Happy meet day, gym fans! For the second week in a row I’ll be at home live blogging the LIU Sharks, and today they take on Bowling Green in the Falcons’ second away meet in a streak of road meets until the end of the season.
LIU competed twice last weekend, once at home and once on the road. Its score at home was a whole two points higher than the away score, so we’ll be watching out for another bigger score today in Pratt. The key to that big score will be on bars and floor. The Sharks were able to hit six-for-six on Saturday, but Monday’s meet was back to their typical low-scoring rotation. LIU was forced to count an 8.925, a 9.125, and a 9.425. Those scores will need to be bigger today if LIU wants to get back into the 195 range where it belongs. Additionally, the Sharks need to clean up floor. Nobody went above 9.800 on floor on Monday, and some cleaner landings and leaps could be crucial to getting that score back to where it needs to be.
The visiting Bowling Green Falcons also have quite the task today. Last week the Falcons put up a season-low 191.475, and today needs to be different if they want to stay confident heading into the tail end of the season. Similar to their competitors in the Sharks, the Falcons are struggling on bars. Last week…
