Hello live from Paul Pavilion! This is my first time in L.A., and I can’t think of a better reason to be here.
As far as NCAA gym play-in rounds go, this one is fairly uncontroversial and—dare I say—potentially really fun?
This will be the fourth time these MRGC rivals have faced off this season, and the previous results have been all over the map: Both teams won at home (BYU by less than two tenths, Boise State by over a point and a half), but BYU finished second at the recent conference championship by half a point over Boise State, who uncharacteristically counted sub-9.700 scores on bars and beam.
TL/DR: This is anyone’s meet.
As charged as the team competition is going to be, the individual stakes are arguably even higher. Each team has multiple individual qualifiers—Kylie Eaquinto (VT), Sydney Benson (VT), Anyssa Alvarado (UB), and Elease Rollins (BB) from BYU and Courtney Blackson (VT, UB, FX) and Emily Lopez (VT, UB) from Boise State—who will be competing tomorrow regardless of today’s outcome and could realistically challenge for a coveted berth to NCAA nationals.
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Rotation One: BYU vault, Boise State bars
AFTER ONE ROTATION:
Rotation Two: BYU bars, Boise State vault
AFTER TWO…
