By David F.P.

(Scores from eyewitness accounts, and Troester.)

When the five teams met at the Pizzitola Sports Center sitting on a hill above downtown Providence, there would be many highs, and lows, but among the successes should be considered that a crowd of so many people came out amidst very difficult snow conditions to see these athletes perform. The Brown parents, and fans were there in force, including a very vocal cheering section, certainly a rival for Yale in enthusiasm, but also present was a downright massive Bowling Green fan contingent, many clad in the bright orange of the Falcons. Bowling Green did have a few gymnasts from the area, but even so it was a very large visiting crowd.

Turning to the competition itself, Bowling Green would win the meet with a 191.475, though perhaps the biggest scoring news of the meet was Bridgeport’s 188.675. It was last week that Bridgeport put up a 185.675 which was one of the highest, if not the highest team score, in 3 years, but this week blew that out of the water. The Purple Knights have improved 11 points in less than one month as well. Coming in third was Brown with a 185.825, though only had five competitors on vault. MIT put up a 180.600, and West Chester came in with a 174.225.

For the home team Brown, the 185.825 is their highest score of the season, 2.8 points higher than the week before on the road in California. This included a score improvement on Vault, a major score jump on Bars of about 1.5, a stable Beam, and point improvement on Floor. Brown’s lineup only had 8 gymnasts in it, down from 10 the week before.

Though shorthanded on Vault, Brown still topped their score from a week ago. Jennifer Sobuta lead the team with a 9.575, freshmen Chelsey Binkley and Vicki Zanelli were right behind her with a 9.35 and 9.325 respectively. For Binkley this was a slight improvement from the week before. Sobuta and Zanelli both picked up large scoring increases from last week though. Stephanie Albert also had a stable scoring run from last week to this one, and Melissa Bowe while having a slight drop in score, still contribute to the teams Vault improvement.

On the Bars, Zanelli was the team scoring leader with a 9.55, a slight improvement over last week, and fellow freshman Vida Rivera improved on her road score to reach a 9.375. Sobuta was third on the team in scoring, but also boosted her score by nearly a point from a week ago. Chelsey Binkley had a score drop but still contributed to the overall scoring improvement, and Melissa Bowe and Hannah Goldstein improved their scores by numerous tenths over the past week.

On the Beam, Jennifer Sobuta led the team with her excellent 9.8. Albert was second on the team after boosting her score big time from last week. Binkley, Zanelli, and Rivera were also part of the scoring which remained stable over the past two weeks.

On Floor, Brown had an especially nice day. Binkley’s 9.65 was the team high, Sobuta had a 9.6, Whitney Diederich a 9.6, Albert a 9.575, Zanelli a 9.375, and Rivera a 9.35. This represented score improvements for the first five gymnasts (Rivera did not compete on the FX last week.)

In the All Around, Sobuta rebounded from a tough scoring day last week to pick up a 38.025. Zanelli improved her score to a 37.25, and Binkley remained with a relatively stable AA score with a 36.85.

For Bridgeport, the 188.675 was a big time score and was constructed of a slight increase in a vault score, 1.5 point increase on Bars, slight increase on Beam, and over a point of increase on Floor.

On the Vault, Ravin Iasiello had a 9.6 to post the team’s top score, and Lorraine Galow had a 9.45, Yvette Mirando a 9.325, Stephanie Morgan a 9.25, Hannah Forti had a 9.175 made up the five scores that counted towards the team score and these represented either stable scoring or increased scoring from the week before.

On the Bars, Bridgeport was on fire sticking landings left and right. Brandi Embrey had the team’s high score with a 9.65. Galow a 9.6, and Forti a 9.55 to round out the top three Purple Knight scorers. For Embrey and Glow these were improvements of about .3 points since the Yale tri meet, and Forti had a big score bump from the week before. Carissa Huggins’ 9.3, and Stephanie Morgan’s 9.2 also contributed to the team score.

Over on Beam, Galow led the team for a second straight week with a 9.675, and Mirando improved upon her score from a week before with a 9.55. Breanna Collins had a slight score improvement to get a 9.325 and finish third among Purple Knights. UB only had five competitors and Ravin Iasiello, and Stephanie Morgan rounded out the scoring .

The Floor Exercise would prove to be the best scoring event for Bridgeport with Galow’s 9.675, Mirando’s 9.65, Collins 9.475, Morgan’s 9.375, and Iasiello’s 9.375. This was also an event where the scores were either stable or improvements on the past week.

Only two gymnasts competed all around this week, with Galow picking up a 38.4, and Morgan a 36.625, both improvements over the meet at Yale last Sunday.

MIT picked up their top score of the season so far with their 180.6. The Engineers are sporting new uniforms this season as well to go with a new lineup mixing rookies and veterans. MIT improved their vault score by more than .5, and also earned a similar bump on Beam. A drop in Bars score, was covered by a 1.5 point improvement on the Floor.

On the Vault, Julia Zimmerman led the team with a 9.45, with Sophia Harrison picking up a 9.375. It was a relatively stable score the past two week for Harrison and Zimmerman improved from last week to next. Elizabeth Stavely scored a 9.15 and improved on her score significantly from the week before. Laura Kelly also picked up a higher score this week, Alison Barnard contributed her score as well to the team score after not competing last week.

Over on the Uneven Bars, Harrison had a 9.45 for the team’s top score, Zimmerman had a stable 9.3, and Kelly kept pace with her score last week or the team’s third highest score. Barnard improved from last week as well.

On the Beam, Zimmerman picked up a 9.4, a dramatic score bump from the past weekend, to lead the way. Harrison and Mingo’s scores were the second and third best on the team. Sarah Trowbridge picked up a scoring bump this week as well.

Zimmerman tumbled to a 9.75 on Floor, with Harrison picking up a 9.425. In addition to those top two scores, Mingo recovered from a low score last week with a 9.25. Barnard didn’t compete on the Floor last week, but this week had a 9.075. Kelly and Trowbridge also increased their scores.

In the All Around, Zimmerman approached the 38 mark with a 37.9, and Harrison had a 37.225. Kelly also improved her AA score from last week.

West Chester and Bowling Green coming soon.

Moves

This is a bit of a mishmash. With five teams, and three New England teams I had to try to get as much information as possible, in limited time. On the floor exercise, I have omitted the dance moves between passes, in some cases I just didn’t get a chance to witness them. In other cases I will add them in later as I have more time to study my info. I’m working on IDs but am a little behind.

Bridgeport Floor

Routine 1
P1: ROUND OFF, BHS, DOUBLE BACK TUCK
P2: front handspring*, FRONT LAYOUT, FRONT LAYOUT
P3: (MISSED PART) FULL TWIST.

Routine 2
P1: ROUND OFF, WHIPBACK, 1 1/2 TWISTS
P2: 1 1/2 TWISTS, BACK HANDSPRING WALKOUT, BACK LAYOUT STEPOUT.
P3: FULL TWIST

Routine 3
P1: front handspring*, FULL TWIST, PUNCH FRONT TUCK.
P2: ROUND OFF, WHIPBACK, 1 1/2 TWISTS.
P3: ROUND OFF, BACK HANDSPRING, 1 1/2 TWISTS, PUNCH FRONT TUCK.

Routine 4

P1: ROUND OFF, BACK HANDSPRING, 1 1/2 TWISTS.
P2: front handspring*, 1 1/2 TWISTS.
P3: front handspring*, FULL TWIST, PUNCH FRONT PIKE.

Routine 5

P1: ROUND OFF, BACK HANDSPRING, BACK HANDSPRING, DOUBLE BACK PIKE.
P2: front handspring*, FRONT LAYOUT, FRONT LAYOUT.
P3: ROUND OFF, BACK HANDSPRING, 2 TWISTS.

Routine 6

P1: FRONT TUCK, ROUND OFF, BACK HANDSPRING, DOUBLE BACK TUCK.
P2: ROUND OFF, BACK HANDSPRING, DOUBLE BACK PIKE.
P3: ROUND OFF, BACK HANDSPRING, 2 TWISTS.

HUGGINS (exhibition)

P1: front handspring*, FULL TWIST, PUNCH FRONT PIKE.
P2: ROUND OFF, 1 1/2 TWIST, PUNCH FRONT TUCK.
P3: ROUND OFF, BACK HANDSPRING, 2 TWISTS.

MIT Vault

Routine 1
TSUKAHARA, BACK PIKE

Routine 2
TSUKAHARA, BACK PIKE

Routine 3
YURCHENKO, BACK PIKE

Routine 4
FRONT HANDSPRING FRONT TUCK

Routine 5
YURCHENKO BACK LAYOUT

Routine 6
FRONT HANDSPRING, FRONT LAYOUT

Brown Vault (It’s possible that I missed one.)

Routine 1
TSUKAHARA, BACK PIKE

Routine 2
YURCHENKO, BACK PIKE.

Routine 3
TSUKAHARA, BACK PIKE.

Routine 4
YURCHENKO, BACK LAYOUT

West Chester Floor (I missed some of these.)

Routine 1

P1: ROUND OFF, BACK HANDSPRING, FULL TWIST.
P2: front handspring*, FRONT HANDSPRING, FRONT LAYOUT
P3: front handspring*, FRONT HANDSPRING, FULL TWIST

Routine 2

P1: ROUND OFF, BACK HANDSPRING, 2 TWISTS.
P2: ROUND OFF, 1/2 TWIST, PUNCH FRONT LAYOUT, PUNCH FRONT TUCK.
P3: ROUND OFF, BACK HANDSPRING, 1/2 TWIST, FULL TWIST.

Routine 3

P1: front handspring*, FRONT LAYOUT, FRONT LAYOUT.
P2: ROUND OFF, BACK HANDSPRING, BACK LAYOUT.
P3: front handspring*, FULL TWIST.

Bowling Green Floor (Due to a lot going on I tried to follow these routines but need to revisit it. I believe these are the last 4 of 6 vaults. )

Bridgeport Floor (I also missed a few of the vaults.)

Routine 1
YURCHENKO, BACK LAYOUT

Routine 2
FRONT HANDSPRING, FRONT TUCK.

Routine 3
TSUKAHARA, BACK LAYOUT.

Routine 4
FRONT HANDSPRING, FRONT PIKE.

MIT Floor

Routine 1

P1: ROUND OFF, BACK HANDSPRING, 2 TWISTS.
P2: FRONT TUCK, ROUND OFF, BACK HANDSPRING, FULL TWIST
P3: ROUND OFF, BACK HANDSPRING, FULL TWIST.

Routine 2

P1: ROUND OFF, 1 1/2 TWIST, PUNCH FRONT TUCK.
P2: front handspring*, FULL TWIST
P3: x?

Routine 3

P1: ROUND OFF, BACK HANDSPRING, DOUBLE BACK TUCK.
P2: ROUND OFF, BACK HANDSPRING, 1 1/2 TWIST, PUNCH FRONT TUCK.
P3: ROUND OFF, BACK HANDSPRING, 1 1/2 TWIST

Routine 4

P1: ROUND OFF, 1/2 TWIST, FULL TWIST.
P2: ROUND OFF, BACK HANDSPRING, 1 1/2 TWISTS,PUNCH FRONT TUCK.
P3: front handspring*, FRONT LAYOUT, FRONT LAYOUT.

Routine 5

P1: ROUND OFF, BACK HANDSPRING, DOUBLE BACK PIKE.
P2: front handspring*, FRONT LAYOUT, FRONT LAYOUT.
P3: front handspring*, FRONT TWIST,

ZIMMERMAN
P1: ROUND OFF, BACK HANDSPRING, DOUBLE BACK PIKE.
P2: FULL TWIST, FRONT TUCK.
P3: front handspring*, FRONT LAYOUT, FULL TWIST.

Brown Floor (Somehow I missed a routine.)

Routine 1

P1: ROUND OFF, 1/2 TWIST, FULL TWIST.
P2: front handspring*, FULL TWIST.
P3: ROUND OFF, 1/2 TWIST, FRONT LAYOUT.

Routine 2

P1: front handspring*, FULL TWIST,
P2: front handspring*, FRONT LAYOUT, FRONT LAYOUT.
P3: ROUND OFF, BACK HANDSPRING, BACK LAYOUT.

Routine 3

P1: ROUND OFF, BACK HANDSPRING, 1 1/2 TWISTS, PUNCH FRON TUCK.
P2: front handspring*, FRONT LAYOUT, FRONT LAYOUT
P3: ROUND OFF, BACK HANDSPRING, 1 1/2 TWISTS.

Routine 4

P1: ROUND OFF, BACK HANDSPRING, 2 TWISTS
P2: ROUND OFF, BACK HANDSPRING, 1 1/2 TWISTS, PUNCH FRONT TUCK.
P3: front handspring*, FULL TWIST

Routine 5

P1: ROUND OFF, BACK HANDSPRING, DOUBLE BACK TUCK.
P2: front handspring*, FRONT LAYOUT, FRONT LAYOUT
P3: ROUND OFF, BACK HANDSPRING, 1 1/2 TWIST

MIT Bars

Routine A
(Mount from back to high bar I believe, aerial high to low transition, low to high arial transition, front full twist dismount?)

Routine B
(Mount unknown, aerial transition from high to low, aerial transition from low to high…)

Routine C
(Front mount to low bar, grip change on high bar high to low aerial transition, low to high aerial transition…)

Routine D
(Front mount to low bar, gienger…aerial flip transition from high to low bar, grip change on low bar, back tuck dismount.)

Routine E
(Mount from middle to behind low bar, grip change on low bar, aerial from low to high bar, aerial transition from high to low bar, grip change on high bar, front tuck dismount. )

Routine F
(Unknown mount, aerial transition from handstand position on low bar to high bar, grip change, aerial transition from high to low bar, grip change on high bar, back tuck dismount.)

MIT Beam

Routine A
(Mount to middle of the beam starting with handstand, backwards roll into handstand split, pirouette?…pike jump with turn…back handspring walkout, switch split leap, tuck jump with turn, roundoff, twisting dismount?)

Routine B
(… type of handstand…)

Routine C
(…split jump, back tuck jump, back handspring walkout, switch split leap, tuck jump with turn, …)

Routine D
(Mount unknown, back handspring, layout stepout, pirouette…wolf jump with turn, split jump with turn, full front twist dismount.)

Routine E
(Mount to middle of the beam into handstand straddle, then handstand split… ) Bswitch split leap, tuck jump with turn, sitting position, flip to sitting position…dance moves close to beam, swplit jump, wolf jump with turn, gainer full twist dismount.

Routine F
(Mount to middle of the beam, switch split leap, wolf jump with turn, back handspring walkout, back layout stepout, turn with leg extended, switch split into side split, split jump, tuck jump with turn, back pike dismount.)

Routine G (Front flip onto beam, switch split leap, switch split leap with turn?, dance moves close to beam, back handspring walkout, layout stepout, straddle jump, straddle jump, front full twist off beam.)

Brown Bars

Routine A
(mount from front to low bar I believe, grip change on high bar, aerial transition from high to low, transition from low to high aerial, back tuck dismount.)

Routine B
(Back mount to high bar, grip change, grip change, jaeger (straddle), grip change, aerial high to low transition, grip change, back tuck dismount. )

Routine C
(Mount unknown, grip change, aerial high to low transition, aerial low to high transition, grip change, back pike dismount. )

Routine D
(Front mount to low bar, grip change, aerial high to low transition, aerial low to high transition, grip change, back tuck dismount.)

Routine E
(Mount from back to high bar, grip change, grip change, aerial high to low transition, aerial low to high transition, grip change, front tuck while facing backwards dismount. )

Routine F
(Back mount to high bar, aerial hight to low bar, aerial low to high transition, 1 1/2 twist. )

Brown Beam
Routine A
(Unknown mount, switch split jump with turn…back handspring, back flip, split switch leap, straddle jump, aerial roundoff, pirouette…)

Routine B
(Mount to middle of the beam, pirouette, back handspring walkout, layout stepout, switch split leap, straddle jump, straddle jump, straddle jump with turn, front aerial roundoff?…full twist dismount to side of the beam.)

Routine C
(…back handspring, layout stepout…switch split leap, straddle jump, pirouette, back tuck jump, straddle jump, gainer full twist to side of the beam.)

Routine D
(split jump with turn, front layout stepout?, sheep jump, switch split leap, straddle jump with turn…back handspring walkout, one handed handspring walkout, scale, pirouette… )

Routine E
(…back handspring back flip, pirouette, switch split leap, wolf jump with turn, back tuck, straddle jump, split jump, roundoff, 1 1/2 twist dismount.)

(Note: P1:, P2:, and P3: stand for Tumbling Pass 1, 2, and 3 respectively. RO=Roundoff.)

West Chester Beam
Routine A
…Back tuck, back handspring walkout, switch split leap, tuck jump with turn, changement,
tuck jump with turn, RO, back full twist off end of the beam dismount.

Routine B
…(front aerial RO?), back handspring walkout, back handspring walkout, one handed back
handspring walkout, pirouette, switch split leap…

Routine C
Mount onto middle of the beam, front tuck to sit…roll along beam, pirouette, straddle jump, split jump with turn, switch split leap, double stag?, front full twist off end of the beam dismount.

West Chester Floor

Routine A

P1: RO, BACK HANDSPRING, FULL TWIST.
P2: Front handspring*, FHS, FRONT LAYOUT
P3: Front handspring*, FHS, FULL TWIST

Routine B

P1: RO, BACK HANDSPRING, 2 TWISTS.
P2: RO, 1/2 TWIST, PUNCH FRONT LAYOUT, PUNCH FRONT TUCK.
P3: RO, BACK HANDSPRING, 1/2 TWIST, FULL TWIST.

Routine C
P1: Front handspring*, FRONT LAYOUT, FRONT LAYOUT.
P2: RO, BACK HANDSPRING, BACK LAYOUT.
P3: Front handspring*, FULL TWIST.

Bowling Green Beam

Routine A
…back handspring walkout, back handspring walkout, layout stepout, pirouette, switch
split leap, wolf jump with turn, RO?, changement, split jump with turn, gainer full twist
to side of the beam.

Routine B
Mount to the middle of the beam, pirouette, back handspring walkout, back handspring
walkout, layout stepout, (front aerial RO?), switch split leap, tuck jump with turn, front
full twist off the end of the beam.

Routine C
Unknown mount…straddle jump with turn, back handspring walkout, layout stepout?,
pirouette, switch split leap, straddle jump, pike jump, back pike dismount off end of the
beam.

Routine D
Jump mount to the end of the beam, back handspring walkout, layout stepout, pirouette,
switch split into side split, wolf jump, dance moves close to the beam, (aerial RO?) switch
split into side split, switch split leap, gainer full twist dismount to side of the beam.

Routine E
(Leaps forward to mount into handspring on the beam.), back handspring walkout, back flip…, cat leap, switch into side split, dance moves close to beam, switch split leap,
straddle jump, front full twist off end of the beam.

Bowling Green Bars
Routine A
Mount from front over low bar to high bar, grip change, jaeger piked, aerial high to low
transition, back layout dismount.

Routine B
Front mount over low bar to high bar, grip change, grip change, gienger, aerial high to low
transition, grip change on high bar…

Routine C
Mount unknown…grip change on high bar, tkatchev, grip change, aerial high to low
transition, back layout dismount.

Routine D
Mount unknown… grip change, jaeger straddled, aerial high to low transition, grip change
on high bar, back tuck dismount?

Routine E
mount unknown…grip change on high bar, aerial high to low transition, aerial low to high
transition, grip change, front tuck dismount.

Bowling Green Floor
Routine A
P1: RO, BACK HANDSPRING, BACK HANDSPRING, DOUBLE BACK PIKE.
P2: RO, BACK HANDSPRING, 1 1/2 TWIST.
P3: x

Routine B
P1: RO, BACK HANDSPRING, double back pike.
P2: Front handspring*, front full twist, front tuck.
P3: ?

Routine C
P1: RO, BACK HANDSPRING, double back pike.
P2: Front handspring*, front layout, full twist.
P3: ?

Routine D
P1: RO, BACK HANDSPRING, double back pike.
P2: RO, BACK HANDSPRING, double back tuck.
P3: ?

Routine E
P1: RO, BACK HANDSPRING, double back tuck.
P2: RO, 1 1/2 twist, front tuck.
P3: ?

Routine F
P1: RO, BACK HANDSPRING, 2 1/2 twists.
P2: RO, 1/2 twist, front tuck.
P3: RO, BACK HANDSPRING, back layout.