overcome score building and get a 10 after a bunch of 9.8s. UCLA needs to work on their handstands to reach the scores they're capable of because when it gets crunch time they can't just pray for Kyla to save the day because it won't be enough.
Oklahoma Bars:
- Anastasia Webb: 0.05 bit over on half pirouette, 0.05 step on landing, 0.05 bit of legs throughout
- Alex Marks: 0.05 short hs on overshoot, 0.05 short final cast hs, 0.05 staggered feet on landing
- Karrie Thomas: 0.05 short first hs, 0.05 short (? can't tell from this angle) on overshoot hs
- Brenna Dowell: 0.05 short on overshoot hs (again the camera angle ugh)
- Nicole Lehrmann: ok cool we didn't really see the beginning of her routine, 0.05 short first hs, 0.05 shaky catch on overshoot,
- Maggie Nichols: 0.025 shortish hs on low bar but I can't quite tell, 0.05 short final cast hs, 0.05 feet way apart on landing
My Event Total: 49.475 Actual Event Total: 49.575
My Team Total: 98.875 Actual Team Total: 99.000
Oklahoma much cleaner here than UCLA
UCLA Vault:
- Gracie Kramer: I was starting to wonder if she'd ever be back in this lineup, 0.05 leg separation, 0.05 pike down, 0.05 distance, 0.05 hop, 0.05 low chest
- Felicia Hano: 0.1 big hop, 0.05 knees
- Sekai Wright: 0.1 big step, 0.05 distance, 0.1 really bent knees
- Nia Dennis: 0.1 big hop
- Kyla Ross: 0.05 deep landing
I'm not outraged about this 10, but that landing was quite deep
- Pauline Tratz: 0.05 pike down, 0.05 hop, 0.05 leg separation
My Event Total: 49.200 Actual Event Total: 49.225
My Team Total: 98.475 Actual Team Total: 98.525
UCLA needs to figure out the landings and whether some of their 1.5s are worth it or not.
Oklahoma Beam:
- Brenna Dowell: 0.05 arm swing on front aerial, 0.05 might have been short on the leaps but camera angle, didn't know that Bre Showers tore her ACL and now I'm sad, 0.05 wobble on full twisting back handspring, 0.05 hop on dismount
- Nicole Lehrmann: mount to die for, 0.05 crooked on front aerial but did a good job of keeping it going, 0.05 step on landing
- Evy Schoepfer: 0.05 knees on acro series, 0.05 short on switch leap, 0.1 wobble on leap series, 0.05 form on 1.5 dismount, 0.05 step on landing
- Carly Woodard: 0.05 knees on acro series, 0.1 wobble, 0.5 fall on acro series, 0.05 adjustment of hips on landing
- Anastasia Webb: 0.05 wobble on full turn, 0.05 lean back on acro series, 0.05 short on split leap
- Maggie Nichols: 0.05 lean on split jump, 0.05 bit low on acro series landing
k cool
My Event Total: 49.150 Actual Event Total: 49.200
My Team Total: 148.025 Actual Team Total: 148.200
Not their best day, and I'm interested to see their postseason lineup (Brenna Dowell for AA champ 2019 you heard it here first). I love Oklahoma beam and I'm not ashamed.
UCLA Floor:
- Margzetta Frazier: 0.05 looked a bit under rotated on the full-in but impressive stick, 0.05 lack of control on double back, 0.05 hop on double pike, 0.025 chest a bit low on double pike
- Gracie Kramer: 0.05 didn't control leap landing- it's disguised by the choreo but still. Awesome routine.
- Pauline Tratz: 0.05 low chest on full-in, 0.05 step forward on full-in, 0.05 bit of an awkward landing on second pass, 0.05 low chest on double tuck, 0.05 out of control step on double tuck
Don't know how she got a 9.850 with errors on every pass. It will be really interesting to see who gets this lineup spot between Nia and Pauline because both are inconsistent, but I think Nia has higher scoring potential because her form is better.
- Kyla Ross: the quest for the 40 :p (I'm pretty sure she didn't score 40 because I'm sure I would've heard about that) 0.05 lack of control on whip double back, 0.05 low chest on double pike. Would've been wild if Kyla got a 40 at an away meet.
so.. um ok
- Felicia Hano: 0.05 lack of control on double lay, 0.05 flew sideways on the leap series, 0.05 lack of control on double pike
- Katelyn Ohashi: 0.05 lack on control on split double lay
My Event Total: 49.475 Actual Event Total: 49.675
My Team Total: 147.950 Actual Team Total: 148.200
These floor scores were a bit interesting so let's see what they do for the home team...
The judges had Oklahoma and UCLA tied heading into the final rotation while I have Oklahoma ahead by 0.075.
Oklahoma Floor:
- Anastasia Webb: 0.05 lack of control on front double twist, 0.05 lack of control on combo pass. I'd watch a whole lineup of Anastasia Webbs
- Jordan Draper: 0.1 form in both elements of first pass, following the Kentucky two pass strategy, 0.05 lack of control on second pass but much better form
- Emma LaPinta: I'm enjoying the Demi Lovato tribute (that's what this is and you're not convincing me otherwise), 0.05 lack of control on triple, judges won;t take off for form because it's a triple so..., 0.05 lack of control on combo pass, 0.05 hop on landing of leap series, 0.05 lack of control on double back
Lots of potential, I would just like to see more control on the landings
- Jade Degouveia: 0.05 lack of control on double front twist, 0.05 lack of control on last pass.
- Brenna Dowell: 0.1 lack of control on Dowell but legend for doing her own move, 0.05 feet apart on leap series landing
- Olivia Trautman: 0.05 big step on double lay, 0.05 slide back on double tuck
My Event Total: 49.400 Actual Event Total: 49.575
My Team Total: 197.425 Actual Team Total: 197.775
So the floor judges were definitely the most lenient, but it wasn't absolutely insanely bad.
UCLA Beam:
- Grace Glenn: love the Valdez, 0.05 bit off on full turn.
No I'm not afraid to go 9.950 in the lead off.
- Brielle Nguyen: 0.05 hesitation on leap series, 0.05 wobble on front aerial, 0.1 wobble on back aerial
- Madison Kocian: 0.1 wobble on acro series, 0.05 wobble on front aerial, 0.05 wobble on split jump, 0.05 hop on dismount
- Norah Flatley: 0.05 knees on acro series, 0.05 wobble on side aerial, 0.05 hop back on dismount, 0.05 for form and chest on dismount
- Kyla Ross: 0.05 step on dismount
huh? someone tell me where the other deductions are
- Katelyn Ohashi: 0.05 for the chest on the dismount. I was so close to giving both her a Ross 10s.
My Event Total: 49.450 Actual Event Total: 49.375
My Team Total: 197.400 Actual Team Total: 197.575
So this meet definitely had more accurate judging than the Florida meet I scored. When we're talking about just a few tenths difference from the real score, it's more of a matter of opinion and how each person sees it rather than blatant over scoring. Awesome job to both teams!
this seems a lot more fair but i think you messed up your math on ucla vault (gracie, nia, pauline) which affects the final score!
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