Welcome to Kent State’s senior night, and our last taste of maction live blogging before the conference’s championship! The Golden Flashes will look to register their fifth score in a row over 196, while the visiting Falcons are aiming to wipe out one of their mid 194 scores from their NQS. If Bowling Green can get off to a strong start on bars, the sky is the limit for this team – look for strong vaulting and bars from Love Akpan and Isabella Rivelli respectively, and a veteran all around presence from Kathryn Weilbacher. Kent State’s specialist-centered approach has given fans an onslaught of names to look for, but today’s focus will be on the home team’s five seniors: Karlie Franz, Sarah Haxton, Izzy Geig, Kennedy Weinpert, and Kyndall Gilbert.
Rotation 1:
Rankin (KSU): Y full, soft knees and a small hop back. 9.750
Bingham (BGSU): starts with a clear hip, and a sky high tkatchev, shootover right to handstand. nails her double layout! 9.850
Migliore (KSU): almost sticks her y full, leg separation on the landing but probably won’t be seen from the judges’ vantage point. 9.825
Akpan (BGSU): massive Ray and catches a little close. makes it through the interior of her routine with no issues, and nearly holds the stick on her DLO! 9.775.
Rudnitskaya (KSU):…
