Alabama
NCAA Regional Championships Finals
No. 8 Alabama Gymnastics Concludes Season at NCAA Regional Final with a Team Score of 197.650
4/1/2023 8:00:00 PM | Gymnastics
The Crimson Tide finished in fourth place behind Oklahoma, Kentucky and Ohio State
NORMAN, Okla. – The No. 8 Alabama gymnastics team finished in fourth place at the NCAA Regional finals in the Lloyd Noble Center on the campus of the University of Oklahoma, scoring a 197.650.
The top-seeded Oklahoma Sooners won the regional with a 198.050, followed by No. 9 Kentucky at 197.850. No. 15 Ohio State finished third with a program record team total of 197.750.
Alabama increased its rotation score in every event throughout the night, starting with a 49.275 on the vault in the opening rotation, .300 out of second place. The Tide responded with a 49.400 on the uneven bars to narrow the gap to .175 behind second-place Ohio State. Luisa Blanco and Lilly Hudson closed out Alabama's balance beam rotation with back-to-back 9.925s, leading UA to a 49.425 on the event. The Tide closed out the night with a 49.550 on floor exercise to finish just .100 behind Ohio State and .200 behind the Wildcats.
Luisa Blanco will represent Alabama as an individual on the uneven bars at the NCAA Championships after scoring a 9.975 in Thursday's regional semifinal.
Head Coach Ashley Johnston said
"Tonight is hard. It was an overall great competition between four really competitive teams and we just left too many tenths out there. Even though tonight didn't go the way we wanted it to, I'm proud of the way we continued to fight and get better on every single event as we progressed through the competition. It's times like this where we come together and remind each other that we're a family and that we're going to stick together through the highs and lows. It's important to be able to turn the page and trust that the best is still yet to come for Alabama gymnastics."
Inside the Scoresheet
· Alabama has posted four scores this season that rank in the top-20 all-time for the Tide, and UA finished the season with nine out of its last 10 meets scoring 197-or-better
· UA improved its rotation scores on every rotation throughout the meet, starting with a 49.275 on the vault and increasing its rotation totals all the way through its 49.550 on the floor exercise
· Alabama began its night with a 49.275 rotation total on the vault, led by a 9.900 from Shallon Olsen in the anchor position
· UA scored a 49.400 on the uneven bars in the second rotation, with Shania Adams scoring a season-best 9.900 to combine with Cam Machado (9.900) and Makarri Doggette (9.925) to lead the Tide's lineup
· Luisa Blanco and Lilly Hudson posted matching totals of 9.925 to lead Alabama to a 49.425 on the balance beam, with Gabby Gladieux also matching her season-best with a 9.900 on the event
· The Crimson Tide closed out the night with its best rotation of the day, scoring a 49.550 on floor exercise
· Gladieux and Blanco both scored 9.950s on floor to lead Alabama's lineup
· The Tide totaled 11 scores of 9.9-or-higher, with Shallon Olsen (9.900) on the vault, Shania Adams (9.900), Cam Machado (9.900) and Makarri Doggette (9.925) on the uneven bars, Gladieux (9.900), Hudson (9.925) and Blanco (9.925) on the balance beam, and Shania Adams (9.900), Gladieux (9.900), Hudson (9.950) and Blanco (9.950) on the floor exercise
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